"Where is this?"
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"Um... Land of Iron, eastern town... Machino Village."
The woman looked panicked, frightened by the young boy in front of her.
"Impossible! I was clearly following their direction, didn't even turn a corner, and even smashed straight through the mountains and rocks that blocked my way! How am I still going around in circles!" Shin'yu was a little agitated and began to ramble incoherently.
He was still wearing his raincoat and hat, his handsome face slightly twisted, his eyes bloodshot, and his expression incredulous.
"Well... my child is calling for milk..." The woman really didn't want to provoke this lunatic and made an excuse to slip away.
Outside the quiet town, Shin'yu stood alone in the wind and snow, looking up at the sky, the fluttering snow reflecting in his pupils.
The cold wind howled, and Shin'yu finally showed an expression of hopelessness.
"Could it be... that I'm... a hopeless case when it comes to directions?"
"No! Since I'll get lost if I follow a fixed direction, then I'll just randomly pick a direction and wander around!"
...
One day later.
Shin'yu collapsed weakly on an ice river, sprawled out, looking resigned, even his hat was casually thrown aside, allowing the snowflakes to gradually cover his body.
"Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?"
The coldness under him was bone-chilling, but it couldn't compare to the coldness in his heart.
"Ah, so I really am hopeless with directions..."
"Hehehe hahahaha!"
"I'm hopeless with directions! Hahahahaha!"
...
After ranting for a while, he felt inexplicably sleepy, so he simply closed his eyes, using the sky as his blanket and the earth as his bed, and fell into a deep sleep.
Anyway, with his current physical fitness, it would be an insult to describe him as "invulnerable to swords and spears." If any foraging wild beasts didn't mind him being too tough to chew, it would be great to be swallowed whole into their stomachs, maybe they could take him away from the Land of Iron.
He didn't know how long had passed when a slight tremor in the ice awakened Shin'yu.
He opened his clear and flawless eyes and found that his body was already buried under a layer of snow three fingers thick. He immediately sat up straight and shook off all the snow from his raincoat.
He put his hat back on and looked in a certain direction.
Several kilometers away, a team of dozens of people stepped onto the ice river, heading towards him from afar.
5 carriages, 12 horses, with 26 men and 11 women outside the carriages. At the head and tail of the team were two fully armed samurai, wearing silver layered armor and carrying two swords at their waists, vigilantly scanning their surroundings.
It seemed to be a merchant caravan, the carriages were empty, so they must have unloaded their goods and completed their delivery mission.
Shin'yu withdrew his gaze, a look of interest flashing across his face.
Since his eyes evolved, even without activating the Sharingan, his eyesight had already surpassed the Hyuga clan's Byakugan. Although he didn't have the ability to see through things, when it came to the distance of clear observation, it was not inferior at all.
As it stands, he could easily focus on things thousands of meters away, everything clearly falling into his eyes, every car track, every snowflake, even the moles on the faces of everyone in that caravan were clearly visible.
His excellent mental strength allowed him to effortlessly receive and process this information. No matter the environment, his eyes could automatically adjust to changes in humidity and refractive index. Even at night, it was as bright as day in his eyes.
After all, these were eyes capable of seeing through the ocean trench.
...
About ten minutes later, the caravan slowly approached, and the leading samurai noticed Shin'yu.
"Halt!" He raised a hand high, his rough and loud voice echoing on the glacier.
The samurai approached step by step, stopping a few meters in front of Shin'yu, and shouted, "Who goes there, state your name!"
"Uncle."
Shin'yu showed a look of relief, although it was feigned, tears welled up in his eyes somehow.
"Uncle, can you give me a ride?"
His purpose was simple. Since he was hopeless with directions, instead of foolishly taking a detour, he might as well follow the locals.
The samurai narrowed his eyes, only then noticing that under the bamboo hat was actually a delicate young boy's face.
The boy had rosy lips and white teeth, bright eyes, and was as pretty as a girl. His pleading tone, coupled with his pitiful eyes, couldn't help but stir up compassion.
However, the samurai's intuition made him suppress his emotions.
"You still haven't answered my question." The samurai's hands went to the hilt of his sword.
"Uncle, don't kill me!"
Shin'yu quickly got up, patted the ice and snow off his pants, "I'm a fisherman, this morning I followed my grandpa to town to deliver fish, who knew the wind and snow would be so heavy, that old geezer... my grandpa didn't even know I fell off the cart, uncle, I'm so scared, where is this place anyway..."
As he spoke, Shin'yu began to wipe away tears, his pitiful appearance not seeming feigned at all.
The samurai's vigilance lessened a bit, but his hand on the hilt of his sword did not move away, "What's your grandpa's name?"
"Miyamoto Musashi," Shin'yu replied immediately, the name blurting out without thinking.
"Where is your home?"
"Machino Village."
"Your name."
"Miyamoto... Shin'yu."
"Well, looks like he really is a lost child." The samurai nodded, seeing that he answered so decisively, finally believing Shin'yu's story.
"Unfortunately, Machino Village is to the east, we are going to Takeo Castle in the west, we can't take you there."
Takeo was the name of the Land of Iron's capital.
Shin'yu ran over excitedly, grabbing the samurai's hand, "Uncle, I'm going to Takeo, you don't know, we're going to the capital to seek relatives this time, as long as I get there, I can find my family!"
Seeing the samurai frown, Shin'yu immediately sniffled, saying with a sob, "The weather is getting colder and colder, and we coastal farmers have no harvest at all, our income is pitifully low, and now I'm lost, grandpa must be worried to death..."
"Alright!" The samurai shook off Shin'yu's hand, a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes, "Stop acting."
"Ah?" Shin'yu was dumbfounded, not knowing where he went wrong.
"I was almost fooled by you." The samurai gripped his sword hilt, sneering, "Hmph, a child who's been frozen in the snow for who knows how long, yet his palms are still so warm! Even if you're not an assassin, you're definitely not an ordinary person!"
"Alas, even the most meticulous plans have their flaws." Shin'yu sighed, wiping away the last trace of tears, and slowly raised his head, "What a waste of my acting."
A wisp of crimson flashed from his black and white eyes, and the samurai's expression faltered. The three black tomoe resembled a bottomless vortex, pulling all his emotions and thoughts into it.
"Believe everything I just said, and you will show great kindness by helping me to Takeo Castle." Shin'yu spoke softly, his calm tone revealing a destiny-like majesty that brooks no defiance.
"Samurai-sama, what happened?" A middle-aged man walked over from the merchant caravan, his face slightly anxious, "Why aren't we leaving yet? The captain is urging us..."
The samurai turned his head, "Oh, it's nothing, just met a child who got separated from his family. We'll give him a ride, it's no problem, right?"
"Oh dear, that's a small matter. Let's get on the road quickly. As long as it doesn't delay the journey, anything is fine..." The merchant hurriedly beckoned Shin'yu, and seeing that he was a child, even arranged a carriage for him.
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