Evening at Jay's family home, Jay's grandfather was seen visiting their home.
The reason for his grandfather's visit was due to the responsibility the village chief had entrusted him with.
Although his grandfather trusted his grandson, Jay, to resolve the matter, he still needed to speak with Jay first to ensure he wouldn't feel disadvantaged.
"Jay, how's your hunting going?" Grandpa asked Jay about his activities.
"Everything's going as usual, Grandpa. Perhaps due to the current changes, animals are more difficult to hunt.
But I can still catch small and medium-sized game," Jay replied.
As Jay had said, even though he was no longer directly hunting with his main body, Jay knew where he was.
Food was always needed, so he always asked his clone to go hunting.
And it could be said that the harvest was quite good.
"Good then. If you have the chance, don't forget your grandparents.
It feels like your grandmother and I haven't eaten meat in a few days," his grandfather then asked Jay a simple request.
"Don't worry, Grandpa. I'll definitely send you fresh game tomorrow." Jay immediately responded positively.
"Thank you. Then, there's another important thing I need your help with.
And I hope you don't mind, because what I'm asking this time concerns the entire village," his grandfather told Jay before explaining what he wanted to say.
"Grandpa, don't think too much. If I can help you and the entire village, I definitely will," Jay replied calmly.
What his grandfather didn't know was that Jay was very happy inside.
Because he could already guess what his grandfather was going to ask of him.
It wasn't just about finding food for the entire village, given his spatial capabilities and the abundance of food in his spatial space.
Jay would naturally easily resolve this issue, which if delegated to someone else would likely be difficult.
Considering the village's population of over 500, Jay began to estimate the amount of food his village would order.
"Good... Grandpa is very pleased with your attitude. Help others if you have the ability, as long as it doesn't make things difficult or burdensome for you.
And if you feel you can help voluntarily, then do so. Because in the end, the Universe will surely repay your kindness." His grandfather was very pleased with Jay's answer, and praised his attitude and offered some more advice.
"Then, Grandpa, I won't say much more. The village hopes you can bring at least 6-7 tons of food, regardless of the type; as long as it's edible, the village will pay for it at market price.
If you can get more, that would certainly be a good thing, because as you know, many outsiders have joined our village," his grandfather spoke again, stating the figure the village wanted.
("6-7 tons. If it's rice, it would be enough to feed over 500 people. But I can't be wasteful. Okay, I'll give 10 tons of food to the village.") Jay decided to give his village about 10 tons of food, which would be enough for about 2 months or even 3 months.
(The calculation of the food needs for 500 people, the author calculated using AI, with rice as the staple food. The result is approximately 3-3.5 tons of food per month. So if there are any differences in the numbers or readers' opinions, please understand.)
"I'll try to order as much as I can, Grandpa," Jay replied.
"But I need at least 3 days to figure it out," Jay said again.
"3 days is enough time. Okay, since it's finished, Grandpa said goodbye." Grandpa Jay, receiving a positive answer from Jay, decided to return to his house.
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As far as the eye could see, the damage was very obvious on both sides of the road.
The main road, once bustling with people, now appears deserted and chaotic.
Large amounts of debris litter the roadway.
This leaves anyone passing by feeling uneasy and worried about the safety of the victims.
The engagement they had.
A seemingly ordinary horse-drawn carriage, driven by a young man, was seen moving slowly down the street.
The young man displayed an expression of regret and sadness.
"It's truly strange, whether it's in my previous world or this one, or perhaps in the ninja world when I return.
Feuds and wars are always happening; humans always have ambitions and desires that are sometimes very difficult to control.
Unfortunately, it's always the common people who are the victims.
It's truly upsetting to think about this. If I had the chance, perhaps I would ask the Universe directly, why does this all happen? And why does it have to happen? Can't we just live in peace?
Flashback to the morning.
After waking up in the morning, Jay then asked the village chief to immediately prepare a simple horse-drawn carriage, the village's usual means of transportation.
Racing against time, Jay then rode the horse-drawn carriage towards the capital.
Of course, he didn't say he was going to the capital to look for food; he only said he was going to the city to meet a merchant he knew.
And after entering the sub-district area and finding a quiet place, Jay then put the horse-drawn carriage in his space and immediately rushed towards the capital at full speed as a ninja.
Finally, the distance was dozens of miles. A few kilometers before arriving at the royal capital, Jay decided to take out his horse-drawn carriage and ride like a regular person.
However, what Jay never expected was that, as he passed along the road leading to the capital, he saw the chaos and destruction from the previous rebellion.
It seemed that although the rebellion had been successfully suppressed, the remnants of the chaos had not yet been cleared away by state officials.
Thus, this chaotic scene was evident throughout Jay's journey to the royal capital.
After finally riding on his horse for over an hour, and as day broke, Jay soon saw the outline of his nation's capital.
And when Jay saw his nation's capital for the first time, Jay had to say he was quite impressed by what he saw.
"Check... check... isn't this a very tall gate? Judging by its height, it reaches tens of meters, or even tens of meters.
Also, look at the rows of barbed wire and sandbags stacked more than a meter high surrounding the very long area.
And he couldn't see the end, it was truly a sight like seeing a war fortress from the World War II era that he had seen in a documentary in his previous life.