Chapter Twenty-Eight: Escape

The dark clouds on the horizon were so black that people panicked, and the cold wind that blew through seemed to be able to scrape the bones, and the freezing rain that fell from time to time was colder than ice and turned into ice the moment it landed. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Walking, walking, but not stopping to walk doesn't bring much heat. The precious physical strength was finally converted into a little heat, and the howling cold wind greedily sucked it out of the cracks in the tightly wrapped clothes, leaving only a little cold residue stingily.

Looking into the distance, there were endless black clouds with no end in sight, and a layer of haze gradually clouded Che Ping's heart.

"How far is the legendary city where the sun will stay forever?"

He felt in his pocket, where there was a folded newspaper with the story of the organization named Akatsuki, which was the motivation for him to flee there desperately.

Famine, famine everywhere.

It's been almost two months since the violence, the looting, the killing, the fishing, and now a single rat can kill a person. Families in the city who still had surplus food fastened their doors, and some even added several layers of thick wooden planks to the doors and windows. And those who have almost eaten up their food stocks will either go outside the city to dig wild vegetables and tree roots to satisfy their hunger, or they will flee the famine like Tetsuhira.

Grunt, stomach growling, empty stomach wailing and thirsting for food.

Tetsuhei swallowed, he still had one last bit of food, but now was not the time to eat it. The last bit of food had to be made for him to survive the rest of the journey. Otherwise......

Teruhei's gaze was wary, and he walked as shrunk as he could, so as to reduce the heat emitted a little. This posture also has the advantage of making him feel a little safe in the wolf-like gaze that glances at him from time to time.

I've been hungry for I don't know how long, and my nose is already extremely sensitive to the taste of food, and I can even tell the difference between the smelly body odor and the fishy smell of dried fish. And those who walked with him around him, naturally, were okay.

Tetsuhei could smell it, and some people had no food on them at all. And he also tried to walk away from those people, as much as possible to walk with the same kind of people in the team, he had no other way, if he didn't go in a team, I was afraid that there would only be a pile of white bones left in dozens of miles. He had heard of the demons that haunted the wilderness, and at such times, some of them had grown flesh and gained fat.

The leader who was at the forefront suddenly turned his head, and his gaze like the most ferocious wolf shocked everyone.

He knew chakra refining and was a member of the ninja reserve who had lost a hand in the worst war of more than a decade before retiring.

Now, even though his hair was graying and the sleeve of his left hand was empty, the awe-inspiring aura was still intact. With the deterrence of this veteran, their rabble was able to go on for five days and five nights without making a fuss about internal strife and murder.

The man with a ghost in his heart lowered his head and looked away.

The team leader said hoarsely: "Let go of that little thought in my heart." “

"It's not far away, I went there when I was a soldier, and if I hurry up, I still have two days to go at most."

His knife-like gaze swept over everyone: "I know very well what you are thinking. “

"I naturally know how much food there is in the team."

"One meal a day, endure a little bit, the food is enough for all of us to get there. I have dispelled all the crooked thoughts in my heart, you think the biggest danger in the team is not enough food? “

"Heh, infighting is the one that kills the most, and most of those demons are picking up corpses to eat!"

"Starting tomorrow, the food in the team will be distributed uniformly."

Che Ping's heart tightened, and he was about to refute, but someone had already called out "why".

The leader's eyes widened, and the momentum honed from the war era burst out from his body, pressing everyone's hearts: "I don't care what you are thinking, in my team, you have to obey my orders." “

"Give me the food for safekeeping, if I steal even a grain of rice and a fish bone......"

He spat on the ground: "Then let me be spurned to death by the heavenly spirits of my comrades!" “

The awe-inspiring and pure momentum made Tetsu Ping stop the protest he was about to speak, and he felt a little unbelievable and even a little confused in his heart.

"Is this the country of rain back then?"

Everyone in the team lowered their heads and silently continued the rest of the journey, still shrouded in dark clouds ahead.

The team leader retracted his momentum and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. It would be great if he could use his might to eliminate the infighting in the ranks.

However, exhausted and sick, he failed to notice the slightest movement in the nearby woods, and the bloodthirsty and unhuman gaze.

……

At night, the air is getting colder and colder, and Tetsuhei tries to shrink into the blanket as much as possible, trying to preserve the heat in his body, so that his body, which is already too cold, to keep some warmth.

To make things a little better, the cave where the party rests is small, which makes it a little warmer.

At the closest point to the entrance of the cave, the leader leaned against the rock wall and pretended to sleep, covered with a thick blanket. Despite this, Tetsuhei could still sense that the deep figure in the darkness was trembling slightly.

