Chapter 16 Chapter two

The restaurant on the third floor is always full of customers. It seems that not only the guests from Tokyo, but also a lot of people from Kyoto and Osaka, all want to see the big characters on the roof of the hotel. "It looks like the roof will be crowded." Jin Ji said, looking around. "Go early." In the end it was the long-held hope, Miyako looked excited. When it came to viewing large characters, Shinkichi once asked Miyako, why didn't you go to see it with Shibamura?She replied that she asked Shibamura once, but Shibamura seemed to lack interest and never mentioned it again.This was three years ago.Or it can be said that there is no earnest begging for Shibamura's love.

The crowd in front of the elevator was like a department store, and there were quite a few people holding red cards.Jin Ji thought, what is that? "Those who want to visit the roof must take a sign." The person in charge of the elevator answered Jin Ji's inquiry. "So, we also want to buy a brand?" "Guests staying here don't have to buy it." The administrator asked for their room numbers, Jinji showed him the key from his pocket, and the administrator handed Jinji and Miyako badges to prove that they were hotel guests. Take the elevator to the eleventh floor, and then climb the ladder to the roof.Once on the roof, the stars seemed close at hand.Many people have come to watch the excitement, and there are also foreigners with children.Miyako and Shinkichi stood at the edge of the building together.The roof is surrounded by a one-meter-high wall covering the entire area of ​​the hotel.But there is a cabin in the center, and the chimney of the air-conditioning door, the power room and so on occupy part of the area.The square on the roof is divided into two by these.Even so, the lights of the streets of Kyoto can be seen from any direction.Under the dense ancient brick and tile roofs, people holding fans walked slowly on the road.

"Is there more than ten points left?" Miyako looked at her watch and said. "Starting at eight o'clock, all the lights in the high places are turned off." Jinji said, looking at the neon lights on the roofs of restaurants and department stores that are at about the same height. "All off?" "All the high places are extinguished, so that people who are watching the big characters below can see clearly." "So, the lights on this roof should also be turned off?" "Of course, it's the same here." "So it's pitch black?"

"It will last about an hour." Miyako said that she was lucky to be with Jinji.She seemed very happy, looking at the black Dongshan Mountain under the starry sky, and asked where the Jinji characters would start to light up? "Bright!" A young woman's voice shouted from one corner of the roof, and people began to clamor.Both of them are surrounded by Kansai accents.When Jinji instructed Miyako to see a little red flame lit up in the black part of Higashiyama, the fire had lit up, up, down, left, and right bit by bit.In the next instant, the surroundings became dark, clearly highlighting the outline of the character "Da" lit by fire.People are jumping and chirping, so excited.When the lights on the roof went out, Miyako also let out a soft cry.All the street lamps and neon lights on the high places were all extinguished at this time.Kyoto suddenly became lower, and only a small light was on at the bottom of the plane.

On the black mountain, the character "big" was soon fully formed.The smoke curled up, and the white smoke reflected the color of the fire, as if hearing the sound of the torch burning. "Wow, it's so beautiful!" Miyako said beside her. There are crowds of spectators gathered around and behind the two of them, their faces cannot be seen clearly, everyone is just a black figure, only the voice of talking and the sound of footsteps are moving. When the "big" character ignited by the flames was fully formed and continued to burn while maintaining its complete shape, the surrounding crowd began to move, and a place was vacated nearby.

"What happened?" Miyako looked around strangely and asked. "The big left characters in Beishan are about to start to light up." "North Hill?" "The Kinkakuji Temple we went to during the day was in the opposite direction from here, so everyone moved there. The torii-shaped fire, the boat-shaped fire, and the Miaofa script are also more visible there. " "I want to go and see." Miyako said.She was a little excited. The two walked in opposite directions, as if walking in the black mess.Since there is a chimney and power room in the center, it is narrow like a path when passing there, and you can barely make out the lighting under your feet.

The new direction of the roof plaza is convenient for viewing the mountains to the west and north.However, many people had already gathered there.Behind the people who had been waiting here earlier—these people sacrificed the appreciation of the large characters in Dongshan, and waited for the ignition of Xishan and Beishan here—there were added people who came after watching the large characters, and the surroundings were dark, and they could not see each other clearly. face.Only those who are close can be recognized by the street lamps coming from far below and the few lights on the roof.

Shinji and Miyako joined behind the black human wall, and she was next to him.But blocked by the human wall, the flame of "Zuo Dawen" that Beishan had already begun to ignite could not be seen.This is different from looking up at a high mountain from a low place. Looking from a 30-meter-high hotel roof, the line of sight is at the same level as the mountain. Unless you squeeze in front of the crowd, you can't see the whole picture clearly. "I'm going ahead, you follow me." Jinji said to Miyako. "it is good." Miyako nodded in the darkness.Jinji squeezed into the crowd almost domineeringly.Someone complained, someone scolded in a low voice, Jinji kept saying sorry, sorry, and moved forward slowly.He planned to exchange with Miyako behind him when he squeezed into a position where he could see the whole picture of the fire.Part of the flames can already be seen from people's shoulders, but not enough, and the left half of the text cannot be seen.The "big" in the left big character is the shape of the reverse side, and the left side is very long. If you can't see this feature, it is meaningless.

However, it was no longer possible to move forward, so Jinji had to stop and wait.Matsuzaki's "Miaofa" horizontal typeface, and Nishiga Shigeru Akemizan's boat-shaped flame have begun to fade.Then it will be the turn of the "Zuo Dawen", which is currently burning brightest and vigorously.In another ten minutes, the torii-shaped fire on the left will burn up.Before that, the crowd of spectators began to move, and the front was vacant.Then, let Miyako from behind come to the front.Now even if I want to exchange with her, the left and right sides are clamped tightly, and I can't move.

Without being able to move his body, Jinji stared at the large left writing on the left side.Little by little flames are connected to form words.While Jinji was staring at these flames, the black mountains with a slight slope turned into a night sea, and little red flames turned into triangular white sails.Of course he didn't see the dark sea or the sails, but among the seven yachts in the race turning back from Miyakejima, only Shibamura's Sea Bird with its white sails appeared in his eyes. If all goes well, Shibamura's Yacht Seabird is scheduled to arrive at the Oiler before noon tomorrow.Miyako will take the super express from Kyoto at 6:20 tomorrow morning and arrive at Tokyo Station at 9:00.Then transfer to the Yokosuka Line, and you can arrive at the oil pot at eleven o'clock.Meet Shibamura there.Under this plan, Miyako and Jinji came to Kyoto.Between her husband's seventy-hour voyage, she would attend her high school reunion and travel to Nara—this was her excuse.Shibamura does not pursue his wife's actions because he trusts her.He would never ask the names of the classmates who attended the reunion, and ask them for confirmation.

If the Seabird burns——Jinji was thinking wildly.Shibamura would jump into the sea.Shibamura's swimming skills are top-notch, but how useful are his swimming skills in the open sea at night?It has always been the case that yachts are killed, and even the most skilled swimmers are drowned.Maybe we have to wait until dawn before we can search and rescue them?Can Shibamura's physical strength last that long?After the energy is used to drive the yacht at full speed.There is a high rate of drowning in the ocean at night.