Controlling the Butterfly Effect from Demon Slayer

In the darkness, a boy huddled in fear, tears streaming down his face:

"I'm so scared, I'm all alone...

Brother, where are you? Hold my hand, just like usual...

Why...why did I bite my brother to death?"

In the dark fog, a long-lost ray of light shone in.

The boy turned his head and saw that it seemed to be his brother's back that was emitting light!

He chased after him with expectation and fear. As he ran and got closer to the light, his ghost body turned into a human form again!

Finally, the boy caught up with his brother holding a lantern:

"Brother! Brother! Brother! Please hold my hand!"

The elder brother turned around and said to his younger brother tenderly:

"I really can't do anything about you. You are always so timid."

The elder brother held his younger brother's hand again. The two brothers walked together, holding the bright lanterns, and continued to move forward.

What is ahead? Is it their long-lost warm home? Or...

But it doesn't matter. The elder brother has never blamed his younger brother. As long as they are together, no matter what is ahead, they can walk hand in hand.

This is the revolving lantern of the hand ghost before his death.

When he was very young, he became a ghost by accident. He went crazy and bit his brother to death. He lost himself until today.

After watching the revolving lantern, Horitake's spiritual vision automatically turned off. He was melancholy and muttered to himself:

"It's a tragedy.……"

His situation is pitiful, but his crime is unforgivable. No matter how pitiful you were before, your head will still fall off!

This is one of the reasons why Horitake likes Demon Slayer.

On the Kyogiri Mountain thousands of miles away, two lonely souls in the forest, Satoshi and Makomo, felt something.

Makomo asked Satoshi:

"Is the hand ghost...dead?"

Xuantu smiled with relief and cheerfulness:

"Yes, he died. He must have been killed by Tanjiro's friend. Really, I owe him a big favor."

"So...are we leaving?"

"No, let's stay with Master Urokodaki for a while. Didn't Horitake ask us to take care of Tanjiro? We can just repay him. Let's wait until Tanjiro officially joins the Demon Slayer Corps, then we can leave."

Shinkomo smiled happily:

"Yeah! I also want to see how far Tanjiro can go."

In the Fujiyama, Horitake put away his melancholy and sheathed his sword.

Mitsuri, who was standing by, felt that Horitake was in a bad mood at the moment and asked with concern:

"What's wrong, Lord Horitake?"

"It’s nothing, just think of it as me… being sentimental!"

Then, the system’s sudden notification sound destroyed the atmosphere:

"Ding! The host killed the killer ghost, disrupted fate, and triggered a negative butterfly effect: the sudden attack of the underground ghost!"

"Oh my god! System, you are causing trouble again! ?"

"Ding! System releases task:

Please host to solve the negative butterfly effect, the sudden attack of the burrowing ghost!

In this final selection, the burrowing ghost ate several swordsmen in succession, and his strength increased further.

The growth of strength makes the burrowing ghost ambitious. He plans to find a suitable opportunity to eat all the remaining people in Tengxi Mountain!

Please host to stop the sudden attack of the burrowing ghost, protect more people, and kill the burrowing ghost as much as possible!

Warm reminder: The burrowing ghost intends to catch you all in one fell swoop. Whenever you gather together, the burrowing ghost will start a sudden attack. Reward for successful mission: The full set of swordsmanship of Yasuo, the swift swordsman.

Penalty for failed mission: Everyone in Tengxi Mountain is swallowed by the burrowing ghost, and the host may not be able to escape this disaster."

Hori Gaku didn't know what to say for a moment.

The previous task was not completely completed, and a new task came again. It turned out that the tasks of the system can be stacked?

But this new task... is a bit dangerous.

It seems that the strength of the burrowing ghost has increased, and he doesn't plan to hide anymore. It

's a bad thing that the enemy's strength has become stronger, but he doesn't hide anymore, which is a good thing, which means that Hori Gaku can seize the opportunity to kill him!

This enemy should not be so easy to deal with, but as long as you are careful, it is not difficult to complete the task.

In addition, the system's warm reminder is also very important.

The burrowing ghost wants to catch us all in one fell swoop when we gather together.

So, when will these people on Fujixi Mountain When will they gather together?

Of course it will be after dawn, when the final selection is over.

By then, everyone who is still alive on Fujisaki Mountain will go down the mountain and head to the Torii platform to choose the Tamagotchi.

It is estimated that the burrowing ghost will choose to take action at that time.

Even if the sun has come out at that time, even if there are wisteria flowers all around, as long as the burrowing ghost sneaks into the underground, he will not be afraid of anything.

He only needs to create a large swamp to easily swallow everyone.

And once people fall into the underground, they are basically at his mercy.

This is Horitake's speculation.

Of course, it's just a speculation, just in case, Horitake will not be careless until the last moment.

He said to Mitsuri seriously:

"Mitsuri, keep going, keep searching!"

"Yes!"

The two jumped onto the dense trees and began to patrol the entire Fujiki Mountain again.

It might be that the burrowing demon really intended to catch them all in the last hurdle, and Horitake and Mitsuri could not find any clues.

Finally, the morning came, the sun came out, and the final selection of the Demon Slayer Corps was over.

Those who were still alive in Fujiki Mountain breathed a sigh of relief. They walked down the mountain in the sunshine and rushed to the Torii platform.

Only Horitake remained 100% vigilant.

Soon, everyone came to the Torii platform.

Horitake looked around and found that there were seven or eight people who passed the final selection this time. Except for himself and Mitsuri, the remaining swordsmen were all people he had saved!

In other words... if he hadn't saved anyone, only himself and Mitsuri would have passed the final selection!?

What a cruel selection.

When Horitake appeared, the other people obviously recognized their savior. They were very surprised and came over to thank him, calling Horitake their benefactor.

"Benefactor! Great benefactor! If you hadn't rescued me in time, I would have died in the mountains!"

"Yes, if it weren’t for you, my benefactor, how could I have passed the final selection?"

"I will remember your life-saving grace forever."

"Brother, were you also saved by this adult?"

"Really? You too?"

Faced with all the thanks, Hori Gaku politely accepted their gratitude.

Mitsuri, who was standing beside him, was watching this scene infatuatedly. Her admiration for Hori Gaku was beyond words, and her favorability towards Hori Gaku once again skyrocketed!

It turned out that Lord Hori Gaku not only saved me, but also saved so many people.

So kind and powerful, so handsome! I like him so much!

At this moment, Ubuyashiki Hinami and Ubuyashiki Teriyachi, brother and sister, also appeared.

They appeared under the torii gate, still with the same expressionless faces and the same calm tone:

"Congratulations to everyone who successfully passed the final selection of the Demon Slayer Corps"

"It's great to see that everyone is safe and sound."

Just as the brother and sister finished speaking, the system spoke in Horitake's mind:

"Ding! Confirmed that the host and Kanroji Mitsuri passed the final selection. The host successfully resolved the negative butterfly effect, completed the task, and obtained the task reward.

Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining Thunder Breathing·Second Form·Chidori, and the advanced move, Thunder Breathing·Second Form·Raikiri.

Ding! Warm reminder, the host's strength has been further enhanced, and he will definitely be able to fight against the next burrowing ghost. I wish the host good luck!"