The plant-woven rag washed the pig head mask, meticulously cleaning every corner of it.
Putting the clean pig head back on, along with Yi Chen’s completely naked body, the look was hardly gentlemanly, yet it fit perfectly with the position of Shebolt Village.
Yi Chen’s lean body with oddly distributed muscles resembled a malnourished human-pig hybrid that had failed to be selected as the “Butcher” and was abandoned in the filthy underground area.
Due to the loss of the “Moon of Slaughter,”
he could only hold onto the meat-cutting knife issued by the meat factory,
The knife’s craftsmanship and sharpness were decent enough to ensure the efficiency of processing corpses.
“Until I get my weapon back, I’ll make do with this! I hope I can find my axe and gentleman’s clothes; otherwise, this investigative mission will be a big loss.
Once I get out of this filthy underground area, I’ll try to go to the Village Chief’s house, maybe I can find everything at once.”
the old man was short and frail, his clothes were too small to wear, and Yi Chen could only manage to put on the trousers as capris,
but the straw shoes the old man had woven himself fit fairly well,
After dressing up, at least walking wasn’t painful, and his private areas were covered, preventing others from seeing him as a pervert.
Since the clothes didn’t fit, Yi Chen politely dressed the old man back.
During this process of dressing,
a sense of being watched suddenly came from behind, and Yi Chen sharply turned around.
Although the cave environment was very dark, Yi Chen still saw a shadow that swiftly passed by, but he couldn’t determine what it was.
“A villager with swift movement and vision in the dark? Could it be a watcher arranged by the village chief down here?”
Yi Chen immediately let out a rather strong snort through his nose, to express his identity as the Butcher.
If it really was a watcher arranged by the village chief below, they should reveal themselves to confirm identities… but as time ticked by, there was still no movement.
The feeling of being watched from the shadows persisted and shifted positions continuously.
“Not one of the village chief’s people?”
Just as Yi Chen speculated about the identity, the feeling of being watched suddenly drew closer with a speed that could even match Jin’s…
Yi Chen swung his slaughter knife in anticipation and shot out several plant roots with his left hand, trying to entangle the figure in mid-air.
a slim figure, with a bone flexibility beyond human, dodged all the plant stabs in the air… and swiped a claw towards Yi Chen’s head.
The slaughter knife clashed with the claw, and the blade was left with two notches, shocking Yi Chen to the point of numbness in his palms.
Moreover, the butcher knife he swung in anticipation only managed to block part of the claw,
which left a huge slit in the pig-head mask, revealing the youthful face hidden under the mask.
Just as Yi Chen prepared to counterattack,
the attacker suddenly stopped their assault, and their killing intent also dissolved simultaneously.
In his view, a ragged-dressed girl with black hair, barefooted, stood in front of him,
Her body appeared extremely frail due to long-term malnutrition, her cheeks slightly sunken, and her legs as thin as bamboo poles… Her dirty and messy hair partly hung in front of her, covering one eye and forehead.
Her other eye gleamed with the luster of a black gem, moist and bright, staring intently at Yi Chen, full of curiosity.
“You… you’re not from the village, are you?”
Yi Chen could tell immediately that the girl was not wearing the ‘hypocritical mask’ like others,
He also concluded from his probe as a Butcher that she was not working for the village chief.
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