Chapter 186
While the Four Pillars were recuperating, the Wind Pillar, Fuzugawa Minoru, and Class A member Tokito Ichiro went to Nada Spider Mountain together, preparing to annihilate the Lower Rank Demon and his subordinates who had taken up residence on the entire mountain.
Before the two left, former style butterfly Kanae led a team of hidden personnel to provide logistical support.
Qingxi smacked her lips when she heard the news, "Tsk, someone is going to be so happy."
Rengoku Kyojuro: “?”
"Kyojuro, don't you know?" Qingxi asked.
"Don't know what?"
In the kitchen, Qingxi, who was adjusting the flour ratio, looked up and peered towards the kitchen door for a while. After making sure no one was around, she lowered her voice and said, "Mr. Busikawa likes Ms. Kanae."
Rengoku Kyojuro shook the two small tufts of hair on his forehead. "Is that so?"
"yes."
Seeing the girl nod, Rengoku Kyojuro thought for a moment, and after making sure he hadn't heard such gossip anywhere, he shook his head: "I haven't heard anyone mention it... I haven't heard anyone mention it as gossip either."
"Ah, maybe it's because Mr. Busikawa has a mean face," Qingxi said half seriously, half sarcastically. "No matter who it is, whether it's with good intentions or bad, if he starts yelling at you, who besides Sister Kanae can handle it?"
"Sometimes I even have doubts." She glanced at Tomioka Giyuu, who must have finished his rehabilitation, and waved at him before continuing, "Is it true that Mr. Busikawa is not just realizing his bad temper that he's taken a liking to the good-tempered Kanae-san? I'm not sure."
Giyu Tomioka was originally planning to go back and take a shower, but when he saw Qingxi waving to himself, he thought that the other party had something to say, so he turned around and walked towards them.
Seeing the other person coming over, Qing Xiren was stunned for a moment, but soon, her reading comprehension ability made her understand that the other person came over because she waved at him.
However, God knows, it was really just a casual wave to say hello to him...
Now that everyone was here, Qingxi tried hard to find a topic to talk about.
What else can I do? Tell the truth and let them go?
That would make it seem like I'm bullying honest people.
She thought for a moment and asked, "How is Mr. Tomioka's health?"
"It's fine now." said Giyu Tomioka.
"You're lying." Qingxi said with a look of disbelief.
"I'm fine now." Tomioka Giyu insisted.
Qingxi retorted: "If Mr. Tomioka has fully recovered, how could Sister Kanae not let you go?"
Although Kanae Kocho cannot do strenuous exercise for a long time to increase the pressure on her lungs, she has not lost her flower breath. As the former phallic pillar, it is unlikely that the pillar under her jurisdiction would want to sneak away thinking that her body has recovered.
That's why she said that Giyu Tomioka was lying.
Tomioka Giyu: “…”
"Be patient," Qingxi said. "What's the point of running out with your still-weak body to kill a few little ghosts? Muzan Kibutsuji can create a whole new batch in a matter of minutes."
It would be better to heal your wounds now. Who knows, once you are well, the lord will lead everyone in launching a general attack on Muzan Kibutsuji."
Tomioka Giyu said nothing, his eyes the same color as the sea staring calmly at Qingxi.
Qingxi's scalp tingled from being stared at. She rubbed her arms and asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Tomioka Giyu: "Do you have news about Muzan Kibutsuji?" This is not a question, but a statement.
Qingxi's breathing hitched, and he refused to admit it, "I didn't."
Tomioka Giyu: "You do."
Now, the roles of the two people were swapped.
Tomioka Giyu: "My lord, do you also know about him?"
Qingxi leaned back strategically, "I don't know."
Tomioka Giyu: "I will ask the lord."
Qingxi was simply terrified of this idiot. She puffed up her cheeks and said, "Mr. Tomioka, can't you just pretend you don't know about this?"
Seeing him remain silent and insistent, and the boy beside him also looking very much for an answer from him, Qingxi bared his teeth and compromised: "I'll explain, but you guys just have to know it on your own."
Looking around, there was no one around, so Qingxi stopped looking for a place. The most important point was that the view here was wide, and anyone who came over would be immediately discovered by the two people next to him.
"Well, I still have a connection with my food god, though not much. However, it was he who told me the news about Muzan Kibutsuji. I thought it would be better for my lord to have a headache than for me to lose my hair, so I immediately went to the headquarters to tell him about this matter."
At this point, seeing the embarrassed expressions on both of their faces, she coughed lightly and continued, "Although it's news about a ghost, Muzan Kibutsuji didn't give any more clues. The known clues are that he blends in with humans and specifically targets wealthy people. He disguises himself as a human child to be adopted by them, or disguises himself as a handsome adult man to seduce the daughters of those families or widows whose husbands have died, or simply the widows of men he has killed. His main purpose is to make money.
He is conducting a lot of experiments to help ghosts overcome sunlight.
