Zongman, can you be immortal with me for the rest of your life?

It shows the route to the festival venue.

The place is surrounded by mountains on three sides, the sea on one side, and a river on one side, with only one entrance.

Kerry was just looking at the map carefully when he discovered this and was stunned.

"Ah this..."

Xiangzi felt that he would probably have to say goodbye to his vacation again this time.

On the other side, Kazuma also came over curiously.

"Let me see, huh? This kind of terrain?"

Kazuma felt like he was going to do a rural Ptsd. Well, the previous Shikigami village faced mountains on two sides, Hinamizawa was in the mountains, and this one was even more heavyweight, facing the mountains on three sides.

It would be a shame not to have some folk customs in this kind of terrain, which is blessed by nature and suitable for the development of mountain spirits and monsters.

243

Chapter 243: Rumors in the Village.

"Uh...are we really not going to die of stuffing?"

After hearing Kazumana's description of being surrounded by mountains on three sides, Kirito, who had not fully digested it after such a long time, also looked hesitant.

“Well, we’re not unlucky people who will get into trouble wherever we go.

Let's just treat it as a normal trip, right? Speaking of festivals, should we buy some yukata?

After Xiangzi said this, she found that three pairs of eyes were looking at her strangely.

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

Xiangzi tilted his head in confusion.

"nothing."

Kerry looked away.

It was actually not that bad before. It was difficult for everyone to have a meal. We used the intelligence network to collect information everywhere to locate the abnormal location, approach it little by little, and then solve it.

However, ever since Xiangzi came, troubles seemed to be constantly refreshing, constantly coming up on their own, as if some of the protagonist's physique had been triggered.

It's hard to say whether some unlucky guy has sneaked in.

But having said that, any anomalies must be resolved.

However, there is still some time before the festival starts, so we might as well treat it as fun before then.

"Let's go and get in the car."

It seems that the locals also attach great importance to this publicity.

Before they reached their destination, after passing Tsukimino Forest Park and arriving at the commercial district near Aomori University of Legislation and Justice, they could see overwhelming publicity.

Small colorful flags were placed everywhere near the shopping mall, all of which described the traditions of the Fishman Festival. There were even special posters introducing the history of the Fishman Festival.

"The True Fish Cult is one of the few ancient religions that has survived through history. Previously, it had little contact with the outside world. It's said that a missionary once discovered a mermaid mummy in the village."

Xiangzi walked to the poster and read out the text to several people.

Everyone's ominous premonition became even more serious.

"Hey, hey, we have everything ready now. Should we go straight to the cult headquarters next?"

Kazuma felt a little numb.

Kerry walked to Xiangzi's side and looked at the content below, but he was not so wary anymore.

Because this feels like a tourism promotion. The ancient cults and mermaid mummies all feel more like gimmicks.

Just like some cities will come up with some Uma to generate tourism revenue, the most successful and well-known hype cases are the Loch Ness Monster and the New Jersey Lizard Man.

There is even a large Q-version mermaid mummy picture on this B promotional poster.

There even seems to be some other propaganda here.

For example, the county governor, Mimura-kun, learned about this by reading a book called "A Study of Hanyu Snake Village" published at his own expense by a famous folk scholar, which had very few sales on the market. After learning about this, he contacted the other village chief and learned that he was planning to hold a big event.

In fact, it is more like a place with no pillar industries except apples and docks, which suddenly found something that can be promoted, and then the tourism department, which actually doesn't know much about it, immediately started hyping it up.

But come to think of it, the advertisements have already reached Tokyo.

Sure enough, even Kerry did a Google search and was able to find more detailed information released by the local tourism department.

In addition to these, Kerry also found that the website said that in ancient times, an observable meteor would streak across the sky in this village every 300 years.

This year is the 300th anniversary, so it is being promoted like this.

However, there are no relevant credible records after the Meiji Restoration, so it was just put at the end of the introduction as a gimmick.

I guess they are afraid that if they promote it too hard, it will attract star enthusiasts from all over the place, and then nothing will happen after all, which will be hilarious.

A few people stood near the poster for a while, and then other people with bags came over.

They were chattering and seemed to be discussing what happened this time.

"You know what? I read in the propaganda that this True Fish Cult used to have a tradition of human sacrifice."

"Oh! How scary, haha, then we must bring our cameras."

Hearing the words in his ear, Xiangzi shook his head.

Yes, no matter what it was like in ancient times, all that madness and mystery have become things for people to entertain themselves in this age of entertainment to death.

The more dangerous you act, the more people living in the sun will like it.

These are things that are difficult for those of us who are already deeply trapped in darkness to understand.

"Let's go, buy some yukata and then we'll go take a look."

Several people went inside.

As expected, they found the area specializing in yukatas. Kazuma was sure that these were definitely brought in for this festival. Normally, such a remote place would never sell such things.

