They were on a small hill overlooking the beach, surrounded by bushes, a secret place. If the weather is good after school, Morning Season and Manya often spend their afternoons here.

"Lingbai, caught the tiger crab and caught ......"

Early Ji also stood up, looking over the bushes. The sea breeze was blowing, tickling her nose. The beach is inaccessible, looking in the direction pointed by Truth Ya, on the beach about twenty or thirty meters from the sea, a white horse is struggling desperately, unable to advance or retreat. It wanted to return to the sea, but no matter how hard it writhed, it seemed to have taken root in the sand, and it couldn't move.

As she gazed intently, she spotted the black-brown crab claws that were holding several of her walking limbs.

"Gotta go and save my life." Morning was about to stand up when Truth grabbed her wrist and stopped her.

"What are you going to do, stupid! What should I do if someone finds out? ”

"There's no one here."

"Who knows when someone will come. From time to time, there are men fishing on the coast. ”

Indeed, running naked on the beach is a bit of a brain show. They hurriedly put on their clothes and slid down the slope through the trees to the shore. At this time, the tiger crab has jumped out of the sand and appears like a camouflage monster. Two pincers clamped tightly around the white walking limbs and spiny protrusions, as if thinking about what to do with the prey next.

I couldn't help but stop in the early season. Although it is only a small crab, there are still cases of tiger crabs hunting and killing adult black bears. Although there is no record of humans being attacked, it is quite a tricky existence for children who do not have magical powers.

In the early season, I never looked forward to how nice it would be if there was a boy around me. God, needless to say, the instantaneous and primordial heaven, at least let Jue be able to appear here......

"What to do? Sprinkle sand to scare it? ”

The early season was already in a state of broken jars, but fortunately, Maria was calmly observing the surrounding situation.

"Wait. It's okay, it seems that Lycole has begun to negotiate. ”

Looking up, Lingbai, who was still in a berserk state just now, began to touch the pincers of the tiger crab with countless tentacles as if to flatter. As for the tiger crab, it is also motionless like a statue, blowing bubbles on its own.

Suddenly, three large tentacles stood up on her back, swinging back and forth as if she were about to call something over. With a thud, the tentacle broke off from the root and landed on the sand. The tentacles rolled all over the ground, like the severed tail of a lizard.

The tiger crab did not react, still clamping the white body with two large tongs, and spit bubbles on the side as if nothing had happened.

Demoiselle then shook her body in pain, and erected two more tentacles. The tentacles seemed to be spasmodic, swaying from side to side in the field of vision of the tiger crab, and then disconnected themselves and fell to the ground.

A total of five tentacles rolled around in the sand. The tiger crab was still unmoved, and the white was not moved.

After about thirty seconds, there was a new movement in Lycoon. This time it was not the flattering act that had just been done, but a hostile act.

She picks up her long, upside-down tentacles and taps the crab's carapace with toxin-containing stinging cells. After two or three strikes, only one spiny-like protrusion rose up, and as if with great force, it became stiff and straight, and the root narrowed and broke off. The protrusion was broken and touched the crab claws, and it fell down with a click.

So the tiger crab loosened its two pincers that had been binding Bai for a long time. Ling Bai hurriedly shook off his body, shook his body and fled straight into the sea.

The tiger crab didn't look at the white who fled in the wilderness, grabbed the six tentacles that were still moving, and ate it leisurely.

"It looks like the negotiation has been settled." Truth Ya said. Although she was smiling, her face twitched a little because she didn't like animals very much. Originally, she should have had no interest in the fate of Lingbai, presumably to accompany me to force herself. Early Ji thought with some gratitude.

"However, that white foot has cut off six tentacles, it's really pitiful."

"Wouldn't it be cheap if you could survive that way? If you don't get it right, you'll be eaten whole. ”

If the tiger crab is caught and cannot escape, it will cut off several tentacles on its back, and if the tiger crab lets go of the tiger crab in order to eat the tentacles, it can escape. This is the intriguing state of affairs that would never happen to other living beings. The two animals bargained over the number of tentacles to be cut, and the terms of the deal depended on how many tentacles could be cut by the physical strength of the white and the degree of fasting at the time of the tiger crab.

When the negotiation fails, the white will dance with the poisonous sharp stinging cells and fight back desperately. Although the tiger crab has an overwhelming advantage in combat effectiveness, if the stinging cells penetrate the gap between the carapace and inject a large amount of toxin, the tiger crab is likely to die.

