Chapter 142
With the arrival of Wind Pillar Fuzugawa Minoru, Sound Pillar Uzui Tengen, and former Flower Pillar Kocho Kanae, the suddenly convened meeting of the Nine Pillars began.
Kiyoki has already told Ubuyashiki Kōya everything about the discovery of gourmet cells in Jiro's body and what gourmet cells are. Now that she is feeling unwell, she just needs to lie quietly and listen.
"So, what you're saying is that if we humans eat too much food from that gourmet world, there's a chance our bodies will produce those gourmet cells. Then, a gourmet demon will appear, and eventually, the physical limits of an ordinary person will be broken, leading to a higher combat power."
After listening to Ubuyashiki Yoya's explanation, Fuzukawa Minoru summarized and asked Qingxi, who was lying there looking extremely uncomfortable and wanted to fall asleep to get relief, but things here had just begun and he still had to persevere.
"Hmm? Hmm." Qingxi, whose mind was already beginning to lose focus, hummed slowly through her nose. "You're right, but don't ignore the disadvantages."
Fuzukawa Minoru activated his "don't listen to nonsense" mode, and then threw out another sharp question, "Since you knew about the existence of gourmet cells, why didn't you tell the lord about it a few years ago? You've been in the Demon Slayer Corps for several years, haven't you?"
As I said before, people’s mood is the most fragile and changeable when they are sick.
Facing the aggressiveness of Fukawa Minoru, Qingxi opened his mouth and took a deep breath, ready to talk to the other party, but halfway through the breath, the dizziness and nausea came back. When Kocho Kanae pushed her head back down and said with her eyes, "Lie down obediently," Qingxi pursed her lips and said, "It's said that the worldviews of the two worlds are different. How do I know that the gourmet cells in the gourmet food over there will be produced in animals after being eaten here?
If I knew everything, I would have chosen to let the gourmet cells in my body dormant when I returned home... More importantly, I originally thought that even if I didn't return to my world, I would be brought to a peaceful world. Who knew there would be ghosts, such annoying and man-eating creatures here.
If I were a prophet, I would have stayed in the world of gourmet food a long time ago, or I would have simply given up on returning to my ordinary state... If I still had my gourmet cells, why would I need you demon hunters? As long as Muzan Kibutsuji showed up, I could easily defeat him alone... Are you satisfied with this answer, Master Wind Pillar?
After saying that, Qingxi, who didn't want to see Fuzukawa Minami's ugly face at all, pulled up the quilt with both hands and covered his head and Kabutomaru with the quilt.
The expression of refusing to communicate with that straight man who couldn't speak was clearly expressed.
There was a pillar that was affected and a body that was uncomfortable. Well, is it probably a 12-year-old girl who is wronged at this moment?
cannot.
What should I do then?
All the pillars that were targeted by the map cannon focused their attention on the white-haired boy.
The corner of Fuzukawa Shiya's mouth twitched, but he remained stubborn. "Why are you all looking at me like that? Is there something wrong with my question? Don't you have any doubts?"
All the gazes towards Busui Gawa Minoru disappeared.
As he said, they were skeptical about Qingxi.
I wonder why, since her ingredients have such properties, she has never told anyone about it.
However, none of them wanted to ask the other party in such a direct and blunt manner, as if they were confronting each other... However, they also didn't expect that even though they didn't want to, someone would "honestly" do it.
Of course, some of them might have thought so, but their first choice was not Fuzugawa Saneya but that Tomioka Giyu who was so bad at speaking properly...
As the atmosphere visibly deteriorated, everyone fell silent. Ubuyashiki Kōya spoke up, explaining, "Aki briefly mentioned the matter of gourmet cells before, but as she said, she hadn't considered it, and neither had I. This is how the current situation unfolded."
"Besides, I've fed at least two hundred, if not five hundred, of the Crows. Excluding the mutant Crows, there's only one Crow, Jiro, in whose body I found gourmet cells. How low are the odds?" the sullen girl interjected, lifting a corner of the blanket. "Going back even further, even earlier, when I noticed Jiro's body suddenly went from being the same size as the other Crows to a whole lot larger, I used the Dialysis Eye to examine him repeatedly. At that time, I also thought he had gourmet cells, which triggered secondary growth, but I didn't find any. Then, when he was bigger than me, I examined him again, but still no gourmet cells. If you were in my shoes and found he was just an ordinary Crow, would you still keep holding on to him after repeatedly examining him?"
After she finished speaking, she covered the corner of the quilt back, and at the same time, dragged back the quilt that had been lifted up, even though the quilt had stuck its head out to see what was happening outside.
Iguro Obana: “…” That’s so rude.
"I've urgently summoned you all here primarily to address the issue of Gourmet Cells." Even though he was interrupted, Ubuyashiki Kōya remained unmoved. He quietly waited for Kiyoki to finish, then made sure she wouldn't say anything more before speaking again. "I've already explained the advantages and disadvantages of Gourmet Cells. Now, I want to know your thoughts."
"Do you even need to worry about the possibility of developing gourmet cells in your body just by constantly eating ingredients from that world?" Fuzugawa Minoru asked. "It won't interfere with your daily demon-slaying and patrolling, nor will it cause you to grow any extra flesh. Just one more cell will push your body's limits. Takemoto, why not do it?"
"Ha!" The girl's sinister laughter rang out, catching the man off guard. "You are Takemoto, but I am at a great loss."
Ubuyashiki Kyouya: "The Ubuyashiki family's funds will be transferred to you later."
Qingxi didn't respond, and only uttered one word, "What a shame!"
Everyone: “…”
This is embarrassing.
