Carrying a big backpack, standing at the door of a familiar yet unfamiliar home, looking at the two-story building built with light steel keels, wood, and fireproof boards in front of him, Chiba Cheng sighed slightly. From today on, this is His home.
He stretched out his hand to open the courtyard door and was about to go in when he suddenly heard a voice coming from behind him: "Qianye? Didn't you go on a trip?"
Chiba Cheng took two steps forward, and then realized belatedly that Chiba seemed to be calling him. He turned around and saw a black MPV (multipurpose vehicle) parked at the intersection. A middle-aged man with glasses and an unshaven beard appeared from the cab.
"Why are you back so soon?" He spoke very confidently, with a cigarette hanging from his mouth, and his shiny forehead and slightly messy hair gave people a strong sense of decadence.
After being stunned for a moment, Chiba Makoto pulled out this person's name from his memory. Takehiko Onoda lives not far away. He is a journalist and freelance writer. He has been engaged in this industry for an estimated twenty years. .
It stands to reason that with such a long working experience, he should evolve into an elite in the workplace, but ever since Chiba Makoto met him, this uncle has always been decadent. He has never been said to be energetic, careless, and unworthy of this world.
According to people in the village, he was not like this originally. He had been at the TV station for nearly twenty years and was a moderate supervisor. But he suddenly resigned four years ago and disappeared to who knows where. He came back a few years later. He became extremely decadent and made a living by taking news photos and writing articles for some newspapers. He was no longer the energetic young man he was before.
"It's Uncle Onoda." Chiba Makoto put his heavy backpack on the tiled road leading to the door and walked over. He still had a good relationship with this uncle. Although he was very decadent, he still had a good relationship. After many years of experience as a journalist, he has accumulated countless strange stories. These stories are very popular among children. After he tells the stories, he always asks the children to study hard and not play all the time.
Onoda parked the car on the side of the road, turned off the engine and got out, and said to Chiba Makoto: "What, were you scared back by the monster?"
"Yeah!" Chiba Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then nodded. It seems that the news of the monster has spread from Akita to Chiba, but that's good. There is no need to find other reasons to explain why he suddenly interrupted his trip and came back.
Takehiko Onoda leaned on the car, blew out a smoke ring at the sunset, and said melancholy: "I don't know why the world has become like this, even monsters have escaped, but this is good, and those so-called Realists, please wake up and stop looking at the world with narrow eyes."
"Well..."
Chiba Makoto didn't know how to respond to Takehiko Onoda's sudden philosophical sentiments, so he had to change the subject and said, "Uncle, have you just gotten off work?"
The words are nonsense, but they are really suitable when you don't know what to say. Otherwise, it would be more awkward for the two of them to sit facing each other and not talk.
"I went to Akita to interview a city that was attacked by monsters. Oh, what's there to interview? It's about exposing people's scars. Those who survive will have to bear the pain of losing their loved ones, which is even more unfortunate than death." Takehiko Onoda sneered. The words were full of sarcasm. After saying this, he realized that the boy next to him also lost his parents.
In the past two or three years in the town, no relatives have come to see this boy, and he has always been alone. Therefore, he said a few days ago that he was going to travel, which made Takehiko Onoda very happy. He felt that he had always encouraged the boy to go out. Taking a walk will work, but being alone in a cold home will make people sick.
After realizing that he had made a mistake, Onoda Takehiko immediately changed the subject and said: "But don't worry, kid, the monsters have been destroyed by the giants. Many people in Akita witnessed the giants appearing, defeating the monsters, and then disappearing again. Alas, the world is becoming more and more... The more unrealistic it becomes.”
After he finished speaking, he sighed as usual, turned around, took out his cell phone from the car, and said, "Want to see what a giant looks like?"
When asked, he had retrieved the photos he had brought back from Akita. Chiba Cheng leaned over curiously. Each photo was taken very amateurishly, with poor angles and poor focus. Even Tiga and Golzan were not in the viewfinder. In the middle, Tiga and Golzan can still be seen clearly.
While showing the photos he brought back for the meeting, Takehiko Onoda said: "The monsters that destroyed the city appeared, and the giants who destroyed the monsters also appeared. Everything in this world is interdependent, so there is nothing to worry about, and you can live your life with peace of mind."
"Well, thank you, uncle." Chiba Makoto nodded. This uncle is actually a very nice person. He learned his photography skills from Uncle Onoda.
Since he was a child, he could only see his parents in photos, which made Chiba Makoto have different emotions towards photos. He felt that photos can record the people and things that have passed away. Therefore, he spent a lot of money to buy this camera. , preparing to record that this trip has just begun and has already ended.
After Takehiko Onoda showed the photos he brought back, he caught a glimpse of Chiba Makoto's camera still hanging around his neck, and said as if he was looking for a topic: "Have you taken anything in the past few days?"
As he said that, he picked up the camera and opened the LCD screen. At a glance, he saw a new photo taken by Chiba Cheng. Golzan and Melba were standing in the mountains, bending down and waving their paws, as if they were doing something, but The lower part was not photographed.
"This..." Onoda Takehiko was immediately shocked. There was more than one monster. What surprised him even more was that it was also photographed by Chiba Makoto. No wonder the kid came back with a bad look on his face. He suddenly saw two Bilou. The monster was still so close, so he must have been frightened.
But what surprised him the most was that he wanted to take care of this child, but he didn't expect to get such a big windfall. In addition to the monster that was destroyed by the giant, there was also a big bird-shaped monster. However, TPC's external announcement only That Golzan, that is to say, they concealed the truth.
It is the duty of every reporter to explore the truth, and big news is their lifelong pursuit. As an old reporter, Takehiko Onoda immediately realized that he must report it as soon as possible, otherwise once this monster appears again, the news value will be greatly reduced.
But this photo was taken by Chiba Makoto at the risk of his life. He couldn't take advantage of a helpless child.
And Chiba Makoto, who had experienced too many things yesterday, completely forgot about the camera. Then he remembered that he had taken photos of monsters and giant stone statues on the mountainside yesterday. He hesitated and said, "It was the victory team that saved the people." They told me to keep it a secret and not to tell it."
"Keep it secret, keep it secret, they know it's secret," Takehiko Onoda seemed to be triggered by a bad memory, and suddenly became extremely excited: "If she told it, she wouldn't know anything about it, and the result..."
Halfway through his words, Onoda Takehiko stopped, took two deep breaths before suppressing his excitement, and said: "Sign my name and ask them to come to me. I will give you all the royalties, and...well, what will you do in the future?" Are you planning to?"
"In the future?" Qianye Cheng shook his head. He was thinking about his life experience and Tiga's power along the way. He had no mind or energy to think about anything else. Uncle Onoda asked, and he remembered it belatedly. Chiba Makoto, who graduated from high school, did not choose to enter college.
"Do you want to be a reporter?"
"Reporter? Me?"
"Yes, the things here are priceless now," Onoda Takehiko shook Chiba Makoto's camera and said with a smile on his face: "If you can get them to sign an employment contract and a special press card with you, Just like me, running around with a camera taking pictures, interviewing, and writing articles, don't you envy me? Do this job first, and then change it when you find a better one."
"It sounds pretty good." Chiba Cheng thought to himself that it was better than working as a typist before time travel. He could no longer write novels in this life. That would be a dead end.
