The Journey of the Plane / The Journey of the Plane: Looking for Lily

"Do you need me to fill the tank with hot water for you?"

Of course, Moli would not spoil Hermes. While enjoying the service of Kino wiping her hair, she raised her notebook to threaten Hermes.

Mr. Motorcycle naturally lost again.

"No no no!"

"Don't bother you!"

After the bear kid Hermis finally calmed down, Moli, who was enjoying the service of wiping her hair, narrowed her eyes comfortably, and directly used the notepad to ask Kino about his plans for tomorrow, but Kino didn't seem to have thought about it. , glanced at the city map for a long time, and finally just came to a very ugly conclusion-let's talk about tomorrow's things tomorrow!Moli couldn't help complaining about Chino's unexpected lack of morals at certain moments, and it happened that Hermes seemed to have his own ideas, and directly suggested: "There are so many machines running well here, it must be human beings~ So~ now let's go directly to the residential area to have a look~ Chino~ okay~"

Alas--

This guy actually started acting like a baby!

What a villain, Moli felt her goosebumps all over the floor, if she hadn't been rubbed by her hair and couldn't move around, she would have gotten down immediately and kicked the motorcycle to death!

"No."

However, Kino unexpectedly refused, and even gave a legitimate reason in a serious manner.

"If we go now, we will definitely not be able to make it back before sunset. Even if we are in the city, it is very inconvenient to walk at night, not to mention..." As he spoke, he put down the towel that was wiping Moli's hair, and let out a long yawn , let out a very unscrupulous voice, "I'm so sleepy, I'm going to sleep."

"Hey"

"Now is not the time to sleep"

Before Mr. Motorcycle complained, Mo Li jumped up and held up a notepad to complain!

However, Kino didn't care. He pulled the two persuaders out of the holsters on his own, and then walked towards the bed a little staggeringly, muttering in his mouth, "Moli, what are you talking about?" That's right, it's true that it's not time for everyone to go to bed now... But as long as I see a beautiful bed, I can't help but want to lie down, and of course I will start to feel sleepy after I lie down, so I want to sleep." Said Then, Kino threw himself heavily on the elastic big bed, and even stuck his head into the soft quilt.

"So happy..."

After muttering this softly, Kino didn't say a word again, probably fell asleep already, it's really a sleep speed that makes people have to complain.

Only Nobita can compete with it, right?

Volume Four Kino's Journey: The Third Country, A Country That Understands Human Pain (End)

The next morning.

Mo Li was awakened by a crisp sound produced by various iron parts colliding with each other.

Hey……

Who made her hearing very sensitive?

He opened his eyes without any trace, and found that the sun outside the window had just risen a little bit, so that more than half of the outside world was still shrouded in darkness. It must be around four o'clock at this time?But probably because I went to bed too early yesterday with Kino, Moli obviously didn't feel sleepy at this moment, yawned softly, and slowly got up from the bed - this luxurious suite only has one big bed. So Moli slept with Kino in the same bed last night, since both of them are girls, and Kino usually behaves like a tomboy, Moli gradually got used to sleeping with Kino Together, it happens that you can also save some accommodation costs.

As expected, Kino had already woken up.

Sitting cross-legged on the tiled floor covered with a layer of fluffy carpet, he was doing daily maintenance work on the two persuaders, and the firearms were all disassembled.

And their parts are neatly arranged in front of them.

"Sorry, did I wake you up?"

Hearing a slight movement behind him, Kino certainly knew that Moli must have woken up, and also knew that Moli's hearing was always different from ordinary people, so he habitually apologized, but the movements in his hands did not. Means to stop, still wiping the parts.

There has apparently been an army of persuaders on the ground wrapping up maintenance.

It was the automatic persuader hanging on the waist before.

And Kino gave it a nickname, called [Sen no Man], it is a persuasive gun with a very slender body, and the bullets it uses are 22LR bullets. The destructive power of the bullets is not very great, but because The gun body is slender and the weight is moderate, so the accuracy rate will be relatively high-then the persuader that Kino is maintaining in his hand is another one hanging on his leg, and she also nicknamed it [Canon] 】, is a one-hand brake left × revolver pistol, that is to say, every time a bullet is fired, the trigger must be pulled by hand.

Don't ask Mo Li why she knows this.

After all, when the master taught Chino about firearms, it was only Mo Li who was listening to him. Although he could recall some things after thinking about it carefully, he still couldn't understand it.

Perhaps as the master said...

She has never had anything to do with guns and other weapons in her life, right?

Forget it.

Anyway, with the magic eye of death and all kinds of elemental magic, she can live happily even without guns.

