AWB 222 Jinzhu Town
222 Jinzhu Town
There is only one reason why so many people appeared on the pier of the magic place at the same time, and that is that the only transportation to Jinzhu Town is here.
Although the Japanese Magic Festival has been learning from the West, such as copying the methods of making and using wands, and even introducing some Western magic as tutorials, it still retains its own characteristics in many places.
For example, compared to the very common floo network in Europe and the United States. There are only a few areas in Japan that can have a symbol of learning similar to that in the Western magical world, and for most wizards, the most common way of traveling is the traditional way.
The specific location of Jinzhu Town is on a small island more than 30 nautical miles away, and for safety reasons there are no similar facilities connected to it, so you can only use other means of transportation to get there.
Considering that there were a large family, the Magic Office did not let them use the school's unique giant petrels, but instead used the carp boats that are usually used to pick up students collectively.
The carp boat looks like a carp streamer unique to Japan, like a huge carp lying on the dockside of the mountain. Under the guidance of local staff, Hugo and the others stepped on the gangplank and boarded the boat.
After entering the cabin, Hugo immediately discovered that the ship was not as simple as it looked on the outside, but a rare alchemical item.
Because this boat looks like a small boat about ten meters long and three meters wide, but there is a very spacious space in the cabin, even enough to fit two large buses.
"This is pretty good." Enterprise, who entered the cabin behind Hugo, looked at the space and said. "At least it feels a lot more luxurious than the Hogwarts Express."
Because the entire cabin space has been decorated into a Japanese-style tea room, and unlike the tea rooms that are mainly in elegant style, almost everything in this tea room is wrapped in gold foil, making it look shiny.
"This thing is a bit like the teahouse Toyotomi Hideyoshi had in Osaka." The company, which has extensive research on Japanese culture, was silent for a few seconds before recognizing what the original teahouse was.
"Yes, Miss Halsey." A Japanese volunteer accompanying him bowed to the company and said, "Our ship is decorated after General Toyotomi's golden tea room."
This episode did not affect everyone's schedule. Soon, everyone entered the cabin and sat in their seats, and then the ship started.
"A very good alchemy prop." The various alchemy arrays inside the ship did not have many hiding methods, so after starting them, Hugo could see the principle of the entire ship's operation.
However, there was not much time left for him to observe these things, because the speed of the ship was very fast. In just half an hour, the ship covered a distance of more than thirty nautical miles and docked at the pier in Jinzhu Town.
"Don't worry, I have recorded all the visible places on the ship." When getting off the ship, Enterprise said to Hugo through the admiral network.
"And these things have been uploaded to the Admiral's network. I believe that it only takes a little time and they can be deduced from most of the structures."
Machi means market in Japanese, and the fact that it is named after a golden bead clearly illustrates how much money this wizard’s market attracts. Looking in from the entrance of the market, I saw only a crowd of people.
Like the House of Witchcraft and Wizardry or Hogwarts Castle, the entire island is hidden under a series of protective spells. The nodes of the entire magic system are on the eight towers surrounding the island.
Of course, this has nothing to do with Hugo now. Now he is walking down the street holding hands with two people from the company, and each of them is holding the baked rice cake they just bought.
Whether it is the wizarding world or the world of ordinary people, as long as it is not explicitly prohibited, there will always be various places selling food and drinks wherever there is a market, and Jinzhu Town is no exception.
"I just saw that the other contestants seemed to have gone shopping." Hugo said while eating baked rice cakes.
"But what does this have to do with you?" Enterprise looked down at Hugo and said, "Anyway, you don't need any precious materials to prepare those things, so it's almost impossible to buy them all."
"You're right. I just saw that I was a little anxious after everyone else went there." After being told this by the company, Hugo also realized that he had been led astray by others just now.
After realizing this, he quickly found a place where others could not see him and used his avatar to transform into an Asian man. Then he continued walking around the streets with the businessman who drank polyjuice and transformed into an East Asian woman. got up.
People with European and American looks are too obvious on the street, so they can easily attract unnecessary attention when shopping. So it is easier to go shopping by changing your appearance and blending in with the locals.
Maybe it's because the spare time life of wizards in any country is relatively boring, so the wizards' alchemy conference being held by the magic house has naturally become a hot topic in the market.
Maybe these people were too embarrassed to discuss this issue in front of the contestants, but when Hugo and Enterprise pretended to be locals, eight of the ten people who posted some chats were discussing the game.
Many of those who discussed the game are now scolding the Japanese team because they bet on the Japanese team to qualify in the second game, but they did not expect that the entire army was wiped out.
You know, out of preferential treatment for the host country, the Japanese team has five places in this game that can directly enter the second round of examinations.
Therefore, many people feel that although the probability of winning the championship is low, at least someone should be able to qualify in the second game, so they bet on several handicaps in the hope of making some pocket money.
But now, they have obviously lost a lot of money.
The reason for this problem is also very simple, because the questions in the second game exam are purely based on the alchemy system of the Mediterranean region. As a result, the Japanese obviously suffered a disadvantage in the game.
Because in terms of alchemy, the foundation of the Japanese wizarding world is still based on the inheritance of the ancient country to the west of the sea, so it can be said to be incompatible with the Mediterranean system, which adds some obstacles to solving problems.
But then again, the unique knowledge that Japanese wizards have accumulated over a long period of time is not without its merits. If you are really a master of Japanese alchemy, you will naturally be able to find another way to solve this problem.
But what's even worse now is that the Japanese wizarding community has a tendency to blindly learn from European and American wizards, which results in them being almost perfect in all aspects of teaching.
Although according to family inheritance, they also mastered some traditional alchemy. But as soon as I saw that this was a topic about Western structural systems, I was confused. /
So the young wizards gave up the traditional alchemy they had mastered, and tried to use the Western alchemy they learned to solve these problems.
However, due to the differences between cultural systems, Japanese wizards are limited to studying Western alchemy from standard textbooks. Obviously, this level of knowledge is definitely not enough when facing such high-level competition.