I planted a sacred tree in Tokyo

Chapter 67: The fisherman will never come back empty-handed

"Hey, look at this post."

"There are a large number of crows circling strangely near my house. I suspect they are supernatural beings like the 'Crow Tengu'"

On the tram, several junior high school students were scrolling through their mobile phones and discussing with great interest.

"Probably there is a garbage recycling station near his house!"

Others didn't bother to answer, and then came up with their own findings:

"I think this is somewhat possible: My dog looks at me like something is wrong?"

“Don’t dogs always look like this?”

These middle school students were having heated discussions as if no one else was watching, imagining that they could encounter extraordinary beings, and then use friendship, love, and momentum to 'convince' each other and use them as shikigami; from then on, they embarked on a life of subduing demons and saving the world.

As high school students, Akira Yuu and Eai Nao would naturally not be so excited: monitor Nao carefully checked the news, while Akihiru Yuu closed her eyes and rested.

As for the middle-aged social animals in the carriage, most of them had numb faces and seemed completely unable to cheer up.

What about reaching the sky in one step, and what about being self-centered? After being severely beaten by society, it is already clear that these things will not belong to them. Rather than hoping for these unrealistic things, it is better to think about how to complete today's work.

Only when his eyes swept over the young people in the carriage did their expressions soften.

It seems to recall the past: they were so high-spirited and thought they could do anything.

"Yu-kun,"

"Supernatural has become the biggest topic in the entire island country."

From the overwhelming news on his mobile phone, squad leader Nao can easily tell that the entire island country is in a boil because the government announced the 'extraordinary': countless 'suspected' extraordinary information flooded the Internet, and the police system is probably already too busy. Bar.

Not only in island countries, but also in other countries, all the hot searches on the front pages are ‘extraordinary’.

Even with the sworn endorsement and video from the island country's government, the Internet is still filled with a lot of doubts: This is also understandable. In the scientific world, if some ghost suddenly appears, the vast majority of people will not accept it.

It seems that this quarrel will continue for a long time: in fact, even most people in the island country themselves are in a state of confusion.

As soon as I wake up, a hundred ghosts are walking in the night and supernatural beings descend. Is this a joke?

However, workers still have to go to work and students still have to go to school.

"If you could gain extraordinary power, what would you want?"

The monitor next to him suddenly turned his head and asked.

Ah this

Shouldn't this be my line?

Opening his eyes, Akira Yuu, who was controlling his clone to practice ninjutsu, answered casually.

"Probably a power that can be called 'invincible'."

After giving the squad leader an ambiguous answer, Qiu Riyu touched his chin.

"It's too troublesome to fight and kill, so 'spells' like waving your hands are more suitable for me."

"Spellcaster?"

The monitor put away his phone and stood up.

"Sounds good, but..."

How can extraordinary power be so easily accessible?

Not to mention the ability to ‘choose’ on your own.

"That's all I said."

During the broadcast of 'About to arrive at XXX station', Akira Yuya stood up.

"This kind of thing is all about fate."

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Lake Toya,

It is a freshwater lake located in the southwest of Hokkaido, Japan.

Near Uchiura Bay, part of Shikotsu-Toya National Park, it is also known as ‘Caldera Lake’.

As you can tell from the name, this is a lake that was formed after the volcano collapsed due to frequent volcanic eruptions in the early 20th century.

Although it is located in Hokkaido, Lake Toya is an "unfrozen lake" with clear water rippling all year round. In addition, the famous "Lake Toya Hot Spring" is formed due to the surrounding volcanic terrain, making it the leading tourist destination in Hokkaido.

Of course, to the locals: It’s just a lake, what’s there to see?

Several old people living nearby walked toward the lake talking and laughing with fishing gear on their backs and buckets in their hands.

Lake Toya is rich in red trout and wakame. Although they are both valuable fish, the old people enjoy the fun of fishing and don’t care much about the catch: otherwise, can they really earn as much as working for a day of fishing?

But seriously speaking, they don't need to work. Just renting out their house as a B\u0026B is enough to make a living.

Who makes those ‘outsiders’ like to come here to see the scenery and soak in hot springs?

