Yashili held her bow, lowered her body's center of gravity, and moved slowly forward in the snow.
Her three close friends and Shipari were scattered not far from her.
In Ainu society, many people like to hunt alone, and even if they act in groups, usually only two or three people act together.
According to Ainu hunting customs, it is rare for five people like Yashili to act together.
Since the "disappearance incident" that caused the loss of a large number of young and strong men in Qina Village, many women in Qina Village have had to pick up bows and arrows and do hunting work that should have been done by men, in order to supplement their family income and support their homes that have been broken due to the lack of men.
Yashili, her three best friends, and Shipari, who had just invited Yashili to go hunting and was now following closely behind Yashili, were all women who had to pick up bows and arrows since the "disappearance incident".
Although Yashili is still young, she is not lacking in hunting experience.
Yashili had never hunted ferocious beasts such as bears and wolves, but he had bullied many easy-to-bully animals such as deer and rabbits.
As long as you know how to hunt, you will basically never have to worry about food in this land full of wild animals.
Therefore, during the time when the villagers of Qina Village moved to Heyezhe, they never worried about food.
You can hunt a lot of prey by just entering a forest.
Every one or two days, the village chief of Chepke would organize some villagers who were able to go hunting to hunt some prey and bring it back so that everyone could have fresh food to eat.
There are still many villagers in their team who are still injured, so they need fresh food to replenish their bodies.
Just now, the village chief of Chepke summoned the hunters, including Shipari, and asked them to take advantage of the lunch break to hunt some prey and replenish the almost empty food supply.
After receiving Chepke's call, Shipari found Yashili and others, and then there was the scene where Shipari led Yashili and others into the nearby woods to hunt.
The main reason why Shipari approached Yashili and others was to train the young people in these villages.
Although with the help of Ogata, they avoided the worst outcome of being wiped out, their village also suffered heavy casualties, making the situation in China Village, where there were already few young and middle-aged people, even more precarious.
Many of the villagers who are still alive now have a sense of crisis to some extent, and Shipari is one of the many villagers who have a sense of crisis.
For the future of the village, Shipari has decided to let the young people in the village exercise more from now on.
Yashili and her friends had only been in the woods for less than 10 minutes when they came across prey - a rabbit.
The rabbit was next to a bush not far in front of Yashili, chewing the grass with its head down, and had no idea that Yashili had quietly sneaked up not far away.
Looking at the fat rabbit not far away, Yashili swallowed.
She likes cute bunnies the most.
Especially their heads, which are Yashili's favorite.
Yashili felt that there was no food in the world more delicious than a rabbit's head, especially the brain matter inside it.
Every time he sucked the brains from the rabbit's head into his mouth, Yashili felt so happy that he felt like he was floating in the sky.
As he savored the taste of the rabbit's brain, Yashili felt saliva rapidly secreting in his mouth, and he subconsciously swallowed the rapidly secreted saliva in his mouth.
Shipari, who was not far from Yashili's side, turned his head and winked at Yashili.
He looked at Yashili and said: Yashili, you go ahead.
Understanding the meaning of Shipari's eyes, Yashili nodded.
Then he tiptoed to take out the machete he was carrying.
When hunting rabbits, you don't need a bow and arrow at all.
One reason is that the rabbit is too small and it is difficult to aim with a bow and arrow.
Secondly, because there are easier ways to hunt rabbits.
Yashili aimed at the top of the rabbit's head, then threw the machete in his hand, along with its sheath, above the rabbit.
This hunting method actually takes advantage of the rabbit's living habits.
When an object is thrown over the rabbit, it will mistakenly think it is being attacked by a bird and dive into the snow, unable to move.
This method of hunting rabbits is widely spread in various countries.
Yashili's aim was very good, and her machete hit the top of the rabbit accurately.
Then the rabbit immediately burrowed stupidly into the snow beneath it.
After the rabbit burrowed into the snow beneath it, Yashili immediately stood up and pounced on the fat rabbit.
Yashili held the fat rabbit firmly in both hands.
Then the man and the rabbit began to fight fiercely on the snow.
But rabbits are just rabbits after all. If it comes to a battle of strength, it can never be a match for humans.
Yashili controlled the rabbit's body with his right hand, and then grabbed the rabbit's head with his left hand.
