Chapter 62: Preparing to Catch Ghosts Muzan Kibutsuji feels...
Muzan Kibutsuji felt that the world was very mysterious. He lost consciousness in the scorching heat one second, and when he opened his eyes the next second, he saw a deserted forest.
Not only that, he also regained his adult appearance.
Ghost Dance Tsuji Muzan: "..."
"I'm not dead?" Muzan Kibutsuji touched his body, feeling panic and confusion. In the last memory in his mind, the direct sunlight caused his body to melt quickly.
In order to avoid disappearing, he had no choice but to transform his body into a giant baby, crawling around anxiously, looking for a place without sunlight.
When his body was blocked from moving by the bus pushed by the civilians, a small piece of his self-aware cells and the most important organs hid inside the bus, then encountered an irregular black hole and disappeared.
Black hole..., vanished...
"! So that's how it is, that's why I'm still alive! Hahahahahaha!" Muzan Kibutsuji laughed in ecstasy.
A small piece of his limbs, carrying his important organs, happened to hit a space-time rift, allowing him to successfully escape from the many sieges of the Demon Slayer Corps.
"This is pure divine help, Ubuyashiki Kōya! Even the heavens are on my side!"
You're dead, and I'm alive!
As for his subordinates who were dead beyond death..., Muzan Kibutsuji said it didn't matter at all.
"I have as many subordinates as I want. Just give me enough time and I'll be able to make a comeback and accumulate more assets. At worst, it'll only take another thousand years."
"Survival is the most important thing." Muzan Kibutsuji looked at the dark and deserted forest, with a smile of survival on his face.
After a week of cautious hiding, he finally walked out of the forest when he found no pursuers and quickly absorbed the memories of several farmers.
Afterwards, Muzan Kibutsuji converted several wealthy families based on the knowledge in the minds of these farmers, and asked them to search for information about their former nemesis, the Demon Slayer Corps.
And after learning that the Ubuyashiki family and the Demon Slayer Corps did not exist in this world, he laughed even more wildly.
"Human lifespan is but a moment, Ubuyashiki Yoya. You and your family will eventually be lost in the long river of history."
"No... or rather, you don't exist in this new world at all." Under the hazy moonlight, Muzan Kibutsuji sat on a bench, holding a glass of wine, his eyes emitting a scarlet light.
"And as long as I find the blue spider lily, I can achieve my dream and become the perfect ultimate creature. Become... the king of this new world!"
"This time, I will be more cautious and will never make the same mistake again." He crushed the wine glass and disappeared on the spot.
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At the same time, the players and the Rainbow Seven team also landed safely in Japan.
"Japan is such a height-friendly country." The player exclaimed happily at the sight of everyone looking at him with equal eyes, and even felt happy when he looked at the dazzling sun in the sky.
"Ah." Willdi made a regretful sound and gestured to the player's height. "You standing between us are just like that character in Chinese characters."
He gestured with his hands—flat, down, flat, up, flat.
That's a capital A!
Player: ...Why doesn't the store have those side-effect-free height-increasing pills for players to take? Players also want to experience air over 1.6 meters tall. Report! Players want to report!
The innocent mall: ...? Not? The players? ? Is this our fault?
The angry player kicked the fragile scientist to the ground and turned away. Now, the shortest person in the group became this scientist who asked for trouble.
Scarlu stood aside and complained silently: "Wildi, why did you bother her if you had nothing to do?"
Everyone was not surprised - after all, they had seen this kind of scene many times on the plane.
On the way to their destination, regarding this issue, Will Emperor spoke rudely once and acted rudely twice, and was kicked down by Aurora twice. The last time, he was stopped by Viper's illusion, so he didn't get kicked - because Will Emperor took out the card.
Then there was Scarlu, the adventurous stuntman who couldn't stand being alone. He would take a second look at anything he had never seen before. Then he was led back by the steady Feng.
After countless hardships, everyone finally arrived at their destination, but...
"Damn it! I've already told you that 1.6 meters tall is normal for Asian women, okay?" the player said, furiously. "What right do you, a skinny guy like you, have to say that about me?"
"Judging from the muscle mass, you're indeed a bit thin." Lal Mirchi pinched Welti's arm and added fuel to the fire with a serious face. "Even though you're a scientific researcher, you still have to take care of your health and exercise more, Welti."
"Thin...skinny bamboo pole? Take...take care of your body?" Emperor Weil was hit with a fatal blow and knelt on the ground in pain.
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"Okay, stop pretending to be dead and get up and do some work," Reborn said impatiently.
He also couldn't understand why it became so dramatic when it came to Aurora, even though it seemed like a serious commission and a difficult task, and most of his colleagues were smart and capable people.
