[Lord Demon Slayer: Hiiragi of Kuhara]

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"Not grateful, not grateful."

A female voice echoed in the gloom.

"You are really ungrateful for bringing the ghost-killing team members into the temple!"

In the Jialan hall of the temple, a monk was lying on the ground, listening to the voice from nowhere, his voice trembling: "I also want to object, but the abbot and the others invited the two team members to stay in the temple... Please Please rest assured, Mother God, the bamboo incense has also been lit, and no one will notice anything strange, they will leave tomorrow morning."

The female voice known as the Mother God snorted coldly: "Do you remember why there has never been a ghost in the temple for so many years?"

"It's you, it's you who expelled those evil spirits," the monk said hastily, "But, that ghost has already arrived at the Buddhist hall yesterday, why did you...?"

The female voice fell silent for a moment, then let out a chuckle.

"That's because I feel the breath of the ghost killing team. Don't worry, I have already promised not to kill anyone in the temple, and I will expel ghosts who try to attack the temple." Her voice became softer, "This is an agreement made years ago, you don't have to be so nervous."

At some point, the air was filled with the smell of bamboo fragrance. The monk raised his head and saw the censer emitting a faint, warm light.

Everything is so peaceful and peaceful.

Yes, there is nothing to be afraid of. Although the mother goddess is a ghost, she has never harmed the monks in the temple.

The monk stood up in a trance, and suddenly he saw bursts of white mist spreading from the incense burner. The mist became thicker and thicker, and finally filled the entire Garan Hall.

"Goddess, you..." The monk fell silent halfway through speaking, because he saw a figure coming out of the lingering white mist, it was a beautiful woman with luxurious clothes and solemn posture.

She had a gentle smile on her face, and looked at the monk with kind and loving eyes, just like a mother watching her young son.The moment one sees this woman, everyone must have thought 'this is a mother'.

"It's okay, I still have to thank you." She slowly approached the monk, and stroked his face with her green and slender hands, "I've been keeping secrets for my concubine all these years, what a good boy."

The monk's face was gently held up, and his eyes met those of the mother god.

Those were a pair of golden, beautiful eyes, and there seemed to be some words engraved in the left eye, but in this vast smog, he no longer had the mind to look at them, and only felt that there was peace and peace in his heart that he had never had before.

"You want to leave this temple." The woman said softly.

The monk's eyes were empty, and he nodded like a ghost.

"But those monks who take care of you like brothers, how can you make them worry?" The mother goddess continued, as if teaching, "You have to leave a letter."

"Yes, I have to leave a letter..."

What a beautiful and loving look, the monk no longer knew what he was doing, and only this thought remained in his chaotic mind.

And then, he didn't know anything.

When the smoke dissipated, there was no one in the empty Jialan Hall, as if nothing had happened.Only a thin letter fell to the ground, stained with dust.

The next day was cloudy, before dawn, the monks got up early to pray on time, while Kuhara Hiiragi and Satu took two wooden swords and started their long-lost duel.

"Your hair is a bit long, won't it block your view?"

As Kuhara Hiiragi asked, he turned sideways to avoid Satu's attack, and then swung the wooden knife out diagonally until it reached the latter's flank.

"No." Satoshi turned around and swung Kuhara Hiiragi's attack away with a knife, and replied, "I trimmed the part that would block the view, and the rest is fine if it's loose."

What a simple and rude way to get a haircut.Kuhara Hiiragi thought silently.

The wooden knives collided, leaving only afterimages in the air for a while.Neither side used their full strength, but neither of them lost half of the wind.Jiuyuan Hiiragi was secretly shocked by the rapid growth of Satu in the past year. It is estimated that his attainments in swordsmanship will even surpass himself who has the inheritance of Taiwu in a short time.

After the duel, the two returned to the warehouse, and Inosuke slowly woke up.He was a bit more silent than usual, not even saying a word at breakfast.

"Are you okay?" Satoshi looked at the child who never took off the wild boar hood even when he ate and slept, "Inosuke looks a bit listless."

Jiuyuan Hiiragi also felt a little strange: "You can go to sleep again when you are tired, and don't rush on the road."

Hearing these words, Inosuke finally reacted: "I don't want to stay here! Hurry up, Kihara!"

Kihara?You mean Senior Brother Jiuyuan?Is this kid calling his master a nickname?Satoshi stared at Kuhara Hiiragi in a daze, only to find that the other side looked accustomed to it.

Brother has a really good temper. If anyone had nicknamed Master Lintaki, he would have been hung upside down on a tree on Sawu Mountain long ago.

Just thinking about it, Sato suddenly noticed Inosuke's bowl.

It was an ordinary small wooden bowl, which looked very suitable for children.

"What's wrong?" Kuhara Hiiragi asked.

"Ah, it's nothing." Satoshi seemed to be thinking about something, but soon he smiled, "Maybe I'm overthinking."

Kuhara Hiiragi nodded. From last night to the earliest morning, he hadn't noticed any ghosts in the temple, so there shouldn't be anything wrong.

After breakfast, they went to say goodbye to the abbot.

"It was really thanks to you guys yesterday." The abbot looked at the two teenagers and sighed, "It's really not easy for you to be so young."

"It's nothing, this is the obligation of the Ghost Killing Squad."

The few people spoke without saying a word, and when they walked to the mountain gate covered with dead leaves, they suddenly heard Dao Xin's voice coming from the temple.

"Master Abbot, it's bad!" Daoxin shouted, "Boro is gone!"

He ran all the way from the Buddhist hall to the side of the abbot, took a few breaths, and looked flustered.

