Harano and Ah Qing didn't really get along, and he also felt it was unnecessary, but safety came first—after thinking it over, he couldn't just go with his temper, so he didn't say anything more, tacitly agreeing to the plan.
So, Tao Liulang led the donkey and took the lead, Jing Qilang carried a bamboo spear, Harano sat in the donkey cart, and Ah Qing guarded them with a stick. The whole group set out like they were heading to the Western Heaven to fetch the scriptures.
It really was pretty much just like heading to the Western Heaven—the road was fucking hard to walk. Who knows what the Hosokawa Family was doing here, they hadn't even bothered to properly fix the roads in their territory. The dirt path was sometimes wide, sometimes narrow, full of potholes, making it even harder than the road to Nagano Castle—Harano's butt hurt from being bounced about so much.