"Today I absolutely want to catch a Toya Lake Tetsuya salmon!"

"You said that twenty years ago."

A group of old people sat down in the shade of a tree. Hokkaido is covered with wind and snow all year round in autumn and winter, which is the primary reason why it is so vast and sparsely populated.

However, the temperature in summer is cool and not muggy. The average temperature is about 25~28, which is most suitable for outdoor activities.

A small horse tie, a hat, a water bottle, a fishing pole, and a toolbox are all fully equipped.

Immediately afterwards, the old people took out a variety of baits mixed with wine, rice, earthworms, etc., and first threw them in semicircles; then they waved the fishing rods back and forth in the air to draw arcs, and finally:

"go."

The thin fishing line was thrown into the water, and the fishhook shone silver in the sun, and soon sank into the water.

At the same time, an old man took out a pipe from the last century and then took out a bag of tobacco leaves.

"The best Kanagawa tobacco leaves, my grandson sent them to me from Tokyo."

"Give me some,"

"Give me some time to straighten up~~"

Other old men also took out their pipes and offered to smoke for free. In fact, the tobacco leaves from Fukushima are the best.

But for some reason, the old men no longer dared to smoke the tobacco leaves there.

It was too strong and they couldn't bear it.

Soon, the faint green smoke floated on the pipe. One rod, one pipe, and one sitting all day long were the daily routine of these old men.

After fishing for a few hours, the harvest was not big. A few small fish in the plastic bucket had been released, and the ones left were all adult fish with larger kilograms. Several old men began to share lunch happily: for them, life was almost coming to an end, and they lived one day at a time.

Someone set up a small stove, picked the biggest fish, slaughtered it on the spot, scaled it, gutted it, and smeared it with salt. After a set of skilled processes, they started to barbecue on the spot.

Others took out sake, peanuts, and pickled plums. Only the old man who threatened to fish for Taimen was still guarding the lake.

"Hey, you're still fishing for your Taimen, come over and have a drink!"

In a large freshwater lake like Lake Toya, every few years or more than ten years, someone catches a two- or three-meter-long Taimen. But for ordinary people, it's just an interesting story that they sigh after hearing. To catch such a behemoth, not only do you need a good body, but the fishing rod must also be specially made.

The fishing rod in the old man's hand is specially made. He doesn't just talk about fishing Taimen.

People always have to find some goals for themselves.

"Taimen has been listed in the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Even if you catch it..."

The voices of other old men came from the shade of the trees next to him. The old man fishing was unmoved:

"I know!"

Even if he caught it, he would let it go.

As for why he is obsessed with fishing Taimen?

Maybe it was bragging to his son when he was young, or a promise to his grandson later. The reason has long been forgotten!

Amid the shimmering water, a strange shadow appeared and then disappeared.

"Huh?"

The old man fishing was stunned and rubbed his eyelids, almost thinking that he was hallucinating.

Gululu~~

At this moment, a series of bubbles suddenly emerged from the water.

Then, a huge force suddenly attacked, almost throwing the old man out.

"I caught a big fish, I... Help!!"

? !

The old men who were eating and drinking on the other side dropped their bowls, chopsticks and wine glasses.

When they turned around, they saw the fishing rod that was pulled into a bow shape, and the old friend who was already in a horse stance, but was constantly being dragged into the lake.

"Let go--"

"Asshole, are you going to die?"

Fortunately, the crowd was not far away, and it was only a few steps away. The old man who was still strong rushed over and hugged the old fisherman's waist, so that he was not directly dragged into Lake Toya.

"Can't let go!"

"This is my dream of thirty or fifty years!"

Although he is an old man, he is as stubborn as a 'hot-blooded teenager'. The old fisherman holds the fishing rod tightly, as if he will not let go even if he is dragged into the water.

"You guy. I will help you too."

"Together,"

Seeing this, other old men rushed up one after another, hugging the waist, holding the hand, and some directly helped to hold the fishing rod.

"Follow my rhythm, one, two, one, two, one, two!"

A group of old men shouted and pulled back rhythmically like children playing tug-of-war, bursting out with the momentum of 'old-age passion'. Fortunately, the equipment in the hands of the old fisherman is a high-tech product, otherwise it would have broken long ago.

