Chapter 45: Fear

The place he thought of was the cliff face: not under the cliff, but right in the middle of it.

The basis is: you can't live together, but the people of the clan must be close to each other.

If the other party's station wants to meet this requirement, it can only dig a hole in a certain mountain wall, just like the dragon hole in the comics. And in order to hide the traces, there is a mountain wall that can be more suitable than the cliff face.

Of course, the uncertainty of this speculation is too large, so it is not very accurate. That's why Chiyo thinks this method is stupid: he can only list all the possibilities and try them one by one.

But compared to a carpet search of the entire mountain range, just walking back and forth along the cliff wall is quite time-saving.

So, after marking where he started, he walked to the side.

It was close to noon, and the fog had long since cleared. Halfway up the mountain, his perspective is parallel to the ground, so it is very peculiar: the blue sky on the left, the sea on the right, and the black mountains at his feet.

But he didn't take out his camera to record it, because the scene was so monotonous. There was only mud, the sea, the sky, and even because the mountains were so high, he couldn't even hear the sound of the sea, and only the sound of the wind was "whirring" in his ears.

"If only there was a tree," he thought to himself, "it would be a 'tree with a vertical view of the cliffs,' and then it would be worth taking pictures of." ”

Suddenly, a chirp reached Chiyo's ears through the sound of the wind, drawing his gaze. An eagle flew from his left front, above the cliff, and as he approached, it whizzed over his head like a bomber.

Staring at the lucky creature that had escaped death, he thought, "It's not a bad idea to have an eagle's nest." ”

Then move on.

Looking at the eagle again, it looked back after Chiyo, and its eyes looked very spiritual, and then flapped its wings vigorously and flew along the mountain wall in the opposite direction to Chiyo.

……

Ten minutes later, it landed on one arm.

The owner of the arm is a middle-aged man with yellow hair, a rugged face, and shabby but clean clothes.

After listening to the sound of the eagle for a while, he took some meat from the cave behind him and threw it to his pet.

"Isn't that man gone yet?"

The sound came from the other side of his cave, where there was also a cave with a man in it. Because the mountains here have sunken in, rift valleys have been formed, which has the effect of a bay: the wind from outside cannot get in.

So the other party's voice came very clearly.

"You also heard the words of "Gu Gu", the other party is walking along the mountain wall, although the current direction is not right, he will soon go back. You'll find out when the time comes. ”

After speaking, the person on the other side stood up, and then also came to the cave**.

The light from outside shone on the man, revealing an equally rugged face. He took a breath of the air outside, looked out into the sea, and then looked slightly sadly at the deepest part of the rift.

"The other party is just a child, even if he is a genius and has reached the level of upper ninja or even elite upper ninja, he will not be our opponent. After all, we have a numerical advantage. ”

The caves of these two men were located on the outermost side of the rift, and when they looked inside, they saw hundreds of the same caves lined up in sequence, and I think this is what the numerical advantage refers to.

The yellow-haired elder nodded, "The problem now is not on the outside, but on the inside. We can't hold back the shadow anymore. ”

As he spoke, he sighed, then looked into the deepest part of the rift. The light was already extremely dim, and through the shadow left by the mountain peak, he could faintly see the figure of the girl called "Little Shadow".

"Those who can't control their own people, the time of their madness is uncertain. The same goes for Shadow. After saying these meaningful words, he seemed a little irritated, and sat back down in the depths of the cave.

"The third child should have guessed the current situation a long time ago," the person opposite looked at the sea, with a smile on his face, but his eyes were extremely indifferent: "That's why she took the initiative to ask to go to sea." He said that he was going to exchange some daily necessities with the residents of the island, but in fact, he wanted to escape. ”

Hearing these words, the boss opened his eyes and looked at the companion opposite: "Control your emotions." Second, we can't get too excited. ”

The other party still looked like he was smiling, and said stiffly: "I'm not excited, I'm just a little emotional." ”

"Your expression is a sign of excitement." The boss thought to himself, after so many years of getting along with the other party, of course he understood what that expression meant. But he didn't say it, just tried to enlighten the companion in front of him again.

"You have to understand the third child, she is also forced to do so."

Looking at the disapproving expression, he knew that the other party must not have listened to this sentence, so he remembered the previous incident: "A few days ago, when we stopped Xiaoying, you also saw her at that time, right?" ”

Seeing that the other party's expression froze for a moment, he continued: "Put you into the role of the third child, do you think you can stay with Xiaoying?" If so, for how long? ”

With that, he closed his eyes and meditated silently on the ground.

In his heart, he also asked himself this question, and the answer he got was: no.

After knowing that his life will be ended by the people next to him at any time, and in the way of being eaten, no one can be calm. Maybe he could force himself to stay with that person, but over time, fear would grow like a weed in his heart. Finally drown him, and then he will undoubtedly go crazy.

Strange to say, he wasn't afraid of death, he was sure of that. But he is also sure that he is afraid of being eaten by others, and he can't suppress the fear in his heart at the thought that his body will be chewed up and rejected in other people's mouths.

After a long time, an answer came from the other side: "If Xiaoying were my daughter, I would definitely stay with her." ”

The voice was much lower.

"Fear is fear, it has nothing to do with blood." He replied, still with his eyes closed.

Then, as if he didn't want to talk about fear anymore, he changed the subject: "Our job is to protect our people, you know?" ”

"Hmm."

"Xiaoying is just one person, you can't hurt everyone for her alone." At this point, he paused, and then said with a seemingly difficult face, "So, we have to make up our minds as soon as possible." ”