I teach kendo in Tokyo

A quarter of an hour later, Mikako jumped out of the car without waiting for the car to stop. She put her hands on her hips and looked at the torii gate of the shrine: "We're here! It's a festival! Hey, I always feel like the last time we went to the festival was less than a month ago. .”

"Because it was indeed less than a month ago." Kazuma got out of the car behind her, "But the last festival was interrupted by an unexpected incident, so I didn't even have a good time."

Mikako turned around and looked at Kazuma with a puzzled expression: "I had a good time shopping and visited all the stalls."

Kazuma didn't know what to say for a moment, because he was fighting with monsters during the festival.

Mikako also realized that there was something wrong with what she said, and showed an embarrassed expression: "Uh, well... I didn't know that you would encounter that kind of thing when you went to the social office. If I knew, I would definitely have passed it. If I'm so healthy, any pathogen or something will definitely kill me if it touches me."

Kazuma shrugged: "I don't mean to blame you. In fact, I prefer to solve problems alone with powerful enemies. Mikako, just continue to be heartless and happy."

"That's it, then I'd rather be respectful than obey your orders! Let's go, Kazuma." After saying that, Mikako picked up Kazuma's arm and pulled him towards the shrine.

Tamamo whispered a few instructions to his driver, and then followed their footsteps.

Kazuma could hear Tamamo say in a very low voice, "I asked my driver to drive around the shrine. If he spots anything, he will keep an eye on it."

Ever since Tamamo knew that Kazuma had a sweet ear, she had often used this method to convey information to Kazuma.

It seemed to others that she was just mumbling to herself, but she was actually talking to Kazuma.

Kazuma glanced back at Tamamo, and Mikako also turned around, and then she joked: "Tamamo seems to be Kazuma's nickname!"

The so-called minor surnames in Japan refer to the servants of the great names. Most of them are men. Sometimes they are men with a male-female appearance, and occasionally they are more heroic-looking women.

Tamamo smiled and said, "Lord Kiryu, you must have a good time, and leave other chores to me."

"Oh, it's indeed Tamamo. It has the flavor of a Taiga drama." Mikako gave a thumbs up, "Then I'm welcome."

Kazuma glanced at Tamamo, and then heard her whisper: "You are on Welfare Technology's key attention list. They will probably be in chaos when they see you appear. I think it will be better to wait until they reveal their flaws."

In fact, Kazuma thought so too.

Mikako's sudden intrusion into Welfare Technology's facility should have been reported, and Welfare Technology must be very vigilant now.

Once they stop the experiment and start moving equipment and personnel, it will be easy to catch them.

Of course, if the capabilities of the welfare technology are so low that they don't realize that their nemesis has entered the testing site and continue the experiment, then Kazuma would like to see how they plan to preset scenarios to artificially induce kitsch.

While Kazuma was thinking about this, Mikako dragged him and started to climb the stairs of the shrine.

Compared with the Meiquan Shrine in the mountains, the stairs of Ohkusu Shrine are much shorter. Most of the stalls in the square in front of the shrine are open, but a few are not yet open.

Probably because today is not the official start of the Thousand Lights Festival, and some stores are still preparing.

Mikako shouted excitedly: "There is a goldfish fishing stall! Let's go!"

"Are you going to knock the goldfish out with a paddle again?" Kazuma grabbed Mikako, who was about to go there, "Don't, it's not easy for people to come out and make some money."

"You actually speak for profiteers! They deliberately made the surface of the racket so thin, and then pumped more oxygen into the water to make the fish more energetic. As a result, the racket broke when the fish struggled lightly. I was there I'm just punishing profiteers! I'm a knight!"

"The knight will punish the fellow who set up a stall to catch goldfish at the festival?" Kazuma shook his head and dragged Mikako away from the goldfish stall. "Come here and eat some fried noodles. Aren't you hungry?"

"I'm hungry, I want to eat fried noodles." Mikako immediately changed her mind, and then she shouted "Fried noodles" while dragging Kazuma towards the fried noodles stall.

Although Kazuma was being dragged by Mikako, he was still watching and listening.

He did notice some suspicious people paying attention to him.

These people were all dressed in costumes of festival staff.

This kind of local festival is usually held jointly by the religious legal entity as the main body of the shrine and the local autonomous organization.

