Chapter 237 Advancement and Backwardness
On the other side of the tunnel, the trees on the roadside are showing their new buds, and the grass on the ground is also sprouting. But looking across the tunnel, the mountains are barren and the ground is withered, but there is not a single thing in sight. Greenery.
Separated by a mountain, it seems like two seasons.
Chiba Makoto parked his motorcycle on the side of the road, got off the car and walked to a withered tree. He raised his hand and pulled down the branches. Shrunken buds can also be seen on the surface of the branches.
Obviously, these trees were not like this from the beginning, but suddenly withered when they were sprouting normally. As a result, it is absolutely inseparable from the 'Heisei Two-tailed Monster'. After all, in this world, nothing happens. No matter what, it will never be wrong to associate it with monsters.
Looking back, on this important highway connecting the north and the south, cars are constantly shuttling back and forth, emitting a large amount of exhaust gas every moment. However, the density of cars here is far less than that in big cities. If monsters like to absorb exhaust gas, , why stay here, wouldn't it be better to go to a big city with more 'food'?
Unless it is not the territory of monsters, just like in the forest, every piece of woodland has an owner. If you want to enter, you must be prepared to fight to the death with the owner.
Chiba Makoto got back on the motorcycle, and after walking a short distance, he turned off the highway and entered Totoma Town, where high-rise buildings and wooden houses coexist, clean asphalt roads and dilapidated There are dirt roads, a standard urban-rural interface.
I checked the information on the Internet with my mobile phone and learned that the construction of the Tomacho section of this expressway began ten years ago, and the tunnel was completed five years ago. After another year, the expressway came into use, and there is another The high-voltage transmission circuit passed through, and Totoma Town, which was originally just a small mountain village, began to develop rapidly through this highway and high-voltage transmission.
In just three years, small mountain villages have turned into towns. Several-story buildings have been built everywhere, asphalt roads have been built, and street lights have been installed. It can be said that every year Everything is undergoing earth-shaking changes.
When we arrived at Totoma Town's office, the bulletin board outside told us about the changes in Totoma Town in recent years. There was also a development plan for Totoma Town in the next five years. All the old houses were planned to be demolished and rebuilt. Build new houses, build all the roads into asphalt roads, and plan the wasteland outside the village as factories. When the weather warms up, Construction started immediately.
Before Chiba Cheng finished reading, he saw an orange off-road vehicle driving along the two-way two-lane road. The TPC logo and the letters GUTS were clearly printed on the body. , turned out to be the victory team's Dram car, even the license plate is GUTS03.1126-X.
"Have they also received the news?" Chiba Makoto glanced at it and continued to read the information on the bulletin board of Toshima Town. This is another village undergoing modern development, and Obik The villages where they live are in the same situation, or the villages around the metropolis are basically like this. With the rapid expansion of the metropolis, they have been included in the metropolitan area and become part of the city.
Just when I saw the last picture, Dagu's surprised voice came from behind: "Why are you here?"
Chiba Makoto turned around and saw that Dagu was standing there. Walking towards him, followed by Horii who looked disgusted, because his clothes were stained with a lot of mud, Chiba Makoto suddenly laughed and said: "Team Horii, why are you like this? ”
"They're all those naughty kids, don't let me see them," Horii said with anger. He was driving the car normally, but suddenly a bunch of firecrackers were thrown at him, even though the Dram was equipped with heavy armor. , let alone firecrackers, bullets can’t penetrate them, but the paint surface will be damaged.
So, he and Dagu got out of the car to look for someone. They saw several children running from the slope protection into the depths of the woods. The two of them chased after him. However, nothing happened to Dagu, but Hori Naka was killed. The trap for those children - the quagmire, they fell all over.
"No, you are a member of the victory team. You can't even deal with children?" Chiba Makoto looked at Horii in surprise. He knew that this guy was good at brainpower, not physical strength, but he couldn't even deal with a group of children. They couldn't catch up. No wonder the Victory Team was later disbanded and a special Super Victory Team was established. In addition to the growing age of the members, there was also the issue of professionalism. After all, the Victory Team was not originally established to deal with monsters.
"What, I just let them go."
"I believe it." ".You are as annoying as Shinjo." Horii muttered with an unhappy face, feeling that today would definitely It's not suitable to go out, otherwise why would you be so unlucky?
Daku hurriedly rescued the team members and said: "You are here"
"I think it should be the same reason as you, to interview villages with withered trees." Chiba Makoto said and walked towards When he got to the office, he said: "Let's go, go in and ask." That’s it.”
Horii walked to Ogu, looked at Chiba Makoto as he walked into the office, and said with great confusion: “Why is he one step ahead of us again?”
"Aren't all reporters like this?" Dagu said and followed.
Mayor Yamada of Totoma Town had long been informed that the Victory Team was here to investigate the cause of the tree withering in Totoma Town. Unexpectedly, three people arrived. The Victory team members were easy to recognize. They were wearing team uniforms, but with them Who is together?
Before Mayor Yamada asked, Chiba Makoto took the initiative to show his press card and said: "Hello, I am a reporter from KCB magazine. I heard something strange happened here, so..."
“No, no, no,” Mayor Yamada immediately waved his hand and said, “We have Everything is fine, there is no news to report. I'm sorry that your trip was in vain. Please leave as soon as possible."
Toshima Town is developing rapidly and urgently needs more people. This investment must not be reported to have strange things happening. If the investors are scared away, how can he be re-elected and promoted.
“.”
Horii, who followed him in, couldn't help but grin. He didn't expect that this guy would also have a bad day, and he suddenly felt that the mud on his body was nothing.
Chiba Cheng raised his eyebrows and said: "Are you sure you want me to go? Then I will report the news I interviewed on the road."
"What did you interview? "
Chiba Makoto opened the notebook that both Dagu and Horii were familiar with, and read: "Some villagers think that building The construction of highways and tunnels angered the mountain god, so the mountain god let the rivers dry up and the trees wither. Soon the whole town would be uninhabitable.
Some villagers thought this was retribution and demolished it for the highway. After destroying the shrine, now the god has come to punish the disrespectful village, and some villagers feel that”
Mayor Yamada's face instantly became extremely ugly, and his breathing became much louder. Chiba Makoto closed his notebook and said, "So, can I leave as soon as possible now?"
(End of this chapter)