Chapter 046

"Kill you, kill you..."

"No, killing you like this would be too easy for you. In this case, I will kill that boy first. He is the one you like, right? I will tear off his hands, his feet, and finally his neck in front of you..."

The female ghost released one hand and pressed it tightly against Qingxi's face. "Once I've dealt with him, it will be your turn. I've decided I don't want to eat you anymore. I will use my nails to poke and scratch your face bit by bit... just like this."

Qingxi couldn't feel any pain due to her numb face, but she could feel something warm sliding down her cheek and dripping onto the small-patterned kimono with small floral patterns that she was wearing today.

The blood flowing from the girl's cheek made the female ghost excited, but she still remembered what she had said. The first thing she had to deal with was the brat who got a knife from somewhere.

Bang!!

The female ghost deliberately threw away the vines wrapped around her body, and Qingxi was smashed against the wall.

The severe pain could not make her numb face show any corresponding expression, and she could only let out a miserable groan from the bottom of her throat.

Fuck you!

Qingxi, whose left shoulder could not move, fell to the ground facing the snow and almost fainted. The alley, which was rarely walked through and cleaned, was covered with white snow, but after the snow melted, the filth inside was still exposed.

The pain in his back forced Qingxi to lie there unable to move for a long time. If he hadn't been able to faintly see the white mist coming out of her nose, allowing Rengoku Kyojuro to deal with the female ghost's attack without worry, he didn't think he would have been able to hold on for so long.

After the greatest pain in her back had passed, Qingxi tried to support her body with her right hand, but she soon discovered that her right arm had been broken in the previous impact.

Things are going in a worse direction!

Just when her mind was full of a mess of things and she was even considering whether to give up Xianyu, she seemed to hear the exclusive message alert sound set by A Tong in her body in a trance.

She wasn't actually too sure, because she found that her brain was no longer under her control and she was gradually unable to think. It was as if she could faint on the spot in front of everyone just by closing her eyes.

When Qingxi thought of "fainting", she felt that her eyes and skin were out of control. She tried to move her broken right hand, not to let it support her, but to use the pain in her right arm to resist the dizziness.

Why are you fainting? Now is not the time for her to faint. What should Kyojuro do if she faints?

At least she still had a gourmet backpack with so many things in it that would disgust the female ghost to death even if they couldn't kill her. If she fainted, there would be no hope for her and Kyojuro.

Tap tap tap——

Tap tap tap——

The sounds of two people running rapidly were particularly obvious in this alley which was almost dominated by the female ghost.

Of course, this is just what Qingxi feels.

If she had to describe it in words, it would probably be the voice called "hope" that only a dying person can hear when he is about to die.

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As a swordsman who was about to return to the masterless Honmaru after completing a simple battlefield mopping-up mission with his companions in the torrent of history, the first thing that Yagen Toushirou did after returning to his original form after his spiritual power was exhausted was not to meet the Shinsengumi who awakened him, but to sense that the spiritual power of the Shinsengumi who provided him with spiritual power was gradually weakening after a sudden fierce burst. The downward weakening in a slanting line was not a sign of exhausted spiritual power at all, but that the Shinsengumi who provided him with spiritual power was on the verge of death. This made Yagen Toushirou, who was in a state of panic even when he saw his companions, not want to reminisce with them now.

"Hey! Yaoyan, we were picked up by the same owner?"

Looking at the white-haired young man in front of him whose whole body was glowing white, Yagen Toushirou's purple eyes looked around the room, and then he walked to the window.

"Tsurumaru-dono, now is not the time to talk about this."

He climbed out of the window with one foot and touched his neck. Some time ago, he was slightly injured by a Shinsengumi poking his crocodile skin. He originally thought that with the Shinsengumi's thin spiritual power, it would take a long time to repair his body, but he did not expect that his spiritual power would burst out today. His body was washed by a large amount of spiritual power, and his body was repaired in an instant.

"Wake up our general, he really needs us now." After saying that, the young man's body fell straight downstairs.

"Hey, please be a little considerate of the speed of the sword." The white-haired young man said this lightly, but his body followed the black-haired boy to climb out the window, and the people below also followed him to climb out the window.

The two people appeared miraculously and disappeared silently, which did not attract the attention of the people in the clinic.

Following the spiritual connection between the swordsman and the Shinsengumi, the two soon found the person in a dim alley.

At the entrance of the alley, they smelled the faint scent of blood wafting out from inside. As sword men, they all knew that the situation inside might not be good.

"Yaoyan, save people."

The young man with white hair and white clothes said this to the black-haired boy beside him, and his hand was already on the hilt of the sword worn at his waist.

In just a moment, he disappeared from the spot, and then descended from the alley in front of him with a sword in his hand like a white crane spreading its wings. He took the stick from the boy who was struggling with bloodstained clothes and tattered clothes, and dealt with the female ghost in front of him.

"Are you okay?" Yagen Toushirou asked as he supported the boy who was about to fall.

"Hmm, I'm fine." Rengoku Kyojuro's voice sounded less energetic than usual, and the two "little flames" on his head also became droopy. His round eyes fell on a place deeper in the alley. "Aki, she's not in good condition."

