Chapter 18: The Ruined Village

"Ah...... What a charming village to be!"

When Hasa Seiichi climbed to the top of the mountain, he looked at the continuous farmland at the foot of the mountain, and couldn't help but raise the camera in his hand with some emotion, and then recorded the beautiful scenery up and down.

"Hasa-senpai...... Yes...... I've been trying to catch up with you all the time, but ...... You actually ran all the way to the top of the mountain. ”

Half an hour later, when the three thousand family Tomomi who was traveling with Hasa finally climbed to the top of the mountain, she complained to Hasa Seiichi with some dissatisfaction. And Yu Zuo Seiichi faced the complaints of the three thousand families at this time, but he just smiled at the other party embarrassedly, and then put the camera in his bag.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, you see...... That's where we're going to spend the night. I really didn't expect it...... There is such a beautiful village so close to Tokyo!"

"Eh, why is it so far away!Hasa-senpai, can you take a little more rest, I...... I can't stand it anymore!"

"Ah...... No, Tomami, if we don't hurry up, we're afraid we won't be able to get there before the sun sets!"

"Huh...... Seniors!

“……”

Seeing that Yu Zuocheng didn't finish speaking, he got up again and walked along the path down the mountain towards the village below the mountain. Jimi's heart suddenly felt that her boss really didn't know how to take care of ladies at all, no wonder he, as an elite bureaucrat, was sent to a unit like the Rural Revitalization Bureau that worked all day below.

But complaining is complaining, and the road to go is still indispensable. Seeing that after walking a distance, Hasa Makoto suddenly turned around and beckoned to him, Jimi didn't have the face to stay where she was anymore and continue to rest.

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Forty minutes later, when Tomomi finally arrived at the bottom of the mountain out of breath, she found that Seiichi Hasa had been waiting for her again for a long time. Seeing that the clothes on Zhimei's body were about to be soaked with sweat. Hasa Seiichi hurriedly took out the kettle from his backpack and handed it to Tomomi, and then patted the seat next to him and let her sit there.

When Jimi supported her tired body and collapsed on the side of the road, she hurriedly untied her backpack. Then he constantly fanned the hot air with his visor. Immediately after, Tomomi unscrewed the kettle handed to her by Seiichi Hasa regardless of the image, and then drank it in a big gulp.

"Former ...... Seniors! You ...... How do you look like you don't have it at all...... I don't look tired!"

"I was an athlete for a while before I was admitted to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, so I ...... This level of mountain trail is still not difficult for me!"

"Huh...... Fortune...... Ahem...... Athletes, seniors, aren't you joking?"

"My best result was a third place in the men's 55kg weightlifting event at the Japan Youth Championships, but after that I had to retire early due to a shoulder injury. But...... After that, I focused on practicing marathons. So...... These mountain roads are not difficult for me!"

"Huh...... I really didn't see it, I didn't expect you to have such an experience!"

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When Michiya Tomomi finally regained some strength, Seiichi Hasa and her got into their bags again and continued along the village road. After a while, the two of them followed the roadside sign to find the location of the office of the peasant association. So the two of them walked in a little reservedly, and then stood in front of the door of the somewhat dilapidated building in a low voice and asked:

"Excuse me...... Is this the office of the Maruyama Village Farmers' Association?"

"Hi...... Excuse me...... Please wait a minute......"

As an old voice came from inside the house, Seiichi Hasa suddenly heard a strange sound of "Knock! knock! knock!", just when he felt a little hesitant, he saw an old man with little hair left suddenly walked out of the room on crutches, and then asked Seiichi Hasa and Tomomi with some curiosity:

"Excuse me...... You are ......"

"Ah...... We are a staff member of the Rural Revitalization Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and I have contacted Mr. Inose, the person in charge of the farmers' association here......"

"Oh...... I'm really sorry, you look at my memory, it's really not as good as a day, it's hard for you to come to a country like ours in person. It's been so hard!"

"That...... Mr. Inose, I'm sorry, but when we came, the car broke down on the road behind the mountain, and that ...... Can you please answer our phone and use it, our mobile phone is out of battery!"

"Ah...... Of course...... Phone...... The phone is on Table Mountain in the room......! Wait a minute, we haven't had outsiders here for a long time, and I have to remind the villagers who live here, otherwise, it won't be good to think of you as bad people from outside!"

"Mr. Inose, please inform all the villagers, I'm afraid you'll ...... Something doesn't fit!"

"Ah...... It doesn't matter, anyway, the whole village, including me, there are only 5 households in total, I just need to stand there and shout!"

"Huh?"

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When Zhimei finished contacting the people from the auto repair company, as soon as she walked out of the house, she saw Yu Zuo Chengyi sitting on the steps in front of the door a little discouraged, and couldn't help but ask with some curiosity:

"Eh, Hasa-senpai, where's Mr. Inogase?"

"I said I went to inform the villagers here!"

"Huh...... It's really ...... to alarm the villagers here like this Is it really good?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Inose has already told me that there are only five households in this village, including him, and the youngest of them is ...... I'm over 60 years old!"

"Sixty?"

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In the evening, when Hasa and Michiya, who had washed their tiredness, sat around the table of Mr. Inose's house and accepted each other's hospitality with some restraint, Seiichi Hasa and Tomomi Mitsuchiya had already given up the expectations they had before coming here.

"Alas...... Mr. Inose, I thought that the situation in Maruyama Village would be better than all the places we had been to before, but I didn't think about it...... There are only five families left. Everyone...... Have they all moved away?"

"Hey...... Now in a place like ours, there are no young people who want to stay. Most of us have moved to nearby towns or Tokyo. It's just that because the peasant association can still receive some income, it ...... Everyone didn't move their household registration. ”

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