At nine o'clock, the train departed on time.

Xu Yan took a Japanese train for the first time, which is a line operated by a private company and is a special tourist bus to Hakone.

Although he doesn't have a good impression of Japan, Xu Yan still has to admit that in terms of public morality and etiquette, the Japanese do a better job than the Chinese. The train was full of passengers, but few people spoke loudly, and the passengers whispered calmly, as if they were afraid of noisy others, this good quality made Xu Yan very emotional: the ancients were cloudy, and they knew etiquette, and they knew honor and disgrace when they had enough food and clothing.

Shortly after leaving Shinjuku Station, the majestic figure of Mt. Fuji appeared outside the train window. Xu Yan and Zhu Youxiang saw Mt. Fuji for the first time, and they couldn't help but watch it with relish. In the usual landscape pictures and pictures, Xu Yan also saw pictures of Mt. Fuji, and at that time he felt that Mt. Fuji was a very delicate mountain, and there was nothing special.

But now, witnessing this huge volcano with his own eyes, Xu Yan has personally felt its majesty and magnificence. The huge cone-shaped mountain rushes out in the blue sky, and the mountainside is always shrouded in a dense white mist, and the snow surrounds the mountainside, like a white skirt, but the sky around it is clear and sunny. The mountains on one side are awe-struck by Mt. Fuji, and they are prostrate at the foot of the mountain, making Mt. Fuji even more arrogant, majestic, and towering.

Seeing this beautiful scenery, even with Zhu Youxiang's pickiness, I was shocked. stared intently for a long time, and then, she turned her head to Xu Yan and said, "Barbarian Xiaobang, with this scenery, it can be regarded as eye-catching." ”

Listen to Zhu Youxiang say this. Xu Yan couldn't help but wonder. He knew Zhu Youxiang and didn't have a good impression of the Japanese - in fact. Zhu Youxiang has a deep-seated pride, which she believes is in addition to the Chinese civilization and the Yan Han nation. All other nations and peoples deserve nothing but barbarianism. Mount Fuji can get such an evaluation from her mouth, which is already a very high degree of praise in Zhu Youxiang's mouth.

The train traveled for about an hour and a half and slowly stopped at Hakone Station. Xu Yan and his entourage got out of the car. Compared to the crowded Tokyo, Hakone is really a very laid-back city, the streets are not bustling, there are few high-rise buildings in the city, and the villas and hotels are not tall.

Ye Huilan had been to Hakone before. Familiar with the local situation, she has pre-decided on a place to stay, which is a small family-run hot spring hotel. She led the way and negotiated, and everyone checked into the room smoothly.

After putting down his luggage and packages in the room, Xu Yan came to the balcony and tried his best to look at the sky. The afternoon sky was clear, but there was nothing unusual to see.

For lunch, everyone ate in the restaurant of the hotel, and the food was the famous local kaiseki cuisine - Xu Yan felt that this thing was also famous, and it was really delicious. In fact, it's just average, nothing more than seven or eight cold cuts and hot dishes, that is, sashimi, sushi, barbecue and other things. Moreover, for the bold Chinese. One of the fatal shortcomings of Japanese meals is that they are too small and have large dishes. There are only a few pieces in it, and each person can't get a chopstick before it's gone. This made Xu Yan feel very uncomfortable, and he finally understood. Why do the Japanese look so slim.

Ye Huilan asked the hostess of the hotel if there was a Chinese man named Lin Zhongxiang who settled in the city? The rather enthusiastic proprietress thought for a while, nodded enthusiastically, and said that she had indeed heard that there was a Chinese surnamed Lin living in the city.

After the meal, several Taiwanese reporters gathered in the restaurant to discuss how to arrange the interview, and Xu Yan also cheekily listened to it. Unexpectedly, the reporters discussed and finally came to the conclusion: "To hell with the interview, I'm tired from riding in the car today, let's take a hot spring bath first, and then officially start working tomorrow!"

In the evening, everyone meets together to go to the hot springs.

Of course, if you want to be naked and exposed to everyone's sight, Zhu Youxiang will definitely not participate in this kind of occasion - Xu Yan is the first time to soak in the hot spring, and it feels quite comfortable, but there is a very pungent smell in the water, and it doesn't smell very good. The fat photographer Li Haibin introduced to him that this is the smell of sulfur. The hot springs here are heated by volcanic geothermal heat and gush out of the ground, and are said to have miraculous effects on a variety of human diseases, and can also lubricate the skin and whiten the skin - of course, with his usual skeptical attitude, Xu Yan naturally has no faith in these things. It's just a hot spring to be comfortable, and why do you find so many reasons to do it?

