Chapter 5400: Grab the Little Thief
"Just call me."
"Or your sister-in-law."
The more people, the stronger we'd be.
One person couldn't catch it...
If two or three of us were there, how could we let it get away?
"Okay."
The Young Scholar nodded.
"It all happened so suddenly..."
How could he have thought to call someone else?
Besides...
Would there even have been time?
If he called out, wouldn't the little thief have run off?
"It was unexpected."
The woodcutter nodded.
"That thing isn't afraid of you at all."
The woodcutter found it rather amusing.
So far, this little thief...
The woodcutter looked at the strange-looking animal in the drawing.
His brows were still furrowed.
It really did seem to have come just to steal buns.
It hadn't shown any other signs of being dangerous.
"Not afraid of me?"
The Young Scholar gave a wry smile.
Wasn't it?
More than that, that fellow had practically walked all over him.
"...What exactly is this thing?"
The woodcutter couldn't help muttering under his breath.
The more he looked at the drawing, the more unsettled he felt.
How could it look like that?
"Taotie."
The Young Scholar spoke up.
Huh?
The woodcutter looked at the Young Scholar.
What?
"I looked it up in the classics,"
the Young Scholar said. "Its appearance is very similar to the Taotie described in them..."
"Very similar."
"Ah..."
The woodcutter's mouth fell open.
Taotie?
Even compared to his younger brother, he was a rough sort.
He'd hardly read any books.
But...
He still knew about Taotie.
Taotie...
That legendary creature was famous throughout the land.
But...
The woodcutter stammered, "H-how could that be?"
"Taotie is just a creature from legend, isn't it?"
It wasn't real.
Just like dragons