flstandardbreds Chapter 483: Reunion after a long separation
Chapter 483: Reunion after a long separation
Note: This chapter is two chapters in one
Hokkaido, located at the northernmost tip of the archipelago, lies between 40° and 45° latitude. It is the largest island in the country besides Honshu Island. It is close to the Pacific Ocean in the east, and the terrain is mainly plains and mountains, and most of the climate is temperate monsoon.
The climate here changes significantly throughout the year, the scenery has distinct seasonal characteristics, and the scenery is beautiful, making it a great place for sightseeing.
Especially when winter comes, the temperature in the whole Hokkaido will drop to minus five degrees Celsius. Snowflakes will fall from the sky and the accumulation can reach a thickness of up to four meters. It is truly a snowy country.
Sapporo is a city in the western part of the island.
Its name comes from the language of the local indigenous Ainu people, meaning "big river".
The city has a population of over 1.5 million. Although it is not as prosperous as Tokyo, it is still an internationally renowned tourist metropolis.
Winter nights come early. The flight I booked was scheduled to take off at 2:30 p.m., and when I came out of the airport, it was almost dusk.
The snow on the commercial street had been cleared by the snowplows, revealing the grayish-blue stone bricks at the bottom. The copper-black street lamps in front of the shops began to work, and the orange sparks on the wicks flickered twice, making the ground shiny.
The branches of the trees along the roadside were hung with Christmas decorations that had not yet been taken down, and there were also amulets, lucky bags, kadomatsu and red paper cranes to be used in the New Year. The colorful neon lights flickered, as if they were emerging from a collage.
“This is Hokkaido.”
I stood in front of a shop window, looking at my face reflected in the glass, unable to comprehend the loss, gloom and melancholy revealed in those eyes.
Because, before this, I had never been to this city.
Every corner of this land, every landscape, and even every face I encounter are just passers-by who pass by by chance, and are the most unfamiliar things.
However, once these three words were spoken, the emotions mixed with lonely excitement and emotion were like a fish jumping out of the water and swimming downstream, swimming all the time, and it was always difficult to stop.
It's as if...as if, long before, I had promised to bring someone here besides Li Zi, but in the end it didn't happen.
It shouldn't be like this... a voice in my head said this.
This is ridiculous...If not this, then what should it be?
No clue at all.
"Excuse me, is there anything you need to buy?" A clerk in the store in front of me walked out from the sales counter and asked with a polite smile, "If you are here for tourism, I highly recommend that you buy some souvenirs to take back."
"These are local specialties that cannot be bought anywhere else. The prices generally range from 20,000 to 80,000 yuan."
The souvenirs displayed in the window are mostly desserts, such as Japanese confectionery, chocolate, sake and matcha powder.
Maybe I was staring at these products for too long, so she thought I wanted to buy something but didn't know the price, so she was hesitating about it.
"Ah..." Her words interrupted my thinking process. I opened my mouth and tried to say a few words in response, "No need..."
“It’s a great gift for family and friends.”
She blinked and continued to serve professionally, "Of course, we also have the famous 'White Lover' chocolate directly from the chocolate factory. This special chocolate symbolizes a love as pure and sincere as a lily. It will have a very special meaning if you give it to someone you love."
“Uh, hahahaha…thank you.” After being introduced to a lot of people, I waved my hands and said awkwardly, “How about, maybe next time?”
Normally I would bring back some souvenirs when I go out, but this time was different. I came here all alone because the three people closest to me stood me up one after another.
The fact that you don’t turn into a villain and go crazy and kill people everywhere is already the best demonstration of your personal quality. Don’t even think about bringing them gifts!
As for that messed up chocolate lover, it stabbed me straight in the heart.
Hahahaha, do you actually think that I am qualified to have a relationship and bring a box of "Shiroi Koibito" back to my boyfriend?
Salesman, you are such a jerk...
As everyone knows, I, Suzuki Yuri, although I look like a youthful, lively and charming female college student, but actually at the age of 19, I am still a complete virgin solo.
The people I usually attract are either those with very weird hobbies or those with very strange train of thought.
Some of them are handsome, some are not, but the only thing they have in common is that they don’t look like normal people.
And my only greatest interest in this life is to grow up to be an ordinary and normal person and live my life honestly. Is this request too much? ? ?
I'm not Kira Yoshikage.
OK, even if I say now that I am ready for a relationship, where is my future boyfriend?
Is he on the roof in front, next to the traffic light on the main road, or in the center of the lake behind?
Walking in the direction of the hot spring park in the center of Sapporo, I chatted casually with Riko while looking at the nearby scenery.
After nagging and condemning me for not inviting others to join me and choosing to go to Hokkaido alone, Riko began her daily round of persuasion.
"I think you should find more handsome guys to date." She said bitterly on the phone, "Do you know how much you've wasted your face and body?"
"What a waste of natural resources!"
"If you want to persuade someone, you must persuade the handsome guy. What's the point of persuading me?" I felt that she seemed to have some inexplicable filter on me, as if I was willing and could get out of being single immediately. I looked up speechlessly and rolled my eyes, "Why are you the same as my mother? Do you think I will never get married?"
"Stop, stop, stop. That's not what I meant." If nothing unexpected happened, Li Zi should have rolled her eyes as well. She said unhappily, "I just hope you can gain more experience."
"Accumulating experience...what are you going to do with it?"
"Of course I'm using it to compete with him." She said it as if it was a matter of course. "Let me tell you, Suzuki Yuri, with your extremely naive personality, when you really meet someone in the future, can you be his opponent?"
