Chapter 40: Battle with the Rain Shinobi!

At night, Seishi and Junichiro found a relatively nice hotel to rest. The hotel was not large, with only two floors, the first floor for dining and the second floor for accommodation.

Although the surrounding decor seemed simple, it was clean without any excess dust, and there was no better place around. Therefore, after discussing with each other, Seishi and Junichiro decided to stay here temporarily.

Anyway, they only stayed for one night, and they would set off early the next morning. However, what surprised Junichiro was that although the hotel environment was not great for them, compared to other places in the Rain Village, it was considered clean and elegant.

Apart from them, there were no other guests in the entire hotel. Seishi savored the fish soup in his bowl and filled himself up with rice.

During the continuous days of travel, they had been in barren areas without any resting places. Even for someone who didn't care much about food like Seishi, he felt that the food was bland after eating dry food for a few days.

He couldn't taste any fishiness in the river fish, which was surprising because he never ate fish from the river.

"Please enjoy your meal. This is the dessert that the store specially gives to you after your meal," the boss said as he brought out several bowls of exquisite and good-looking pastries from the kitchen.

They tasted a little bit with the spoon in their bowls, and their eyes lit up. They didn't expect to find such delicious pastries in such a remote place.

At this moment, the younger of the four guards raised his doubts, "Boss, I see that the environment here is good, the price is relatively fair, and the food is so delicious, why are there no other customers except us?"

The other three guards also looked at the boss with doubt, but Junichiro and Seishi only ignored them and continued to drink their soup.

At this point, the innkeeper gave a bitter smile and shook his head. "As you mentioned, we know that," he said. "But with the current situation, it seems that war is about to break out between the various nations. This region is already poor, and the locals don't have much extra money."

"Most of the residents of the Rain Country are lucky to be able to feed themselves, so those who can afford to stay in an inn like this are generally outsiders like you. Although there used to be more guests at this inn, in the current situation, who would dare to come to the Rain Country..."

The four men nodded in agreement after listening to the innkeeper's explanation. Seishi and Junichiro were not surprised by what the innkeeper had said, based on their experiences and understanding of the current situation.

However, just as they seemed to be getting into a conversation with the innkeeper, Junichiro furrowed his brow and said to the others, "Alright, let's not forget why we're here. Let's pack up and get some rest tonight. We need to get up early tomorrow."

Only then did the others realize their situation. After all, Junichiro was the target of the Rain Country's pursuit.

If they accidentally revealed his identity, they would be in trouble.

The four men quickly brought Junichiro and Seishi's belongings upstairs.

Junichiro's room was the second room on the second floor. To his left and right were the rooms of the four guards and Seishi, respectively.

Initially, Junichiro even requested that Seishi sleep in the same room with him to protect him, but Seishi immediately refused.

Are you kidding me?

If Junichiro were a rich woman, maybe he would consider it. But sleeping with a man was something he was not used to.

So Seishi comforted Junichiro and promised to keep an eye on his room for 24 hours. Junichiro then agreed to sleep alone.

At midnight, Seishi suddenly opened his eyes.

He felt that Junichiro and the other four guards should have fallen asleep by now, and the owner of the inn must have sensed this too.

It was the perfect time for the owner to make his move.

From the moment they entered the inn, Seishi had noticed something was off.

Even though it was still summer in the Rain Country and the weather was humid and hot, the innkeeper was dressed in a thick, unusual outfit that covered his entire body.

Perhaps due to their long journey and heightened sense of alertness, Junichiro and the others didn't seem to notice anything unusual.

Seishi himself had not noticed anything strange until the innkeeper served them dinner and he noticed the thick calluses and deep scars on the innkeeper's palms.

These types of calluses and scars are usually only found on ninja who have trained extensively in shuriken throwing or martial arts, and not on farmers or ordinary people.

At that moment, Seishi heard light footsteps on the roof and the sound of dozens of shuriken being thrown towards their window. The sound was not overly muffled, but a sleeping person would not have noticed it.

Each shuriken was tied with an explosive tag. If he were hit by these explosive tags, he would likely be seriously injured or killed.

"Boom...!"

"Boom...!"

...

Several intense explosion sounds came from his room.

At the first sound of the explosions, Junichiro Koizumi and the other four were also awakened.

Looking at the collapsed houses and the roof lifted up by the explosion, even though Junichiro Koizumi had just woken up from his sleep, he knew something had happened.