Chapter 244: Putting on an Act
"Looks like this Noshimura really is a Daimyo of a nation!" After confirming this, Li Jiexuan nodded to himself. "Then it's decided it'll be the Wild Nation!"
Though the Wild Nation was small, it was still a complete country. Besides, if something was delivered right to his doorstep and he didn't take it, wouldn't that be a waste?
"Young master… can we leave now?"
As Li Jiexuan pondered, the two Bird ninjas carefully raised their heads. "We've already told you everything we know we really didn't lie!"
"I know."
Li Jiexuan smiled and nodded. Before they could breathe a sigh of relief, he suddenly raised a finger. "But I still need the two of you to help me with a small favor!"
"A small favor?"
The two Bird ninjas immediately looked miserable. "Big brother… you're not planning to have us go die, are you?"
Hearing this, Li Jiexuan looked genuinely surprised. "How could you think that? I just want you two to cooperate with me in putting on a little act."
"An act?"
Li Jiexuan nodded with a smile. "You go after those two kids and I'll be the one to save them!"
The moment they heard this, the two sharp-witted Bird ninjas instantly understood. Slapping their thighs, they exclaimed, "Ah, we see! You want to help them in their time of need and play the hero who saves the master at the cost of his life!"
Li Jiexuan's face darkened. "If you don't know how to use idioms, don't use them…"
"Helping in their time of need" didn't quite fit, and as for "sacrificing himself to save the master"… in this world, no one was qualified to be his master!
Still, the two Bird ninjas quickly got to work. Transforming into sand and burrowing underground, they followed the children's trail.
Noshimura had been far too naïve. In this desert, there was no way two ordinary children could escape a ninja's pursuit…
With even the faintest trace of scent, a ninja could track someone to the ends of the earth!
"Found them!"
Yeshinke dragged Shinko along as they trudged step by step through the desert. Not much time had passed, and as ordinary people, they couldn't have gone far.
"Rustle… rustle…"
The shifting sand made Yeshinko's eyes widen. Tugging at Yeshinke's clothes, she said, "Brother, I think I hear something behind us!"
Yeshinke glanced back but saw nothing. Gritting his teeth, he said, "Shinko, we can't turn back anymore. Don't think about it we have to survive!"
Hearing this, Yeshinko shook her head helplessly. But she really had heard something strange…
"Rustle… rustle…"
As the two Bird ninjas drew closer, even Yeshinke couldn't ignore it anymore but by then, it was already too late.
"Kehehehe!"
Two figures suddenly burst out from beneath the sand dunes, their sharp curved blades slashing straight toward the siblings' throats. With just a single motion, they could send them to their deaths!
"It's over…"
Yeshinke's eyes widened in terror. Those ninjas had actually caught up?
Fight back? Impossible!
Even with a weapon, he wouldn't be a match for these ninjas let alone now, when he had nothing. This time… he was definitely going to die!
Facing the gleaming blades, Yeshinke involuntarily shut his eyes. He had given up. If he couldn't resist, then he would accept his fate!
But after waiting for a long time, the deadly blades never fell upon him…
Confused, he opened his eyes only to see a familiar figure standing before him. Two fists had pierced straight through the chests of the vicious Bird ninjas.
With another casual motion, even their curved blades were crushed to pieces…
"Big Brother Jiexuan!"
Yeshinko cried out in shock.