"This is the same as leveling up by killing monsters, you know." She continued to lecture, "When you are still in the Novice Village, with the title of a rookie, you must kill the monsters first, right? If you go to kill the boss alone right away, you will definitely be killed instantly."
"How can I help you when you are eaten to death in the future?"
Me: “…Why are you so sure that I will meet the boss?”
"intuition."
"What the hell is your intuition! Even if I meet a boss, my attack power is still very high, okay? It's not necessarily that I'm worse than the other party! You've been single since birth, where do you get the confidence to help me?"
"I am your military advisor, do you understand?"
"I don't understand." The weather in Hokkaido is much colder than in Tokyo. I shivered from the cold, covered my hands and put the phone to my ear, and continued, "I think you're asking me to fall in love now just to get material for that comic!"
"I've already told you, if you dare to draw me into that 'The Daily Life of Suzuki Yuri', I'll blow your head off."
"Hey... Lily, please don't be like this, Lily." She screamed into the phone, "You are my inspiration, my muse, and my only hope in life."
"Drawing your daily life will definitely go viral. It's very interesting, funny and melodramatic. If there is a chance that the comic will be adapted into a movie in the future, you will be the heroine of the anime."
Me: “Get lost, figure it out yourself.”
"You don't love me anymore."
"Yes, I have never loved you. So, come and bite me."
"You cruel woman, I will never forgive you. I will curse you for having insomnia and being chased by the Tyrannosaurus Rex in your nightmares every night you work overtime. Just wait..."
"I'm not afraid of you."
I hung up the phone decisively.
"Where should we go next..."
Ah, there is.
I just checked online and found that there is a natural hot spring called Nakajima Park near the Hilton Hotel. It is about two kilometers away. If you walk there, it will take about ten minutes to get there.
The weather is so cold, I’ve been wanting to take a hot spring bath for a long time... Well, let’s go now.
I walked forward according to the location indicated on the electronic map.
After walking for about five minutes, a crossroads appeared in front of us.
Just after the green light, the red light turned on for a long 90 seconds. I don’t know why, but the words on it moved exceptionally slowly, as if they deliberately didn’t want people to pass.
It is the peak tourist season in Hokkaido, and there are a lot of people everywhere. A group of people stood in front of the zebra crossing, whispering something, as if complaining that they had to wait too long for the traffic light.
At this moment, the large electronic screen on the commercial building in front of the intersection suddenly lit up and began playing the anime's promotional PV.
It's a curse battle.
The work, which has been serialized since 2018, became a huge hit as soon as it was released. The animation was then announced to have begun production, and it was completed and aired in April this year.
After it was broadcast, it became a hit with its three-dimensional characters and excellent quality, so the production team immediately announced the decision to produce the second and third seasons.
I remember that I started following the serialization when the show first aired, and before long, I had finished reading all the comics.
I didn’t expect to see the promotional PV of Jujutsu Kaisen on the streets of Hokkaido.
Moreover, the fighting scenes and dialogues above are things I haven’t seen yet... Could this be the trailer for the second season?
Wow, it was released without any announcement. I didn’t even get any news about it from the Internet.
"10,9,8,7,6......"
The red light turned green again.
I followed the crowd to the other side of the zebra crossing, and then walked in front of the large electronic screen.
Snowflakes as big as goose feathers fell from the sky and unexpectedly landed in my collar, bringing a chill.
I couldn't help but shrink my neck, and the breath I exhaled formed a thin layer of mist in the cold air, which lingered around each other and floated upwards, then gradually dissipated.
Standing in front of the mall, many people stopped and chose to stop and watch like me.
I saw the plot content in the Huaiyu-Yuzhe chapter in the comics.
"Astral plasma body, Master Tianyuan wants to choose the body to assimilate."
"Sure enough, I still want to be with you all more!"
"I'm not called Zen-in anymore. I'm married into the family. I'm called Fushiguro Shiner now."
“The battle has just begun!”
The animated characters and familiar-looking lines have all been transformed from black and white comics into animated animations.
As the picture jumped, the entire screen went black.
"Bang!" The sound of broken glass came out from the speakers, and then the screen lit up.
I saw two spirited teenagers appear above with lively smiles. They jumped down from a skyscraper several dozen meters high. The wind passed through their hair, bringing a happy and powerful atmosphere.
"so good......"
Even in the cold winter, it is as dazzling as the summer sun.
I was glued to the second season of the anime.
Never before have I realized as I do now that the long, hard year of 2018, in which so many things have happened, is finally coming to an end.
Maybe it was because the weather was too cold, maybe it was because I was standing here alone, or even just because their smiles were so beautiful, I suddenly felt an urge to cry.
"Hi." Just as a tear finally fell from the corner of my eye, a familiar voice sounded in my ears.
.....Are you......calling me?
I blinked my eyes, wiped away my tears, turned around and saw two people standing beside me. Their tall figures blocked the light from the street lamp, casting two slender shadows.
What comes into view is...
He has white hair, is very tall, wears a thin windbreaker, and has a pair of pure black sunglasses on his high nose bridge.
He moved his glasses down a little, revealing a pair of bright and beautiful blue eyes. He stretched out a hand and greeted me with a smile.
“Gojo Satoru…?”
On his right was a man with a bun on his head.
He was also wearing a long gown that didn't look very warm. His bangs were blown by the wind, and his thick black hair fell on his broad shoulders. His narrow fox eyes showed ripples as soft as the spring breeze.
"Suguru Geto......?"
It was as if Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru suddenly came to life from that electronic screen and stood right in front of me.
"Long time no see." I heard him say.