Qingdeng and the Erzhong sisters walked quickly along the road pointed by the old man.

Suddenly, with the blessing of the "perceiver of wind", Qingdeng gradually heard the noisy noise.

"Hey! Qianshui! Since you were once a private school teacher, you should understand that 'paying back debts' is a natural principle, right?"

Qianshui... Qingdeng's mind immediately froze when he heard this name that he had been looking for for a long time.

After passing through an entire narrow path filled with nothing but mud and dust, dozens of ferocious faces came into view of Qingdeng and his party.

18 young men who looked like rogues were standing in front of a shabby thatched house.

This thatched house is simply the human embodiment of the word "shabby". It is small and broken, with air leaks everywhere. Whenever the wind blows, the walls and roof full of cracks and holes will make a sound. It feels like you only need to touch the door frame lightly.

One kick and the whole house will collapse.

Looking closely, I saw a middle-aged man with a haggard face, standing with his back against the door.

Apparently, this middle-aged man was about forty years old, with ragged clothes, unkempt hair, swollen eye bags, sagging skin, and unkempt beard. His hair, which had not been trimmed for an unknown period of time, was as messy as a bird's nest, and his complexion was unnaturally pale.

This place is the home of Kikuchi Sensui who was pointed out by the old man; the ronin called this middle-aged man "Sensui"... Various signs indicate that this middle-aged man is the Kikuchi Sensui whom Qingteng is looking for!

Due to his career, Qingdeng has a lot of friends.

Therefore, he recognized at just one glance: Kikuchi Sensui's appearance was that of an alcoholic.

The 18 ronin were not so much standing in front of the thatched house as they were surrounding Kikuchi Sensui who was leaning against the door.

The person who just shouted loudly that "repaying debts is a matter of course" was a one-eyed dragon with an eyepatch on his left eye.

"..."

Facing the one-eyed dragon's question, Kikuchi Qianshui seemed as if he didn't hear it, staring blankly into the void in front of him without saying a word.

The one-eyed dragon, who was asking for trouble, curled his lips in displeasure.

"Ignore me? Huh, forget it, I'm too lazy to argue with you."

"Let's get back to the topic - Qian Shui, let me do the math for you now."

"Half a year ago, you borrowed a principal of 3 taels from our boss. After half a year, with the principal and interest, you now need to pay us back 5 taels - tell me, how do you plan to repay this money?"

"I'm going to say something ugly first, so don't tell us anything like 'I have no money' or 'give me a few more days'."

"Logically speaking, you should have paid back the money as early as 2 months ago."

"Thanks to our boss, he is kind-hearted and merciful. He knows that your life is miserable, so he specifically allows you to pay back the money later."

"However, two months is already the limit, and we cannot delay it any longer no matter what."

"Tell me quickly, how do you plan to repay the money? Directly give money? Or give things?"

Compared with the arrogant attitude of Cyclops, Kikuchi Sensui's reaction was very calm... No, it can't be said to be "sad", it should be said that he had no reaction at all.

His eyes were still dull.

His expression was still blank.

He didn't even look at the one-eyed dragon, and said slowly in a hoarse voice that was as lifeless as two pieces of sandpaper rubbing against each other:

"I'm penniless... If you want money, just go into my house and search. If you see anything valuable, just take it away."

Just as Kikuchi Sensui finished speaking——

"Damn it! Do you think I'm a fool?"

The one-eyed dragon cursed loudly and kicked the door frame next to Kikuchi Qianshui with a look of impatience.

The thatched house behind Kikuchi Sensui shook violently and seemed to collapse at any time.

"Do you think I don't know what's going on in your house? There is nothing in your house except wine glasses and empty wine bottles!"

"Don't talk about those useless nonsense! Either give me the money now, or..."

The one-eyed dragon changed into a disgusting grin.

"The only thing we can do is ask you to accompany us."

"A friend of our boss's is currently recruiting hard-working, hard-working miners."

"Although your boy is old and weak, and you will definitely die if you go mining, who told you to owe us money? Since you owe us money, you have to pay it back. If you don't have money, you will use your labor to pay it back."

At this moment, Kikuchi Qiansui finally raised his eyes to look at the one-eyed dragon for the first time.

He opened his eyelids, glanced at the one-eyed dragon, and then lowered his gaze again.

"...No matter what, it's up to you."

"Okay! It's refreshing enough!"

That disgusting grin appeared on the one-eyed dragon's face again.

"Hey, what are you doing standing still? Why don't you drag this kid away quickly?"

The ronin around swarmed up, grabbing hands and feet, lifting Kikuchi Qiansui like a pig.

Kikuchi Sensui did not resist the whole process and allowed Cyclops and others to take him away.

Just when the one-eyed dragon was smiling happily and was about to announce the withdrawal of the team——

"Wait a minute! Put me down!"

Aoto held Echizenzumi Hitachi and Mamoru Kaneshige on his waist, and walked towards the rondos in a leisurely manner.

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There are 6,300 words today! A rare big chapter! (Leopard is so confident)
Chapter completed!