The same day
In the guards quarters fushizawa was standing before the three guards and yelling at them.
- WHAT!! WHAT WERE YOU DOING THE LAST FEW DAYS HUH ?
One of the guards spoke.
- Well we were busy with distributing food everyday and on top of that no one remembered to watch the prisoners.
This time fushizawa calmed down and just looked at them angrily and said.
- But still we don't even know how many days it has been since they were missing.
How did they even escape.
- Well when I got there today to check on them there were no locks on the prison so the lock were broken I think but the chains were opened as if a key has been inserted into it. There were no broken parts.
Fushizawa again spoke
- Then it must be a pretty experienced person in unlocking locks.
- Well what should we do now.
Fushizawa was starting to think something while closing his eyes.
- I'll go and and inform this to the chief you can go now.
- Ok
After that the guard left.In the homage office Kyoshi was sitting and looking at the papers when fushizawa knocked on the door. After coming in fushizawa explained what happened to the prisoners.
- I am very sorry chief it was all our fault we should have been more cautious about them.
Kyoshi spoke in a calm voice.
- We can't do anything now after all they have already escaped and you did you're jobs diligently the main problem is we don't have enough manpower.
After hearing that fushizawa just stayed in the same position bowing his head and said
- Thank you chief for us you're kind words but still we should've still looked at the prison earlier.
- What happened happened what you will do right now is to go and make the pictures of the prisoners and just announce them to the villagers understand.
- Yes chief.
After saying that as fushizawa was trying to leave Kyoshi stopped him and asked him
- Oh yeah fushizawa how old are you this year.
- Uh oh I am 17 chief why ?
- Well when were you born ?
After saying his birth date fushizawa left the office.
...
In the afternoon in the meeting hall all the village elders except Hiroshi were present.
Elder Teru asked Kyoshi.
- Chief where is elder Hiroshi
- Well he had some health complications that's why he will be absent in today's meeting.
- Oh
After that the meeting started Kyoshi started speaking.
- Well today I have a important matter to discuss. The prisoners from the prison escaped.
- What? How did they escape ?
Asked elder Nobura
- Well we can't say surely but it seems some lock picker from the outside helped them on this.
All the elders were staring where elder Teru spoke up.
- Theres nothing to worry about most of the the prisoners didn't even do that much of a big crime and the only one that wanted to give information is the only little problem.
I don't think we'll even see him again.
- Yeah and what can be even give to the other villages now we don't even have that much power to stop them.
- WHAT ARE YOU SAYING.
Kyoshi again yelled all the elders stopped talking.
- What you are all saying is that our village is so weak that we can't even take care of some prisoners.
- Chief we aren't saying that but -
AKyoahi cut him and said.
- I will give a speech about this Infront of the villagers tomorrow and I will solve this problem by this year.
- We are sorry chief.
Said all the elders.
- Hmph now let's discuss about the contents of the speech.
...
After the meeting ended
Most of the the elders left. In the office Kyoshi and another man was sitting. It was elder tanakawa.
Kyoshi pov
- Elder tanakawa how are you ?
- Yeah I am fine.
After saying that both of them fell silent only then did Kyoshi spoke again.
- So you haven't left yet.
- Sigh no. I only set my family there.
Kyoshi just stared at elder Tanakawa.
- Why ?
- Well after Hearing you're speech and seeing all the things you did for the village. It was the first time I many decades since I have seen hope for this village.
I have been in this village since I was a kid I have seen you're grandfather and you're father trying to build the village. But they didn't have resources nor the time and environment to come up with a solution.
Elder Tanakawa stopped for a few moments before saying again.
- No matter what I say if I just go away from this village that is so close to my heart without seeing the future. No matter if it's bad or good I'll never be able to sleep again peacefully in my last year's of life.
After saying that Kyoshi just sat there looking at elder Tanakawa.And elder tanakawa also looking at Kyoshi.
And both of them started laughing.
After a few moments of laughing Kyoshi said
- Well then we shall take our comradery to the end.
- Okay.
After that the two chatted for a few minutes before leaving.
After elder tanakawa left a knock came out of the door.
It was fushizawa he said.
- Chief it's the same man that came before.
- Let him in.
The bandit entered the office and sat usually in front of him without his permission. But this time the bandit didn't have an inkling of arrogance on his face as if he was a different person.
- Well chief are you ready for the meeting ?
Kyoshi just stared at him and smiled