The road seemed to be getting further and further off.
Xiantu frowned. He had originally planned to walk all the way in from the left and then meet up with Rengoku Kyojuro and the others who were walking on the right. This way he could save a lot of time.
He was confident in his sense of direction, and the road here was not complicated, but now he had ended up in a completely unexpected place.
When Tomioka Giyuu saw him stop, he also stopped and looked at him in confusion.
Xuantu closed his eyes. He did not notice any ghost nearby. He could only vaguely hear some sounds from the direction of Rengoku Xingjulang. The distance was a bit far and he could not find the specific location.
Suddenly, he heard a sharp sound of something breaking through the air. Santu subconsciously grabbed the arm of Tomioka Giyuu behind him and dodged to the side, completely forgetting that Tomioka Giyuu could dodge by himself and didn't need his help.
Tomioka Giyuu paused for a moment, and followed the direction that Santu was pulling. His expression was inexplicable, and seemed a little gloomy. But Santu didn't care what his expression was at the moment, and looked up at the thing on the ground with caution - a small ice sculpture.
Have you seen this thing somewhere before?
It was difficult for Xuantu to dig out the source of this thing from his memory - his face suddenly turned cold.
It's you.
During the time when he was Tokito Ichiro, he met Douma, the second of the Upper Ranks.
This time he knew more about Douma's blood demon arts, but it was still difficult to win, even though Toioka Giyuu was by his side...
Qiantu's thoughts came to a sudden halt. He vaguely realized that he seemed to have always been in the position of protecting others and was rarely protected himself - it seemed that he had been protected by someone before.
But now is obviously not the time to think about this issue.
He put aside those messy thoughts and focused on dealing with Douma in the dark, but he waited for a long time without hearing Douma's voice and that annoying and unconscious tone.
The small ice sculpture was slowly melting into water and seeping into the ground, leaving a circle of incompatible dark marks around it.
Was there the sound of the shamisen just now?
Tanjiro Kamado was hurrying towards Rengoku Kyojuro with a knife in hand, and Inosuke Hashibira was walking side by side with him.
He smelled a ghost.
Tanjiro Kamado looked solemn. There were two kinds of smells, but soon the other one disappeared without a trace. It belonged to Mr. Santo and his team. The remaining one was from Rengoku Kyojuro, in the same direction, very close to the smell of Rengoku Kyojuro himself. The battle might have already started.
This smell... is better than any ghost he has ever encountered before...
Tanjiro Kamado couldn't find a suitable adjective for a moment.
Rengoku Kyojuro protected Agatsuma Zenitsu and asked him to step back, while he faced Inoza directly.
Agatsuma Zenitsu felt his hands trembling, he wanted to hold the sword tightly, but he could only listen stiffly to Rengoku Kyojuro's words and retreat to the back. The upper-rank demons were completely beyond his current strength to fight, and rashly joining would only bring greater obstacles to Rengoku Kyojuro, preventing him from concentrating on dealing with the demons.
Akaza rushed forward, clenched his fingers into a fist, and struck at Agatsuma Zenitsu, but was blocked by Rengoku Kyojuro's sword. The blade made a low humming sound, but it did not break. There was only a faint crack spreading from the place where the force was heaviest, but it was far from breaking.
"Water Breathing, Form Three, Flowing Dance!"
A shout came from behind Inoueza, and Santo, holding the Nichirin Sword, quickly approached Inoueza in the San form, leaving only a few footprints on the ground. His target was Inoueza's arm.
The pink-haired ghost was not panicked when he heard the sound. He stepped back and jumped aside. Santo was waiting for him to leave the vicinity of Agatsuma Zenitsu. He immediately turned the sword and slashed it in a flat plane, cutting off the forearm of Inoza that had not been retracted.
Regeneration speed is so fast!
Agatsuma Zenitsu opened his eyes wide in shock. Almost at the same time as the arm was cut off, the bleeding stopped and began to regenerate the next second. It was completely unharmed.
Inozao licked the little blood stain left on his forearm during the healing process. His fighting spirit became stronger and stronger, and a smile appeared at the corner of his lips: "Here comes another one... Hey, you two." He nodded at Sanu and Rengoku Kyojuro.
"You are the Flame Pillar and Water Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps, right? What are your names?"
"No need to talk too much with the ghost." Said Santo, water patterns appeared on the blade, and he chopped again with the first form, followed by a multiple attack with the fourth form. At the same time, Tomioka Giyuu approached with the third form.
Inoue dodged in time, and the blue Sun Wheel Sword only scratched his throat lightly. The wound healed quickly and soon returned to its original state.
When did the Demon Slayer Corps have two water columns?
At this time, Akaza still had time to think about this. He had met the Pillars of the Demon Slayer Corps before. The two men in front of him were undoubtedly Pillar-level, and he could not have mistaken them. But he had not seen many Water Pillars, and did not know much about the class divisions of the Demon Slayer Corps. He had never seen two Pillars with the same title.
The temperature around him rose, and he came to his senses. The orange-red Sun Blade was right in front of him, slashing down at his neck. Inuza's pupils trembled, but he was surrounded by Toioka Giyuu and Saneto on both sides, forcing him to retreat.
Santu stared at Inoza closely. In his memory, he found the information about Inoza that 'Rengoku Kyojuro' had told him. It was the place where they had lived when they found a human who looked like Inoza based on his appearance.
At that time, the Su-Liu Dojo had already fallen into disrepair and no one lived there. They could only learn about what had happened from the elderly people living nearby.
