The Azure Sea is not a warrior with ripped clothes.

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During the brief self-introductions, Ginjiro quickly realized, with his chin in hand, that the group of college students in front of him was definitely a complete newbie!

However, his venue doesn't just provide a stage for the elderly. After established bands move up, the livehouse also needs fresh blood to replenish its audience, and nurturing new talent in advance is definitely not a bad thing...

"However, in order to understand the band's level, is it acceptable for us to have a rehearsal here?"

"Of course! Sorry... when I first came here I thought this was a den of delinquents..."

"Haha! It's nothing. Many people say the same thing when they come for the first time. As a legal studio, this is a legitimate place where smoking and drinking are strictly prohibited!"

"Huh? Is that so..."

Staring at Ginjiro with great suspicion for two seconds, Miyazawa Yu had actually smelled a faint whiff of smoke since he entered, the source of which was probably...

"Yo! Yin, another new guy?"

With a cigarette dangling from her lips, Honjo Fumiko walked out from backstage, glanced at the mushroom-headed man who had no distinguishing features compared to other members of the band, and instantly lost interest.

"I'm going outside to buy a pack of cigarettes. When they arrive, please ask them to wait a moment, thank you..."

"Maple Leaf! I seem to remember saying many times that smoking is not allowed backstage!"

A vein bulged on his forehead, but even when he was angry, Yoshida Ginjiro's tone remained gentle, which meant that once people got to know him, they didn't pay much attention to his status as the boss.

The advantage is that you can get along well with the bands you're in; the disadvantage is that you can't get along well with them!

"Yes, yes, yes~ This is the last one for today. I definitely won't smoke the pack I bought~"

With her back turned and waving goodbye, Uchijou Fuuko was a great beauty, but Miyazawa Yu had no interest in her at all, after all, whether she was older or younger, she was far inferior to him!

Instead of focusing on the band girl, he chose to look at Ginjiro with a scrutinizing gaze, after all, the other party's red face and anger were... quite novel!

"Really..."

Turning back, he found the new drummer staring at him. Yoshida Ginjiro could only grumble and explain, "Kaede was just an accident. We're a very professional place here..."

"Ohayo~ Gin-chan! Hehe~ My friend told me that a muscular guy might debut later, and that he's in a heavy metal band that might be just what you're looking for!"

Before he could finish speaking, Ginjiro's next sentence was cut off by the overwhelming smell of alcohol.

He frowned and pulled away the purple-haired woman who was drunk and carrying a bottle of liquor. He felt sorry for her and kept pulling out tissues to wipe his coat, which was soaked with her saliva!

Unfortunately, it was completely useless because the alcohol had already seeped in!

"Kikuri! What are you doing here? Didn't Eliza and Shima finish their auditions and go home a long time ago?"

"Ah~ you mean this~"

As she brandished the wine bottle in her hand, Hiroi Kikuri's short purple hair flew wildly as she tossed her head around, her shark teeth gleaming with a healthy white light as she laughed.

"I don't know either! Shima said that if I go to the izakaya again, I won't have enough money! So we can only buy alcohol and have a celebration party in the backstage room!"

"Then...then..."

Standing there, still dazed and confused, she suddenly had a bright idea. She reached up and touched the back of her head, apologetically saying, "I think I got drunk and rolled under the sofa. Xiao Yin poked me a few times while cleaning the room!"

"So the reason the broom couldn't be inserted was because of you?!"

His hands were clenched into claws in anger, as if he wanted to strangle something to death. Thanks to this drunkard, Yoshida Ginjiro had to clean the lounge again!

Just as he was getting up in a panic, unable to accept that the store was even slightly unclean, and preparing to take action right away!

A sudden thought struck him; he realized he wasn't alone. What if Kiku's appearance scared the new band members...

"I said……"

"No! Smoking and alcohol are indeed prohibited here... In short, it's a legitimate studio!"

He quickly turned around to comfort him, and then Yoshida Ginjiro heard the new boy very seriously explain, "Drinking at an izakaya can cost 70% more, so it's something you should absolutely avoid!"

"Huh? Is that so!?"

Startled, the purple-haired girl seemed to be learning something new for the first time, her eyes instantly lighting up as if she had just learned something!

"That's right! Going out for drinks will quickly deplete your money, but if you find the right drinking buddies, you can not only enjoy the atmosphere of an izakaya, but also get cheap drinks!"

"I see!"