Local self-governing associations, tourism promotion associations and even district offices will send people to help, so the composition of the staff is quite complicated.

Sometimes the local Yakuza, as a member of the local self-governing group, will participate in the festival and be responsible for maintaining the order of the festival.

That's right, the Yakuza is also considered a type of local self-government organization in the Japanese government's classification.

Therefore, there were some strange people among the festival staff. It was not something to be alarmed about, but it was strange that these people were paying attention to Kazuma from across half the square.

There were already a lot of people attending the festival at this time. There must be something wrong with ignoring so many customers and just paying attention to Kazuma.

Welfare Technology is indeed planning something here.

Unfortunately, they were too far away and Kazuma couldn't hear what they were saying. If you could get closer and overhear the conversation as if nothing happened, you might be able to get more information.

The fried noodle stall is already in front of you, and the aroma of fried noodles can already be smelled in the air.

But Mikako suddenly pulled Kazuma aside.

Kazuma thought Mikako had discovered something, and then found that Mikako had dragged him to a stall selling takoyaki.

"One order of takoyaki!" Mikako pointed out a finger and ordered loudly, "Put more sauce on it!"

"Okay." The uncle who made takoyaki replied with a thick Kyushu accent.

Kazuma looked at the takoyaki stall and suddenly remembered that when he traveled to Japan in his previous life, he went to a so-called takoyaki century-old restaurant to eat takoyaki.

The general manager of that store would shout something very hard every time a plate of takoyaki came out, and then other people in the store would echo the shouts together, looking very energetic.

It seems that there is not so much fuss and fuss here. The general is very quiet and quickly turns over the takoyaki on the board with skillful techniques. In the blink of an eye, the whole plate of takoyaki is turned over. He picks six of them and puts them in the box. inside, then picked up the bottle of sauce and filled the box boldly.

"Here, here you go, there's a lot of sauce!" The uncle put the box into Mikako's hand.

"So much sauce, it's awesome."

"I always respond to pretty girls' requests." The uncle said and glanced at Kazuma.

Mikako laughed "Hey hey": "Kazuma, did you hear that? Uncle said I'm pretty."

Kazuma responded while taking out the money: "He was just telling the truth."

"Hehehe," Mikako laughed, pierced a takoyaki with a bamboo skewer and stuffed it into her mouth, then spit it out immediately, "Oh, it's so hot, so hot!"

The uncle laughed heartily: "Little girl, I admire the way you eat. It's very bold and has the style of us Kansai people."

"I was told that, Kazuma. So let's team up and talk about Mancai. We will definitely become famous."

"I reject."

"I knew it." Mikako said as she used a bamboo skewer to cut open the takoyaki she had just spit out and separate out the octopus pieces inside.

"Kazuma, look, this takoyaki contains not only octopus, but also chopped onions and other fillings. The portion is super generous, and the skin is only a thin layer."

The general of the takoyaki stall crossed his arms and said: "My takoyaki is famous for its thin crust and large fillings. If you ask me, our Fukuoka takoyaki is the authentic one. Those people in Osaka and Kyoto don't know what takoyaki is..." "

"You should think about how hard it is for me to work hard to control costs." The woman who had been responsible for the preliminary processing of ingredients suddenly said, "Because of your persistence, our profit is only so small. If we continue like this, our children's tuition fees will have to be paid." I can’t afford it. I’m even considering whether to work as a cashier at Yaohan across the street to support my family.”

The general became anxious when he heard this: "Don't! Don't go! Cost control and other things are easy to discuss. Where can I put my face when you come out to work?"

It seems that this woman is the boss's wife.

In Japan at this time, many people have a pedantic belief that women working at home means that their husbands are incompetent.

Therefore, for Japanese women in this era, staying at home and not coming out to work is a sign of consideration for their husbands.

As a Chinese, Hema was used to having both parents working in his family since he was born in his previous life. Of course, he couldn't stand this phenomenon.

So he said to the general: "It's not something that makes you embarrassed if a woman works outside, right? You should be proud of having such a wife."

Uncle Takoyaki looked at Kazuma with wide eyes: "You would say that...are you a college student?"

"Yes, I am a student at the University of Tokyo." Kazuma announced his home with his head held high.

Although Mikako had just stuffed another takoyaki into her mouth, she quickly raised her hand and said, "I am from the English Department of Sophia University!"

