8 p.m.
Naoki and Nanako were returning to the hotel and just having tea when the phone suddenly vibrated.
"...Asakawa-san, are you free now?"
Seeing the message on the cell phone, Naoki couldn't help but be surprised.
It was actually a message from Furuhashi.
During the two day school trip, the three Thorn Club girls always looked after Furuhashi.
Naoki said quickly, "I just came back from outside, and I happen to be free."
"Good... do you want to go to Kyoto Tower together?"
"See you at the hotel door."
"Um."
...
Naoki changed his clothes, walked out of the room, and came to the hotel door.
The evening breeze is cool.
The white lanterns under the roof of the hotel swayed gently, and from time to time, three or two students could be seen going in and out together.
"Asakawa-san, I'm leaving." Furuhashi, who had combed her hair into a double ponytail, walked out of the hotel with small steps, "Hurry."
Naoki put down his cell phone and said in surprise, "You can come out by yourself?"
Furuhashi naturally knew what Naoki was talking about, and explained, "I just sneaked out while Kashima and the others weren't paying attention."
"Thank you for your hard work."
You have to be sneaky when you go out to play. As a princess, you will lose a lot when you are admired by everyone.
Naoki clenched his right fist and pressed it against his chest: "As a guardian knight, leave Your Majesty's safety to me."
"There is no guardian knight like you!"
"What's wrong with me?"
"You know that well."
...
The two talked and quickly walked to the train station.
"Get into the train." Furuhashi looked around carefully, found no classmates, and relaxed, "Let's go to Kyoto Tower."
Naoki followed Furuhashi and got on the train. The train was empty and not crowded at all. If it's in Tokyo, it's only when the social animals come in and out of work, and the trains are full of people.
"Why do you suddenly want to go to Kyoto Tower?"
Naoki sat beside Furuhashi and asked curiously.
"Because…" Furuhashi said softly, "Tomorrow, the school trip will end. I don't know when I will come to Kyoto next time… I want to take some photos there."
Furuhashi said that she picked up his cell phone, and there was a photo on the screen. A beautiful girl stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass windows of Kyoto Tower, smiling happily, with a night view of all of Kyoto behind her.
"Aunt Shizuru?"
Naoki quickly recognized that the girl in the photo was Furusashi's mother, but she looked so young, and she was still wearing the school uniform of her high school days, it was clearly a wife from her high school days.
"Yes." Furuhashi replied softly, "This is a photo taken by mom during her high school trip. When I was cleaning my room at home, I suddenly found an album that mother kept, and it contained photos of her trip to Kyoto, so I wanted to recreate it."
Furuhashi swiped her finger gently across the screen, and there were multiple photos, not just one of her mother, but also a group photo of her parents in high school.
In high school, Furuhashi's father with a fairly neat short haircut, looks energetic, completely different from the decadent appearance with dark circles under his eyes all day now.
One is a lively boy, and the other is a decadent uncle. If it weren't for its vaguely familiar appearance, it wouldn't recognize it at all!
Naoki sighed: "Father-in-law is very excited in high school."
"Don't say that." Furuhashi's face reddened slightly, and she said, "Just call uncle!"
Naoki said firmly "Your father has promised us…"
Sudden pain in the waist.
Furuhashi looked with a smile: "What did dad promise?"
"Sorry I was wrong." Naoki only apologized, "Please be merciful."
...
10 minutes later.
The two got off the carriage, and they saw the towering Kyoto Tower. In the hazy night, Kyoto Tower is bright and spectacular.
There are brightly lit office buildings and hotels nearby, and only in Kyoto gives people the impression of a modern city.
Furuhashi looked up. As one of the tallest buildings in Kyoto, during school trips during the day, she could always look up to see Kyoto Tower. Now, when she reached the bottom of the tower, she found a height of 130 meters.
"A tower this big is usually a signal tower?" Furuhashi said.
"But not." Naoki shook his head and complained, "It's just a pure watchtower. The problem is that Kyoto is a valley far from the sea, and there is no need for a lighthouse at all."
"Then why want to build Kyoto Tower?" Furuhashi pondered, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "I see, this is for tourism."
