[APH Mega Bu Ying Lu Zhong] Fools' Carnival

Ju is the youngest son of the Honda family.Every winter, heavy snow will cover the whole hometown. The back mountain is like ice cream in a dessert shop. The ground is pure white and flat, and the branches of dead trees are bare. With the clear sky, it looks like a natural Japanese painting. , his mother took him by the hand to look for the first plum blossom in the new year in the courtyard, and picked it to decorate the lintel, but after doing that, Chrysanthemum always touched the broken part of the flower branch and wept.The mother who smoothed her sleeves, stepped on clogs, and combed her hair shook the bell of the shrine, praying for the healthy growth of chrysanthemums. Chrysanthemums looked around in the middle of the crowd, praying for the beauty of the red blessing belt fluttering on the wall, which reminds people of summer festivals. The windmills that turn around are reminiscent of the flowing patterns on kimonos, the gorgeous murals connect the black and white buildings, and the long wooden corridors seem to be endless.

Button your uniform to the top, bow your head respectfully when you say hello, don't run in the corridors, think of others in everything.When Ju picked up the folding fan and danced clumsily for the first time, he was afraid that he would tear the expensive clothes. His father laughed out loud, but Ju secretly felt like he was on pins and needles.There is no one in the Honda family, and everything should be perfect and artistic. This spirit is imprinted in Ju's soul. Even the most ordinary street ramen, as long as there is a cherry blossom petal in the soup, it is beautiful.

The schoolmates dare not approach Chrysanthemum, the beautiful girl said, you are a very good person, but you are very difficult to like.Ju thought that meant he wasn't good enough, but the girl somehow explained it and fell into sad contemplation.

Chrysanthemum had to dance and keep dancing, all the education and care he received in front of him was for the few minutes on stage.The family's hard work is condensed on him, even if he is the worst child, he is not qualified to stop dancing.In order to get on a bigger stage, Juxian flew to the sky, crossed the Pacific Ocean, and went to another country. He thought it was a road to the stage, but he didn't expect it to be a road away from everything in the past, except for acting. Ju, who had nothing but everything, met someone who gave him everything new. Ju changed from the one who took it to the one who could give. He was no longer afraid of losing the attention of everyone, because he would always watch everyone. If one day they were separated from each other , Chrysanthemum will also feel that they are always together.

In that case, there will be no loneliness on his way home.

Since the night when he made up his mind, Honda Ju used his abilities rarely.His ability is divination, and it has been found that it can be used in occasions such as pen fairy and lottery, and the correct rate is as high as 70%, but most of the answers are ambiguous, so it cannot be widely used, and can only be used as a reference.He first prepared two lots, one was "OK" and the other was "Stay". He won the "OK", and then he prepared "Great Lucky", "Little Lucky", "Medium", "Little Bad" and "Little Lucky". "Big Misfortune" and won "Zhong".Honda Ju commented: "This means that the next road depends entirely on our own performance, and fate does not favor one side." Feliciano smiled: "That is our luck."

On a whim, Alfred asked Honda Chrysanthemum to draw lots for them to calculate their future fate.Honda Chrysanthemum drew casually, then frowned slightly, he got the "little murderer", even with Alfred's blessing?He thought for a while, and made another batch of lottery tickets, the contents of which were "happy", "anger", "sorrow", "joy" and "fear", and this time he actually drew "sorrow".Honda Ju was silent, but Alfred comforted him instead: "It's okay, just for fun."

"Yes, it may not be very effective this time...but please be careful." Honda Ju was troubled, and everyone in the car comforted him, joking to adjust the atmosphere.However, there is no feast that never ends, and the day of separation came soon. The road stretching hundreds of kilometers diverged, leading to Seattle on one side and the first city that may have an airport on the other.According to the previous agreement, this is the time to say goodbye, no one complained, just infinite regret and reluctance, Feliciano flew over and hugged the twins Alfred and Matthew: "Oh, I'm so sorry You guys! We must meet again in the future!"

"It's okay, as long as I think about it, it will definitely come true!" Alfred's tail was raised in the sky, and Matthew patted the back of his head.Wang Yao pondered: "It's still possible to keep in touch. Let them inform me when you get there. Our next destination is Sacramento, where there is also the base of the Alien Association. I still want to guide you remotely, even if you are rejected. Don’t act in a hurry, stay and wait for my instructions.” Honda Ju nodded earnestly, and was about to write notes, Wang Yao packed various tokens in a kraft paper bag and delivered them to him, he bowed deeply bow.

