Chapter III Entrustment of the Village Chief
"Uh-huh......"
The eyes first opened a line, and a white light instantly pierced into the eyes, shaking people's spirits, and as Kyoshiro slowly opened his eyes, his original consciousness that was still a little groggy also returned.
After opening his eyes, Kyoshiro's erratic pupils gradually adjusted to the light, and after fixing the focus accurately, he saw four serious faces that seemed to him to be fierce and vicious.
The four men were staring at Kyoshiro with serious expressions at the moment, and if he remembered correctly, they were the same people who had attacked him and Yuya Shiina from behind with shovels and scythes.
The moment he saw these four people clearly, Kyoshiro's pupils suddenly contracted, he finally came to his senses, and he became nervous, Kyoshiro swallowed a mouthful of saliva silently, opened his mouth wide but didn't make any sound.
"Don't, even if you kill me, you can only get a hundred wen!"
It's just that in the next second, Kyoshiro's screaming sound sounded in the room, and then he lifted the quilt in a panic and crawled to the ground to escape.
"It's all right, Kyoshiro."
Who knew that just a few steps after climbing out, the voice of Shiina Yuya with a narrow smile suddenly came from the side, and at this time she was sitting among the four people and looked at Kyoshiro who was lying on the ground in embarrassment, covering his mouth and snickering.
"This is the home of the village chief of Asama Village."
"Huh?" Kyoshiro stopped when he heard Yuya's voice, he looked back curiously, and the expression that was about to cry immediately froze on his face.
Only then did he realize that there were many people around the bed where he was lying just now, and these people were looking at him dumbfounded, and the girl from the night was among them.
"I'm sorry, but the villagers were really rude to you just now, they thought you were bad people."
At this time, a kind old man in the crowd walked out slowly, he clasped his hands together, and said to Kyoshiro with some embarrassment.
It was evident that the old man was very old, but his eyes were still bright, and they shone with wisdom and compassion.
"Old man! Wouldn't it be ironic to be killed for getting the wrong person? ”
Kyoshiro finally understood what was going on, he was still thinking about how he was attacked for no reason, but the fact that the facts were clarified does not mean that the hardships he suffered and the appearance of the foreign people he suffered because of this did not exist.
"I'm really sorry, so we wanted to ask you to ...... A good meal may not be an apology, but there is only so much that can be done with the current state of the village. ”
Although Kyoshiro, who was angry, said something disrespectful, the old man didn't care, still smiling, and waved his hand at a woman in the crowd as he spoke.
The woman smiled and nodded in agreement, and then went into the inner room, from which she brought out a plate containing a delicious meal that she had specially prepared to make atonement.
Seeing the hot food being served, Kyoshiro's eyes lit up, and he realized that he didn't know how long he had been asleep, and his stomach was already hungry, and he was 'gurgling' at this time.
"Rude to me? It's not like that, don't you think I'm living a good life now? Kyoshiro looked up and smiled at the village elder as he gobbled up food into his mouth.
Holding his forehead on the side and pretending not to know this person, Shiina Yuya was full of black lines at this time, and said in his heart that he was still aggressive just now and wanted to ask the teacher to ask for guilt, but in the end, your life is only worth a full meal?
"Ah, by the way, village elder, what the hell is going on in the village? Everyone was full of murderous aura just now, and there were those who died......" Shiina Yuya suddenly patted her head, she had been waiting for Kyoshiro to wake up, and she suddenly remembered that there were still many doubts that had not been answered.
"If the good weather like this year continues, the crops will probably be abundant." The village elder squinted his eyes and said with a smile, the corners of his eyes were also wrinkled by this smile, and if he looked closely, he could see a faint trace of longing and expectation in his eyes.
"It's been four years since the Battle of Sekigahara, and in that duel, many young people in Asama Village lost their lives because of it, and although they lost many of their talents, everyone pinned their hopes on this bumper harvest and looked forward to using it as an opportunity to rebuild our village, and at this moment, no one expected that the brothers would come and attack the village."
"The brothers?" Yuya Shiina frowned slightly, as if thinking of something, there was a pair of notoriously murderous brothers in her bounty wanted book. "First brother?"
"That's right, it's them, and the Night Maiden knows about them?" Speaking of these two brothers, even the village elder, who has always been kind, gritted his teeth a little, which shows how serious evil the brothers have committed to the village.
"Well, I've heard of it. It's clearly in front of you, but you don't know when it attacks from behind, coming and going without a shadow, and the boss who is known for his agility is comparable to the wind; and his younger brother Hammer Bruji, who is said to be able to cleave rocks with one hand, and is known for his incredible strength. ”
The first brother is her next important target, knowing that she is invincible, and Shiina Yuya has also done a lot of research on this, so she knows a little about their situation.