"It turns out they are a college couple from Tokyo." Uncle Takoyaki showed an "I understand" expression, "I know you talk about equality between men and women, and I also understand your thoughts. If you ask me to say whether I agree or not, I am sure. I agree. But it doesn’t change the fact that if my wife goes out to work, I will become the laughing stock of the neighborhood.”

The landlady looked at Mikako and asked, "This lady is studying at Sophia University. Does she want to become a diplomat?"

In this era, the symbol of Japan's new women is the diplomat.

Firstly, this is because many diplomats brought their families to their posts, and their children were educated abroad. This coincided with the climax of the feminist movement, and their minds were relatively open-minded. After that, many people chose their sons (daughters) to inherit their father's career.

Secondly, it is because Japan needs an image that is in line with international standards and echoes the wave of the women's rights movement, so Japan already has many female diplomats at this time.

At this time, Mikako, because of the general's words about "a couple from Tokyo" Masami, replied without much thought: "That's right, a diplomat. And I also want to be the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs."

The landlady smiled cheerfully: "Oh, this is amazing. She is indeed a girl from Tokyo. Her experience is different from the people here."

The general looked at Kazuma with sympathy: "You're working hard too."

"What are you talking about, my father? He is a talented student at Tokyo University, so he is different from you."

"Oh, yes, oh, that's great. I also thought about going to college, but we were very poor during the post-war period and couldn't afford tuition, so we had to inherit the family's takoyaki craft."

At this time, Tamamo suddenly came up and interrupted the general's usual conversation: "I also want a piece of takoyaki, with more seaweed."

"okay!"

The general takes action immediately.

Tamamo walked closer to Kazuma and whispered: "I walked around the social office and saw someone installing some kind of device. It looked like a low-frequency sound wave transmitter or something similar."

"Can you still identify low-frequency sound wave emitters?" Kazuma asked in surprise.

"I also made a random guess based on the pictures I saw in the illustrated book." Tamamo said.

Mikako also came over: "What illustrated book?"

Kazuma ignored Mikako: "Welfare Technology should have noticed us, but they are still continuing to promote the experiment. Doesn't this experiment violate the law?"

When Kazuma infiltrated the facility, the only response the Welfare Technology boss had was to stop the electric shock experiment and send away the modern replica pottery figurines.

The electric shock test should be an approved correction test. The little boss stopped the test just because he was afraid that He Ma would expose the matter to reporters and create a public opinion storm, not because it was illegal.

As for the pottery figurines, it's very possible that Welfare Technology is tricking others into buying pottery figurines, and maybe that's the only activity in the entire facility that violates the law.

If what Welfare Technology wants to do this time is not illegal on the surface, then Kazuma really has nothing to do with them.

"By the way," Tamamo continued, "the quality of the girls at the sales window of the social office is beyond imagination. I also saw several beautiful girls entering the social office, and people dragging big suitcases followed them."

Beautiful girl, big suitcase... These keywords reminded Kazuma of the comic conventions he went to in his previous life. Those COSER girls would drag their big suitcases into the dressing room and transform into various characters when they came out.

Could it be that... this so-called preset scenario to artificially induce kitsch is to hold a concert here?

Miko concert?

It seems possible?

If you want some chewing wine or something, I will definitely buy it and drink it.

Mikako: "I feel like I understand what you said, but looking at your expressions, I feel like I don't understand. What's wrong?"

Kazuma shrugged: "I don't know either."

At this time, he noticed the takoyaki uncle and the proprietress looking at him with complicated eyes, and said, "Uncle, are there any activities at this festival tonight?"

"No. The official festival won't start until tomorrow. There will be a parade of mikoshi and a kagura dance in the evening. There may be a rehearsal tonight." As he spoke, the uncle pointed to the empty area in the square in front of the shrine. In the open space, there is a high platform that has been built. "We will perform there."

Kazuma and others turned to look, and saw a group of people dressed as festival staff moving a huge taiko drum out of the community office and moving it to the center of the open space, to the side of the stage.

In addition to the taiko drums, a flatbed truck carrying audio equipment was also pushed to the center of the square.

Kazuma remembered what Tamamo said that someone was installing a low-frequency transmitting system around.

The subwoofer in the stereo is also considered a low-frequency transmitting system, right?