Chapter 193
"Mr. Daitenta, what did you just crush?"
It was another sunless winter day. Qingxi, who had just picked up some fresh ingredients from the market and was walking back along the main road, her eyes lingered on the hand of the tall man beside her.
A look of dejection hung on the young man's handsome face. He looked down at his slowly opening hand, but the object he had crushed earlier was no longer visible. He pondered for a long moment before speaking, seemingly unable to grasp the meaning, "An... eye?"
"There, I felt an ominous aura." After he finished speaking, he turned his gaze and fell on the girl.
He seemed to want an answer from her.
Qingxi thought for a moment and said, "In this era, apart from creatures like man-eating ghosts, there are no other gods and ghosts." At this point, she contradicted herself, "Ah, that's not right. In this era, gods and ghosts should still exist, but ordinary people may not be able to see them with the naked eye."
Thinking about the fact that she could only see souls after opening her eyes of clairvoyance, she felt that she might have discovered the truth.
"It's the blood demon art of the demons under Muzan Kibutsuji." After going through the spoilers given to him by Atong in his mind, Qingxi immediately locked onto a demon.
Mingnu, the true master of Infinite City, has the additional ability of controlling her own eyes to find people.
In the anime, although Ubuyashiki Kōya also cooperated, she also contributed to the fact that the Demon Slayer Corps' headquarters was finally found.
"Muzan Kibutsuji is looking for us." After figuring out the current situation, Qingxi grabbed Daidena Mitsuyo's hand and said, "Let's go back quickly."
Daiten Tai Mitsuyo followed the girl and ran forward quickly, despite the force that was not too great for him. However, his eyes were always on the hand that was being held by the other person.
He really wanted to ask her if she wasn't afraid of him?
But this question seems a bit redundant.
Because, if she was afraid, why would she hold my hand? Shouldn't she use words to urge me to follow?
As a weakling, whether Qingxi ran or not was like taking a walk to Daiden Tai Guangshi. So, when the two of them returned to the crow house, one of them was out of breath from running, while the other had no breathing rhythm at all.
Even when she was halfway there, Daiten Tai Guangshi helped her take the things she was holding...
After returning, Qingxi didn't dare to rest for too long. She hurried back to the house and wrote a letter and asked Xuanya to send it to the headquarters.
She didn't let Jiro deliver it, because at this time, its size became a disadvantage.
It's too big. Even if it's flying in the sky, it looks like a moving target.
After doing this, Qingxi collapsed on the tatami as if he had no bones.
"Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. I'm afraid it will be difficult to celebrate the New Year this year." She said slowly.
Just as she thought, after staying in the Purgatory House for six or seven days, she couldn't stand the noisy sounds there every day. Thinking that it would be the same if she returned to the Wailing House, she simply brought the Sword Man to the Crowhouse to stay in the room.
Originally, before today, she planned to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner in advance, so that she could go back with the sword tsukumogami on New Year's Eve, and she wouldn't have to rush to clean the house during the day.
result--
With the incident involving Mingnu, not only will this year be difficult, she is worried that even the pressure on the Nine Pillars will increase.
The follow-up of this incident was just as she expected. Not long after the news from her side was sent back to the headquarters by Jiao Ya, Shinobu Kocho, who was studying the poison of wisteria flowers in her own room, received the news that the Nine Pillars were gathering.
Qingxi was not reported, so she didn't know what Ubuyashiki Kōya and the Nine Pillars said in the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters today.
Muzan Kibutsuji is looking for them. Because of this incident, none of the Demon Slayer Corps members have experienced this New Year. In fact, because they know that Naruto will track them with her eyes, even the matter of taking Inu to the headquarters has become more rigorous than before.
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Puff, puff, puff!
The sound of a long knife cutting through something soft and liquid.
"Are those eyes?"
The harsh winter is over, spring comes, and all things come back to life.
The girl held an umbrella in her hand and tilted her head to ask the two young men beside her.
"Umm, yes."
He sheathed the Nichirin Sword, drew up the long flame cloak characteristic of the Rengoku family, and the katana at his waist was hidden in it. He stood under the umbrella held by the girl again, and considerately took the umbrella from the young man and said.
"Hehehe, there are five of them. Does this count as peeping?" Smiling Qingjiang walked to the eyeball that was cut into two but had not yet turned into ashes and looked at it for a while, muttering ambiguously.
"Aki, you'd better not come out for the next while." Rengoku Kyojuro's forked eyebrows furrowed, his tone filled with worry, "The demon with this blood demon technique seems to have set its sights on you."
"…Inform the lord and I will stay at the headquarters until we eliminate Muzan Kibutsuji."
Spring rain is as precious as oil. Soon, the drizzle turned into a continuous drizzle.
People are walking back and forth in the rain, some are walking hurriedly, while others are walking slowly as if they are ready to enjoy the rain.
"Don't be so nervous, relax a little, Kyojuro." Qingxi said, comforting the young man beside him. "It's not a problem for us to talk here. After all, we still need to tell the lord about this matter after we return."
She lowered her eyes, suppressing some of her emotions so that those around her wouldn't see. "Do you have any plans, or are you just sitting still? This is a good time to make a decision."
"But, now—" She winked at her, "Didn't we agree to pick up Chijuro from school? This is the first time I've done something like picking up my brother from school, it feels so fresh. Come on, come on, we always have to pick him up first before we can talk about other things."
As the girl spoke, she was already walking forward, holding the young man's hand. When they passed by a shop, the sweet smell of sesame oil wafted out from inside.
Qingxi sniffed and stopped, "Wait for me a moment, I'm going to buy some cakes from that cake shop."
