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Tengu City's main street district, the shopping street...
This was a shopping street more vibrant and bustling than ever before!
No, it would be more accurate to say it was an exceptionally vibrant and bustling shopping street!
Because today was July 7th!
The day of the annual Star Festival!
Though night had only just fallen, on such an iconic occasion, those merchants who had caught the scent of money would never let it pass them by. To seize this perfect business opportunity and make a killing, waves of excitement had already swept through the shopping street as soon as darkness descended...
Open-air shops and stalls had been set up along both sides of the street, busily preparing to welcome customers. Looking around, there were not only indispensable festival snacks such as Takoyaki and yakisoba, but also a dazzling array of goods like masks and balloons, all waiting for customers to buy them up.
Before long, consumers began arriving one after another, packing the entire shopping street so tightly that not even water could pass through. Some smaller people and children disappeared completely once they were swallowed by the crowd...
Excited by the festival, people wandered around with great enthusiasm, visiting stall after stall. Though the prices of the goods here had not changed much from normal—and some had even risen a little—people still gladly came forward to buy them, swept up in the festive atmosphere.
After all, it only came once a year, didn't it?...
Especially the couples, who leaned against one another, looking both intimate and far more invested in the festival than everyone else. They spent money without much thought,