The entrance of the cave is the coldest place in the first place.

Tetsuhei tightened up, closing his eyes and trying to gather some sleep.

After two or three hours, Tetsuhei finally fell asleep dimly, temporarily freed from the cold.

Outside the cave, five or six dark shadows crept closer to the cave.

Different from the haggard and skinny escape team, their cheeks appear quite plump, and some of them even have slightly bulging bellies to look a little fat!

Cannibalism, there is no doubt that in such an era, the most adequate source of food that can make them become obese is of course people!

It's disgusting to devour the flesh and blood of your own kind, and that no animal would do it.

At this time, under the combined invasion of night and cold, even the spirit of the leader began to weaken, which made him not immediately notice the cannibals who were approaching here.

By the time he found out, it was too late, and the cannibal was already close.

There was a devouring light in their eyes, a light like beasts that could be seen even in the darkness of the night, they were beasts, they were demons, they were hungry ghosts who ate corpses!

The leader subconsciously sent out a common warning signal in the army, and a short and sharp whistle sounded, and the sharp sound penetrated the night sky and spread far away.

"Brute!"

He let out an angry sound, deftly dodging the machete wielded by one of them, grabbing kunai with one arm and sending it into the man's heart.

Laugh at!

At the same time, however, the dull sound of a sharp blade entering flesh rang out over him.

After all, he was only a ninja reserve, and he was disabled and hungry and cold, and he couldn't completely escape the attacks of several other cannibals while killing people.

The scorching pain came from several wounds, dissipating the cold like a stream of heat.

"Die!"

The leader let out a hoarse roar, an unusually chilling momentum emanating from him. Avoiding the vital points and allowing the blade to inflict damage on his body, he once again ended the life of a cannibal with the kunai that he had carefully maintained for ten years.

Mutter!

Suddenly, a sharp pain came from his ankle, and the team leader fell to one knee on the ground.

A man-eater grinned and writhed a sharp iron rod that pierced the leader's right foot.

"Ahh

A howl of pain emanated from the leader's mouth, and the smell of blood seemed to evoke the cannibals' disgusting desire to devour their kind.

The team members in the cave had long since been awakened from their sleep, and even in the cave, they could feel the breath of the predator-like beasts outside.

Fear, shrinking, powerless and not courageous to stand up and resist, legs and feet trembling!

Cough!

A mouthful of blood spat out of the leader's mouth, and he could feel it, even though it was so dark that he couldn't see it, he could still feel the panic of everyone in the team.

How similar is this scene to ten years ago.

Behind him are the people who must be protected as a soldier!

"Brute!"

He roared, kunai pierced the smiling cannibal's palm, and then pulled out the iron rod that had been inserted into his right foot.

"Whew!" It howls like a wolf, but it's the voice of a lone wolf defending its territory.

"Lao Tzu is still alive, not dead!"

For a moment, intimidated by his momentum, the remaining three or four cannibals took a few steps back. Then, like enraged beasts, they approached the leader again.

Knock knock!

Knock knock!

At this moment, the dull sound of drums came from not far away, and the sharp and short whistle pierced the night sky.

It's a signal for rescue!

Like ice and snow seeing sunlight, cannibals seem to hear the most terrifying sounds.

"It's Akatsuki!"

"It's Akatsuki!"

Frantically, they fled aimlessly into the distance, only to avoid the drums that represented order and majesty and the heavier and neat footsteps that became clearer and clearer.

"Yes, I am saved!"

When the light of the torches illuminated the vicinity, the crowd of uniforms and sharp weapons appeared in the sight of everyone, cheers rang out.

"Saved! Saved! “

"We are a patrol unit belonging to the Xiao Organization, and we heard your distress signal and came to the rescue!" The man in the red cloud uniform on a black background at the head made a dull voice, "Medic, heal quickly!" ”

"Everyone, stay vigilant, maintain order!"

With just one command, the whole team scattered as if it had been practiced countless times, and everyone completed their task with precision.

Shocked by this momentum, Tehei was speechless at all.

"Okay, that's amazing......"

Suddenly, Teruhei's eyes widened.

At the end of the horizon, an endless stream of golden light burst out.

Like a miracle, the black clouds were separated by a bright and holy pillar of light, revealing a rising sun in the east above the dark clouds!

"That'...... Is that...... Is that! “

The survivors trembled with excitement, and they could all hear cheers from far away.

The members of Akatsuki looked at the magnificent scene in the sky and let out a sound of admiration and pride.

"The clear sky and sunshine once a week are a miracle no matter how many times you see them!"

"This is our power, our power, the power of our City of Light, the power that is enough to crush the dark clouds and usher in the sun!"