The Man Picked Up By the Gods (Reboot)

"Found it!?

"No, you don't look like you can either..."

"Where have you been, you little jerk?

In the square in the heart of the village, adults searching for Niki boys who are gone, leave constantly and repeat their return. Some of those adults were from the pier of Sikum.

"Lyoma! How about that one!?

"Mr. Sein...... at least near the village, there are no boats out on the lake. We saw a few fishing boats from other villages, but none of them had children on board. Nor is there a child on the path leading from the entrance or exit of the village, nor is there a carriage that can be hidden."

I also asked the Removal Birds to help me and share my vision.

We're searching from high places, mainly outside the village, but we haven't achieved any results...

"Right...... whoa! Palon! How about that one?

"All the ships in the village could be located. Also, they don't have any ships from anywhere else today."

"Something about not being in the lake?

The Niki boy was last seen shortly after he threw an octa at me.

Once I caught him and scolded him, he disobeyed and disappeared as he was.

Then four hours have already passed. It's winter and the days are shorter, so it's starting to get dark outside.

"... unless it's a kidnapping..."

"Sure, you'll be back at this hour if you don't have anything..."

"Really?

"That kid... he's a habitual flirtatious criminal, but he's always back before dark. Even if you know you're gonna get mad."

"I kept the bare minimum. We used to do bad things, too, and when I say something really dangerous, I ask. So I always missed it with one fist bone and a mild sermon."

I wish I could just bend my navel and hide somewhere, but I can't deny the possibility that something happened either.

"I'm sorry, if I had caught that kid properly"

"It's our son who's at fault. Don't really think of it."

"Damn that idiot! I don't know how to make a mistake on my own and run away if I get scolded. If I find him, I'll squeeze him thoroughly!

If you look at those who heard rough voices, there's still a pair of young men and women there. Probably Niki boy's parents due to the content of the conversation, some old ladies seem to have been looking for Niki boy in the daytime, although they can barely see him hiding in the two bodies.

The old lady is holding hands and crying toward something like a Buddha's Hall that rests her vault in the square. That's all I regret, and I guess I'm worried.

Anyway, I want to find it for you soon...... if you're not going to find it in the village, in the streets, in the lake, anywhere in it, all that remains is the forest surrounding almost all the directions of the village. Besides, the forest spreads its branches vigorously despite winter.

I'll give instructions to Zex and Humph, who were searching the streets to try... a layer of thick leaves blocking sight from the sky. Once inside, it seems difficult to fly with too many branches. Unfortunately, it seems like a difficult environment to use the help of Removal Bird.

I need a clue... how was my childhood?

I think there have been several similar things since my father and I stopped going against each other.

But then... even if I ran away from home, I didn't have a place to go.

Appropriate parks and such to get there... yes, there was only a limited range to travel on children's legs even when trying to get far. Even though I thought I'd come a long way then myself, I wasn't actually that far from home.

Speaking of which, you heard about the kid who ran away and rolled over to his friend's house... though I didn't have any friends like that.... In the end, do you mean there are many kids who can lurk in places that are quite familiar?

A familiar place for Niki boys in the woods...... hmm? Speaking of forests,

"Mr. Sein, Mr. Payron, the octa you ate at noon, you're in the woods, aren't you?

"Ah? Yeah, but suddenly what happened?

"That octa was originally something you threw at me, Niki. But where did he source it? I don't think an adult would give it for a flirt, and if he prepared it himself, wouldn't he be back“ once in the woods, getting an octa ”by the time he meets us?

"... If you ask me, I might"

"No, that flirtation is a relatively good look, but I've never heard of stealing and using it for dinner at home or anything... I'm just gonna check it out"

Mr. Sayne ran to his old man and grandmother earlier and came back a little.

I've heard from him since. Three people are following me.

"Lyoma! I knew Niki was sourcing the octa for the flirt herself!

"Don't you know where that procurement is?

"Then it's probably east. She said she was going to go get it from herself when she ran out of firewood, so I'm sure she'll be ready then."

Your mother gave me information!

"Are our idiots in the East Forest?

His father, who had raised a rough voice earlier, had heard it in a flinching and hurried voice.

I remember my anger at my son, but I guess I'm worried about his safety.

"I have no certainty, child, but if I were in your son's shoes, I would hide myself in a place that was invisible and familiar."

Let me tell you from the experience of hunting like every day in the Ghanaian woods, hunting is not an easy job, like finding prey if you put it in the woods properly.

Because most prey quickly escapes perceiving smells and signs when people approach it, it takes ingenuity to be aware of the wind direction when approaching it, or to find a passage in advance to trap it. If we want to be even more stable and achieve results, we also need experience.

Niki boy, for flirting, had caught Octa all the time.

Then is there a hole in the east woods where Octa captures or something, or is there a familiar place?

Only, if I'm in his shoes, I will, but...

"Isn't that nice? Anyway, I don't have any other clues, and let's go, rather than say uddauda here."

"Just fine. Sin and the others are back."

Here the remaining three of Sikum's piers rendezvous.

"All right, let's go!

"What?"

"Talk about what?

"Sayne? I need you to explain."

