"At 11:23 local time, an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.1 on the Richter scale occurred in the sea north of Toei Niigata and caused a tsunami, and no casualties have been received so far——"

"The epicenter of the earthquake was located on Chitori Island north of Niigata, and the depth of the epicenter was 18 kilometers, and a slight tremor was felt in Tokyo-"

"The Chitori Island earthquake caused the island to move horizontally to the southeast, the central seabed sank by six meters, the seabed of Senkaku Bay rose by five meters, and the west island was about to disappear into the sea—"

"Hot news! Another magnitude 8 earthquake occurred on Chitori Island! Completely panic! The Internet induces "Zhitori Island? Huangquan Island!" On the theory, the merchants of Dongying urged the withdrawal of capital on the island——"

"The Earthquake Bureau apologized for the failure of the early warning system to detect seismic waves, and felt very sorry for the people who were unhappy about it, especially the people affected by the disaster on Chitori Island, and then collectively bowed their heads, and the director knelt down for 15 seconds to apologize, saying that there are still limitations in the technology of prediction——"

"Big oolong! Public opinion is reversed! Islanders confirmed that the alarm tower sounded the alarm in advance! Arrive at the evacuation site almost ten minutes before the earthquake! The residents are safe and sound! It means that the transmission of early warning and forecasts is very perfect! The Earthquake Bureau did not respond to this?! ”

"The queen of Zhitori Island has another controversy and brings asylum? Or is it a disaster? ”

"The Prime Minister expressed concern about the earthquake on Chitorishima Island, helped the victims to live in peace as soon as possible, and expressed his appreciation for the excellent evacuation behavior of the local mayor, Jinghai Masato—"

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Overhead, the stars shone brightly, and the starry sky was outrageously brilliant, making one wonder that the sun had not set.

Jiang Yuanshen seemed to be walking under a mixed sky, and in front of him was a cement road with no end in sight, which was incredibly long.

What he has encountered so far in his life is undoubtedly the longest road.

On both sides are various houses, but all of them are buried in dark green, and most of them are mostly damaged.

Children's toys, school bags, bedding, pots and pans, etc., are entangled in vegetation like trophies, making one wonder if this is the artist's work.

His gaze constantly peered at the houses on either side, and he kept walking down the street.

No matter how far you go, it is still the same scene as ever, despite the cool breeze, the sunshine, and the sound of the wind, it is all empty.

With endless loneliness and uneasiness, he quickened his pace, but his whole body was as hot and unpleasant as if it had caused a painful disease.

After walking for a long time, I saw a familiar house, like a mysterious murmur emerging from the starry sky, and the vegetation wrapped around the eaves withdrew its tentacles and retreated, revealing a door.

The surroundings are filled with the smell of water and fresh greenery, and all kinds of wild birds are singing happily.

Jiang Yuanshen's heart beat violently, he had the impression that this house was the home he had lived in for eleven years.

His brain seemed to have lost the ability to think, and he couldn't wait to walk to the door and hold the doorknob.

When I opened the door, I saw a very neat living room, with only a plate of fruit on the table, which was a small red tomato.

"Kyoko!"

A childish voice came from below his right.

Jiang Yuan turned his head sideways and found a boy carrying a bag, carefully squatting down and taking off his shoes and placing them neatly, putting on his slippers and walking inside.

His face is well-defined and delicate.

- Me?

"Kyoko! Are you up? ”

"He" made an anxious voice as he walked to the kitchen.

At this time, a childish response came from upstairs: "I've gotten up early!" ”

"Come down and help me."

"Don't."

"Don't run out of food."

"I have a Chinese food aunt!"

"We've caused a lot of trouble for Aunt Chinese! Anyway, come down! ”

Kong Yuen Shen turned on the rice cooker, poured the crystal clear rice into the pot, and crouched down to turn on the gas switch from the cupboard.

The sound of flames coming out of nothing was heard, and a cluster of flames burned wantonly at the bottom of the pot.

"Sister Shao Xing said that the brother who doesn't know how to love his sister is not a good brother~~"

Jiang Yuanshen looked in the direction of the sound, and a little girl was lying on the corner of the stairs with her hands, only staring at "him" with her head out.

She wears a baggy white shirt, black shorts, and short shoulder-length black hair.

“.”

The scene in front of her was so familiar, and most of Kyoko Egen's clothes were something that she couldn't wear when she grew up.

Because Chaokong Shaoxing has been running blindly outside with Jiang Yuanshen since she was a child, the skirt is very inconvenient to move, so she rarely wears it.

As a result, Kyoko Egen rarely wore beautiful dresses as well.

Jiang Yuanshen looked at her in disbelief, the wind chimes on the windowsill were jingling, full of the smell of the sea breeze, and the curtains were slowly shaking.

