Chapter 27 chapter 2

I took the train near the Sea of ​​Japan, got off at Station X (of course the name of the station has been withheld for a reason), and boarded a bus there.This car looks like it has been driven for decades, and the seat covers are tattered.The road conditions were also very bad, and it made my butt hurt.There were several other passengers in the car, some of whom looked like locals, and two young women who seemed to be sitting in an office.I wanted to strike up a conversation, but I didn't have the guts. When I was thinking wildly, I missed the time, and the bus had already stopped at the destination.

It was a small cape in the Sea of ​​Japan, and the open field stretched as far as the eye can see, except for a lighthouse standing abruptly there.In addition, some tourists are walking staggeringly with tired steps. I stood on the top of the cape looking down at the sea.I saw huge rocks all over the beach, and the waves were crashing against the shore.I didn't feel the impact and shock I expected, and I couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. When I walked past the lighthouse, I saw two women who were on the bus with me walk in, so I also followed.There is no other place to play around anyway.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw a man sitting in a place that looked like a reception window collecting a tower fee.He was in his mid-thirties, wearing glasses, with dark skin and unusually thick arms. I went up the spiral staircase to the top of the lighthouse, and the view from here was not as exciting as I thought.I lost interest and decided to go around the lighthouse and leave.I don't have the leisure to dawdle in this kind of place, let alone a place to live tonight. Just as I was about to go downstairs, a man's voice suddenly came from the side: "Excuse me, are you traveling alone?"

I looked around, only to see that the man who spoke was the man who paid the fee just now, leaning on the railing and watching me.He was tall and strong, with an extremely thick chest, as if the opening of his white shirt would collapse.A pair of rugged binoculars slung over his chest. I said yes, and his eyes, hidden behind his glasses, narrowed. "That's really enviable. Only young people have time to play like this. Are you a student?" "yes." "University's……" He folded his arms around his chest, looked at me roughly for a while, and asked, "Probably in the third grade?"

"You guessed wrong, I'm only in the first grade." "Well, that means I just got into college. That's why I have to come out and relax." "It should be said that I want to do something that can only be done now, but not in the future." "I see." He seemed to have experienced such a green age before, nodding repeatedly. "You're wandering around the Northeast?" "Yeah, if I have time, I would like to go to Hokkaido to play." "Well, that's pretty good. How is it? Are you enjoying yourself? Is there anything you like?"

"Well... Well, there are a few places that are pretty good." "For example?" I was a little embarrassed, turned my face away, and the Sea of ​​Japan came into view, and said: "This place is very good. Although it is not a tourist attraction, it is more interesting than those places of interest." There is nothing wrong with paying a proper compliment to the locals.Sure enough, he looked very happy. "Hey, do you like our place? As you said, this is a good place that is unknown. Especially the scenery from this lighthouse is so beautiful that even my heart seems to be cleansed It's the same."

He took a deep breath facing the Sea of ​​Japan, and turned to me again: "How about going down and having a cup of coffee together? But it's instant." This experience should be able to brag to Yusuke, right?I thought, sipping my instant coffee from a plastic cup.This can be regarded as mingling with the locals. The lighthouse administrator, surnamed Koizumi, works here alone. "Is it just you? Always?" I asked in surprise, and he smiled wryly. "That's not true. I have a colleague on the shift with me. We just switched shifts, and I will be on duty from tonight to noon the day after tomorrow."

"Even if it's like this, it's quite choking!" I looked around the observation room.This is a small room of about ten square meters, filled with all kinds of measuring instruments.A scanning recorder was at work, drawing red, black and blue lines evenly across the recording paper. I was sitting on a battered sofa against the wall with a small low table next to it, and Koizumi sat across from it. "The weather is nice today, how about we watch the sunset?" He looked at his watch and said.I also looked at my watch, it was almost five o'clock. "The sunset seen here is very special. Have you ever seen the sun sinking into the sea?"

"That's not true." "That's right. Even people who live on the edge of the Pacific Ocean can only see the sun rising from the sea level, but not the spectacular view of the sun setting into the sea. Let's go see it together, I know there is a good one place." The lighthouse keeper slapped his hands on his thighs and stood up. "Can you go away? There may be tourists coming." "It's okay, the bus you took just now is the last bus to this place, so there will be no more guests coming today. Besides, the lighthouse tour is only open until five o'clock, so it's okay to close the tower earlier."

"That's it." That being the case, let him take me around, I thought to myself, the place that can be so praised by the locals must not be wrong. Just as I was about to put on my backpack, he said again: "Just put your things here. We still have to climb a mountain. It's inconvenient to carry a backpack." "However, I want to leave here by bus directly after watching the sunset." "We just need to come back in time, and we will definitely catch up. If you miss it, I will take you to the nearest station head office by car." "That's too much trouble for you. Let's go back early. I'll take a camera with me."

I leaned over and took the camera out of the backpack.At that moment, a feeling of unease floated in my heart: How did he know that I was taking the last bus? At the same time, I was reminded of the binoculars hanging from his chest. "Let's go. It will be a pity if you miss the perfect moment to press the shutter." I was thinking wildly, he urged, putting down the cuffs of his white shirt. "Okay, let's go now." I took the camera in my hand and followed behind him.How could he have been spying on me?I wonder.