Oh, stop the water!

　Yan Shih Shui, the bird of death, appears in the doorway of a small apartment building on the outskirts of the crowded and opulent downtown area of Shanghai, China.
　Raising his voice, Yan Zhi-Ping (Yang Zhi-Ping) runs over to stop the water.
　Zhi Ping is only a sixteen year old boy, but his face is black and tanned, and his appearance is calm, and although his body is thin, the muscles of his arms, which have been trained by farm work and other activities, peek out from the sleeves of his T-shirt.
　This small apartment building was more than 20 years old, a common sight in this country, and it was located in a section of condominiums and apartments that looked like a traffic jam.
　Originally, these apartment complexes were designed and built to accommodate a dozen or so families on each floor, and until just a few weeks ago, there were people living in almost every room on the fifth floor when the water stopped coming.
　However, a few weeks ago, government officials came to this small apartment building and forcibly evicted the tenants, suddenly designating a place to move to, followed by a contractor who came and destroyed the wall between the households without hesitation. The residents resisted this indescribable brutality, but there is no way in this country to continue to defy government officials.
　In the end, the inhabitants were forced to abandon their homes with their crying children.
　In the bleak living room, where the door-to-door walls had been removed and there was only enough space for them to be able to get away with it, Stopwater walked silently past Shihira. Then, he headed to the farthest room among the several private rooms that he had forced into this large space.
　Shihira glared and clenched her fist at the back of that stop water with a mixture of heartbreak and anger on her face.

''Stop water!　What the hell is going on here?　I don't know why I was brought in here all of a sudden.　What the hell is going on with those guys!

....

　Stopwater walked into the back room in silence.

'Stop water, do you hear me?　If we let our fields and livestock sit around like this, they'll all go to waste!　And then we and our children will die in the wild!　Stop the water, say something!

As Shihira was shouting at him as he walked into the room where Tomisui had entered, Tomisui appeared with a six-foot-long black paint stick ... a stick and an envelope.

''Sh-Sh-Shisui........that's it!

　Shihira's eyes widened in surprise when Shihira appeared with a black-painted cudgel. Shihira remembered that club, which he hadn't seen in a while.



　Zhihping's home was located in a cold village with no infrastructure on the Suzhou state border, and this land, with no access to cars, was a place that was isolated from the outside world.
　When Zhihping was born, his father was gone, so he and his mother had to make a meager living while protecting their farm. Their life was poor, but Shihira was not lonely.
　When Shi Ping's mother, Shi Shi, was a peculiar person and found an abandoned child in the village with no one to look after her, she invited him to her home and began to look after him in secret, even though her life was not easy.
　As a result, Shihira had to share his life with his younger brothers and sisters who were not related to him by blood, and although it was difficult for him to play the role of an older brother, he never felt lonely, or rather, he never had time to think about it.

　Most of these abandoned children did not have family registers, and even if they were to be reported to the authorities, there was no subsequent contact or report in this country with its underdeveloped social welfare system and mentality.
　At the time, the country had implemented an extreme policy of only allowing one child to be born in order to regulate its population. However, in a land where the national character of the country is based on the idea that children are treasures, and where children are the labor force in poor rural areas, there were people who secretly resisted this policy and had several children.

　Of course, these were children born illegally and not reported. As a result, some children were sometimes abandoned in order to destroy evidence, and poor rural communities were left with no choice but to cry themselves to sleep, unable to say if their unregistered children were abducted by criminal gangs.
　Moreover, the prefectural governor at the time was a man of ill repute and was rumored to have financial ties to a criminal organization involved in human and organ trafficking.

　Shi Shi Shi, Shi Shi's mother, didn't know if it was because she knew this or just her own mindset, but she had been taking care of those children without saying anything.
　This behavior of Shi Shi's became a rumor behind the scenes among only those in the know, and early in the morning, babies would appear abandoned in front of the house and children would suddenly appear at Shihira's door in the middle of the night, crying and banging on the door.
　Each time Shi Shi said nothing, but invited the children into the house. They were peeking out from the grass, noticing the gazes of what appeared to be parents who had abandoned their children....
　In this situation, food and cloths were sometimes delivered to some of the hearty villagers, but the behavior of the thoughtfulness naturally put a strain on their lives, and the bill for all those years was paid, and last year he collapsed and passed away without a trace.
　He was now living in extreme poverty, joining forces with his nearly twenty children who had grown up around the only adults, Stopwater and Shihira.



