Volume 4: The Undead Chapter 222: Borrowing Rice from Fenghe Village
In front of Shichiemon and the others was the deepest part of the valley.
At the deepest part of the valley, stands a huge rock.
There was a man lying on his back on this huge rock.
After hearing Soutarou's voice, the man immediately stood up and then jumped off the boulder with extremely light movements.
It was not until the man jumped down from the top of the boulder that Shichiemon finally saw his appearance clearly.
This person's height and weight are only average.
He was wearing special black clothes that were almost identical to Soutarou's.
Not only do the two have similar clothing, they also look quite similar.
Considering that Soutarou had just called this man "Big Brother", it was not difficult for Shichimon to infer that Soutarou and this man should be brothers.
"This is our brother and also my eldest brother - Aotaro." Soutarou introduced their future leader to Shichiemon and others.
"Sotaro, good job!" Aotaro gave Sotaro an admiring look.
"Hey! You guys! Tell me your names!" Aotaro shouted to Shichiemon and others.
Seeing Aotaro asking them questions, Shichiemon and the others quickly reported their lives.
"We don't have many rules here." Qing Tailang said loudly, "The only rules are to obey my orders! And not to kill each other."
"Besides that, I have no other request for you!"
After hearing what Aotaro said, Shichiemon secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Judging from the current situation, this group headed by Aotaro was not bad. It was not the kind of organization that had many unreasonable rules.
"By the way, Soutarou. You're back just in time. I just happen to have another mission for you to do."
"Are you asking me to borrow rice from those guys in Fenghe Village again?"
"Besides this task, what other tasks can I give you?" Qingtaro asked back in a half-joking tone.
"It's already night time. You want me to go out in the dark to borrow rice again..."
"We can't help it. Our food is almost gone. If we don't go and borrow some rice quickly, we won't even have breakfast for tomorrow."
"Okay, I understand." Soutarou looked helpless and sighed softly, "I'll be back soon."
"Remember to bring those guys along with you." A ferocious look appeared on Qing Tailang's face. "As long as we bring those guys along, those country bumpkins will obediently hand over the rice to us no matter how reluctant they are."
"You don't have to tell me, brother. I will take them with me." A meaningful smile appeared on Soutarou's face.
"Um..." Shichiemon said cautiously, "I would like to ask - what is Toyowa Village?"
"Follow me, newcomer." Soutarou hooked his finger at Shibaemon and led him towards the entrance of the valley.
After Shichiemon followed closely behind Soutarou, Soutarou introduced Shichiemon:
"Fenghe Village is the only village on this island where people still live."
"Didn't I just tell you that our usual source of food is borrowed from the islanders of this island?"
"The islanders I'm referring to are the villagers of Fenghe Village."
"See? That's Fenghe Village."
When they were almost at the valley entrance, Soutarou pointed outside.
The valley where they were located was on a relatively high ground, so when they stood at the entrance of the valley and looked out, they felt like they were looking down from a high vantage point.
Nanaemon looked in the direction that Nanaemon's finger was pointing - on a flat ground not far away, there stood a very conspicuous unidentified object.
"That is...what..." Because of the dim vision, Shichiemon could only barely make out a vague shadow, "Is that...a wooden wall?"
"That's right." Soutarou said, "These country bumpkins are pretty amazing. They can actually build such a high wooden wall."
"Okay, new guy, go down and have a good rest."
"I'm going to go borrow some rice from those country bumpkins in Fenghe Village."
A faint smile appeared on Soutarou's face.
Although it was just a smile, outsiders would definitely not feel warm after seeing Soutarou's smile, but would only feel a chill.
"Come to think of it - I haven't been to Fenghe Village for a long time... It was a long time since I last went to Fenghe Village... Forget it, this kind of thing doesn't matter."
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Fenghe Village, Chinosuke's home.
A girl dressed as a maid was holding a basin and a rag, walking quickly along the corridor in small steps.
After arriving at a huge paper sliding door on the second floor, he half-knelt beside it, gently pulled it open, and quickly stepped into the room holding a basin and a rag.
There was no other furniture or objects in the room.
There are only three huge lockers attached to the three walls of the room.
The tops of these three huge storage cabinets are against the ceiling, and their style is very similar to the medicine cabinets used to store medicinal materials in pharmacies.
There are so many cabinets and barrels that the total number is at least 200.
Although the style is very similar to a medicine cabinet, it is different from a general medicine cabinet in that each barrel has characters on the outside to indicate what medicinal materials are inside.
There is nothing covering the outside of the more than 200 cabinets in these three huge lockers, making it difficult to tell what is inside these cabinets.
The maid is here to clean the room.
After placing the basin of water in a corner of the room and tying up his sleeves with cuffs, he lay prone on the ground, ready to start wiping the tatami in the room.
However, just as the maid fell to the ground, a sharp blade suddenly stretched out from her right rear and hit the maid's carotid artery.
While the sharp blade was against her neck, a small hand stretched out from her left back and pressed the maid's mouth tightly.
“Mmm…! Mmm…! Mmm…!”
The maid was frightened by this sudden change and screamed immediately.
But because her mouth was tightly covered by the small hand, her screams turned into low moans after they came out.
"Don't move. Don't scream."
A female voice that was extremely unfamiliar to the maid sounded from behind her.
"If you want to live, just stay still and don't scream."
"otherwise……"
The owner of the female voice did not say the second half of the sentence.
But she silently moved the blade closer to the maid's neck.
The sharp blade had already slightly cut the maid's skin.
A few drops of blood have begun to seep out along the cut skin.
After experiencing the naked intimidation, the maid's body trembled even more violently. Although she was even more frightened in her heart, she still forced herself to suppress the desire to scream. She stopped making any sound and dared not move.
"Very good." The owner of the female voice said softly, "I will let go of your mouth later. I will ask you some questions. You just need to answer whatever I ask."
"Don't say irrelevant words, and don't scream. Don't scream after I let go of your mouth."
"If you dare to scream, I will kill you with a knife."
"Do you understand?"
