Aisuma dragged her somewhat tired body on her way home.

She had successfully returned to life just now and reported the news of "successfully wiping out the gold diggers" and all the necessary reports she encountered on the way back and forth to an old man named "Peleshinope".

This old man is also one of the elders of their Red Moon Fortress. Her status and prestige in the Red Moon Fortress are extremely high, and she is often entrusted with important tasks by her father, Chanup.

After discovering the gold thieves, Chanup gave full responsibility to Peleshinope to exterminate the gold thieves.

Who should be sent to exterminate the gold thieves, and when to set off... these things are all decided by Pelleshinope.

Pelleshinope originally planned to lead Aisuma and the others to deal with the gold diggers. However, Aisuma and others considered that Pelleshinope was already 64 years old this year, so for safety reasons, Aisuma and others decided to

Suma and others spent a lot of effort to persuade Peleshinope to stay in the fortress and not wander around like young people like them.

After successfully reporting the "big victory" and "everyone is safe" to Pelleshinope, Esuma, who was walking on a certain road in the fortress, noticed that the surrounding residents were discussing in low voices that they had just arrived.

The villagers of Qina Village, as well as Ogata, Atachi and the others.

Asuma has been learning various hunting techniques for as long as she can remember. She started hunting when she was 12 years old.

In this hunt after hunt, Aisuma developed good eyesight and hearing.

Isuma, who was somewhat interested in the discussions of Ogata and others among the surrounding residents, pricked up her ears and quietly listened to the discussions of the people around her.

Thanks to her good hearing, the discussions of the people around her reached Aisuma's ears clearly.

"It is said that people from the village named Qina Village arrived here just now."

"Really?"

"Yeah. It's true. I just went along to join in the fun and took a look at the villagers in Qina Village. As rumored, it is a village with very few men. I counted the young people in their village.

There seem to be only about ten men..."

"It's so miserable...there are not many men in the village...it must be very hard..."

"I have heard something about that village before. It is said that a few years ago, many men in their village disappeared inexplicably and have not returned yet."

"It's so scary...how can a perfectly good person disappear..."

"I don't know what happened. After the 'disappearance' incident, there were very few men in that village. They were attacked by white-skinned men some time ago... Sigh..."

"No wonder the whole village has to move into our place. There are only so many men left in the village... Even self-protection is a problem..."

"Those white-skinned people are indeed just like the Japanese, they are not good people."

"Tao Kazuto...did you know? It seems that two Kazuto followed the villagers of Qina Village and came to our Heye Zhe."

"Really? Two Kazuto?!"

"Well, there's a man and a woman. The man has two swords hanging on his waist. He should be a samurai among Kazuto."

"Samurai... why did two Kazuto follow the villagers of Qina Village into our Heye Zhe?"

"Those two Kazuto seemed to be the saviors of the villagers in Qina Village. The two of them were particularly skilled. After Qina Village was attacked by the white-skinned people, those two Kazuto helped the villagers in Qina Village.

They repelled the white-skinned men who came, but...why those two Kazuto came to us, I don't know..."

"Kazuto...I hate Kazuto the most...It's because of them that my husband's hometown was burned down..."

"I don't like Heren either. Heren never thought about living in peace with us from the beginning to the end."

"You can't say that...not all Kazuto are annoying."

"It is said that the reason why those two Kazuto came to our place was with Chanup's permission."

"Have you got Chanup's permission? What is Chanup thinking? Why do you want two people to come to our Heyezhe for no reason?"

"Shh, shh... keep your voice down, Aisuma is not far away."

One of the women who were discussing Ogata and others in low voices noticed Isuma who was not far away, and hurriedly warned her friends around her in a low voice.

The woman who had just said such arrogant words as "What is Chanup thinking about?" now closed her mouth tightly and glanced at Aisuma not far away with a somewhat embarrassed look.

The content of their discussion just now has been heard by Aisuma.

Regarding what they just said, Aisuma just sighed softly, and then quickly walked away from the women.

"Sister! Are you back?"

At this moment, a hearty voice sounded from behind Aisuma.

Hearing this hearty voice, Aisuma was stunned for a moment, then turned to look behind her with a smile on her face.

"Otunpui. I'm back."

The person who shouted "Sister" loudly and ran towards Aisuma from behind was a boy who was only about 13 or 4 years old.

This young man shouted for his sister while running towards Aisuma, which naturally attracted a lot of attention.

However, some passers-by looked at this young man in a somewhat... strange way.

Some passers-by looked at the young man who was running quickly towards Aisuma with a bit of disgust.

After the young man came to Aisuma, he threw himself into Aisuma's arms.

After a few rounds of greetings with Aisuma, and asking whether Aisuma was injured when she went out to kill gold diggers, the young man asked Aisuma impatiently:

"Sister! I heard that Majima Goro came to our Heye Zhe! Is this true?"

"Yes." Aisuma nodded slightly, "He and his wife seem to be at his father's place now. During the time I was away from home, did you seriously hone your archery skills?"

"The 'Hunting Festival' is about to begin."

"It will be very embarrassing if you fail to perform well in the 'Hunting Festival'."

After hearing the word "Hunting Festival" from Esuma's mouth, the boy immediately shrank his neck as if he had heard something terrible.

"I, of course I am practicing my archery skills..."

"Yeah." Aisuma nodded, "That's good."

"Although I have practiced my bow skills well..." the young man's weak voice sounded again, "but I have never been able to find a companion who is willing to participate in the hunting festival with me..."

Aisuma was stunned for a moment, then sighed heavily.

"...Otongpuyi, why don't you go and make a good friend..."

Otunpuyi said nothing, only lowered his head and remained silent.

Aisuma, on the other hand, held her forehead and looked helpless.

"...Forget it, let's talk about this later, let's go home now."

Aisuma grabbed the boy's arm and strode back home.

As Chanup's daughter, her home is naturally Chanup's home.

After quickly returning home, Aisuma saw her father sitting in a circle with Chepke and others.

The two of them happened to pass by Ogata.

When they returned home, Ogata had just left their home and went to find Lin Ziping.

…

…

When Lin Ziping stared at Ogata with serious eyes, the expressionless Ogata also looked directly at Lin Ziping.

No one spoke anymore.

In the end, Lin Ziping seemed to be unable to endure the silent atmosphere any longer. He took the lead in scratching his hair and then broke the silence.

"...How about this?"

"If you can help me get out of this hellish place as soon as possible, in addition to taking you to the village where the strange doctor is, I owe you another favor. If you encounter anything that needs help from others in the future, you can come to me as soon as possible.

I!"

"I specialize in military, geography, history and other studies."

"Although I'm just a scholar, I can still help a lot."

"In order to study academically, I traveled around a lot and visited many places. I was quite well-informed!"

"I am very knowledgeable about the geography and history of Ryukyu, Korea, and Ezo!"

Lin Ziping wanted to continue to promote himself, but Oufang suddenly sighed and interrupted Lin Ziping.

"Okay, stop talking."

After interrupting Lin Ziping's words, Ogata approached Lin Ziping with a serious look.

The two people looked at each other through the window, their faces so close that each other's breath could hit each other's face.

"...I'll just believe you for once."

"I will try my best to help you get out of here as soon as possible."

"I hope you can fulfill your promise to me after you come out of here."

"Otherwise - the knife on my waist..."

Ogata raised his left hand and placed his left palm on the handle of Da Shiten's sword.
To be continued...