Chapter 176 Lunar Calendar and Western Calendar
Day 12 of the Highway Survival Game!
"Fū-chan's old problem?" Hagiwara, who was worried about his friend and thought that Furuya had angered his future brother-in-law, was taken aback.
So, the "racing against a bear" thing wasn't Feng-chan exaggerating her academic shortcomings, but rather her honest opinion! Matsuda glanced at the pitiful corner of the table in the carriage, then at Gin's unpleasant expression.
She couldn't help but reveal her crescent-shaped eyes and complain, "Is it really necessary? Feng-chan is your own sister. How can you get so angry at your own sister and even want to throw her into a bear race?"
"...What did Feng Sang say that could make you, a guy who only smiles when he's killing people and has a poker face the rest of the time, so angry?" Bourbon's beady eyes widened for a few seconds after Gin's words before he reacted and asked a sarcastic yet puzzled question.
Scotland remained silent. He didn't want to make a sound when Gin was clearly about to explode with anger and attract the guy's attention. Based on his observations, Gin appeared to be a calm and rational killing machine.
He is clearly a self-centered, impulsive criminal who doesn't care about gains or losses when he's driven by passion. He's capable of anything as long as he feels happy and joyful. When this kind of person is truly angry, he might not be able to bring himself to kill his own sister.
But if I speak up at this moment and draw his attention to myself, a Japanese public security officer who should have been killed long ago and planted in the organization as an undercover agent might become his punching bag.
But Feng Sang has a great personality! Judging from her tone, she seems to have a close relationship with Gin. How could she possibly anger the usually calm and rational top assassin of the brewery like this? Scotland is very curious about what Feng Xing Shou said.
Feng Xingshou, who was being scolded by his older brother, was also confused: "What's wrong with me? What's wrong with me?"
"Hoo..." It was clear that Gin was trying hard to restrain himself from his own sister. He took a deep breath before speaking coldly: "How many times have I told you not to mix up the lunar and Gregorian calendars? Remember to convert the time correctly. Have you forgotten all the lessons I taught you back then in ten years?"
"Hey!" Feng Xingshou was reminded by his older brother that he habitually used the lunar calendar as his calendar, which was fine when he was a child and even during his teenage years in China.
At that time, China was not yet so heavily influenced by the West, and everyone still used the lunar calendar. However, as Western countries gained more and more influence in China, the solar calendar, also known as the Western calendar, became more and more popular.
People who originally only celebrated their lunar birthdays started using their solar birthdays, and various solar terms were also celebrated according to the solar calendar. This often caused her some trouble. On one occasion, she messed up the time she had arranged to meet her brother because of the difference between the lunar and solar dates.
When he returned to China at the agreed time and didn't see anyone, he thought something had happened to him... Anyway, it caused quite a bit of trouble, making him so angry that he threw himself into a race with a bear, which was a rare occurrence for him. He was taught a terrible lesson that time.
After recalling these things, she blinked inexplicably, then realized what her brother was angry about, and felt speechless: "Uh... I'm sorry!"
At the same time, the others in the carriage also reacted to Gin's words and were very surprised. Matsuda was so surprised that he wanted to ask for clarification, but he was interrupted by Hagiwara's light stepping on his foot.
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Matsuda only remembered because of his gaze that in Hagiwara's 'script' setting, he and Hagiwara were 'future people' from the same era as the junior high school girl!, and should also have memories of the future.
Therefore, when they hear a junior student using the lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar interchangeably, they cannot show strong emotional reactions or even press for answers, because doing so would immediately reveal that they are not from the future.
At this moment, he couldn't help but feel fortunate that, due to time constraints, when they explained the arrival of the game to Gin, they only talked about the arrival of the game itself and did not mention the reason why they came to this time instance today.
They originally planned to wait until they finished explaining the arrival of the game before they decided to see what happened on Earth that day, since they believed that this day was the cycle point of the time loop.
Or, to put it another way, what happened on this day, what time the time loop started on this day, etc., and also see if he has any thoughts on this.
If this had been explained earlier, when Gin discovered that Fuu-chan was mixing up the lunar and Western calendars, he would have realized that they had no idea that the time Fuu-chan was referring to was based on the lunar calendar. In that case, they would have naturally revealed that they were not from the future.
Now, at most, he'll only see himself and Hagiwara as people who follow the lunar calendar and use it together with the junior schoolgirl! It has to be said that their luck has improved whenever they're associated with the junior schoolgirl.
Matsuda's surprise was prevented by Hagiwara's quick reaction, while Scotland and Bourbon's surprise was prevented by the lack of intervention and the fact that they were Japanese people heavily influenced by Westernization.
