Chapter 393

"Take a deep breath, don't be consumed by the flames of hatred - I don't want to see you sitting here so early."

When Upper Rank 2 was about to turn into ashes and dissipate, William stepped on the spot and came behind Shinobu Kocho.

"Heh..." Kocho Shinobu panted and smiled bitterly, watching the Upper Rank Two completely disappear in front of her eyes. "It's just that I just realized now - in a sense, you are also scammers who are no different from demons. No, in the final analysis, it was me who was gullible and chose to sign a contract with you."

"Have you just realized your true wish now?" William blinked and walked up to Shinobu Kocho and asked.

"Yes, but the dead cannot be resurrected - even if I kill Upper String Two, my sister can't come back." Kochi Ninja fell to the ground in exhaustion, turned her head and asked William, "Come to think of it, what I said before - no matter how greedy the desire is, it can be realized... Although I can't make a second wish, what can be realized under this contract?"

"It's impossible to resurrect the dead - we are all 'dead people'." William said very straightforwardly, cutting off Shinobu Kocho's fantasy. He reached out and grabbed the girl who fell to the ground, and hurried back under the moonlight. "But if it's just a meeting like the one we had with you, it can be done."

"Why?"

"Because it is not a technology to revive the dead, but it is to degrade the decisive battle magic that protects the world into an inferior product that provides convenience for humans. It is not magic that violates the rules, so it is a miracle that can be achieved... Well, if you want your sister to return to your side temporarily, this thing is not impossible to do."

“Although it is not covered by the contract.”

"Huh?"

"Let Miss Abe and the others explain it when we get back - I'm not an expert in this area."

At the same time, the Pillars, having finished their patrols and entrusted the safety of the night to the previous batch of soldiers who had successfully graduated from the junior Pillar training, returned to the inherent barrier that Abe Haruaki had set up around the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters - and began their real Pillar training.

"Where are you looking at!"

Mitsuri Kanroji, who had just run into the range of the inherent barrier, quickly swung her sword in the direction of the sound, but when she turned her head to look for the source of the sound, she did not see any trace of the light green feathers - since Abe Haruaki lifted the seal of Onmyoji yesterday, their daily night training has changed from a group melee to being brutally abused by two Servants and three sword men.

Although just like they would suppress their strength when training their team members, the five people led by the two Okita Soji must have restrained themselves a lot during the night training - but the gap between humans and Servants is still too big.

——So far, no one has been able to see the corners of the clothes of any of the five people.

——Even though they could use the excuse that tonight was only the second time...but the ghost wouldn't give them a second chance.

“…Escaped with one strike…” In a slightly empty space on the other side of the woods, the Sound Pillar, Uzui Tengen, closed his eyes and amplified his hearing to try to locate the first person who attacked him tonight. “There was almost no sound – was it Yagen Toushirou? The sound now was also covered by the sounds from other places…”

"Breath of insects, dance of centipedes, belly of centipedes."

"Found it."

The broad and heavy golden blade and the slender green dagger's tip collided with each other, creating dazzling sparks.

The huge explosion instantly lifted up Yaken Toushirou who was suspended in the air.

Under the shadow of the trees on the other side, two people were running with swords in hand, looking for opportunities to attack the other party.

"Snake Breath. Form Five. Long, winding snake."

"Flower Breathing, Land Shape, Vortex."

The pink Sun Blade and the purple Sun Blade collided fiercely, making a sharp sound.

"Kiyomitsu will soon be caught up." Okita-kun stopped at the top of a tree to exchange information with his companions, "Should we speed up?"

"The three of them were not discovered yesterday because they took advantage of the surprise attack." Oda Nobunaga, who was responsible for observing the whole scene as an eagle eye for the five people, crossed his arms and complained, "After all, the God of Death is the weakest one, and they are even copies - they can't do anything about it if they can't reach the level of Servants."

"That's true, but we can't let them get to the headquarters so easily tonight, right?" Ms. Okita frowned and looked at Mr. Okita. "How many can you hold back if you try your best?"

"The Water Pillar didn't come, and the Insect Pillar was pulled away by Professor William to kill the Upper Two... There are only seven Pillars here now, right?" Okita-kun counted the number of people. "The main reason is that their positions are relatively scattered, and we may not be able to last the entire journey - it would be great if we could lure them together..."

"Then it's three or four. You drag four of the ones with scabbards." Ms. Okita made the decision and turned to ask Oda Nobunaga, "Where are they now?"

"What are you going to do?" Oda Nobunaga asked Miss Okita.

"Tell me the locations of the three nearest rock pillars, and I'll tow these four." Okita-kun watched as Miss Okita calmly decided on her area of ​​responsibility, "If the Mist Pillar is within this area—"

"I understand. Leave the Kasumi Pillar and the other pillars to me. The more troublesome ones will be left to you and Kiyomitsu." Ms. Okita nodded with a smile, and flew in the opposite direction of Okita-kun, leaving a light green afterimage in the moonlight. "Fast and sharp!"

