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In fact, for Aerith now, no matter what others say about Shen Ye, she doesn't care. After all, in her opinion, the safety of her man is more important than anything else.
However, Shen Ye's words still made Aerith realize one thing: men are creatures who care a lot about their reputation.
"But...but..." Aerith hesitated for a long time but couldn't say what was in her heart. She was now more worried that Shen Ye would never come back, just like five years ago.
"Don't worry, we're just picking someone up, nothing will happen." Shen Ye comforted her.
Fortunately, Aerith remembered that there were outsiders watching nearby. After thinking for a while, she said, "Then go ahead, but don't fight with others."
"Don't worry, this mission should be an easy journey." Shen Ye looked at Billy. Tifa said that they were members of the Avalanche HQ, so he had already guessed who they were going to pick up this time.
"It seems that you agree. That's great." Billy didn't hold much hope. After all, for him, if Shen Ye didn't agree, he was going to find that universal helper. Now that Shen Ye nodded in agreement, he was naturally glad that he didn't have to run any more distance.
"When do we set off?" Shen Ye asked after thinking silently for a while.
"Today, tonight, I'll give you the address later." Billy didn't want to wait any longer, so after he said that, he wrote the address of the village on a piece of paper and gave it to Shen Ye.
"It's right here," he continued.
Shen Ye looked at the address of the village and felt a little unfamiliar, but he also knew that this world was very big and there were more than just the maps for the main quests.
"Just wait for the good news when I bring them in."
After reading the address, Shen Ye held the note in his palm and said confidently.
Billy nodded, paid for the drinks, returned to his companions, chatted with them for a while, and then left the bar.
"The people they asked you to pick up should also be members of Avalanche, but why don't they go by themselves?" Tifa and Jessie didn't interrupt the whole time, but just watched from the side. After those people left, Tifa couldn't help but feel a little confused.
"Maybe he can't get away." Shen Ye guessed, thinking of the Shinra soldiers he met on the way here with Aerith today, and when he was accompanying Tifa to collect debts, he heard passers-by talking about someone asking about the avalanche.
"It seems that he was affected by us. But that's good too. He shared the pressure with us." Jessie patted his chest with some relief. This was good news for the branch.
"By the way, the place you want to go is a bit far. How do you plan to get there?" Aerith didn't care about these. After Jessie finished speaking, she asked Shen Ye.
Although the planet is under the control of Shinra and railways are spread all over the world, there are only stations between cities. To get to places like villages, one can either take a car or walk.
Of course, Shen Ye couldn't walk there, and taking a car was not realistic. There were no cars in Midgar that could go to other places at night. Not to mention that driving at night was unsafe, more importantly, there were monsters in the wild on this planet. He thought for a moment and said, "I'll rent a car, or a few chocobos."
"Renting a car is too troublesome. Chocobos are not suitable either. The distance is too far and their endurance is not good enough." Jessie shook his head and continued, "We have motorcycles in our branch. You can ride them later."
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Shen Ye's target is a village nearly 100 kilometers away from Midgar. Unlike the barren land of Midgar, this place has not been affected by the Mako Reactor. The vegetation is very lush, and the green waters and green mountains are completely different from Midgar, so the people living here can be said to live and work in peace and contentment.
"Senior, should we continue to wait? Maybe they won't come today."
At the entrance of the village, a tall and straight young man with a long metal stick on his back asked the girl who was sitting on a big rock next to him.
The girl was wearing a teddy bear hood and a half-length cloak. She also had a huge shuriken on her back. She looked up at the young man who was at least a head taller than her and said, "The family said they would come to pick us up. You told me that. Also, don't be impatient. You need to be patient."
"Of course I have patience, otherwise I wouldn't have been standing here with you like an idiot." Sonon rolled his eyes, feeling speechless about what his senior had done...even though the other party had been a ninja longer than him.
The girl sensed the dissatisfaction of her junior, and stood up to pat his shoulder, but found that she was not tall enough and her posture was a bit awkward, so she simply stood on the stone, pressed his shoulder and said, "Patience is also an important part of practice, Sonon, you have to relax, otherwise no matter how long it takes, you will never reach the current level of your predecessor."
"It would be better if I can't achieve it!" Sonon muttered, but afraid of being heard by his predecessors, he deliberately walked a few steps outside the village entrance, and then his face instantly became solemn.
Since it was still evening, the sky was not dark yet, and the setting sun gave him enough light, so he saw a column of smoke rolling towards the village not far away. It was the dust stirred up by something running wildly.
"Senior, look, something seems to be approaching the village?" Sonon shouted, pointing in that direction.
The girl immediately looked in the direction of his finger, but even though she was standing on a rock, which allowed her to see farther, she only saw columns of smoke.
"Something is wrong." The girl's face became serious. She reached behind her and took down the huge shuriken. Then she said to Sonon, "Sonon, go to the village quickly and inform the villagers to hide."
"What about you, senior?" Sonon nodded and asked worriedly.
"I'll stay and see what happens." The girl waved the shuriken in her hand at him: "Don't forget my skills."
"Okay, senior, you have to be careful." Sonon was very clear about the girl's strength. After leaving a word, he turned and ran into the village.
Looking at Sonon's departing back, the girl lowered her head in thought for a while, then jumped off the stone and ran towards the direction of the rolling smoke.
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