I teach kendo in Tokyo

Kyoto is one of the few cities that was not grilled by the barbecue master Major General Li Mei during the war, and the streets are full of ancient atmosphere.

From time to time, you can see Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva statues and stone tablets with inscriptions hidden in the corners of the ancient streets.

People often joke that if you have an accident while driving in Kyoto, it is easy to go directly from the jurisdiction of the traffic police to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

Of course, as an ancient capital, Kyoto's roads are straight, square, and straight, so it's not easy to get lost.

However, this kind of square road is particularly prone to traffic jams, and the traffic lights at each intersection aggravate the traffic jams.

By the time Tokikoyama Hideki drove to the spot on Noriaki's note in the mountain section, many hours had passed.

Night has fallen.

This was 1980, and Japan was already enjoying this kind of traffic jam.

If you're going to take a walk next time, don't let down your guard. Remember what I said during the day, this ghost place is very dangerous to come to at night. Hideki Tokikoyama opened the car door first and got out of the car.

Yamato Noriming also got out of the car, and then looked around.

He found a guard box not far away, and a uniformed policeman stood under the light at the door of the guard box.

Aren't there police officers here? The security shouldn't be too bad, right? Nori Ming Yamadan asked slightly confused.

Tokikoyama Hideki shrugged: This place is a bit evil.

As he spoke, he looked at the policeman under the light and waved.

The policeman was originally looking towards them, but when he saw the wave, he looked away.

Mosquitoes were flying freely above the policeman's cap.

Tokikoyama Hideki made a gesture: This way.

He took a step forward, and Yamaduan Noriming immediately followed. The two of them passed by the guard box and entered the dark alley.

The distance between the street lights is a bit wide, and there is pitch black night between the two street lights.

Behind the house on the left, you can see the outline of a mountain, but this is not a strange thing in Japan - there are only a few large plains in the entire Japanese island, and the rest are hills and mountains.

The two of them chatted as they moved forward.

Hideki Tokikoyama said: Recently I heard that Kyoto's street lighting system will be renovated. By then, there should be fewer 'zebra roads' with sections of black and white.

Actually, I think it's not bad... As soon as Shanduan Fanming opened his mouth, wind blew through the street, and then he heard a little girl singing.

Maruzhu Yi Niobashi Oike

Sister Sanliujiaojin

…

This is a children's song widely sung in Kyoto. It records the famous ancient place names of Kyoto from north to south.

Yamadan Norimei followed the sound and found that in the side alley, under a lonely streetlight, a little girl wearing a kimono for Women's Day was playing a cappella while shooting a ball.

It's already May, and Girls' Day has been two months away.

After noticing this fact, Noriaki Yamadan suddenly felt that the red color of the little girl's kimono became unusually bright.

At this time, he suddenly heard Tokikoyama Hideki's voice: Sandan-kun?

Yamadan Noriming turned his head sharply and found that Tokikoyama Hideki had already walked four or five meters away and was looking back at him: Why did you stop suddenly, Yamadan-kun?

Yamadan Noriaki pointed to the girl singing next to him: Aren't you surprised that there is a girl playing basketball so late?

He looked at the girl again and found that the little girl had picked up the ball and hugged it to her chest, looking at him with innocent eyes.

She must be the daughter of someone nearby. Many people here work overtime until late, and even their mothers have to go out to work in factories, so it is very common for children to be left unsupervised. Let's go, we are almost there.

Tokikoyama Hideki turned around and continued walking forward, and Yamadan Noriaki hurriedly followed.

The little girl holding the ball stood there and watched them both leave.

A black cat suddenly emerged from the shadows, its yellow eyes like two bright moons in the night.

The black cat glanced at the little girl, and then quickly followed the footsteps of the two people who left.

The little girl no longer looked at the two people leaving, and continued to shoot the ball, while singing:

Four damsels and tall pine trees

…

Tokikoyama Hideki checked the house number, turned around and said to Yamato Noriming, This is it, Chaofengzhuang.

Yamadan Noriaki looked at the building: This is a very ordinary two-story apartment building, the kind of 1DK apartment where the doors open in the same direction on the corridor. This kind of apartment is between Japanese college students and social animals who have just entered society. , to be popular into the 21st century.

The stairs of the apartment were directly exposed to the open air and looked like they had not been maintained for a long time. The iron railings were already rusty.

203. Yamadan Noriaki said, walking straight up the stairs.

As soon as we arrived on the second floor, we saw a whiteboard with garbage collection times written on it.

The house number 201 is next to the whiteboard.

Shan Duan Fan Ming counted the doors all the way and stopped in front of Room 203.

The door number of Room 203 has been worn so hard that the characters cannot be read clearly, and the mailbox next to it is filled with letters.

Noriaki Yamadan took out a letter and looked at it, and found that it was a rent reminder written by the landlord.

And it was three months ago.

This letter should be the outermost letter in the mailbox. I don’t know if the reminders for the past two months fell out of the mailbox...or if the landlord can no longer issue reminders.

Noriaki Yamadan inserted the reminder note back into the envelope and knocked on the door.

There was the sound of something heavy moving inside the door.

Yamaduan Noriming tensed up, putting the muscles around his body in a state of preparation before the explosion. He was now like a cheetah ready to go. Although he maintained his standing position, he could shoot out like a bullet at any time.

Tokikoyama Hideki was in a similar state next to him. The two masters waited for the door to open with the mentality that it would be a fierce fight.

Then the door opened, and the face of a giant man with a round head appeared in the crack of the door, his scarred eyes staring at Noriaki Yamadan.

Is it work? The giant man spoke, and his Japanese accent was indeed a bit strange.

Yes. Noriaki Yamadan breathed a sigh of relief. The person he can negotiate with doesn't have to worry too much. I heard that you are very good at making bamboo swords?

I'm good at making all kinds of assassination paraphernalia. You know the umbrella gun that killed JFK? I can make something much more elaborate than that. As long as you have enough money.

No, we don't kill people, said Noriaki Yamadan.

I can also make gadgets to help you teach the naughty kid downstairs. The strong man added.

No...can we go in and talk? Noriaki Yamadan asked, Isn't it a courtesy to welcome the client into the house?

Uh, yes. But you may need this. The strong man turned around and fumbled for a long time, took out two pairs of nasal plugs, and handed them to Noriaki Yamadan.

Noriaki Yamadan and Hideki Tokikoyama looked at each other, then took the nasal plug and put it on.

Then the strong man opened the door and let the two people into the house.

Oh shit, if you run into people from the fire department, they will be frightened into cardiac arrest. Noriaki Yamadan said as he looked at the bottles and jars filled with chemical solvents in the room.

The strong man shrugged: I'm actually waiting, waiting for when I accidentally blow myself up. Then I'll take away all the surrounding residents...well, some residents probably can't be taken away.

Then he stretched out his hand to Shan Duan Norming: Shi Enzhou.

Sandan Norming. Sandan Norming held the giant man's hand. Suddenly he saw a cat jumping onto the balcony of Shi Enzhou's room and starting to lick the milk on the balcony.