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"Reiya, are you going to ride a hot air balloon this Sunday? I heard it's at Kameido Park."
Kameido Central Park is a great place to enjoy cherry blossoms. The cherry blossoms on both sides of the river are always the first to bloom, and they will bloom into a sea of flowers in February. Every year, after the cherry blossoms here fade, the cherry blossoms in other places will gradually bloom.
This place is very close to the original site of the famous Tokyo Skytree. It’s not quite right to say it is the original site, because the Tokyo Skytree had not yet been built at that time. It was 30 years later, in the 21st century, that the construction of Tokyo’s new landmark began.
The 21st century is like a science fiction movie to people of this era.
What will the 21st century be like? The predictions of the great devil and the end of the world are still very popular. In today's world where aliens and monsters are rampant, such arguments are even more popular.
I remember there was an animation a long time ago. In 199X, a nuclear war broke out in the world, and a man with seven scars on his body saved the hearts of people in the end times.
Of course, this "long time ago" is Reiya's memory. According to the timeline of this world, the comic was not published until more than ten years later.
With threats of alien invasion, nuclear war, and all kinds of uneasy talk, the world is indeed as fragile as glass.
"How about it, Lingye, want to go together?"
Coming back to her senses, Ling also realized that Sakura was still waiting for her answer.
"Sorry, I was distracted. Of course, let's go together!"
"Great, hot air balloon, hot air balloon." Sakura sang a strange tune and jumped happily.
The little girl's mind is so simple.
The hot air balloon tour across the country has caused a great response on a large scale, but the response did not come from children, but from their parents.
Children who have boarded a hot air balloon will become very well behaved after getting off. Even the most naughty children will no longer be naughty and will be well behaved.
It's simply an urban legend, but parents who have experienced it all say it's good, so more and more parents send their children to ride hot air balloons, and long queues form every day.
Hundreds and thousands of children were sent on hot air balloons and became "good children".
Chapter 208 The Magic of Happiness
"You'll become a good kid if you ride in a hot air balloon? Is this some kind of urban legend?"
"Maybe, but it's been rumored a lot outside. They say the balloon has already arrived in Tokyo."
Captain Long raised his head and looked at Konno and Yoshimura who were talking. Yamanaka was on patrol today, so he was not at the headquarters. Without him and Beidou bickering, the command room seemed a little deserted.
However, Yamanaka had already been away on the Airo for quite some time, and it was almost time for him to finish his patrol and return to the team.
"Where is this balloon ship you are talking about?"
"Captain, are you interested? I heard it's at Kameido Central Park. It's a national tour balloon ship that finally came to Tokyo. The kids must have been looking forward to it for a long time."
Konno was actually a little envious, as he had never ridden on a balloon ship. The feeling of leisurely floating in the air must be different from flying a fighter jet.
What Captain Long is concerned about is that, since it is a national tour, it means that such rumors are no longer short-term rumors?
"Noriko, notify Yamanaka to come over and take a look."
"Are we also responsible for the balloon ship?" Konno muttered.
"You can ignore the balloon ship, but the strange phenomenon needs to be investigated by the TAC team."
There is no such thing in the world that one can become a good person just by riding on a balloon. Based on their past experience, supernatural phenomena are always related to aliens or monsters.
Call it paranoia, but as a TAC team we always need to be sensitive to all kinds of strange phenomena and rumors.
The more sensitive they are, the more at ease the citizens will feel.
When Reiya and Tomoyo arrived at Kameido Central Park, the balloon boat was parked on the lawn. Two young men, about twenty years old, were checking the balloon boat before takeoff, waiting for more children to arrive.
They were wearing colorful plaid shirts. One had a green vest with a yellow background, and the other had a gray vest with a blue background, just like circus work clothes. Although they didn't have clown makeup, the children really regarded them as clown uncles in the circus who brought joy.
Because it was still early, the sun had just risen, and it was only a little after seven o'clock, there were not many children queuing in front of the balloon boat, only five or six people. There were not enough people to start the boat.
The size of the balloon is enough to carry more than ten children.
"Wait a little longer, we'll take off once we have ten kids together," said the young man in the green vest, asking these kids with excess energy to stay calm.
"Great, looks like we can get a seat today."
Sakura was somewhat thankful, as it was rumored that there were many children who wanted to board the balloon ship, and many of them had to wait the whole day for a seat. So she woke up early today, which was rare for her.
However, it was a pity that Tomoyo didn't come, it would have been nice if the three of them were together. But Sakura knew that not everyone liked the feeling of leaving the ground and ascending into the sky.
Ling also looked up. It was a white balloon, very large, and even more spectacular under the balloon. There were black and yellow stripes on it. I thought it was a hot air balloon before, but there was no stove to heat it, so it should be a hydrogen balloon.
"It feels a bit dangerous. Hydrogen balloons explode too easily."
The Hindenburg disaster, one of the top ten disasters in the world, was the most famous hydrogen balloon explosion. Hydrogen is too flammable, and a spark is enough to cause a disaster.
"It's okay. We've already toured many cities."
But even if it succeeds a hundred times, it doesn't mean it will be safe the hundred and first time. Although thinking so, seeing how eager Sakura is, Ling didn't say anything else.
"Ah, it's Magical Sakura!"
"And Freya!"
Sakura and Ling are used to such scenes. Children's love is more pure, they don't even ask for autographs. For children, meeting idols is more important than autographs.