"Nice meeting." Ludwig and Francis shook hands one by one.Francis blinked: "There will be a time later!"

This fork is the place of parting, and Alfred wrote a line of words with an oil-based pen on the road sign at the intersection: The rocket departs from the land of the carnival.Everyone went to touch the road sign, as if it would bring good luck, Alfred gave his camera to Feliciano: "This is for you, anyway, I will definitely pick up a new one. Use it well , and the photos inside are also given to you." Matthew nodded, after all, Honda Chrysanthemum will be separated from them in the future.Feliciano was incoherent with excitement: "Really? Thank you thank you..."

"Shouldauldacquaintancebeforgot, Andneverbroughttomind?" At this moment, Francis suddenly opened his hands, raised his eyebrows exaggeratedly, and sang in a gorgeous tenor voice.Feliciano understood, clapped his hands and sang along: "Shouldauldacquaintancebeforgot, Anddaysofauldlangsyne?"

A few young people stood up slowly, holding hands in a heart-to-heart circle, just like the cowboy gatherings in the ancient American west, singing loudly under the vast blue sky and white clouds, singing the song that I sang once in school Once again, a song that has endured all over the world-as a song between them.Although Honda Ju's English is not very good and he staggered in singing, he stood between Feliciano and Ludwig and smiled happily.The flat grassland is running towards the distant horizon, and the road ahead is still very long.

"friendship all way long,

Long live friendship, friend, long live friendship,

Raise your glass and drink, and sing the praises of friendship forever!

We used to wander all day long on the green hills of our hometown,

We have also gone through hardships and wandered everywhere,

Long live friendship, friend, long live friendship! "

--"friendship all way long"

The Sacramento area is divided into two halves by the government, one half is the ordinary people's living area, and the other half is the alien autonomous region. In the whole city stands an unsightly wall running from north to south. Anyone who wants to cross the wall must go through security checks, especially aliens need to bring The heartbeat detector is installed, but some living facilities are concentrated in ordinary people's areas. This is the most urgent problem for the citizens of Sacramento, and Wang Yao's arrival is undoubtedly a boon for the local Alien Association branch.

"It's just like the Berlin Wall. Hasn't it improved in the past two years?" Wang Yao looked up at the wall when he passed the security check, and said to the Yiren staff beside him.The young staff member shook his head: "We have done countless propaganda. If we can't get involved in politics, ordinary people will never look at us. Do you know? The law on aliens here is still vacillating today, although There are politicians who support us, but ordinary politicians keep opposing being our neighbors, they use welfare policies to put pressure on us, and set various unreasonable conditions to restrict us from sharing the subsidies that 'belong' to ordinary people."

Wang Yao nodded gently: "I understand, the matter will be resolved."

During the security check, no one except Wang Yao could take out a valid ID card. After the alien was exposed, the country issued a new ID card, which specifically marked the identity of the alien, but it was not promoted and used, and many strangers thought it was useful. Suspected of discrimination.Matthew and the others don't have ID cards at all, and they don't know where they lost them. All the previous towns are not as strict as Sacramento, and Los Angeles is very loose.They had no choice but to go for a blood test to prove that they were aliens before they could be put into the alien area.

"What do you mean..." Alfred held his bleeding ring finger in his mouth dissatisfied.Thanks to Wang Yao's favor, everyone got a special car to pick them up. Matthew sat in the back row obediently, and patted Alfred's hand reassuringly.Wang Yao in the passenger seat turned his head to talk in Chinese with the Chinese man wearing glasses in the driver's seat. Alfred squinted his eyes like an alert rabbit, while Arthur and the others were in another car. The humble car drives in the city.The scenery on both sides is completely ordinary streets, no different from before the end of the world.The Chinese man turned around and introduced himself: "Hello, I am the head of the branch of the Sacramento District Association. We will be responsible for your life in the district. My name is Wang Haojing, and you call me 'Wang ’ That’s it.” Alfred interrupted: “You have the same last name?”

Wang Haojing was stunned for a moment, then showed a decent smile, and said calmly: "Yes, I don't have parents. My husband raised me, and I take my husband's surname." Matthew secretly glanced at Wang Yao, and Wang Yao remained calm So what is the age of this person... Alfred deliberately pretended to be stupid: "Your surname is also Wang, and he is also surnamed Wang, so what should be called to tell them apart?" Wang Haojing smiled, Turn around and ask Wang Yao in Chinese: "Don't they call you teacher?"

