I held Zenitsu's back collar in one hand and the not-so-long Nichirin Sword in the other. I took long strides and rushed to the alley where he pointed out the screams, even though Zenitsu always yelled.
Scared, but never ambiguous at critical moments. During a fight (while sleeping), a flash of golden light would turn off his head. He became more and more cowardly as he talked and started fighting off-road - but this time when we approached the entrance of the alley, he was trembling.
It caught me.
"No, don't go there..." Zenitsu's eyes widened in fear, and even his voice was very soft. It was not the high-decibel scream of fear before, but as if he was afraid of disturbing something. He could only barely hear it.
The clear voice said:
"Don't go there, Glory...it's such a scary sound. It's different from what I've encountered before. It's so scary, don't go there!"
"...scary sound?" I was slightly startled.
What sound can be called scary? Horror movie BGM? The sound of a murder weapon cutting flesh? The tearing sound of a body? Or the last hot breath of a dying person gasping from the trachea?
This is all I can think of, but if it is such a "terrible sound", then we should hurry up. If there are survivors in the alley, then I might have saved a life by being there earlier!
――Having said that, something is really wrong with Zenitsu this time.
In the past, I would cry out of fear when encountering ghosts, but I have never pursed my lips tightly like this for fear of making a sound that would be heard. He should obviously be shouting out his fear.
So, this time may be really different. Maybe I will encounter a ghost whose combat power has been upgraded to n levels. I have never encountered a guy who can fight before. I don’t know how high-level ghosts can fight... Copy
There is no shortage of bosses that I can't defeat. What if I meet them in this dungeon too.
I have the resurrection coin, so I don’t have anything to worry about. It’s just a headache, but Zenitsu can only save his life.
I pondered for a moment.
"My wife, wait for me here." I let go of the hand holding his collar, pulled out his knife and stuffed it into his palm:
"If you are in danger, use a knife to protect yourself. If you can't beat me, come to me..." But when I thought that I might encounter a guy who couldn't beat him, and he would be killed if he came over, I changed the subject: "Forget it.
If you can't beat me, run away first. If you can't run away, come and find me."
Everything will be fine in this way. Putting aside everything else, I still believe in the speed of his escape. It is comparable to the "thunderbolt flash" of Iida's unique skill "piston engine burst sprint". The speed is so fast that I can't even react -
"That's it." I concluded.
"I'll go over there and take a look."
…
Don't go.
It was a really scary sound, super scary, very scary. My wife Zenitsu had never heard such a scary sound before. It was so scary that her body felt like lead and she couldn’t move a step. Her mouth was open but no sound came out of her throat, and her heart was nervous.
The "dong dong" sound was pounding, and I didn't even dare to breathe hard.
――Is this guy Glory not afraid of death? Does he feel something is wrong? Otherwise, why would he be allowed to stay here and not go there? This guy seems to be prepared for something!
"..." The blond boy opened his mouth blankly, then lowered his head and glanced at the knife in his hand, then looked at the bamboo stick that had eaten all the dumplings, and then kept chirping.
The little sparrows looked at each other for a while, their expressions changing, and finally they closed their eyes and shouted as if giving up: "Okay, I know! I can just follow you there?!"
"That idiot! Idiot! Idiot, big idiot!"
――――
Two corpses lay across the alley, with blood smeared on the mossy walls and ground. The dim streetlights glowed red, adding a thick smell of blood to this bloody and cruel scene.
So, where is the guy who caused all this?
I looked blankly at the alley that I could see all the way to the end. There was nothing in it except two obviously hopeless corpses and a few pools of blood. It was as quiet as a chicken and empty.
"...Isn't it right?"
The moment my field of vision was no longer blocked by the wall, I seemed to see a figure? Why did it disappear after just a swipe? I couldn't be wrong, could I?
I walked around the two miserable-looking corpses without giving up, and found nothing else, and there were no traps that I was cautiously wary of. It seemed that the guy who did such cruel things was a coward. Look.
When it arrived, I ran away.
Zenitsu's voice floated over. He yelled, "How can you protect me if you die, you idiot?" He ran towards me. It didn't sound like he had met an opponent he couldn't beat. Instead, he sounded like he was worried that I would be beaten.
As if I was coming to support him after I killed him, I silently took back the drawn Nichirin sword and said to Zenitsu who rushed towards me in one breath:
"--Let's call the police."
"Wow, there's so much blood. Were these two killed by ghosts? Didn't you encounter ghosts? By the way, I just heard the sound of a musical instrument - what?!"
He said a lot without breathing, and then he realized what I said and looked at me dumbfounded:
"……Call the police?"
"Yes, call the police." I gave him a strange look.
Isn't it normal to call the police when you see a dead person? Why is it such a strange behavior for him to act like he's calling the police?
"There are no signs of being chewed on the body. If it were a ghost, would it want to eat the meat? Maybe it wasn't a ghost that moved its hands. In this case, it would be necessary to call the police." I touched my chin again and started thinking.
"By the way, is it possible that he is a murderer? If it is a human being, it is possible that he has not gone far. If we search nearby, we might still encounter him?"
"--I said you figure it out!" Zenitsu interrupted my idea of playing a guest role as a detective. He held his head and looked collapsed, as if I had said something that ruined his outlook on life.
"You have to know, we are now members of the Demon Slayer Corps!" He stabbed my forehead with his index finger angrily.
"...Oh, I know." But what does this have to do with calling the police? Can't the Demon Slayer team call the police?
"The Demon Slayer Corps is an unofficial organization, and everyone has sabers!" He poked my forehead so hard that I couldn't help but lean back and hide. "Wearing knives and wearing sabers is an unofficial organization.