Naoki said. "With Kiyomizu Temple, Kinkakuji Temple, and Yasaka Shrine, listed as World Heritage sites, do they really need an ordinary observation tower to attract tourists?"
Furuhashi was dumbfounded. Thinking about it carefully, it was true. People who travel to Kyoto always visit Kyoto Tower just like that. If there is only Kyoto Tower, it is estimated that not many tourists will come to play.
"Then what is the reason for the construction?" Furuhashi was curious.
Naoki sighed and told the truth: "This is for comparison."
"Eh?"
Furuhashi looked blankly.
Naoki looked at Furuhashi and asked, "When was Tokyo Tower built?"
Furuhashi recalled: "...It seems 1958?"
Naoki asked again, "Where is Kyoto Tower?"
Furuhashi understood why a lighthouse that was completely useless as a lookout was built in Kyoto decades ago.
As we all know, there is a shameless mutual dislike between Tokyo and Kyoto. When Kyoto was still the capital of Japan for 1,200 years.
What is Tokyo?
More than 100 years ago, it was just a small, dilapidated fishing village where birds didn't lay their eggs. Even today, many people in Kyoto think that Tokyo has no cultural heritage and hill people are vulgar and unreasonable.
When Tokyo Tower was built, the title of tallest building attracted the attention of many people.
The Kyoto people stopped at that, and immediately rolled up their sleeves and prepared to build a tall tower to regain face, which is now Kyoto Tower.
While talking, the green light flashed, and the tourists waiting in front of the crossroad rushed forward.
Naoki holds Furuhashi's right hand: "Be careful not to get lost."
"I am not a child, naturally will not get lost."
Kyoto Tower is divided into two floors above ground and below ground. Above are restaurants, hotels, tourist service centers, observation decks, etc.
Under the ground are department stores, food street, bookstores, etc. Where tourists can eat, drink and play.
"It turned out to be a shopping center under the Kyoto Tower." Furuhashi followed Naoki, walked past the tourists, looked curiously at the surrounding shops, and his eyes were quickly attracted to the various snack bars nearby, "Matcha Daifuku, Crystal Candies, raw tea jelly, raw Yatsuhashi, matcha jelly balls. ..."
Wake up, your saliva will flow!
Looking at Furuhashi who seemed to have accidentally fallen into the dragon treasure cave, his eyes were shining, and his face was full of "I want it all",
Naoki let out a light sigh, and reached out and squeezed Furuhashi's cheek.
"...Don't pinch my face."
Furuhashi was still reluctant to look away as she spoke.
"Go to the observation room to take photos first." Naoki distracted Furuhashi "At 9pm, the observation room will be restricted from visiting, so you can eat again."
You have a body that is easily fat. If you stop eating and your school trip is over, you might gain three pounds!
"Let's go." Furuhashi reluctantly retracted his gaze, "…No, I'm hungry, buy a matcha Daifuku first, then go up after eating."
Not long after dinner, you're not hungry, you obviously can't control your cravings!
If you want to go to the observation deck on the top floor of Kyoto Tower, you still have to pay an entrance fee, but if you are a student, you can get certain discounts.
Furuhashi walked quickly to the round glass window, and the vision in front of her suddenly widened.
Brightly lit Kyoto has a beautiful panorama. Compared to daytime, Kyoto at night is definitely more charming.
There are also free telescopes around the observatory. Unlike astronomical telescopes, they can only be used to see the sights of Kyoto.
Furuhashi used it curiously: "I saw my classmate playing at Kiyomizu Temple, and..."
Furuhashi's face suddenly turned red, and she quickly left the telescope.
"Especially?"
Naoki asked curiously.
Furuhashi turned his face: "Nothing."
Naoki looked at the telescope in front of him: "Then let me take a look."
"Don't look at it." Furuhashi stretched out his hand to hold Naoki's shirt, "Quickly take a photo."
Hey, you're so secretive, but that makes people even more curious about what you see!
Kiyomizu is a temple so no one actually does any weird stuff in it?
Wait a minute...
Naoki suddenly remembered that when he and Miharu went to the love hotel before, he seemed to have seen a shrine themed love room... Looks like someone really liked this?
Sure enough, human hobbies are not the most perverted, only more perverted.
"Asakawa-san, get me two photos."
