"Yui, sit here first and don't move."

The moment he saw that shadow, Shiina Iori hesitated for less than half a second, then he whispered to Yui in his arms.

“Eh?!”

Yui curled up in her arms and was obviously shocked, and then he grabbed Shiina Iori's thigh with his backhand:

"No, no, no, no, no!!"

Her eyes were filled with tears as big as beans in her wide eyes: "I will definitely die if I sit here alone!"

"It's okay, take the flashlight."

Shiina Iori ignored Yui's struggle, put her down, and placed her next to a tree trunk with a signpost.

Again and again, no more.

This was the third time Shiina Iori saw that shadow. No matter how he deceived himself, he could not persuade himself to suppress his curiosity.

What's more, he heard a noticeable rustling sound just now when the shadow passed by.

That child is obviously a personal one!

Since you are a human, why would you run there?

As long as he is a human being, there is nothing to be afraid of. His twice as physical fitness is not good-looking.

Shiina Iori thought to herself, amid the shrill whine of Yui, who was already weak after leaving him, she turned on another flashlight and walked slowly in the direction of the figure with her keen [night vision].

He had been walking around the nearby mountains and forests during the day and found out the location of the landslide. Therefore, he was still a little prepared and was careful with every step under his feet.

The sound in front of you was rustling, and you could hear the sound of footsteps that were almost uncovered from afar.

In the woods, the footsteps when stepping among the fallen leaves are very obvious, and can be heard from a distance.

On the contrary, the child's figure was hidden among the trees and could only be seen from afar.

After walking far, I saw a crooked rust sign erected in front of me.

[Hunting area ahead, no entry]

Judging from the degree of rust, it should be a few years. Only a small number of mountainous areas in Japan have not yet been banned. Most of them are because of the excessive number of wild boars and wild deer, which has caused disasters and disturbed the people.

If he remembers correctly, the meat he used when grilling skewers in the hostel seemed to be the wild boar meat he caught himself in the hostel?

Shiina Iori stood in front of the sign, feeling a little hesitant.

But seeing the child ahead walking farther deeper, he paused and shouted tentatively:

"Hello!"

"What are you doing?"

It seemed that this sound suddenly shocked the other party. The small figure suddenly turned around, and seemed to be holding something in his hand. He immediately reacted as soon as he swept to Shizuna Iori and ran into the jungle with a whoosh.

Shiina Iori saw the direction of his running and became more sure of his thoughts.

This is a living person, not a ghost.

However, Shiina Iori, who was not familiar with the terrain, did not dare to run wildly like that child, so she had to shine her feet with a flashlight at all times and go step by step towards the direction just now.

But the more I walked, the more I frowned.

If he remembers correctly, walking a little further will be not far from the landslide.

As I was thinking, I suddenly saw a large plastic bag hanging near the roots of the tree on the ground not far away.

Night vision greatly improves Shiina Iori's eyes' ability to see objects in the dark, and can clearly distinguish the color of the plastic bag.

He paused for a while, and finally moved forward a few more steps.

But I didn't walk far ahead, but the steps under my feet suddenly stopped.

The powerful physical ability made Shiina Iori's feet float in the air the moment before they landed on the ground.

As soon as I lowered my head, I saw that the soles of the shoe were less than a palm away from a slender rope. I was just lying quietly in the grass, almost mixed together, and ordinary people could not tell even if they came in during the day.

Fortunately, the night vision is strong enough.

Under this rope, there is a complete set of animal traps, with a lasso in the middle.

Judging from this size, it is probably used to deal with large beasts such as wild boars weighing hundreds of pounds and black bears.

Even though Shiina Iori has extraordinary physical fitness, it is very fatal to be trapped by such things.

Fortunately, he discovered it.

"call--"

He took a deep breath and slowly moved his footsteps that were fixed out of thin air.

However, just as he was about to escape from the trap, a shout suddenly came from behind.

"Big brother! Don't go over!"

A sharp voice suddenly sounded not far behind him, Shiina Iori's pupils suddenly shrank, and her footsteps fell down in a stressful manner.

——I’m fucking?!

"Clang!"

The beast trap clamp sensed the moment the mechanism rope was touched, and immediately made a crisp metal twisting sound, and sharp iron teeth clamped from both sides towards the mid-air.

Shiina Iori reacted very quickly, and his hands were like a gray shadow and grabbed the pincer teeth before he was about to die, and his calf was pulled out with a whoosh.

But this beast trap is obviously set up by experienced hunters, with animal traps and rope sleeves buckles one by one.

Just as Shiina Iori pulled out her calf, the rope sleeve was also pulled away with a whizzing sound, just hooking it on Shiina Iori's ankle.

In an instant, I felt a huge force dragging forward along my ankle in the direction in front.

This type of beast hunting mechanism used metal twisted ropes as early as the early 20th century. Now, unless a person of the level of Terajima Yuki comes, it will be impossible to be broken by humans.

Breathing is rapid and the heartbeat is rapid.

Shiina Iori stretched out her hand to pull the tree roots beside her, but she only tore off a layer of bark from her hand.

"hiss--"

The strong desire to survive made him unable to think about anything else. His palms and fingertips pierced into the silt, but were still pulled on the ground by the fast-tightening rope.

The trees around them swept by afterimages like the wind, and the sound of rope shrinking sounds emerged in their ears.

The pain in the ankle was extremely clear, but because both hands were stuck in the soil, they were slowing down the drag speed and had no time to pull.

Damn.

More than 80 passengers die in animal traps every year in Japan, which makes sense.

While being pulled, Shiina Iori also caught a glimpse of a similar scratch on the corner of her eyes, but it seemed to be a long scratch dragged out by a wild boar trotter. The marks were deeper and longer than him. It was probably several hundred kilograms, but it was still pulled straight to the end of the rope.

There is no friction to grasp on the drag road when this rope is set up.

Am I going to die with a wild boar?

Somehow, at the urgent moment between life and death, Shiina Iori's mind inexplicably had such a ridiculous idea.

"Swish--"

Just as he was dragged deeper into the woods at high speed, he saw a beam of light coming out of the dark woods from afar.

Shiina Iori raised her head and felt a sudden joy in her heart, but when she saw the person clearly, she suddenly felt cold.

It's Yui.

"Iori?!"

Yui's trembling sound sounded as if he could hear that his legs were weak, and the light of the high-power flashlight swept to the direction of Shiina Iori.

The moment he swept to him, the light source suddenly stopped.

Shiina Iori felt a tightening feeling in her heart:

"Don't come over!"

The voice was so dull that it changed.

"Pu"

The flashlight fell to the ground at some point.

It seemed that I was stunned when I saw the picture in front of me, but the next second I took almost no hesitation.

After running fifty meters, the whole journey was so tired that he was out of breath. The abandoned girl who would be afraid of someone who would accompany her to the bathroom in the middle of the night, but at this moment she ran wildly as if her personality had changed.

However, there is no miracle in reality. The abandoned occupant girl could not transform into Bolt in an instant. She was still out of breath even when she sprinted ten meters, and could only barely keep up with the traces of Shiina Iori being dragged away.

But he still chased him.

At the moment of eye contact, the two of them were completely empty in their minds at this moment, and everything followed the deepest thoughts in their hearts.

"Swoosh."

It was not until the end that I finally pulled Iori's arm.

A very relaxed smile appeared on the girl's face.

"Catched."
To be continued...