Because the structure of the persuader is very complicated, and every place needs to be carefully wiped and maintained, so of course Kino spent a long time tidying up, and this is why she has to get up so early every day. After all, the persuader needs to be well maintained to be able to Use the greatest power when needed, and every wandering traveler will attach as much importance to the weapons they rely on for survival as Kino—after finally assembling the two persuaders, Kino puts [Canon]'s ammunition The warehouse was changed to an empty one, and he did several times of drawing and shooting practice against the window, until some beads of sweat oozed out of his body, before Kino stopped and took a comfortable shower.

Then it's breakfast time.

Because the breakfast provided by the hotel is too luxurious, the poor Chino fell into poverty again, and carefully checked with the food delivery robot to see if the meal fee is included in the accommodation fee - it is certain that it will not charge an extra fee. After paying the fee, she felt at ease and carried out the CD-ROM operation with Mo Li.

The sun was already high after breakfast.

It's time to leave.

According to the usual practice, Mo Li is responsible for calling Hermis up, while Kino is responsible for organizing the salute, don’t ask why it can’t be reversed, and Kino refuses—you must know that the salute organized by Mo Li is not at all acceptable. Look!Ever since he saw Mo Li tidying up the originally tidy salute as if he had been hit by some terrible hurricane, Chino never let Mo Li get in touch with the task of tidying up the salute. It's good that Li's cursed hands don't cause her any trouble.

Incidentally--

Rather than saying that Mo Li went to wake Hermis up, it would be better to say that he woke him up by kicking him?

Poor Mr. Motorcycle wakes up every day with kicks.

There is no way, after all, you can’t expect Mo Li, who can’t speak, to use the same wake-up method as a normal person. If you can solve the problem with one kick, just kick it. Anyway, Hermes is very resistant to kicks, so give him a few more kicks It doesn't matter, not to mention there will definitely be a place to repair motorcycles in the city.

In short, of course Hermes, who had suffered a catastrophe, let out another burst of tragic wailing.

On the other side, Kino had already packed the luggage, and put them back on Hermis with ease.

Glancing at the map in the travel guide, Kino made up his mind to go to the [Residence Area] first.

……

Then strange things happened again.

There are obviously a large number of residential buildings used for living in the city, but the [residential area] on the map is placed in a forest.

Could it be that something happened to change the residential area from the town to the forest?

There are dense leaves above the head to block the sun, gusts of breeze rush in, with a scent of fragrant grass, you can hear the sound of the creek gently flowing, and the chirping of birds is also heard. One after another, the moist and moderate fresh air makes people feel extra refreshing——Mo Li, sitting in the back seat, enjoys the tranquility and comfort of the forest, and can't help but feel confused. After all, this place is obviously suitable for development as a [tourist area] instead of Shouldn't it be used as a [residential area]?If there are really residents living in this place, maybe some rich people who like to enjoy life have built villas in the forest.

But not long after, Mo Li quickly realized that she was wrong.

This is indeed a [residential area].

After going deep into the forest for a while, you can see a house passing by the roadside from time to time, and the building style is exactly the same, they are all spacious and bright bungalows.

It's like it was deliberately built in the forest for the purpose of concealment.

Moli and Kino have been traveling together for a while, and they have seen various countries and how these countries arrange residential area planning, but they have never seen a country that makes the distance between two houses in a residential area different. Being so far away, there is no space saving at all, and it will definitely be extremely inconvenient for neighbors to communicate.

It takes more than 1 minute to ride a bicycle. If it is walking, it must be longer, isn't it?

too weird.

What is even more strange is that no one is still seen on the road.

Kino originally thought that he would meet the residents when he came to the residential area, so he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. After seeing this, Hermis wailed again and again, saying that this country is too weird!

Anyway, the atmosphere here is not like a dead city at all, someone must be there.

Whether it's Kino, Moli or Hermes, they all think so.

……

Using a sniper telescope to observe the [residential area] of the forest from a distance on a certain high-rise in the [central political area], Chino found that there were indeed people in the house, and without exception, they were doing very ordinary daily activities. The range of activities is all within their own yard.

Obviously someone is there.

Is it hiding from travelers?

While Chino took back the sniper scope and thought secretly, Hermes took advantage of the situation to express his opinion, thinking that the residents of this country probably saw travelers for the first time, so they felt new and afraid of travelers, so they hid in the house— — But Kino obviously doesn’t think so. After all, if it’s really just like this, the friendly neighbors should also go out to meet each other after they leave the [residential area], but so far they are still hiding behind the house Among them, it means that their dwelling behavior has nothing to do with travelers.

"It's like being locked in the house"

Mo Li held up a notepad and expressed her views irresponsibly.