After Qingxi went in, she found out that this cake shop mainly sells chiffon cakes. The owner is also very honest. Apart from the chiffon cake which tastes very good, the other small cakes taste a little worse.
After the boss's recommendation, Qingxi bought the two remaining chiffon cakes in the store. Of course, if she needed more, it was not impossible, but she would have to wait because the cakes had just been put into the oven.
Qingxi walked out of the store carrying two cakes of unclear size. Rengoku Kyojuro and Smiley Aoue were waiting quietly at the door.
Rengoku Kyojuro took the two large paper boxes from her and said in confusion: "Two cakes? Is that too much?"
"It's okay, Kyojuro, Chijuro, Mr. Smile, I'll have one, and the remaining one will be for Tsurumaru, Yaken, Horikawa and the others.
…Actually, I think it might not be enough, but the boss said that this is their specialty and tastes great, while the other cakes are just average. Also, there are only these two chiffon cakes left, and even if I wanted to buy another one, there’s no one left.”
"Of course, the boss said I can wait a bit; the new ones are still baking. But aren't we going to pick up Chijuro? He's almost out of school." The three of them, two umbrellas, walked out from behind the canopy in front of the cake shop. The gentle rain fell on the umbrellas, rustling along with the chatter of the girls. "...At worst, I can come back after picking up Chijuro and see if there's any left. I'll buy it all."
"In that case, that would be a lot." Smiling Qingjiang said.
"You can put away any leftovers," the girl replied. "You know, there are a few days a month when a chef doesn't feel like cooking."
"Yeah, like the ones women have once a month."
"Smiling! Face! Qing! Jiang!"
"Hey, I was wrong, Master."
"Kyojuro, he's not sincere at all. Hurry up and use your Fire Breath to cut him."
"Well, he looks really angry."
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After the last class in school ended, Rengoku Chijuro packed his schoolbag and walked out of the classroom with his classmates.
The classroom is some distance away from the school gate. He didn't bring an umbrella when he went out today, so he could only borrow an umbrella from a classmate to go out.
Just as he walked out of the school gate, his sight was drawn to the most conspicuous figure among the adults who were holding umbrellas and coming to the school to greet the students who did not bring umbrellas today. Next to the most conspicuous figure were two figures, one tall and one short, whom he knew but also did not know.
"Brother, Sister Axi, why are you here together today?" Rengoku Chijuro asked as he ran out from under his classmates' umbrella. "It's raining, so it's quite troublesome to go out. Sister Axi, be careful not to catch a cold again."
"If you didn't grin so widely when you said that, Senjuro, I would really believe that you cared about me." Qingxi said unhappily, pinching the Rengoku family's ancestral round face.
"Ouch~ It hurts. Sister Axi, please be gentler." Rengoku Chijuro closed his eyes and shouted in pain, but did not reach out to stop it.
Regarding this, Qingxi said that no matter what the personalities of the men in the Rengoku family are, they do a very good job in taking care of their moods.
"Kyojuro happened to be free, so we went out for a walk together. By the way, I heard that you didn't bring an umbrella this morning, so I brought one for you." After pinching the little round face, Qingxi withdrew her hand and handed him the umbrella.
After the boy opened his umbrella, she put her hand on his shoulder, gently pushed him and urged him, "Let's go, I bought a cake. Let's eat it together when we get back. Well, let's have dinner together... No, forget it. I'll give you one piece of cake. You and Kyojuro can take it home and eat it. It's not safe outside recently. It's better to stay home after dark."
Rengoku Chijuro thought about what major events had happened outside recently, and when he found out that nothing major had happened, he suddenly realized that the "outside" she was talking about was not the outside that she had come into contact with, but the ghost side.
After realizing this, Rengoku Chijuro obediently accepted Qingxi's arrangement.
Looking at his brother, Rengoku Chijuro decided to give him a push.
My brother finally has some free time to spend with Sister Axi, he can't just let it go like this.
So, when the four of them returned the same way, Qingxi went into the shop that sold chiffon cakes and packed up the three chiffon cakes that had just been baked in the shop as she had said.
At the door of Rengoku's house, Rengoku Chijuro accepted the chiffon cake from Rengoku Kyojuro's hand under his puzzled gaze. He smiled shyly at his brother and spoke lamely, "Brother, didn't you just say that Sister Aki was being targeted by a ghost? Although Mr. Smiley is here, for safety's sake, you should still send Sister Aki to the Crow House."
It's getting late, so Sister Axi will definitely ask you to stay for dinner. That's only natural, and then the two of you will have time to spend together again.
...Although, there is a high possibility that light bulbs like Mr. Tsurumaru and Mr. Yaken will also be there, but I believe that my brother will be able to find a chance to communicate with Sister Aki.
In short, brother, you have to work hard, break out of the siege as soon as possible, and bring Sister Axi home! ! !
The boy would not lie. As soon as he opened his mouth, the other three people could immediately tell.
Qingxi rushed over to Rengoku Kyojuro, who was already twenty years old after many years, with a mixture of anger and amusement.
Look how anxious your brother is.
Rengoku Kyojuro looked back with his eyes wide open, the expression on his face was as innocent as it could be.
He held the girl's hand and said to Rengoku Chijuro, who was standing at the door and looked like he wanted to see some gossip about his brother: "Hmm, then Chijuro, when you go in, tell your mother that we will have dinner at the Butterfly House tonight."
Unable to watch his brother and sister Aki's interaction, Rengoku Chijuro felt a little disappointed in his heart, but on the surface he nodded seriously, "I understand."
He glanced at Qingxi again and said, "Well, Sister Axi, I'll go in first."
Qingxi waved at him: "Goodbye."
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