With a crisp "click" sound, Yashili broke the rabbit's head off.
After successfully stopping the rabbit from flapping its wings, Yashili stood up from the snow, holding the fat rabbit in both hands.
"Everyone! Look! I caught him!"
The three close friends of Shipari and Yashili quickly gathered around.
"Yashili." Shipari gave Yashili an admiring look, "Well done..."
"Well done! That machete was thrown very accurately!"
Before Shipari could finish her words, a sudden female voice spoke for her to praise Yashili.
And this female voice did not come from any of Yashili and the others.
Instead, it came from the depths of a nearby woods.
Yashili and others were all startled by the sudden female voice. They quickly raised their weapons and turned to look at the place where the female voice came from .
Deep in the woods nearby, a girl in bright red clothes appeared at some point in time.
The girl had no tattoos on her face and was smiling at Yashili and the others.
Behind the girl were three men of different ages.
Without exception, these three men were all wearing bright red clothes, just like the girl in red.
Seeing Yashili and the others holding up their weapons, the girl hurriedly said:
"Don't be nervous. As you can see, I am also an Ainu. I just happened to pass by here."
"I was thinking of hunting for dinner tonight."
"I just found that rabbit, too."
The girl in red looked at the lifeless fat rabbit in Yashili's arms.
"I wanted to hunt this rabbit, but you got there first."
Seeing that the girl in red was staring at the fat rabbit in her arms, Yashili immediately used her arms like a mother bird protecting her chicks, and hugged the dead rabbit tightly in her arms, staring at the girl in red with a look that did not frighten people.
If Ashley were a cat, she would be furious now.
Use actions to tell the girl in red: I won’t give it to you, so don’t steal my rabbit.
"I won't steal your rabbit." The girl in red looked at Yashili, who was protecting his food, with a helpless look. "Since you killed the rabbit, it naturally belongs to you."
"I just witnessed the whole process of you hunting that rabbit."
"You have a very good aim. At that distance, you were able to throw the machete accurately above the rabbit."
"When I was your age, my aim wasn't as good as yours."
There was only sincerity in the look the girl in red gave to Yashili, without a trace of hypocrisy or affectation.
Receiving the sudden compliment from this strange girl, the shy Ashley continued to be on guard while muttering softly:
"Thanks……"
At this moment, Hippari, who was standing next to Yashili and staring at the girl in red, suddenly shrank his eyes, as if he remembered something:
"Bright red clothes...Are you from He Yezhe's group?"
"Hmm?" The girl in red looked at Xipari, "You were able to recognize us from our clothes. It seems that you are quite familiar with us He Yezhe."
"That's right, we are He Yezhe's people."
"I am Aisuma from Heyezhe."
"Which village are you from?"
The girl in red who called herself Asuma moved her eyes and glanced at Yashili and the others.
"As far as I can remember, there doesn't seem to be any village nearby."
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Ogata was sleeping soundly, holding his sword and leaning against a big tree behind him, when he suddenly felt someone approaching.
Even when sleeping, he still remained alert to his surroundings and could keenly hear all unusual noises approaching him - this was a "passive skill" that Ogata had unknowingly developed after being a ronin for so long.
Judging from the sound of footsteps, the person approaching Ogata was walking right in front of him.
Ogata slowly opened his eyes and looked in front of him. The person in front of him was Atachi.
"What's wrong?" Ogata asked.
"It's convenient to wake you up." Ating said in a half-joking tone, "As long as I get close to you, you will wake up automatically. There's no need to call you or shake you."
Ogata looked around.
"Are we going to continue on?"
"No." Ating shook his head, "A group of guests came."
"guest?"
"Well, suddenly a group of people from Red Moon Fortress came to visit."
After hearing the term "Red Moon Fortress" from Atachi's mouth, Ogata's brows immediately frowned slightly.
Atachi told Ogata everything he knew so far.
Just now, when Ogata was taking a nap against a big tree with his sword in his arms, Ating was not far away, listening with great interest to Ayizan continuing to tell the heroic epic passed down from generation to generation by their Ainu people.
This was the first time that Ating came into contact with the epic story genre and she was very interested in it.
A-machi was the type of person who didn't care whether she took a nap or not, so after washing her and Ogata's dishes and pots, she quickly found Ayizan and asked Ayizan to continue telling her the heroic epic of their Ainu people.