Isn't it surprising that neither of them is highly intelligent creatures, but they are able to make relatively reasonable choices in all situations? From the perspective of tiger crab hunting, the choice of treating the white as a stable food source and deliberately not killing it but only seizing the tentacles and releasing them must be quite reasonable.

Let's get back to the topic of summer camping.

The next morning, everyone made a meal of rice, ate a much more civilized breakfast than last night, and made the rest of the meal into a rice ball bento that we ate during the day. After that, the tents were folded and the pits and bonfires left by the brackets were cleanly buried. Finally, they loaded their luggage onto the dinghy and set off.

Everyone was half paddling on the morning mist, half moving forward with mana. On the left bank, there was a constant cry of a bird, and the sound was longer than that of a regular sparrow, probably a white-cheeked bird.

But Yuan Tianhua is still treading the waves, just like the immortal of Lingbo, poof! Well, well, it's the BOY who treads water.

Although it is a pity that dark clouds are hanging over the sky early in the morning, if you take a breath of the cool morning air, all the sleepiness is gone.

The river is obviously much wider than yesterday, but the right bank is still hidden on the other side of the morning fog, and it is not possible to see its true face.

At this time in the early season, I remembered the knowledge of the changes of Kasumigaura and Tonegawa that I had learned in Kazukien's geography class.

2,000 years ago, Kasumigaura was a huge inland sea called Katori Sea, and it was connected to the sea at the mouth of the present-day Tone River. At that time, the Tone River was located quite westward, flowing into Tokyo Bay.

In order to prevent the repeated flooding of the Tone River and increase the amount of arable land, a figure named Tokugawa Ieyasu issued an order to announce the beginning of the eastward relocation of the Tone River. Hundreds of years later, the mouth of the Tone River was led to the dog barking. The Katori Sea, on the other hand, has been shrinking due to the accumulation of sediment and has finally become a freshwater lake called Kasumigura.

In the millennium, Tonegawa and Kasumigaura have undergone the baptism of time and become unrecognizable. First of all, most of the rivers that previously flowed into Tokyo Bay have been redirected, and now they flow into the Tone River. Because of the cursed barren land, there is no need for water to moisten Tokyo. Then, the Tone River, which flooded again due to the increase in the amount of water, is now connected to Kasumigaura by a canal. As a result, Kasumigaura has swelled to the point where it is almost as large as the Katori Sea back then, and is at least larger than Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan.

Next, when the Tone River flows downstream, around the town of Kamisu 66, where the children live, more than a dozen canals and dozens of waterways are built to make it easier to navigate. Therefore, it is very shocking to trace the Tone River to the main river.

"Hey—speed it up a little faster." When the three dinghies sailed side by side, Jue proposed.

"Why? Why don't you investigate the reed ponds in this area? Early Season asked.

“PassPass。 There won't be any great creatures in these places anyway. ”

"But on the camping schedule, if you go a little further, you'll get to the place where you are scheduled to pitch your tent tonight." Shou interjected uneasily.

"What are you talking about? Have you forgotten the real theme of this camping? It's the devil's white and balloon dogs, right? Okay, okay, hurry up and go ashore through Kasumigaura. ”

"Well—the Sun King said you can't go into the depths of Kasumigura. Sure enough, it's still a little ...... to go ashore or something," Truth, who is usually bold and refreshing, also looked a little hesitant this time.

"It's going to be fine. It's just a little bit of a shoreline, a rough sweep, and then I'll be back right away. Satoru bragged while slapping the water with his paddle.

"What to do, instantly?" In the early season, she asked for advice from a person who was in deep thought, but she didn't think that the answer was completely unexpected.

"It's true that if you find out, it's a bad thing. However, I also want to go up and have a look. I may not have the opportunity to come here in the future. ”

At this time in the early season, he was a little angry, and asked again towards Yuan Tianhua, "Hua!" Are you the same?!!! ”。

"Hey, hey! ~~~~Hemp...... Hemp~~~, don't be angry! Early season, it's okay, just go for a while, I'm also a little curious, it's a big deal that I'll protect you when the time comes. ”

"Humph!" In response to the original Tianhua, it was the coquettish hum of the early season's dissatisfaction.