　
　That night, during a light drizzle, Shi Shi Shi sensed the sound and presence of some creature moving in the woods near their house, so he went outside the unreliable house they had forced themselves to build for the children, saying he was going to take a look at it. Wild boars and other animals destroying fields is quite common, so this kind of thing happens from time to time.
　Shih-pei also followed the thought and went outside.
　The night in the cold village, with clouds hanging over the ground, was not so much pitch black as it was pitch black. Since there was no flashlight, Shihira lit a fire with the precious torch at home, and the father and son, with sticks in hand, looked around the forest and found what appeared to be a human figure.
　As expected, Shi Shi shouted nervously.

Who's there?

　There is no reply.
　The thoughtfulness continues and raises his voice.

'If you have kids, leave them here and go home.

　Still, there was no reply, and when Shi Shi Shi and Shihira looked at each other, they fearfully approached Hayashi and raised the torch in front of them.
　Then in their vision they saw a man lying on the ground covered in blood.

''You!　Are you okay?!

　The thoughtfulness approached quickly and slapped the fallen man on the cheek.

　That is the stop water that is in front of him now.
　And the cudgel that Stopwater was holding now was the cudgel that Stopwater was holding at that time with his whole body covered in blood....... Shihira, who was still young, grasped Shi Shihira's hand tightly as he stood up, desperately staring at the fallen adult man, a stranger, and the memories of his fear and anxiety came flooding back.
　And it was no wonder that Shi Shihira's mother, Shi Shi, had invited this unknowing man, who was not even a child, into her home to nurse him.
　Then.........this silent man came out of the floor after recovering from his serious injuries in an unimaginably short period of time. This man, who spoke nothing, initially did nothing but go outside and simply look at the village fields.
　Shih-pei felt uncomfortable about this stoppage, and thought he would tell Shih-si that he should get rid of him soon.

Well, we'll see. But for now, just leave it alone.

　That's all I had to say.
　A few days later, the mysterious man suddenly and quietly began to help out in the fields, as if he had no idea what he was thinking. And for some reason, the children took to this man, pranking and pestering him while he helped with the livestock.
　Every time this happened, Shih-pei feared that Tomisui might become agitated, but Tomisui worked more than anyone else, and later than anyone else, without saying a word.
　This eased the burden on Shi Shi Shi's mind.
　Shih-pei was inspired by Shi Shi Shi's energetic, positive attitude and behavior as a mother, and even respected Shi Shi Shi as a son, but he was clearly worried about his health with all the overwork he was putting in each day, so he gradually came to appreciate this cessation of work.
　Shih-pei believes wholeheartedly that if it weren't for Stopwater, Shi Shi would have died much sooner.
　In addition, he would occasionally go into the mountains and forests to bring back wild vegetables and wild boars, which added a small source of sustenance to the table, much to the delight of Shi Shi Shi. Later on, he would teach Shih-pei and the children how to hunt in a few words, and Shih-pei and others have recently learned everything from stopping water to self-defense techniques.
　Now the closest adult man to Shihira was Stopwater.
　And the cudgel that Tomomizu had been carrying should have been propped up in the battered shed of his house when he had helped Tomomizu.



　Shihira had never seen Tomisui holding that club since he had met that Tomisui.
　Looking at the cessation that was now standing with that cudgel, an anxiety bubbled up in his heart.
　Cessation looked at Shihira and said the usual few words.

'What about the children?'

"...they took him somewhere. Tell them we'll give you all kinds of good food and buy you clothes and toys.

　Shihira pointed with his thumb in the direction of the doorway to mention the men standing outside the doorway to keep an eye on them.

