The legend of Tiga

Chapter 1928: Resentment Village
electricity!
The blood of industry, the light of humanity!
The greatest invention in human history.

It is precisely because of the control of electricity that mankind has entered the modern electrical age from the cumbersome steam age.

Humans use electricity to light light bulbs and colorful neon lights to dispel the darkness, making the lights of thousands of homes a beautiful landscape representing modern civilization.

In this endless darkness, even a single lamp can make people feel at ease.

The most obvious manifestation was that Nakajima Tsutomu's hands stopped shaking, Koda Toshiyuki's face stopped turning pale, and even Kihi Gosuke secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The road we took just now was so weird, and the atmosphere was so terrifying. Everyone was so tense that they felt like their legs were about to break. If it were an ordinary person, they would have gone crazy or stupid.

Fortunately, when I was about to collapse, I met this old man and came to this small house next to the railway.

The white paint on the wooden walls was already mottled, and much of it had peeled and fallen off. The parts close to the ground had even rotted due to moisture. The bench at the door was covered with moss, and the original color was almost unrecognizable. Even several pieces of the wood were broken. It was like sitting on it; it would fall apart with the slightest touch, for fear of it falling apart.

The house also looked dilapidated and creaked when the wind blew. It felt like if the wind was any stronger, it would blow down this old house made of iron sheets and wooden boards.

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When the old man opened the door, the bolt made a long, impatient sound, and when he closed it, the entire door frame swayed violently, which made people worry that the door might fall down in the middle of the night.

Fortunately, although the house is old, it has all the appliances.

Electric lights, televisions, rice cookers, and the most surprising thing was a telephone.

Although it is an old-fashioned landline phone and can be put in a museum for people to appreciate, it is better to have it than not.

Nakajima Tsutomu couldn't wait to ask, "Uncle, can I borrow your phone?"

Wireless communication cannot be used. I don’t know if the signal is blocked or interfered with, but wired communication cannot be cut off.

"Feel free to use it," the old man sat down with great effort, and when Nakajima Tsutomu excitedly ran over, picked up the phone and started dialing, he said, "I just don't know if it can still be used."

"toot toot"

The voice coming from the receiver expressed its powerlessness.

".How could this happen?" Nakajima Tsutomu wanted to cry, he finally found a phone, but why couldn't he make a call?

"Because it is connected to the line of the platform next to it, but six years ago, this line was abandoned and no one maintained it. Gradually, the signal became bad and intermittent."

"Broken line? Why?" Nakajima looked at the phone with all his might, trying to convince himself that it was the phone that had a problem and the line was still good, because he could only repair the phone and couldn't check the line. If the phone had a problem, he could still try to repair it, but if the line had a problem.
It was pitch black and he didn't even want to step out of the room, let alone go deep into the darkness to inspect the circuits.

“Maybe there are too few passengers.”

Toshiyuki Koda speculated that this was nothing new, and it was not even enough to make headlines. Every year, old routes were abandoned due to safety hazards or other reasons. Some were replaced by buses, while others were never replaced.

"There is no way. Everyone has left the village. Only a few elderly people like me are left. Everyone lives in the village and rarely goes out. No one takes the car, and gradually no cars come."

The old man sighed, helplessness revealed in his cloudy eyes.

Young people are going out, and they don't want to come back. There are fewer and fewer people in the village, and it is getting quieter and quieter. One day it will become dead silent, and no sound can be heard, and no one can be seen. Kibi Kosuke, who has been observing the whole room since entering the door, put the Brest gun in his hand into the holster and asked, "Excuse me, what is the name of this village?"

"Hoshino Village. It is said that a star fell into the field a long time ago, and then it got this name. I am the mayor of this village, Yamada."

"Hello, Mr. Yamada," Kibi Gosuke sat down cross-legged and said, "Can we talk about this village?"

Yamada just laughed and said directly: "Are you going to ask about the strange wall you just encountered?"

"sly?!"

Nakajima Tsutomu and Koda Toshiyuki almost jumped up and knocked down the roof. Their faces, which had finally improved a little, began to turn pale again, while Kihi Gosuke frowned slightly.

Village Chief Yamada saw their reactions and said with a smile, "I used to think there were no ghosts in this world, until that day, when I saw with my own eyes a huge ghost coming out of the mountain, wielding a giant sword."

"You mean Sukina-oni?" After pondering for a moment, Kibi Tsunade thought of a monster that matched the description given by Village Chief Yamada.

"Everyone says it's just a monster, but I know it's a ghost. A ghost that was sealed long ago, but it was revived by the darkness of mankind and became extremely powerful. Here, too, the resting souls have become vengeful ghosts. The originally peaceful village is now entangled by vengeful spirits."

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As Nakajima Tsutomu listened, his mouth opened wider and wider, and he really wanted to say, "Uncle, you really understand."

Could this be the legendary hermit living in the mountains?

"Have you ever been to Mount Sukina?"

"I used to be a patrolman in that area, and I came back here after I retired. All the young people left, and only old guys like us were left. There really wasn't anyone left, so they chose me to be the village chief. Alas!"

“Is this village deserted?”

Kibi Kosuke originally wanted to tell the truth by saying "no one", but when he remembered that the people in front of him were from the village, he changed it to "very few".

"There used to be many villages with hundreds of people, but now there are only about 200 or 300 people, and most of them are elderly people." Village chief Yamada sighed and said, "If the reservoir had been built, maybe some people would have stayed. It's a pity that it was not built in the end, and the young people left the village for big cities.

More and more people are leaving, but fewer and fewer are coming back. No one is riding the bus, so the bus stops. First the station was closed, and then the line was abolished. More people are leaving, and the number of people coming back is even higher. "

This is a very heavy topic and also an unsolvable problem.

Train operating companies are profit-seeking. When revenue decreases, they will naturally look for ways to reduce costs. Therefore, stopping operations and abolishing lines may become the preferred option at certain times.

For villages like this located deep in the mountains, trains are the most convenient and low-cost means of transportation. Without trains, getting in and out will become extremely difficult and lengthy.

Naturally, no one wants to stay, and naturally no one wants to come back.

(End of this chapter)