Chapter 09

Shinobu Kocho disagreed: "Mr. Uzui, it is better to follow the original order of events. I don't know if any sudden changes will have any impact."

Iguro Obane also expressed her own opinion: "We still don't know whether the ghost really doesn't eat people. At present, it is too unrealistic to believe the one-sided statement on the screen based on a few clips."

Everyone has their own opinions, but in the end, it was Kouyashiki Yoshiya who made the final decision: "Well, let's wait for Giyuu to come back from his mission and find out whether the video played this time is real before making a decision."

The person everyone was talking about - Tomiokaka Giyuu, finally arrived at his destination with Fushigawa Michiya.

The sky above Shizuoka Mountain was overcast. According to people in the nearby village, the sun had not risen for more than a week.

"Some time ago, a pair of siblings in the village went out to deliver apples to relatives in the next village over the mountain, but they didn't come back until the evening." The old man who was kneeling on the tatami and facing Tomioka Giyuu said, "The child's mother didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that the child stayed at the relative's house for one night. But when the child didn't come back the next night, she felt something was wrong."

"Late at night, the couple went into the mountains with flashlights in hand to look for the baby. But when they reached the foot of the mountain, they saw a basket of apples scattered on the ground and a pair of shoes stained with blood."

“This is just the beginning.”

"At first, no one took it seriously. They just thought the siblings were unlucky and had accidentally run into robbers on the road. But then children started to go missing one after another, and everyone felt something was wrong."

"Every household closed their doors and windows, but the next morning someone still came to say their child was missing. Eventually, the villagers with children at home picked up axes and went to the mountain to check the situation."

"I'm the village chief, so I followed them. When we reached the middle of the mountain, we could already feel the eerie atmosphere. Several villagers cut off the branches outside, and finally the scene inside was revealed."

Thinking of this, the old man's body began to tremble violently. He picked up the teacup tremblingly, took a sip of tea, and then continued to speak.

"It was truly a tragedy that cannot be described in words! The missing children's clothes were scattered on the ground. In the midst of the blood, we could even see the remains of several children. The strong smell of blood made it hard for us to breathe. We felt like we were in hell."

"Some villagers immediately recognized the children's remains, which were stained with blood. The residents thought that some kind of murderer was hiding in the mountain, and they headed deeper into the mountain in anger."

"But we were both so wrong."

"As we went deeper, it became even darker, with not even a ray of sunlight to be seen. We could only move forward with the help of flashlights."

"But soon, the villager standing in the front row suddenly saw something with his flashlight, let out a scream, and kept backing away."

"Monster! That's a monster!" The old man's hands shook even more violently, and the teacup fell onto the tatami, spilling water all over the floor. "It's a black creature with four arms and four legs."

"We turned and ran. But the monster grabbed the last villager and put him into its mouth. We heard the crunching sound of the monster chewing the villager and ran down the mountain."

The old man bowed deeply to Tomioka Giyuu and Fushigawa Saneya and said, "Please, swordsmen, avenge the dead villagers and kill this monster!"

"Isn't that certain?" Fuzukawa Miyabi held the Sun Blade in his hand, veins bulging.

-

After understanding all the situations, Shigen didn't need to wait until night, Fuzugawa Saneya and Tomioka Giyuu set off now.

I walked up the mountain along the road, passed the large pool of blood, and walked further inside. Finally, the breath of ghosts hit me in the face.

Tomioka Giyuu looked at the fork in the road and adjusted the knife in his hand slightly: "Split the road."

Fuzugawa Shima sneered: "That's exactly what I want."

Tomioka Giyuu took the lead and walked to the left. He felt the ghost's breath and walked in a certain direction. Suddenly, he seemed to hear someone calling for help.

He ran in the direction from which the call for help came.

"Water Breathing - Type 1 - Water Surface Slash."

A gorgeous water pattern appeared, and with one strike it chopped off the head of the demon that was about to attack the child.

Tomioka Giyuu threw his Nichirin sword away, retracted the blade, reached out to help the child who was lying on the ground, and asked in a cold voice, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." The child in brown clothes was a little dazed, as if he hadn't yet come to terms with the fact that he was rescued. He nodded hesitantly, and stammered as he climbed up with Tomioka Giyu's hand, "Thank you."

Tomioka Giyuu looked around and asked, "Are you alone?"

Speaking of this, the child seemed to have just remembered. He nervously grabbed Tomioka Giyu's sleeve and said, "Please save him! Save Xiaocheng!"

"Take a deep breath," said Tomioka, "and then explain it to me."

"My name is Taihe. I caught this with my friend Chengyi, but Chengyi, he... that monster just now said that Chengyi had some rare blood, and then he took him away. I don't know where he took Chengyi..."