That night, after soaking in the hot springs, everyone gathered in Xu Yan's room to drink sake and play cards and chat, and whoever lost had to drink a glass of sake and learn to bark as a dog. As a result, Ye Huilan and Huang Xi had bad luck tonight, from the beginning to the end, their "Wangwang" cries never stopped, making Xu Yan and the fat man Li Haibin laugh happily. In the end, even the quiet Zhu Youxiang was attracted by the noise of this group of young people, and looked to see what these people were doing, but a group of young men and women who were drinking and going crazy swarmed up, dragged Zhu Youxiang into it, and shouted: "Miss Zhu, you have to have fun with us and the people today, you are missing~~"

was escorted to the table by these people, Zhu Youxiang said pitifully: "But I can't play cards~~"

Several Taiwanese men and women seemed to think that they were possessed by the gambling god Gao Jin, and they were all full of confidence: "It's okay, Miss Zhu, you can just drink! Anyway, if you lose, it's just drinking~~"

As a result, two hours later, the gamblers and drunks were all so happy that they were drunk. Zhu Youxiang, who keeps saying "can't play cards", is surprisingly strong, since the first game learned the rules of the table, in the next two hours, she actually did not lose a game of cards, killing these dogs and men one by one without a face and did not dare to fight, and finally had to pretend to be drunk and flee.

Xu Yan was also poured a few large cups, looking at Zhu Youxiang's playful eyes, he remembered that Zhu Youxiang was not an ordinary girl, she was a master of cultivation with stunts - Xu Yan estimated that for her, what kind of perspective and what kind of exchange such a little trick, I am afraid that she can do it casually. Playing cards with her, there is no winning or losing in the decision.

Xu Yan vaguely understood why he had never seen Zhu Youxiang play cards and gamble for money and other entertainment activities - probably because of her. These activities are simply not challenging, so they lose their fun. She doesn't bother to play anymore, does she?

Tonight, although there was an unexpected episode of Zhu Youxiang. But overall, everyone is still very happy. With a few young people from Taiwan, Xu Yan is like returning to school, and the feeling of getting together with his classmates in the same dormitory, there is no need to be wary of each other, and there is no need to spend any scheming, just very simple fun, drinking, and laughing, this kind of open-hearted, incisive and enjoyable feeling, I haven't enjoyed it for a long time.

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Pity. The time to be happy is always short-lived. When she got up early the next morning, Ye Huilan finally got in touch with the enthusiastic reader, and in the morning, he personally came to the hotel to meet the reporters of the magazine.

It is said that this is the editorial meeting of the "Urban Strange News Weekly" magazine and enthusiastic readers, and it has nothing to do with other idle people, but Xu Yan has a thick skin, so he has to say it to see the excitement. Several reporters from the magazine were soft-mouthed and short-handed, and they were embarrassed to harden their hearts and face to drive people away, so they let Xu Yan come over to listen.

This loyal reader's name is Lin Zhongxiang. He was about forty years old -- Xu Yan thought to himself that this guy was still so addicted to this kind of nonsense garbage ghost stories that he was so addicted to this kind of nonsense and ghost stories -- it was no wonder that Taiwanese people were children who didn't grow up -- his appearance was very ordinary, and he belonged to the kind of ordinary people who would not attract attention at all on the street.

Seeing that the magazine he had been pursuing was actually for a letter of his own, he sent several reporters to visit him. He also brought himself a souvenir - a commemorative issue signed by all the editors of the magazine, and the reader of Lin Zhongxiang was very moved and thanked him repeatedly. Moved to tears, he swore an oath. He will fully support the magazine in this life and in this life, and will subscribe to this "Urban Adventure Weekly" magazine until his death, he declared. It makes the atmosphere quite touching and weird.

Then, the reporters began to explain the issue of Thaksin to Mr. Lin's readers.

Ye Huilan said, we have already received your letter, Reader Lin, and the reason why we have not replied for so long is because the magazine should be responsible for its loyal readers, and it cannot be perfunctory.

"In order to answer the questions raised in your letter, Mr. Lin, we have consulted a special authoritative insider, and a reliable and well-informed person has given us such an answer......

Hearing Ye Huilan's words, Xu Yan lowered his head and suppressed the urge to burst into laughter - Ye Huilan, this guy, shouldn't she take this sentence as a panacea, can it be used anywhere?

Looking at Xu Yan's strange expression on the side, Ye Huilan's face was slightly red, but she still pulled it down seriously: "According to authoritative sources, this phenomenon you mentioned is likely to be a precursor to a small-scale earthquake. Given that Japan is an earthquake-prone area, it should not be surprising that there are signs of earthquakes......"

After listening to Ye Huilan's answer, the overseas Chinese named Lin Zhongxiang showed a skeptical expression. However, out of the politeness that the Japanese are accustomed to, he did not say anything, but nodded politely: "Is that so?" ”

Next, the enthusiastic reader and the "knowledgeable" editor began to communicate and exchange — but, in Xu's view, the exchange between the two sides was complete nonsense.