"Those boys don't respect me at all!" Although he couldn't understand what Wang Yao was saying, Matthew suddenly felt that Wang Yao's expression became so young, revealing a childish anger.This was a side he had never seen before. It seemed that these two people really had a good relationship, but Wang Haojing said: "I think you two have a very good relationship."

"Nothing!" Wang Yao retorted immediately.

"There are no vacancies now. I can only wrong you to go to our staff dormitory. I hope you don't mind." Wang Haojing walked in front and led the way, and the six of them followed through the corridors of the humble office building. In the office, everyone in it was running around and shouting, as if the downstairs was on fire.At the top of the stairs, a beautiful Chinese female secretary was about to drag a bucket of drinking water upstairs, but there was no one around to help, only Francis approached coquettishly, but the long-haired girl declined politely: "You don't need to help Be careful of your waist." Francis' self-esteem was seriously hurt, and Arthur held back his internal injuries from laughing.

"Meimei," Wang Haojing pretended to be angry, "You can't be so rude." The girl called "Meimei" stuck out her tongue, apologized with a smile, and bowed to Wang Yao: "Long time no see, sir. You have had a hard time traveling, so please rest well."

"She is?" Matthew asked.Wang Haojing explained: "Let's say it's my secretary named Lin Xiaomei. She just came here to work this year. Everyone loves her as a younger sister. Most people here have a little friendship with the husband. If you need help, just tell them. But Wang Yao raised the corners of his lips: "Don't do this, spoil them."

Throwing all the luggage into the dormitory, Wang Yao and Wang Haojing went to work, Wang Yao urgently needed to understand the local situation.Lin Xiaomei changed into casual clothes, a pink modified cheongsam, and took five young men out for dinner. She chatted with them cheerfully: "What's your name? Where are you from? You're going to Seattle." , Isn't it fun there..." The girl is too young, she looks a little younger than Matthew, and she looks seventeen or eighteen years old, not because of her baby face, but because of the youthful atmosphere itself that is exciting.With Francis here, Lin Xiaomei's smile never stopped: "Sir, how is your health recently? Don't look at him like that, he's actually staying very well. I really hope he can take care of himself..." Stay?Wang Yao?Arthur looked disbelieving.

Walking across the street, a school-like building stands at the end of the straight road. The gray wall is plated with a layer of gold in the afterglow of the setting sun. In the small square inside the iron gate, children of different ages sit together After dinner, the sweaty teacher was still distributing food, and each student wore a silver bracelet like a watch on his wrist.Francis asked: "This is your 'school'?" Lin Xiaomei nodded: "Yes, it is also our cafeteria."

Lin Xiaomei led them through the security room. The teachers obviously knew her. They glanced at the others without saying anything, and directly handed them the packed food.Lin Xiaomei turned around and asked them: "Do you want to visit here?" Anyway, it was nothing important, so they agreed.

Schools all over the country seem to be exactly the same, familiar classrooms, familiar playgrounds, familiar corridors, six people walking through the atrium of the campus, many students walking together, all wearing the same thing on their hands, Al Fred shook his wrist and asked, "They also wear monitors?" Lin Xiaomei asked back, "Which Yiren school is not like this? The students here are fine. They have very weak abilities, and powerful future abilities that may be harmful." Adult aliens are often brought up under real surveillance. Ordinary people are very scared, and we all have to do our best not to let them snatch their children for research. The laws about underage aliens are not perfect. Some people think that children with poor self-control They should be isolated and controlled, even the Inhuman Association has this tendency.”

"That's because... human beings must ensure safety first..." Matthew unconsciously memorized the text.Lin Xiaomei smiled: "I'm sorry, I said it, everyone has the right to pursue life."

No matter how much we emphasize that everyone is equal, different people are different from ordinary people. This is obvious to all.First of all, they are different genetically, and secondly, aliens are always weaker than ordinary people psychologically, and aliens have not had a substantive status in society so far, because society is a society of ordinary people rather than human society, and aliens who are weak and weak have always been It is a compromise attitude.Matthew knew the feeling of being alone and helpless. He was the first of the four to wake up, and he had survived countless days of panic alone.Probably because he is also a different person, he can't always start from the perspective of ordinary people. He always looks at problems with silence and a little fear, just like a small sea lion surrounded by a large group of penguins.Matthew couldn't help asking: "Has there been an accident before?"