"Have you met any other ghosts here besides him?"

Taihe was stunned for a moment: "Ghost?"

"The one that was about to eat you was a demon." Tomioka repeated, "Did you encounter any other demons?"

Taihe thought for a long time: "I haven't met any other monsters. I, I, let me think about it..."

Tomioka Giyuu said nothing more. If he was left here, it was not certain whether there were other ghosts here. If he was left here alone, other ghosts might come out and eat him.

But if I take him away, I have to check other places, and his speed cannot catch up with my speed...

While Taihe was still stammering about what he had seen, Tomioka Giyu suddenly put his arm around his waist and straddled him. "Where did the ghost take your friend to?"

"?"

Taihe slowly typed out a question mark.

It took him two seconds to react, and he asked uncertainly, "...Are you asking me if I saw where Cheng Yi was taken by the ghost?"

Tomioka Giyuu was a little confused. Wasn't his expression clear enough? He asked again, "Which direction?"

Taihe understood. He pointed in a direction: "Over there."

-

Fuzugawa Miyabi encountered a group of demons.

There are many, big, small, strange-shaped, human-shaped.

The Sun Blade was flying, the Breathing of Wind was used frequently, and Busei-san killed people to his heart's content.

"I thought someone was roaming around here, but it turned out to be a ghost hunter."

Suddenly, a voice came from behind. Fuzugawa looked back and saw the words written in his blue pupils - Lower Sixth Continent.

"Heh, you brought it to my door." He swung the Sun Blade, activated the Breathing of Wind, and slashed at the Lower Rift Valley.

"Blood Demon Art." The Lower Six was not in a hurry, and the mist in his hand spread freely, "Fantasy."

In an instant, the mist spread, and Fuzugawa Shimizu felt that everything in front of him was unclear. All the scenes passed by his eyes like a revolving lantern, and then he returned to the night of his childhood that he could not forget.

Why did you join the Demon Slayer Corps?

Was it out of anger at his mother who turned into a ghost and killed his younger brothers and sisters, or was it out of ruthless hatred towards the source of all evil who turned his mother into a ghost, or was it because he didn't want anyone to lose their closest people like him?

I returned to my childhood routine without the suffocating bad news. Touching the Nichirin Sword in my hand, I felt a new and different feeling from my childhood self.

——Fuzuigawa Miyabi knew very well that an illusion was, after all, an illusion.

"Do you think I will indulge in the illusion you created for me?" Fuzugawa Shima raised his eyebrows, "Don't use your dirty fantasy to defile my dearest!"

"Breath of the Wind - Type 4 - Rising into the Sand and Dust."

The wind swept through, and five wind blades completely destroyed the surroundings, and the illusion was shattered. He made a starting motion to launch the Breath of Wind towards the place where Xianlu had just been. He smiled viciously: "Hey, evil ghost, use whatever tricks you have!"

The waning moon has long since disappeared.

I thought there would be just a few ordinary ghost hunters, but I didn't expect that the golden button was a pillar.

At present, I have not been able to eat completely, so I am definitely not a match for the Pillars. But today, a ghost in the mountains who wanted to please me sent me some rare blood. If I eat that rare blood, I will definitely be able to defeat the Pillars, and then I can be promoted to the Upper Rank...

Ah, that man must have the rarest blood, the smell is really disgusting. He has such good blood but he doesn't cherish it. He has so many wounds on his body, how much rare blood he has lost...

"I found you, you devil, do you want to escape?" The green-glowing Nichirin Sword slashed down at Lower Moon Riku with a whistling wind. Lower Moon Riku felt a sharp pain in his neck, and then with a "thump", something seemed to fall to the ground.

No way. He touched his head in disbelief. Did my head fall off?

As the Lower Moon Six turned into ashes, another crisp sound came from behind. Fuzugawa Mitsuya turned his head with a face full of alarm, and then he happened to see Tomioka Giyuu holding Taihe under his arm.

"You're too late, Tomioka." Fuzugawa Shigeya snorted coldly, "I've already gotten rid of all the ghosts here."

"Oh." Tomioka Giyuu put Taihe down, "I'm really envious of the rare blood of the Busei River. It attracted all the ghosts at once."

What Tomioka Giyuu meant: The Fuzugawa is so powerful, it can eliminate all the demons it attracted in one go, it's worthy of being the Fuzugawa.

What Fuzugawa Miyabi heard was: That's why you used this method to attract all the ghosts here, haha, what a bad idea of ​​taking shortcuts.

Fushigawa Saneya couldn't stand it any longer: "Huh? Tomioka Giyuu!"