Ayizan, who is talkative and loves talking to people, is also happy to continue telling Ating about the heroic epics of their nation.
When Ah-ching was listening with great pleasure, suddenly a villager in a hurry came running over and said something to Ayizan, and then Ayizan's face changed drastically.
When A'ting asked what happened, Ayizan said: A group of Heyezhe people came, and they are now at the place of Chepke village chief.
As for their purpose and why these Heyezhe people are here, it is still unknown.
All we know is that there are quite a lot of He Yezhe people who came to visit suddenly, more than 40 people in total.
Heyezhe is the place where Ogata will go next, and he may have to stay for quite a long time.
Suddenly, more than 40 people from He Yezhe came to visit. A-Ming felt it necessary to inform Ogata about this matter quickly, so he planned to wake Ogata up just now.
After listening to Atachi's account of the whole story, Ogata's brows furrowed even more tightly.
Although they were very close to He Yezhe, it was not surprising to run into He Yezhe's people in the wild.
But it was a bit surprising that more than 40 people from He Yezhe visited at once.
If they were going hunting in the wild, more than 40 people would obviously be too many.
"It is said that many people are now watching these people who suddenly visited the Red Moon Fortress." Ating added silently.
After a moment's silence, Ogata picked up the sword in his arms and stood up from the ground.
"A-Ming, let's go."
"We should also go and see these unexpected visitors."
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"I see..." Chepke nodded gently, "So you are here to eliminate the gold diggers..."
"That's right." Asuma said, standing in front of Chepke, "Although a few escaped, fortunately, most of the gold diggers were killed by us."
In front of Asuma stood several high-ranking officials from the Qina Village, led by Chepke.
Behind Aisuma stood more than 40 young and middle-aged people wearing bright red clothes like her.
Around Asuma stood the villagers of Qina Village who had heard the news and came to join in the fun.
Chepke let out a sigh of relief.
"I understand why you are here."
Chepke looked at Asuma in front of him with a bit of admiration.
"I never thought that Chanup's daughter would personally lead people to round up the gold diggers... The last time I saw you, you were only this tall."
Chanup pointed at the location of his belly button.
"I didn't expect that she would be so tall and beautiful now."
"I really hope that all the girls in our village can have your courage and ability..."
Asuma let out a few hearty laughs.
"Anyone can do something like suppressing gold diggers. It's nothing special!"
Others don’t know who Aisuma is, but Chepke, who has some personal relationship with Chanup, knows who Aisuma is.
Aisuma is the eldest daughter of Chanup, the man who rules the entire Heyezhe.
Simply put, Aisuma is the princess of Heyezhe.
Chepke and Aisuma were not very familiar with each other, but Chepke often heard about Aisuma's affairs.
Chanup, the village chief of Heyezhe, is an extremely powerful warrior.
Whether it is hunting or fighting, he is good at it.
As Chanup's eldest daughter, Aisuma inherited her father's genes perfectly, showing extraordinary hunting talent and leadership charm since childhood.
It is said that Asuma's hunting ability is so strong that he can shoot down a swallow flying in the sky with a single arrow.
Not only that, Aisuma's personality is very approachable, so approachable that people would never think that she is the princess of Heyezhe.
As a woman who is stronger and more reliable than most men, Asuma has a very high status among her peers.
Her father Chanup often broke the conventions of "male superiority and female inferiority" and "women only need to do weaving" and always entrusted Aisuma with important tasks.
Just now, after meeting Chepke, Asuma told Chepke all the reasons why they were here.
It turned out that some time ago, a young man from their Heyezhe was hunting outside and, by chance, he discovered a large number of gold diggers who were panning for gold by the side of a stream.
After discovering this group of gold diggers, the young man immediately returned to Heyezhe and reported the matter to his superiors.
He Yezhe has always had zero tolerance for gold diggers, and there is no reason to let them go once they encounter one.
So Heyezhe immediately organized a "punitive team" headed by Aisuma, consisting of more than 40 outstanding elite soldiers, to go and punish the gold diggers who appeared around them.
Under the leadership of the excellent hunter who discovered the gold diggers, the expedition team quickly found the traces of the gold diggers and followed the trail all the way to their destination.
Soon, the expedition team found them.
When the expedition team found the gold diggers, they were resting in a dense forest.