Lin Xiaomei nodded: "When I was a child, a girl was sent to us by my husband. Her ability is similar to telekinetics. She can bend spoons and move objects through space. At that time, it was not the end of the world, and she was not allowed. Going out alone, she has severe depression, once I came back from school late, she was alone in the room, the room was a mess, it was all caused by her ability to go berserk, she was lying there, her heart stopped beating, and she was responsible for taking care of her Auntie was also seriously injured. Before that, she had cut her wrist twice." Everyone was silent, waiting for her to continue, and she smiled, "I don't think strict control can prevent accidents, on the contrary What she needs is freedom, don't you think?"

This topic is too heavy, and Lin Xiaomei, who realized the problem, naturally made a few jokes to bring the atmosphere back to a relaxed state, but every word she said was engraved in Matthew's heart, making him shudder—if it wasn't for Alf Red and Steve, I'm afraid I won't be here now.After wandering around until the sun set, the world seemed to be slowly sinking into the bottom of the pool. When I looked up, I could only see a vague afterglow. Francis said inexplicably: "Every beautiful woman has a story."

"Everyone has a story." Lin Xiaomei walked in front, and everyone could only look at her back against the light, "It's getting dark, don't run around at night, it's not very peaceful here, and you are caught by the bad guys to feed the sharks .”

Matthew suddenly felt dizzy, but it was nothing, and there was a strange feeling that Steve seemed to want to talk.Not yet, since Matthew was 12 years old, he couldn't see Steve. The medium of communication between them can only be a clear mirror. The culprit of this situation is Alfred... Matthew's passage Time's mind is not very clear, he can't remember when Steve appeared, but he always thinks that Steve is his "brother", until Alfred asked him why he was talking to himself.That sentence detonated the bomb, and Matthew never saw Steve again, just like a grown-up child never sees an elf.

After all, what "something" is Steve?No one but him knew of Steve's existence.

"Matthew," Alfred suddenly leaned over and whispered, "Let's go out at night." Matthew was helpless: Lin Xiaomei just said not to go out at night...

"Just walking around, it feels like we haven't talked alone for a long time." I have to say that Alfred can always impress Matthew, and Matthew nodded, causing Arthur to glance at them suspiciously. .Night fell quickly.

"Are you still the candidate for this year?" Wang Yao tapped on the densely written whiteboard and asked Wang Haojing on the office chair.Wang Haojing took off his glasses and put them aside, and slowly made a pot of tea: "I am the most suitable candidate, and even so, I have failed for five years. I am also considering whether to cultivate a representative, the one with a good image Kind of, I'm manipulating him like a black hand behind the scenes." The man with gentle facial features spoke of a terrible conspiracy in a serious manner, which made Wang Yao laugh.Wang Yao also retorted solemnly: "No, if they can't even accept a Chinese, then they can't even accept a foreigner. Don't be too obedient to the people, people are like a herd of sheep sometimes, you either become a satisfactory Take the lead, or become an invincible shepherd."

"I don't really like any of them." "What you said is probably a wolf in sheep's clothing who sneaked in to make trouble." "You said it..." "How about your health? Everyone is okay." "Thank you Fu, all right."

Wang Yao picked out a dice from the pen holder, held it in the palm of his hand and stretched it out: "What time?" Wang Haojing said without hesitation: "Five." When he opened it, it was indeed five.Wang Yao said: "Fortunately, I picked you up, otherwise you would have been built into a concrete pillar by gangsters in Las Vegas. This kind of ability, called 'curse' is more appropriate." Wang Haojing drank it calmly. Sip of tea: "Thank you very much, you saved us."

Wang Yao shrugged noncommittally: "However, I have also harmed many children over the years. Sometimes I sent them away on my own initiative, sometimes I broke my promise and abandoned them, sometimes I lost them due to negligence, and sometimes I lost them because of carelessness. There must be a lot of people who distort them and hate me—this is a thankless job.” Wang Haojing lowered his head: “You are not a god, you are a human being, and human beings will make mistakes. No matter how many mistakes you have made, what you have done Good things are indelible to us too, maybe I'm in no position to judge anyone, but I appreciate you, your actions create more value than your mistakes. Personally, I don't think anyone is better than you Leading the younger generation of aliens."

"You can really talk." Wang Yao smiled. He took a deep breath, as if reassuring himself, and changed the subject, "Compared to this, let's talk about elections. Young people complained to me that ordinary people seized Resources." Wang Haojing immediately reacted and followed the topic: "It has improved a lot compared to last year, and we are negotiating to develop a public area for extraordinary people..."

In other words, it seems that something very important has been forgotten.Wang Yao thought about it carefully, and then remembered the strange truck convoy he met the day before yesterday, and frowned suddenly, this matter must be reported to the headquarters.