The sound of drums was ringing, and a kabuki performance was being performed on the performance stage in the Jige Club Hall.
Several kabuki actors wore gorgeous costumes, their entire faces painted snow white, and a thick circle of red around their eyes. Their exaggerated expressions made the veins on their faces protrude.
The several rows of auditoriums under the stage were full of people, and the drinkers at the bar were looking at each other while talking and laughing.
Gu He, Lorna, Vivian, and Shukichi Sakai were also watching in the audience.
One of the actors on the stage was Kaa Sakai. Her makeup was even more intense and her costumes were colorful. She almost fell down while walking on the stage with exaggerated steps and shouted: "I will no longer be manipulated by others!"
This is the taste I want.
Even before the performance started, Shukichi Sakai told them a lesson in kabuki, regardless of whether they understood it or not.
It is said that in the ancient times of the old world, Kabuki was first created by a group of people called "Qingqi".
"Qing" means to attract people's attention through behaviors and actions that are not in line with secular norms.
It's similar to the rock music people play nowadays, a kind of rebellious thing.
In Kabukicho, the city of light, this kind of song and dance has developed into a large number of repertoires. The roles played by male and female actors are more mixed and matched, and they are constantly combined with trends, and there are more costume designs.
The current play is called "The Twenty-One Ronin". It tells the story of a group of young people who lived in a turbulent and dilapidated era and tried their best to break their fate and surpass themselves.
Kasei Sakai plays a kind-hearted female official, but she is bullied by the shogunate. During a salt theft incident involving twenty ronin, she switches sides and helps the ronin. From then on, she leaves the shogunate and becomes another ronin.
"Miss Sakai seems to be a completely different person on stage." Gu He couldn't help but praise them.
"Typhoon, facial makeup and costumes are just superficial, the key is the taste." Sakai Shukichi rarely praised his sister, "Hua Qing has a little bit of acting talent, although not much, but still there."
Lorna also enjoyed watching the show and was made to laugh by the exaggerated steps from time to time.
Vivian's mind was not on the stage. She was teasing Da Bei Bei a while ago, and now she was flirting with Gu He: "Let's go to a mixed bathing nude hot spring tonight."
"Uh, no." Gu He thought that he really didn't like that taste, "I want to go to the ordinary kind."
"It's not enough to go out with your clothes on." Vivian added, "You can't go out in your long johns or Lorna in her leather pants."
She laughed as she spoke, and looked at Lorna over there, "I've known Lorna for so long, and it seems like she never wears leather pants day or night. Lorna, is this actually your skin prosthesis?"
If Gu He hadn't seen every pair of Lorna's leather pants, he would have thought that Vivian's speculation was reasonable.
But it’s really not the case, and we swam together in the wilderness.
Sometimes Lorna stays in the apartment and wears shorts.
"Just watch the show." Lorna responded impatiently, "If you don't want to watch it, just go out."
…
Hexiang District is not the first few old districts in Liuguang City, but it has also experienced several generations.
The ancestry here is also very mixed, and everyone is represented here, but the culture of Kabukicho District has a great influence on this place, which can be seen from the "Kitaara River", the big river that separates Kagou and Sanjiao District, and from the "Kappa Gang" Out of this.
"This water is so damn cold."
"As long as the blood is hot."
"We're all here, who still wants to back down?"
At this time, the cold wind was blowing and night was gradually falling.
A group of more than 20 young kappa were preparing to go into the water by the river in the dense forest.
Each of them was lightly dressed. The boys were shirtless and shorts, and the girls were only in tube tops and shorts, showing various tattoos on their bodies. Each of them carried firearms, ammunition and bombs that were waterproofed on their backs.
These weapons were snatched in the past, and some were bought from the wilderness and the boxing area.
During the recent period, the bank dogs have been killing all the river dogs in Hexiang, but this is a way to tell who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and who really upholds the Kappa philosophy: drive away the banks and factories, and return the riverside to a clean state.
Those boys and girls who are not afraid of the cold water are going to take action tonight, and they are one of them.
Since the Kappa Gang is a loose alliance, this counterattack call will inevitably leak information, but no one can care about it.
When winter comes, they will have no chance. After the cold winter, Hexiang may cease to exist.
"I'll come first!" The young man who took the lead walked out resolutely when he saw that the others were talking nonsense, and jumped into the strangely colored and smelly river water, plop!
The J-level program "kappa transformation" has been activated, and he swam towards the Hongsha River as soon as he entered the water.
