"That's not the point. Anyway, he's a person with black hair, a tall figure, pale skin, and reddish-brown eyes. Well, just remembering these physical characteristics is enough."
Chinatsu awkwardly held up one finger and quickly changed the subject. Tanjiro and Tamayo didn't think much of it, and the physical characteristics Chinatsu described were basically consistent with the image of Muzan in Tamayo's mind.
"Muzan can change his appearance, but the changes aren't drastic. I've heard that he's even appeared as a woman before," Tamayo said, revealing the information she knew.
Having lived for hundreds of years, Tamayo tutored Tanjiro in many things about demons, giving him a basic understanding of the "Twelve Demon Moons'" fighting power, so that he wouldn't make the embarrassing situation of seeing a high-level demon and thinking it might be one of the Twelve Demon Moons, as happened in the original story.
"The Twelve Demon Moons are powerful. Fortunately, the Pillars of this era are said to be much stronger than those of previous generations. Most of them achieved their power by killing Lower Moon Pillars rather than by killing 50 demons. However, the Upper Moons are several times stronger than the Lower Moons and have not been defeated for over a hundred years."
Tamayo spoke calmly until Tanjiro's unusually sensitive nose caught the scent of a demon again.
Unlike Nezuko and Tamayo, whose demonic scents were faint, or Muzan, whose scent was accompanied by a disgusting bloody smell, Tanjiro smelled the normal scent of a normal demon.
The "stench" emanating from the demon that ate people!
"elder sister!"
"Um."
Chinatsu and Tanjiro stood up from the ground, ready to set off immediately. Nezuko was still sleeping, so they had to ask Tamayo to take care of her.
It's okay, it will be over soon.
We'll be back soon!
After saying those words, the two turned and rushed out of Tamayo's mansion. Tanjiro was in front and Chinatsu was behind, and they quickly rushed towards the place where the demon had appeared.
At this moment, Muzan is living a normal human life in this city, and they came here because the crow said that a demon had appeared here.
The crow is definitely not referring to Muzan. If the crow could discover Muzan's whereabouts, the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters would treat it like a treasure.
The demons discovered by the crows, or rather the Demon Slayer Corps' intelligence department, were actually Muzan's entourage, demons who had come to the city on Muzan's "incognito visit".
If we categorize demons below the Lower Moon as low-level, mid-level, and high-level demons, then the owner of the demonic scent that Tanjiro smelled at that moment definitely belongs to the category of high-level demons.
In the shadows of the city, the two men were eating at a buffet, each holding a human thigh and nibbling on it politely.
"So bored~ So bored~ So bored~"
"Shut your mouth and eat quietly."
"Shut up, how am I supposed to eat? Are you an idiot?"
"………………"
Two demons were devouring human flesh. One was male and the other female. The woman was named Shusamaru and the man was named Yahaba. They were Muzan's subordinates, whose status was lower than that of the Lower Moon demons, but higher than that of the other ordinary demons.
Both of them were treated like children by Muzan, which led them to believe that they were one of the Twelve Demon Moons.
"Ah~ Sometimes I really don't know what Muzan-sama is thinking, playing house with humans like that~"
"Lord Muzan must have his own reasons for doing this. Don't speculate about his thoughts behind his back!"
"Hehehe, I'm not being disrespectful to Lord Muzan, I'm praising Lord Muzan!"
The two ghosts were chatting leisurely, completely unaware of the approach of the two people.
Water Breathing is the gentlest of all breathing techniques and has the most comprehensive training. Silent footsteps are a basic requirement. While it doesn't completely eliminate one's aura like "Transparent World," it still demonstrates a more refined control over one's aura compared to other breathing techniques.
It wasn't until the two people were three or four meters behind the two ghosts that the two ghosts realized that something seemed to be moving around them.
They whirled around to see that Chinatsu and Tanjiro's Nichirin Blades were already aimed at their necks. At the last second, they barely managed to dodge the attack that would have killed them instantly, at the cost of having two-thirds of their necks severed.
"The Demon Slayer Corps?!"
The two ghosts didn't have time to think about anything else and quickly entered a fighting stance.
The Demon of Handball: Akasuna-maru.
Arrow-patterned Demon: Yahaba.
"What a pity, the sneak attack failed, we'll finish them off quickly from the front."
"OK!"
Chinatsu and Tanjiro had no intention of dragging things out, but the two demons opposite them, upon hearing that Chinatsu and Tanjiro wanted to finish them off quickly, instantly became uneasy.
"You're all looking down on me!!!"
Akasamaru immediately grew four more arms, a total of six hands, each condensing into a handball, and hurled it at Chinatsu and Tanjiro with astonishing power.
Yahaha opened his palm, and he was able to conjure up a large number of arrow patterns that ordinary people could not see. Through these arrow patterns, he could manipulate the direction and trajectory of objects.
With the two working together, the sharp-flying handball flew back and forth in the air at high speed without losing force, making it difficult for ordinary people to catch its direction and trajectory with the naked eye.
"How about that?! This is the power of the Twelve Demon Moons!!!" Akasamaru laughed maniacally. In her eyes, the two people surrounded by the teppanyaki balls were now like turtles in a jar, and she could take their lives at any moment.
However, the two men surrounded by handballs did not show any signs of distress; they simply looked up and observed the handballs with a calm expression.
Tanjiro, what do you think?
"These handballs... I think I should be able to cut them." Tanjiro looked at the handballs, gripping his Nichirin Blade tightly to show his confidence.
However, Chinatsu was not very satisfied with Tanjiro's answer and shook her head quietly.
"Why bother with handballs? Just like you said, these handballs pose no threat to us at all, so we don't need to pay any attention to them."
Chinatsu didn't even look up at the handballs flying around her; instead, her gaze was fixed on the demon in front of her.
"Hinokami Kagura: Phantom Sun Rainbow".
In the demon's sight, Chinatsu's figure suddenly disappeared from the handball team's encirclement. Akasamaru anxiously looked around, trying to find the hiding Chinatsu.
However, Chika was not hiding; instead, she approached the demon by leaving afterimages at a speed that was difficult for the naked eye to detect.
With a "whoosh!" sound, bright red flames drew an arc in the air, and Akasamaru's head separated from his body and flew into the air. At the same time, a long sword mark was left on the wall not far behind Akasamaru.
"When facing a mage using skills, prioritizing attacking the main body is the right way. Even a fool understands that." Chika said calmly and swung her Nichirin Blade to the ground, splattering the demon's blood on the ground.
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