The firewood chopping went quite smoothly.
Although the black man's face was twitching the whole time, he worked hard carrying the wood, running back and forth without stopping.
About twenty minutes later, they had chopped enough wood. Fumiya Jin and the dreadlocked guy carried the last of the firewood back toward the bonfire site.
But from a distance, they saw the fleshy-faced woman had already kicked the chubby guy to the ground and was stomping on him over and over again to vent her anger.
While kicking him, she cursed, "You damn fatso, you useless, bumbling idiot! This was the water we needed to survive the last day, and you just ruined it! Do you want us all to die with you?! I'll kick you to death, you son of a bitch!"
If the madam and Nijika were here, they would have stepped in to stop her long ago.
However, the two of them were resting in the shade of a rock twenty or thirty meters away and likely had no idea what was happening over here.
Fumiya Jin and the black man were completely bewildered by the scene.
After putting down the firewood, the black man walked over and asked, "What's going on?"
"Thump!" The fleshy-faced woman kicked the chubby guy again, then said irritably, "Why don't you ask him!"
Although the chubby guy was being kicked brutally and was covered in sand, he showed no signs of resisting, his face full of shame. "I... I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I messed up, but I really didn't do it on purpose!"
"So what did you do?" the black man asked, looking down at him.
"I... The big boss and I were going to use the black oil to mark the safe zone... I thought using the small bottle to transport it bit by bit was too slow, so I decided to use a big container..." the chubby guy said, scratching his head and looking down.
Seeming to think the chubby guy was speaking too slowly and hesitantly, the fleshy-faced woman cut in, "I figured, don't we have two large containers? A laundry detergent bottle and a gasoline can. We finished the water in the detergent bottle last night, so I told this oaf to use it to carry the black oil so we could transport more at once. But I never expected this idiot's brain to be waterlogged. He grabbed the gasoline can instead, and without even looking, he poured the black oil right in! Now look, there was still nearly half a can of water in there, and now it's all gone!"
"What?" The black man's eyes widened. "The fresh water is gone? You're kidding, right?"
"Why else do you think I'm so pissed?! That was our lifeline! We still have a whole day to survive!" The fleshy-faced woman was filled with righteous indignation, and as she spoke, she couldn't resist kicking the chubby guy again.
"If that's the case..." The black man rubbed his chin and thought for a moment. Then... he also kicked the chubby guy, making him cry out in pain again.
"You really deserve a beating!" The black man glared fiercely at the chubby guy.
The chubby guy looked miserable and didn't dare to fight back. "I... I just made a mistake, I really didn't do it on purpose... Besides, I wasn't here last night, so I didn't know which bottle you guys finished..."
Fumiya Jin had been silent the entire time.
But hearing the chubby guy's words, he raised an eyebrow slightly.
"You didn't know which bottle was empty, but when you picked up the gasoline can and carried it over to fill it with oil, you didn't feel the water sloshing inside?" Fumiya Jin asked.
"Uh..."
The chubby guy froze.
"Well... uh... I... I wasn't thinking... I just opened it and poured..."
"Oh? You weren't thinking?" Fumiya Jin smiled faintly, looking at the chubby guy. "Maruyama, look me in the eyes. Tell me, was it intentional, or was it an accident?"
Fumiya Jin had a warm smile on his face, and his tone was very calm.
But as the chubby guy heard these words, he felt a bone-chilling cold, even a hint of killing intent...
The chubby guy slowly raised his head and looked at Fumiya Jin.
His plump cheeks began to twitch uncontrollably again.
But... the will to survive was, after all, incredibly strong.
He forced his lips to move, squeezing out a few words, "I... I really wasn't thinking... It wasn't on purpose..."
Meanwhile, he wasn't the only one who was tense.
The black man standing nearby now wore an incredibly grim expression, even subconsciously clenching his fists.
He secretly glanced at Fumiya Jin, afraid that he would draw his tachi in the next second and slice the chubby guy's head off.
However, in the midst of such a tense atmosphere...
"Oh, so it was an honest mistake. In that case, there's nothing to be done." Fumiya Jin shrugged. "Seeing as you've taken such a beating, you've learned your lesson. Let's leave it at that. You can get up."
The chubby guy was stunned by this.
He stared blankly at Fumiya Jin.
"Uh... Doctor... You... you forgive me?"
"Yeah," Fumiya Jin said, spreading his hands. "It's already happened. What good would not forgiving you do?"
Now the black man and the fleshy-faced woman were also dumbfounded.
Is this guy a saint? Forgiving him just like that?
The key thing is, he wasn't like this before!!!
"Um..." The fleshy-faced woman paused, stunned. "But that's the water we need for the whole day... and... he just wasted it like that. You... you're just going to forgive him?"
"What else can we do? Even if I don't forgive him, the water won't come back." Fumiya Jin looked magnanimous. "Besides, there wasn't that much water left in the gasoline can anyway... We're surrounded by crisis right now; what we need most is unity."
"But without that water, we still have a full day and night left... We'll be dying of thirst, won't we?" the black man asked. "What are we going to do?"
"It's fine," Fumiya Jin shook his head. "Miss Pudding and I will just make another trip into the forest and get some more, won't that solve it?"
The fleshy-faced woman, the black man, and the chubby guy's eyes widened upon hearing this.
At this moment, the sheer surprise in their eyes was so immense it almost suppressed the twitching of their cheeks!
The feeling was like winning the grand prize in a raffle at the corner store—which was supposed to be just a notebook—only to open the notebook and find a lottery ticket hidden inside, a ticket that had just won fifty million... It was a completely unexpected and far-beyond-expectations turn of events!
"However, before we go, I need you all to make some preparations first," Fumiya Jin spoke again, addressing the chubby guy and the fleshy-faced woman. "This problem originated with you two, so to let you make amends, I have a task for you—go pour out the water in this gasoline can and fill it with more black oil.
That way, when Pudding and I go into the forest later, we can sprinkle it as we go, which will make dealing with the venomous snakes easier. When it's time to get water, we'll just use the laundry detergent bottle. It won't hold much, but at least it'll be safe.
I think that detergent bottle holds two or three liters. If we fill it up, that's enough for each of us to have a few hundred milliliters, which should be enough to last the final day."
The three of them didn't hesitate much upon hearing this.
"No problem! I'll go fill it right now!" The chubby guy scrambled up from the ground, grabbed the gasoline can, and went to do as he was told. The fleshy-faced woman, for a rare change, raised no objections to Fumiya Jin's decision and went over to help.
It turned out that the three corpses contained a large amount of black oil, and it seemed that the decomposition process had produced even more.
Soon, thanks to the efforts of the chubby guy and the woman, the large gasoline can was about a quarter full of black oil...
"Is this enough?" the chubby guy asked, carrying it over.
"It's about right." Fumiya Jin nodded. "Also, I'm leaving the task of creating the safe zone to you all. If the safe zone isn't marked by the time we get back... you know the consequences."
The chubby guy and the others broke out in a cold sweat and nodded repeatedly. "It won't, it won't! We'll definitely get it done!"
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