Watching a few adults over there enthusiastically discussing topics such as "whether the UFO flying saucer is from an extragalactic planet or an extradimensional world", "whether the seventh dimension is an expansion of time or space", and "zombies or vampires are powerful" and other topics - Xu Yan felt that if this kind of thing was not an egg pain, then he really didn't know what an egg hurt.

Obviously, including Ye Huilan, these characters are obviously addicted to fantasy worlds. Xu Yan didn't want to disturb them, but he was very helpless, these brothers talked endlessly, looking at their interest, I was afraid that it would be possible to talk about it in the middle of the night. In the end, Xu Yan really had no choice, he coughed dryly: "Ahem...... Excuse me, can you excuse me?"

A few people turned their heads to look over, and Xu Yan said apologetically: "I'm sorry to disturb your conversation." But, Mr. Lin, can you tell me more about it? When did you see the strange light and the slight earthquake in the sky?"

Lin Zhongxiang watched Xu Yan come with the editors of the magazine, and thought that Xu Yan was also a member of the magazine. Seeing that someone was finally interested in his experience, he seemed very happy and politely introduced the situation to Xu Yan.

According to Mr. Hayashi, he lived in the foothills of the suburbs of Hakone, surrounded by mountains and woods, and there were no people around him - in fact, according to Xu Yan, according to domestic standards, the whole of Hakone City is actually similar to a suburban town in a domestic city, which is already very quiet and quiet.

Usually, Lin Zhongxiang has the habit of getting up early for a walk, about five months ago one morning, about six o'clock, when he got up to walk on the edge of the woods near his home, he suddenly saw that above the mountains and woods, there were several very bright strange lights, the light was in the form of a ribbon, flying in the air, and quickly dissipated, but soon there were new ribbons of colorful light generated in the mountains and forests, flying and scattering everywhere, flying and disappearing, and it was magnificent.

The whole process of the different scenery lasted for more than half an hour, and Lin Zhongxiang was very fascinated and intoxicated. Then, he felt surprised: how could there be a strange multicolored light band here?

After that day, overseas Chinese Lin Zhongxiang saw the brilliance of the sky in the mountains many times, and he felt very surprised, so he could only ask the magazine he had been reading for this question.

Hearing Lin Zhongxiang's question, several magazine reporters frowned slightly.

The fat photographer Li Haibin groaned slightly, and he asked, "Mr. Lin, forgive me for being presumptuous, but have you ever considered that the scene you see is just your own illusion?"

Lin Zhongxiang shook his head very seriously: "It can't be a hallucination, because I have consulted with the surrounding residents, and there are many residents nearby who have also seen such a scene." It's just that they didn't get to the bottom of it. ”

Xu Yan interjected and asked, "Mr. Lin, do you think that brilliance is possible--Aurora?"

Lin Zhongxiang said very seriously: "Mr. Xu, I have traveled to Northern Europe, and I have also been to Norway and Iceland, and I have seen the real aurora, but the aurora is not like this - the brilliance I have seen, the color and shape are very different from the aurora. He paused: "The most important one is that those strange brilliances are too close!"

"Too close, Mr. Lin, you say it's too close, what do you mean?"

"I've seen the aurora, and the aurora is beautiful, but the aurora appears very high and far away in the sky, giving people a sense of being out of reach. But the bands of light I saw were very close to me and very real, they seemed to appear above the trees, at most four or five meters high from the trees, as if they could be touched by a ladder and reaching out, and those multicolored bands of light, like butterflies flying in front of me, like living things—it was so realistic. ”

Xu Yan asked again: "Is this strange phenomenon a regular occurrence?"

Lin Zhongxiang tilted his head sideways and thought for a while, as if he was reminiscing, and then, he shook his head and said, "It's not very often." I've seen this kind of scene about seven or eight times since I first saw it six months ago. It is rare and irregular, sometimes in the morning, sometimes at dusk, sometimes at night—on sunny days, after rain...... I can't tell you what kind of pattern it is. ”

"So, Mr. Lin, haven't you ever told anyone about such a strange thing?"

"Actually, I wrote to some news outlets in Hakone and Tokyo about it, but it didn't get their attention - they didn't seem to believe it at all.

As I recall, only a reporter from a local tourist tabloid in Hakone came and came with a video camera. But there was nothing unusual that day, and the reporter stood guard in front of my house with a camera all day, but nothing was captured, and he lost his patience and finally went back. And then, no one paid attention to it.

Nowadays, the Japanese media are concerned about sensational news such as murderers and vampires, and even if there are some natural wonders in the countryside of a small city like ours, the media will not care. (To be continued......)