Gamer Superstar - Chapter 174

Chapter 174: 174 – Idea to help
Not only the group of people who came to see me, the families who came to help with the orphanage, the children from the orphanage, and even the people who manned the grills were curious and paid attention to me.

“The song I’m going to sing now is ‘You’ve Got a Friend in Me’. This song is about friendship, supporting each other, and being there for each other no matter what. It’s a message that I think is very important, especially for these children who need to know that they are not alone and that they will always have someone by their side. I said as I began to strum the melody of the song on my guitar.

“True friendship is one of the most precious things we can offer, and today, as we sing together, I hope we can convey that message of love and solidarity. May every child here know that they have a friend in all of us, and that we are here to support, care for, and love them.

“Let’s make this moment special. Sing with me, feel the music, and above all, remember that we are all friends of these wonderful children.

“Thank you for being here and for being a part of this meaningful moment.”

“And now, with you, ‘You’ve Got a Friend in Me.'”

I finally finished my speech, with everyone’s attention, and I finally sang the song.

[Nununote: You can go to discord.gg/NunuXD and find the link to the song there directly, or search for “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” on YouTube and listen to the original song during the chapter].

🎼🎶🎤

You’ve got a friend in me…

You got a friend in me…

When the road ahead looks rough…

And you’re miles and miles away…

From your nice warm bed…

You just remember what your old buddy said…

Boy, you got a friend in me…

Yeah, you got a friend in me…

🎼🎶🎤

This song… just by singing it, I could already recall the image of a little toy cowboy thinking about his human friend and how much they valued that friendship.

As one of the few children’s movies that I managed to see without my drunken father ruining the experience for me in my old world, because I went to see it on a school trip, this movie had really shaped my life.

My only regret is that I didn’t have any real friends to sing it to sincerely…

So my [Sing Lv 39] was used to the limit to get me to hit the tones of the song and the emotions it needed.

The lyrics had to be sung in a tone that showed experience, to convey the credibility that the lyrics required, but also to convey a lightness, to show the children the positivity of the song, to try to make them happy rather than sad.

Since I didn’t have the experience and background that the original singer of this song had, I had to use my singing skills to the maximum to get to the level I needed to express what I wanted in the song.

But the expression on the children’s faces, the tears on the orphanage director’s face as he hugged the older children, even the emotion on the parents’ faces as they stood next to their children, was great.

As I looked across the audience, my eyes met those of my father and Ethan, and it was as if a bolt of lightning had struck me, making me realize that although my father wasn’t my friend in the other world, I really did have my friends in this world, my father, Ethan, Liv, and my mother.

At that moment, the song I’d had to force myself to sing as close to the original as possible began to come out naturally.

I sang it as if I was saying it to Ethan and my dad, and the lyrics became more and more emotional.

🎼🎶🎤

You’ve got a friend in me

You’ve got a friend in me

If you got problems, I got ’em too

Ain’t nothing I wouldn’t do for you

We stick together and we can make it through

Cause you got a friend in me

♪ You’ve got a friend in me ♪

🎼🎶🎤

As soon as I sang this section, a message appeared in my ear.

[Sing Lv 39 -> 40]

When I upgraded the skill from Lv 39 to Lv 40, the amount of experience for a single level was the highest I had ever received, reaching a total of experience as if I had practiced for another year, and a total of experience for this skill as if I had practiced for 10 years!

Thinking about how I had gone from someone with 0 months of practice when I came into this world to someone with 10 years of practice in just under 4 months was shocking…

This meant that while I was becoming more and more emotional while singing, even though my voice was getting heavier, the quality of the singing was getting higher and higher, and I was able to convey my emotions to the audience as well as possible.

🎼🎶🎤

Some other people might be…

A little smarter than me…

Bigger and stronger too…

Maybe…

But none of them will ever love you…

The way I do, it’s you and me…

🎼🎶🎤

When I finished singing the song, unlike the happy and excited mood when I sang it before, the mood was now very low.

Almost everyone was crying, and those who weren’t crying were supporting those who were.

Even I, who was on stage, had to use my shirt to dry my eyes.

“I don’t think it was a good idea to dry your eyes with a sweaty shirt…” I laughed as I pulled my shirt down, causing the children to laugh and the mood to improve again.

It was very difficult to lift the mood at that point, but fortunately the people were down because of the happiness and emotion the song had caused them, not because of sadness.

So even though it was difficult, it was still possible.

When I was about to sing my last song of the show, one of the children asked me to sing the song again, and I couldn’t refuse.

To keep the mood high and not let the show end on a low note, I asked them to sing with me on stage.

Hearing this, the less shy children quickly got up on stage and came to my side to sing as well, turning what was supposed to be a depressing performance into something cute and funny, with the children happy and shy to be on stage singing with me.

After a few words of thanks, I left the stage with Mark and Frank, who were as tired as I was, and we went to get something to eat.

When the barbecue man saw the three of us coming to his stand, he gave us a big smile and offered us the best cuts of meat.

“That song… BlackVelvet, right?” he asked, making me nod as I took a bite of meat. “When you sang it the first time, I regretted not recording it, but the second time you sang it, I recorded it to listen to it with my dad… he’s going through a difficult time in the hospital and I never knew how to express to him that I’ll be there for him whenever he needs me, now I have a way to express it, thanks a lot boy.”

Smiling, I was even happier. “I’m glad you liked it, the song will be released on my MeTube channel and on my Spokify this week, so if you want to hear this song more often, you know where to listen.” I replied.

As we ate, I saw my family coming towards me and Ethan running to hug my leg, but when he felt my pants a little wet with sweat and my shirt all wet, he quickly turned away in disgust, which made us laugh.

After my show, the event was over, so we were just taking down the stage equipment and getting ready to leave, when I remembered something.

When the children came on stage, I noticed that many of their clothes were old and worn out, and many of them were wearing clothes that were bigger or smaller than they should have been, which broke my heart.

So I decided to surprise these children.

Remembering a huge philanthropy channel from my previous world and thinking about how much watching those videos made me happy and wanted to help other people, I thought I could make a nice surprise for the children with some of the money I had.

With my bank account totaling over $18,000, it wouldn’t hurt to take out a few thousand dollars to make the kids happy with gifts.

I could donate some of the money directly to them, but I thought it would be much better for the children to get something physical and playful than just giving money directly to the orphanage, which I would already be doing by monetizing the music and video, so I thought shopping would be much better.

Then tomorrow I would have an extra job to do after school.

When I looked at my car and noticed that it didn’t have a hitch on the back, I realized that I would have to take it to my uncle’s garage before I went shopping.

Imagining the scene of a sporty, low-slung NSX pulling a trailer full of presents for the kids brought a big smile to my face.

And thinking about Ethan, who didn’t have many toys either, I think I could use a treat for my little brother, too.