He heard the friends behind him yelling and cursing, and they also jumped into the water one after another, making crisp swimming sounds.
Suddenly, he swam more vigorously. The river water was very cold and smelly, and countless bacteria caused by pollution seemed to be eroding his skin. It quickly became numb and itchy, but his heart was burning.
His name is Jiang Lan Wuyue, which is a self-chosen nickname.
His surname was Jiang Minglan. The reason why he added the month of May was because he remembered his dead mother’s emotion:
"May is the beginning of summer, which is a good season for swimming."
But the hot and cool May, I don’t know when it started, no longer exists in Hexiang District.
Jiang Lan lived in a village in Hexiang in May when he was a child. There was a small river less than ten meters away from the hut where he lived. In the summer at that time, he swam every day, regardless of whether it was polluted or not.
Later, the river disappeared, and so did the villages. The rivers were completely filled in, and all the houses were demolished. Then factories and waste-to-energy plants were built, becoming part of the eastern industrial zone.
His mother started working in a factory at that time and died of overwork and illness.
He became a street rat, joined the Kappa Gang, and became a Kappa. Because he was a fifth-speed driver, he was now a second programmer. He pulled together a group of similarly young people and became a gang leader.
Jiang Lan, who is also one of the main contacts for this counterattack, told everyone in May:
"What kind of bank mother do those idiots have? We only have our own mother and these mother rivers!"
They are not afraid of those with natural talents, but they are not afraid either.
The recent battle on top of Kabukicho proved with facts that the gifted ones are not invincible, especially the gifted ones who counter Kusu. As long as they are stronger than the gifted ones, they can overwhelm the opponent.
If one kappa is not enough, then use ten. If ten kappa are not enough, then use a hundred.
No one can be sure how many kappas will be here that night.
Maybe a hundred people, maybe a few hundred people.
But on this night, someone will die, maybe all of them.
"Then fight to the death!" Jiang Lan thought again in May, but she was really fed up with the attitude of some old Kappas who wanted to be bank dogs. Those old people were the ones who died, and their deaths were ugly.
They are different from those old people, they are not old or dead yet.
In this city, it's not just the people of Kabukicho who are chivalrous, it's not just the boxers who burst out, it's not just the city guys who cling to their shabby homes, they are the river folk too.
The night gradually became gloomier, and a light drizzle fell, making the river water even colder.
Jiang Lan and others swam tirelessly in May, paying attention to the movements on the river. They were walking on a small and remote tributary, there were not many boats, and there were no river police in sight.
This was somewhat different from what they had imagined. They were prepared for a landing raid before reaching the Hongsha River, and would engage in an early battle with the river police, resulting in casualties.
But after swimming this way, we were getting closer and closer to the agreed meeting point at Hongsha River, but it was very smooth.
"Is the bank dog letting us go..."
"Our counterattack will not be a secret. The bank dogs should have prepared a trap and want to cook us in one pot."
"We are going to fight for our lives, we are going to die. This is the case any time we counterattack!" Jiang Lan called to everyone in May, "If they let us go, then we can just get together and have a fun swim!"
Everyone responded, holding their breath, and dived into the water again to continue swimming.
The process of kappa transformation makes them move freely in the river, and their strength, speed and other physical aspects are in extraordinary condition.
These extraordinary kappas are responsible for seizing the beach and landing. Once they successfully occupy a flooded sandy land, boats and kappas will come from various rivers extending in all directions, and counterattacks on land will also be carried out at the same time.
Don't let those bank dogs think that if they kill a few people and win over a few people, Hexiang will be finished.
Don't let those old and young people think that Hexiang is finished.
…
The drizzle is blowing on the neon lights of Hongsha Land, where there are the most high-rise buildings in Hexiang, the Hexiang headquarters of the Police Department, the Seth Building, and other company buildings. The business here is the most prosperous.
Hongshadi was originally a small island where tributaries converged. Even though it has been expanded by filling many times, the area is not large.
At this time, the place has entered an alert state.
The Metropolitan Police Department dispatched a large number of riot officers and vehicles to guard various bridges and intersections leading to the island in response to possible riots tonight.
But even ordinary-level riot police officers know that riots here always start from the water first.
Kappas have guns and extraordinary programs. They can stand in the river and dive deep quickly. They should not be underestimated.
At some river crossings, mixed formations of personnel from the Metropolitan Police Department and security personnel from Seth, the main consortium operating banks in Hexiang, were also preparing for combat.