"Those brothers are not people, they are devils, no one can beat them! We organized resistance many times but in vain, and since then, those guys have begun to demand rather unreasonable amounts of money and all kinds of valuables, and if this continues, the village will be doomed. ”
Every time the village elder mentioned the pair of brothers, he was like a different person, his eyes were full of hatred, the more he talked, the more indignant he became, and he even clenched his hands involuntarily, but his tone was a little low from beginning to end, and he sighed helplessly at the end.
"If anyone can defeat the pair of wanted criminals and the first brothers, the village will more or less put together some bonuses......" The village chief continued, but at this time his confidence is not very strong, I am afraid that there is no one in his heart more terrible than these two brothers.
Kyoshiro, who was busy destroying food with his head buried in his head, suddenly raised his head when he heard this, and he subconsciously looked at Yuya Shiina who was drinking tea with his head down next to him.
Generally speaking, those who can be bounty hunters always have a strong obsession with money that is different from ordinary people.
Sure enough, Yuya Shiina, who was listening carefully while drinking tea with his head down, stopped drinking tea the moment the village elder mentioned the word reward, and waited quietly with the teacup in both hands.
And when the old man said the two special words bonus, her originally calm and waveless face appeared with a light that could be called excitement.
It was an undisguised joy, like an unstoppable desire for a drunkard to meet a rare good wine, or an old glutton's encounter with a delicious meal.
Really afraid of something, Kyoshiro stared blankly at Shiina Yuya's charming smile that suddenly bloomed like a flower, and as the smile became brighter and brighter, Kyoshiro's mouth opened wider and wider, and his body began to break out in a cold sweat.
As he expected, the Night Girl was actually no different from other bounty hunters, they all couldn't walk when they saw the prize.
But he can't stay here and die in vain, what kind of barbarian brother, just by hearing the name, you know how terrible it is, even such a kind person as the village chief will break out in a cold sweat and tremble when he mentions the names of these two brothers, besides, so many people died so miserably, this kind of place really can't stay for a long time......
Just when Kyoshiro made up his mind and wanted to sneak away while everyone was not paying attention, he had just taken a step forward when a hand as white as jade suddenly reached out and grabbed him by the collar, making him unable to move forward even one step.
"Where do you want to run?"
The owner of that hand didn't even look back, she just gently tugged at Kyoshiro's collar with her backhand, but no matter how much he used his hands and feet, he couldn't break free.
Shiina Yuya covered half of her face with her other hand, she was really completely speechless to Kyoshiro, and everyone wanted to slip away, you think so many villagers' eyes are decorations.
"Ahem," Yuya Shiina coughed softly with his fist to his mouth, quickly drawing everyone's attention away from Kyoshiro, who was still struggling.
"It's a bit presumptuous, I want to take this first brother's bounty." Seeing that the villagers were looking at them curiously, Shiina sat up and straightened his back.
Then she took out a glittering name card from her body, which was printed with four big golden characters of the bounty heroine Shiina Yuya, and the official seal of the government on the back.
"I'm the bounty heroine Shiina Yuya who is praised by the people in the rivers and lakes, 'There are strange people in the Tokaido', so leave it to me to deal with the first brothers."
"Really? That's great, the village is struggling to find a suitable bounty hunter. ”
After hearing that she was a bounty hunter and volunteered to help the villagers solve their problems, the original sad expression suddenly relaxed, but this 'there are strange people in Tokaido' Yunyun doesn't seem to have heard of it.
"Well, forgive me for being rude, is it really okay for a little girl like you to face a murderous brute brother alone?" Although Shiina Yuya had already taken over the task, the village elder didn't think that this weak-looking girl could really deal with the pair of brothers, and although it was very rude to doubt the ability of a bounty hunter, he couldn't help but remind him out of kindness.
"You can rest assured, I'm a professional in this business, and a qualified bounty hunter won't take on the task easily if he is not completely sure."
Shiina Yuya patted her tall and proud chest and said with a package ticket, but soon she entered the topic: "By the way, uncle, how much is the prize money prepared for the reward in the village this time, and our food and accommodation must also be arranged......"
"Yuya girl is also a ghost, she is a money ghost......" In order to prevent Kyoshiro from trying to escape again, he was tied up again, and at this moment he sat up straight not far from the door and pricked up his ears to listen carefully to the conversation between Shiina Yuya and the village elder, Kyoshiro muttered quietly while listening, "I have to find a way to escape quickly." ”
"Huh?" Suddenly, Kyoshiro noticed that the place behind him was where the door was located, as if someone was secretly watching him, a pure gaze that was cautious and targeted, but did not know how to hide it at all.
But when he turned his head to look, the man flashed out of the door in a bit of a panic, leaving only a small shadow in the corner of his clothes, which seemed to be just a child.