Kino couldn't help being silent for a while, and even Hermes, who had been chattering all the time, was rarely silent for a while, probably because Mo Li's description was very appropriate?

It's getting dark.

And today there is still no answer as to why not a single resident can be seen in this country.

Kino directly went back to the hotel where Hermis stayed last night. Even if he didn’t go back, there were many hotels nearby, but Kino still came back across half of the country on purpose, and there was only one reason. It turned out that Kino felt that the hotel The breakfast at the hotel is delicious?

Ok……

In fact, it's not that Mo Li can't understand, after all, she also ate very happily when she had breakfast, and she even thought in her heart that it would be great if she could eat more meals.

It's another morning.

This is the third day, and you must leave the country before this evening.

Of course, Kino and Moli enjoyed the delicious breakfast happily again.

Because he was about to leave this country, Kino had to replenish the items he was carrying, and on the way, he added fuel to Hermis, filling its half-empty fuel tank to the full—in a sense, my dear Mr. Motorcycle is also a full meal, right?Of course, Kino will not forget to buy important dry food and bullets. After making sure that there is nothing missing, Kino directly drives Hermis towards the west at full speed. Because he entered the city from the east gate before, he must go out of the city from the west. The city gate went out.

Just passing by the [residential area] of the forest on the way.

But this time it was a bit unexpected, Moli actually heard the sound of someone working?

Like repairing something.

Because the sound source was relatively close, Moli subconsciously pulled the corner of Kino's clothes, and Kino also noticed it. He subconsciously turned the handle to stop the motorcycle and looked around, and finally got off the motorcycle silently, pushing Hermes left the road and came to a place like a courtyard.

really--

In the yard, a man was squatting on the ground, swinging a relatively small machine in his hand.

Maybe it's a bit of a hassle to fix it?

The man was so focused that he didn't notice Moli and his group who were slowly approaching.

"Good morning."

Kino said a very normal greeting in a very calm voice.

Unexpectedly, the man jumped up in fright when he heard the voice, turned around and looked at the calm and restrained Kino, the expression on his face instantly changed into extreme panic, as if he saw some scourge——Mo Li Taking this opportunity to take a closer look, this man is about 30 years old, right?Wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, she seems to be of mixed race. Although she has black hair like them, she is extremely tall, and she can completely look down on Kino and Moli. Her facial features are very three-dimensional, and her eyes are also blue

"Dry, dry, dry, dry..."

It is true that this man was so frightened that he was completely incoherent, he couldn't even utter a complete sentence, which made Mo Li feel extremely headache.

Are they really that scary?

"Am I scary?"

After all, I have always felt that even if I am not outstanding, I am not unattractive, so of course Kino wondered why this man acted so frightened when he saw his face, talking to himself inexplicably while turning his head to look at it. Xiang Moli looked incomprehensible.

"There shouldn't be anything on it..."

"very scary"

"With a cannibalistic face"

The expressionless Mo Li held up the notepad solemnly, as if something was going on.

But of course Kino knew that he would not believe Moli's cold joke out of interest, so he smiled helplessly, reached out and tapped Moli's head lightly.

"Oh, then you will be eaten by me long ago."

Seeing the interesting interaction between the two, the man seemed to realize something at that time. He stretched out his right hand and pointed at Kino tremblingly, and then, as if he had won a 500 million lottery, he shouted in great surprise: "You, don't you? I don’t know what I’m thinking about!” Hermes, who thought this man was stuttering, was of course taken aback by her sudden words, and couldn’t help complaining, uncle, so you can still speak normally, but Kino still can’t Understanding why the other party was both terrified and pleasantly surprised, he couldn't help but tilt his head inexplicably.

"awesome!"

The man gradually recovered from the previous chaotic state, and his expression became a little ecstatic.

"That's right! I can't 'hear' what you guys are thinking!"

"You're travelers, aren't you? How about, come over to my house and have a cup of tea?"

Noticing Kino's somewhat embarrassed expression, the man immediately changed his expression, and begged with some sadness: "Excuse me, are you leaving? I beg you..."

Because there is still some time before the sun goes down, and he himself is still curious about "why the residents of this country are hiding in the house", so Kino agreed after thinking for a while, so that the man was so excited No, I brought Kino, Mo Li, and Hermes directly into the house—although it looked very well decorated, both Mo Li and Kino noticed that there was no other person inside, and they couldn't see the second person. There are traces of personal life here, maybe Chino and the others are the only guests who came here?

The man was a little embarrassed but couldn't suppress his excitement and made a cup of black tea for Chino and Moli before he began to think about what he should say.

Think about it.

He couldn't help but burst into tears again, saying that he hadn't communicated with others like this for a long time.

About ten years ago—

The man suppressed his crying and said slowly.