One of the river banks can also be reached from many tributaries. There are no heavy troops deployed, but there are talented people stationed there.
The ghost girl looked at the hazy river under the night rain, wearing a black jacket and jeans, and a red beret.
A gifted person will not betray, so she was deployed here.
She could not commit suicide, nor could she not fight with all her strength, but she wished she could die through fighting, so her statement was accepted.
"Kappa found, kappa found!" Suddenly, the surrounding mixed formations of personnel began to take action.
Heavy-duty guns, high-voltage electric weapons, and an entire elite mobile team are all ready for a stranglehold.
Vic Sterling is not here. With too many guns and shells, the risk on the front line is too high.
He commanded and dispatched in the war room of the Seth Building at the rear, and personally led the team to support or encircle the enemy at any time.
"Ghost Girl, get ready." Vic Sterling's steady voice came from the communication headset.
The ghost girl had already seen it. Suddenly, there were ripples on the water of the wide river, and waves were set off. The kappa program can create this effect, making it difficult for people to tell what is going on underwater and whether there is a kappa.
Kappa have always been more powerful in the water than on the ground, and the rolling sound of the water waves seems to be their roaring sound.
Suddenly, not only in that direction, but also in other directions and other tributaries, waves appeared one after another.
The number of waves was incalculable, almost overturning the entire river surface and surrounding the entire sandy land.
The expressions of everyone around him were more serious, which was a bit beyond previous expectations. It turned out that there were so many people who were not afraid of death.
"Command center, command center." Captain Maldi immediately reported, "The number of incoming kappas exceeds expectations."
The ghost girl stared slightly, and her heart, which had always been calm without any ups and downs, felt a little excited.
She was like a newborn baby, a pre-machine learning how to be a human being, tasting one emotion after another.
Such a sentiment is so good.
"You guys stand here and don't move." The ghost girl said to Captain Maldi and the others, "I'll go over there and take a look."
"What?" Captain Maldi didn't understand. The kappas were about to rush to the beach, and now was the time when Ghost Girl needed to carry out a large-scale counterattack.
But the other party was a genius and was directly controlled by the command center, so Captain Maldi didn't dare to ask any more questions.
Others will not interfere, let alone stop it. The gifted ones represent the will of the superiors.
"There's something going on over there, don't come and influence me." The ghost girl said again, walking up.
What's the situation? They all wondered, did the Kappa Gang have any other tricks?
The night rain is turning into a heavy rain, the visibility is decreasing, and everyone can only see the ghost woman's figure disappearing in the rainy night.
At the same time, there were sudden shouts on the wide river, like thunder exploding, and ghostly figures leaped out of the water. It was unclear whether they were humans, ghosts, or kappas in the rain and fog.
Over at the command center, Captain Maldi and the others were all stunned. Where is the ghost girl?
In the river, some kappas walked flat on the water, their feet seemed to be part of the river. They raised the guns and bombs they brought with them, and wanted to have a good fight tonight.
"Fire!" Captain Maldi shouted after receiving the order, and then sent people to retrieve the ghost girl.
Compared with the situation in the river, they have too few people here, and there are not many deployments in the surrounding area.
If there is no counterattack by the talented ones, they will have no choice but to retreat or be defeated before reinforcements arrive, and the kappas will land ashore.
However, isn’t it said that those with natural talent will obey orders and fight to the death?
Boom, boom, boom!
The shouts of the kappas, the explosion of the thrown bombs, and the constant sound of gunfire were mixed with the sound of the churning of the river.
Jiang Lan, Wuyue and others were also among them, rushing towards the river bank.
They will use this counterattack and use their blood and death to awaken this river town.
They are a group of people who will never grow old, and they are swimming towards the clear river in the May season.
…
There are many hot springs in Kabukicho. There are hot springs in hotels and hot springs in bathhouses. You can even soak in hot springs at the Reicai Club, but it is just heated tap water.
However, there are indeed several natural outdoor hot spring shops on Shouhui Street, all of which have a Yakuza background.
One of them is called "Sayaei Hot Spring House". There are not many hot spring pools, and each pool is not very big. However, the environment is beautiful, and the pools are separated by bamboo walls, giving them enough privacy and tranquility.
"Ah, it's so comfortable..."
Gu He had just sat in the hot spring pool, his head resting on the bricks beside the pool, and his body in shorts was filled with warmth.
The people who got into the pool at this time were the Sakai brothers and sisters. Sakai Shukichi had been drunk at dinner before. Now he was soaking in the hot spring and seemed to have fallen asleep with his eyes closed.