Qingxi: "Anyway, I just want to say one thing, all my ingredients combined can't feed the entire Demon Slayer Corps, so I can only choose the best.
Next, I need to correct you, Mr. Busei-gawa. After gourmet cells are produced in the body of an ordinary person, there will be some changes in appearance.
For example, if the food demon in your body looks like a spider, then it will manifest as six legs growing on your body, or maybe six arms, and if you count your original hands, that would make eight arms or something.
In that world, there are all kinds of strange people, and people wearing all kinds of messy clothes, so I personally don't mind it. It's just that people in this era might not be so friendly when seeing such people... That's about it. Also, since Jiro is the only one who discovered gourmet cells, if you are determined to try to eat gourmet cells, you should be prepared to be the experimenter..."
Qingxi's words shocked the Demon Slayer Corps managers and pillars present.
If their bodies can also undergo changes, are they still human?
As this question emerged in everyone's mind, another question popped up.
What's the difference between them and the man-eating ghosts created by Muzan Kibutsuji?
Qingxi, who was hiding under the quilt, saw that everyone was shocked by his words and did not react for a long time, so he covered himself with the quilt and buried his head in it.
I don’t know how long it took, but the sound of Buddhist chanting was heard first.
"I will join this gourmet cell experiment." Beimingyu Xingming said.
He is a monk, and apart from the four children, Aki, Youta, Xiang, and Airi, he doesn't care about other objects in the outside world.
"I'm joining too." Tomioka Giyu said in a calm voice without any excitement.
Iguro Obanai: "Me too."
Fuzukawa Miya: "Count me in."
The Flame Pillar and the Sound Pillar, both of whom have families and careers, said: "..."
They can't afford to gamble.
Rengoku Makijuro had even begun to secretly consider in his mind whether he should announce his retirement from the position of Pillar now and let his eldest son Kyojuro take over.
Aki's words should not cause any accidents to Kyojuro's body.
What's more, according to what she said, it doesn't matter if Kyojuro really becomes weird because of the devil in his gourmet cells. Didn't Aki say that she is used to it and should not dislike Kyojuro... right?
When he went out, Rengoku Kyojuro, who was following his crow into the woods, sneezed violently.
He didn't stop walking, but he raised his hand to rub his nose and muttered softly: "Hmm, I don't have a cold. Could it be that someone is thinking about me?"
For example, Ashi...
I don’t know if she has returned from Jingxin Mountain yet.
Well, it seems that I am quite close to that place. After completing the task, should I take a detour to take a look?
Not to mention that Rengoku Kyojuro was thinking about going to Jingxin Mountain to find Qingxi after the mission was completed. At the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters, the pillars here, after considering many aspects, decided to become the first batch of diners of Qingxi.
So, everyone started discussing how to eat three meals a day made from food from Qingxi's gourmet world.
The houses where the pillars are located are not together, they are distributed according to the patrol range of the pillars.
"In this case, from now on, Jiro, you will need to help deliver the three meals to the Pillar on time." Ubuyashiki Yoya touched Jiro's back and discussed with him.
Jiro narrowed his eyes, but did not show any intention of refusing.
Ubuyashiki Kazuya had a gentle smile on his face. He asked, "Do you need me to pay you?"
Jiro turned his head and looked at the most out-of-place place in the entire room.
As for salary and stuff, to be honest, it doesn’t really matter whether you get it or not.
Because it has completely taken over, and you don’t need to pay for whatever you want to eat for three meals a day.
It’s just that…when it comes to money, it’s okay to save a little more.
If the food at Ah Xi's place is eaten up in the future, the money from my side will be enough to support her in her old age.
After thinking about this, Jiro nodded to Ubuyashiki Kakuya.
Compared to people who don’t know this crow, people who know it think that its nodding is very normal.
Think about it, it used to come to the lord to ask for a monthly salary just to be able to eat Ah Xi's meals every day, even for the food expenses that Ah Xi mentioned. Now that the lord wants to pay it a monthly salary, how could it refuse?
After confirming that all the pillars of the Demon Slayer Corps would eat the meals made from the ingredients in Kiyoki's gourmet backpack after she recovered from her illness, everyone turned their attention to the only small hill in Hiroma.
Kanae Kocho called out twice softly to the person under the quilt, but there was no response. Just as everyone was looking at each other, half of Kabukimaru's body came out from inside.
The snake's tongue hissed, and Iguro Xiaobanai understood, but at the same time he fell silent.
Facing the gazes of others, he finally uttered a few words, "She... fell asleep."
Everyone: “…”
"That's understandable," Ubuyashiki Yoya said. "Aki was already feeling unwell, and we've been discussing this for too long."
Kanae Kocho squatted down and "dug" the girl's head out of the quilt. Iguro Obanai's eyebrows twitched as she saw that even though the other party was asleep, the claw still did not leave her Kabutomaru.
For some reason, he felt that his dysprosium ball was a little pitiful.
Butterfly Chane placed her hand on the sleeping girl's forehead and said, "She's starting to have a fever. I'll get her some fever-reducing medicine now."
Hearing Yao Beimingyu Xingming opened his mouth and said, "Kaname, can you prepare some western medicine for Axi?"
Thinking of the way the girl seemed to be dying every time she drank Chinese medicine, he continued, "Ah Xi...she can't drink Chinese medicine."
Having also witnessed Qingxi's execution after drinking Chinese medicine, Kocho Kanae suppressed her laughter and nodded, "I understand. Of course, it would be better if Mr. Yaken didn't know about this. If it were him, he would probably prefer Aki to drink Chinese medicine."
Beimingyu Xingming nodded: "I understand."
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