Mission in another world with my transformed best friend

Chapter 263 The Impression Transformation Plan (Part 2)

Rumia changed the subject, pointing in a direction. Someone wearing a hood and a cloak, who had been standing behind her at some point, slowly walked forward.

As the hood was slowly removed, a head of smooth, long golden hair cascaded down.

Next up was Zhang Lan, her face beaming with an incredibly confident smile as she faced the crowd.

After the quiet discussion subsided, she coughed twice and said.

"My daughter Alice, like... her mother, grew up in 'Cosimo Village'. Although she lives in the forest, she is practically a villager."

"First of all, I must apologize. About half a year ago, I took a boy named Kyle from the village and left without saying goodbye..."

"I haven't had a chance to apologize to his parents for the harm I caused them."

"Now, in front of the old village chief and all the villagers, I hope that with you as witnesses, I can express my deepest apologies to the two elders..."

As he spoke, Zhang Lan bowed her head forward in a similar manner.

Indeed, apologizing to the "public" in front of everyone, even though it was Alice's fault, made her feel a little better.

Zhang Lan then added.

"This year-end trip back to my hometown is to make amends to the villagers and ask for their forgiveness for the many wrong things I did in the village when I was young..."

"After learning that this year's tax revenue had inexplicably increased significantly, I felt it was time to take this opportunity to step forward..."

"During the past six months away, I've earned some money. While marveling at my fate, I'm also grateful to Kyle for his companionship along the way."

"Furthermore, my mother and I discussed it for several days and decided to do our part to ease everyone's financial burden. That's all..."

……

This long string of awkward, disjointed statements, even lacking in detail, is poorly worded.

From a results-oriented perspective, the villagers present did not question even a single punctuation mark.

Because several more horse-drawn carts loaded with various New Year's goods quietly entered the village...

What follows is a scene that doesn't need to be described in detail.

A tycoon returns to his hometown in glory, delivering money and gifts to every household as a way of expressing gratitude to the villagers—a truly melodramatic scene.

Having achieved his goal and incidentally resolved some "crises," Zhang Lan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Money isn't everything, but you can't do anything without it... Er Gou, your parents wouldn't let me in the door for a while, but in no time you'll realize how quickly 'people' can change their minds, hahaha!"

……

"Fuck you! Ptooey..."

Eun, who had already left "Cosimo Village" a few kilometers away, suddenly turned around, cursed, and spat on the ground.

I originally wanted to take this opportunity to "legally and reasonably" vent the violent impulses that I had been suppressing for a while.

He was inexplicably harassed by an unknown elf girl and suffered a loss he couldn't speak of.

Even if the tax work is successfully completed, the incident of having one's sleeve torn off could have been singled out and discussed in more detail.

But the elf woman suddenly gave a subtle "hint" to this side.

So, that had to be dropped, otherwise Ewan might have tried some underhanded tactics...

Oh well, there are still a few villages left, and there shouldn't be any "benefactors" there to help us.

"Everyone, keep up! We need to reach the next village before dark!"

"Okay, big brother!"

The rapid sound of horses' hooves began to echo, and the group entered a galloping state.

Right there, a large tree suddenly appeared lying across the dirt road ahead. Upon seeing this, Eun quickly braked, and the group almost rear-ended each other.

"What's going on? I didn't see this tree when I passed by here a few hours ago?"

As the group of people looked on in disbelief, a person suddenly appeared from the tree trunk...

With a black cloth wrapped around his head and covering his face, only his eyes were visible. Judging from his appearance, he seemed to be a... young man.

"This road is mine, these trees are mine, if you want to pass, leave your toll!"

Standing on the tree trunk with his hands on his hips, Wang Kai, feeling uncomfortable after saying those words, stared intently at You En.

Ewan seemed to have never seen such a "highway robbery" scene before, and he was unmoved by the famous saying about "collecting tolls" that had been passed down through the ages.

"Boy, what are you doing?"

One of the cavalrymen shouted angrily.

Wang Kai's embarrassment escalated, and he cleared his throat again before speaking.

"What I mean is, this road was built by me, so if you want to use it, you at least have to show some appreciation, understand?"

Eun looked at the gaps in the dirt road on both sides of the tree trunk, wide enough for a carriage to pass through. He looked around and saw no one else except the masked boy in front of him. He found it amusing, but also a little suspicious.

"Young man, what you just said, were you perhaps planning to 'rob someone on the highway'?"

"Oh, so it took you all a while to realize? That's right, I am the number one bandit king of the underworld—the Masked Wolf!"

Upon hearing this, the cavalrymen paused for a few seconds, looked at each other, and then burst into laughter.

"Hey kid, have you lost your mind? You think you can rob us all by yourself? Don't you even know where we are..."

"Wait!"

You En stopped his subordinates from introducing themselves, jumped off his horse with a smile, reached for the axe at his waist, walked up to Wang Kai and said.

"You've got guts! But such a blatant robbery is a bit childish. How about this, if you can beat me, you can take as much money as you want!"

"This is what you said!"

Wang Kai landed with a front flip, hands on his hips, one in front of the other in front of him, striking a karate pose.

This really amused Ewan. This ungrateful little robber was not only robbing people all by himself, but also planning to "get something for nothing" without even bringing a weapon.

However, attacking unarmed people is something Eun is extremely "good at".

He pulled out an axe, pointed it forward, and said.

"Kid, I don't know if it's your luck or mine, but I can guarantee that even when facing robbers and bandits, I won't go too far."

"Really? Well, thank you so much..."

"No need to thank me. I'll first cut off some unnecessary parts of your body, like your hands and feet, and then slowly..."

Before he could finish speaking, Wang Kai pushed off with both feet and ran straight toward You En.

This sudden attack, completely without any strategy, and with his hands empty, left Eun somewhat bewildered, but also lowered his guard to the minimum.

He had ample time to observe and respond, and could even unleash a powerful counterattack in the instant of blocking.

"Shu~"

Just as Wang Kai staggered and rushed to within half a meter of Eun's attack range.

A strong gust of wind, seemingly from nowhere, swept up a cloud of dust.

Ewan didn't care about any of that. He aimed his axe at the opponent's ankle and chopped down at an angle...

But just as the axe was about to strike the figure, a gentle breeze brushed past his cheek.

The "robber" in front of them vanished instantly!