In their eyes, it was strange that someone used only the lunar calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar, so they all reacted with great surprise: "Could it be that Feng Sang has always been using the lunar calendar? I've always been using the Gregorian calendar!"
"Feng Sang, how could you not explain something so important beforehand?"
Seeing everyone's strong reaction, Kazesei felt extremely guilty. However, knowing her brother's personality, she knew he would never apologize on her behalf, so she quickly left Gin's side and went back to Hagiwara's side.
She apologized repeatedly in his ear: "I'm sorry. From my childhood to the early days of my career, China used the lunar calendar, so I was used to using the lunar calendar for all kinds of time records. When I spoke to you, I subconsciously used the lunar calendar dates that I was used to."
I only unconsciously use the dates and times from official news reports when referring to them. I didn't even notice it myself if my brother hadn't reminded me. Please apologize to everyone for me! Hagiwara.
"Feng-chan..." Even Hagiwara was a little helpless this time, but when it came to her beloved's mistake, the love-struck girl couldn't bear to say anything harsh, so Hagiwara could only helplessly convey her apology to everyone in the carriage.
But he then went on to explain: "However, we don't think we can blame Feng Jiang for this. She habitually says that because of the game, since the time on the game panel is displayed according to the lunar calendar."
We've gotten so used to this date these past few days, and when we talked to you, we subconsciously thought the specific date was a minor matter compared to the game's release, so we forgot to explain it. It's not entirely Feng-chan's fault, really.
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"The game uses the lunar calendar for date recording? So according to the game's rule of using the lunar calendar, the time when people are captured by the game is actually the first day of the fourth lunar month?" Bourbon was surprised after hearing Hagiwara's explanation.
Realizing that his friend's persona in front of Gin was that of a 25-year-old from the future, just like Fuu-san, he quickly pretended to be surprised by this unexpected development.
He was even a little caught off guard and asked a question that he and Matsuda couldn't ask due to their positions: "What was the Gregorian calendar date back then?"
At the same time, hearing the usually carefree and somewhat frivolous voice suddenly become serious, and looking at Hagiwara's profile, Kazesei felt a strange sense of security for the first time, making it impossible for her to take her eyes off this handsome police officer who was much younger than her.
His words sounded flawless, as if they were exactly as he described, but he knew very well that this time it was his carelessness that had caused him to completely forget about the conversion between the lunar and solar calendars, and that he had been telling them about the future according to the lunar calendar dates.
This must have caused them a lot of misconceptions about future dates. They even got today's date wrong because they forgot to convert it to the Gregorian calendar, so it was all a wasted trip for them...
Hagiwara actually made excuses for himself after causing them so much trouble, trying to make himself seem innocent! This is the kind of person who can protect you in crucial moments and won't scold you like an older brother when you make mistakes due to carelessness.
It gives me a strong sense of security, o(╥﹏╥)o sob sob... It's like with him around, I don't have to worry about any trouble I encounter, and I don't have to worry about him being angry with me even if I make a mistake.
Even though it was clearly his fault, he stood up and protected him. He was so much younger than him; he was the one who should be protecting him, but instead, he was the one protecting him…
In her current emotional turmoil, she instinctively felt closer to Hagiwara and felt even more apologetic for her carelessness and mistake. She couldn't help but apologize to Hagiwara again: "I'm sorry for causing you so much trouble and making you cover for me."
After saying that, he remembered that Bourbon's question required Hagiwara or Matsuda to answer in order to prove to his brother that they were indeed people from the future and knew about the future that he knew, so as not to let his carelessness cause his suspicious brother to doubt them.
He quickly whispered in Hagiwara's ear, "The day I was captured by the game seems to be around April 27th or 28th. I overheard the news anchor mentioning something like 'Today is April 20th, 25th year' while I was cooking breakfast in the morning."
But I'm used to using the lunar calendar to remember dates, and I don't pay much attention to the solar calendar, so my memory is a bit inaccurate. I just remember that day was a Monday, but I didn't have any work to do.
After recalling his memories from that time, Feng Xing Shou's tone was inevitably a little dejected.
"Don't be sad. So what if it's hard to find a job in the future? It's not bad to go back and become a self-employed person. We can collect more resources in the game dungeons and open a general store when we get back. That would be great!"
"Besides, if a Yellowstone volcano erupts in the future, there will definitely be a shortage of supplies. Our store, which has special supply channels, will definitely make a lot of money!" Hearing his sweetheart so dejected, Hagiwara forgot his own earlier helplessness and focused on comforting the dejected person.
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