MM Racing Chapter 37 Red Leaf Tribe
Chapter 37 Red Leaf Tribe
Chapter 37 Red Leaf Tribe
"Our tribe also uses redwood branches as a seasoning, but we usually rinse and soak them in running water for a long time to reduce their toxins before using them."
However, even so, poisoning occasionally occurs. When poisoned by redwood, a person's sense of taste is paralyzed, and they gradually lose the ability to move...
At this point, Ridliel stopped, because the boy behind him could walk and fly, and apart from having a somewhat bitter face, he didn't seem to have any symptoms of redwood poisoning.
"Our tribe's way of detoxifying this poison is to pick the green leaves of the redwood tree before it has grown to be red, grind them up and mix them into juice to detoxify it."
As he spoke, the chief of the Red Leaf tribe handed over the juice of the ground green leaves, not forgetting to state beforehand: "It is very effective in detoxifying redwood, but I don't know if it will work for your bitter taste in your mouth."
Broly took the leaf water. As long as it could alleviate the bitterness in his mouth, he didn't care what he was drinking and drank it all in one gulp.
After drinking it, Broly smacked his lips a couple of times, and the bitterness in his mouth did indeed lessen considerably. His eyes lit up.
"Could I have another cup?"
"Of course, but could you tell me about how you saved my daughter?"
Ridell took the clay cup and started asking Broly, wanting to get answers from the boy who had saved his daughter.
Upon hearing this, Broly became somewhat troubled. Ridley was just one of the children he had rescued incidentally; there were 71 children like him who had been rescued incidentally.
When asked to describe the specifics of the rescue, Broly couldn't recall anything. He could only say, "There was some kind of prey that big chasing her, and then I kicked it like this, and the prey chasing Rivarina just collapsed with a whoosh."
Ridliel: "..."
Can someone tell him what kind of prey it is? And what does it mean when the boy raises his leg and makes a kicking motion while making strange noises, then sticks out his tongue, tilts his head, and lies down on the ground? Does it mean that he has killed the dangerous prey chasing his daughter?
As the chieftain of a tribe living in the mangroves, Riddell could roughly grasp the plot, but even this abstract yet vivid description, complete with gestures and movements, felt less compelling than his daughter's simple verbal retelling.
"Thank you for saving my daughter. You will be a friend of our Red Leaf tribe. Our tribe always welcomes friends with great hospitality."
After curing Broly of the bitter taste in his mouth, Chief Ridlil treated Broly and his tribe with the courtesy due to a benefactor, having the tribe prepare a large meal to entertain Broly and the other children.
This meal was much tastier than the barbecue they used to have in the forest, thanks to the many seasonings they had, such as the essential salt.
"Please eat as much as you like; we can make more if you're still hungry."
"What's wrong with the clan leader?"
"He's happy, of course, because his missing daughter is back."
"You mean Rivarina? Isn't she dead?"
"He didn't die. I heard he was captured by the Empire's slave traders and sold to the Giant Tree Forest in the north, but he was helped and escaped from there."
"So, these children are the ones who helped her?"
"Um."
"No wonder..."
Through private conversations, the people of the Red Leaf tribe understood why their chieftain used tribal food to entertain outsiders.
Although some people complained a bit, they didn't say anything outright. People here generally agree that one should repay kindness received.
Nothing happened that night, and the children slept soundly in the clearing under the vines that the Red Leaf tribe had arranged for them.
When they woke up the next day, the tribe had prepared food for them.
The children were somewhat bewildered; they realized that they didn't seem to need to do anything anymore.
Without thinking, he looked at Broly.
"No pain, no gain; let's help with the hunting too."
It was called hunting, but it was actually fishing. However, the areas in the mangrove forest where fish could easily gather had all been occupied by the Red Leaf Tribe.
Although there was no explicit rejection of them, it was indicated that it was inconvenient for these outsiders to catch fish near the fishponds they had painstakingly prepared.
Fortunately, when Broly came yesterday, he brought another mangrove forest with him, and the waters in that area were deserted.
Rivarina ran over to catch fish with them, and without having to rush to other places, the day passed by leisurely.
They initially thought the outsiders were a bunch of freeloaders, but to their surprise, they brought a large catch of fish that night. Some members of the Red Leaf tribe accepted the group of outside children, while others thought the outsiders had stolen their tribe's mangrove resources and made some strange remarks.