''Well...''

　After saying that much, Stopwater held out the envelope in his opposite hand that held the cudgel.

'Shihira, here,'

　Shihira dubiously accepted the thickly taped envelope presented by Shutsui. It's not about this; there are many things I want to talk about. Shihira felt a heavy weight from the envelope and checked it.

''This!　Stop the water....

Here's your deposit. Now, they will give me thirty times this amount as soon as I finish the job they asked me to do. And besides they'll make a new house and the children's registries for you, and they'll let you transfer to the school. Zhihsing, you will also be given a full-time tutor and a transfer to a high school with a name....

'Wait a minute!　Water shut off!　What the hell are you talking about?　And what's with the request?　You're crazy, start from scratch and explain it to me!

....

Stop the water!

The client can't say. Nor what the request is. Shihira, all I can say is that when this is over, you and the kids.......

That's not what I want to hear!

　Shi Ping slammed an envelope full of 100 yuan bills on the floor.

''I'm not asking about the future!　I need you to explain this situation to me!　What the hell did they ask you to do to stop the water?　It's funny how the water has been shut off since they got here. Just listen to those guys. If the water was shut off, those guys would be right there!

'Shihira I have to go now. You just wait here for now. It won't go bad. And also you are now a man in your own right. From now on, you're going to take the lead in protecting your children.

"!　I don't know what that means!　The water is stopped...

I'm going to finish this job and earn some money and then I'm going to travel alone on my own. That should be enough to repay you and the thoughtfulness.

'Oh no!　Stop the water....

Well, good luck with that, Shihira.

　When Tsumizu said this unilaterally, he passed by the speechless Shihira with a blank expression and disappeared into the doorway.
　Shihira, who was left in the room after being abruptly told goodbye by Tsumizu, stands there....
　And then.........Shihira's body gradually trembled and made a fist, slamming the wall with unavoidable anger.

'What the hell!　The Great Idiot of Water Shutdown!



　Stopping at the bottom of the miscellaneous apartment building, he headed for the out-of-place luxury car parked in front of him.

''Do you want to say goodbye to those girls here?　The "dead bird

　Hyakugan, dressed in a suit, who was waiting for Stopwater next to the luxury car, urged Stopwater to get into the car.
　Stopwater didn't return any words and got into the back seat of the car.
　Hyakugan complies and sits down next to Stopwater and signals to the driver to let him out, and the car starts up.

'You are very considerate, sir. Does this mean that the assassin who was once known as the dead bird is no more?

....

　Arms folded and cudgeled up beside him, Stopwater closed his eyes and didn't answer anything.
　Hundred Eyes smiled and looked forward.

''I came back to Shanghai because of your selfishness in the middle of a request. I'm going to fly you to Japan and have you work right away. I'll be able to meet up with my friends in Japan this evening, so we'll have a plan then...

The day after tomorrow.

What?

"The day after tomorrow morning, when the target arrives at school,

Well I understand. We'll work out the location and logistics for the attack. So why don't you tell us why you decided to launch the attack the day after tomorrow instead of the day after tomorrow?

I'll need all day to get this thing ready.

　Hyakugan stared at the black-painted cudgel next to the water stopper and grinned.

''Huh, I see that's what you meant. It's true........they were tough girls, but do you mean to say that you are that much of an opponent?　No, dead bird serious I'm looking forward to it.

(Kukuku, let's leave Senki, who planted the poison bowl's recognition slip, out of the question for now....... It may have been intended to harass us, but after all, agencies can't do anything in front of the Dark Night's Leopard. (More importantly...)

　Hundred Eyes re-crossed his legs and raised the corner of one side of his mouth as he corrected the position of his glasses.

''Shall I see your........dead bird's ability to once........soil the head of the Huang family and wound the young Heavenly Clothier, Wang Shunhao, with a hand injury? (The power of the Immortal Dao, which is said to have been learned from the Evil Immortal, Konyo.

　Right now, Hyakugan had already begun to think about the destination of capturing his target, Marion Mia Shurian.