Kyoko's breathing, demeanor, movements, and even the shoulder-length short hair that remains with shaking apricots are all so distinct.

"Eat whatever you want today." "Jiang Yuanshen" is holding a spoon to fry rice, stir-frying grains of rice, "Go and cut the ham I bought." ”

Jiang Yuan Kyoko's eyes sparkled, like a splattered rabbit, he stepped forward and opened the bag:

"Ham today! It's huge! As thick as my arm! ”

"Don't cut it all, just cut it all in, only cut it into one-third, and put the rest in the refrigerator to eat later." The tone of "Jiang Yuanshen" is quite heavy.

However, Jiang Yuan Jingzi didn't care about this, and pouted in protest: "I'm done eating." ”

"It's not about whether you can finish eating, it's too luxurious to use it all at once."

"But after the ham is kept fresh and refrigerated, it doesn't taste good!"

"It tastes the same when you stir-fry it."

"Hmm"

A thin whimper came out of Jiang Yuan's small throat, and then she picked up a small green stool on the side and went to the side of "Jiang Yuanshen" and stood up.

She holds the ham sausage and uses a knife to cut open the seal.

"Jiang Yuanshen" glanced at her and said:

"Be careful with your knife."

"Don't worry, I'm not an eight-year-old girl anymore."

Jiang Yuan Kyoko carefully pressed the tip of the knife against the plastic sealing film, and then as if tearing the clothes of a certain creature, revealing the delicious flesh inside, the swallow emitted a sweet and greasy breath.

"I don't eat as much as an eight-year-old girl."

She spat and secretly glanced at the "Jiang Yuanshen" beside her, and before he could react, she picked up the knife and cut off half directly.

"Kyoko, didn't I say cut one-third?" Hearing the sound of the knife falling on the sticky board, "Jiang Yuanshen" glanced at it and spoke in shock.

Jiang Yuan Kyoko kept cutting half of the ham into slices of a few millimeters, lest her brother cast a magic spell to splice it back.

"But isn't that one-third?" She said, pretending to be confused.

"That's half of that, huh? You're nine years old, should you? ”

"Eh, hey~ Kyoko is not good at math, now I know, it turns out that this is one-half."

“.”

Jiang Yuanshen felt the fatigue and mental pressure all over his body, like candy placed under the sun, gradually melting.

The mood suddenly cooled down, and the weather was as sunny as the person on the radio claimed.

"He" put the ham cut by Kyoko Egen in the fried rice, stir-fried it a few times and put it in a bowl.

Drizzle with tomato sauce and press the back of the spoon into the middle to spread it all around.

This is a fairly simple and inexpensive meal for Egen Shin and Egen Kyoko, with excellent value for money in terms of calories and price.

After eating the steaming fried rice, a small blue tape measure appeared in the hand of "Jiang Yuanshen", and Kyoko Jiang Yuan stood obediently on the wall near the staircase, where there was a height scale written crookedly in black pen.

"Thumbs up."

Kyoko stepped on her thumb.

The sound of the measuring tape being pulled out was mixed with the breathing of the two of them.

"1.32 meters."

"I've only grown 2 centimeters."

Before Egen Kyoko's words fell, heavy cumulonimbus clouds suddenly piled up in the clear blue sky, like a huge bomb floating.

All of a sudden, there was a lot of hustle and bustle.

After that, he didn't seem to remember clearly, and when he came back to his senses, he was standing in a huge empty area.

Covered in deep grass and obscured by cumulonimbus clouds, there are quiet ruins.

In the end world, only the cicadas are singing.

After a while, Jiang Yuanshen realized that his clothes were in tatters.

Houses have collapsed into ruins, stone walls with height numbers stand out, and countless crows are croaking around Zhitori Island.

Before this, Jiang Yuanshen was more or less lucky, but looking at the scene in front of him, he finally had the feeling of "Ah, it turns out that Kyoko is really dead".

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It's morning, a strange room.

Jiang Yuanshen instantly realized that he was hiding in a very warm futon, like a towel soaked in warm water.

When he opened his eyes, he was greeted by white walls, and the west window was like a picture frame, containing the scenery.

There is a wooden table by the window, and in a vase of flowers is placed with multi-flowered wood, and when the wind blows in, the white flowers sway in with it.

- Sure enough, it's a dream, how could Jinghai do such a thing.

Dreams are supposed to be the last place you should go, but they make people stay there forever.

However, in addition to emotion, sadness prevailed.

Jiang Yuanshen struggled to swallow the sobs that surged up in his heart, and at the corners of his eyes, dry tears seemed to condense into sand.

