Chapter 133

It is a happy thing for the entire Butterfly House that Butterfly Kanae has woken up.

In this mood, even if Qingxi asked her to step down from the pillar for her health, it would not seem so important.

Next, including Kurika Ryokanao who went to the kitchen to get her soup and porridge, Kanzaki Aoi filled the entire room one by one.

She is currently resting in the Crow House. The other patients who were hastily transferred because of the poisonous gas that day have been moved back after the poisonous gas was completely removed.

Only she was not taken with her again because of her injuries.

"The demon I fought called himself Douma, and he's the second of the Twelve Demon Moons, meaning he's an upper-rank demon... His weapons are two golden iron fans engraved with lotus flowers and lotus leaves. His demon blood technique is poisonous, and his personal characteristics are probably his rainbow-colored eyes and white oak hair that spreads out from the center of his head as if it were drenched in blood. He..." Kocho Kanae hesitated, a look of pity on her face, "He doesn't seem to understand human emotions. Whether it's happiness, fear, excitement, sadness... all emotions are just superficial disguises for him to see."

Butterfly Kanae lowered her eyes, "Although he himself doesn't feel anything, but in my opinion, he is really... too pitiful... He doesn't know emotions, and can't understand that kind of feeling... Because he has no scruples, he can act recklessly.

I really want to free him, but... my strength is too weak in front of him, and even if I drag him until dawn, I know that there is too much water in it.

He completely treated my attack as a joke... Among the existing pillars, perhaps only Mr. Beimingyu and Mr. Rengoku together could have a chance of defeating him."

The news brought by Kocho Kanae was too shocking and too impressive for the Demon Slayer Corps. Everyone in the room looked very ugly after hearing it.

"It's a deliberate act." Qingxi suddenly spoke up as the room grew eerily quiet. "Ghosts are afraid of the scent of wisteria, sunlight, and the Sun Blade. Besides sunlight, we already have two of those."

I have a large number of ingredients that are more powerful than gunpowder, as well as amulets. If we attack the Twelve Kizuki one by one, we don't need to get rid of all of them. We only need to get rid of three or five of the upper-rank demons. Even if our generation still cannot destroy Muzan Kibutsuji, we can cut off the subordinates who have followed him for hundreds of years for those who come after us.

Use the familiar ones instead of the new ones. I believe that even if new demons come to fill the positions of the upper-rank demons, their strength will definitely be much weaker than the demons before and after them.

Everything we do is not meaningless.”

"Well, Aki is right." Noticing the dejection of the others in the room, Kocho Kanae smiled. "What we've all done isn't meaningless. I'm actually a little relieved this time."

To the others' confusion, she explained, "Since the Demon Slayer Corps began keeping records, we haven't had any news about the Upper Rank Demons... No, to be more precise, the news about the Upper Rank Demons is very vague. Even such vague news was passed back bit by bit by the crows of countless predecessors who sacrificed their lives.

And now, I am not dead, I was rescued by you, and we have the complete information about Upper Moon Two, which is a big breakthrough.

We can even look forward to killing him next time."

Qingxi looked at Kanae Kocho who coaxed the person into submission in just a few moves and silently gave her a thumbs up in her heart.

My sister, you are so awesome! Even if the pyramid scheme leader comes, he might have to call you the big sister.

Qingxi stayed with Butterfly Kanae in the Butterfly House for half a day. Seeing that she was a little tired, she spoke to her and said a brief goodbye. Then she ran to the dojo to find Higekiri and Horikawa who were reminiscing with Tsurumaru, and they were preparing to set off for Jingxin Mountain.

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"Master, there is an empty house on the roadside for people to rest. The weather doesn't look good and it might rain soon. Let's spend the night there." Horikawa Kunihiro, who had gone to explore the road ahead, came back trotting and said to the girl who was walking with her head down and was already out of breath.

Qingxi looked up at the sky and then at the road ahead. When she didn't see the empty house that Horikawa Kunihiro mentioned, she knew she still had a long way to go.

She nodded with a gloomy face and continued walking.

In fact, according to her idea, even if she wanted to summon a sword man, she would only summon one more at most. As a result, the first one she summoned was Genji's treasure, Higekiri. Tachi's eyesight was not good at night, so at the insistence of Sanzhendao at home, she summoned the second one, Wakizashi Horikawa Kunihiro.

Now, there is no problem.

Looking at Horikawa Kunihiro's stature, he was only slightly bigger than Yaken. If it were him, there should be no problem for the two of them to let Jiro give him a ride.

However, the fragility of a wakizashi is only slightly better than that of a tanto, so the three worried people, knowing that Kiyoki would definitely leave them in the Butterfly House, forced her to take Higekiri with her.

So, not only could she not take the Jiro plane, she had to walk on her own.

Brush——

The wooden door was opened from the outside, and four figures hurriedly ran in.

