Aomori Prefecture is located in the northernmost part of Japan's Honshu Island, and belonged to Mutsu Province during the Reikoku era, so although the historical and cultural heritage here is not as rich as that of Kyoto, which is an ancient capital of Japan, it is actually quite rich, and festivals such as the Aomori Nebuta Festival, the Hirosaki Nebuta Festival, and the Hachinohe Sansha Festival are held from the end of July to the beginning of August, and are important intangible cultural assets even in Japan.

These things are considered to be Konoe Ryoka to Higashino Tsukasa and their popular science, listening to the nebuta festival and people holding huge lanterns to celebrate, and when there is a taiko drum player playing music in the back, Takahashi Yumi sighed again and again, saying that she was late and missed a lot of things.

Of course, she will have these complaints.

Yumi Takahashi's house is located in Tokyo, and in Tokyo, there are not many such unique folk events in themselves, so it is natural to say that they are particularly difficult to see.

Konoe Ryoka whispered to comfort her regret-looking friend next to her, saying that it would be nice to go whaling with Higashino Tsukasa in the future.

This made Takahashi Yumi come to the spirit, and whispered on the carriage of the Shinkansen to see the whales, but Fujiwara Aoi next to her ignored her, just took out her mobile phone and took pictures out the window, although she didn't talk much, but she was actually very excited about this trip.

The two of them were happy over there, and Tsukasa Higashino took a book of pictures across the aisle from them, flipping through them from time to time.

He's also a professional painter, and although he hasn't been doing much work lately, he's still interested in the level of Japanese painting in the world.

Higashino Chiba was already sitting with Higashino Tsukasa, and when she saw him flipping through the album, she was also curious to look at it, but she began to yawn when she looked at it, and she fell asleep on her stomach... She wasn't much interested in the album, but she was very interested in what Yumi Takahashi said about going to see whales.

On this trip to Honshu Island, Tsukasa Higashino mainly planned to meet Ryoka Konoe's father, see the windmills and experience whaling by the way, and then go to the New Century Aomori Prefecture Art Branch Association mentioned by Kageyama Fumita when he has time - he is very curious about this New Century Art Association.

Besides... Other than that, he didn't have any other ideas.,Accompany Konoe Ryoka and them to play outside for a while before going back to Tokyo.。

As for this week's or next week's "Unnatural Death" serial... Tsukasa Higashino has already finished painting and handed it over to Koharu Hosokawa-

It is impossible to procrastinate, and it is impossible to ask for leave. Tsukasa Higashino has never dragged out a manuscript and asked for leave since his debut in drawing comics.

After getting off the Shinkansen and transferring to a prefectural bus, it was a particularly difficult journey for Aoi Fujiwara... She was taking pictures and playing with her phone in the car, and her head was dizzy? Got motion sickness and vomited before you even got there? If it weren't for Yumi Takahashi next to her, who had been supporting the limp Aoi Fujiwara, she would have probably rolled her eyes and lay down a long time ago.

I have to say? Yumi Takahashi, although this product is usually a bad friend? 'Shorty Shorty' has always called her, but she is still quite reliable in this critical period? I held her for more than an hour, and I didn't say a word - except for touching her ass when I had nothing to do.

Got off the prefectural bus? Tsukasa Higashino got out of the car with them? Yumi Takahashi, who was holding Aoi Fujiwara, got out of the car, looked around, and then sighed, "Is this where Lianghua has always lived?" It's really beautiful, no wonder you can raise a beauty like Lianghua. ”

This made Konoe Lianghua particularly embarrassed? She tilted her head with a blushing face: "What should I do next?" As? ”

"I searched the internet... There seems to be a nice hostel here. Higashino replied with a smile.

Of course, he took care of the travel expenses of Ryoka Konoe and Chihaya Higashino... Originally, he also planned to arrange the travel expenses of Yumi Takahashi and Aoi Fujiwara, the two Konoe Ryoka Himetomo? But their parents didn't agree, so Higashino had no choice but to give up.

Standing firmly on the street, Tsukasa Higashino glanced around and found that this main road had a strong Showa period feeling, and the wooden blackened signboards on both sides of the street looked quite old? The pedestrians on the street are mainly middle-aged and elderly, and occasionally young people come out? It's only the age of high school students and junior high school students.

Yumi Takahashi and Aoi Fujiwara, as Tokyoites who had never seen such sparseness in densely populated Tokyo, looked around curiously—the wooden signage and wooden architecture gave them a sense of novelty.

