A quarter of an hour later, Mikako jumped out of the car without waiting for the car to stop, and looked at the torii of the shrine with her hands on her hips: "Here we are! It's a festival! Hey, I always feel that the last time we went to a festival was less than a month ago. .”
"Because it was indeed less than a month ago." He Ma got out of the car behind her, "But the last festival was interrupted by an unexpected incident, so I didn't go shopping properly."
Mikako turned around and looked at Kazuma with a puzzled look on her face: "I had a good time shopping, I visited all the stalls."
He Ma didn't know what expression to make for a moment, because he was fighting with demons and ghosts during the festival.
Mikako also realized that there was something wrong with her words, and showed an embarrassed expression: "Uh, this... I didn't know that you would still encounter such a thing when you went to the agency office. If I knew, I would have passed it. Healthy, pathogens and so on will definitely die if they touch me.”
He Ma shrugged: "I don't mean to blame you. In fact, I prefer to single out a strong enemy to solve the problem. Mikako, you just need to continue to be heartless and happy."
"That's it, then I'd rather be obedient than respectful! Let's go, Kazuma." Saying that, Mikako took Kazuma's arm and pulled him towards the shrine.
Yuzao whispered a few instructions to her driver, and then followed their footsteps.
Kazuma could hear Tamamo say in a very low voice: "I asked my driver to drive around the shrine, and if he finds anything, he will keep an eye on it."
Ever since Yuzao knew that Kazuma had good ears, she often used this method to convey information to Kazuma.
From the looks of others, she was just muttering to herself, but she was actually speaking to Kazuma.
Kazuma turned her head and glanced at Tamamo, and Mikako followed suit, then she teased, "Tamazao seems to be Ma's surname!"
The so-called small surnames in Japan refer to the servants of daimyo, most of them are men, sometimes they are men with male and female appearance, and occasionally they are more heroic women.
Tamamo smiled and said, "Master Kiryu must have a good time, and leave the other chores to the younger ones."
"Oh, as expected of Tamamo, it has the flavor of a big river drama." Mikako gave a thumbs up, "Then I will not be polite."
Hema glanced at Yuzao, and then heard her whispering again: "You are on the focus list of Welfare Technology. When they see you appear, they will probably be in chaos. I think it will be fine when they show their own flaws."
In fact, he thought so too.
Mikako's sudden break-in into Welfare Technology's facilities should have been reported, and Welfare Technology must be very vigilant now.
When they terminate the experiment and start transferring equipment and personnel, it's easy to catch their feet.
Of course, if Welfare Technology's ability is so low that it doesn't realize that its deadly enemy has entered the test site and continue the experiment, then Hema would like to see how they plan to artificially trigger Kitsch in a pre-set scenario.
While Kazuma was thinking about this, Mikako dragged him up the steps of the shrine.
Compared with the Meiquan Shrine in the deep mountains, the steps of the Okusu Shrine are much shorter. Most of the stalls on the square in front of the shrine have opened, and a few have not yet opened.
Probably because today is not the official start of the Thousand Lantern Festival, and some shops are still in preparation.
Mikako shouted excitedly: "There is a stall for fishing goldfish! Let's go!"
"Are you going to knock the goldfish out with a beat again?" He Ma grabbed Mikako who was about to go there, "Don't, it's not easy for people to come out and make some money."
"You actually speak for profiteers! They deliberately made the surface of the racket so thin, and then pumped more oxygen into the water to make the fish more energetic. As a result, the fish struggled lightly and the racket broke. I was in It’s just punishing profiteers! I’m a knight!”
"The chivalrous man should sanction the folks who set up stalls to fish for goldfish at the festival?" Kazuma shook his head, dragging Mikako to run away from the goldfish stall, "Come here to eat some fried noodles. Are you hungry?"
"I'm hungry, I want to eat fried noodles." Mikako changed her mind immediately, and then she dragged Kazuma towards the fried noodle stand while shouting "yakisoba".
Although Kazuma was dragged by Mikako, he was still watching and listening.
He did notice some suspicious people who were paying attention to him.
These people are all dressed in the costumes of festival workers.
This kind of local festival is usually jointly held by the religious legal person as the main body of the shrine and the local self-government organization.