Dense woods - this is a perfect raiding location.
So Asuma did not hesitate for long. After finding the gold diggers in the dense forest and counting their number, he immediately commanded everyone to launch a raid.
The gold thieves didn't notice Asuma and his group at all, so their raid was quite successful.
Under the fierce attack of Aisuma and others, all the gold diggers were killed or injured, and only a few of them managed to escape their attack and encirclement.
And those who managed to escape were not always lucky.
Because Asuma counted the number of gold diggers before launching the attack on them, she knew exactly how many of them had escaped.
After wiping out most of the gold diggers in one fell swoop, Asuma ordered his men to form groups to search for and chase those who had escaped.
In terms of familiarity with the mountains and forests, those fleeing gold diggers were naturally no match for the Ainu people who depended on the mountains and forests for their livelihood.
Under the pursuit of Aisuma and others, the fleeing gold diggers were caught one by one and then killed.
It’s a pity that a few of them could not be found, as if they had disappeared from the face of the earth.
However, Aisuma was not discouraged. Although a few people escaped, their action this time was definitely a great victory. After all, most of the gold thieves were killed by them.
Aisuma decided not to spend any more energy and time looking for the remaining gold thieves who had not yet been found, gathered his subordinates and prepared to return to Heyezhe.
Then, on the way back to Heyezhe, Aisuma just today, just now, in the nearby woods, happened to meet Yashili and others who happened to be hunting outside.
Then I learned from Yashili and the others that they were villagers from Qina Village.
It is difficult to describe how Asuma felt when she learned that Yashili and the others were villagers from Qina Village.
Aisuma never expected that on the way back to Heyezhe, she would meet the villagers of Qina Village who were about to move into Heyezhe and become their new companions.
After learning that Yashili and the others were villagers from Qina Village, Aisuma asked Yashili and others to take them to meet the village chief of Qina Village.
We'll have to meet each other later anyway, so why not take this opportunity to meet now.
So, we have the current scene - Chepke and Asuma stand face to face, Asuma tells Chepke why they are here, and Chepke praises Asuma's courage and ability.
"I thought it might take some time for you to move the whole village to our Heyezhe." Aisuma said, "I didn't expect you to move so quickly."
"We are just about to return to Heyezhe now."
"Since our two groups happen to have the same path, how about we go together? If we go together, we can take better care of each other."
For Chepke and others who are about to move into Heyezhe and become a member of Heyezhe, Aisuma is their companion.
Chepke could not find any reason to refute Asuma's proposal just now.
"Of course," Chepke said, "I was just thinking of suggesting we do something together."
"Then let's move together later." Asuma smiled, "We can just get to know each other better during this time of traveling together... hm?"
Before Asuma could finish her words, she suddenly stopped.
Because - at this moment, she found that behind Chepke, there was a pair of Japanese people walking towards them at a leisurely pace.
The couple was a man and a woman. The woman was very beautiful, and the man looked ordinary.
"Chief Chepke," Asuma asked, "who are those people?"
Chepke looked back and said, "Oh! They came just in time, Asuma, let me introduce them to you. That couple is the great benefactors of our village."
"That man's name is Majima Goro."
"The woman's name is Ating."
Asuma's eyes suddenly widened.
He stared at Ogata who was walking towards them, and thought to himself:
——Is he the Japanese who killed 40 white people and saved Qina Village? Well, the woman next to him is so beautiful and has big breasts.
Her subordinates standing behind Asuma also showed the same shocked expressions as Asuma.
It's just that their thoughts and ideas are not exactly the same as Aizuma's...
——Is he the Majima Goro who killed 60 white people? Who is the woman next to him? Is she the wife of Majima Goro? She has a well-developed body...
——This ordinary-looking, unremarkable man could actually kill over 80 people...By the way, this is the first time I’ve seen such a figure of the woman next to him...The women with such breasts that I’ve seen before were all fat.
——I thought that a man who could kill hundreds of people in a row and repel hundreds of white people by himself must be as strong as a bear... But the woman next to him has such big breasts... She is wearing such thick clothes, but her breasts are still so bulging...
——The woman next to Goro Majima has really big breasts.
Asuma and the others have different first impressions of Ogata.
But the first impression of Ating was surprisingly consistent.
Their eyes were attracted and blinded by the same thing.