Chapter 404 - Bringing In The Catch (2/2)
”Uncle, this is Nico. Where are you? Please answer if you hear me.”
…
That voice echoed in the middle of the forest for a long time, but no answer from Aiden could be heard.
”Raka, is my uncle...”
”Don't scare yourself,” Raka interrupted. ”Maybe your uncle is still out there but his cell phone runs out of battery so he can't be reached,”
”There are a lot of footprints on the ground, that means there are a lot of animals passing by,” said one of the people in their pack.
Nico's footsteps went straight to follow the footprints quickly. His face was scratched by a tree branch beside him, but he didn't care at all.
”What is this?” One of the people found a black object on the ground.
Nico immediately took it and said, ”That is my uncle's cell phone case. He must have been here before. Quickly search around!”
”There is a trail of blood and a trail of dirt dragging,” they followed the path and kept looking, but failed to find Aiden.
”This isn't human blood right? This is animal blood, right?” Nico confirmed once more.
”This is animal blood. It seemed that the wild boar had died from so much blood. Don't worry. There are no hordes of wild boars here and the person you are looking for is not here either. Maybe he had come down while carrying the catch,” said someone.
Suddenly, Nico's cell phone rang, Anya was the one calling him.
”Auntie, I haven't found my uncle, but I found traces on the ground. Looks like uncle has come out of the forest,” Nico was afraid that Anya was getting worried. After their phone was connected, he immediately calmed Anya down first.
”You have entered the forest and brought some people with you. You will find two more wild boars there. I can only carry one wild boar, you can bring the rest down,” said Aiden from the phone.
”Uncle...” Nico's voice caught and he almost cried.
The loudspeaker he was carrying still made an echoing voice, ”Uncle, this is Nico. Where are you? Please answer if you hear me.”
”Come back. I'll have someone cook pork brains for you,” Aiden replied on purpose.
”I don't want to eat pork brains. If I eat it, I'll be even more stupid,” said Nico. ”Uncle, I'll be right back! Wait for me!”
”Alright, I'll be waiting,” Aiden then hung up the phone.
Forty-five minutes later, Nico and Raka returned to the restaurant. Tara saw the scars and dried blood on Nico's face. She immediately exclaimed, ”Are you hurt?”
”No,” Nico immediately looked surprised.
”Your face…”
”Oh, I got scratched by a tree branch. I am fine,” seeing Aiden, Nico immediately ran towards his uncle happily. He immediately hugged Aiden's thigh, ignoring how Aiden reacted. ”Uncle, I thought I couldn't see you anymore,”
Aiden reached out and touched Nico's head. ”There are a lot of people watching,”
Nico immediately laughed and got up. ”I caught two wild boars. But the people who accompanied me into the forest didn't want money, they wanted that one wild boar so I gave one to them,”
”We'll cook some wild boar here and we can take the rest home. I will send your catch to your grandfather,” said Aiden.
”Grandpa will definitely throw a big party at the house right away,” said Nico.
”Raka, I heard you followed Nico into the forest. Thank you!” Aiden's eyes looked towards Raka who was standing far from the door.