[Lord Demon Slayer: Hiiragi of Kuhara]

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At night, the dry autumn wind blows slowly over the treetops, sweeping the withered and yellow leaves from the branches, swirling to the ground under the moonlight.

The monks in the mountain temple finished their evening homework and lit a stick of incense in front of the Buddha statue.Faint sparks flickered, and the smoke quickly lingered in the small room.

"I'm going to sweep the courtyard."

Hearing the wind blowing the treetops outside the window, a young monk stood up.

"It's already dark, Daoxin." Another old monk said, "There will be ghosts on the mountain at night, don't leave the temple."

The master was talking like this again, and Dao thought helplessly, if there were ghosts, how could everyone survive until now?It's just a story to deceive children.

But he couldn't bear to refute directly, so he said: "I understand, then I will sweep the dust in the temple before I go out, master and everyone should rest earlier."

"You are a good boy." The old monk said happily, then turned and left.

Daoxin picked up the broom and swept the temple carefully. There was a strong wind outside the house, and there was a humming sound through the gaps in the windows, which made people feel a little panicked.After cleaning, he was about to pack his tools and go to sleep in the house when he heard a sudden click on the roof.

Was it damaged by the wind?He thought, let's go out and take a look, if it's serious, fix it quickly, if it's not serious, it's not too late to fix it in a few days.

He put away the broom and opened the temple door.

"That is……?"

From a distance outside the door, something could be seen rushing towards this side. Daoxin was stunned for a moment, and saw that it was a child-like figure, but with a wild boar's head.

"Huh!!" Daoxin screamed with hair all over his body, "What a ghost!?"

"What the hell, get out of the way!" came the voice of a human child from under the boar's hood, "A ghost is digging holes in your roof!"

Daoxin turned his head hesitantly, and suddenly heard a bang from the roof.

A hole was really cut in the roof, and the cold wind came in, blowing away the smell of the incense burner in the house. At the same time, a ghost with an abnormally pale complexion and a veiny face fell down along with the dust and broken tiles. It was about the same as an ordinary person. Small in size, but with sharp teeth and claws.

The ghost gritted his teeth angrily.

It originally planned to kill this person secretly and then take it out to eat. As long as it is not found, it will not be reported to the ghost killing team, nor will it arouse the vigilance of the monks, but now when it is disturbed, all the lights in the back room are lit.

It has changed its mind, and no one here can get out alive today.

So the ghost stretched out its arms, and the two arms, which were about the same thickness as humans, suddenly swelled, and punched Daoxin with a punch.But Inosuke's movements were faster, he turned his head upside down, kicked the ghost's abdomen with his legs soaring into the sky, and jumped back to the door before the ghost caught him.

"What's the matter with your wild boar's head!?" The ghost staggered a bit, and frowned while clutching his painful stomach.

Although the kick just now was not strong enough, it was extremely fierce, and it took a lot of effort to recover.

Daoxin realized that his presence would only cause bad things, so he hurried to the back of the temple to inform others.

The ghost wanted to chase after him, but as soon as he looked away, he was kicked on the waist by the wild boar-headed kid in front of him again.

"This way, silly hat!"

Then Inosuke ran to the forest in the mountains not far away.

"You bastard!" Oni was enraged, and ran after Inosuke.

This kid is very tricky, if he grows up in a few years, the kick just now may directly kick him out.

But it's a pity that he stopped here. There were sounds of monks running away from the monastery behind him. Gui Mann only wanted to kill the little ghost in front of him who ruined his good deeds, and then quickly chased after him. He had no time to waste.

It intends to make a quick decision. It stamped a hole in the ground with its feet, and flew out with a little more force. It was about to catch Inosuke's headgear, but at this moment, it suddenly caught a glimpse of something shining coldly from the corner of its eye.

A slightly thick sun wheel knife flew across from the forest, like an arrow off the string, pierced the ghost's neck and nailed him hard to the tree.

"what--!"

"Inosuke, didn't I say not to act alone?"

Amidst the ghost's screams, the boy's voice remained calm, only implying reproach.

The ghost was stabbed in the neck by the sun wheel knife, and the pain was severe. He pulled it out a few times, but for some reason, no matter how hard it tried, it was in vain. Instead, it made the wound deeper and deeper. In the end, it could only watch The young swordsman came from the forest, calmly drew out the Sun Wheel Knife, and then slanted the knife down, and his head fell to the ground.

Although as a member of the Ghost Killing Team, he should never let go of the Japanese sword lightly, but the situation was urgent just now, and Kuhara Hiiragi could only use the back and forth sword technique of the Ranshan school to hurt the enemy.

"Why should I listen to you! If I hadn't come quickly, people in the temple would be dead!"

Kuhara Hiiragi's expression softened slightly, but he still said, "There will be no next time."

Hearing these words, the head of the ghost that fell on the ground suddenly yelled loudly, "It's useless for you to kill me. There are other ghosts with me, and none of those monks can escape!"

"You mean the one with the thorn on the right arm?" Kuhara Hiiragi asked.

"Why do you know..." The ghost fell silent halfway through the sentence, realizing that since the ghost slayer in front of him was unscathed, it meant that the ghost had also been beheaded.

Kuhara Hiiragi didn't come here today for a mission. He and Inosuke were just planning to find a place to spend the night on the way, but they didn't want to encounter ghosts who were about to attack the temple halfway.

After he told Inosuke to hide aside, before he had fought the ghost with the thorn in his arm for two rounds, he suddenly heard Inosuke say "there's more over there" and ran out.

In the past two years, he never took Inosuke with him when he went on missions, but the latter has always been very unconvinced.