Under Yoshida Ginjiro's bewildered gaze, Miyazawa Yu and Kikuri gave each other a high five as if they had known each other for a long time, just like long-lost siblings who were finally reunited!

This is what they call the bond between drinkers!

Chapter 266 Drinking is the only thing that should not be neglected!

"You guys, what's going on?"

"Well, because I have a child with me the whole time, I haven't had a drink for two whole days..."

Faced with Gintoki's increasingly disdainful questioning, Miyazawa Yu stood firm with his arms crossed and his eyes sharp as the purple-haired older sister hooked his neck and swayed from side to side, but his expression was surprisingly relaxed!

There was no way around it; not only was there Rin at home, but there were also two other little ones. In fact, he hadn't touched a drop of alcohol for two whole days, which was worse than killing him!

What's even more problematic is that, for some reason, this older sister named Kiku, despite being a drunkard who likes to act crazy, has a similar carefree temperament and color scheme to Azusa-senpai by about 50%.

Combining the two, it's already quite remarkable that he could perform a magic trick where the liquor disappears without any conditioned reflex! Even if he couldn't drink it, he could at least smell it!

"Two whole days! That won't do! Two days without drinking is a serious matter!"

"That's it!"

"I don't really understand why I'm like this after just two days without drinking..."

Furious, Yoshida Ginjiro gritted his teeth and resisted the urge to kick the two drunkards out. He took out a registration form and placed it in front of Miyazawa Yu, patiently instructing, "Sign it. The rehearsal time is set for tomorrow or the day after. I'm available!"

"Understood, then let's set it for the day after tomorrow. Please forgive any inconvenience!"

"Hey~ Hey buddy, you look like you're all grown up now, right? We're like-minded people now, wanna grab a drink together?"

"I haven't agreed to do the live performance yet! Kiku, you better be more mature!"

Forcibly pulling Kikuri, who was laughing and constantly demanding to buy more alcohol for the next round, off the customer, Yoshida Ginjiro pressed his lip piercing and racked his brains about how to get this drunkard home!

Forget about getting the other two members of her band to come; this girl's habit of drinking and disappearing is commonplace, and the other two are probably at work at this time and wouldn't have time to come.

As for Uchijo Kaede, she still has to rehearse later, and the girls probably can't handle this drunkard anyway, so the last remaining choice...

"No problem. Besides, I have extensive experience dealing with drunkards and am proficient in 108 techniques to prevent wardrobe malfunctions. My quality is excellent and you can rest assured!"

"You're the one who makes me feel most at ease here!"

"Huh? Why?"

As he slowly retracted his thumb, Miyazawa Yu secretly squinted, tilted his head, and whispered something, feeling that Boss Yin harbored a deep prejudice against drinkers!

Despite her appearance, she's quite the expert at taking care of people!

Which senior in the Pab department, completely drunk but suddenly in a hurry, hasn't I sent them to? Although in the end all that's left are their panties and there's really nothing to throw away, everyone who used them said they were great!

"It's not that I doubt your character..."

Yu's reaction was far too frank. Yoshida Ginjiro almost seamlessly picked up on his undisguised emotions and could only prop himself up on one arm and snap his fingers, "Yu-kun, can you guarantee that after you two leave, you won't head straight to the next party?"

"That's the only thing we can't guarantee..." X2

At the same time, he knelt down and turned his head to the side, not daring to look at the patriarch's stern eyes. Miyazawa Yu's eyes were darting around and the corners of his mouth were turned up. His whole body was full of visible guilt.

There's no way around it; in fact, his little scheme was already obvious from the fact that he volunteered to leave the child with two other people.

Even if he hadn't run into Kikuri, he'd probably still be sleeping in an izakaya tonight...

Besides! Being alone in a foreign land is like being a stranger in a strange land! Isn't it a great thing to meet a like-minded older sister with similar interests and put our hobbies into practice together?

"Well~ the so-called cycle of happiness is about keeping it going. If you slack off even a little, you'll end up like Gintoki!"

Raising her fist and waving it in protest, Hiroi Kikuri's drunken, squinty eyes revealed no emotion, but her complaints about the rigid adult were already overflowing!

"Hey! Gin-chan! Aren't you also worried about your annual salary? Let's have a drink together!"

"Waaah...sigh..."

Completely speechless, Yoshida Ginjiro's gaze softened as he looked at Kikuri, since what she said was indeed the truth.

However, compared to him, a propertied person, the girl band members should be considered truly proletarians. As far as he knew, Kiku had never paid into any pension or anything like that...