When they got inside, Xiangzi ran to the women's clothing area, while Kerry and the others were in the men's clothing area.

Although yukata is not expensive at all thanks to modern technology, it does not prevent it from being sold at a high price.

And to be honest, it’s impossible for anyone to wear this thing around on a daily basis.

However, seeing that Kazuma and Kirito seemed quite interested in this, Kerry didn't mind playing with his battle brothers.

"Wow, how about Mr. Dazai Osamu's mouse-gray kimono?"

After choosing his own, Kazuma changed into a fitting room and even ran in front of the two of them and turned around.

Kerry didn't see any melancholy from his gray bathrobe or him, only the feeling of a big shot wearing rat skin.

Kerry also picked up one, because the thin clothes were basically worn in hot spring shops or in summer, and were not suitable for combat.

"I think it would be better if we always have combat clothes on us."

Kerry gave an instruction.

"Seriously, Kerry-kun, have you decided what color you want to buy?"

Kazuma moved his nimble fingers and came over, looking like he was going to molest the boy.

"I'll take this one. Please help me pick out the right size."

Kirito picked up a piece of clothing with a black background and white cloud patterns and shouted to the waiter over there.

To be honest, for Kerry, this kind of clothes is not as good as a vest, jeans and a cape on the back.

While Kerry was choosing, Kazuma came out with another outfit.

Chris glanced at it, looking embarrassed.

That one looked just like the super gorgeous kimono you get as a gift after completing the damn capitalist mission in Kitakami Township in the Pokémon Vermilion DLC. It had a golden background with blue-green patterns covering it, and even had a lot of surfaces made of a more reflective material.

"Gilgamesh who shall not be named in Fate Samurai Remen."

Kazuma turned around again.

After much deliberation, Kerry chose a bright red one with red-crowned cranes and koi carp embroidered on the back.

It’s not that Kerry likes it very much, it’s simply that Kerry doesn’t want to choose.

As a result, the three of them wandered around the mall for a long time before Xiangzi finally made his choice and walked out.

"Sorry for the wait."

Xiangzi saw from the empty Buffett cup on the table that the three of them had been waiting for her for a long time, so she apologized.

However, she doesn't seem to plan on revealing her style choice before the holidays.

244

Chapter 244: The friendliest episode of the villagers.

Everyone put their things in the car and prepared to go to the festival venue.

It is now the 5th and there are still days until the festival.

Chris first went to the car and turned on the air conditioner to dispel the residual heat left by the car being exposed to the sun.

Several people got on the bus one after another.

"Buzz! Buzz!"

The vast forests here fill people's ears with the chirping of various cicadas.

Especially the familiar sound of cicadas crying, which seemed like the background music from a horror movie.

There is no need for navigation along the way. As if to prevent tourists from not knowing the way, the mountain roads along the way are filled with crash barrels in the colors of Motoori Korin, and there is basically a small road sign on the barrel.

And this time the distance is not far, because the festival is not held in the village. It seems that in order to facilitate tourists, the main venue of the festival is outside.

Although the scale is not comparable to those music festivals unique to this world.

The scale is not small, with two rows of stalls already set up in advance, and management personnel can be seen walking around checking the condition of each stall. It seems that the organizers are not planning to run the business in just one night.

When they arrived at the place, they got off the car and looked around.

In the busy scene, no one paid any attention to them.

"This is the first time I know that these stalls are all temporary. Can they make money with such high costs?"

Looking at the vendors who set up stalls and put up their own "signs", He Zhen was a little shocked.

"And I guess in this case, we'll have to pay a stall fee to the local government."

"Isn't it just relying on us tourists to make money back?"

Kirito spread his hands.

"Actually, these are all things you can do and eat in Tokyo, and I guess the prices won't be cheaper than in Tokyo."

But at this time, Xiangzi suddenly pointed in a direction.

"Look, the top of the mountain in that place looks like it's been cut off."

When a few people heard the sound and looked, they found that the hill they saw in the distance was missing a piece in the middle, as if it had been cut in half.

"That's the Snake's Head Valley cliffs. That area disappeared in a mudslide decades ago."

A voice came from the crowd coming and going.

A few people turned around following the sound and saw a man in the crowd who looked to be around 30 years old. He was wearing a suit in the middle of summer and had fluffy hair that reminded him of a judge.

Seeing several people looking back, he seemed a little embarrassed and shook his head.

"My name is Takeuchi Tamon, a folklore lecturer at Josei University. I was born in this village."

His behavior was a little strange. Seeing several people turning around to look at him, he nodded to the four of them, then walked forward on his own.

"Teacher! Wait for me!"

There was also a girl wearing glasses who looked like a college student chasing him.

The girl walked up to the few people and bowed slightly.

"I'm sorry, the teacher is always like this and it bothers you."