Chapter 26: Something unexpected happened
Before leaving, Cheng Xiaoyu made a special trip to the Demon Slayer Corps' ward to find Haibara Yu and tell him that he would have to be released for a while.
"Miss Ghost!" Huiyuan Xiong, dressed in a hospital gown, was chatting with his new friends. When Cheng Xiaoyu entered the ward, he waved hurriedly, a piece of gauze peeking out from under the wide hem of his gown. "Is your meeting over?"
"Well, it's closed for now." Cheng Xiaoyu studied Haibara Yu's face, confirming that the unfortunate boy had only suffered some minor injuries and was in good spirits. "I still have some things to deal with before I can open a passage for you to return home. I just communicated with the doorman, and you can continue to stay with the Demon Slayer Corps for the time being. Don't worry."
Hearing that he would be home later, Haibara Yuu felt down for a moment, but he quickly cheered up again: "Is that so... It's okay, just go about your business. Everyone in the Demon Slayer Corps is very friendly, don't worry about me!"
Tanjiro Kamado assured: "Don't worry, we will take good care of Huibara!"
Surprisingly, Inosuke Hashibira didn't yell. "I know, I know. Go with peace of mind, old woman."
Everyone: “…”
Why do you say it as if you are going to see someone off to his grave?
"Idiot Inosuke! How can you talk like that! What are you talking about to a woman!!!" Agatsuma Zenitsu screamed and roared, twisting and swaying, "Apologize, apologize, apologize quickly!!!"
"Huh? What did I say wrong?" Hashibira Inosuke, who had been raised by wild beasts in the mountains, was very unconvinced. He thought he had been very polite. "She's at least hundreds of years old. Didn't you say you should call elderly females grandma?"
"Calling such a beautiful lady 'mother-in-law' is so rude! And what's with that word you used? It's so unlucky!"
"What's unlucky about that?! She's going to be gone for a while, isn't she? What's wrong with me letting her go peacefully? Why are you so irritated?"
"Alright...Zenitsu, Inosuke...stop arguing..."
"........Have they always been like this?" Cheng Xiaoyu asked as she looked at the three people who had started to pull each other apart and were in chaos in the distance.
"Yes, everyone is quite lively." Huiyuan Yu said, "Sorry, don't take Inosuke's words to heart. He was raised by wild beasts in the mountains since he was a child. He doesn't understand the rules of the human world..."
Cheng Xiaoyu: "Is that so? It's okay. It's good for children to be lively. Besides, compared to my hairline terminator, Inosuke is actually well-behaved and polite."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Cheng Xiaoyu with a smile on her face.
Well-behaved? Polite? Inosuke?
Are the first two words connected to the latter?
Cheng Xiaoyu: "Really? At least Inosuke didn't try to kill me the first time we met, and he didn't try to assassinate me from every corner after seeing me for the second time."
Everyone: That sounds bad!
Agatsuma Zenitsu: "How terrifying! Is it an enemy?"
"Haha, no. He's a former student of mine, the new guy assigned to me." Cheng Xiaoyu's eyes were lifeless, and behind them lay a numbness. "He's not as scary as you think. He knew he couldn't kill me that way, so he simply wanted to use me as a target to practice stealth assassination techniques."
Inosuke Hashibira: "Are you sure he's not an enemy?"
Cheng Xiaoyu: "That's not the case. He wouldn't be so gentle when dealing with his enemies. Most of those attacks didn't cause any real harm to me. He just saw it as a unique way to bring teachers and students closer. Some students would do the same."
Although most students would not go to such an outrageous extent, at most they would ask the teacher questions or treat him to snacks and drinks.
After all, not all students have work experience in the League of Assassins, have received professional guidance on its internal work, and have the surname Ao.Gu.
Huiyuan Xiong: "Oh my god, the relationship between master and apprentice of ancient sorcerers was so tense. Fortunately, it is the new century now!"
What ancient sorcerer?
Cheng Xiaoyu turned her head away, and Huihara Yu gave her a look that said, "It's really not easy for you, you're working so hard."
...Wait, this kid doesn't think she's an ancient sorcerer???
Although Cheng Xiaoyu thought this was a bit ridiculous, Huiyuan Xiong's clear eyes told her that it was true.
...How could this be? He actually thought she was a person. Did she look like a human at that time?
No. 233 accidentally revealed the truth: [He himself had only just begun to learn about the world of sorcery. I guess he thought, 'I'm already a sorcerer, I know how to cast spells, so what if I look a little weird when I cast them, or if I'm a little crazy?' Kids their age, after all, have the most active minds.]
Cheng Xiaoyu:.......fine.
When I try to act as a human, I'm told I'm not human. When I try to act as a non-human, I'm told I'm human...
never mind.
Anyway, it doesn't affect her mission. The Ubuyashiki couple already know about it. If they think it's necessary, they will tell her. So let it be.
