Chapter 124 - Negotiation

Time goes back to before, the moment when Kimura was called to stop. (See Chapter 120, at the end of Gray Plains and Thousand Feathers' perspectives)

"Wait a minute, Mr. Kimura."

"Huh?" After hearing the surprising sound, Kimura turned around, and the shotgun was instantly aimed at the source of the sound。。。。。。 on the head.

Because Kimura subconsciously aimed at the height of an adult's chest, and the person who spoke was a child.

Gray Yuan Ai held the notebook in one hand, and a few sheets of paper, apparently from the notebook, in the other, and looked at him quietly.

"You're caught in the net?" Kimura grinned and approached Ashbara.

"I'm going to make some deal with you," the corners of Gray Yuan's mouth curled slightly, as if to laugh at the other party's childishness. "The notebook is for you, you can see if there's anything missing in it."

"What's missing?" Kimura was surprised, and after catching the notebook, he hurriedly opened it and began to check it. A moment later, when Kimura raised his head again, there was already an angry expression on his face. "Where did you get those pages?"

"Our little note is a ballad about where the treasure is," Gray Plains said lightly. And the signature and content on the notebook indicate that a forerunner named Ku Baochun has parsed the meaning of the treasure ballad. However, I have torn off the paper that recorded Mr. Hisaku's analysis. ”

"Where did you hide those papers?" Kimura's tone raised an octave again. "Is that the one you have!?"

"Look," Gray Hara showed Kimura the paper in his hand—it was written in a font that Kimura was familiar with, and he was sure that it was the handwriting in his notebook. "Say goodbye to these pages!"

Before Kimura could react, Ash Yuan Ai picked up these pieces of paper and swallowed them in one gulp!

"What!" Kimura was stunned, and after reacting, he rushed to the side of Ashbara like crazy, and then lifted Ashbara with one hand, and the other hand reached into Ashbara's mouth, trying to pick out Ashbara's tightly closed teeth. "Bastard!"

After Kimura chooses to scratch Aihara's gums with his fingernails, Ai does not open his mouth, although his whole body trembles.

When Ash Yuan finally opened her mouth, the notes had already been swallowed by her.

"Bastard!" Kimura took out the hand that was in Ashbara's mouth and strangled Ashbara's neck.

In a state of near-suffocation, Ash chose the toughest counterattack - she grabbed Kimura's hand around her neck with both hands, pressing the gravity of her whole body on a little of Kimura's arm.

"You're too light, little girl," Kimura said sarcastically. "So light that I don't have to—"

The sarcastic words were cut off, and when he looked down, his face turned blue at the sight of a vital foot, and his hands let go with a wail of pain. Ash Yuan took the opportunity to fall back to the ground and took a few steps back.

Men are really fragile... Gray Plains pursed his lips. Just one kick from below, no matter how strong the person is, will suffer a fatal blow. However, it would also cause the man's anger to be monstrous.

"You go to die!" When Kimura roared again, his anger was beyond measure, and the shotgun in his hand seemed to be about to fire in the next moment.

"If you kill me, you won't get the treasure." The next words of Ai made Kimura calm down instantly.

"What do you mean by that?" Kimura took a deep breath and turned the muzzle of his shotgun away from Ashbara. "Do you have a way to find the treasure?"

"It's just a few pages," Ashbara raised his head, looking at Kimura fearlessly. "It's very easy to memorize."

"You mean..." A frenzied spark flashed in Kimura's eyes.

"If you can meet my condition of not being out of line," Gray Yuan said without humility or arrogance. "Then I'll be happy to take you to the treasure."

"On what terms?" Kimura was slightly stunned by Ashbara's fearlessness, and his tone became calmer.

"I can take you to find the treasure, but I ask that you do not disturb my companions and do no harm to them." Ash Hara smiled because he had the upper hand in the negotiations. "If you violate this, I will not hesitate to die to cut off your wealth."

"The premise is that they can't come and find trouble, otherwise it will be unfair to me." Kimura was slightly surprised to put forward his own conditions - it was terrible... This girl has such guts...

"At the same time, as much as I think it's difficult, I hope you can make a commitment," Gray Yuan continued. "Let me go when you find the treasure."

"Does this promise make any sense?" Kimura raised an eyebrow. "With all due respect, this promise is not very fair to you."

"It's better to have a promise than nothing, and you don't mind committing anyway, do you?" Gray Plains mourns and spreads his hands. "What do you think of this deal?"

"Huh," Kimura shook his head and smiled wryly. "Yes, I promise you that I can abide by these conditions as long as you are pointing the way you are not in trouble. I want a proof, though, that you memorized that note. ”

"The brilliance of the rising sun, the afterglow of the setting sun, where does it fall." Ash said calmly - she spoke slowly, for she was perfectly safe during the time when the treasure had not yet been found, and she needed to buy time for a boy who had escaped with her.

"The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, which means that this sentence contains both east and west directions." Gray Plains continued to speak. "Kubao Baoharu found these hints in a secret room, and if you look due east from that secret room, you will find a soul suppression statue not far away—it is a unique soul suppression statue, because the stone statue has been built there since the Takeda period, and only the Kurobuchi Shrine is as old as it."

Next, Mr. Ku Baoharu used a map to determine the distance between the Soul Suppression Statue and the secret room, which was about 2,100 meters. The hint states that there are two directions, east and west, and the east is the soul suppression statue, so it is likely that there is something of value in the west. Eventually, Mr. Ku Baochun found another statue of the soul in the West. ”

"So, how did Mr. Ku Baochun decide that he was going this way and not the other?" Kimura asked, like an elementary school teacher.

"This requires the analysis of the second sentence," Gray Yuan smiled. "I'll tell you later what it means to be 'chasing a mouse, jumping in the middle of a jump, and taking a few steps apart'. But I need you to deliver on that promise now. ”

"Okay." Kimura nodded helplessly. "Let's get back to the car."

At that moment, the sound of a shotgun tore through the air and reached the ears of the two of them.