Chapter 162: Yuan 1's Plan
"It should be a peach tree..."
Hearing the uncertainty in Xuanmi's tone, Wolf did not pursue the matter further. He finished his meal in silence, then washed the dishes and kitchen utensils with Xuanmi. Under Xuanmi's curious gaze, he put the sundries into his possession.
Then he looked at the mountain full of peach trees, and the wolf turned around and said to Xuan Mi who had just recovered.
"Follow up..."
After saying that, he leaned over and rushed into the mountains. Xuan Mi, who had long been accustomed to it, had a bitter look on his face, but his legs had already taken a step forward subconsciously. The owl beside him cooed happily and flew into his arms, determined to contribute to Xuan Mi's good health.
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"Mr. Yunichi... the travel expenses should be enough... we can leave here..."
In the back kitchen of a restaurant, Tanjiro, who was wearing an apron and a headgear and was mopping the floor vigorously, raised his head with a guilty look and whispered a reminder to Yuichiro who was cooking seriously beside him.
He stopped the work in his hands and muttered softly.
"Really... Then it's time to say goodbye to the boss."
Then she took off the apron tied around her waist and walked towards the boss who was standing at the front desk with shining eyes and counting the coins in his hand.
When the boss saw Yunyi coming out, his face lit up with joy, then he looked at Yunyi in a flattering manner and said.
"What do you want to talk to me about, Mr. Yunyi?"
Ignoring the boss's flattering tone, Yuan extended his hand to the other party expressionlessly and said lightly.
"Please also give us our wages for the past few days."
Hearing this, the boss was stunned at first, then quickly smiled and agreed, taking out some of the coins from his hand and putting them in Yuanyi's hand.
"Hehe, this is what you two deserve. Let's work hard together in the future!"
The boss looked at the restaurant full of customers, and from time to time he could hear the guests praising the taste of the food. His face lit up with joy, and he didn't notice that Yoshiichirō, who was standing beside him, was already walking out of the house with a guilty-looking Tanjiro.
By the time he came to his senses from his joy, Yoriichirō and Tanjiro, who kept looking back because of anxiety, had already walked out of the house. The boss, who had come to his senses, let out a strange cry, swung his legs and ran towards the two people outside the house.
He ran out of the store and saw the two figures. He pounced and tried to hug Yunyi's calf, but in the end he just hugged air. Looking at the two people gradually leaving, tears flowed from his eyes and he shouted loudly.
"Why do you want to leave? Isn't the salary I offer high enough?"
However, Yoshiichiro continued to walk out of the town with Tanjiro, ignoring the boss's crying and shouting behind him.
While walking on the road, Tanjiro kept looking at the boss behind him with an expression of pity on his face. Seeing him like this, Yunyi's expression softened and he explained softly to the other party.
“…We’ve already told him that we’ll leave once we’ve earned enough money for the trip. He’s just worried that we won’t be able to make money in the future. But we still need to solve Tanjuro’s illness as soon as possible…”
Hearing this, the guilt on Tanjiro's face finally disappeared a little. Seeing this, Yoriichi continued.
"After we cure Tanjuro's illness, we will come back here to help the boss and make up for the loss we caused him when we left..."
After Yoriichi finished speaking, Tanjiro smiled and nodded to Yoriichi repeatedly.
"Uh-huh!"
Slowly walking out of the town, the two of them headed towards the location of the next Dacheng Town according to the map they had bought.
Completely different from the wolves' route, Yoriichi and Tanjiro's itinerary mostly involves traveling between towns, because Yoriichi remembered what Miss Tamayo had said at the time.
She wanted to hide in a place where Muzan couldn't find her, study pharmacology, and use drugs to turn the Ghost King, whose physical body was difficult to destroy, back into a human being, and then kill him.
In this case, the other party will definitely live in seclusion in a place with rich pharmacological knowledge. Through his investigation during the time when Tanjiro was unconscious, Yoriichi roughly knew the place that met the requirements.
Osaka, Tokyo Asakusa, Toyama Prefecture, Nagoya.
Among the four locations, Asakusa is particularly likely, because Tamayo knows Muzan's extremely cowardly nature, so there is a high possibility that she will choose the densely populated Asakusa as the place to hide herself.
So the next plan of the two is to keep moving towards the next town, earning money along the way while training Tanjiro's physical strength, and then they can teach him the technique of Sun Breathing.
Until they came to a town where they could take the train, by which time they had saved enough money to buy tickets and finally go straight to Asakusa.
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On the other side, Xuan Mi was running wildly in the mountains, sweating profusely. In the cold winter, white mist was coming out of his body. His eyes were looking straight at the wolf that was curled up in front of him.
In front of him, the wolf, which was originally moving quickly in the snow, saw a small river that had not frozen even in the snow, and the wolf's steps slowly stopped.
His brows were slightly furrowed. If it was a small river, the wolf would naturally not show such an expression. However, on the other side of the river, a young man was staring at him with a bad expression.
The young man had thick black eyebrows and wore a magatama-shaped pendant around his neck. Beside him stood a shoulder pole and two full buckets of spring water, looking like he was fetching water from the river.
Before the wolf could speak, the boy's disgusted voice sounded first.
"Tell me your name, this mountain is my master's private territory, you better know your place!"
Just at this moment, Xuan Mi behind him finally caught up. As soon as he stopped, he heard the boy's voice. The fatigue from running for a long time and the dissatisfaction with the boy's tone made Xuan Mi point at the boy's nose and speak loudly.
"Stop talking nonsense! How can this mountain be private property?"
The young man frowned and looked at Xuan Mi who was pointing at his nose. The scar on the other's face and the ferocious eyes, coupled with the large sword on his back, made him subconsciously feel afraid.
Although he quickly dispelled this fear, he still felt ashamed and angry. He gritted his teeth and glared at Xuan Mi and Lang, and Xuan Mi glared back at him without showing any weakness.
Just as the two were glaring at each other, the wolf next to them silently turned his gaze to another direction, and less than a moment later, a noisy sound came from there.
"Zenitsu! Go back and practice!"
"No! No no no no no! I'm going to die. I'm really going to die!"
"Don't talk nonsense, how could he die!"
Following that, two figures, one big and one small, emerged from the peach grove. The smaller one was an elderly man with white hair, a scar on his face, and a prosthetic leg.
At this moment, he was holding a cane in his hand, closely following the yellow-haired boy called Zenitsu in front of him, hitting the other's head with the cane from time to time.
However, Zenitsu ignored the opponent's beating and rushed down the mountain with tears and a ferocious look on his face.
Seeing this scene, the young man who was staring at Xuan Mi let out a surprised sound. The next moment, his figure flashed and disappeared in front of Xuan Mi. A moment later, he appeared in front of Zenitsu who was fleeing down the mountain.
He stretched out his right leg and tripped Zenitsu who was running. He watched him rolling down the mountain with his limbs spread out, and a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.