They have saved people on the way from earlier, and within the bus is full of supplies worth a week for these 22 men. Except for two of them, there are an additional 20 people who are accepted by Yue Zhong.
"The old bitch is here. Make sure we will be compensated generously." One of the brothers said. Xiulan doesn't know which one since she was staring at her feet.
The Hokage sat heavily on his chair when he finished reading the report. Just when he lit his pipe, a knock sounded on his office door.
"Were you eavesdropping, Ryan?"
"Maybe. At very least I think they'll ban out Sharpshooter." Kelly shrugged dramatically. "My guess is Miranda will say they won't."
[No.]
I turned my head away from her and the Professor, my gaze fell on the mountains that appeared through the windows and with profound indifference, I scoffed and said, "Excuse me.
But Dos… Dos wasn't as quick to dismiss them. He just stared at them for a moment, his mind clearly racing, trying to piece together why these two, these ghosts from my past, were here now. His eyes flicked to me, like he was waiting for some kind of explanation. But I couldn't give him one—not when everything inside me was a tangled mess of emotions.
A few kilometers away, Somewhere in the lush forest where an invisible spiral bed of stone formation lies the creature in its middle.
He waited a good five minutes just to be sure. He looked down at me and smiled,
"Hello, my name is Barro. I am a wanderer of sorts and I was looking for a job. I can craft a variety of goods and I was hoping I could introduce myself here to either get a job directly or be referred to a place nearby that could put my skills to use." I reached out my hand to shake hands with the man in white, but he simply looked my hand over as if it were a strange beast. After an awkward moment I put my hand down.
"Can't guess yet who am I?"