Entomologist in Sichuan Tang Clan Chapter 387

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Cat’s Night Work 1

It was the moment when I arrived back at the waterway I had passed through, guided by the guides.

Geumdo’s voice sounded a little flustered.

-Bugururur.

He’s such an easygoing guy that he rarely panics, but he sounded panicked.

He asked Hyang-i with a questioning expression.

“What did Geumdo say, Hyang-ah?”

I had a scent wrapped around my body in case I needed an interpreter, so I asked Hyang-i to interpret for me. Hyang-i answered my question in a very innocent voice.

-Tsuru “Dad, I don’t know how to get to Geumdo.”

“What!? Oops.”

The complex waterway from the Yangtze River to Dongting Lake is known only to the locals.

I looked at the Taoist priest, but he also had an embarrassed expression.

“I’m sorry, Mr. Soryong. I passed by at night so I don’t remember very well.”

Since the boatman had been sailing his entire life, he tended not to forget a route he had taken once, but when he was guided there in the middle of the night, it seemed like he couldn’t remember the route.

I looked towards Nam Dong-Jeong, who had returned.

It was because I thought of the enemies I had left behind.

I threw it away because it was annoying, but I wish I had brought it with me if I had known this would happen.

“If I had known this would happen, I would have brought one of the thugs with me. Should I go and bring them now?”

It was a mistake to part ways with the enemy at Dongjeongho.

I was thinking of going back and pulling one of the enemy’s boats, but I heard Heukjeom’s voice from the head of Geumdo.

-Tsk tsk.

A guy with his head sticking out of the water and looking at us.

The guy was pointing his tail forward as if telling me to follow him, and soon a hopeful interpretation was heard from Hyang-i.

-Tsururut. “Dad, that girl said she knows the way?”

“Really? Do you know the way?”

-Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.

-Tsrrrr. “Yeah. They say you just have to go against the flow of the water.”

“I heard the water here is slower and more complicated than I thought. Is that okay?”

-Tsk tsk.

-Tsuru. 『Of course. The flow of the surface and the flow of the water are different, but you can tell where you should go.』

Even the Taoist monk knew how to see the flow of water.

However, the flow of the water flowing into Dongjeongho Lake is quite complicated, and even aquatic turtles like Geumdo and a boatman who has sailed his entire life have not been able to properly detect it, but Heukjeom, a fish, seems to be able to sense the slow, complicated flow where the surface and underwater are different.

Is it a fish?

I immediately asked for directions.

“Then I have a favor to ask.”

-Tsk tsk.

The guy who answers loudly and steps forward.

Whether it was the guy’s additional ability to create water currents or the fact that the water currents were quickly splitting left and right as he moved.

-Whoaaaaah.

A creature that moves forward by cutting through the water with its tail, as if a shark appeared from the water and was cutting through the water with its dorsal fin.

I followed the guy and moved along the water for a while, turning left and right.

After about three or four hours, the water flow began to speed up and the mouth of the Yangtze River began to appear ahead.

“Oh! It’s the little dragon, the Changjiang!”

I followed the guy faster than the numbers, and the entrance to the Yangtze River appeared much faster.

As Geumdo kicked the water and moved forward, the boy’s crying could be heard.

-Jjii···.

A voice that sounds slightly embarrassed.

When I looked at Hyang-i, she spoke with a sly smile in her voice.

-Tsururut 『Dad, my sister asked me if I complimented her?』

“Compliments? Oh! Of course I should give them!”

It seemed as if he wanted to be petted, so I quickly took off my top and socks and jumped into the water.

Isn’t skinship the best way to build intimacy?

-with a splash!

The feeling of the rapid current of the Yangtze River as you jump into the water.

As I was pushed back in an instant, a guy quickly swam over and put me on his back.

Then I felt the smooth and firm skin of the guy.

As I hung onto the guy and placed my cheek against his back, an infinite sense of happiness washed over me.

Where can you go to have an experience like this?

Going up the river on a stilt, this spicy Fabre really thought it was a good idea to have a past life.

Because I am experiencing things like this firsthand that I could never have even dreamed of in my previous life.

‘Maybe the black mamba that appeared at the African hotel was a truck driver who sent him to this world?’

The African hotel is a resort built in the forests of which there are few in Africa, and since the rooms are on one floor, it is very easy for lizards and bugs to enter.

It is designed so that you can easily get inside when opening and closing the door.

So when you wake up in the morning, it’s normal to find a few lizards on the ceiling, but they’re black mambas.

Wouldn’t that be impossible?

So, at that time, I had a fleeting thought that maybe the Black Mamba was something extra-dimensional that was trying to reincarnate me into this world.

‘So you could say it wasn’t a dog’s death. Of course. You left the hotel room door open and didn’t even clean it… Huh?

Gyaaaah! These little sh*ts must have left the hotel room door wide open while I was out looking for the Black Mamba!’

But as I continued to think about it, I came to understand why I was bitten by a black mamba in such an absurd way.

The hotel cleans the rooms when people go out, but it seems like the door was left wide open while they were cleaning, and a black mamba crawled in from the forest next to the hotel.

I left a $5 tip because I worked hard to clean it…

It was such a ridiculous reason.

Then a shameful sob was heard.

-Chi, chii?

I couldn’t exactly hear what he was saying because the interpreter was on the boat, but maybe he was asking when he would get a pet?

It’s a fitting reward for doing something praiseworthy, so our friend shouldn’t feel ashamed.

I moved my hands quickly.

As I gently stroked the guy’s head, his eyes slowly closed.

Suddenly, the guy who was swimming against the current turned to one side.

Perhaps he had lost his mind in the pleasant sensation.

‘Is this really that good?’

Other kids like my touch too, but this is almost mind-boggling.

