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Perhaps it is to let people know that the threat is not far away and now is not the time to relax and sing and dance. Danger can happen at any time and anywhere.

"How many super beasts do the Yabo people still have on Earth?"

This is not the first time this question has been asked, but no one knows the answer.

Maybe this is the last one, maybe there is still a long way to go before the dawn.

For humans, life has to go on, no matter how hard it is. Fortunately, they still have the TAC team and the Ultra Warriors who protect everyone. They have never let anyone down.

March is the month of spring and it is the time to enjoy cherry blossoms.

Chapter 241 Cherry Blossom Viewing

A semester is over. After two weeks of spring break, a new school year begins.

"Fifth grade now."

"It feels like it happened so fast. I still remember the scene when I first entered school as a freshman."

Not only Zhisheng remembered, Ling also remembered. She had a soul from another world, but her body still had the memory of her brain.

After all, memory is objective data engraved on the sulci of the brain. The soul itself does not have a carrier that carries memory. If it weren't for Gaia, she would not be able to retain the memory of another world, and might really think that she was the native Oshima Reiya.

Although it doesn't make any difference now. It doesn't matter who she is, as long as I know it's me.

Reiya and Tomoyo were classmates in kindergarten, and were lucky enough to be assigned to the same class when they entered elementary school. The scene of entering school is still vivid in my mind, and in the blink of an eye, I am already in the fifth grade. In elementary school, I am already in the senior grade.

For children, this may be the first time they realize they have grown up. They are left with their younger classmates in school, and junior high school is just around the corner. Suddenly, they feel like adults.

Ling didn't feel that way either. She always thought she was a high school student, just hanging out with elementary school students. She was an adult.

From mid-March to early April, the two-week spring break is not long at all.

"Does Ling have any plans?"

I don't have any plans. Two weeks is too tight for traveling abroad, and there is nothing special I want to go to around the country.

"Let's go see the cherry blossoms?" Tomoyo suggested.

Spring is the season of cherry blossoms. The flowering period of cherry blossoms is very short, from blooming to withering, it only takes two weeks. However, due to different varieties, the flowering time is also different, so when one place withers, another will bloom. From the beginning of February to April and May, there are cherry blossoms to enjoy.

It is also fun to go to different parks to enjoy the cherry blossoms during the flowering period.

In that era when there was no Internet, there were even columns in news newspapers that regularly announced places where cherry blossoms could be viewed each week.

It's not impossible to go to see the cherry blossoms, but at this time students have started their spring break, so there will definitely be a lot of people in the parks everywhere.

Ling also doesn't like the feeling of being too crowded, as it reminds her of going to tourist attractions during the Golden Week. There, you don't enjoy the scenery, you just squeeze in with the crowds.

It is a good experience to spread a picnic mat, drink tea and chat under the falling cherry trees, but if there are dozens or hundreds of picnic mats spread all over the grass, there is no green at all. Tourists sit shoulder to shoulder, and there is no mood of falling cherry blossoms except the smell of sweat.

Ling wanted to refuse, but when the words came to her lips, she changed her mind.

"You can go to the cherry blossom viewing, but not in the park."

"Don't you want to go to the park? Ling also knows a good place?"

"That's it."

She did think of a good place, a place she discovered by accident. It had beautiful scenery, delicious food, and hot springs. Most importantly, there were few people.

It can even be said that there are no people at all, only "people".

"But I was wondering if I should take Sakura with me."

"Hmm? Is there a problem?" Tomoyo didn't think that Lingye said this intentionally to exclude Sakura. There must be other reasons.

"Because, isn't Sakura afraid of ghosts?"

"Afraid of ghosts?"

What does being afraid of ghosts have to do with cherry blossom viewing? Tomoyo doesn't quite understand. Could it be going to a haunted house, or to a cemetery in the middle of the night?

That was not cherry blossom viewing, it was a test of courage.

"Because there are ghosts." Lingye said, and to prevent Chiyo from misunderstanding, she added: "Real ghosts."

Tomoyo stared at Lingye with her bright eyes for a long time, and then realized that Lingye was not joking. Her eyes became even brighter.

That night, Ling also called Sakura.

It was true that Sakura was afraid of ghosts, but in the end she decided to go along.

Since both Reiya and Tomoyo are going, it would be too sad to leave her alone.

I have to say, it is reassuring to have Ling by my side. Even if there are monsters, well... monsters are still pretty scary.

But there was more excitement, just like the first off-campus teaching (spring outing).

Because Ling also specifically mentioned that the destination was a hot spring hotel with many delicious foods and there was no need to bring their own, Sakura only prepared some snacks for the journey.

Because it was prepared for three people, it was a little more.

I heard the journey will be very long and will take several hours by car.

