I survive in a high-risk world by writing essays

Coincidentally, we are going to Sakaiminato, the destination of the boat, which is also in Tottori, but the place where I lived before has the Shouke River, one is in the southeast of Tottori Prefecture, and the other is in Tottori Take the most northwest of the county.

It's just that compared with Yokohama Port and Kobe Port, the industrial style of Sakai Minato is much lighter, but it is full of strangeness.

Because it is the hometown of Shigeru Mizuki, the author of "Geitaro", you can see various memorials and statues related to monsters everywhere, whether it is a railway station or on the road.

Not to mention, this place seems to be a good place to live for a while to find inspiration, if you want to write ghost novels.

"The private ship for pick-up...it is said to be waiting at the third wharf in the Inner Harbor." When we got off the train, Gojo Satoru's message was also sent in time, making people suspect that he was It's not that there is monitoring installed somewhere.

But after getting off the car, I have to pick up the old turtle that was consigned before getting on the car.

Ningning and Hanako are probably traveling far for the first time. They came to Tottori, which is so far away from Tokyo. The long strip of anti-wooden sculpture took a group photo.

"Shall we go to sea now?" Yuan Hui asked with a calm look.

I thought for a while, "Find the boat first to see what is prepared on board, and whether the type of boat is suitable for spending the night at sea. I don't know if the person driving the boat arranged by Gojo Satoru is a native of Sakaiminato. If not, I may have to find A local fisherman went out to sea together to help guide the way."

The old tortoise probed silently.

"Oh yes, you said you can show the way, right?" I glanced at the old turtle and remembered.

"That's right!" The old tortoise responded hastily.

"Then the last one can probably be removed, as long as there is a person who drives the boat, he should not just get a boat and not arrange a person to drive the boat." I said.

Neither Ningning Huazi nor Yuanhui had any objections. We drove the map together to the third pier in the inner harbor, inspected several ships docked by the pier, and finally decided on the smallest one that was parked on the far side. that yacht.

It is about the size of an ordinary small business fishing yacht, equipped with a complete cabin, and a middle-aged man dressed in low-key is standing on the shore next to the small private boat, looking left and right.

We walked over together, the middle-aged man heaved a sigh of relief, took the initiative to take a few steps, and said politely, "You are the ones who are going to go to sea, right? I am Mr. Gojo who arranged to be in charge of sailing the boat. Do you want to leave immediately?"

"Can I take a look on the boat first?" I said.

Of course Funayamoto agreed and took us on board.After boarding the ship, I saw that there were a lot of supplies in the cabin, food, water, medicine, all kinds of things were quite complete, and the space inside the cabin was much larger than what I saw from the outside. Asked, "May I ask how long this ship can sail at most?"

"More than 500 nautical miles, about [-] hours. If you save a little, you can travel at a constant speed for [-] hours."

"What about night sailing?" I continued to ask.

"Yes, but there are certain risks."

After asking these questions, I almost had a bottom line in my mind.

Since the island mentioned by the old turtle has not been discovered for such a long time, it must be a certain distance from Sakaiminato. The driving time of the past three days seems sufficient, but minus the return time, it is only half of the time. Can be used to find the island.

"Enough is enough." The old turtle said repeatedly after listening.

After I got on the boat, I put it down. At this time, the old turtle climbed to the bow, waved his forefoot and pointed in one direction, "Drive in that direction, bypass a relatively dangerous reef group, and you can see the island."

Funaya Benji didn't say anything to the old tortoise suddenly, as if he didn't see anything.

In the end we decided to leave tomorrow morning to make the most of the daytime.

"Here is the knife I entrusted to Mr. Gojo for safekeeping." Yuanhui asked Funaya Honji only after we finished talking about going to sea and set a time.

"Yes." Funaya Benji replied, and went to the cabin to take out a kendo bag and hand it to Yuanguang.

My eyes fell on the kendo bag, and Ning Ning couldn't help looking over it.

"This can't be taken on the train. I gave it to Mr. Gojo and sent it here." Yuanguang smiled and explained, carrying the belt of the kendo bag on one shoulder on his back, "then the next... is Go find a hotel and stay for one night first, right?"

This is easy to solve, just saw a lot of hotels on the way here.

"Then let's book a hotel first, and then you can take this opportunity to wander around Sakaiminato," I said.

Ning Ning's eyes lit up immediately, although he didn't say anything, but a few words were clearly written in his eyes.

--【Great! 】

I couldn't help laughing.

