After floating on the moat for more than half an hour, Naruse rowed back to the pier again, went ashore first, and stretched out his hand to pull Naoko up.

"I feel like my body is still shaking......

"Just stand for a while."

The two waited on the shore for a while, taking Morimi and the starfish with them, and Hikaru Takikawa rowed back.

"If you keep rowing, your arms are still sore."

Drifting just now, Takikawa Hikaru suddenly slashed, and took the two girls to row until near the Chunyang Bridge before stopping.

The three of them stayed there for a long time before paddling back slowly.

"You're paddling too far." Naruse said.

Hikaru Takikawa just laughed and didn't say anything.

"Let's keep walking."

"Hmm."

Because of the cherry blossom festival, the lights in Tsumae Park are very bright, as if it were daytime.

It's a celebration and a Friday, and there are a lot of people on the road, in groups of three or five, slowly walking under the continuous cherry blossoms.

"Now the people who come here are still the citizens of nearby Tsumae. When it came to Golden Week, there were more people all of a sudden. Hikaru Takikawa said.

Naruse looked up at the heavy flower branches crisscrossing his head, "When the time comes, it's not about looking at cherry blossoms, it's about people." ”

"Yes."

The cherry blossoms in Tsumae Park look much thicker than anywhere else, even if they are of the same species.

"It is said that the gardeners at Tsumae Park used the pruning technique of cultivating apples when pruning the branches and leaves of the cherry blossoms, so that more buds could bloom on the branches."

Naruse raised his hand and grabbed a flower branch, and opened it easily, "Now the number of flowers on each branch is almost twice as large as that of natural growth. ”

"Well, I don't know...... It's no wonder that the cherry blossoms here are particularly vibrant, and that's why. ”

Hikaru Takikawa also looked up for a moment.

"By the way, Class A and Class B are going to visit Apple Park next week."

"Hmm."

Continue walking along the perimeter of the park for a while, and arrive at the entrance in front of Tsuzen Technical College, from where several people enter.

"I have several friends who are in technical colleges. Does Harumi remember Tanaka, where he went to school. ”

"I know Tanaka, if not a hundred, but eighty, who knows who you are talking about."

"Tanaka from elementary school, I'm having a good time with you."

"There are five or six Tanaka in elementary school......"

When you walk into the park and walk some distance ahead, you can already see various stalls that are open.

"Sure enough, it's still the same content."

Morimi, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke.

"Catch goldfish, shoot, ferrule...... From the spring festival to the summer festival, to the autumn festival to the winter festival, the content of the festival has never changed. ”

Naruse glanced at her, and she seemed to be quite resentful.

"Even in Tokyo, it's no different."

Morimi sighed deeply, "Japan is hopeless. ”

"Eh......" Starfish didn't expect this kind of thing to rise to such heights.

"This is an annex to the festival, and the focus is on cherry blossoms." Naruse said.

"Shall we still play?" Hikaru Takikawa smiled.

Morimi pushed down his glasses.

"Play."

Naruse looked at Naoko, and she looked at him too, "I want to see what is sold over there." ”

"Hmm."

The two walked over to one of the stalls and looked at it.

The remaining two looked at their backs.

"Don't stand." Hikaru Takikawa raised his hands and pushed one person on his left and right hands, "Let's go and have a look." ”

The three of them came to the shooting booth next to them.

"You can shoot six shots for 500 yen, ten shots for 700 yen, and you can take anything you shoot down-"

Seeing them approaching, the stall owner shouted loudly again.

"Do you want to play?"

"Okay."

Hikaru Takikawa took out a 500 yen coin and handed it to the stall owner, then picked up the rifle air gun on the table and stuffed a cork bullet into it.

"Who is going to come first, Kazuha or Starfish?"

"Won't you shoot first?"

"Heroes always come last."

Morimi shook his head and took the air gun.

"It's so heavy...... Is there an iron block? ”

Bang!

The bullet missed, unsurprisingly, and hit nothing.

"It's a pity, it's almost there, let's try again." The stall owner handed over another cork bullet.