The uniforms of the organization call the police, so we will be arrested!"
"..."
That makes sense!
I grabbed his hand that kept pushing hard on my forehead, and looked at him with a sudden realization:
"Then let's change our clothes and go?"
Shanyi: "..."
Why are you so obsessed with calling the police?!!
――――
There was a "clang" sound, like the sound of plucked musical strings, and the figure of Gui Wu and Wu Mei was no longer in the alley.
…
Red hair, red knife, flower earrings.
I checked the look and found that he was the person who caused Boss Dan to suffer from PTSD.
…
Wuhan was in a very bad mood, very bad, especially bad.
The fear of Enichi Jiguo seems to have been engraved deep in his heart. Even after knowing that he has been dead for a long time, this fear has not diminished even a little bit.
So, why do those disgusting flower earrings still appear? There are two of them! That distinctive red hair and red knife used to be the source of his nightmares, just like the neck against the sharp edge of the knife. Why does it still appear?
This will happen -
……etc?
Gui Wu and Wu Mei calmed down and noticed something obviously wrong in their memory.
Although he has red hair, it is not that rich deep red, but a lighter soft red, and there seems to be two pinches of white? The flower earrings that shocked him only looked similar, but in fact they were similar to the ones that followed.
There are obvious differences between Kunoyuan Yi's earrings; even the red Nichirin sword cannot be said to be pure, but is a bit more orange...
Being called out by name, and seeing the flower earrings that were still intimidating after a long time, made him a little nervous. Once he was bitten by a snake and was afraid of well ropes for ten years, Gui Wuyy Wu Ke now felt like it when he saw the flower earrings.
Like Hanafada from Kuni Enichi, after seeing a ghost hunter with very similar characteristics, his first reaction was to run away.
The runaway ghost dance y wuxian: "..."
Gui Wuyin put his hands on his face, and his bright red pupils could be seen through the gaps between his fingers. His expression was hidden behind his hands, and no one could see what he was thinking.
It took a long time before he spoke.
"Naruto."
"Bring a nearby lower string here."
――――
After Zenitsu poked my forehead for a long time and taught him about the various inconvenient aspects of "Demon Slayer", I escaped from the high-decibel preaching while covering my forehead where a red mark was poked.
Zenitsu's voice is so powerful. If I had screamed at such a terrible volume for so long, I would probably have become mute, right?
"Then we have to leave it alone? That's not okay, right?"
I pondered for a moment, then took off the knife and gave it to Shanyi: "You hold the knife for me. I will go to the street outside to find the guard. If I find something wrong, I will run in the direction I left. If nothing else happens,
The matter is just waiting for me to bring the guards back. I will do it as soon as possible. If you hear the sound of us coming back, hide and don't be seen."
There are corpses here that might attract ghosts that eat human flesh. There are risks in staying in this place, but walking through dark alleys without a knife is a little riskier. I should be allowed to do more dangerous things.
If I don't have a sword, it won't waste my fighting power too much. Zenitsu relies on his swordsmanship to make a living.
Besides, we can't leave the body alone here. If we find the police and come back to find the place empty, then we will probably have to go into the station to drink tea. After looking at the team uniforms and Nichirin swords, we figure out that 80% of the success is achieved by escaping from prison.
.
"But, but..." Zenitsu hurriedly hugged the Nichirin Sword that was thrown into his arms, his expression a little broken.
"Do we have to call the police? I've never heard of members of the Demon Slayer Squad going to the police! We obviously need to avoid the police, right? Why are you so insistent on calling the police! Isn't this wrong?! It's enough for us to just kill the ghosts, right?
!!”
"Um..." The red-haired boy thought for a moment:
"Probably, professionalism?"
"???" Didn't you pass the selection for the Demon Slayer Squad? What kind of professionalism do you have to call the police?
My wife, Zenitsu, was dumbfounded as she watched her friend swish his red and white haori, dangle his flower letter earrings, and walk out heroically. He looked at the gloomy alley, then at the two miserable corpses, and screamed
With trembling tears, she hugged the two knives in her arms tightly:
"-Glory, you must come back soon!!!"
It’s so scary here! Don’t leave me for too long!!!
――――
The other side.
Companions who promise "I will do it as soon as possible" will most likely break their promise.
…
The ghost with two horns on its forehead leaned down in the shadows, staring down at a red head with two white tufts, and the word "下四" was clearly in its eyes.
Xia Xiansi didn't know what Wu Kuai's purpose was in asking him to kill a young ghost hunter, but his previous escape from the battle with Zhu had made Lord Wu Kuai very dissatisfied. He must complete the task assigned to him this time.
.
Besides...it doesn't look difficult.
Xia Xiansi glanced at the young ghost hunter's waist. He did not have the Nichirin sword hanging on him that the ghost hunter relied on to kill ghosts. Not only was it not a pillar, he didn't even have a sword... It was such a simple thing.
The task.
With this thought in mind, he took action with confidence.
…
"boom--"
A huge sound came from the depths of the maze-like alley, and the blond boy huddled in the corner holding a knife raised his head in a hurry.
"That side is... the direction that Glory just left?"
――――
"Why, why..."
The ghost with two horns on his forehead was lying on the ground with a frightened face. In front of him was a girl wearing an exquisite Western skirt. Layers of beautiful pink lace fell from the black skirt, and it was inlaid with blooming pink lace.
Rose.
The girl smoothed away the hair hanging from her shoulders, waved the umbrella in her hand in the air, and made the sharp sound of a sharp blade being drawn out of its sheath. She lowered her head and looked at him expressionlessly. Her beautiful face was pale and pink.