So the voice soon rang out on the grass -
[The key to the hidden power of darkness...]
This was not the first time they were asked to perform like this, and from their initial shyness, Sakura and Ling had long since become calm and at ease.
"Sister Sakura, can I become a magical girl too?" The little girl was holding a candy apple in her hand. Sakura, who she was looking at, was about the same age, so she could call her 'sister' or 'sister'. "But I can't learn magic no matter what, even though I've done it many times. Am I too stupid?"
Ling thought Sakura would not know how to answer, but Sakura did not hesitate.
"Anyone can become a magical girl. Magic is the power that can bring happiness, so if it can bring happiness to others, it must be magic."
She has already found happiness, and any more extravagant wishes will be punished. For Sakura, the greatest magic has already been realized.
It's not the Dark Key or the spell that comes out of your mouth.
Those are not real magic. The magic that can bring happiness to people is the purest and most essential magic. And this is something that anyone can do.
The children's excitement also attracted the attention of the two young men on the balloon.
"What? A TV star?" The speaker was a young man wearing a green vest with a yellow background.
At the same time, another young man in a gray vest also looked over. At first, they were looking at Sakura, but when they saw Lingye next to Sakura, they were startled and looked at each other, their expressions slightly changed.
That was not the child they expected to receive and they did not expect to meet him here.
But when they thought about it, she was indeed a child, so it was not strange for her to come here. This made them deeply nervous, but they did not dare to show it.
As Reiya and Sakura were mingling with other kids, the two exchanged glances.
"Well, I'm sorry, kids. There was a problem with the balloon today and we need to repair it, so we have to stop for a day."
"Ah? There's no such thing!"
The children couldn't help but feel disappointed. They had gotten up very early to ride the balloon boat, but today was the weekend and they didn't get up so early even on weekdays to go to school.
"But tomorrow is Monday." said the girl holding the candy apple.
"It's okay," the young man walked off the balloon boat, squatted down and looked at the girl level, "Even if it's Monday, after you finish class, we will be here after school to make sure everyone can get on the balloon boat."
"really?"
To be honest, the young man didn't look friendly at all, and his beard hadn't been shaved for a long time. He looked more like a villain in a TV series. But the children were not afraid of him at all.
"Of course, I promise."
After hearing this, the children calmed down a little and stopped making noise.
At this time, the TAC team's Airo flew through the air. The two young men watched the Airo approach and circle around. For about three to five minutes, the Airo circled several times before flying away.
"Uncle, what about the balloons? Didn't you say that if we can't take the balloon ship, we will be given balloons?"
In the past, there was a situation where the children had to queue for too long, and many children still hadn't gotten on the boat until dark. Each of these children would receive a balloon as compensation.
The two young men could only apologize awkwardly.
"We didn't bring balloons today, but no matter when you come tomorrow, I promise to let you be the first to board the balloon boat as compensation for today."
Seeing that they couldn’t take the boat today and there were no balloons, the children could only leave with regret.
"It's a pity that I didn't get to take the boat today, but the big brothers are all good people."
Sakura said this, Ling looked back at the huge balloon ship and nodded. Indeed, she did not feel that the two young people had any ill intentions, and they probably really liked children.
In the park, the balloon boat gradually rose up, carrying the two young men into the air.
"It's time to leave. The TAC team's surveillance in this city is too strict. And she's still here." said the man in the blue vest on the balloon.
"But I have already promised those children that I will let them take the boat tomorrow."
"Are you planning to come back tomorrow?"
"How can you break a promise you've made to your child?"
This is a balloon that brings happiness. Children's thoughts are too chaotic. They are naughty only because they feel that they are not valued. They are noisy because they have many things to say but cannot say them.
All these unstable emotions will be sucked away by the balloon boat, and finally the children will gain peace, which must be happiness.
"That girl is right. If it can bring happiness, it must be magic. This is a magic balloon ship. We absolutely cannot break our promise to the children."
They had long known that this balloon ship was actually a super beast, a super beast that feeds on emotions. It had once been an invasion weapon for the Yabo people, but now it had lost its master. After hatching, it began to wander according to its instincts without a master or instructions.
They were probably hypnotized by the super beasts to become the pilots of the balloon boat. However, they did not think that what they did was a bad thing.
In fact, everyone wants to be a well-behaved child and be loved by their parents, but children can't do it. Too many complicated emotions dominate them. They are determined to be obedient, but in the next second they will be uneasy and unable to control themselves because of chaotic thoughts.
This thought may have been generated by hypnosis, but neither of them thought it was wrong. Stripping away the child's fear and anxiety, what remains must be happiness. And the child's parents will also be happy.
Is there any magic more beautiful than this? They took groups of children to the sky and brought them happiness.
"Come to think of it, I haven't been home for a month. Will my parents be worried?" He didn't even go home for the New Year. The young man in yellow had just thought of this when the balloon above his head flashed a faint light and the thought disappeared.
On the way home, Sakura was still in a bad mood.
"Are you going tomorrow?"
Sakura shook her head, "We have cheerleading practice at school tomorrow. It will be very late when it's over. Mom and Dad will be worried if we go to ride the balloon again."
Sakura has never been a willful child.
This way Ling has no reason to go again.
She had many ways to enjoy the scenery from the sky. She was even used to the scenery. She didn't have much time either. She had choir activities after class and there was only one month left before the competition.