A major earthquake has happened, and the situation seems to be terrible, so Shizumi Fukatsuki must have turned back time.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yuanshen closed his eyes again and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but then, he felt more and more that something was wrong-

Wait, why do you remember it?

Don't

Jiang Yuan looked at the room in a daze, the air was filled with the unique smell of medicine, and in the corridor outside the door, he happened to see a statue of "Jesus" hanging on the wall.

Thoughts stopped, and he was like a fish pretending to be asleep, with his eyes open.

Could it be that Jinghai Shenyue left the island and didn't come back?

But he immediately eliminated this hypothesis, if Jinghai Shenyue really left, then the big earthquake would probably continue forever.

"Caution ——!"

Suddenly, a familiar voice suddenly came from the door, and I saw Chaokong Shaoxing looking at him with a tired face, but his face was full of joy.

She seemed to realize that her voice was too loud, and immediately lowered it again,

"You've been sleeping for two days, and it really scares me."

As he spoke, he crouched on the side of the bed, staring at him like a pet waiting for his master to wake up.

As soon as Jiang Yuanshen wanted to speak, there was a sharp pain in his head, and he couldn't help but raise his hand to support his forehead, and even his right leg had the itching sensation of ants crawling.

There was a bitter look on her face, she didn't know what Jiang Yuanshen was uncomfortable about, just because she was so sad that she was about to cry because she saw him uncomfortable.

"The doctor said that you have a more severe concussion and need to lie still more, talk less and move less." Shaking Xingxing's little hand in the air pinched his fingers, wanting to exert force but afraid that he would hurt, "There is a big cut in the right leg, and I need to recuperate for a while." ”

Jiang Yuan stared at her face blankly, and when he finally understood what was happening, he asked:

"What about Jinghai? Didn't get out of the island? ”

“.” Chao Kong's face finally began to be embarrassed, she pursed her lower lip tightly and was silent.

That's a wordless affirmation.

Soon, however, she had a look on her mind to make a decision.

"Xiao Shen, when you heal your injuries, will you and I leave here?"

Shaking Xing in the air stood up, the pale little face was pressed against his forehead, and the feeling of exhaustion came to his face, making Jiang Yuanshen hold his breath,

"Kurosawa-san, she was very nice, and she said that she could send me to school in Tokyo, but not in the same school, and I agreed."

Jiang Yuanshen's temples were aching faintly, and only at this moment, he felt as if it was none of his business, and it was very far away from him.

- It's nice to be able to leave together.

Seeing that the young man in his eyes lowered his eyes, he shook the apricot in the air as if he was picking up a handful of clear water, held Jiang Yuanshen's hand, and said in an almost pleading tone:

"Xiao Shen, we don't need to stay on Zhitori Island anymore, we have already helped Jinghai, this is completely enough, don't add any more burden to yourself, okay?"

“.”

Jiang Yuanshen didn't really understand why it was like this, so he just turned his head to look out the window, and didn't answer the words of shaking the apricots in the sky.

"Kurosawa is back in Tokyo?"

"Nope." Chaokong Shaoxing looked at him, his expression was a little bitter, "Kurosawa-san, take care of you at night, and I will be during the day." ”

“.”

"Do you want me to call her now?"

"No, let her rest."

Jiang Yuanshen's eyes looked up at the ceiling-

Sure enough, I'm a very obstructive person, and maybe I don't have the qualifications to go to Tokyo with Kurosawa at all.

Next, Chaokong Shake Xingben and Jiang Yuanshen explained what happened on Zhiniao Island in the past two days.

Now the power system on Chitori Island is paralyzed, and it is all run by generators.

The West Island was a very small island, and there was no one on the island at the time.

The government dispatched rescue personnel to Chitori Island on the same day, but fortunately, the affected area was concentrated in the southeast, allowing people to set up tents and renovate them.

The fact that hospitals in the north were not damaged is a blessing.

What is even more surprising is that no one died in this earthquake, which shocked the whole world, and the small place of Chitori Island suddenly became the front page of the international news.

Everyone attributed this miracle to the "Queen" and the father and daughter of Takimitsu, who were in the broadcasting department at the time.

Jinghai Yaren has been maintaining order in the disaster area, just like a good mayor.

He claims that the Takimitsu father and daughter are the heroes of Chitori Island, and that Shizumi Fukatsuki is the most selfless "queen", and that at next year's Hina Doll Festival, the Takimitsu father and daughter can join the "queen" parade.

The "Empress" has not appeared so far, and it is said that she prays for the blessings of the islanders at Chitori Shrine.

The words of shaking the apricot in the air have been lingering in his ears, Jiang Yuan looked out the window cautiously, and occasionally a black shadow passed by, and he couldn't see what kind of bird it was.

He let the time pass until the sun went down.

(End of chapter)