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"Ah, thank you so much!" Reimu said in surprise, then a little embarrassed, "If possible, can you give me one more? After all, it's embarrassing to let Priest Tsurugi stand in the wind and snow."
Tsuge, who was standing in the snow outside the venue, sneezed. He had to buy a ticket to enter the venue. It was just to see the shrine maiden of his own shrine, why should he pay? Rather than letting his wallet suffer, he would rather suffer and wait outside.
He is a public "flower protector". No matter whether it is Kuze or Reimu, the Lord of the Gods will let him follow whoever goes on a long journey.
"It's because I'm too reliable." Priest Zhemu thought to himself, feeling somewhat proud, and then he sneezed again.
"Has Priest Zhemu come too?" Ling asked.
"Well, because everyone in the shrine is busy preparing for the annual festival, he is the one who has the least time and nothing to do. So dad asked him to come so that he wouldn't be a hindrance at the shrine."
This is being despised, Ling also thought with some sympathy. Priest Tsurugi must be very sad, right?
Chapter 188 Cold Wave Strikes
"Captain, I'm back."
Shan Zhong, who had just returned from patrol, reported to Captain Long.
"how is the situation?"
"It was a peaceful scene, and there was a festive atmosphere everywhere."
"Don't be careless. Because it's a festival, we have to be more careful," said Long Wulang.
Beidou and Nan are not here today, but since it is Christmas, the TAC team is filled with a festive atmosphere.
"Let's celebrate Christmas together. They are always so close." Konno smiled obscenely. "Maybe one day, we will go to a wedding banquet. Christmas is a good day for confession."
"But isn't Christmas the day Jesus was born? What does that have to do with confession?"
"Ah, Yoshimura, you don't understand the young people of today."
But I am also a young man, Yoshimura thought to himself.
Although it is a Western festival, I don't know when Japanese young people started celebrating it. Instead, they paid less attention to their own traditional festivals. As a folklorist, Yoshimura was actually quite uncomfortable with this.
When the concert ended, it was already dark.
It wasn’t late, not even four o’clock, but the days were short in winter, and snow had begun to fall again. The snow on the road, which had melted, began to pile up white again.
This snowfall really had nothing to do with Ling. She didn't want it to snow because it would affect traffic. The falling snow almost blurred her vision.
"so cold."
Coming out of the gym, Reimu felt the temperature had dropped a bit.
"Who told you to wear so little?" Priest Tsurugi took off his coat naturally and put it on Reimu.
Because of the huge difference in their body shapes, Reimu looked like she was wrapped in a blanket.
"Priest Tsukumaki, aren't you cold?"
"What nonsense! Men from Izumo don't get cold."
Zhemu gave a thumbs up. Well, I am so handsome.
Haha, so silly. But Reimu wondered, would she, who had previously called herself Hakurei Reimu of Gensokyo, also be so silly?
"Let's get back to the hotel."
"Yeah, that's true."
It was really too cold to bear. Is the weather in Tokyo always so weird? The two of them didn't want to take a taxi, so they took a bus. The heating on the bus finally made them feel alive.
"Reiya sings really well."
Thinking of the enthusiasm of the audience just now, Reimu couldn't connect the girl on the stage with the Reiya she knew. She was also completely different from the Freya on TV.
Lingya, whom I met at Izumo Taisha Shrine, was friendly and kind.
Freya on TV is a little arrogant and a little naive.
But she was so bright on the stage. The cheering fans were like stars in the sky. Maybe this is what the stage is, a place that too many girls yearn for.
Even Tsurugi, who usually has little interest in music, had to admit that it was indeed a very attractive singing voice.
Don't give in
I felt my whole body getting hot. The bus was also filled with spectators leaving the show, chattering. Some people lined up to get autographs, which aroused a wave of envy. Reimu was a little proud of this, because she had reserved a full set of autographs. If others knew about this, they would definitely be envious.
At the TAC team headquarters, the phone suddenly rang.
Noriko answered the phone, said a few words and hung up.
"Captain, the weather bureau called and said that the temperature in Tokyo is a little abnormal, especially in the K area. From noon to just now, it has dropped a full ten degrees."
"Isn't it because of the snow?"
"Regarding this, the Meteorological Bureau said that this snowfall was also very strange. There was no sign of snowfall observed before."
"Is that so? But didn't it snow heavily last night?" Konno interrupted.
There was no forecast for the snow last night, so Konno was shocked to see the snowy sky when he woke up this morning.
"That's different. The snow last night was a natural phenomenon. Although the Meteorological Bureau did not predict it in advance, it was within the error range and belongs to the laws of nature. No matter how powerful the weather satellite is, it cannot truly predict all weather conditions."
