"Tonight, in order to celebrate his 60th birthday, the Yi people in the settlement, Bright, will hold a dance at his home...most of the Yi people in the settlement will attend this dance."

"The barbarians are all gathered together... it will be very convenient to kill them."

"We disguised a large amount of kerosene as the sake that Yiren Bright ordered from Natsume Sohachiro, and openly transported the kerosene into the residence, and then prepared to catch all the barbarians participating in the Yiren Bright dance tonight, and

They killed them all, burned them all, and then helped burn the entire settlement to ashes..."

The "acne scar warrior" is finished.

Deathly silence suddenly surrounded the alleyway where everyone was...

…

--what did he say?

…

Although the voice of the "acne scar warrior" just now was very low, his words were quite clear. At least Kinoshita Mai could hear clearly what he was saying just now... But even so, Kinoshita Mai couldn't help but ask herself blankly in her heart.

"what did he say?"

A pair of beautiful eyes that were perfect in terms of size, eye shape, and proportion to the face were wide and wide, and the pupils as beautiful as black gemstones lost their original crystal brilliance because the sight suddenly became unable to focus.

Kinoshita Mai only felt as if the back of her head was hooked by a thread... She clearly heard every word and understood all the words of the "acne scar warrior" just now, but her head could not understand... No, it was because of the "acne scars"

The content of what "Samurai" just said was too terrifying. Under the influence of fear, her brain subconsciously refused to think further.

The shock is slow and long.

A strange feeling of paralysis spread throughout the body, as if the soul had lost control of the body, unable to speak or move even a finger.

Thump, thump, thump, thump... The heart seemed to be heavily compressed from the outside, beating so fast and hard.

It was obviously the heart in her body, but Mai Kinoshita felt that her heartbeat sounded like it was coming from somewhere outside her body.

It was as if the soul had lost control of the body and was starting to leave the body. Mai Kinoshita had the illusion that her field of vision had changed to a bird's-eye view, as if she could see herself standing on the ground, standing next to Qingto.

.

After what seemed to be a short time, but also seemed to be a long time, Kinoshita Mai felt that her soul had returned to her body.

It was only then that Kinoshita Mai realized that her back was covered with cold sweat that wet the entire yukata fabric on her back.

My eyes were dry because I kept forgetting to blink.

One scene after another, horrific scenes appeared in Kinoshita Mai's mind without any control, and then passed by Kinoshita Mai's eyes one by one.

The huge fire engulfed the settlement...

Countless people screamed and fled in all directions...

The people of the anti-barbarian group were like hunters hunting for prey, grinning ferociously while chasing down the fleeing people with knives...

Elodie...her best friend looked at the fire that surrounded her and her family in horror...

…

--don't want……

The scene was so horrifying that the blood color on Mai Kinoshita's originally fair and rosy face and alluring red lips faded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

She wanted her brain to stop these terrible imaginations, but the horrific scenes continued to spin and entangle in her mind.

——These madmen must be stopped!

Kinoshita Mai finally let out a clear shout in her heart.

But her panic was not alleviated or controlled.

After all, she is just a 15-year-old girl who has never experienced any big storms.

The "energy" of the plan that the anti-barbarian group plans to implement tonight has exceeded Kinoshita Mai's psychological endurance.

She knew exactly what she was going to do now, but all the thoughts in her mind were in a mess.

There are a lot of things I want to say...there are a lot of things I want to do in a hurry...but my brain, which has been unable to return to normal operation, just can't sort out these chaotic thoughts.

Kinoshita Mai was at a loss due to panic and fear...Natsume Sōhachiro on the side also had his eyes widened at this time, with a look of disbelief on his face.

When he was coerced into handing over the sake ordered by Bright, Sohachiro Natsume had already vaguely guessed that this group of people must be preparing to do something terrible.

But he didn't expect that the boldness of this group of people was far beyond the limits of his imagination...

The silent atmosphere gradually became solid, and then became solemn, and the air in the entire lane was extremely heavy as if it had solidified into liquid.

However, at this moment, someone's voice shattered the dead silence and heaviness of the moment.

"...When do you plan to start burning the settlement?"

Qingteng's tone was very calm... Kinoshita Mai couldn't help but turn her eyes to Qingteng in surprise, and then she saw Qingteng's expressionless and extraordinarily calm face.

