Chapter 21 Walking on the road at night and encountering ghosts
Tanjiro Kamado, 15 years old, is a demon hunter from the Demon Slayer Corps. Together with his fellow demon slayers, he fights against demons that transform into trains...
This happened before.
Things started to get strange after the black-haired boy, who was not a demon but possessed magical powers, stood up and kicked a hole in the carriage that was blessed by the demon's flesh and blood.
This young man with special patterned buttons on his uniform and possessing mysterious powers like a ghost calls himself "Haorihara Yu" and was met by Tanjiro and his friends at Nada Spider Mountain a few months ago.
Without the Nichirin Sword, Haibara Yu could not cut off the demon's head, but he used his miraculous power called "jutsu" to save the lives of more than a dozen members of the Demon Slayer Corps.
By giving the ghosts unlimited beatings.
In the end, the Demon Slayers who couldn't bear to watch gave those demons a death that could be called a relief. When the demons died, they cried as if they had seen their biological parents who had been dead for who knows how long.
Haibara Yu then returned to the Demon Slayer Corps. He claimed that he was a "first-year student at Tokyo Jujutsu High School from the future" and claimed that he was a sorcerer who could exorcise cursed spirits.
The Demon Slayer Corps lord Ubuyashiki Yōya believed it. Not only did he believe it, he also promised to help Haibara Yu try to find the "Curser Organization" which was only vaguely mentioned in the legend of the Ubuyashiki Yōya family that had been passed down for thousands of years, and people only knew that it existed but didn't know how to contact it, in order to repay him for his help at Nadagumo Mountain.
The condition is that Haibara Xiong cannot reveal any specific information about the future, so as not to cause confusion. Haibara Xiong, who has watched many time-travel science fiction movies since childhood, accepts this request well.
So here comes the question...
The Demon Slayer Corps is a purely civilian organization that avoids official and public influence, and its main personnel are ordinary humans.
The Sorcerers are a purely official organization that avoids the public and the masses, and their main members are people with special abilities.
The two parties are not from the same profession at all. Their technology, cognition and behavioral logic are completely different. The search engines are not compatible!
However, Haibara Yuu wasn't too worried about this. Instead, he comforted the apologetic Demon Slayer with a gentle smile, "It's okay. Although I really want to go back, not being able to contact them might not be such a bad thing. After all, if they discovered my origins, the higher-ups might lock me up for experiments. Now, although I may not be able to return home in the future, at least I can survive."
Everyone:?
The Demon Slayer Corps members who love each other and live in harmony with each other cannot understand this behavior of stabbing a teammate in the back!
In response to this, renowned five-star reviewer, Wind Pillar, Fuzugawa Shima commented: "What kind of bastards are you, the top brass in the sorcery world? Even with all this going on, you're still just following along and not rebelling? Are all you sorcerers crazy? Are you stupid enough to attend that stupid sorcery school?"
"Perhaps it's because the higher-ups have always suppressed or even assassinated sorcerers who disagree with them or don't align with their ideals. And for those of us who possess the gift of seeing cursed spirits, it's impossible to live a life like ordinary people. After all, many cursed spirits will attack you as soon as you see them, and if you don't learn something, you won't be able to protect yourself and your family." Haibara Yu answered sincerely, "My sister has the gift, too, but I won't let her enroll. I understand the dangers of this job, so I'll be the only one doing it. I'll protect my family, and everyone else too."
"Looking at it this way, I can do the same if I stay in the Demon Slayer Corps. Although I can't go back, as long as I exorcise the evil spirits, I can also reduce the danger to my future family."
The hot-tempered old man, Fuzukawa Minoru, who usually speaks in a polite manner, rarely did not argue with others that day. After a brief silence, he turned and left, leaving behind only a very light "You are right".
Perhaps because they both were the eldest sons of the Sunshine Angels and had younger sisters, Haibara Yuu and Kamado Tanjiro quickly became friends. Afterwards, it was natural for them to become non-staff members and follow the Flame Pillar to defeat the evil spirits on the train.
Then, everyone saw a wonderful development that they might, no, definitely would never forget in their entire lives.
Their original mission was to investigate the Infinite Train that caused 40 people to disappear and to kill the evil spirit that caused this situation.
After they boarded the Infinite Train, everyone successfully determined that the mastermind behind these disappearances was none other than the Twelve Kizuki - the Lower One of the Twelve Strongest Demons under the Demon King, a demon who has merged with the train and can use blood demon arts to make people lost in dreams.
Normally, they would have just beheaded the experience pack together, but when they killed the Lower Moon One and were about to help people escape from the overturned train, a demon with pink hair and a tattoo on his face suddenly joined the battlefield and launched a sneak attack on Tanjiro who had just stopped bleeding in a very unsportsmanlike manner.
The words "Upper Rank Three" are engraved in the eyes of this pink short-haired demon. He is undoubtedly the one with the strongest smell of Muzan Kibutsuji's blood that Tanjiro has met so far.
At the critical moment, Rengoku Kyojuro, the Flame Pillar, stepped forward and blocked all the attacks of Upper Rank Three.
"Your opponent is me!"
Huiyuan Xiong's hair stood on end: "This is at least the strength of a first-level cursed spirit."
.......In fact, the main reason is that he has never seen a higher level curse spirit. Anyway, it is definitely much stronger than the second level curse spirit he fought.
"Huh? Cursed spirits? I'm not that kind of thing. I'm Akaza, the evil spirit who's come to end your lives." Akaza looked at Haibara Yu with interest. "You're the little sorcerer who suddenly showed up to stir up trouble in Nada Spider Mountain, right? Interesting. As a sorcerer, why don't you kill cursed spirits instead of demons?"