"I can do it while walking. To the East Forest for now."

"I'm coming too!

We'll head to the East Forest, explaining everything to three people who don't know what's going on.

By the time we arrived, the sun was completely down and it was dark in the woods.

"If there's a hole in the Octa-Catcher, I think it's pretty much going in the back."

"I agree. Octa is timid and somewhat out of people's living quarters."

Kay and Singh narrowed me down from Octa's ecology.

"I see. On the contrary, I'm not going any further, the rules like that"

"Then it's up to the bouncing rock."

"Some of the cliffs facing the lake are stretched out towards the lake."

"Let's go some deep once and for all. Lyoma, don't fall off because it's not a good prospect!

Additional information about Mr. Sayne and Mr. Payron.

And Mr. Kai cut ahead and went into the woods.

Relying on the light magic lights, we scratch the trees in the woods and move forward...

"! Didn't you hear something?

"What?... is that true?

"No, it sounded like me too. I don't know if it's Niki."

"There is also the possibility of Warcraft. We'll proceed with caution."

The sound that reaches your ear becomes louder as you follow Sin's words to the sounder, and eventually the cause is also found.

"This voice, it's almost definitely a goblin, I think it's about five, but it sounds a lot exciting"

In this darkness, the light is supposed to stand out, but there's no sign of it approaching.

Seems more attentive to something than that.

"You mean excited, that kid's in there too?

"... I can't hear the child, though"

"Please tell me you're not here..."

"... Goblins near which Michi village cannot be left alone. Can you go?"

"I'm glad we're ready, just in case."

Each of the five men put up a weapon, and I was equipped with an iron slime that got me a little machete, too.

further, and approaching as close as he could see,

"Giggy!"

"Gi! Gi!

"Coming! Don't be alarmed!

"Answer!

The noisy goblins came towards me when I noticed this one, as they surrounded one particularly thick among the woods. But they're round hips, and everyone at Sikum's pier isn't weak enough to struggle with their goblin opponents.

... so the battle was momentary.

When all the goblins fall flashly sprinkled with blood, the woods become quiet again.

"... sounds like this is all you got"

"Niki, what about you?

"Hey! Niki! Are you there!?"

When Mr. Sayne raised his voice.

"... ah..."

"Hey, now."

"Oh! I did hear that!

"But from where?

"Come out!...... give me a reply!

The surroundings, of course, look over the trees, but there is no way the child is hiding.

But I did hear voices.

When it comes to not being on the side or on top...... no way,

"'Earth Sonar'......!!

using previously developed magic for ground exploration,

Because the ground is mud, not pure soil, or it doesn't really extend the distance.

However,

"What?"

"Mr. Lyoma, what's wrong?

"I magically checked, there's a wide cavity underneath this tree"

"What!?

"A cavity, then, is there an entrance or something somewhere?

"Huh! There's a hole here!

"Seriously!

"It's too narrow to get in, and I can't see much ahead of it..."

"Take my place, I might be able to get in."

What Mr. Payron found was a gap in the roots of a tree like a mangrove.

There was a secretly muddy scratched cavity as the roots stretched out on the ground intertwined.

It also looks like an animal nest hole. Peeping into it, the narrow cavity continues into the back.

Take advantage of the child's body and dive into the hole, but this path is critical even for me.

There's no gap to lift your head, so you even crawl forward.

Speaking of which, there used to be militia training.

Apparently there are companies that incorporate experiential enlistment into militia training for new employees, but even companies from previous lives should incorporate that! There was an opinion at one time.

And to consider that, I enlisted for an experience that had nothing to do with my original business of "actually experiencing it on holiday return"... blah blah blah blah blah It was easier than my usual job.

Of course, there must have been some relief from enlisting the experience, but I had no physical problems at all, and above all, it was good that the instructions were clear and easy to understand.

In the case of our section chief, the instructions are not specific, vague and difficult to understand, so I don't know what to do unless I am given the job and then I take another check and pull out the information.

He gets mad at me for not having to tell me which way to split up at the confirmation stage, but later even if I do it in my imagination and I'm wrong. Even if I do the job as I was told at the end of the sentence, there is also the irrationality of doing the job wrong and getting angry because the first instructions were wrong.

Compared to that, I sincerely thought the militia's instructions were clear, even more appropriate and if followed properly, they would not be denied, and it would be great. And at the same time, I didn't think I could work for our company if I got used to these instructions in training.

I thought the report requested after the training went a long way to saying "I don't feel it makes sense to incorporate militia training, I rather think it's counterproductive”... of course I'm not denying militia.

"Oops..."

I was surprised to see what the lights lit up before proceeding along a loosely curved path.

There it was… "the door".

Tree branches lined up and tied together just like that...... something simple, but definitely made in people's hands.

"I see it wasn't just a hole, Niki, it was your“ secret base "... that's not what I'm gonna find."

I speak up, admiring how well I found this place and made it.

"Lyoma, don't you see? I'm Slime's brother. Niki, you're there, aren't you?

……

No reply, but I can hear some noise from inside.

There's nothing like a key on the door, so I'll push it gently.

Then the door opens lightly.

And beyond that... I found it.

"Niki, you!

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