Volume 4: The Undead Chapter 196: Surviving Researchers (Part 2)
As the figure slowly approached Mamiya and Makimura, Mamiya and Makimura gradually saw the man's true face.
This man had unkempt hair, sunken cheeks, and an extremely ugly complexion.
His clothes were covered with dust and dirt. It seemed as if his clothes, like his body, had not been washed for who knows how long.
After this "savage" came out of the dark woods, the first words he said to Mamiya and Makimura were:
"Do you... do you have anything to eat...?"
Makimura cast a questioning look at Mamiya.
He looked at Mamiya and asked: Do you want to give him food?
As for Mamiya, he looked this "savage" up and down several times.
"……Give."
Then, while whispering this, he took out two rice balls and threw them to the "savage".
Looking at the two rice balls flying towards him in beautiful parabolas, the eyes of this "savage" lit up and his lips trembled slightly with excitement.
The "savage" stretched out his hands high, caught the two rice balls thrown by Mamiya, and immediately began to devour them.
The extremely hungry "savage" stuffed the rice grains into his mouth and swallowed them impatiently without chewing.
Only after the "savage" had swallowed both rice balls did Mamiya leisurely ask the "savage":
"Your clothes have a 'three-leaf sunflower pattern'. You are not a native of this island, but a member of the shogunate, right?"
"...That's right." After eating two rice balls, the "savage"'s voice became a little more vigorous. "I am not a native of this island, nor am I a prisoner who was forced to land on the island. I am from the shogunate..."
"Looking at your dirty appearance, you must have been in the mountains for a long time." Mamiya continued, "Our rice balls are not free."
"Give us all the information you know - this will be our reward for giving you the rice balls."
"First, answer my first question - you are wearing the 'three-leaf sunflower pattern', why are you stranded on this island?"
"…My name is Matsumoto Kiyohto."
the Savage said softly.
"He was one of the doctors sent to this island three months ago to study 'immortality'..."
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The next morning,
The third day after Ogata and others arrived on the island.
Choujima, Tenmanji Temple.
"Oh?" After putting a spoonful of vegetable porridge into his mouth, Zong Hai raised his eyebrows in surprise, "It tastes really good... I didn't expect that your cooking skills are so good."
Another person who was also surprised by the deliciousness of the vegetable porridge was Ogata.
After tasting the vegetable porridge made by Atachi, Ogata's face also showed surprise: "I didn't expect your cooking skills to be so high..."
"Not only am I a great cook, I also have a great sense of taste." Ating stuck out her tongue proudly, "My sense of taste is very sensitive and I can taste flavors that others can't. This is also an important reason why my cooking is delicious."
Today, Ating volunteered to be responsible for making breakfast.
Zong Hai was also very courageous, as he actually let Ating, whom he had just known for less than a day, be the chef.
Today's breakfast is the same as last night's dinner, both vegetable porridge.
It’s just ordinary rice and cabbage, and there are no special seasonings here in Tenmanji, but Atachi actually managed to cook it to have a different flavor.
Although it might be a bit unfair to Zong Hai to say this, Ogata sincerely felt that the vegetable porridge cooked by Ating was much more delicious than the extremely ordinary vegetable porridge that Zong Hai made last night.
Ogata, Atachi, Soumi, and Xianhai sat around the pot of porridge and ate each other's vegetable porridge in silence.
When the porridge in the pot was almost finished, Zong Hai suddenly asked Ogata and Ating:
"I wonder what plans the two donors have for today?"
"We want to collect as much information as possible." Ating said without hesitation, "We want to know more about the cannibals, and whether there is any way to leave the island... There are too many things we want to know..."
After saying that, Ating couldn't help but sigh.
As soon as Ating finished speaking, Zong Hai, who was sitting opposite Ogata, smiled and said:
"In that case, I would like to recommend a place for you two donors to go."
Having said this, Zong Hai paused, picked up the water cup beside him and drank a sip of water before continuing:
"About three months ago, a group of people from the shogunate landed on this island."
"According to my observation, the people who landed on the island were mainly two types of people: doctors and soldiers."
"It seems that the reason they came to the island was to study the causes of the emergence of man-eating ghosts and how to kill them."
"Because I don't want them to disturb my peaceful life, I didn't have any communication with the researchers who came to the island."
"All we know is that they suddenly and hastily fled the island about a month ago."
"As for the reason for his escape, I don't know."
"All I know is that they escaped in a hurry."
"They may have left behind a lot of valuable things in their base after fleeing in a hurry. They may also have left behind a small boat that can go out to sea."
"If you two are interested, you can go to the residence left behind by the researchers of the shogunate."
After hearing what Zong Hai said, Ogata and Atachi's eyes lit up.
The station left behind by the shogunate researchers - when these words are put together, the atmosphere of "intelligence" is overflowing between the lines.
"Mong Hai," Ogata asked urgently, "Do you know where the station left by the researchers of the shogunate is?"
"Of course I know." Zong Hai nodded, "It's just northwest of Tenmanji Temple, but it's a little far away, about three miles away. If you two want to go there, I can draw a rough map for you."
After saying that, Zong Hai stood up and walked towards his room.
When he came back, he had an old piece of cloth and an ink pen soaked in ink in his hand.
Zong Hai started drawing a map right in front of Ogata and Atachi.
"You start from Tenmanji Temple and head northwest."
"You will first pass through a dense forest, and then through an open rocky area. After you pass through the rocky area, you will be able to see the station left behind by the researchers of the shogunate."
"The shogunate researchers are stationed on the banks of the Linong River."
"If you really can't find the base, first find the Linon River, and then look for it along the banks of the Linon River."
"There are basically no cannibals in this area, so you can rest assured and don't have to worry about encountering these monsters."
"It doesn't matter if you encounter these monsters. You can just rely on the complex terrain to quickly escape from their sight."
When Zong Hai finished explaining to them, his map had just been completed.