The destination Lingye mentioned was in Yamagata Prefecture, which was three or four hundred kilometers away from Tokyo. In those days, there were no highways from Tokyo to Yamagata, so it was not surprising that it took a whole day.

"Thank you for your help, Uncle Hachiken."

"fine."

The person driving for them was Hachiken Yugo. Although Tomoyo suggested using her family's RV, which was indeed very comfortable for traveling, a pickup truck would be more suitable considering the terrain along the way.

Hachiken was in high spirits these days, and Aki agreed to his proposal, and even her family didn't make it difficult for her.

The two, already older single men and women, have finally taken this step.

Aki's father, whose eyes once traumatized him for many years, made Hachiken feel as if he had returned to college and met his roommate after he and Hachiken drank two bottles of Kubota together.

The wedding date was set for this winter, and the most traditional Shinto-style wedding was chosen.

Even the shrine has been reserved, which is Tsukimine Shrine in Tokyo. Yes, it is the shrine where his eldest daughter practiced as a shrine maiden. It used to be unknown, but in the past two months, it has suddenly become very popular.

At that time, the Hyuga priest of the shrine will personally preside over the wedding for them.

Traveling in a pickup truck is not comfortable, especially with four people squeezed into the small cab. But since the three of them are elementary school girls, it is not too crowded.

Rock music was playing in the car. Rock music became popular in the 1950s and reached its peak in the 1960s and 1970s. It is now the most popular. Hachiken likes it very much.

But Ling was not familiar with these songs and did not have any feelings. After all, this era was a little strange to her. Rock master Michael Jackson only released his first single more than a year ago and was still a little unknown.

It was almost afternoon when the pickup truck entered Yamagata Prefecture.

Sakura brought snacks for three people, and Reiya and Tomoyo happened to bring some too, so even though they didn't have a full meal, no one was hungry, including Hachiken, who was very full.

As its name suggests, Yamagata Prefecture is covered with large areas of forests and many mountains. At this time, human settlements were still in the form of villages located on the edge of the forest.

Large tracts of undeveloped land.

After driving along the road and passing a town, Hachiken became a little uncertain as he saw the road ahead gradually becoming desolate.

"Are we going this way?"

"Yes, turn right at the sign ahead."

Hachiken glanced at the road sign and drove up the mountain to the right, but he soon felt something was strange.

Is there something wrong with the road sign just now?

He remembered that on the left side it was written that it led to "Nakaoka" and on the right side it was written that it led to "National Highway 21".

Is there a place called Nakaoka in Yamagata Prefecture?

There is a street with this name in Tokyo, but obviously, the signpost here cannot point to a street in Tokyo 400 kilometers away.

On the other side, the "National Highway 21" he drove into at this time was even stranger.

Japan built its first national highway ten years ago, and now there are only six or seven national highways in the country.

There’s not even Highway 11, so how can there be National Highway 21?

The road became more and more remote. Not only did we not see the so-called national highway, but at some point, even the cement road disappeared.

Hachiken braked and stopped at the end of the concrete road, looking at the dirt road ahead leading into the mountains.

"Miss, are you sure you want to go this way?"

"Well, the road ahead is not easy to travel, so I didn't drive the RV here. Uncle Baxuan, is your car okay?"

"That doesn't matter. As long as the road is right..." The pickup truck is an all-terrain four-wheel drive with off-road tires, so even more complicated mountain roads are not a problem.

But in a mountain like this, are there really hot spring hotels where you can enjoy cherry blossoms?

Hachiken started the car again, and the road started to bumpy, so he slowed down a bit.

"Well, just go slowly. The last time I came here, I saw a stone pier blocking the road at the end of the road ahead."

Thanks to the eldest lady's reminder, Baxuan stopped in front of the stone pier in time. It was in the blind spot and appeared in front of him after turning a corner. If he was not careful, he might have hit it.

There is really no way out this time.

"right here?"

At the end of the road is a tall vermilion gatehouse. It looks antique, but it's hard to tell what kind of building it is.

"This can probably be considered a shrine."

"shrine?"

Although it is a little different from the shrines we usually see, since the lady who is a shrine maiden said so, it is probably correct.

"This is it, Uncle Hachiken. Just pick us up at this time tomorrow afternoon. We can go back to Tokyo, or stay in the town at the foot of the mountain for a night."

Hachiken looked at the 'shrine' and felt it was a bit eerie.

"Is that really all right?"

"No problem. It's not my first time here."

If the eldest lady says it's okay, then it should be okay. Hachiken took the luggage out of the back of the pickup truck.

"Would you like me to help you with your luggage?"

"No, there's nothing."

Ling only had a small bag, which contained her cell phone and some small sundries like a round mirror and tissues. Sakura and Tomoyo didn't bring much either, so it wasn't heavy.

"OK then."