I'm a Hokage in Tokyo

Before he finished his words, the fishing fire climbed up a big tree at a rapid speed and disappeared into the dense canopy.

Hirota Tulio and his companions looked nervous as they crouched cautiously in the bushes, even keeping their breathing to the minimum.

Not long after, Yuhuo reappeared in front of them with a strange look on his face.

"No problem, the horse-foot monster doesn't seem to be here, let's continue on our way."

Yuhuo was completely familiar with this secret forest path. He was able to foresee the dangers along the way and lead them to avoid them in advance. They also passed through several monster territories safely along the way.

The journey was so smooth that the people who were originally worried finally swallowed their hearts back and even began to relax.

"I've been walking for two hours. My feet are so sore and I'm so hungry."

The long-haired woman leaned half against her boyfriend and began to complain.

"Just bear with it. As the village chief said, we have already walked most of the way, and only the last section of the way remains."

Hirota Tulio wiped the sweat from his head, threw it on the ground, and smiled bitterly.

A long walk in the forest is indeed very exhausting. The salted fish and rice he had in the morning have been almost used up, and now even his stomach is rumbling.

If they had known this would happen, they should have asked the village chief to prepare a second pot of rice so that they could take a few rice balls with them to eat on the way.

Fortunately, there were several pools of water in the forest, and they replenished their water on the way, otherwise it would have been even more difficult.

"I know there are some edible wild peaches a quarter of an hour from here. How about I go pick some for you?"

Yuhuo's physique was obviously far superior to theirs, and he showed no signs of fatigue until now.

Hirota Tulio's throat moved with difficulty, but before waiting for others to answer, he spoke:

"No need, Miss Yuhuo, let's not make things more complicated. Let's get to the shrine as soon as possible."

It might take Miss Yuhuo half an hour to go back and forth. Now they were not in a garden for an outing, but in a terrifying forest haunted by monsters. Time was of the essence and there was no time for a slow picnic.

"Wait, wait! Chocolate!"

The foreign woman seemed to remember something. She rummaged through her shoulder bag and took out a few pieces of chocolate wrapped in candy paper.

"You actually brought chocolate?!" The others were surprised and happy at once.

"I often do photography in the wild, and carrying these high-sugar, high-calorie chocolates is a lifesaver."

The foreign woman said in English: "It's a pity that some of them fell into the sea. Now there are only five pieces left, just enough for us to have one each."

As she spoke, the foreign woman began to distribute the chocolates in her hands, and even Yuhuo got a piece.

The long-haired woman took the chocolate and swallowed it in one gulp like a cow chewing a peony. Then she looked at her boyfriend eagerly. The young man pretended not to see her and swallowed it in one gulp as well.

"what is this?"

Yuhuo tilted his head, a hint of doubt in his eyes.

"This is chocolate, the best candy outside the island. There should be candy on Penglai Island as well," Hirota Tulio explained.

"Of course, Penglai Island also has maltose and honey." Yuhuo frowned, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.

Hirota Tulio smiled, slowly unwrapped the paper, and put the chocolate into his mouth.

Yuhuo also followed suit, opening the candy wrapper and looking at the dark chocolate. A moment of hesitation flashed across his eyes, but as he saw everyone else tasting the chocolate with a satisfied look on their faces, he finally broke off a small piece and put it in his mouth with some doubt.

The next second, Yuhuo's eyes lit up and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

But she immediately realized her gaffe, covered her mouth, and looked at Hirota Tulio embarrassedly.

Hirota Tulio asked with some amusement:

"Ms. Yuhuo, are you satisfied with the taste of the chocolate?"

"Indeed. Although it tastes a bit bitter at first, it has a rich and unique aroma. It is very sweet and has a milky flavor. It is the most delicious taste I have ever tasted." Yuhuo admitted it generously.

Hirota Tulio is also proud of it.

A small piece of chocolate is made of a variety of ingredients such as cocoa, cocoa butter, milk, sugar and vanillin, and is processed using sophisticated modern technology. It is the crystallization of modern industrial civilization and is a dimensionality reduction attack on the sweetness of agricultural society.

Even the legendary paradise of Penglai Island cannot taste sweeter than chocolate.

"You people outside the island are really a little envious of being able to taste such wonderful things."

Yuhuo carefully wrapped the remaining chocolate in candy paper, put it in his arms, and smiled at the foreign woman.

The foreign woman was flattered and came forward to give him another big hug.

A blush appeared on Yuhuo's face.

Guangtian Tulio witnessed this scene and felt mixed emotions, a little sad and a little distressed. He blurted out without thinking:

"Ms. Yuhuo, have you ever thought about leaving this island?"

"leave?"

"Ah, that's not what I meant... I'm not saying Penglai Island is bad."

Hirota Tulio explained helplessly: "This world is very vast. Outside of Penglai Island, there are many things that are more wonderful and interesting than chocolate... I think you can go and see."

"Thank you. But..."

Yuhuo looked gloomy and shook his head.

"No, I won't leave Penglai. This is the only place I can stay."

"But……"

The fishing fire immediately interrupted Hirota Tulio's topic:

"Now, we just need to pass through the last monster's territory, and then we will have smooth sailing."

Everyone was cheered up. Even the long-haired woman who had been complaining before quickly shut her mouth and showed a hopeful look.

"The last monster is the Great Centipede, one of the most powerful monsters on Penglai Island. Its shell is invulnerable to swords and guns, its limbs can cut through iron like mud and penetrate gold and stone, and the poisonous gas it spews out can kill even monsters if they come into contact with it, so we must be careful and sneak past it."

