The next day——

As soon as the genius was revealed, Ogata, Atachi, and Aiyaka were ready to go.

The three people who were ready to go sat on Aiyaka's sled. After Aiyaka shouted "Toha" to the four sled dogs responsible for pulling the cart, the four sled dogs

Then he pulled the sled and ran forward at a speed that could make a person's hair blow in the wind.

In Ezo, only wealthy families can afford to raise sled dogs.

The feed cost for sled dogs alone is an expensive expense.

And Aiyaka's family happens to be that kind of wealthy family.

I don’t know how the four sled dogs raised by their family were raised, but each one is stronger than the other.

It's so strong that it feels like it can be used as a mount for petite women like Rin Kinoshita and Shuu Guashou.

It is precisely because the sled dogs of the Ayaka family are so strong that they can pull the sled very fast.

In recent days, thanks to the Ayaka family's sled and sled dogs, Ogata and the others were able to travel quickly between so many villages.

Ogata also likes doing this kind of dog sledding, which reminds him of the feeling of riding a motorcycle in his previous life.

Ogata liked the feeling of strong wind blowing on his face very much - even though it was a little painful.

"Today's weather is not very good." Ayaka, who was in charge of driving, looked at the sky above his head.

It's a cloudy day today.

The space between the sky and the earth is blocked by layers of thick clouds, which emit bursts of cold air.

"I hope there won't be a snowstorm." Ogata followed Aiyaka and looked up at the sky above.

The horror of blizzards - Ogata and Amachi had already experienced it in the Ou area.

"It's unlikely that there will be a blizzard." Ayaka, as an experienced hunter, has already had his own insights and deep experience in watching the weather. "But until night, the clouds should not disperse."

Ayaka needed to concentrate on driving the sled, so after taking a look at the current weather and briefly chatting with Ogata, he withdrew his attention and concentrated on driving.

"Mashima, Omachi, hold on tight. We've reached a flat area. I want the dogs to speed up a little."

After that, Ayaka, who was holding something like a joystick in each hand, shouted to the four sled dogs in front:

"Toho! Toho! Toho! Toho! (Ezo: Forward)"

After the four sled dogs heard the "Toho" shouted by Ayaka one after another, they immediately increased the speed of the sled by another level, like a conditioned reflex.

…

…

Eyaka had told Ogata and Amachi before - if they set out at dawn and didn't encounter any accidents along the way, they would be able to arrive at Kina Village smoothly near dusk.

So far, it seems that it has taken less time than Ayaka expected.

When the time reached early 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Ogata and the others saw white and light smoke.

"Mashima! Omachi! We're here!"

After loudly reminding Ogata and Atachi behind him, Ayaka commanded the sled dogs to slow down slightly.

"After entering Qina Village, you must be careful in your words and actions."

"Don't mention anything that will remind the villagers of Qina Village of the 'disappearance'."

"Got it!" Ogata had to shout at the top of his voice because of the obstruction of the wind.

Ayaka drove the slowed sled and slowly approached the place where white and thin smoke was rising.

Soon, Ogata and the others saw the shadow of the Ainu village building in front of them.

After moving forward for some distance, Ogata and others finally discovered something strange - there were many people gathered at the entrance of Qina Village.

In addition to people, we also saw a lot of horses.

Looking at those horses, Ogata couldn't help but frown slightly.

These horses are so recognizable.

Because they are too tall and too strong. Japan cannot produce such horses at all.

Ogata had just seen such tall and strong horses in Vasili's camp before.

—It's a Cossack horse...

Ogata muttered in his heart.

Aiyaka also noticed something strange at the entrance of Qina Village. After frowning, he drove the sled dogs to speed up the speed that had already slowed down slightly.

After approaching the entrance of Qina Village, Ogata and the others finally saw clearly what was going on.

It turned out that there were two waves of people confronting each other there.

A group of Cossacks with white skin and deep eyes.

And a group of Ainu people - they are probably the villagers of Qina Village.

The two groups were facing each other, seemingly arguing about something.

After Ogata and the other three appeared not far away, they naturally attracted the attention of both groups.

The two groups turned to look at Ogata and the other three who were slowly approaching on a dog sled.

Only then did Ogata and the others see that standing at the front of the group of Cossacks was a young man with bright red hair.

After seeing the bright red hair and the face of the red-haired young man, Aiyaka exclaimed:

"Skullucci?"

"Huh? Aiyaka?" The red-haired young man also had a look of surprise on his face just like Aiyaka.

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…

A few days ago——

"As long as you join us, no indigenous settlement will be our opponent."

"How about it? Do you want to come together?"

Vladimir has a bad mouth.

Because he put his lips close to Scrooge's ear, Scrooge could smell very clearly the smell of a dead rat that had been left for half a month.

But Scrooge still maintained a very gentlemanly smile.

Then--

"Vladimir, you are right. It is indeed very satisfying to rob other people's property, wives and daughters."

"It's even more fun to humiliate those women's wives and daughters in front of their husbands and fathers."

Hearing this, Vladimir looked happy.

But the joy on his face only lasted for a short while.

Because what Scrooge said immediately immediately made the expression on his face freeze.

"But you'd better find someone else. I don't really want to participate in this 'fun' of yours."

"Why?" Vladimir frowned, "Can you tell me a reason?"

"Hmm..." Scrooge looked at the sky above his head and muttered, "The reason... maybe it's because I want to spend the Maslenitsa quietly."

"...Skullucci, you are still so weird." Vladimir slowly put away the frozen expression on his face.

"I thought that exploring this inhospitable Far East for so long would change your state of mind a little, and you would no longer adhere to those inexplicable moral principles as before."

"Forget it, forget it if you don't want to participate."

After finishing speaking, Vladimir seemed too lazy to talk to Skulucci anymore. He shook his cloak and turned around to leave.

Skulucci also stopped talking to Vladimir, and returned to the camp where Skulucci and his men were stationed together with Vladimir.

Without saying another word, Vladimir sat back on his horse and led his men away.

After Vladimir left, the freckled young man who had just helped everyone catch 6 fat rabbits - Avger hurried to Skulucci's side, and then cautiously asked Skulucci

:

"Boss Scrooge, what were you talking about with that man just now?"

"I was just chatting about some boring things with that pig-dog hybrid, an idiot before God, a fool who has been eating shit since he was a child and has such a bad mouth."

Scrooge covered his chest and vomited.

"Oh my God, that guy who grew up fucking goats has such a fucking stinky mouth. Why is his mouth so stinky... My ass that hasn't been washed in a year smells better than his stinky mouth."

"It's a pity that Vasili and the others are not here."

"If all my other subordinates are here, I can try to kill that idiot and his subordinates, and use their supplies to have a good Maslenitsa."

"Boss, you are kidding again." Afjie laughed, "Why did we attack the group just now if we had nothing to do?"
To be continued...