"Oh la oh la oh la!"

"Breathing of the Wind, Form 1, Dust Whirlwind, Slashing."

"Flower Breathing·One Type·Kasuga Sakura·Blizzard."

Before the pink Sun-Trekkō and the green Sun-Trekkō actually collided, Okita-kun swung his sword with a wide-range attack to cut off the contact between the two swords, and at the same time picked up Kashuu Kiyomitsu, whose figure had already been captured by Fuzugawa Saneya's vision.

"Your sword has already been broken, so don't treat it so roughly." Okita-kun carried Kashuu Kiyomitsu on the treetops and nagged to Kashuu Kiyomitsu, "If it collides directly with the sword of the Wind Pillar, it will definitely be torn into pieces by the strong wind, right?"

"...I know." Kashuu Kiyomitsu, who was hanging on Okita-kun's shoulder, puffed his face sullenly and angrily, "By the way, where is Ms. Okita?"

"Don't think about her - she has temporarily handed you over to me, okay?" Okita-kun stretched out his hand and turned Kashuu Kiyomitsu's face to face him, "We have to hold back four more troublesome pillars in total - you go and check on the others. Call An Ding over, and ask Yakuken to help her..."

"Ah, it would be even better if I could lead those pillars in my direction."

"Then why don't you put me down first." Kashuu Kiyomitsu glanced at Okita-kun speechlessly, "Really, even Anding doesn't respect you much recently. It's obviously your problem."

"You are not as lovable as Ms. Okita right now, Okita-kun."

"...Okay, I'll wait for you to come back." Okita-kun put Kashuu Kiyomitsu down with a smile, tilted his head and watched Kashuu Kiyomitsu go away, lost in thought, "Am I really not as popular as her?"

"One step beyond the sound."

"Two steps without gap."

"Three Steps of the Sword!"

"Three stages of ignorance!"

"Misty Breathing·Seven Type·Oboro."

White mist surged in from all directions, wiping out Tokito Muichiro's figure from Miss Okita's sight.

“Wupu…!” At the moment when the sword tip pierced the air, Ms. Okita twisted her body and pointed the blade in another direction, bright red blood oozing from her mouth, “It’s okay, I can do it!”

"Breathing of the Clouds, Form One, Dangtian Distant Clouds."

The blade of the white Nichirin sword brushed across the cheek of Ms. Okita, who was unsteady due to coughing up blood.

"Water Breathing, Form Three, Flowing Dance."

Ms. Okita stepped on a nearby tree trunk and used the force to perform the sword technique of water breathing. The blade of the blue sun blade brought out a blue stream of water, tearing through the hazy mist under the moonlight.

"Trouble!"

The continuously gushing mist quickly filled the gap torn by the water flow, making the surrounding mist thicker.

"Mist Breathing, Form of Four, Flat Flow Slash."

"Found it, found it, charge!" The black-haired short sword appeared silently on the battlefield, and the blue blade was against Tokito Muichiro's neck, "If you still want to live, retreat! Sorry for disturbing you - then, how about I be included here? Oh, I forgot - Tokito is the first person to be officially eliminated today."

"Yakuken's reconnaissance capabilities are truly enviable." Ms. Okita smiled as she sheathed the Nichirin Sword. "Finding someone in the mist is still too difficult for me."

"Ms. Okita is at least better than those guys who are almost as blind as a blind man at night." Yagen Toushirou put away the short sword, smiled and reached out to touch Tokito Muichiro's head, "Okay, okay, Tokito-kun can go back and rest first. The headquarters has prepared hot water and mattresses, so have a good rest. It's getting late now, and you still have to train other soldiers tomorrow."

"Yakuken really is like a brother - although he's not as tall as Muichiro." Ms. Okita smiled and leaned against the tree trunk, watching Yakuken Toushirou put an out mark on Tokito Muichiro and coax him back on the way to the headquarters, "My compatibility with Kasumi Breathing is quite bad - although it's enough to just deal with it based on intuition now."

"...There are still six people, right?" After seeing off Tokito Muichiro, who was obviously in a bad mood because he was the first to be eliminated, Yagen Toushirou asked Ms. Okita, "Where should we start cleaning up?"

"Let's start with the Love Pillar." Ms. Okita smiled and put her hand on the Sun Blade at her waist, and ran in the direction that Oda Nobunaga had pointed her. "I only said hello when she came in, and there should be no one fighting her now - maybe she has already run very close to the headquarters."

"Oh, if that's the case, we can't do that—" Yagen Toushirou followed Okita-san and rushed forward, releasing his spiritual power to expand the two's detection range. "It would be a dereliction of duty for us to allow any of the pillars to reach the headquarters without a fight."

"That's right, I found it." Ms. Okita pushed the Nichirin sword out of its sheath with the sword's hook, and slashed at Mitsuri Kanroji who was desperately running towards the headquarters, "Water Breathing, Four Type, Striking Tide."

"Breathing of Love, Type Two, Regretful and Hesitant Love!!!"