It was already dark, but Konoha Square was bustling with activity.
There is a bonfire at regular intervals, which not only dispels the winter chill, but also, together with the colorful lanterns hanging high, makes the square as bright as day.
The sounds of vendors hawking their wares could be heard everywhere on both sides of the road, selling all kinds of New Year's Eve snacks and New Year's gifts to passers-by.
Even the guy pushing the ramen stall didn't make ramen today, but New Year's Eve soba instead, and of course he made a ton of money, and it felt like he had made a step further the day he left the shop.
The shops around the square were not to be outdone, with employees even running outside the stores to solicit customers and loudly advertising their own New Year promotions.
In particular, their lucky bag activity imitating Bandai Toy Store attracted the interest of many customers.
Although it is impossible to know in advance what is in the lucky bag, it is usually a backlog of inventory from the store.
But every time we see someone draw an expensive item from the lucky bag, we can't help but feel itchy and donate generously again and again...
Of course, there won't be many lucky people who can finally get what they want.
Others could only look at the pile of seemingly useless things in their hands, feeling helpless and then pinning their hopes on the lottery tickets in their hands.
This raffle ticket is also part of the New Year's Eve event.
In addition to the one ticket each person can receive when they first enter the square, you can also get a lottery ticket as a gift when shopping in stores and stalls.
In addition, various small competitions are being held in the open space in front of the Bandai toy store.
As long as you get a certain ranking, you can also get a lottery ticket as a reward.
Each lottery ticket has a unique number. After the event officially starts, a lucky number will be drawn at regular intervals. Villagers with the corresponding lottery ticket will receive generous prizes.
And the final grand prize is the New Year special commemorative edition of the Firepower Silver Electric!
You have to know that this is the yo-yo made by Hideki Kimura, the inventor of the yo-yo, the only puppeteer in Konoha, who is known as the Toy Sage. There is only one such yo-yo in the entire ninja world.
It is said that many nobles and wealthy businessmen are determined to win this prize, and have spread the word that they are willing to pay a large price to buy it from the winner of the grand prize.
The price now seems to have soared to one million taels, which is enough for an S-level mission.
This made the toy fairy Hideki a little embarrassed.
Because his so-called New Year special commemorative edition of Firepower Silver Electric is actually just a New Year edition with a layer of gold plated on it...
In order not to disappoint everyone, he had to work all night and add some cool features to the yo-yo...
Around seven o'clock, the screen under the Hokage Rock finally lit up, and Hideki appeared in it, smiling and saying:
"Happy New Year's Eve."
"Everyone is welcome to come and participate in this New Year's Eve event."
"Because it is just a start-up, there are many shortcomings, please forgive me."
"If it's popular, this event will be held every year. I hope it can become a new tradition in Konoha!"
"Then I now declare that the Konoha New Year's Eve Festival officially begins now."
"First, let's take a look at the finale of the first part of Fire Boy King..."
The next moment, warm cheers broke out in the square.
However, many people also felt a little reluctant.
Although it's just a somewhat childish story, after watching it for more than two months, I can still see the emotions.
When they thought about not being able to see Uchiha Fei's future experiences, they felt inexplicably depressed.
Fortunately, many people heard Hideki's hint:
"The first part... that means there will be at least a second part. It seems that this Fire Boy King really intends to keep filming."
"That's right, yo-yos are still selling so well now. If it were me, I wouldn't give up this cash cow."
"Who cares? As long as there's something to watch in the future..."
As the theme song of Fire Boy King sounded, the villagers stopped discussing and watched the film attentively.
Many children even skillfully sang along to the theme song, which eventually spread to the adults, gathering into a chorus across the entire square, with the sound spreading throughout Konoha.
Many villagers who had not come to the square to get some fresh air finally rushed over out of eagerness after hearing the familiar songs, making the square even more lively.
There's not much to say about the movie itself.
With hard work and friendship, Uchiha Fei finally defeated Mike in the yo-yo duel and won the final victory.
Although it is a plot that everyone can guess.
However, with Shisui and Genma's days of hard practice in yo-yoing skills, as well as Hideki's slightly more careful special effects, they still presented a performance that amazed everyone.
So when the ending ended and the credits started playing on the screen, everyone clapped and cheered loudly.
Especially when a line of words appeared on the screen at the end:
The second season of Fire Boy King is in production.
Everyone's cheers resounded through the sky once again.
Only actors like Shisui were confused:
Has the second part started production?
How come they don't know?
Hideki recalled that he had just written a title for the second part of the script, saying that this was just normal operation.
After the movie and the commercial, it was time for the first lucky draw that everyone was looking forward to.
Hideki's image appears again, along with a lottery machine that looks quite intimidating.
But its function is just to randomly draw a number ball from 0 to 9.
Repeat several times and that will be the winning ticket number this time.
Because villagers generally have several lottery tickets, the chance of hitting the first number is actually quite high.
Therefore, everyone has a strong sense of participation. Every time the lottery machine draws a number, cheers and groans can be heard from all over the square.
Even the villagers who no longer had a chance of winning a prize couldn't help but feel a little excited, wondering who would win the first prize.
When Hideki read out the last number, a ninja school student suddenly jumped up, almost going crazy with joy:
"Ah! OK! I got it!"
Hideki really wanted to say that the prize was a set of winter vacation homework so that the boy could calm down.
But he still held back and handed him a Rubik's Cube that would emit colorful light once restored.
The boy was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling, and was about to show off his skills on the spot to show everyone the actual effect of the Rubik's Cube.
But when he actually took the Rubik's Cube, his smile suddenly froze.
Because this Rubik's Cube is actually a fifth-order one...
How can I restore this thing? Waiting online, very urgent.
Because it was New Year, Hideki was kind for once and secretly used his human body savior to control the child and used his hands to restore the Rubik's Cube.
Then, a dazzling light flashed out from the Rubik's Cube, and everyone was amazed.
And this guy was also very smart. As soon as he stepped down, he quickly sold it to a ninja from the Nara clan and made a huge profit, making everyone around him envious.
Then other New Year special programs began to play on the screen.
But everyone's mind is on the lottery at this moment, and they can't wait to start the next lottery...
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"Dad, hurry up, you said that if my final grades are good, you will buy me a firepower silver electrician!"
"Got it. Don't run so fast. There are so many people here. Be careful of the danger."
"It's okay, it's okay!"
The little boy got the promise from his father and recalled the scenes in the movie. He could hardly suppress his excitement.
So he decisively walked through the crowd with his short legs, running anxiously towards the toy store.
However, he didn't know at this moment that he had been stared at with malicious intent.
Just as he passed the entrance of a dark alley, two large hands suddenly stretched out from the darkness...
With one hand covering his mouth, with the other holding his body, he was about to drag him into the alley!
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