"Wow, it's so heavy, and I really caught a big one."

There really is something big under the water. They pulled back, and the other side swam forward, and finally:

Splash,

A wet person?

Was pulled up by them.

? ? ?

"Ahhh, the body!!!"

"Bullshit, it's still moving, did it hook a diver?"

"How could it be, Lake Toya doesn't provide diving services. I didn't mean to do that! Hey, hey, hey, you have to help me testify."

Seeing that a 'person' was caught, the old man who was fishing panicked, and threw down the fishing rod while making excuses. Noticing the 'person' covering his cheek and rolling in pain, he hurried forward again.

"Red Bean Mud Private Marseille"

"It's all my fault, ah~~Don't move, I'll help you take out the hook."

Hearing the old man's words, the 'person' lying on the ground opened his mouth in pain and pointed to the inner wall of his mouth.

"Okay, let me see. Hey, help me get the medical kit!"

Another old man heard what he said, turned around and ran to the shade of the tree, and brought a small box over.

The box not only contained heart-saving pills, antihypertensive drugs, but also things to treat external injuries: a group of old men fishing, if something unexpected happened, I'm afraid they would all be dead by the time they called people over. It is very necessary to bring these 'common medicines'.

"Open your mouth wide, very good."

"Bear it——"

"Ah~~"

With a cry of pain, the bloody fishhook was taken out.

The old man fishing took out the hemostatic cotton, put it into the mouth and pressed the wound, while comforting the other party.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's okay now."

"It's all my fault. If you want compensation, please just ask."

After all, he has several rooms. Relying on the tourism industry, the old man fishing thinks he can still afford to 'compensate'.

"Brother"

"What are you doing? Can't you see I'm busy?"

"No, don't you think this person is a little weird?"

An old man next to him spoke hesitantly. It was a mess just now, and everyone was busy "saving people".

Now take a closer look, the person lying on the ground is actually a "naked man". He looks well-proportioned in muscles, but his green skin is too abnormal. I thought it was water plants before, but now it seems that it is not the case. Moreover:

The other party does have "human" facial features, but his eyes are big and his nose is small, and his mouth is split to the roots of his ears. No, where are his ears?

"Gululu?"

Helped up by the old fisherman, this strange "man" stared at him with a pair of eyes with black stripes.

The two "people" stared at each other, and for a moment, the atmosphere was extremely awkward.

"Ahem, you."

Glancing at the other party's bald head and a circle of messy hair like water plants; looking down, sweeping across the tortoise shell behind the other party, the old fisherman thought for a long time before speaking dryly.

"Kappa?"

"Water God?"

"It can't be cosplay, right?"

Are all young people nowadays playing so fancy?

"Anyway, is there anything I can compensate for--"

Just as the other old men turned sideways to escape and the fisherman was crying, this naked creature, who was very similar to the legendary 'kappa', shrugged his nose.

His eyes fell on the grilled fish on the stove next to him.

"Do you want to eat this?"

"No problem!"

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"Where do the extraordinary creatures come from?"

Waiting for the fully armed local police who wrote a suicide note halfway to arrive.

What they saw was a group of old men curiously surrounding a bald man with a turtle shell on his back, who was feasting?

Human-shaped body, turtle shape, Mediterranean hairstyle

If it's not the famous 'kappa' of the island country, what is it?

"Officer, you are finally here."

An old man waved his hand and pointed at the 'kappa' who was eating heartily.

"We caught one. Please deal with this."

Yesterday, the authorities suddenly issued some 'supernatural phenomena/organisms corresponding regulations', and today they encountered the famous kappa.

The scene in front of him made the policeman feel dizzy and he suspected that he had not woken up yet.

"Hello,"

He stepped forward with courage.

The policeman thought for a long time before he could say something nonsense.

".Have you eaten?"

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PS: By the way, I would like to recommend a book by the same author,

Hogwarts: What bad intentions can Amon have

Recommendation:

"A paranoid person in the audience channel said that I don't understand human nature. I think He is right."

"Then in order to understand what human nature is, please allow me to do a large-scale experiment."

"Well... it's normal to have some fun during the experiment."