Local self-government associations, tourism promotion associations, and even district offices will send people to help, so the composition of the staff is quite complicated.
Sometimes the local gokudo, as a member of the local self-governing body, will also participate in the holding of the festival and be responsible for maintaining the order of the festival.
That's right, in the division of the Japanese government, Yakuza can also be regarded as a kind of local self-government organization.
Therefore, it is not surprising that there are some strange people among the festival staff, but it is very strange that these people pay attention to Hema across half of the square.
At this time, there were quite a few people who came to the festival, so there must be something wrong with ignoring so many customers and only paying attention to Hema.
Sure enough, Welfare Technology is planning something here.
It's a pity that they were too far away, and Hema couldn't hear what they were saying. If you can get closer and overhear the conversation as if nothing happened, maybe you can get more information.
The chow mein stand is close at hand, and the aroma of chow mein can already be smelled in the air.
But Mikako suddenly turned Hemara to the side.
Kazuma thought that Mikako had discovered something, and then found that Mikako had dragged him to the takoyaki stall.
"One serving of takoyaki!" Mikako pointed out a finger and ordered loudly, "Put more sauce!"
"Okay." The uncle who made takoyaki replied with a strong Kyushu accent.
Looking at the takoyaki booth, Kazuma suddenly remembered that when he traveled to Japan in his previous life, he went to a so-called century-old takoyaki restaurant to eat takoyaki.
The general of that shop shouted something very hard every time a plate of takoyaki came out, and then other people in the shop would echo and shout together, appearing very energetic.
It seems that there are not so many poor people here. The general is very quiet, and quickly turns over the takoyaki on the board with skillful techniques. In the blink of an eye, the whole board of takoyaki is turned over. He picks six of them and puts them in boxes. Then, he picked up the bottle containing the sauce and generously poured it into the box.
"Here, here you are, plenty of sauce!" The uncle stuffed the box into Mikako's hand.
"So many sauces, it's awesome."
"I've always been responsive to pretty girls." The uncle said and glanced at Hema.
Mikako let out a "hey hey" laugh: "Did you hear Kazuma, uncle said I look good."
While taking out the money, He Ma replied, "He's just telling the truth."
"Hey hey," Mikako smiled, and stuffed a takoyaki into her mouth with a bamboo stick, and then spit it out immediately, "Oh, it's so hot!"
The uncle let out a hearty laugh: "Little girl, I appreciate the way you eat. It is very bold and has the demeanor of our Kansai people."
"I was told that, Hema. So let's team up and talk about Mancai. It will definitely become popular."
"I reject."
"I knew it." Mikako said while using a bamboo skewer to cut through the takoyaki she had just spat out, and picked out the octopus pieces inside.
"Hema, look quickly. In addition to octopus, this takoyaki also has fillings such as chopped onions, and the portion is super generous, with only a thin layer of skin."
The general of the takoyaki stall folded his arms: "My family's takoyaki is famous for its thin skin and big stuffing. If you ask me, our Fukuoka's takoyaki is authentic. People in Osaka and Kyoto don't know anything about takoyaki..."
"You just think about how hard it is for me to desperately control the cost." The woman who has been in charge of the pre-processing of the ingredients suddenly said, "It's because of your persistence that our profit is only so small, and if this continues, the children's tuition fees will be high." I can’t afford it. I’m still thinking about whether to work as a cashier at Yaohan across the street to subsidize my family.”
The general was anxious when he heard this: "Don't! Don't go! Cost control and so on are easy to discuss. If you come out to work, where will I put my face?"
It seems that this woman is the proprietress.
In this era of Japan, many people have a pedantic notion that women in the family come out to work, indicating that the husband is incompetent.
Therefore, for Japanese women in this era, staying at home and not going out to work is a sign of consideration for their husbands.
As a Chinese, He Ma has been used to having both parents working at home since he was born in his previous life. Of course, he is very uncomfortable with this phenomenon.
So he said to the general: "It's not something that would embarrass you when women work outside, right? You should be proud of having such a wife."
Uncle Takoyaki looked at Kazuma with wide eyes: "I would say that... you are a college student, right?"
"Yes, I'm a student at the University of Tokyo." Hema declared himself with his head held high.
