I Will Teach You How to Hunt Gods-Chapter 391 - 49: The Spirit of Rock

An anxious night finally passed in the midst of everyone's torment.

It turned out that Mokaka's orders were indeed effective.

Since she had contracted the camp's defenses and gathered all the guards together, the assassin had not had another opportunity to strike.

However, Yun You always felt this might be related to the crimes committed by the guards.

She had just investigated again, and though Mokaka's remaining guards had their minor faults and often bullied civilians with their extraordinary abilities, they were basically not deserving of death.

Perhaps it was for this reason that the assassin didn't continue to target them.

At exactly seven in the morning, Mokaka, who had stayed up all night, finally finished the song and lyrics.

"Here, take a look."

She handed the lyrics and music to Yun You with dark circles under her eyes.

The young girl glanced at them casually, using the information reconnaissance chip to analyze the song and play it near her ear.

This song, titled "Steps of Light," is a light and bright rock tune.

It doesn't demand much from the voice, and the song's pitch doesn't vary too greatly, making it suitable for a "new lead singer" like Yun You.

However, it requires a lot of emotion, with frequent shifts in tone within a sentence, making it a bit challenging to sing.

But for Yun You, this was not difficult.

The young girl had a great voice. As Mokaka herself had said, Yun You was a born rock singer, almost unable to be challenged by any song.

After humming it a few times, she roughly got the hang of it.

[It sounds pretty good]

After listening to Yun You's humming, Master Zero eagerly spoke up with his sharp critique.

[Your tone is naturally good, and the song is well-composed, so it can be considered a first-class tune]

[But...]

Master Zero paused slightly, a hint of pity in his tone.

[But I don't know why, I always feel that this song lacks... emotion]

"Huh?"

Yun You was slightly stunned.

"Lacks emotion?"

[Yes, don't you feel it?]

Master Zero was a bit helpless.

[There are many notes in the tune that logically shouldn't be there, like at the end of the third line "The wind blows through the heart, the dream still shines," there should have been a low note, but inexplicably, a high note was added to the end]

[And in the twelfth line "The story depicted with you, wanting to grasp it with your own hands," although the transition clearly required an increase in pitch, it was suppressed]

[This is very abnormal... although admittedly, listening to it doesn't seem to have major faults, yet there is always a sense of redundancy, like it was deliberately added]

Upon hearing this, Yun You understood.

"Isn't this quite normal?"

The young girl shook her head gently and said, "As you said, Mokaka probably possesses the power of some 'God,' enabling the music to influence others' hearts."

"Since that's the case, it's completely normal for her to add elements not her own to her songs based on the God's instructions to imbue the song with divine power."

[But in that case, can it still be considered her work?]

Master Zero sighed.

[I've heard that a song is the soul of music and an expression of the creator's thoughts and emotions]

[If the content of the song... cannot be fully decided by oneself, then the song is incomplete, and even for the creator, it holds little meaning]

[Look!]

As he spoke, Master Zero activated Red Scale and pointed toward the distant Mokaka.

At this moment, the pink-haired girl, although still without much expression, had a flicker of fatigue and confusion in her eyes, as if she didn't know what to do next.

[It seems that the little girl is indeed very conflicted now]

[But then again... if she follows the God's orders to compose based on the instructions in her mind, she can easily create a perfect piece of music capable of altering people's personalities]

[But does that really count as her own work? For someone as proud as her, she probably can't accept such a "controlled composition" result...]

[However, if she doesn't accept it, she can't compose the most perfect song based on her own ability]

[Sometimes, there is no win-win solution in the world, and people always have to make choices]

[Although we don't quite understand music, we know that the spirit of rock is inherently against and resisting an "unfair world," seeking individual independence on a soul level...]

[Of course, Mokaka likes rock, yet now she's accepting guidance from others, unable to write what she truly wants. Isn't that contrary to her ideology?]

"..."

Yun You was somewhat silent, also feeling that Master Zero had a point.

But in the end, she still shook her head.

"Forget it, it doesn't have much to do with me."

"My task is to keep her alive, not to be her psychological counselor and play house... Besides, I don't even know if my own mindset is normal."

"Maybe I'm also a hidden psychological patient, just not yet having a breakdown."

[Indeed...]

Master Zero was also speechless.

Just like the young girl said, when she hasn't figured out her own mindset, how can she be someone else's psychologist.

Better take care of oneself first.

...

At nine in the morning, Mokaka finally completed the stage setup.

In the center of the camp square, a massive floating stage, like a dazzling diamond, hovered in mid-air, reflecting the surrounding neon lights, with flowing light bands embedded around the edge, changing colors to the rhythm of the music.

Twenty holographic projection pillars surrounded the stage, projecting countless glowing cat-ear patterns dancing in the night sky... These cat ears sometimes turned into meteors streaking through the sky, sometimes gathering into Mokaka's chibi image, winking at the audience.

Yun You noticed that Mokaka really liked cat ears. Not only were her headphones cat ear-shaped, but even the band's logo and her personal image used cat ears as replacements.

And in the center of the stage, a giant pink cat ear drone group slowly rotated, emitting a soft glow. This was the audio array that Mokaka had mentioned earlier, capable of spreading sound across the entire floating island.

Several instrument stands were neatly arranged, with traditional electric guitars and basses lined up alongside holographic keyboards and neural sensing drum kits, each instrument of course bearing an intricate cat ear logo...

And the stage floor was a semi-transparent LCD panel, flowing with data-stream-like light bands underneath. When the dancers stepped on it, it would stir ripples, making it seem like they were stepping on a starlit lake.