OBS Chapter 364 Itachi's Plans
Chapter 364 Itachi's Plans
"Having been out for so long, there must be a lot going on in the tribe."
"Once we return to the tribe, we need to bring the remaining nine students to you before winter."
This trip was worthwhile. He originally only wanted to leave Xun Su in the City of Ten Thousand Beasts to broaden his horizons, but he didn't expect to be able to get nine more spots.
He needs to go back to the tribe and carefully select a few clever and bright young cubs to send over.
The docile creature had overheard the company commander named Yangye say during a lesson that cubs have a stronger learning ability than adult beastmen.
Lin Baiyan nodded. "Indeed, the tribe cannot be without someone to oversee it."
"What about the weasel tribe?"
Itachi thought for a moment, "We also need to go back, so why don't the two tribes go together and look after each other?"
Don't even think about getting anything from Itachi and Wen; Wen is perfectly content with having his child right now.
He needs to go back and discuss it with Itachi, since the Weasel Tribe also has ten spots available!
After the three finished discussing the matter, Junra and Itachi took their leave.
Lin Baiyan tidied up and went out, strolling slowly home under the moonlight.
Itachi returned to Akane's current home. Akane bought the house near the school for Akane's convenience when he went to school. The house was not big, with two bedrooms and a living room, but it was enough for the father and son to live in.
After Itachi and his group arrived, the house was no longer big enough. Itachi originally wanted to buy a small courtyard house in Beast City, but there was no precedent for selling houses to other tribes of beastmen in Beast City, so he had to give up.
However, Itachi couldn't bear to part with Lynx, so he moved into the small home of the father and son, Kaoru.
When Itachi entered, the room was quiet. He thought they had already gone to sleep and was about to turn around and leave when he saw his younger brother sitting on a bamboo chair in the living room.
"Why aren't you asleep yet?" Itachi Tamaki walked over and sat down next to Itachi Ken.
Itachi looked up at him, his eyes full of understanding, "Did you go to see High Priest White Flame, brother?"
"You really can hide anything from me." Itachi chuckled. His younger brother had been exceptionally intelligent since childhood; otherwise, he wouldn't have become the chief of the Weasel tribe at such a young age.
He casually grabbed a bamboo cup from the table. "Yes, I went, but I didn't succeed."
He originally wanted Lin Baiyan to personally ask Ai Xun to leave, even if it came at a price, he didn't care, as long as his brother was happy.
But before he could even voice his thoughts, Lin Baiyan delivered a series of devastating punches that shattered his composure.
"This high priest is truly a peculiar orc." Itachi thought of the orc whose face always appeared calm and gentle, and shook his head helplessly.
“He seems kind and easy to talk to, but he is uncompromising when it comes to certain bottom lines. What’s even more amazing is that he actually cares about the thoughts of people at the bottom.”
"That's why the beastmen of Ten Thousand Beasts City hold him in such high esteem." Although he hadn't been here long, Itachi could sense that the beastmen of Ten Thousand Beasts City treated Lin Baiyan with the utmost respect, almost as if he were a second Beast God.
"Brother, don't think about it anymore. I've already decided to stay here." He looked at Itachi and said resolutely.
Tamaki Itachi sighed, "Don't be so absolute."
"You've been educated as the heir of the weasel tribe since you were a child. You've put so much effort into it. Are you really so heartless as to throw it all away?"
"High Priest Baiyan told me that Little Lynx could stay in Beast City and the Weasel Tribe alternately, so that you wouldn't have to miss either place, and Little Lynx could go out and broaden his horizons."
“The cubs will be better off after they have learned a lot. Besides, since you have already put so much effort into the Weasel tribe, why can’t these things be left to Little Lynx?” Yu Huan changed the subject and said earnestly.
He put down the bamboo cup. "You know I'm decent at fighting, but when it comes to managing the tribe, I'm really no match for you. Even for the sake of the cubs, you should seriously consider the future."
Tamaki's words struck a chord with Itachi Ken. He looked at his brother and pursed his lips. "Okay, I'll think about it."
That night, after Itachi Tamaki left, Itachi Wen couldn't fall asleep, so he simply sat up in bed, went to the living room, and stood on the balcony looking at the campfire outside.
The City of Beasts has a curfew and patrols, and these campfires set up everywhere are for the convenience of the patrolling warriors.
Itachi stared blankly at the burning campfire, seemingly lost in thought.
Just then, a door opened, and Ai Xun walked out and slowly stood beside him.
"Why aren't you sleeping?" Ai Xun tilted her head and looked at the orc's indifferent face.
Itachi pursed his lips. "I'm thinking, what can I leave behind for the river?"
Hearing his nonsensical words, Ai Xun said with amusement, "You've already given him the best?"
Itachi turned to look at him with some confusion. Ai Xun seemed to remember something, and his eyes gradually became distant. "You gave him an extra bit of love."
"When I first found him, he was just a little cub. He was already old enough to remember things, and he was shivering as he hid under a pile of fallen leaves."
At that time, Ai Xun had just lost his child and was in despair. The dwarf beastmen were tools that were discriminated against and tormented by ordinary beastmen.
He didn't want to live anymore.
Ai Xun secretly escaped, buried her cubs, and then wandered aimlessly along the riverbank, staring blankly at the rolling river.
At that inopportune moment, he thought that if he jumped down, would he be able to reunite with his baby?
Just as he found a good spot to jump, he heard a faint groan.
The voice was small and faint, as small as his recently deceased cub.
Ai Xun originally intended to pretend he hadn't heard it, but the sound kept invisibly drilling into his ears. Ai Xun remained silent by the river for a long time before retracting the foot he had stepped out.
He followed the sound and slowly searched along the riverbank. Finally, he found the extremely thin, shivering baby cub among a clump of withered yellow leaves.
The Little Lynx got its name from this.
“Although he was young at the time, he was very sensible, so he knew that he was not my biological child. When he first came with me, he was afraid that I would abandon him, so he tried his best to stay by my side and help me.”
Ai Xun seemed to have thought of something, a slight smile mixed with immense heartache in her eyes, "When I was bullied by the ordinary orcs of the tribe at that time, the cubs who couldn't even transform into human form would stand in front of me."
"He was kicked out by that male orc and developed a fever that night. He survived only because Uncle Hong happened to get a herb."
As Youwen listened to him recount this past event, his fists clenched tightly. "Who was it? Which tribe were they from?"
How dare they bully his little brat like that? Itachi will make them pay the price.
Seeing his gritted teeth, Ai Xun chuckled, "That tribe suffered heavy casualties in the earthquake, and the male orc who bullied the river was also crushed to death."
That's why they were able to escape in the chaos.