After the hotel was booked, I let Ningning Hanako and Yuanhui move freely.

As for myself, I originally wanted to inquire about something, but when I saw a fishing tackle shop on the road, I walked in involuntarily.

"..."

Forget it, since Jindu has come in, let's take a stroll first.

It just so happened that the most convenient fishing rod I used was gone. At present, I can use it for other fishing rods, but it is only wet with rain and dew. , but the fishing rod in hand is really hard to come by.

When I found out that the fishing rod was left in Ugly Treasure and I forgot to take it out, and when Xiayou left without saying goodbye and didn’t even return the fishing rod to me, I wanted to go over and find out if I could contact someone else who bought that kind. People with limited edition fishing rods made people change hands at high prices, but finally gave up.

Because I really don't like to use things that others have used, it will give me a strange feeling that ntr has been used by others.

We can only see if we can find other brands of fishing rods that are in hand.

If I can meet Xiayou guy again, I have to ask him to return the fishing rod to me first.

I thought about this in my heart, looked around the fishing tackle shop, and found several familiar fishing rod brands, and there were quite a few daiwa ones. You can see a dry master’s fishing rod when you enter the door. place, I asked the boss and took it down to try the feel.

"It feels a bit light..." I weighed Master Ku's fishing rod and put it down again, and my eyes shifted to the other fishing rods next to me.

While I was looking at the fishing rods, the wind chimes at the entrance of the fishing tackle shop rang, and a skinny, dark-skinned old man walked into the shop with a fishing net on his shoulders. He walked up to the owner of the fishing tackle shop and put down the net, saying, Dejian, is this afternoon free? Help me mend this fishing net first, I have to go to sea in the afternoon. "

The owner of the fishing tackle shop looked a little helpless, "Uncle Ducang, I have already said that this is a shop that sells things for fishing, and there is no such business as repairing fishing nets."

"Don't talk nonsense, do you want to make up?" The thin old man raised his eyebrows, and his face looked fierce.

"...All right, all right, one last time!"

I was attracted by the conversation between the old man and the manager of the fishing tackle shop. I put down my fishing rod and turned to look at the skinny old man.

"What are you looking at?" The old man glared at me.

I wasn't frightened by the fierce face of the thin old man. Instead, I thought that since I was discovered, I would simply take a good look at it openly, and said openly, "Old man, are you a fisherman?"

The skinny old man didn't answer.

"I'm sorry, I'm going to go to sea tomorrow, and I want to find someone with experience to refer to." I showed a somewhat embarrassed smile on my face, thinking of trying to see if the fishermen who live at sea here in Sakaiminato know anything about mermaids. Things, just say, "You must have been at sea for a long time, right? I heard that there is a dangerous reef group heading east from the pier?"

At the same time as I said these words, I clearly saw the thin old man's face twitch, and his already fierce face looked even more fierce.

"Young man." The old man warned with a dry and hoarse voice, "If you want to live, don't go there. Few people who have been there can come back alive."

- oh well.

Did I really discover the branch clue?

Now that I have caught such a clue, I don’t know when I started to thicken my skin unconsciously. I quickly followed the skinny old man when he left the fishing tackle shop, and then tried hard to talk to the skinny old man.

Fortunately, in the end, the skinny old man couldn't stand being followed by me, so he finally stopped.

"Are you here for the mermaid too?"

That's what the thin old man said as soon as he opened his mouth.

Good guy, I call him good guy.I thought that things like mermaids had to be kept hidden, but it turned out...do many people know?Just from the "also" in the mouth of the skinny old man, it is conceivable that I am not the only one who has been here.

It's a pity that I left the old tortoise in the hotel because it was inconvenient to take with me, otherwise I would have to ask it right now, 'How many good-hearted people do you have? '

"I'm very interested to hear some rumors." I said vaguely, "Are there many people who have also been here?"

The thin old man took a deep look at me, walked forward slowly, and said as he walked, "That happened decades ago. When I was a child, countless people rushed to Sakaiminato. The news of the mermaid came, entrepreneurs, high-ranking officials, foreigners... At that time, many local fishermen were hired to lead the way to the reef group, but they never came back."

"That's..." I heard something different in the old man's words.

"My father is one of those fishermen." The skinny old man said expressionlessly, "After this turmoil lasted for five years, because there was no harvest, people thought it was just a ridiculous rumor, those who came here for the mermaid People are gradually leaving.”

"Why, is it popping up again now? Recently, three groups of people including you have come to inquire about the mermaid."