Chiba... Village? Even Sogo Doma wanted to complain about the location of this forest training camp. What a deep scheme!
In this country, wouldn't anyone who heard "Chiba" immediately think of Chiba Prefecture? Sogo Doma privately believed that was precisely why Hayama and the others had been tricked into coming. After all, what was wrong with lending a hand somewhere in Chiba Prefecture?
But Chiba Village... By the way, prefectures were already high-level administrative divisions beneath the national government in this country, comparable to provincial capitals in the Celestial Empire. But a village really was just a village.
As for its advantages, of course there was lush grass, dense trees, a closeness to nature, and peaceful scenery... Except that the peace of Chiba Village had been shattered today.
"Damn it, damn it, that bastard..." The blonde Yumiko Miura fumed.
"Stop talking..." Hayato Hayama's expression was not very pleasant either. If Miura hadn't just called him a bastard, then perhaps... But his attitude made Miura feel deeply wronged. "Ha-Hayato..."
"Miura, Hayama was also..." Tobe, whose true colors had just been exposed, hurriedly tried to explain. Though the others, like him, only regarded Hayama as a friend, he was the one who had been called out!
"Shut up!" Miura could tolerate Hayama, but who the hell was Tobe? She had already been displeased with him. "If you guys hadn't been threatened by that bastard..."
"Yumiko!!!" Perhaps those words had struck a nerve, because Hayama snapped at her again.
"Hayato..."
"S-sorry..." Fortunately, Hayama came to his senses quickly. "I was too tense. But if possible, Yumiko, don't talk about that guy anymore."
"..." Yumiko Miura froze. "Hayato, who exactly is that guy? Are you..." Afraid of him?
"You wouldn't want to know!" Hayato Hayama's smile grew increasingly strained. "Luckily, what he told us