She is tired.
..........
The girl, covered in blood, ran frantically down the mountain in panic, but it was extremely difficult to walk in the forest at night. The girl relied on her familiarity with the surroundings to run for so long without tripping.
My throat hurts so much that it feels like it's bleeding with every breath. There's never enough oxygen in my lungs, so I have to open my mouth wide to breathe in more. My lower abdomen aches from inhaling too much cold air, and my legs feel like they're filled with lead when I run.
Her body had reached its limit, but the girl didn't dare stop. She could hear the monster's hideous laugh behind her. If she slowed down even a little, the monster, stained with her family's blood, would catch up!
Run further, she must run further!
When the monster chased after her, it had not yet discovered her sister hiding in the closet. If she could have run farther to lure the monster away, or found someone to help, her sister would have survived!
But no matter how hard the girl tried, the human body had its limits. She tripped over something and fell awkwardly into the haystack, tumbling down the steep slope.
“Ha…ha…cough! Cough cough…”
The girl wanted to get up and continue running, but the slightest movement of her calves and forearms caused piercing pain. She realized in despair that she might have broken bones.
"Oh my god, you're badly injured. But don't worry, I can save you and give you the power for revenge."
When she was filled with despair, a pure white jumped into her sight. It was a strange-looking creature, its snow-white color sparkling in the moonlight.
At this moment, in the eyes of the desperate girl, it was the savior elf sent by God.
"Girl, make a wish and sign a contract with me to become a magical girl!"
The girl could already hear the monster's sinister laugh getting closer. The beast that hurt her family was so close, she had no time to think and no need to hesitate.
"Yes, I want to be a magical girl!"
......
"Fortunately, I didn't sign a soul contract with you during our cooperation."
Muzan Kibutsuji sneered, "Is this why you asked me to be a ghost actor, setting someone up to sign a contract with unclear content? Such clumsy rhetoric and tactics! Wouldn't it be better to just let the ghost capture the human and force the contract?"
The beast squatting on the windowsill flicked its fluffy tail. "No, I can't complete the contract unilaterally. If I do, the contractor will regard us as enemies after the contract is completed. I don't have many usable bodies in this world. If my body is damaged, I will be unable to continue to act. So I have to be more cautious."
At the very least, it must act more carefully before it finds or creates a space-time rift that increases its interference in the world.
The Incubator, or "Quppy"... accidentally observed this newly born fusion universe that was about to pass the dangerous period of fusion.
To be more precise, what Kyubey discovered at that time was just a small temporary crack produced during the fusion process of this universe. Therefore, not many individuals jumped into it to explore.
Otherwise, Kyubey wouldn't have gone to Muzan Kibutsuji to act with him in order to reduce his body's damage rate. He could have done it on his own.
Kyubey is an extraterrestrial intelligent life form outside the earth. In order to organize the increase of entropy in the universe and avoid the heat death of the universe, its civilization has developed a technology that can convert emotions into energy.
But unfortunately, the Kyubey race has no emotions, so in order to achieve the goal of collecting energy, they set their sights on the human girl with the most intense emotions.
By giving these human girls hope and then letting them fall into despair, you can gain tremendous power.
This universe also has human girls, and because of the fusion of universes, their number is even greater. Therefore, in Kyubey's eyes, this universe is a vast and precious mine that has never been mined!
This discovery made Kyubey determined to create more magical girls as quickly as possible and make them fall into despair, so that he could use the collected energy to artificially tear a rift in the universe so that he could intervene more.
Would this fragile newborn universe be destroyed by its torn cracks and excessive interference? This was not within Kyubey's consideration. After all, the fusion of worlds always had the risk of failure, so why not make the best use of it?
If the world is about to be destroyed because of their interference, Kyubey will simply tear a few more holes to create more panic among humans, so that Kyubey can find more human girls to sign contracts. At this time, the theme of "saving the world" is most suitable as a reason.
But their efforts were doomed to fail, and they could only watch the universe perish and fall into despair.
As a result, the universe will be squeezed dry of every last bit of value.
But what does it matter to Kyubey who has collected a large amount of energy? Kyubey doesn't care. Kyubey doesn't care.
"But you can't keep asking me to act with you like this. I don't want those guys with special abilities to notice me, and it's really inefficient."
Muzan Kibutsuji does not know Kyubey's true purpose. He only knows that Kyubey's goal is to find human girls and make contracts with them, and then make them fall into despair in order to collect energy.
"Since what you gave me is indeed useful, I can provide you with a place where you can collect target girls without having to act. I also have two capable subordinates there, so your safety can be guaranteed and it will be more convenient for you to do your work."
This is not because Muzan Kibutsuji has the concept of animal protection, but simply because if Kyubey dies, the thing he obtained in the trade will become useless.
Kyubey tilted his head: "Where?"
"Yoshiwara Flower Street."
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