From the subsequent meteorological data last night, it can be seen that it is all natural movement of the atmosphere, with traces to follow, and no trace of human intervention. If there is any intervention, it can only be said to be "God".
"But this time it doesn't seem like it, it's like artificial snowfall."
Neither the temperature nor the clouds met the conditions for snowfall, but it snowed anyway. The traces were too deliberate.
In other words, the heavy snow outside right now is man-made? Or is it a monster? As expected, we can't be careless even on Christmas.
"I understand. Yamanaka, Konno, the two of you take the Cosmos to investigate the scene. Be careful and do not act on your own if anything happens. Report to the headquarters immediately."
"understand!"
In the lounge backstage, the three girls were still immersed in excitement.
No wonder, they can be said to have achieved success overnight.
Which of the singers and bands who debuted did not go through hardships step by step? They started out by singing on the streets and in bars, then were spotted by talent scouts and signed to companies. Even their concerts started with small concerts with dozens or hundreds of people to attract attention.
But they debuted in a big stadium with 2500 people. The next step may be the dream destination of all singers, a Budokan with people.
Starting at the top is like going to the top. Such treatment is almost impossible to replicate if it is not for the right time, place and people.
"It seems that you are really suitable for the stage besides in front of the camera." Today's performance was successful, and Dazhong, as the manager, was also very happy. The effect was much better than she expected. "Have you ever thought about continuing to sing in the future?"
"Well, I don't know. Maybe I need to think about it again."
"It's okay, you still have a lot of time."
At their age, they do have plenty of time. In five or even ten years, they will only be 20 years old, and the best years of their lives are just beginning.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the lounge reserved for the three girls.
"Oh, you performed very well today."
"Ah, it's the Virgo goddess!" Dazhong was a little surprised when he saw the person who walked into the lounge.
She thought the band had already left, after all, it was a very popular band, and it was incredible that they were willing to come and support them. But she soon realized that Ling was not a stranger to the band, and they were even friends.
“Thank you so much for today.”
"What are you talking about? I'm the one who should be thanking you."
No matter how much I thank Gaia for helping me, I can never repay her.
"If you need anything in the future, please let me know if I can help," said Apsalar.
"Will Sister Apsalar stay here in the future?"
"Just call me Sarah." Apsalar's name is too long. It is actually the transliteration of the name of the Supreme God in her planet's language. If it's a friend, calling her Sarah is enough. "I like it here. Of course I want to stay here. Are you not welcome?"
"Of course you are welcome."
The Earth welcomes any friendly civilization with good intentions.
Moreover, their two planets are now only a few dozen light years apart. Apart from Proxima Centauri, they are one of the closest star systems to the solar system, so they can truly be considered neighbors.
Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors.
"Let's take a photo together."
"Okay."
Dazhong was a little excited when the popular idol Apsalar took the initiative to ask for a photo. She volunteered to take the camera, but Ling gave the camera to the makeup artist and asked her for help.
"Please help us take a picture. Miss Dazhong, you can come too."
"Ah? Do I have to be in the shot too?"
"Of course, Miss Dazhong is our partner."
Buddy, Dazhong was suddenly moved.
The temperature in Tokyo suddenly dropped by ten degrees, causing trouble for couples preparing to celebrate the festival on the streets, and drove them back to their hotel rooms - of course, this may also be in line with the theme of Christmas.
"There is indeed a problem."
When we were patrolling the mountains with the Cosmos, we found that the plane was covered with frost. The higher we went, the more the temperature dropped.
They were flying normally in the troposphere and had not yet reached the stratosphere, but the instrument panel showed that the temperature had dropped to minus fifty degrees Celsius.
"It's so cold, it's like the Snow Girl is angry."
"Konno-kun, you are a member of the TAC team, please speak more scientifically. There is no such thing as a snow woman in this world."
"That's not necessarily true." Konno muttered, and chanted Amitabha again. Didn't he encounter a kappa before?
Yamanaka ignored him and continued to fly the plane, "Let's circle around the low temperature anomaly area again to see where the center is."
"it is good."
The plane circled over the city and, with the help of instruments, flew along the isotherms in the mountains and found that the low-temperature zone was indeed a divergent area outside the scope of Tokyo, to be precise, in Saitama Prefecture, with a mountainous area at the center.
"Strange, there's nothing there."
It's really just undeveloped forest.
The cabin glass was a little blurry due to frost. We descended the mountain and conducted a low-altitude reconnaissance flight.
"Be careful, Yamanaka. You almost hit the mountain."
"I know!"