foreigner's journey

Chapter 304 Flowers

Midgar Fifth Street Uptown Station, the waiting hall is full of passengers coming and going and their relatives and friends seeing them off.

Zangan carried a simple bag on his left shoulder, and said goodbye to Tifa and Heather who came to see him off.

"Tifa, now that you are recovering from a serious injury, you need to recuperate, and when your injury is completely healed, you will start practicing martial arts. Don't relax, hear?"

Zangan babbled like an old father, but to Tifa it was the sweetest words.She nodded with red eyes: "Master, don't worry, I will work hard to practice."

Although Zangan likes to accept apprentices whenever he goes to a place, and his apprentices are all over the world, Tifa is the one Zangan is most optimistic about in terms of talent and character, and he really feels like a true disciple.

Heather?Talent is strong, but that character is simply too awkward... Thinking of Heather, Zangan looked to the side again.

Heather was wearing a well-worn dark blue jacket and jeans, the same messy pothead and old-fashioned glasses.At this moment, he was leaning on the pillar behind him with his hands in his pockets, as if he was distracted.

"Heather!"

Zangan stretched out his calloused wide palm to Heather, and said solemnly:
"I'll leave Tifa to you. And... thank you."

"...Tsk, there's no need for you to be long-winded."

Heather hesitated for a moment, but still reached out and shook Zangam.

Tifa watched from the side, and couldn't help but chuckle.Brother seems to be at odds with Master, but in fact he is happy to meet Master again, right?

Ding dong!A sweet announcement sounded in the waiting room——

【Dear passengers, the AC177 train from Midgar to Junong is about to leave, please take the time to get on the train.Friends who are sending off relatives and friends, please stand inside the white safety line on the platform to avoid danger...]

Zangan forced a smile and was about to say something when Tifa hugged him tightly.

"Master, thank you very much...you must visit me when you pass by Midgar in the future."

The parting was imminent, and the girl could no longer hold back her crying.

Zangan also had some red eyes, and gently hugged Tifa: "You are a strong and good boy, I believe you will be able to gain a foothold in Midgar. Don't panic, and discuss everything with your senior brother."

In the end, the girl wiped her tears and watched as the train painted with the Shinra logo started slowly and headed for the distance.

The only remaining person in the world who cared about him the most also left, and Tifa was at a loss for a while, not knowing what to do.

Snapped!Heather suddenly snapped her fingers in front of her, and Tifa came back to her senses immediately: "Brother?"

"Don't just stand there, let's go."

Heather hooked her hands and walked out of the station first.

"Go, where are you going?" Tifa trotted a few steps to catch up with Heather, and followed behind him step by step.

Heather looked at a fool: "Of course I bought some household items for you. Are you going to live in Tianwangzhuang? The standard rooms there are empty, not even a towel. Are you planning to stand in the room after taking a shower?" Does it dry naturally?"

Tifa's face turned red all of a sudden, she pouted and said nothing, the brother's words are so vulgar!
The two walked out of the station one after the other, and then took a bus towards Bafan Street.There were not many passengers in the car, and Heather and Tifa were sitting in the back double seat, the former was explaining to the latter:

"Bafan Street is the cultural center of Midgar. The Grand Theater over the Fountain Square will stage the opera "LOVELESS" every year. It will become crowded with people and it will be hard to get a ticket."

Tifa was a little strange: ""LOVELESS", is that opera adapted from a famous poem? Why is it only performed once a year..."

"The crew will be touring around the world. It is rumored that the Kingdee Amusement Park, which was just established this year, spent a lot of money to poach talent. However, considering that Midgar is the world's economic and cultural center, the most grand performance will still be held at the Midgar Fountain. Plaza Grand Theater. Of course, this is not unrelated to the power and oppression of Shinra Corporation. Shinra Corporation hopes to shape Midgar into the center of the world, and technology, economy, and culture must be top-notch. A mere crew , how dare you disobey Shinra who dominates the world?"

Tifa turned into a curious baby: "Kingdie Playground? What kind of place is that?"

Heather glanced at her: "It's not a good place for a little girl like you, don't ask so many questions."

"Oh……"

Tifa nodded obediently: "So, are we going to Bafan Street?"

Heather replied: "The upper city of Bafan Street is not only a holy land of opera culture, but also has many department stores and high-end shopping malls. Thanks to the favorable conditions here, the housing prices in the upper city of Bafan Street are the highest in Midgar. "

"Wouldn't the things there be very expensive?" Tifa panicked, she didn't have much money at all, and it was less than 500 GIL.

Instead of comforting her, Heather continued to add fuel to the flames: "That's right, the 3 GIL you spent on treatment is just the price of a meal at a high-end restaurant in the eyes of the upper class on Bafan Street. If you think this way, do you feel that this world Is it really unequal?"

Tifa pursed her lips, and suddenly thought of a good idea in her little head: "...I want to go to the market in the lower part of Qifan Street. There must be good and cheap things there."

Seeing that Tifa couldn't be scared, Heather no longer pretended to be a bad guy: "Hmph, I soon learned the slum survival manual without a teacher. That's right, one of the keywords for survival in Lower Midgar That’s——[buy the most suitable things with the least amount of money]. The lower district of Qifan Street is the relatively safe and peaceful one among the eight districts, so the market there is more lively.”

"Slum Survival Manual...sounds interesting, are there any other rules?"

"It's up to you to realize it yourself when you live in the slums of Qifan District, Junior Sister."

The two were chatting in the car, and the public bus made a half-circle around the main street around the Midgar Circle and arrived at Bafan Street Station.

Although you can find a lot of practical daily necessities in the Qifan Street slums, it takes luck.Some personal daily necessities for Tifa’s life in the future still need better things, and it is more convenient to buy them in Bafan Street.

Heather skillfully led Tifa around, bypassing the ten-storey luxury shopping malls, and arrived at the entrance of a four-storey old department store.

It is located in a relatively remote corner of Bafan Street. Both the public facilities on the street and the clothes of pedestrians on the roadside are a bit older than the main street of Bafan Street, but it is still much better than the downtown area.

"This department store is called Staples Mall. Yes, it's named after Shinra's mascot, Stamp the Dog. It's a coincidence, isn't it?"

Heather ignored the stagnant revolving door at the main entrance, and took Tifa into the mall through the side door: "Don't worry about the revolving door, since it broke down half a year ago, no one has been responsible for repairing it. This mall is Midgar It was established in the second year of its establishment, and it can be regarded as an old antique. Although there are no branded goods in it, the advantage is that the price is relatively cheap, and it is very popular among the working class nearby.”

"Oh... Brother, look, it's a flower!" Tifa suddenly pulled Heather and pointed to the outside of the mall: "There is wilderness around Midgar, how can there be real flowers?"

Heather looked in the direction she pointed, and saw a brown-haired girl outside the mall pushing a small cart full of flowers.

(End of this chapter)