Although Mikako had just stuffed another takoyaki into her mouth, she quickly raised her hand and said, "I'm from the English Department of Sophia University!"
"So it's a couple of college students from Tokyo." Uncle Takoyaki showed an expression of "I understand", "I know you talk about equality between men and women, and I understand your thoughts. If you want me to say whether I agree or not, I am sure. Yes. But it doesn't change the fact that my wife going to work will make me the laughingstock of the neighborhood."
The proprietress looked at Mikako and asked, "This lady is studying at Sophia University, is she going to become a diplomat?"
In this era, the symbol of the new Japanese women is the diplomat.
One reason is that many diplomats bring their family members to the post, and their children are all educated in foreign countries. They just caught up with the climax of the feminist movement, and their thinking is relatively open.
The second reason is that Japan needs an image that is in line with international standards and responds to the wave of the feminist movement, so there are already many female diplomats in Japan at this time.
At this time, Mikako replied, "That's right, a diplomat. And I'm going to be the Deputy Foreign Minister."
The proprietress smiled cheerfully: "Oh, this is amazing. She really is a girl from Tokyo. She has a different experience from the people here."
The general looked at He Ma with sympathy: "You have worked hard too."
"What are you talking about, my son's father? He is a genius at the University of Tokyo. He is different from you."
"Oh yes, oh yes, that's great. I also thought about going to college, but we were poor during the post-war period and couldn't afford the tuition fees, so we could only inherit the family's takoyaki craftsmanship."
At this time, Yuzao suddenly came up and interrupted the general's usual conversation: "I want a takoyaki too, with a little more seaweed."
"okay!"
The general will start immediately.
And Yuzao leaned closer to Kazuma and whispered, "I went to the social office and saw someone installing some kind of device. It looks like a low-frequency sound wave transmitter or something like that."
"Can you still distinguish the low-frequency sound wave emitter?" Hema asked back in surprise.
"I also guessed randomly based on the pictures I saw in the illustrated book." Yuzao said.
Mikako also came over: "What picture book?"
Kazuma ignored Mikako: "Fufu Technology should have noticed us, but they are still advancing the experiment. Could it be that this experiment is not illegal?"
When he and Ma sneaked into the facility before, the only response of the little boss of Fufu Technology was to stop the electric shock experiment and send away the modern imitation terracotta figurines.
The electric shock test should be an approved corrective test. The little boss stopped the test because he was afraid that He Ma would expose this matter to reporters and create a storm of public opinion, not because it was illegal.
As for the pottery figurines, it is very possible that Fuli Technology is tricking people into buying pottery figurines, and maybe that is the only activity in the entire facility that violates the law.
If what Welfare Technology is going to do this time is not illegal on the surface, then He Ma really has nothing to do with them.
"By the way," Yuzao continued, "The girls at the sales window of the agency office are of a higher standard than I imagined. I also saw several beautiful girls enter the agency office, and people with big suitcases followed them."
Beautiful girl, big suitcase... These keywords reminded Kazuma of the comic exhibitions he had been to in his previous life. Those cosplay girls dragged their suitcases into the dressing room beautifully and turned into various characters when they came out.
Could it be that... this so-called pre-set scenario artificially induced Kitsch to hold a concert here
Miko concert
It seems possible
Let's have some chewing wine or something, I will buy it and drink it.
Mikako: "I think I understand what you said, but looking at your expressions, I don't think I understand. What's wrong?"
He Ma shrugged: "I don't know either."
At this time, he noticed the uncle Takoyaki and the proprietress who were looking at this side with complicated eyes, and asked, "Uncle, is there any event at this festival night?"
"No. The official ceremony won't start until tomorrow. There will be a mikoshi parade at that time, and there will be a Kagura dance at night. Tonight, there may be a rehearsal." The uncle pointed to the vacant square in front of the shrine. Open space, there is a high platform that has been built in the open space, "I will perform there."
Kazuma and the others turned their heads and saw a group of people dressed in festival staff moving a huge taiko drum out of the social office and moving it to the center of the open space, to the side of the stage.
In addition to taiko drums, a flatbed cart carrying audio equipment was also pushed to the center of the square.
I remembered what Tamamo said to Ma, someone was installing a low-frequency transmission system around.
The subwoofer in the stereo is also considered a low-frequency emission system, right