A night without moonlight is incomparably dark and silent.

And in this chaotic sleep in the remote mountainous area, Hongdou dreamed of that man again.

"Orochimaru-sama."

"Red Bean, I decided to leave the village, do you want to come with me?"

“...”

The man waited for a while before turning away, and the infinite halo gradually swallowed the man's back until he could no longer be seen.

"Orochimaru!"

Azuki woke up from the bed abruptly, and exclaimed the man's name in his mouth.

After a moment of silence, gasping for breath, Azuki saw the silence of a slight snoring on the other bed.

Hongdou knew that he had that dream again, so he could only say the habitual name that had been engraved in his mind in a lost way, which could be regarded as a beginning and an end.

"Orochimaru-sama..."

The current red bean doesn't remember anything related to Orochimaru, and only heard from others that the rebellious ninja Orochimaru in the village is his master, and this repetitive dream.

For this master who has "never met", Hongdou is both curious and afraid.

Curiosity is curiosity about what kind of person your master is.

For this reason, Azuki did not hesitate to approach Tsunade, wanting to learn about Orochimaru from Tsunade, who was also one of the three ninjas, a stranger who should have been familiar.

And afraid, naturally Orochimaru is an S-level rebel in the village, and he is also the man who left that terrible curse mark on himself.

I touched the curse mark on my neck, and as usual, whenever I dreamed of the contents of Orochimaru, the skin on the curse mark would have a burning pain.

Red Beans are used to this situation.

Only today, the pain will be more pronounced.

Quietly waiting for the pain to dissipate, the red bean smacked his lips slightly, and the collision between his teeth made a dry grinding sound.

It may be that after eating too many sweets at night, the red beans feel dry in their mouths, and the brain constantly sends signals that they are thirsty and want to drink water.

The human body is an incomparably delicate machine, various elements maintain a delicate balance in the human body, as long as a certain part of the elements are replenished too much, the brain will send corresponding signals to dilute this part of the excess trace elements.

The maids of Abe's Ishitaro family cook sweetly, and whether it is rice or miso soup, there is a lot of sugar added to it.

This is acceptable for red beans who love sweets such as red bean soup and dumplings, but judging from the taste of ordinary people, such meals are very weird.

Doesn't the body gain weight like a ball if you eat sweetened foods all the time?

...

Stepping out of bed, Azuki gently pushed open the door, trying to go to the kitchen on the first floor to get some water to drink.

Abe's very sturdy floor does not squeak even if you step on it, which makes Abeshi dare to feel confident and boldly grope down the wall on a night without moonlight.

But just as his hand touched a wall somewhere, Red Bean suddenly felt a tingling pain in his fingers.

Red Bean quickly retracted his hand and looked in front of him, only to find that a piece of wood had pierced into the flesh of his fingertips.

Fortunately, the wood did not penetrate particularly deeply, just pull out the wooden thorns and lick them again.

Red Bean pulled out the wooden thorn, although there was a tingling pain, but forcibly held back without making a sound, and then put his finger in his mouth and sucked.

The warm liquid flows into the mouth, and a fishy-sweet taste glides over the tip of the tongue.

This texture and taste...

Red Beans never realized that human blood would taste so good!

Some resemble special red bean soup.

As if awakened to some special fetish, Akina greedily sucks his own blood while inspecting the wall that stabbed him.

It was a small piece of wooden wall that looked like it had been chopped through by an axe, and from which the spikes protruded.

This surprised Azuki a little.

Who would use such force to chop down the walls of their own house?

With the experience of being stabbed, Azuki no longer dared to touch the walls of Abe's house at will, and could only move slowly step by step.

Walking out of the corner of the stairs, Azuki noticed that the hall on the first floor was still lit with a faint light.

Is there anyone who hasn't slept at such a late hour?

Azuki tiptoed to the lobby on the first floor and saw that Ishitaro Abe, who was lying in an easy chair during the day, was still lying there.

Similar to the daytime position, Abe Ishitaro's body barely moved, his whole body wrapped in a blanket, only his head resting on the backrest, leaning weakly to the other side.

Could it be...

Seeing this scene, a trace of the worst thought flashed in Hongdou's heart.

Although Tsunade diagnosed Abe Ishitaro's body as not sick, in the eyes of any ordinary person, Abe Ishtaro is a frail old man who is about to die, and it is not impossible that he will die quietly at some point and moment.

Azuki stepped forward lightly and slowly reached for Abe Ishitaro's head tilted to the other side, trying to test his snort.

But just as Azuki's hand was already stretched out, Abe Shitaro suddenly turned his head and glared at Azuki with an expressionless face.

"Ahh

Red Bean was startled by the sudden change and quickly retracted her hand.

"I'm sorry, I thought you..."

"Are you looking forward to interstellar travel?" Abe Shitaro didn't wait for Azuki to finish speaking, and interrupted Azuki Bean.

"What?"

"Are you going on an interstellar trip?"

"If you're looking forward to a visit to distant planes and the unknown, they can grant your wish faster than the speed of light."

"Sorry, I didn't understand what you were saying."

Abe Shitaro ignored the red bean and said a series of words to himself that no one could understand.

"You can't imagine how far they've advanced science."

"They allow you to see and feel new worlds full of unknowns one after another."

"The first destination of this interstellar journey is Yogs, a wonderful world occupied by their race."

"There are majestic cities on that planet that they have built, and in these cities stand huge terraced buildings and towers."

"These buildings are built with that strange black boulder, and they can extract a metal material from this rare mineral, which is why they came to your world."

"Because their world is so far away from the sun, the Yogs are a world full of darkness, but they don't need light either, and their giant houses and temples don't even need windows, and the presence of light only harms them and confuses them."

"They can sense everything around them as long as they have those sensitive organs, and in their world, they are omnipotent!"

"Remember, there's no need to be afraid of the darkness of that world."

"Their existence may be terrible to you, but they have come to our world since time immemorial, and have seen things that are more terrifying than the horror we have when we look at them!"

"Oh, that green city that floats on the water..."

"Oh, that's horrible!"