As I was feeling happy, the cliff wall came right in front of me.

“Uhhh···. Over there···.”

The guy who stopped his hand in surprise, quickly came to his senses, found his direction, and moved forward.

-Tsk tsk···.

At the boy’s embarrassed voice, I spoke while slowly stroking him so that he wouldn’t lose consciousness.

“It’s okay. I guess that could be the case.”

-Jjii···.

Still looking embarrassed.

I decided to change the subject because the guy was embarrassed.

For that reason, the new topic that came up was names.

I had decided on a name, but I hadn’t told you yet.

“By the way, I was thinking about your name.”

-What?

“Yeah. Name. You, hey, you can’t call me like that, right? Do you know what your name is?”

-Tsk tsk.

“You can think of it as a special title that you can use to call the other person. The name I thought of for you was Black Spot.”

-Jjii.

“You have black spots here and there on your white body, right? So, black spots are black spots. What do you think? I hope you like it.”

When asked if he would like the name Black Spot, he thought about it for a moment and then nodded.

“Really? Well then, that’s good. Please take care of me in the future, Black Spot.”

-Tsk tsk···.

I stroked his hair because he seemed to like it, but his eyes closed again and rolled to one side.

I was startled again by the sight of the guy rushing back towards the riverside cliff, and as I pulled my hand away, I heard the guy’s resentful cries.

-Tch!

-Tsk tsk. “Daddy, don’t pat me whenever you want. My eyes close without me knowing and my body loses strength.”

The interpretation of the grass that flew in before we knew it.

I wondered what the boy’s whining meant, and it turned out that he liked being petted, but he was telling me not to pet him all the time.

‘I have to be moderately pretty.’

***

First, I headed out to the Yangtze River and found Itaewon’s base.

When I left Itaewon’s base a few days ago, I promised Geumdo that I would come back and let him sunbathe for a week or so.

This was because long sunbathing sessions were necessary for Geumdo’s health.

The reason the shell of the golden eagle rotted is because it didn’t get to sunbathe often, so I decided to make sure it got plenty of vitamins.

Until the Tang family provides a place to hide the gold sword.

So we arrived at Itaewon’s base and rested for a few days. Was it about three days?

While I was watching the sunbathing goldfish, splashing water, and black spots on the sandbar of Itaewon’s base, I heard Hwa-eun’s sharp voice from next to me.

“Itae? What are those eyes looking at you now?”

“Huh? My eyes?”

When he turned his head, he saw Hwa-eun glaring at Lee Tae with sharp eyes.

Hwa-eun was looking at Lee Tae as if he were a bug, no, as if he were looking at a furry animal.

“You were looking at the kids with a strange look just now, weren’t you?”

“Me, me?”

“Hwa-eun, what’s going on?”

Soon, attention was focused on Seol Nui and the other Oryongsambongs, but after hearing Hwaeun’s words, they all didn’t know what kind of stance to take.

“No, wouldn’t Itaewon be licking its lips while looking at the sight of Chorang Heukjeom and Geumdo?”

“What!? That kind of worm, no, beast, no, no. Wait a minute? But your appetite?”

Whet your appetite?

If both Cho and Heukjeom were women, one could guess their sinister intentions.

But, as you know, even though both of them were female, isn’t it difficult to believe that they had any sinister intentions?

That was hard for me too.

Moreover, the one who was with us was Geumdo.

Because Geumdo was a male.

So everyone had a bewildered expression on their faces, as if they didn’t understand, and only Hwa-eun was still looking at Lee-tae as if he were a furry animal.

‘What the hell is going on? Wait, this kid, really?’

But after briefly exploring various possibilities, I began to think that maybe this guy had come up with some kind of elixir.

This was because the Central Plains people ate a wide variety of animals and insects.

They catch and eat salamanders, grill and eat bugs, and fry and eat scorpions.

So I started to look at this guy, and he waved his hand with a serious expression at my gaze.

“Oh, no, Little Dragon! That’s absolutely not what you’re thinking!”

“What do you think I’m thinking?”

“I wonder if I was trying to look down on you···.”

“Are you crazy? No, you’re not.”

“then?”

I couldn’t bring myself to say it out loud, so I glared at Itaewon, and Itaewon made an excuse, saying that it was absolutely not true.

“I don’t know what you were thinking, but absolutely not. I just looked at those kids and thought it would be great to take them and play with them.”

“Numbers?”

“What is the number?”

I looked at Lee Tae with a bewildered expression at the word “number” that suddenly popped up. The guy continued making excuses.

“Yes, if you ride the golden sword and take the spirit of that person and his daughter, Cho, to the water, who would dare to stand against you?”

Sure, it would have been nice to have the numerical king as a stand-in, but it was a really useless thought.

Seriously, what do you see with your eyes?

How can you look at such pretty children and only think about things like watermelon?

He looked at Itaewon with a pitiful expression and said.

“What am I saying? This is really a pathetic thought. It seems like a misunderstanding, so I don’t think you need to worry.”

“I know it’s annoying to be picky, but I’ll let it slide this time. I hope you don’t do anything that could be misunderstood in the future.”

“Oh, I understand, miss.”

Hwa-eun disappeared towards the boat with her sister Seol, and asked Lee-tae, who was crying.

“By the way, you did well this time, but did you hear any other information?”

“I’ve heard a few stories, but nothing that I particularly suspect was the work of a spirit.”

“Is that so?”

Well, if we hear information about spirits every day, wouldn’t we quickly collect all the 24 poisons?

As I nodded my head in regret, Itae continued speaking.

“Oh, by the way, did you say a swarm of locusts appeared near the west gate? That’s not really important, is it?”

If it’s locusts, it’s a swarm of locusts.

Surely that didn’t seem to matter much.