Mayor Yamada took the victory team duo and Chiba Makoto to the roof of the town office. From here, one can overlook the entire village, with tall and short houses and neat roads. Outside the village is a large area of farmland, but
Now it looks like a wasteland, because all the crops withered overnight.
This village built against the mountains has a very large area, but it is also surrounded by mountains. It relies on the highway passing through the village and the two tunnels at the end of the village to connect to the outside world. Therefore, high-voltage power lines pass through the village, giving the mountain village
Brings sufficient power.
Mayor Yamada looked at the highway in the distance and said slowly: "I led the people to demolish many houses, and I also led the people to move the shrines that the village has worshiped for generations to other places, all just to make this road smooth.
Build and open to traffic as soon as possible.
If the gods really want to take revenge, they should come to me. Why should the whole village be implicated? The villagers are all innocent."
"There is no such thing as gods at all," Horii, a scientific person, immediately said: "I suspect that there is a problem with the water or air in Totoma Town, which is causing the plants to wither. Don't worry, after I take samples and investigate, everything will be cleared up.
I can figure it out."
Yamada Town let out a long sigh, turned around, and said to Chiba Makoto: "I know that many villagers are dissatisfied with me. They feel that cars often pass by on this road, which is very noisy, disturbs the tranquility of the village, and attracts many outsiders.
Entering the village, building houses and setting up factories polluted the air and water here."
Dagu couldn't help but ask: "Then why are you still doing this?"
Mayor Yamada pointed to the mountains in the compass direction and said: "Did you know? Before this expressway was built, everyone had to walk more than ten kilometers of mountain roads if they wanted to go out. Not to mention cars, even bicycles couldn't pass it. They had to rely on two wheels to pass.
Legs and mules.
But once winter comes and the mountains are closed by heavy snow, the village will lose contact with the outside world and fall into isolation. No matter how serious the illness is, it will not be able to go to outside hospitals for treatment."
A secretary-looking person following Mayor Yamada said: "When Mayor Yamada was a child, his mother was seriously ill, but the mountains were blocked by heavy snow and she couldn't walk at all. Seeing...his father finally carried him on his back.
My mother wanted to go to a hospital outside, but never came back."
Mayor Yamada still had a smile on his face and said: "But this situation will never happen again. With this road, villagers no longer have to climb mountains and ridges. Because of this road, not only can everyone have enough to eat, some of them can also buy food."
Once you get a car, you can go see the outside world at any time, and the children won’t be stuck here all their lives.”
Horii nodded vigorously and said: "Don't worry, I will find out the truth as soon as possible and restore peace to the village."
Chiba Makoto did not say a word, but walked to the railing and looked for the river on the Toma Town planning map, but only saw a dry river bed with clusters of dead grass blowing in the wind. It was obvious that there had been no water for a long time.
Combined with the surrounding barren land and mountains, one cannot help but feel that this is a punishment from the gods.
Maybe this is development. Whether it is people or things, great changes will occur. This cannot be stopped by human power, let alone reversed. We can only adapt to the situation and follow the changes to avoid being eliminated.
"Don't worry, I am a reporter who pursues facts. I am not an editor who only has shocking headlines but no content. I will just keep these stories as a collection. I will not write a press release until the situation here is clear." Chiba Makoto
Just as he was talking, he saw a group of children carrying pirate flags running towards this side in a panic, and immediately shouted: "Team Horii, look at those children, are they the same group as you are talking about?"
Horii came over to take a look, and immediately got angry and said: "They are the ones who dare to come here."
The group of people ran out in a hurry. Before Horii could hold him accountable, a half-year-old child said impatiently: "Monsters, there are monsters."
"Monster?" As soon as he said this, everyone was shocked. Even Horii forgot about "revenge" and hurriedly asked: "Where is the monster? What kind of monster?"
The oldest child among them added: "We heard the cry of a monster, just in the open space to the north of the town. The cry of the monster was very loud, and there was smoke. The mountain was smoking." p>
Mayor Yamada looked very sad. He had just explained the highway, and now there was a monster. He immediately squeezed past and shouted to the four children: "What monster? How can there be a monster in the village?"
The oldest child said unconvinced: "I really heard the monster's voice."
"Xiong Ya, you go to other places to play pranks, don't make trouble here." After Yamada reprimanded these children, he turned around and said with a smile: "I'm really sorry, these children are famous for being troublemakers, what?
I can think of all kinds of pranks, but I didn’t expect that this time I would make up monster remarks.”
"We really..." The child named Yuya wanted to say something more, but Mayor Yamada yelled back: "The victory team members are very busy. If you make up lies about monsters again, I will tell your parents.
Please discipline you well. Really, you dare to tell any lies."
The skinny kid named Aren said aggrievedly: "But this time, we really didn't lie."
"Hurry up, hurry up." Mayor Yamada waved his hand impatiently, signaling his men to drive out these troublesome children.
Dagu wanted to follow him out, but was stopped by Chiba Cheng: "I'll go, you guys can ask here clearly what happened when the plants withered, and I'll talk to those children."
Dagu hesitated for a moment, nodded, and said, "Sorry to trouble you."
When Chiba Makoto walked out of the town hall, he saw the four children standing or crouching under a tree not far from Drum's car, groaning angrily. It was obvious that they had not given up and still wanted to tell the victory team about the monster. p>
Seeing Chiba Makoto coming over, Xiongya pulled the other children up and said angrily: "Everything we said is true."
"Because you tell too many lies, which makes everyone think that you are not honest children, so when you tell the truth, no one naturally believes you."
Chiba Cheng's words made the three older boys lower their heads involuntarily. Chiba Cheng glanced at the little girl who was held in Yuya's arms and said, "Is this your sister?"
Xiongye nodded: "Yeah!"
"Then do you hope that when she grows up, she will also like to lie like you? Or is it said by other children that she has a brother who loves to lie?"
Xiongye shook his head crazily.
Chiba Cheng squatted down and kept the same height as them, and said: "I also liked playing pranks when I was a child, but there is a difference between pranks and making trouble. Do you think it is better to make everyone laugh, or to make everyone angry and drive you away?
Okay?
Be an honest child, I think if you say the monster is coming, everyone will definitely believe it."