You have to make a reservation and queue up to come here to soak in the hot springs. In order to respect the war on top, the owner and old Yakuza Hayao stopped taking a bath today and gave the pool to them.
There is also a wooden barrel containing sake floating in the pool, as well as a large cup. The body of the cup is shining, and it seems that you are enjoying it.
Water vapor filled the air, the bamboo forest over there was rustling in the night wind, and the small bamboo tube for pouring water made a thumping sound from time to time.
The more Gu He soaked, the more relaxed he became. Looking up at the night sky, he really felt like he was in an ancient spring in the mountains full of Zen.
"He Sang, how was my performance today?" Sakai Huaqing had already taken off her makeup and was wearing a printed bikini.
"The performance was great." Gu He responded leisurely, "I was very moved when I saw it at the end."
Sakai Kao actually asked everyone before just after the performance and at dinner, but now she just wants to talk to He Sang alone.
She was smiling happily when she heard her brother over there utter a long murmur that sounded like a pig talking in his sleep or drunk: "Who invented hot springs? It's so cool..."
It really affected the atmosphere. Sakai Kao murmured a little. She really hoped that her brother was not here or was completely drunk.
But there were other people coming along.
At this time, the bamboo door leading to the small courtyard was pushed open, and Lorna and Vivian both changed their clothes and came in.
Sakai Kao turned around and looked around, her eyes a little wide. Lorna has a really good figure. Her legs are long, her waist is thin, and she’s big there. Does the hunter type have bonuses? But she hasn’t seen other female hunters like that.
.
Only someone with Lorna's long legs and waist-to-hip ratio would dare to wear leather pants all day...
Sakai Kao thought that for herself, kimono would still be suitable.
But thinking about it, it’s better to be an actress. She can use the mask program to play Lorna or Vivian...
Vivian also has a good figure, and there are pattern-like tattoos on her right arm, all of which are gang names.
They were both wearing bikinis, and Lorna had a towel wrapped around her head.
"Da He, let me rub your back." Vivian walked quickly to occupy the seat next to Gu He.
Gu He glanced back and when he saw their figures, he quickly looked away, just wanting to take a good bath in the hot springs.
Vivian slipped into the hot spring pool, sat next to Gu He, and chuckled to see if he would react.
She looked at Gu He and then looked at his back, "I haven't seen your tattoo for a long time." But his back was immersed in the water and leaning against the wall of the pool, so she couldn't see it, "I'll rub your back.
."
"No need..." Gu He said.
"Why not, rubbing your back is a way to enhance friendship." Vivian smiled and said, "Don't always think about it, okay? I'll rub it for you, or you can rub it for me. Use your
The tentacles will also do."
She turned her back to face him, her white skin half covered by the spring water, and her shoulder blades raised beautiful lines.
Lorna got out of the pool and lay down on the edge of the pool, her green eyes half-lidded and half-open, looking at him without a glance.
"Well, if not, I'll rub each of you with my tentacles." Gu He wanted to control the Cowherd value of his division, but he didn't want Vivian to misunderstand anything. If he rubs well, he should have a Cowherd value.
"Hahaha, come on, come on..." Sakai Shukichi stopped being drunk for a moment and turned around, revealing his rough and rough back.
"Okay, let's try this first." Vivian didn't care.
Seeing this situation develop, Sakai Huaqing lightly scratched the beauty mark on his cheek, "Then... I'll bother you, Hesang."
"Don't you have any hands? What kind of tentacles can you use?" Lorna said angrily, "I don't want them."
"Then I'll rub them first." Gu He also gave it a try. This matter also required the consumption of holy water. After spending 1% of the holy water, some flesh and blood tentacles sprang out from his right hand and divided into three lines, giving them to Vivian, Sakai Huaqing,
Sakai Shukichi rubbed his back.
Xiuji is a rough guy, so he rubs hard.
As for the two female guests, he rubbed them carefully and rhythmically.
"Dahe, push harder." Vivian's tone was very enjoyable, "Yes, that's right there."
[Cowherd value program progress bar: fifth level 45%, ↑35%]
Oh my god, is this someone manipulating the division? Gu He couldn't tell the difference, and Miss Sakai seemed quite comfortable.
"It feels so good." Sakai Shukichi drank the sake and let out a long cry: "Hey, you have practiced before, right?"
"A bunch of lunatics." Lorna looked like she was about to die laughing, and finally looked a bit like a cowherd.