If that person is indeed the Inoza in front of us...
Xuantu suddenly asked, "Yiwozuo, do you still remember the Suliu Dojo?"
Inoueza was distracted for a moment by his words, and the Nichirin Sword did not dodge completely. He covered his neck which was cut almost in half, and bright red blood flowed out from between his fingers. The blood soon stopped due to the healing ability, and even the wound gradually disappeared.
He frowned the moment the word came out of Santu's mouth. It was as if "Souryu Dojo" had carved a hole in his brain, and something was struggling to break out.
Inowozao forced himself to suppress his confused thoughts and regained his rationality. Without saying a word, he gave up attacking Rengoku Kyojuro and rushed towards Santu instead.
"What about that Su-Ryu Master? You remember him, right, Inosato?"
Santo continued to speak calmly, with the Nichirin Sword blocking in front of him. The huge force made his wrist numb, but fortunately it was not enough to make him lose control of the sword. Tomioka Giyu rushed over at the first moment, and the blade pierced into Akaza's back. The attack was originally aimed at the neck, but it changed its position because Akaza jumped up.
His attack became more and more fierce, and the Rengoku Kyojuro who had been praising him before was left behind. As Santu spoke, he seemed to hear some voice in his ear, as if it wanted to talk to him.
Yiwozuo only felt irritated and depressed. The water-colored sun blade in front of him could not bear the weight and was about to break. Just before his next attack came -
A hand reached out and gently grasped his wrist.
"What about Ren Xue?"
At the same time, Xuantu's breathing was slightly disordered, but his tone was still calm.
"Komaji-nii-san."
Komaji? Who?
So noisy...so noisy!
"Shut up!" Yiwozuo shouted angrily, and he broke the hand away. He didn't even think of using the blood ghost technique, but the force wrapped in the fist was stronger than before. If it landed on Xuantu, his bones would probably be crushed into powder.
"Komaji-nii-san!"
The hand reappeared.
Akaza stopped moving, and he looked up along the hand. It was Koyuki, who was wearing a pink kimono. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she was clearly an ethereal existence, but the warmth of her palm seemed to be transmitted to Akaza's arm.
In the eyes of Santu and the others, it was just that Inoza suddenly stopped attacking and stood there in a daze. Rengoku Kyojuro did not stop, and this time he successfully cut off Inoza's head.
However, Inouza's body did not dissipate, and his self-healing ability was so strong that even if his neck was cut off like other ghosts, he could still hold on with his own willpower.
Tomioka Giyuu calmly took Santo into his protection. He was nervous about the blow just now, but luckily it didn't land. The veins on the back of his hand holding the knife were bulging, and his knuckles were white, showing how much strength he was using to hold the knife.
Everyone watched as the body staggered and turned, walking towards them, but stopped all movement halfway and began to turn into ashes from the wound.
“…It’s over?”
This battle was incredibly easy, but the change in Yiwozu was still due to Santu's words. So for a while, everyone paid attention to Santu.
Tanjiro Kamado, who arrived a step late, noticed that the hand of Satsuki that was not holding the knife was dispersing into light spots, and he immediately exclaimed in surprise.
Tomioka Giyuu remained calm: "...Are you leaving?"
"I can already protect others." So next time they meet, there's no need for Xuantu to block danger for him, he can fight alongside him.
"Giyu, you have become a real man." Xuantu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "You are a qualified pillar. It has nothing to do with me. Just continue according to your own ideas."
"I'm back, system."
0829 Pulling herself away from the emotion that belonged to Xuantu, this time it was not an illusion. The ball of light lay motionless in front of the screen as if it had fallen asleep, and only ran over quickly when it heard his voice.
"Host, don't you want to take a break?" The system asked when it saw his finger falling towards the mission area again.
0829 Stop in the right direction: "System."
"Yes, what's the problem, host?"
"Do you know anything about my past?"
"Sorry, the host does not have permission."
"No permission..."
The experience bar was increasing rapidly, and there was only a short distance left at the last point. In the mission world, he recalled those vague and fragmented memories, which made him feel that he seemed to... should have a brother.
While thinking, he pressed the task bar, and an interface different from the card drawing interface suddenly appeared in the blank area. One side was blank and the other side had the number 0829.
0829 Look at the system.
The system said: "The appearance of this interface indicates that the host has selected a cooperative mission. After pressing it, the host will be matched with other hosts who will enter the world together to complete the mission."
He nodded in understanding and started matching directly. Rows of numbers flashed before his eyes and finally stopped at 0174.
After the match is over, the card pool will finally appear on the screen.
He pressed the draw button, and the card slowly fell into his palm.
"SR [Ming Guang·Edogawa Ranpo]
Introduction: The famous detective who got the book chose to escape from the false world. At the cost of almost losing his life, he fell into a peaceful world that was completely opposite to the mirror, and thus grasped the light.
Note: Please use it in conjunction with SR [Darkness·Akutagawa Ryunosuke].
0829: "...System, can the collaborator know what card he has drawn?"
System: "Host, don't worry. In cooperative mode, the cards drawn by two people are definitely related."
0829 hummed, and while waiting for his partner to come to him, he lowered his eyes to look at the detective on the card. There was no trace of the gleam in his eyes that the Edogawa Ranpo from the Armed Detective Agency would have.
Caught the light... huh?
The author has something to say: It’s Ranpo and Akutagawa——.
So red envelopes will be given to the little angels whose names are mentioned in both lists.
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This world may be a little complicated, but my brain can’t make it difficult to understand... Please feel free to read it.
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