After confirming that the boy in front of him had suffered some minor injuries but was still able to hold on, Yagen Toushirou ran to the girl.

"General, are you okay?" Squatting beside the girl, Yagen Toushirou did not immediately turn the girl over and help her up after Rengoku Kyojuro reminded her that she was smashed against the wall by the female ghost. Instead, he first performed a simple examination of her back. After confirming that her spine was not damaged except for the two broken arms, he carefully turned her over and let her lean on his arms.

Having been turned over, Qingxi was puzzled by the name she was called. However, her small body had reached its limit, so she was asked to make sure Kyojuro was safe before she passed out...

Looking at the girl, who was almost at her limit, stubbornly keeping her blue eyes, which seemed to have lost their luster, open, searching for something, Yagen Toushirou suddenly realized something and said, "That boy is fine too. Rest easy. We will take care of the rest."

Perhaps she really couldn't hold on any longer, or perhaps the boy's deep voice was so magical that it made people want to trust him, the girl's eyes, which she had tried hard to keep open, slowly closed.

After the girl fell asleep, Yagen Toushirou carefully carried her back to the boy.

Rengoku Kyojuro, who was almost pressed against the wall, looked towards the girl in Yagen Toushirou's arms when he saw someone looking at him. "Aki, is she okay?"

"The situation is not good. General, both of her arms are broken. The injuries on her left shoulder and face may leave scars if not treated immediately." said Yagen Toushirou.

"And poison." Rengoku Kyojuro briefly described the ghost girl's ability. "She only said it was an anesthetic, but there's no guarantee that she didn't give Aki other drugs."

"I don't know who you are, but without the Nichirin sword, you probably aren't from the Demon Slayer Corps." Rengoku Kyojuro raised the wakizashi in his hand. "Demons are afraid of three things: the sun, wisteria flowers, and the Nichirin sword. However, this demon is resistant to the wisteria poison. Since the sun isn't out yet, we can only use the Nichirin sword to deal with her."

Yagen Toushirou nodded. Besides the smell of blood, the strongest smell in this alley was the strong and lingering scent of wisteria flowers. Even such a strong scent of wisteria could not get rid of the ghost, which showed her ability.

"In that case, the young man behind me, please lend me your Nichirin Sword." The white-haired young man, who was not only chopping off demons but also paying attention to the words of his people, swung his sword again to cut off the vine branch that was shooting towards him.

"Hmm, this knife is not mine." Rengoku Kyojuro threw the knife in his hand towards the white-haired young man while explaining, "It's Aki's."

It was also because she had a Nichirin sword, although it was a wakizashi, but he relied on it to hold on until someone came.

The white-haired young man sheathed the katana in his hand and caught it, swinging it. "Oh, this is my first time swinging a wakizashi... This weight is really uncomfortable to use."

"But," she pressed her body down, using her feet to push forward, the blade flashed coldly, and the female ghost's head split apart, "it's still quite surprising to come here once in a while."

Ignoring the question of why the headless female ghost could still speak, the white-haired young man was about to swing his knife to wipe away the blood on the knife, but he saw a little fire core on the blood dripping from the knife, which seemed to be burned and turned into ashes and dissipated with the cold wind.

"Ohhh, even the blood will be burned? How convenient! I don't have to clean the knife anymore."

"Tsurumaru-dono, if you can, please help the child over here." Interrupting the white-haired young man, Yagen Toushirou sighed, "The general's injuries still need to be treated."

"Oh, I almost forgot, Crane is now an "adopted" crane." The white-haired young man said as he put away the Sun Blade.

He walked over to Rengoku Kyojuro and took a look at his injuries. Then he squatted with his back to him and said, "Come on, I'll carry you to the clinic."

Knowing his situation, Rengoku Kyojuro didn't hesitate and leaned on the white-haired young man's back, "Thank you."

As if he had thought of something, he said, "Hmm, the country has now issued a ban on knives. If you go out like this and are seen, you'll be reported or even arrested by the police. It's better to find something to cover yourself up."

"Well, it's okay, it's okay," the white-haired young man said casually. "When we got here, most of the shops on the street were closed. If we leave now, no one will notice us."

"Is that so? That's great."

When two people, one tall and one short, came out of the alley, carrying each other on their backs, before Rengoku Kyojuro could show them the way, a head of hair with the same color as his own appeared in his eyes.

"Father." Rengoku Kyojuro rested his chin on the white-haired young man's shoulder and called out to the newcomer.

After receiving a call for help from a nearby crow and knowing that his son and Aki had encountered a ghost, Rengoku Makijuro hurried over and looked around at his son.

Even though he looked badly injured, he still had the spirit to make himself think that it wouldn't be a big problem.

His gaze shifted and fell on the unconscious girl held by the black-haired boy, only to see the long stroke across her face and a frown.

"The ghost has been dealt with. Now let's go back to the clinic. The general's injuries need to be treated first."

Yagen Toushirou spoke out, feeling that it was a waste of time to explain his origins before bringing two injured people with him.

general?

Rengoku Kyojuro was stunned. He looked at the unconscious girl again and finally nodded. He took over the responsibility of carrying Rengoku Kyojuro from the white-haired young man and said to them, "Follow me."