Different from them? The scene in front of him was expected by Tsukasa Higashino.

Aomori Prefecture has always been one of the most populous prefectures in Japan, and young people here usually go to Beijing to pursue their dreams or go to other economically developed areas after graduation... After all, the average monthly salary here is low? It is often ranked first in Japan for the lowest monthly salary.

But Tsukasa Higashino doesn't care about that? He walked into the convenience store next to him and took a few bottles of drinks to a few girls who had just gotten out of the car and were a little sluggish, wanting to make them feel more refreshed? Later, I bought a map of the prefecture and confirmed the location of myself and the others to the shopkeeper.

In the era of no smartphone navigation, it is really difficult to do things, and it is very troublesome to find a hotel...

Tsukasa Higashino sighed silently, his gaze wandering over the map.

And just when he was focusing his attention on the map, in a place he didn't know, there were already several pairs of men and women who were curiously staring at Konoe Lianghua and the others standing next to the bus sign.

"Yuika-senpai, look, is that a guard?" Next to her, a single-ponytailed girl who was obviously the age of a high school student spoke up.

She was pointing at Ryoka Konoe, who was patting Aoi Fujiwara on the back, with a look of surprise on her face.

It was indeed full of surprise.

At that time, Konoe Lianghua was a famous person in the grade, stupid and rich, plus she used to have long oblique bangs, and most of the time she lowered her head, and at that time, Konoe Lianghua's figure was not particularly perfectly developed, and she looked at it with a sense of gloomy and ugly girl, so she was also relatively famous in Aomori Middle School - most of them were notoriety.

But although Konoe Lianghua in front of him still has oblique bangs, her temperament is completely different from when she was studying at Aomori Middle School before.

The short black hair is slightly curled, the big black and white eyes are bright, the face is white and soft, the lips are pink and tender, revealing a cherry blossom color, and the most important thing is... Isn't this a great body? It's a little too foul.

Even the boys who went out with these girls couldn't take their eyes off it...

"It's the guard, right?" Before the Weixiang senior who was called could respond, an active boy spoke, with a little surprise on his face: "But... How did Konoe suddenly become so pretty? ”

There was a wave of surprise in the crowd.

The whole Aomori Prefecture is so big, and there are only those schools in the jurisdiction, and many of them have a very good impression of the 'gloomy and ugly girl' of Konoe Ryoka, and even if she transfers to Tokyo later, it will often cause them to discuss for a while.

But the eighteen changes in the female college... You're exaggerating, aren't you?

Just as they were still thinking, one of the girls with long hair spoke with some disdain: "Even if it's beautiful, so what?" I used to be able to get her to bow my head and admit my mistakes, and now it's the same! Nothing will change. ”

This girl with long hair is named Nakamura Yuika, and the 'Yuika senior' just now is what she called, she studied at Aomori High School, and now she is in the third grade, and she is a graduate.

But due to her average family background and average grades, her parents didn't send her to continue her studies in college, so she has always been a little jealous of Konoe Ryoka, who has a wealthy family - when Konoe Ryoka was studying in Aomori Middle School before, she bullied each other more than once.

Another time when Konoe Lianghua practiced running, she made a special trip to fill a bottle of chili water for Konoe Lianghua to drink, but Konoe Lianghua was stupid to thank him.

It is precisely because of Konoe Ryoka's stupid performance that Nakamura Yuika's vanity is very inflated, and she feels that she is nothing but some money at home, at least in front of her Nakamura Yuika, Konoe Ryoka is nothing.

Listening to Nakamura Yuika's words, several boys giggled, coaxed, arched the fire, they didn't care about the contradiction between Konoe Lianghua and Nakamura Yuika, after all, the other party went to Tokyo and became so beautiful... The three girls next to Ryoka Konoe are also very good... It's her classmate in Tokyo, right?

Do you feel like you have a chance to get to know each other?

A group of people walked over in groups.

At this time, the Konoe Ryoka trio and Higashino Chihaya, who were standing next to the bus billboard, also noticed the group of people who were laughing just now.

Seeing them coming, Yumi Takahashi touched her head, and her expression was a little puzzled: "Ah Kui, how do I feel that the group of people is coming towards us?" ”

"Huh?" Aoi Fujiwara, who was still leaning next to the stop sign with half-closed eyes, opened her eyes and turned her head sideways when she heard this, and then pushed her glasses again, feeling that Yumi Takahashi was making a fuss again.