"Phew, that was a close call. I almost got soaked by the rain." Kunihiro Horikawa said thankfully, patting his hair that was wet from dripping water.

Suddenly, a towel appeared in front of him. The black-haired boy looked up and met the girl's blue eyes, which were slightly darker than his own.

"Take this and wipe it." Seeing that the other party did not take it, Qingxi handed the towel in his hand to him. "It's unused, it's new."

"Thank you, thank you." Horikawa Kunihiro was a little flattered and said thank you while stretching out his hands to take the towel and use it to wipe his hair.

After giving a towel to Horikawa Kunihiro, Kiyoki also gave one to Higekiri.

She had a towel covering her head, but she kept taking out fragrant wisteria flowers and spraying them around the room.

The house was filled with the scent of wisteria, so tonight, the three of them and the crow could have a good rest in the wild on this rainy night.

After doing all this, Qingxi took out the extra-large towel that belonged to Jiro and rubbed the crow feathers on its back that were wet by the rain.

There was a fire pit in the wooden house, but there was not much firewood left. After estimating that even if she used all the firewood, it would not be enough to boil a pot of water, she decisively took out the box of rice cake fried noodles, scooped some rain water from outside, washed her hands, and then broke it into pieces and ate it. She didn't need a bowl or chopsticks, and she just needed to wash her hands after eating.

"Horikawa, you come and keep watch for half the night." After dinner, Higekiri looked at the girl who had curled up in Jiro's wings, lowered her eyes and yawned, and said.

The black-haired boy looked in the direction of the girl, and saw that in just a moment, she had closed her eyes and fallen asleep. Moreover, because it was too hot under Jiro's wings, she rolled out in disgust and curled up in the mat he had just laid out and fell asleep. Finally, she was scratched by the wings of Jiro, whom she despised.

Horikawa Kunihiro chuckled, but immediately held it back for fear of disturbing others.

The mat Qingxi brought out was quite large. After she lay down on it, there was still a large space next to it. It was obvious that she was giving it to someone who came to rest.

After Higekiri sat down, he lay down next to the girl, but he did not fall asleep immediately. He supported his head with one hand and looked sideways at the girl who was snoring softly in her sleep.

"Higikiri-dono." Horikawa Kunihiro, wrapped in the thin blanket Kiyomi had brought out, spoke softly without a fire. "Shall we go back to Honmaru later?"

Because Daikurigara was suddenly summoned away and never came back, everyone in the Honmaru was prepared for such a thing to happen again, so they all wore portable time converters close to their bodies in case anyone of them was suddenly summoned away later.

This time, it was himself and Higekiri-dono who were summoned. They also knew why Mr. Daikutari did not use the time converter to come back after being summoned.

Because his one was broken by the Shinsengumi's cat on the day he was summoned.

Higekiri lifted a strand of Kiyoki's hair and swept it across her face. He paused when he heard the boy's words, and a moment of confusion appeared in his golden eyes. "Go back, shouldn't we go back? My younger brother"—he couldn't remember his name—"will cry."

"Besides," he tilted his head and smiled softly, "Didn't Tsurumaru-dono say that we were going to move, and if no one goes back to inform everyone, then no one in Honmaru would know."

Wrapped in a blanket, Kunihiro Horikawa was stunned. It was hard to imagine that this young man, who appeared to be a well-behaved boy, didn't utter a single word of rebuttal after hearing this answer. His azure eyes were filled with a hint of eagerness. "Is this okay? This judge, the master, doesn't seem too keen on interacting with us."

If she was really interested in becoming the master of these sword tsukumogami, then she should have found a way to summon all of them in Honmaru as early as when she picked up Tsurumaru-dono and Yakuken, and then carefully avoid the search that would come from the Time Government later.

Instead of being summoned because there are not enough available people around like now.

"As for that... didn't Tsurumaru say before that if you ask sincerely, the master is very easy to talk to." Higekiri's hand on the girl's hair loosened, and the next moment, a small hand reached out from the side and grabbed the coat that was originally draped over her body, and then pulled her over and half covered, half hugged her. "Ah, although Tsurumaru said that she is an "older little sister", and the youngest Izumi-no-kami Kanesada has to call her sister, but now she looks more like a child than the Awataguchi family's tanto."

Hearing the word "youngest", Horikawa Kunihiro was at a loss for words. He said helplessly, "If Kane-san knew about this name, he would definitely protest."

His eyes fell on the blanket covering Higekiri's head and entire body because he couldn't pull his coat off. He muttered, "Can't she just be everyone's 'sister'?"

If Guangguang leaves out Kane-san, he will really be so angry that he will want to drag everyone in Honmaru into a fight.

"Ah, seniority is based on age." Higekiri said with a smile.

Horikawa Kunhiro: "..."

In his mind, he had already begun to imagine what would happen after Jiansang knew about this matter.