Loaded with bullets, Morimi raised the heavy air gun again, took aim, and suddenly turned the muzzle.

“……”

Naruse's face did not change, "It's dangerous." ”

And the faces of the stall owners inside were white.

"Can't ...... people"

Bang!

The flying bullet hits a box of puzzles on the shelf, knocking it straight down.

"Wow."

Hikaru Takikawa clapped his hands.

The stall owner picked up the puzzle pieces and handed them to her, "Here's your prize." ”

"Thank you."

Morimi smiled slightly, not mentioning that what she was aiming at was actually another thing next to her......

After a casual glance, she found that it was still a thousand pieces of the puzzle, and she immediately disliked it.

"Who has time to fight for this."

Give starfish, starfish don't;

To Hikaru Takikawa, she looked at him left and right.

"It's starfish' turn to shoot."

"Oooh......"

Bang! Bang!

Both bullets fired by the starfish missed.

Finally, when it was the turn of the last hero, Hikaru Takikawa loaded the bullet, "What does the starfish want?" ”

"Eh......"

"Take your pick." The hero raised the barrel of the gun and said with one eye squinted.

"Then I want that panda in the third row......"

Bang!

Bullets flew out and the puppets hit the ground.

"Wow!"

The starfish jumped almost on the spot, the surprise on his face indescribable.

"The light is amazing!"

Naruse raised an eyebrow.

Watching the stall owner pick up the panda and hand it to her, Hikaru Takikawa smiled slightly and looked at Morimi again.

"Where's Kazuha?"

"The blue box in the fourth row, I don't know what it is, but the box is pretty good."

That's what she was aiming for.

Bang!

The flying bullet hit the upper edge of the box, knocking it down smoothly.

Morimi's reaction was much calmer than that of a starfish, but the exclamation on his face could not be concealed.

"Hikari is very good at shooting."

"You don't know how many girls I brought to play with last year."

“…… All right. ”

In another sense, she's still very powerful.

After getting his hands on it, Morimi realized that the box contained some kind of candy, and he gave it to the starfish again.

"Do you want to try it in Harumi?" Hikaru Takikawa looked at Naruse.

Naoko also looked at him.

"Forget it." He shook his head.

"Okay."

Next to the shooting booth is a pool for goldfish and water balloons, but there is nothing else.

"That's all over here, there's more ahead."

A few people continued to walk forward, and the starfish was holding a half-meter-tall panda puppet, looking very happy.

"Let me see."

Naoko wanted to go over, and looked through the plastic packaging outside, and took a few glances.

"The craftsmanship is very good." She gave the panda back to her.

"Uh-huh." Starfish were even happier.

And Morimi was holding the box of a thousand pieces of puzzles, still thinking about making a move.

"Do you want Naruse?"

"I don't have time to put together anything like that. Give it light, she's the most idle. ”

"I don't want it." Hikaru Takikawa turned around, "I can't fight a hundred pieces." ”

Morimi can only hold it by himself.

After a little further walking, the road became wider, and more stalls for eating, drinking and playing were concentrated in this area.

"I ate too much meat at night, and now I smell the food, and it's even a little nauseous." Morimi said.

"Eh, is that so......"

Starfish apparently have a different opinion.

"I'll help you hold the panda." Morimi said, "Give me the candy too." ”

"Thank you~"

It's also a headache for her.

His hands were relaxed, and the starfish immediately followed Hikaru Takikawa and disappeared into the crowd at once.

“…… What do you want to eat? She heard Naruse asking Naoko.

"Well, I can't eat it either."

"Takoyaki? One can always eat. ”

"Okay."

Naruse also squeezed into the crowd.

The remaining two looked at each other and smiled.

Morimi looked left and right, and saw an empty bench not far away, so he called Naoko to sit down with him.

"It's really lively at night."

"yes."

After a while, Naruse squeezed out of the crowd with a takoyaki, only to find that his girlfriend was missing.

After a little searching, he saw two people sitting on the bench.

Puzzles, candy, and the panda puppet are separated in the middle, and the two of them, one from the left and the other from the right, are looking at him.

(End of chapter)