"Take me over to have a look," Bai Yaoyao said.
The child picked up the bread from the ground and asked tentatively, "Okay, then can I have half?"
"It's all yours."
Excited, the child stuffed the bread into his shirt and said tactfully, "Thank you, pretty lady. Follow me this way. It's about the same distance, but it's a little cleaner."
"Why are those two getting beaten up?" Bai Yaoyao asked.
The child checked that no one was nearby before edging closer and whispering, "They offended someone! Fugui just can't keep his mouth shut. He insisted he was the one who hired someone to blow up the Yasukuni Shrine, and a guy who speaks Japanese overheard him.
"He sends people to beat them up every day. It's usually nothing too serious. They beat them for ten or fifteen minutes, then leave. It's been going on for over ten days."
Bai Yaoyao and the others exchanged silent glances. This seemed... like a lead?
"You heard him speaking Japanese?" Bai Yaoyao asked.
"Yeah, but only once. I happened to be nearby. That man said, 'Haikibutsu!'"
Bai Yaoyao froze. "What the heck is that? You know Japanese?"
"It's a line from the animated movie Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial. It means 'trash.'"
The child explained earnestly, even striking an Ultraman pose...
They hadn't walked far before they heard a commotion ahead.
Bai Yaoyao looked over and saw people already swinging clubs at the two men's heads. They were clearly trying to kill them! She hurriedly stepped in and stopped the attackers.
The men could tell at a glance that Bai Yaoyao and her companions were no ordinary people. Without wasting a single word, they turned and ran.
Bai Yaoyao threw a few pebbles after them, and they collapsed in a heap.
"Who's