People may just be passing by, why did they come to us when they came to her?

"Maybe it's a passing by." Aoi Fujiwara responded casually.

"No, Ah Kui, you haven't practiced kendo you don't know, they've been staring at us since just now." Yumi Takahashi stretched out her hand and gestured, and at the same time felt that the other party was menacing, so she put her hand on the small wooden knife she had just bought at the gift shop at the station, ready to catch them off guard.

Higashino Chihaya glanced at these young people who came over with some confusion, she didn't know what these people were going to do, but if the other party really came over to make a move, she was going to take out her trump card - call Ace, who was still checking the map at the convenience store.

There is no problem that my brother can't solve!

Just when they were each thinking about something, Konoe Ryoka seemed to sense something, turned her head, and looked at the person who came over with some surprise: "Nakamura-senpai? ”

She took the initiative to say hello.

And Yumi Takahashi on the other side also withdrew her hand when she saw this, and glanced at Aoi Fujiwara.

It turned out to be someone known to Ryoka Konoe, and he almost made the wrong move.

Seeing that Konoe Lianghua took the initiative to come forward to say hello, the vanity in Nakamura Yuika's heart swelled again, she smiled and nodded, pretending to be caring: "Lianghua, did you just come back?" ”

"Well, just got back from Tokyo." Ryoka Konoe nodded.

She still respects this Nakamura senior... However, Tsukasa Higashino said before that the other party's motives were not pure...

So Konoe Ryoka hesitated for a while, but she didn't get too close.

"Guard, what's the name of these guys behind you?" Standing behind Yuika Nakamura, a boy took a look at Chihaya Higashino and Aoi Fujiwara.

They speak the Tsugaru dialect of Aomori Prefecture, which can be said to be obscure, and it is said that almost no one in other prefectures can understand it, so the program "Tsu Den" broadcast nationwide is subtitled in standard language.

Fujiwara Aoi didn't understand what the other party was saying, but frowned slightly, quite unaccustomed to the other party's gaze looking at her.

At the same time, she was also a little strange, how did Konoe Lianghua socialize with this group of people who didn't seem to be very cultivated?

So she took the initiative to speak: "Lianghua, let's hang out with my former friends here, let's follow Dongye-sango to the hotel to settle things first." ”

Of course, Ryoka Konoe agrees with this suggestion, after all, she still doesn't want to deal too much with these people who only know herself, but have hardly interacted with her.

So she immediately turned around, bowed her head and said, "I'm sorry, guys, I have something to do next." ”

Seeing that Konoe Lianghua and the others wanted to leave, one of the boys couldn't help but ask: "Don't be so anxious, Konoe, you should be here for sightseeing in Aomori, right?" We can be your guide. ”

There's no way, the quality of the girls in Ryoka Konoe is too high, and it looks like they're all from Tokyo... People in some small places in Japan have an inexplicable sense of pilgrimage and curiosity about Tokyo, and Yumi Takahashi is really good-looking... Of course, these young people in Aomori Prefecture will have to be retained.

"Lianghua, what are they talking about?" Seeing that the situation was a little strange, Aoi Fujiwara couldn't help but ask Ryoka Konoe.

Ryoka Konoe relayed what they had said.

This made Fujiwara Aoi frown.

I said that I had something to do, but I had to stay... This is too unfamiliar.

Yumi Takahashi next to him saw that her friend didn't have the right face, and her usual eyes were very serious, and her other hand was on the small wooden knife used for ornamentation, ready to give them a hard blow to their heads later.

Konoe Lianghua showed a side that she hadn't shown much at this time, she looked at the group of people, and spoke in a firm tone without backing down: "I'm sorry, we really have other things to do next, can you please stop bothering us?" Also, I and the three behind me already have boyfriends, so I'm sorry we can't accompany them. ”

She spoke in a very strong and resolute tone, and she also used some words.

The four of them are at most her Konoe Ryoka has a boyfriend, Fujiwara Aoi, Takahashi Yumi, and Higashino Chihaya are still single...

That's what she's learned from Tsukasa Higashino.

And Nakamura Yuika and the others on the other side couldn't help but be stunned when they heard Konoe Ryoka's resolute and unyielding tone.

If you don't confirm that this voice is Konoe Lianghua... They almost wondered if the guard Ryoka in front of them had been replaced...

In the past, she was so soft that anyone could bully her...

It's not like it is now...

Are we all blind?