——Tachibana-kun...did you hear what this person just said?

Because Qingden was so calm, even Kinoshita Mai couldn't help but murmur in her heart in disbelief.

"Twilight, twilight five o'clock..." "Pox-scarred warrior" he said.

Five o'clock in the evening... converted into modern time, it is 22 o'clock in the evening.

The current time is about 20:30...which means there is still about an hour and a half before the anti-barbarian group launches their attack.

"You'd better make sure that everything you just said is true. If I find out even half a lie later..."

Before Qingden finished speaking, the "Acne Scar Warrior" began to speak quickly:

"Everything I just said! Every word is true! I will never lie to you!"

After emphasizing his "honesty" loudly, the "Acne Scar Warrior" suddenly pursed his lips with a complicated expression.

Immediately afterwards, he was seen saying carefully to Qingdeng in a pleading tone:

"I...I provided so much information..."

"After that...can you give me a...lighter sentence...?"

This man who had previously been shouting arrogantly about "Heavenly Punishment" and "national traitors" and "only showing his fangs to national traitors, barbarians and those who had to sacrifice themselves for the great cause of expelling the barbarians", now pitifully begged the Qingdeng Gang

Help him and give him a light sentence.

Qingdeng ignored this guy.

After he glanced at this guy with a look that showed neither sadness nor joy, he stood up with his hands on his legs.

"Miss Kinoshita."

Hearing Qingteng calling her, Kinoshita Mai quickly focused her eyes and attention on Qingteng.

"Take these two things I have and go to the Kokuban Station, and tell Tong Xin, Inoya Hanjiro, who is currently working the night shift at the Kita Station: Tachibana Aoden has discovered the new trend of the anti-barbarian group, and the anti-barbarian group plans to

The residence will be set on fire tonight."

"In short, we are telling all the details of the anti-barbarian group's preparations to attack the settlement, so that the government can quickly organize manpower to go to the settlement."

Qingteng took off the inlong and jushou from his right waist and handed them to Kinoshita Mai.

"If they ask you who you are, show them these two things and say you are my friend. As long as you say so and show them these two things, they will believe you."

Kinoshita Mai hugged the Jushou and Yinlong handed over by Qingtou, blinked... and there was a look of surprise on her eyebrows.

To put it bluntly, why... Kinoshita Mai now only feels that the panic and fear that filled her heart just now are melting away as quickly as snow.

Seeing Qingden's calm look and listening to Qingden's calm voice... a strange sense of stability surged in Kinoshita Mai's heart.

The brain begins to function normally again, and thoughts are no longer chaotic.

"Tachibana-kun," she asked, "I'm going to Beifansuo...then where are you going?"

Qingnobo's direction just now was quite clear. He only asked Mai Kinoshita to go to the North Station to move and rescue alone, without saying a word about what he was going to do.

"The two of us will act separately." Qingdeng raised his head and glanced at the sky, "There is still some time before the anti-barbarian group officially launches an attack..."

"The anti-barbarian group's attack on the settlement tonight is bound to involve a large number of personnel, and may even be deployed in full force."

"Whether it is evacuating the residents of the settlement or repelling the incoming anti-insurgency group, these are not tasks that I can complete alone now."

"Even if I rush to the residence quickly and tell the people inside, 'Run away,' I'm a soft-spoken person, so no one will pay attention to me."

"Most of the residents in the residence will not know a Kazuto in a serious way."

The face of Elodie's tutor whom he had seen a few days ago...that is, the face of Gerald who often looked down upon Qingdeng, appeared in Qingdeng's mind.

"In short, if you want to stop the attacks of those lunatics, you must let the government personally intervene."

"So, Miss Kinoshita, can I give you the task of 'notifying the government to send someone to rescue'? You are much faster than me. This task is more suitable for you than for me."

"I need to rescue Miss Sanako and the others first."

Qingto turned his gaze and looked in the direction of where the "pox-scarred warrior" just mentioned that Sanako and others were being imprisoned.

“Although these lunatics keep claiming that they ‘cannot wield butcher knives’, we cannot believe everything they say.”

"Miss Sanako and the others must be rescued as soon as possible, otherwise things may change later."

"After I rescue Miss Sanako and the others, I will rush to the settlement and join the government's large forces to repel all the incoming anti-barbarian groups!"
To be continued...