"The sorcerer has been lonely these days...but it's better to kill those weak guys than to kill them."
Haibara's breathing stagnated, and before he could react, Akaza's killing move was already approaching him -
“clang!”
Rengoku Kyojuro stood in front of everyone, and this time he directly cut off Akaza's left arm.
"You're so strong! Want to become a demon together?" Akaza showed no sign of anger at being hit. Instead, he was overjoyed and tried to poach the Demon Slayer Corps. "Human lifespans are short. It would be a shame if a warrior as powerful as you died for such a meaningless reason."
Rengoku Kyojuro said without hesitation: "I refuse. Even if I have to die, I will die as a human being."
Akaza stomped his foot on the ground, and a totem as brilliant as fireworks bloomed—
"Ding."
A string music suddenly started, and an open Japanese sliding door suddenly appeared under Akaza's feet. After he fell into it, it immediately closed and disappeared into thin air.
Akaza:?
Everyone:?
After the others remained in a combat-ready position for a while but nothing happened, they finally accepted with difficulty the fact that Akaza had stood them all up.
Huiyuan Xiong held his forehead and smiled bitterly: "I feel like I'm starting to get used to this kind of thing..."
After confirming that the other party had really left and was not cheating, Agatsuma Zenitsu immediately let out a sharp explosion that could lead to an impure conclusion: "What's going on? Did he run away? It's so scary, so scary, I thought I was going to die just now!!!"
Rengoku Kyojuro sheathed his sword, "He must have been screamed away by Muzan. Evacuate the citizens immediately. There's still some time until dawn, so stay alert."
"yes!"
The crowd did not dare to delay any longer. This place was still quite a distance away from the town, with layers of woods on both sides. It would take a lot of time to escort an entire train of frightened ordinary citizens, so they had to speed up.
Without the electric lights on the train, people did not dare to light torches to avoid attracting other ghosts that might appear. The only source of light for the people walking along the tracks in the deep forest was the dim moonlight shining from above their heads.
Except for Tanjiro and the other five people, everyone on the train was an ordinary person who had no idea that ghosts existed. In this atmosphere filled with tension and fear, many people suppressed the sobs in their throats and shed tears quietly.
Agatsuma Zenitsu wiped away her tears and comforted the child in her arms. The child's mother had injured her arm when the train rolled over. Agatsuma Zenitsu took the child after hearing the mother's painful gasp. "It's okay, we will be fine. Dawn will come in half an hour."
The speeding train rolled over. Although no one was killed or seriously injured under the protection of Rengoku Kyojuro, there were still some minor injuries such as abrasions, sprains and bruises.
In order not to slow down and leave anyone behind, those who were still able to move normally helped those with limited mobility around them, either by helping them take their children or simply taking turns carrying each other forward.
Everyone is thinking about one question: What happened to Muzan that made him recall the Upper Three so urgently?
It is impossible that he gave this order because he was unaware that Akaza was fighting. As the King of Demons, Muzan Kibutsuji has the ability to connect with the thoughts of all the demons under his control.
As soon as Akaza appeared, the first person he attacked was not the strongest Rengoku Kyojuro, nor the weakest ordinary person, but he very accurately set his target on Tanjiro Kamado who was behind him. It was obvious that he was sent by Muzan to take Tanjiro Kamado's life.
Lower Moon One also said that Muzan had issued a kill order for Tanjiro Kamado. Apparently, he was still holding a grudge against Tanjiro for pulling off his vest and greeting him rudely in the street in Asakusa.
Therefore, Muzan's behavior is even more puzzling. It can't be for a meeting, right? What kind of stupid boss would have to be to call employees to a meeting at the most critical moment of their work?
Inosuke Hashibira: "Tsk, I think that guy was attacked at home, so he quickly found someone to protect him."
No one believed what Inosuke Hashibira said was true, including himself.
Who could break into Muzan Kibutsuji's lair in the middle of the night and beat him so hard that he had to call for help?
It can't be that Muzan Kibutsuji encountered a real ghost because he walked on the road at night too much.
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"What kind of person is this? How rude!"
Cheng Xiaoyu shook the blood off her hands. Her long black hair, covering the entire room, dripped with blood and broken pieces of flesh. She kicked away the rubble at her feet, angrily crushing the disintegrating pieces of flesh beneath her feet even further.
"He's looking for a fight, and when he can't win, he just throws blood and flesh all over people. Is this person some kind of horse manure fungus that's become a spirit? Why does he really enjoy exploding his body tissue on passersby?"
If she hadn't been on guard, she would have been splashed with this dirty stuff and her clothes would have been soiled!
Reminder No. 233: [There's blood on your hair, oh, and some minced meat mixed in. After all, she just exploded while being tangled in your hair.]
Cheng Xiaoyu knew without even looking that her hair, having just been washed by the high-pressure blood gun, was absolutely filthy. She could have used it to write calligraphy on the ground. She simply turned a blind eye and roughly manipulated her hair to shake off the broken flesh and most of the blood. After that, she said, "Now is not the time to wash my hair. Let's wait until we find Huiyuan Xiong. By then, maybe all the blood will have been absorbed by my hair."
Saving lives is the most important thing now. If there is no follow-up to this matter, Cheng Xiaoyu can just treat it as a free natural hair treatment accidentally given by a barber who loves to do hair care for people while walking on the street, and let it go.
The prerequisite is that after finding Huihara Xiong, this horse dung mushroom spirit will not jump around in front of her again.
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