...For the time being, you don't have to worry. He is looking for a flower called the Blue Spider Lily. It seems that the key to overcoming the sunlight lies in this flower. However, he has been looking for this flower for thousands of years and has not found it yet. I think our luck will not be so bad that he will find that flower at this time.
There are many wealthy people in the country, and it will take more than a day or two to find him with these clues, so I think the lord did not tell you about this matter because he probably didn't want you to think about it every day.
After all, we haven't even identified a suspected target yet, so we don't want to waste our efforts in the end."
Qingxi's explanation was so reasonable that Giyu Tomioka and Kyojuro Rengoku could not find anything she was hiding from them.
The two accepted Qingxi's explanation, but at the same time, as she said, they were concerned about this matter.
Overall, the demon-hunting operation at Nada Spider Mountain ended in a good way.
As for the imperfections... even if none of our people were injured when we went to fight the man-eating ghost, if we saw our compatriots being eaten into the ghost's lair with only broken limbs left, even if we had the good news that we had already gotten rid of the ghost, that good mood would be dashed.
As time goes by, early autumn gradually turns to late autumn, and from late autumn to early winter.
Qingxi thought about it briefly in her mind, and she suddenly realized that she basically stayed in the Crow House today and went to the Butterfly House next door every day to keep a close eye on the four disobedient pillars who always wanted to go out and kill ghosts.
However, to be honest, as a scumbag staring at four highly powerful people every day, she always has a weird feeling like a Shiba Inu being stared at by four "ferocious", disobedient Huskies who like to tear down (the house) and kill (the ghost).
But it doesn't matter, she is liberated!
Just now.
After Sister Kanae announced that the four of them could leave the Butterfly House.
.
"Hira Guidance?"
After getting rid of the four "burdens", Qingxi thought that she finally didn't have to go to the ward to keep an eye on people every day. However, she didn't expect that as soon as they left the Butterfly House, they all looked busy as if they were about to fly.
She also followed Beimingyu Xingming to pack up her bags and return to Beimingyu's house, which she had not been back to for almost a whole year.
At this time, she had to feel grateful for Ubuyashiki Kazuya's attentiveness.
She believed that with the people from the Hidden Department there, when she and everyone returned, the Beiming Island house would definitely not be covered in dust and filled with cobwebs in every corner.
"Hmm, Aki, are you planning to go back with Gyoumei Hirame?" In the corridor, Rengoku Kyojuro asked the girl in the room beside the shoji door.
"Yeah." Back at the Crowhouse, Qingxi busily packed up her portion of the house. Once she finished packing a large bag, she stuffed it into her gourmet backpack. "It's been a long time since I've been back. The Hidden Department staff will help clean up, so the house isn't so dusty that I can't sleep. But it still doesn't feel as comfortable as cleaning it myself."
"Besides, I'm a little worried about letting Xingming go back alone." Qingxi said to him.
Xingming couldn't see that except for the furnishings in her own room, which she would move as she pleased, she would generally place the objects in the public places in the house the same way they were originally placed and would not move them.
Because once he moved them, Xingming would need to remember their positions again, which would be too troublesome and seemed like they were targeting him.
Although Qingxi believed that even if she really rearranged the layout of her house one day, the tall young man who looked not very kind and would shed tears for no reason from time to time would not think in such a bad way like she did, but she just couldn't help thinking that way.
...Maybe, my heart is too dark.
Qingxi thought silently in his heart.
Because I have a dark heart, when I look at others, I think they think the same as me...
"In that case, will you be free after you have arranged everything at home?" Rengoku Kyojuro suddenly asked.
Qingxi stopped packing, stood up straight, and when she was about to walk in front of the boy, she jumped and stopped.
His blue eyes narrowed, "Kyojuro, is there something you want to say to me?"
Rengoku Kyojuro nodded, "Hmm, I was thinking Aki, you could come and watch my training camp."
The girl with two low ponytails twitched her lips. She tried to hold it in but couldn't help but complain, "Want to see how you bully the weak?"
The owl tilted its head and explained seriously, "How can it be called bullying? It's a training session to help all the demon hunters in the Demon Slayer Corps improve their strength."
Qingxi: “…”
I heard you talking nonsense there.
"Then Aki, will you come over?" asked Rengoku Kyojuro.
Qingxi wanted to refuse, as she thought that a bunch of people would come over and the family would definitely be too busy to handle it. But when she saw the young man busy with a bright light in his eyes, she found it difficult to refuse.
"...We'll see when the time comes," she said vaguely. "I'll go take a look when I have time."
"Well, it's settled then."
"I just said I'm free, not necessarily." Seeing that the boy only listened halfway, Qingxi couldn't help but remind him loudly.
Facing the girl's embarrassed and annoyed complaints, Rengoku Kyojuro just smiled heartily, with an expression that said, "I don't want to listen, you idiot."
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