What does it mean to get a perfect score on the college entrance exam but then go missing?

Silage is made by harvesting crops while they are still moist and then fermenting them with microorganisms to use as animal feed.

Selling animal feed certainly won't earn as much as selling rice.

Moreover, there is a harvesting and fermentation process, and renting machines costs money.

In the end, Shigeru Miura still lost money; it was just a matter of how much.

In addition, there is also the issue of timing when harvesting silage.

The rice paddies are still barely holding water, and the rice plants are green, making them suitable for harvesting as silage.

Once the rice is dehydrated, it can only be sold as hay after harvesting.

Given this terrible weather, without artificial watering, the dehydration will take one or two days.

Therefore, Shigeru Miura hoped that Kenjiro would work hard to assemble the machine as soon as possible and get it running.

That afternoon.

After finishing his work in the city, Shigeru Miura drove to the rice paddies.

He hopes to see Kensuke get moving.

But things backfired.

When we arrived at the rice paddy, Kenzo was still playing on his phone in the farm shed.

"Haga! Kensaku!"

"I'm having you contact a combine harvester to collect the silage!"

"Why aren't you moving!?"

"If we miss the harvest window in these two days, we won't even have the chance to make silage!"

"Don't you understand?!"

Upon hearing this, Kensaku Tanaka was not afraid at all, but instead argued confidently: "Boss, let me explain."

"What's there to explain? You're just lazy!"

"Check the weather forecast."

Kensaku Tanaka took out his phone.

"The weather forecast changed this afternoon."

"Rain is expected within the day, we're saved!"

"????"

Shigeru Miura could hardly believe it.

Half a second later.

His face immediately brightened.

"Great! It's finally raining!"

He saw it very clearly.

It wasn't just one app that warned of rain; almost all weather apps were warning of rain.

Some say it could rain within two hours, even the fastest.

Generally speaking, weather forecasts may contain errors and are inaccurate.

But if there's a situation where there's been a drought for a month and then suddenly it's said that it will rain, then it definitely will.

"Great! I'm not leaving tonight. I want to see this rain with my own eyes!"

Time flew by, and it was 11 p.m. that night.

The ticking sound suddenly woke up Shigeru Miura and Kensaku, who were almost asleep.

"Uncle! It's raining!"

Kensaku got up from the sofa, picked up a flashlight, and walked outside.

Shigeru Miura quickly followed.

correct!

It really is raining!

As soon as they opened the door, Shigeru Miura and Kensaku felt the long-lost moist air.

Large raindrops pounded wildly on the ground, and the fields suddenly became restless.

But just then...

Shigeru Miura suddenly frowned.

"Wait a minute, this rain... something's not right!"

Kensaku looked up, puzzled. "What's wrong, Uncle Miura?"

"The rain is so heavy, look at the soil, it's been pounded into craters."

Shigeru Miura pointed to the ground.

The rain was so heavy that every drop of rain that hit the ground created large craters in the soil, which then split into countless tiny droplets, mixed with mud, and pelted Miura Shigeru's ankles.

It's not just that individual raindrops are too large.

The density of the raindrops was also quite alarming.

A dense curtain of rain had formed in the sky, as thick as a water curtain.

The eaves, a meter deep, were no longer able to stop the rain.

"This rain is too heavy, won't something bad happen?"

Kensaku Tanaka thought the boss was being too fussy.

You're complaining if it doesn't rain.

You keep complaining even when it's raining.

There's never a time when you're comfortable.

"Uncle, as long as it rains, that's good. It will allow the rice paddies to recover for at least a month. If it continues to rain, the yield reduction won't be too severe."

Upon hearing this, Shigeru Miura could only nod: "I hope so..."

Before he could finish speaking...

suddenly!

Both of their phones rang at the same time.

This voice felt unfamiliar to them!

Because this wasn't a ringtone they designed themselves.

The two took out their phones with a puzzled look in their eyes, only to see a huge red exclamation mark on the screen.

[Japan Meteorological Agency Warning!]

[Typhoon No. 13 of this year has made landfall in Kamogawa City, with winds reaching Category 17 at its center and a range of 2,000 kilometers on satellite imagery!]

Severe convective weather is expected across all regions of my country, with winds reaching level 13 or higher in most areas, accompanied by thunderstorms and heavy rain!

The typhoon has now exceeded the extreme values ​​predicted by radar, making it impossible to accurately estimate rainfall.

The public is urged to prepare for disaster prevention and mitigation, and to immediately evacuate from all low-lying areas to avoid accidents!

The two looked at the unfamiliar message with surprise in their eyes.

This was the first time in their lives they had ever seen anything like it.

Normally, notifications that exceed the phone's system permissions would only be an earthquake notification.

Does this mean that typhoons can be more dangerous than earthquakes?

"A typhoon?"

Shigeru Miura's face was filled with incomprehension.

"The Japan Meteorological Agency is becoming increasingly inhumane."

"This morning they said it would be a drought for almost a month, how come it's suddenly pouring rain?"

"Also, wasn't it said that this typhoon was heading towards Tokyo University?"

"Why did it turn again?"

Kensaku Tanaka's face was also full of confusion.

As residents living near the coast, they often pay attention to typhoon information.

The last time they saw information about a typhoon, the weather station predicted that it would make landfall in Dongdae, so nobody took it seriously.

But now.

This massive, historic typhoon suddenly changed course, catching everyone off guard.

"Uncle, it might be a false alarm, it's too outrageous."

Shigeru Miura: "I think so too."

"Even if a typhoon makes landfall, it will just mean more rain."

"After all, they're not landing here, so it doesn't matter."

At first, Shigeru Miura thought the weather station was making a mountain out of a molehill, and that it was just a slightly larger typhoon.

But it got late at night.

So instead of shrinking, it actually got bigger.

The water had already flooded Miura Shigeru's courtyard and entered his house.

As for the rice paddies he longed for, they had long been swallowed up by mudslides.

To make matters worse, along with the torrential rain came gale-force winds of level 10 or higher.

Many farm sheds have been swept away by the strong winds, and many trees in the valley have been broken off and are blocking the road.

This is only for situations where the typhoon is relatively far from its landfall point.

In the Tokyo-Kyoto area, where the typhoon made direct landfall, the end of the world arrived.

A super typhoon with a strength of Category 17.

It's not that his wind force was only level 17, but rather that the maximum wind force level is level 17.

Its actual landfall wind force was far higher than level 17.

The moment it touched the land, everything except the cement and concrete piles driven into the ground was removed from its original position.

Many small cars have already started rolling on the ground.

Within a 100-kilometer radius of the typhoon's direct landfall, not a single window remained intact.

Along nearly 100 kilometers of coastline, the tsunami whipped up giant waves that directly assaulted the city.

Adding to this the historic heavy rains, the flooding exceeded the limits that any island city could withstand.

That night, the island remained sleepless.