Just when the old man was looking for the traces of Gray Yuan Ai with Qian Yu, Gray Yuan Ai was actually watching them with Mitsuhiko. And at this moment, she didn't want to come out and recognize them like this.

"How could this idiot be with the murderer?" Gray Yuan looked at the old man beside Qianyu, and cursed Qianyu through gritted teeth.

……

About 30 minutes ago.

"Still no trace?" Gray Yuan looked at the barbed wire fence separating the neutral zone from the hunting area, and said to Mitsuhiko, who was a little depressed beside him.

"yes, I didn't find it, God knows where Yuantai went." Mitsuhiko's expression was rather unhappy.

"If not, he also made the soil marks here." Ash Hara sighed slightly, motioning for Mitsuhiko to come and see what she was staring at—a trail of dirt that had also been stained with what appeared to be from the sole of her shoe. "Really, why do you keep looking for this kind of ...... for us?"

As Ash Hara looked at this with a troubled expression, she and Mitsuhiko suddenly heard the sound of swaying grass—a close bush in the hunting area on the other side of the barbed wire.

The stirring sound was very short, as if a person had accidentally made a movement, and then quickly stopped.

"It's supposed to be Yuantai, right?" After exchanging glances with Ashbara, Mitsuhiko immediately changed to an unhappy expression and quietly climbed the barbed wire, preparing to pull Motota out of the grass - and Ashbara also thought for a moment before deciding to climb over together.

[This guy actually let us waste so much time here, and take the risk of coming to the hunting area with him, and he will look good later!] This is the common view of Ai and Mitsuhiko.

Until they find out that they seem to have made a mistake.

“！？” Gray Yuan Wai showed a surprised expression and subconsciously took a step back.

Mitsuhiko's performance was even more surprised, and the reason why he didn't take a step back in the panic and surprise like Gray Hara's was the thing that surprised them themselves.

Just now, when Mitsuhiko reached into the grass and tried to drag out Motota, who was still shaking from time to time, to teach a lesson, it was not Motota who rushed out - what was pressing on Mitsuhiko now was a small black bear that was not as big as the two of them.

"Gray Plains save me! Bear! Bear! Mitsuhiko had completely lost his judgment and just grabbed the ground with his hands and feet, trying to make his body crawl backwards, trying to get rid of the bear cub in such a ridiculous way.

Then, he saw that Gray Yuanwai, who had stabilized his mind, picked up the bear from his body with an unpredictable smile. "Don't worry, it's just a little guy - it looks like it's only a few months, right?"

After being picked up by Gray Plains, the bear looked a little uneasy, but because it was really too small, it couldn't break free from the crooks of Gray Plains' arms - but it was probably not that small, so it was a little difficult for Gray Plains to hold it like this, and finally she put the bear back on the ground. "Tsuburaya-san, don't be so nervous, you're still much stronger than this bear anyway, don't be so panicked."

"I'm sorry!" Mitsuhiko quickly sat up, his expression full of shame. "yes, there's nothing to be afraid of this thing......"

"No, it's right to panic, because such a small bear is not old enough to survive alone without its mother," Gray Yuan Wai described the rather terrible fact in a leisurely tone. "In other words, if there is such a small bear here, there should be a much larger female bear nearby. It may not be that troublesome for adult men, but we are still just small children, so it is important to pay attention to this in this regard. Or in the worst-case scenario, maybe this big guy is watching us right next to us—"

Just as he was saying this, the gunfire was sudden.

"Smack!" The sound is very close, as if it is within a few tens of meters.

"Hunter?" Mitsuhiko's first reaction was a little excited.

"What kind of animal?" But this is what Gray Plains cares about. "It won't be...... It's mom, right? ”

While they were worried about this, the bear let out a low growl (which, of course, sounded a little funny to Gray Plain's size) and ran in the direction where the gunshots were coming from.

"Huh?" Gray Yuan's reaction was a beat slower, and he couldn't hold the bear that ran towards him like this. "Don't! Come back! If you go over, you'll be killed! ”

Of course, Little Bear definitely couldn't understand human words, so after realizing how stupid his actions were, Gray Yuan Ai chose to hurriedly follow, ready to pick up Little Bear and take him to a safe place.

[The sound of the gun is not too loud, so the distance should not be very close, if you move fast enough, you should be able to hold the little one before the bear runs into the hunter's range-] Gray Yuan Ai followed behind the little bear, and while closing the distance between herself and the little bear, she thought about how to take the little bear to take refuge next, but she soon realized that she was thinking too naïve.

Because just as she was about to catch the bear, a tree not far in front of her suddenly burst into a splash of sawdust. "Smack!"

“！？” Gray Yuan Ai was obviously not mentally prepared for the shooting, and was taken aback. But Mitsuhiko behind him was much more calm because he didn't face the gunfire directly, just raised his hands and shouted loudly to the designer who was standing in an unknown place in front of him.

"Please don't shoot! We are humans, not bears! ”

As Mitsuhiko said this, Gray Hara Wai stepped forward quickly and hugged the bear cub who was hiding behind the tree that had been shot in front of him for some reason, only half of his butt was exposed. "Alright, little one, let's get out of here, or we'll ......"

When Gray Plains walked up behind the bear and tried to pick it up......

"Bang!" Without warning, a second bullet rang out again, this time less than 50 centimeters above Ashbara's head.

“！？” Gray Plains froze as he hugged the bear, just staring in surprise at the bullet holes in the trunk of the tree directly above him.

[How could it be...... Don't you see that we are human? 】

With this question in mind, Gray looked in the direction where the gunshots came from—this time she captured the location and image of the person who fired the shot.

It was an elderly hunter, and it seemed to be looking at them with a gun—watching her and Mitsuhiko connect as humans, not bears.

[Staring at us? That means he's noticed us, but why would he shoot in that case? 】

At this time, the bear suddenly made some strange noises, causing Gray Yuan to look down at the bear again.

Then she realized that she had probably found out why the shooter had deliberately targeted the two humans.

The bear's black nose was constantly touched, and at the same time, it was gently scratched by its tongue, so that part of it was constantly stripped off from its whole......

It was the corpse of a male who had died from a gunshot.

"This ......" Mitsuhiko also discovered the existence of the corpse, and hurriedly looked at Gray Yuan Ai. This...... We ......"

"Run!"

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