Hearing Yuhuo's repeated emphasis in such a serious tone, everyone perked up and nodded repeatedly to show that they had listened.

After eating the chocolate, the few of them replenished some of their energy and quickened their pace forward.

After walking a few more miles, this time before Yuhuo could go ahead to explore the way, the sharp-eyed Hirota Tulio discovered something was wrong.

I saw that trees in the forest not far away had fallen down in large numbers, and the ground was covered with shocking gullies like a dragon turning over. It was obvious that a devastating battle had taken place!

"I gonna go see."

Before Hirota Tulio and others could react, the fishing fire rushed out.

After a long while, a voice came from the front:

"You can come here."

Hirota Tulio and the others walked over and saw that in Yuhuo's hands was a piece of black shell as big as a tabletop, with flesh and blood still stuck on it.

"The centipede is dead."

A hint of gloom appeared on Yuhuo's face.

"Isn't this a good thing? The last obstacle is gone." The long-haired woman asked stupidly.

This woman is so stupid.

Hirota Tulio couldn't help but look at her boyfriend, and the young man shrugged helplessly and spread his hands.

"The Great Centipede is a very powerful monster. Even I am no match for it."

Yuhuo shook his head and threw another thing on the ground.

It is a green snake scale the size of a fan!

"A monster that can kill and eat a centipede has scales like this, but I have no impression of it. This is an unexpected danger."

Hirota Tulio's expression also looked a little ugly.

But he raised his head again and looked towards the center of Penglai Island. The sacred peak was right in front of him. A journey of a hundred miles begins with a single step. If he retreated here, all his efforts would be wasted.

"We've been walking for so long without any problems, so we won't be so unlucky as to encounter it in the last few steps, right?"

"That's right! We absolutely cannot give up here."

There wasn't any heated discussion, and everyone agreed that they should move on.

Even though the sacred peak is within sight, even the centipede territory closest to the center is still quite a distance away.

According to Yuhuo, the witch on the mountain is like a fairy, and the monsters on the island stay away from her.

They shuttled through the forest, occasionally startling a large number of fireflies that flew all over the sky.

After crossing streams and small rivers and wading through mountains and rivers for nearly half an hour, the view in front of us finally opened up.

I saw a red torii gate at the foot of the mountain hundreds of meters away, and the snow-white stone steps looked like stairs to heaven. The mountain peaks were shrouded in mist and clouds from halfway up the mountain, and it was as beautiful as a fairyland.

“It’s so beautiful, it’s like a dream!”

The foreign woman praised in an aria-like tone, but then looked frustrated.

"It's a pity that my digital camera fell into the sea, otherwise I would have taken a few pictures and they would have become my best works."

At this time, Hirota Tulio, who had put down his burden, also smiled.

It's more than just the scenery of Penglai Island. Whether it's the monsters on the island, the paradise-like village, or the villagers' lifespan of up to 200 years, any one of them is a great discovery that can shock the world.

"Now we can become celebrities too."

The young man stroked his chin, pushed the long-haired woman leaning on him, and said proudly:

"Whether it's a TV show or a book, you can make a lot of money! Don't you think so?"

His eyes fell intentionally or unintentionally on the package behind Yuhuo.

But the most valuable one is still one of the five treasures in "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter", the Penglai Jade Branch, which is a priceless treasure.

"Ugh...I...feel a little uncomfortable..."

The long-haired woman's face was pale, her lips were cyanotic, and she spoke hesitantly.

"No way, we're almost there and you're in trouble." The young man said reluctantly, "Next we have to climb the stairs, don't expect me to carry you up, it could kill you."

"Uh...hungry, I'm so hungry!"

The long-haired woman lowered her head, with her hair disheveled and no expression visible.

"You're really greedy. Just bear with it for a while. There should be food at the shrine."

The young man showed a look of disgust and touched his shriveled belly. After being treated like that by the woman, his stomach started to rebel and he felt sour.

"Hungry! Hungry! Hungry!"

"You're not done yet, are you? Can I conjure up something for you to eat? You're screaming so loudly, are you trying to eat me... ah! It hurts!"

The young man let out a scream, and the long-haired woman bit his shoulder hard, like a madman.

The young man quickly reached out his hand to push her, but the long-haired woman had become extremely powerful at this moment, and he couldn't break free.

"Ahhh!"

The long-haired woman actually tore off a large piece of flesh from the young man's shoulder.

The young man rolled on the ground in pain, screaming in agony.

"What are you doing?!"

Hirota Tulio and the foreign woman were both shocked, and were immediately stunned by the scene before them.

The long-haired woman's eyes were white, and her face was twisted and ugly like a beast. She was chewing something with blood all over her mouth, emitting a horrible breath.

"hungry!"

After swallowing the food in her mouth, the long-haired woman opened her sharp white teeth with meat threads still hanging from them, drooling from her mouth, and pounced on Hirota Tulio like a hungry tiger.

At the critical moment, Yuhuo appeared in front of Hirota Tulio and raised his arm to block it.

The long-haired woman's teeth made a crunching sound as they bit Yuhuo's scaly arms!

A look of pain flashed across Yuhuo's face, and then he swung his arm hard, throwing the long-haired woman out, and she fell heavily to the ground.

"Ms. Yuhuo, what happened?"

Looking at the long-haired woman who got up from the ground without feeling any pain, got on all fours and glared at them greedily, Hirota Tulio asked with lingering fear.

“It’s a hungry ghost.”

Yuhuo said seriously, "When she was in the sea of ​​trees, she was possessed by a wandering evil spirit."