"Yu-kun, this is Kiku's address. If possible, could you at least help me take her home?"

"Huh? Is it okay to have it delivered directly to my home?"

Turning his head slightly to look at the reeking of alcohol, Miyazawa Yu's expression now showed a hint of confusion.

Although drinking and then taking her home are all part of her daily work, since she is a single woman, are Manager Gin and Kiku really comfortable letting her go home by herself?

"How about we find a hotel outside after we finish drinking..."

"Please don't!"

With one hand raised, Yoshida Ginjiro turned away, seemingly not wanting to care about Kikuri, but in reality, he had been observing Miyazawa Yu's expression out of the corner of his eye.

Fortunately, the result was reassuring. The fact that he was instinctively frightened by his own attire showed that he was a good kid who had never been involved in any trouble. The fact that he never glanced at Kiku's breasts after meeting her showed that he was not interested in drunkards.

Although I don't know where this ascetic drinking boy came from, he definitely poses no threat to Kiku.

"After all, Kiku is prone to vomiting all over other people's sheets when she's drunk, and she doesn't have the extra money to go to Hotel A."

"Is that really such a carefree reason? But I always feel like I'm tasting the bitterness of poverty in it!"

"OK! Let's go, buddy!"

After chugging down the bottle of shochu, Hiroi Kikuri wiped her mouth, already eagerly anticipating the next drinking party!

As for the safety of single women, putting aside the fact that she and You Xiaoge seem to get along very well, a pure guy with such profound insights into drinking can't possibly be a bad person!

To make matters worse, her cycle of happiness was about to end, and a lively party was now absolutely necessary!

"Thank you for your hospitality, Mr. Yin. I'll be going now!"

"Go ahead, Kiku is almost far away. Oh, and don't drink too much and forget about rehearsal time..."

"Yes!"

"..."

Watching Miyazawa Yu chase after Kikuri, who was marching in formation, as she left and closed the door, Yoshida Ginjiro sat wearily on his small stool and took the performance form that the other person had filled out.

Honestly, regardless of the band's skill level, he really didn't want to have another Kiku-ri army under his command. His little shop really couldn't withstand the bombardment of drinkers!

However, while he was thinking this, the "Performance Type" section on the form caught his attention.

Generally speaking, many livehouses sometimes accept commercial performances by well-known bands, but the section for resident bands usually doesn't need to be filled in.

But perhaps because he was a newcomer, Yu Miyazawa wrote four words in this column: "Final Performance"!

"The final performance...the band's last performance before breaking up? But it's alright, actually..."

He tucked the performance schedule into his memo pad, shook his head, and continued cleaning the studio—with the economy in decline, studios were closing one after another, and going to school was a better option than pursuing his dream of being in a band.

……

"Um... Kiku-san?"

"Just call me Kikuri, okay? Yu-chan, are you a student at this university?"

"No, I just went back to my hometown for the holidays."

Outside the shop, although summer days are usually long, so much had happened that night had long since fallen over Tokyo.

Following behind the local strongman, Hiroi Kikuri, Miyazawa Yu then noticed that the other woman was wearing traditional wooden clogs. These shoes not only pinched the toes but also hurt the soles of the feet, making it impossible to walk very far.

Since it wasn't appropriate for them to drink in a room on their first meeting, he held up one finger and suggested, "How about we go to an izakaya? That way we can finish our drinks earlier and go home more easily?"

"Huh? Is Yu in a hurry to go home?"

Although she was tipsy, Hiroi Kikuri, still the older sister and hostess, turned around with her face flushed and asked understandingly, "Actually, I can do it all by myself, so don't worry about my safety!"

"This is not..."

Yu Miyazawa took out his phone and sent a message to his main account, Tokushima, saying he might be back late today. Ignoring the constant vibrations on the other end, he replied casually, "As long as Kikuri doesn't mind, I can drink all night long!"

"Yosh! That's the kind of spirit we need! But before that..."

Even at night, Shinjuku's bustling streets are still crowded. After running a few steps, Hiroi Kikuri's strong smell of alcohol drew the attention of many passersby, who were mixed with disdain and amazement.

But seeing Miyazawa Yu following behind her, at least no one did anything stupid like going up to chat her up, which led her all the way to a restaurant in the shopping district.

"I need to fill my stomach! Otherwise I'll feel terrible the next day!"

Chapter 267 Lupa, the King of Hired Managers!

BOOM!!! Good evening everyone!