Furuhashi stood in the position where his mother used to take pictures and said softly.
"Um."
Naoki agreed, picked up his cell phone, and slowly looked around the corner.
Photo taken.
"How is the result?" Furuhashi drew closer, and looked at the phone curiously, "It looks almost exactly the same."
20 years later, except for the mother-in-law's change to Furuhashi, the background of the photo has barely changed. A city where time freezes is well deserved.
After taking a few more photos, Naoki walked up to Furuhashi: "Next is a group photo."
Furuhashi's face was slightly red: "You don't need a group photo."
Naoki looked at Furuhashi: "Last school trip in high school, if you miss today, there will be no next time."
Furuhashi nodded slowly. "You're right."
"Smile."
"No, I can't smile."
"Then a murderer?"
"Sorry, I can't pull off that expression at all!"
Naoki managed to take the photo, and handed his cell phone to Furuhashi.
The Furuhashi in the photo, with a bulging face, angered people with his eyes, "It's okay?"
...
After taking photos on the observation deck, the two of them looked at the night view of Kyoto for a while. Seeing that it was getting night, Naoki and Furuhashi were going to take the elevator down.
Just a few steps away, Naoki was suddenly grabbed by Furuhashi's arm.
"Asakawa-san, quickly hide."
Furuhashi hid half of her body behind Naoki, her voice strained.
No need to ask why, because several classmates who were in the same class as Furuhashi came out of the elevator.
"Quickly go to the stairs." Furuhashi tugged at Naoki's sleeve and whispered, "Don't be seen by them."
Girls' ability to gossip was terrifying, if they saw her with Naoki, before tomorrow, all kinds of gossip would be flying in the sky.
Naoki nodded and was pulled down the corridor via Furuhashi
The ears suddenly calmed down.
Although the corridors are clean, there are lifts, and no tourist chooses the corridors at all.
"Humph~" Furuhashi patted his chest lightly and breathed a sigh of relief, "I was almost caught."
Naoki smoothed his collar: "Actually, you don't need to be sneaky."
Furuhashi came over with annoyance: "Wait until you solve the problem of superpowers going out of control before you talk."
"I am sorry."
...
The two walked down the stairs. The corridor was extremely quiet, only the sound of footsteps echoed, and even the bright lights looked a bit gloomy and depressing.
Furuhashi took two steps and couldn't help but hold Furuhashi's finger nervously.
"By the way, I've seen the movie." Naoki cleared his throat, "It's related to the stairs."
Furuhashi looked nervous: "What movie?"
Naoki said quietly: "Someone is trapped in an infinite loop of stairs..."
Before he finished speaking, Furuhashi pressed his forehead: "Don't scare people at this time!"
Soon he got down and came to the emergency exit. Naoki opened the door, and there were tourists bustling outside the door.
Furuhashi breathed a sigh of relief: "Let's go."
"Wait a moment." Naoki closed the door again and looked at Furuhashi beside him "You just ate matcha Daifuku, but you didn't wipe the corners of your mouth."
"Eh?"
Furuhashi was shocked, and wanted to raise his hand to wipe his mouth, she raised his hand halfway, and quickly reacted.
Hoax!
It had been more than 10 minutes since he had eaten the matcha Daifuku, if the corners of his mouth weren't cleaned, how could Naoki remind herself now.
Furuhashi quickly raised his hand and shielded his chest in a defensive position, his face quickly turning red: "Don't try to bully me."
Naoki sighed softly, "You really know."
The reason is so low, strange can't find it!
"Stop pretending, this is a fight." Naoki stretched out his right hand and pressed it against the wall behind Furuhashi and said, "I like Fumino."
Furuhashi blushed and said. "...naughty."
Naoki lowered his head and found Furuhashi's icy soft lips full of the scent of matcha.
...
After a while.
The two left the corridor and took the elevator back to the lobby on the first floor of Kyoto Tower.
"It's getting late, go to the ground floor and buy some snacks." Furuhashi took Naoki's clothes and urged, "Come back after buying snacks."
Naoki and Furuhashi walked into the shopping mall under Kyoto Tower and suddenly stopped.
One, two, three, four, five... Five people lined up neatly, not a few, and they happened to meet at a corner.