There was just a ghost attack yesterday, and when he heard that someone was missing, the usually calm abbot couldn't help becoming nervous, "What's going on? Daoxin, please speak clearly."

"Just now, during the morning prayer, I found that one person was missing, and then I found out that Boro didn't come." Daoxin finally straightened out his anger, and said anxiously, "Now everyone is looking for someone in the temple."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a voice from the direction of Garantang: "I found it! It's a letter from Boro!"

Soon some monks ran to the abbot with the letter.

"My eyesight is not good, please quickly help me to see what is written in it." The abbot instructed.

The monk read ten lines at a glance. After reading the letter, his face became a little embarrassed, as if he was incredulous about the content of the letter.

"Boro said that he was afraid of another ghost coming on the mountain, so he left the temple by himself."

"What did you say?"

The abbot also found it difficult to accept. He took the letter, looked closely at it, and found that it was indeed written by Boro.

"That silly boy." He sighed and shook his head, "It's no safer outside than inside the temple."

"No, it's impossible." Daoxin next to him was even more disbelieving, "When a ghost attacked yesterday, he told everyone not to panic, and organized everyone to run to the village at the foot of the mountain. How could it be possible today? Left suddenly? Boro is not that kind of person!"

"Calm down, Daoxin." The abbot said in a low voice, "I also know that he is indeed not such a person. He can be trusted to be placed in the Garan Hall. How can this be explained?"

Sabito suddenly remembered something and frowned.

"Please allow me to ask one thing, Master Abbot."

"Please speak."

Sabito opened his mouth and asked a question that seemed irrelevant to the current situation, "Have any children been adopted in the temple?"

The abbot was taken aback for a moment, he pondered for a while, then shook his head.

"No, I don't remember ever adopting a child...Huh?"

He looked puzzled.

why?

There are obviously villages at the foot of the mountain, and abandoned babies and orphans are not uncommon these days, so why has the largest temple nearby never adopted a child?

"Don't worry about this, something else must have happened to Boro," Daoxin interrupted his thinking, and urged anxiously, "Master, I think it's better to find out about him first, please organize it quickly." Let's find someone!"

"We also want to go to the temple to investigate again." It was Kuhara Hiiragi who spoke, and he glanced at Sato, "His judgment has always been very accurate, there may be a real problem with this matter."

Daoxin nodded: "Okay, then you and I..."

"No! Kihara! Get out of here quickly!" Inosuke suddenly tugged at Kuhara Hiiragi's sleeve, "I don't want to stay in this damn place any longer!"

"Why?" Kuhara Hiiragi asked him.

"Huh!? How do I know that, anyway, Mao Mao feels uncomfortable all over!"

Kuhara Hiiragi thought for a while, "Then you stay here, and Satu and I will pick you up after we settle the matters in the temple."

"Wait! If you don't leave, I can leave!"

What is this kid up to now?Kuhara Hiiragi has never seen such fierce opposition from Inosuke, even when he was threatened not to eat tempura, he was never so willful.

But since the child refused to follow him into the temple, he could only helplessly say to the abbot, "Sorry, Inosuke may not have had a good rest yesterday."

"Hey! Did you listen to me!" Seeing that the other party didn't have any intention of changing his mind, Inosuke even raised his leg to kick Kuhara Hiiragi, but was stopped by Saitu at the side with one hand.

"Sakurai."

Seeing him making a gesture of wanting to teach Inosuke a lesson, Kuhara Hiiragi stopped him.

Sabito hesitated for a moment, but finally let go of Inosuke.

"I know you're upset, but as a man, the more you feel danger, the more you should calm down!" Sato said in a slightly stern tone, "Otherwise, how will you face the enemy in the future!"

Inosuke stopped talking, he took a few steps back and sat on the ground covered with dead leaves in front of the mountain gate.

Kuhara Hiiragi sighed.

"Excuse me, can I ask you to take care of him for a while?" He said to the abbot, "I can't take him with me for the time being."

The abbot recited a sentence of Buddha and agreed.

After Kuhara Hiiragi and Sato walked into the temple with the monks, the abbot looked at Inosuke who was sitting alone. Sitting on the ground, it looked a little pitiful.

"Your name is... Inosuke, right?" the abbot said, "It's almost winter, it's cold, don't you need to wear a coat?"

Inosuke didn't answer, he was very resistant to cold, the temperature in autumn was nothing at all, so he didn't plan to pay attention to others, but in the next second he felt warm on his body, only to find that the abbot had given him his robe put on.

Immediately afterwards, a broad hand patted his head.

"Don't quarrel with brother." The abbot said with a smile, "Hurry up and make up."

Inosuke slightly raised his head to look at him, then let out a silent groan, tore off the robe he was wearing, and threw it back to the abbot.

"I'm not cold." He stood up and folded his arms, "This is what the old man needs."

Although his words are a bit rough, he is still a good boy.As the abbot was thinking about it, a certain image suddenly flashed in his mind, and he seemed to hear a familiar voice.

"Grandpa Abbot, it's too cold, let me do such trivial things as carrying firewood!"

That is, whose voice is it?

He couldn't remember, and could only look in the direction of the temple blankly.

The gloomy clouds covered the sun, and at this time in front of the mountain gate, the fog gradually thickened.

The author has something to say:

It doesn’t seem to be because I changed the article after putting it in the draft box. I didn’t change the chapter yesterday but it was still reviewed by the card.

If this chapter is still stuck today, I plan to change the update time to the morning in the future, so that everyone can see it in the afternoon.

sorry!But I really have no other way qwq!

Thanks Xiaotian and Lianzi for mine!

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