"You are only eight years old, as long as you do basic exercises, there is no need to fight ghosts." Kuhara Hiiragi said seriously, "Once you are too far away from me, I am not sure that I can protect you, so I must not do this next time. "

Inosuke turned his head and didn't listen.

"Then you won't have tempura for the next month." For nearly a year, Kuhara Hiiragi already knew how to deal with Inosuke.

"Ah!? How dare you..." Suddenly, Inosuke's expression changed, and the hair on the boar's headgear blew up, and at the same time, he suddenly turned his head to look somewhere.

Seeing this, Kuhara Hiiragi drew his sword out of its sheath, and then saw a figure rushing from the direction of the temple, and prepared to fight the enemy.

But the next moment, he met a pair of silver eyes.

Both sides were stunned for a moment, and then quickly closed their swords.

"Senior Brother Jiuyuan?" Sato stopped attacking and stood not far in front of Hiiragi Jiuyuan. He looked around and noticed the body of the ghost that was about to disappear under the tree. "I heard the monk said that here There is a ghost, it has already been solved."

Kuhara Hiiragi looked at Satu, whom he hadn't seen for nearly a year, and was just about to say something, when he suddenly felt Inosuke grabbing his haori with one hand behind him.

"Inosuke?"

The child didn't answer, just stared at Satu without moving.

Is this... scared?

Kuhara Hiiragi felt very surprised, it was the first time Inosuke showed fear in front of him.So he thought for a while, and said to Sato: "Inosuke is a human being."

"Ah, I've seen it, I'm really sorry just now."

Satoshi smiled apologetically. He had sensed the breath of ghosts that hadn't dissipated here before, and subconsciously thought that weird wild boar hood was a ghost at first glance, so he rushed towards Inosuke with exactly the same murderous aura.

It seemed to frighten the child who was particularly sensitive to murderous intent.

"Why are you here?"

"My mission is over, and I'm going to find a place to stay." Said Rabbit, "Then a few monks ran over in a panic. After seeing that I was a member of the Ghost Killing Squad, they told me that there are ghosts haunting this place."

Kuhara Hiiragi nodded: "Inosuke and I are also planning to stay overnight."

He noticed that Satu seemed to be growing faster, and at only 14 years old, he was already almost equal to himself... although he was only one year older than him.

Time flies so fast, he sighed inwardly.

Since the goal was the same, the three of them went to the temple again, and the monks came back gradually, probably because they were disturbed by ghosts just now. welcome.

The young monk named Daoxin also specially thanked Inosuke for saving his life, and stuffed a rice ball into his hand.

Inosuke, who took the rice ball, seemed to have finally escaped from the fear just now, and there seemed to be light spots around him that indicated happiness.

"Hey, could it be..." Satoshi seemed to have finally realized something, pointing at Inosuke and asked with disbelief, "He is the apprentice you mentioned in your letter?"

"Inosuke is very talented and a good boy," Kuhara Hiiragi noticed Satoshi's expression, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

Sato looked at the kid sitting next to Kuhara Hiiragi, wearing a wild boar hood and stuffing rice balls into his mouth. He really couldn't think that this was the other party's apprentice, but he finally said: "No, it's nothing, just listen It is said that there is a ghost slayer with a wild boar, so it turns out to be the senior brother."

Kuhara Hiiragi didn't know that he was still nicknamed this, so he remained silent.

They chatted for a while longer.

"Is Yiyong not with you?"

"No, since we became members of the Ghost Killing Squad, we rarely see each other."

When receiving the news of the ghost, the lord will ask the letter crow to notify the nearby ghost slayers to go to crusade, and the next task received by the ghost slayers who have completed the task may be farther away from the previous one, gradually So he became nowhere to live, and became farther and farther away from his past companions.

"In the past, Giyuu and I still wondered why you and Senior Sister Mako didn't go back to Sagiri Mountain." Saito smiled wryly, "After becoming a member of the Demon Slayer Team, we realized that we really don't have time to go back."

It's not that I haven't thought about going back, but usually I will be called to complete new tasks on the way back.

The monks set aside three quilts in a corner of the warehouse. Before going to bed, an old monk who seemed to be the abbot of the temple brought an incense burner. The kind that is lit in a Buddhist temple in a cave.

He recited the sound Buddha, and then explained: "This is the unique bamboo fragrance of this temple, which has the effect of sleeping."

After saying that, he bowed slightly, turned and left.

Kuhara Hiiragi and Sato did not suspect him, but Inosuke sat up next to him and stared at the censer for a long time.

"what happened?"

Inosuke was silent for a while, and then muttered, "I don't like this smell."

Probably not used to it, Kuhara Hiiragi patted the wild boar headgear that he didn't take off even when he was sleeping. The people in this temple were almost attacked by ghosts. How could there be a problem, and what to say...

"Sleep." He said, "I will protect you."

The author has something to say:

Yesterday, at 15:40 in the afternoon, I happily drove to Jinjiang to read the comments and the draft box.

As a result, I saw a bright red lock.

I was so close to dying on the spot.jpg

It is probably because I changed a few sentences in the manuscript box before publishing, so I re-examined it.

I reflect!In the future, I must put it in the manuscript box early and not change it! !

And I'm going to hang up on my friend,

I told my friend about being locked at four o'clock yesterday afternoon, but when it was dark——

She: Good morning, I just woke up and I'm so tired after sleeping all afternoon (disorderly).

I:?Early you *early, the moon is out.jpg

She: I am a slacker who is the first quarter moon and cannot go out during the day.

If I hang on to her again in the future, I'll just call her a slacker.

Thanks to 100 Years of King Wushuang and Renzi for mine!

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