In front of Shichiemon and others is the deepest part of the valley.
In the deepest part of the valley, there is a huge rock.
There was a man lying on his back on this huge rock.
After hearing Sotaro's voice, the man immediately straightened up, stood up, and then jumped off the boulder with extremely light movements.
It wasn't until the man jumped down from the top of the boulder that Shichiemon finally saw the man's appearance clearly.
This person's height and weight can only be considered average.
He was wearing special black clothes that were almost identical to Sotaro's clothes.
Not only do the two have similar clothing, but they also look very similar.
Recalling that Soutaro just called this person "eldest brother", it is not difficult for Nanemon to deduce that Soutaro and this person should be brothers.
"This is our brother, and also my eldest brother - Seitaro." Sotaro introduced their future leader to Nanemon and others.
"Soutaro, you did a good job!" Qingtaro cast an appreciative look at Soutaro.
"Hey! You guys! Sign up!" Seitaro shouted to Nanemon and others.
Seeing Seitaro asking them questions, Nanemon and others quickly declared their lives.
"We don't have many rules here." Qingtaro said loudly, "The only rules are to obey my orders! And not to kill each other."
"Other than that, I have no other requirements for you!"
After hearing Seitaro's words, Nanemon secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Judging from the current situation - this group headed by Seitaro is not bad, and it is not the kind of organization with many unreasonable regulations.
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"By the way, Sotaro. You came back just in time, and I happen to have another task for you to do."
"You're not going to ask me to borrow rice from those guys in Fenghe Village again, are you?"
"Besides this task, what other tasks can I give you?" Qingtaro asked in a half-joking tone.
"It's night now. You have to ask me to borrow rice in the dark..."
"There's nothing we can do. We're almost out of food. If we don't borrow rice quickly, we won't even have breakfast tomorrow."
"Okay, I understand." Soutaro looked helpless and sighed softly, "I'll be right back."
"Remember to bring those few people with you." Qingtaro's face showed a hint of ferociousness, "As long as you bring those few people with you, those country bumpkins will obediently hand over the rice to us no matter how reluctant they are.
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"You don't need to tell me, brother, I will take them with me." A meaningful smile appeared on Sotaro's face.
"Um..." Nanemon said in a cautious tone, "I would like to ask - is Toyawa Village?"
"Follow me, newcomer." Sotaro hooked his fingers towards Nanemon and led Nanemon towards the entrance of the valley.
After Nanemon followed Soutaro closely, Soutaro introduced to Nanemon:
"Fenghe Village is the only village on this island that still has living people living there."
"Didn't I just tell you that our usual food sources are borrowed from the islanders on this island?"
"The islanders I am referring to are the villagers of Fenghe Village."
"Did you see it? That's Fenghe Village."
When they were about to reach the mouth of the valley, Sotaro pointed outward.
The valley where they were located was relatively high, and looking out from the mouth of the valley, they felt like they were condescending.
Nanemon looked in the direction pointed by Nanemon's finger - on a piece of flat land not far away, there was a rather conspicuous unknown object standing impressively.
"That is... what..." Because of the dim vision, Nanemon could only barely make out a vague shadow, "Is that... a wooden wall?"
"That's right." Sotaro said, "These country bumpkins are quite powerful, and they can actually build such a high wooden wall."
"Okay, new guy, go down and have a good rest."
"I'm going to borrow rice from those hillbillies in Fenghe Village."
A faint smile appeared on Sotaro's face.
Although it was a smile, when outsiders saw Soutaro's smile, they would definitely not feel like a spring breeze, but would only feel shuddering.
"Speaking of which - I haven't been to Fenghe Village for a long time... When was the last time I went to Fenghe Village... Forget it, this kind of thing doesn't matter."
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Toyowa Village, Chinosuke's home.
A girl dressed as a maid was holding a basin and a rag, and walked quickly along the corridor with small steps.
After arriving at a huge paper sliding door on the second floor, I half-crouched beside the paper sliding door. After gently opening the paper sliding door, I quickly stepped into the building holding a basin and a rag.
Room.
There are no other furniture or objects in this room.
There are only three huge lockers attached to the three walls of this room.
The tops of these three huge storage cabinets touch the ceiling, and their style is very similar to the medicine cabinets used to store medicinal materials in pharmacies.
The total number of densely packed cabinets and barrels 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 cabinet has characters on the outside to indicate what medicinal materials are contained in the cabinet.
There is nothing affixed to the outside of the more than 200 bins of these huge lockers on three sides, making it unclear what is inside these bins.
This maid is here to clean this room.
Place the basin filled with water in the corner of the room, tie your sleeves with sleeves, lie down on the ground, and prepare to wipe the tatami of this room.
However - just when the maid was lying on the ground, a sharp blade suddenly stretched out from her right rear and touched the main artery of the maid's neck.
While the sharp blade was pressed against her neck, a small hand stretched out from her left rear and firmly pressed the maid's mouth.
"Uh...! Uh...! Uh...!"
The maid, who was startled by this sudden turn of events, screamed quickly.
But because her mouth was tightly covered by that little hand, her screams only turned into low moans after she came out.
"Don't move. Don't scream."
A female voice that was extremely unfamiliar to this maid sounded from behind her.
"If you want to survive, 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 brought the sharp blade closer to the maid's neck.
The sharp blade has slightly cut the maid's skin.
A few drops of blood have begun to leak out along the cut skin.
After experiencing the naked intimidation, the maid's body was shaking more and more violently. Although she was even more frightened, she still suppressed her desire to scream. She stopped making any sound and did not dare to move any more.
"Very good." The owner of the female voice said softly, "I will let go of your mouth later and ask you some questions. You can answer whatever I ask."
"Don't say irrelevant words, let alone scream. After I let go of your mouth, don't scream."
"If you dare to scream, I will kill you with one knife."