Everything else would have to wait until morning.
The next day, Kim Haru woke up quite early.
When he pushed open the door to step outside, the village chief and the village elders—anyone with a say in matters—were all waiting right outside his room.
As soon as Kim Haru appeared, everyone looked at him with excitement written all over their faces.
They wanted to say something to him, but at the same time, they were afraid of disturbing him, so they hesitated and paced back and forth in place.
Kim Haru turned to the village chief. "Where are the captives from yesterday? I have something to ask them."
He thought to himself, If my guess is correct, those 'people' are the seeds of this so-called 'big fruit.'
...
At the upper reaches of the river in the cliff, right in front of the white mist, the area was already crowded with people.