Suneo stood at the door, his raised hand with nowhere to rest. He watched Nobita and the others holding those pieces of scrap metal, yet having so much fun.
Watching them have so much fun, Suneo felt that standing there made him seem completely out of place.
Suneo gritted his teeth and made up his mind. Suddenly, he performed a prostrate dogeza bow toward Lu Ming and the others. "I'm very sorry! This is all my fault."
"So I beg you! Please let me join your band too, okay?" Suneo looked at everyone expectantly.
Upon hearing this, Lu Ming and the others stopped what they were doing and looked at Suneo solemnly.
Suneo looked up at the expressionless group. "Is it... not okay?"
Nobita looked at Suneo with displeasure. "You were the one who kicked me out in the first place! And you were very rude to Shizuka, Gian, and Lu Ming too." Lu Ming and Gian nodded in agreement.
"That's right!" Gian said to Suneo.
Seeing this, Suneo apologized even more sincerely. "I'm truly sorry, everyone! I really hope to get your forgiveness."
With those words, Suneo pressed his forehead tightly against the tatami mat, closed his eyes, and waited for the final judgment.
Lu Ming and the others looked at the sincerely apologizing Suneo, and their tone softened a bit.
Shizuka sighed and stepped forward. "If we all play together, it'll definitely be fun, right?" Hearing Shizuka's words, the others nodded slightly.
Lu Ming looked at everyone present. "In that case, we'll forgive you. However, we don't have any more instruments here."
Suneo, if you want to join, you'll have to go home and bring your instrument to practice, or you'll have to ask Doraemon to get another instrument for you."
Suneo looked at them with emotion, hugging Gian's legs with tears in his eyes. "Everyone... really, thank you so much!"
Lu Ming looked at everyone. "Since that's the case! Let's liven up the atmosphere of the Christmas Eve party."
At that moment, everyone raised their hands and cheered.
Amidst the cheers, Nobita's voice drifted out. "I have to be the band leader, Suneo!"
Everyone who heard Nobita's voice fell silent. Then Gian suddenly said, "Nobita, since you've become the leader, I'll be the lead singer!"
Hearing this, everyone felt as if they had fallen into a dark hour, except for Lu Ming, who remained indifferent.
He thought to himself, "Isn't it just that his singing is bad? Is there any need to make such a fuss?"
Although Lu Ming thought this, he wasn't stupid enough to say it out loud now.
Gian looked at everyone with a pleasant mood. "It seems like the only way is for This Great Master to play the drums and sing at the same time." Gian rubbed his head and spoke with a proud face.
Doraemon hurriedly said, "This... this is a bit..."
Gian waved his hand, interrupting what Doraemon was about to say. Gian said with an entranced look, "Alright, alright, I know. I understand everyone's feelings!"
"Fine, let me give it a try." Saying this, Gian picked up two small wooden sticks, wanting to beat the drums while singing.
Gian excitedly beat the drum set. Seeing this, the others ran out one after another, except for Lu Ming, who looked puzzled. The group that ran out watched the scene inside through the crack in the door.
Lu Ming watched Gian beating the drum set selflessly. Gian took a deep breath and was about to shout out loud, but as soon as he opened his mouth, the drumming stopped.
Seeing this, Gian tried a few more times, refusing to believe it, but there was no change.
During these attempts, Lu Ming finally heard Gian's singing. From then on, he had to take Gian's singing seriously.
The singing was simply earth-shattering and ghost-wailing. Lu Ming felt like his head was about to explode. He really couldn't stand this kind of torture anymore, so he had to follow Shizuka and the others outside, watching Gian perform alone through the crack.
After many attempts, Gian said, "It turns out I'm someone who can't do two things at once."
The nervous crowd finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Great, we don't have to listen to Gian's singing!" Nobita said.
"What? Nobita, what did you just say!" Gian looked at Nobita suspiciously.
Nobita was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. He finally realized and quickly shut his mouth.
"No... I didn't say anything! You must have misheard, Gian," Nobita hurriedly explained.
"Oh, as long as it's nothing. I thought you were scolding me just now!" Gian scratched his head.
Everyone sat in a circle again to discuss the choice of lead singer. "I think we should let Shizuka be our lead singer!"
Shizuka, who was nearby, was stunned for a moment upon hearing this. "In that case! I'd be happy to be the band's lead singer."
After the discussion, everyone began to practice busily and intensely again. At this time, Nobita secretly pulled Doraemon outside.
The two walked to a deserted corner. "Doraemon! Can you help me make the instrument play automatically?"
Doraemon looked at Nobita angrily. "How can you think like that? Everyone is practicing hard, but you want to cheat secretly."
"And if you don't play it yourself, there's no meaning in forming a band."
Nobita looked at Doraemon expectantly. "Even if I practice hard now, I won't be able to play very well before the party starts."
"Besides, everyone is so motivated. What if I mess up halfway through?"
Doraemon looked at Nobita helplessly, took out the Non-living Object Hypnosis Loudspeaker, and said to the broom in Nobita's hand, "You are an electric guitar that can play automatically."
"There, that's it." Doraemon looked at Nobita's departing figure and sighed again.
Nobita held the auto-playing electric guitar and showed off his skills in front of everyone.
Shizuka's eyes lit up as she looked at Nobita. "You're amazing, Nobita!"
Seeing this, Gian and Suneo felt a strong fighting spirit. "Nobita, what are you being so cocky about? We can do it too!" As soon as they finished speaking, they began to practice even harder.
After a while, Shizuka said to Doraemon, "Should we design a set of band uniforms unique to us? Wouldn't that be better?"
"Good idea, Shizuka!"
"In that case, let's use the disguise camera." Doraemon took a pink camera out of his pocket.
Seeing this, Lu Ming immediately looked at the gadget in Doraemon's hand, the disguise camera.
In his mind, a complete set of manufacturing methods and upgrade plans appeared again.
This time, Lu Ming didn't immediately check the content of the gadget in his mind.
Doraemon took out several sheets of drawing paper from his pocket and distributed them to everyone, one per person. "Alright, now everyone can draw their favorite band uniform."
"Then we'll try them out one by one to see which one is the most suitable."
After a long time, everyone handed their drawing papers to Doraemon. He randomly pulled one out, which had a set of pure black delinquent-style clothes drawn on it.
Doraemon put the drawing paper into the disguise camera and pressed the shutter toward the five of them. With a flash of white light, all five of them changed into a set of domineering delinquent outfits.
Then Gian laughed proudly. "Hahaha... I drew this. Isn't it super cool?"
Looking at the pure black outfits that were domineering yet wildly expressive, the group nodded with extreme satisfaction.