"We didn't fish in your mangrove forest, but in the mangrove forest that Brother Broly brought us here. We didn't steal your fish."
"Nonsense! How can mangroves fly? You just stole our tribe's fish."
As a result, some children got into arguments and even fights with the children in the Red Leaf tribe.
The children of the Red Leaf tribe are fierce and good at fighting, but the children from the Gifunora Sea Tree Forest are considered assassins with even better fighting skills, yet they won by a small margin.
The adults of the Red Leaf tribe felt somewhat ashamed and wanted to intervene, but were stopped by the tribe chief.
"Children's affairs are their own business; what right do adults have to interfere?"
Communication can be achieved not only through words but also through fists. The group of children who came with his daughter are quite good, and Ridliel intends to recruit them into his tribe.
The best way to absorb this is to let the children bond with each other and naturally complete the process of accepting one another.
As Ridliel predicted, the initial rejection was a natural phenomenon, and as the children bonded, they gradually accepted playing with the visiting children.
The biggest catalyst for this was actually related to Broly flying to the Gifunola Sea Tree Forest, hunting some dangerous species and bringing them back.
After witnessing this scene firsthand, the children of the Red Leaf tribe were immediately assimilated by the outsider children.
Thinking that Rivarina could also have such a powerful elder brother, they took the initiative to express that they also wanted to have a powerful elder brother.
When people share a common object of worship, they have a common language, and friction naturally decreases.
In short, if you think Big Brother is awesome and are willing to support him with us, then you're our best friend.
Within five days of arriving at the Red Leaf Tribe, the children under ten years old were already playing together.
The mangrove forest was originally our tribe's (eldest brother's) mangrove forest, and outsiders (tribes) were not allowed to fish here. But now it's our mangrove forest, and you can come and fish as you please, even depending on which side catches more fish. This is a huge change.
The children's attitudes also influenced the adults. More importantly, with the addition of a connected mangrove forest, the tribe was able to catch more fish every day.
"Broly, I challenge you!"
Just as this trend of outside children integrating into the tribe was taking place, Rivarina's older brother, Riparip, suddenly challenged Broly.
The reason is that Ripalip couldn't stand being called "Second Brother" by people in the tribe.
Normally, whether it was his sister or other children from the tribe, they would all affectionately call him Brother Rip when they met him, but after Broly came to the tribe, he was demoted.
Now, Ripalip must use his strength to reclaim his position as the eldest brother in the hearts of his sister and the children of the tribe.
"Broly, I know you're very strong, so I won't hold back just because you're younger than me. I will go all out and let everyone know who the real leader of the Red Leaf tribe is."
This is a power struggle among children. Ripalip is fifteen years old and not yet an adult, but he can still get close to the children.
"Forget it, Brother Rip, you've never even hunted a Dangerous Species before, how dare you compete with Brother Broly?"
The children were saying discouraging things, and most of them were children from within the tribe.
"Stop talking nonsense. I've never hunted dangerous species. That's just because there are few dangerous species around our mangrove forest."
"When it comes to strength, I can collect more than twenty pearls from the mouths of freshwater oysters in deep water in one go; I'm second to none."
The boy lay on the wooden stake, intending to arm wrestle with Broly to see who would win.
Then, in a best-of-three series, he unsurprisingly lost both games.
"Being strong is nothing, let's compete in speed, but no flying allowed."
Speed limited Broly's flight, but Broly still easily outran him.
"Let's have a lung capacity contest."
Ripalip submerged his face in the water and held his breath for thirty minutes before finally raising his head.
"How's my lung capacity...?"
"Brother Broly hasn't gotten up yet."
"Not to mention Broly, even Akame and Kurome are still holding their breath."
In the subsequent matches, Ripalip lost every single one, and even some of the children who joined the competition midway through performed better than him.
"I lost, big brother!"
After a day of competition, Ripalip failed to reclaim his position as the eldest brother. Instead, he willingly acknowledged a younger boy as his eldest brother.
On this day, through various competitions that he considered like games, Broly unwittingly became the only elder brother in the eyes of all the children of the Red Leaf tribe.
Of course, Broly didn't care about being the older brother; what made him happy was the experience of playing games with everyone.
The happiness stats of Akame and Kurome also increased significantly during the competition games. Unfortunately, after so many days, Broly still hasn't met any other wives who can be recognized by Crystal Palace.
(End of this chapter)