Why does Weald, who is so calm and composed, crazy about research, and willing to dedicate his life to it, always like to tease Aurora? The look in his eyes doesn't seem right...
The Italian, who had been passionate and romantic all his life, looked at Verdi with an unclear expression.
Willdi, who chose to join the game just to collect data:?
When the real reason for coming to Japan was mentioned, everyone's expressions finally returned to normal.
Willard stood up, patted his white coat, and adjusted his round glasses, regaining his usual shrewd demeanor. He pulled out his briefcase, took out the relevant paper materials, and turned on his computer to retrieve the latest information he had gathered.
"Two weeks ago, there were outbreaks of various sizes of possible 'cannibal ghosts' in various regions of Japan. I've compiled a tally here." He raised a stack of papers with a serious expression. "There are hundreds of cases with an 80% chance of being caused by cannibal ghosts."
"Judging from the recent unusual number of deaths in Japan, the traces of the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji may have appeared in this area, this area, and this area. I don't know if he is still there now." The young man wearing round-frame glasses clicked the marks on the screen and said the three locations he speculated.
"Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that the Ghost King has already converted humans into his subordinates, and this chaotic trajectory of action was created by his current subordinates."
"That's about it." Wille closed the document and made a summary. "That's it. End."
"Is this all the information we found?" The player came up to King Will to look at the contents on his computer and exclaimed, "Wow, this Ghost King is quite timid. It seems like the places with the highest incidence of 'cannibal ghost' incidents are all quite remote parts of Japan."
"That's good enough, isn't it?" Wille said unhappily. "I spent the night listing all the deaths that might have been caused by ghosts, and even conducted the corresponding analysis."
"As for the remote locations of these incidents...how could I possibly know what the Ghost King was thinking?" He glanced sarcastically at the documents on the table, not disguising his sharp tongue as a top scientist. "Perhaps, as you said, the Ghost King is a coward."
"But... if you're timid, wouldn't it be even harder to find them?" Lal Milch picked up the information Verdi had given him and carefully reviewed it. His face was grim as he repeated what was written on the document: "Because the bodies found by the public were only body parts..., they attributed these incidents to attacks by wild animals."
"Hmph, if ghosts are considered beasts," the serious and capable woman sneered. "So many deaths have occurred for no reason, and they're simply categorized as beast attacks and ignored."
"There are still too few clues available." Feng sighed, his sleeves moving without a breeze. "If they're afraid of sunlight, I wonder if the Death Flame can have any effect on them?"
After all, fire is also light.
"I can use illusion to try to find out what they fear most. I should be able to find some clues." Viper nodded. He had been at odds with this martial artist from the beginning, and this time he reluctantly agreed with Feng's idea.
"It seems that true knowledge comes from practice." The player touched his chin, "I need to see a real ghost and practice it."
"Mr. Reborn, what are you thinking about?" The player turned his head and looked at the black-haired killer who looked thoughtful.
"I'm wondering why this Ghost King suddenly showed such strong aggressiveness..." Reborn nodded his chin and muttered to himself.
Is it because it has no natural enemies, or is it because it suddenly appeared and is gradually becoming more lethal? Just like Aurora suddenly appeared in Sicily...
"What?" The player leaned forward and listened carefully. The killer's voice was too faint. The player could only see his lips moving slightly, but could not hear what he said.
"No..., nothing." The black-haired killer was silent for a while and shook his head.
"I mean, we can go here first." Reborn calmly changed the subject and turned his gaze back to the map showing various deaths. After thinking for a while, he pointed to an address with his hand.
"There have been cases of 'cannibal ghosts' here, but it's relatively remote and close to where we're staying, making it a good place for investigation."
"Just as you said, we can try to catch a cannibal first." Reborn's mouth curled up slightly, his eyes shining, which was the look that was unconsciously revealed after seeing something interesting.
"Viper, try to find any useful clues from the ogre's memory. The others should first try to see if the Death Flame with different attributes can cause any damage to the ogre, and see how much damage it can cause."
"That's a good idea." Luche's eyes revealed pity for the people being exploited. She looked at the setting sun and said calmly, "Then let's wait for night."
Skarlu, who looked confused: ...He didn't seem to participate in the discussion.
Scarlu looked at everyone who knew clearly what they were going to do, and silently shut his mouth - forget it, just do what the smart people say.
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The author has something to say: It is the ghost fragment that luckily fell into the space-time rift in the finale, but it grows very fast.
I originally planned to write it according to the Taisho period, but I found that if I wrote it that way it would involve the descendants of the Demon Slayer Corps, which would easily lead to bugs, so I wrote it as a Demon King drop version.
However, there may be a friendly appearance by the swordsmith.
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