[Lord Demon Slayer: Hiiragi of Kuhara]

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"Thank you for your hard work, both of you. Terrible things have happened in this storehouse, and four victims have already appeared. There is nothing the Ayasato family can do about it, and they can only seek help from the Ghost Killing Squad."

There are paintings of various colors of clouds hanging in the room, and thick curtains cover the two sides of the room.In addition to Ayari Zhuhe, there were two servants standing on each side.After Kuhara Hiiragi and Sato came in, Zhu He signaled his servants to remove the screen that was covering him.

"In a few days, there will be an important ceremony for the Lingli family, please be sure to kill the ghosts before then." Speaking of this, she smiled worriedly and self-deprecatingly, "I'm really ashamed, obviously the head of the Lingli family, I But I can't provide you with too much useful information."

Lingli Zhuhe looked a little older than Chie, but she was only about twenty years old. She had long black hair hanging behind her back, tied at the end like Chie.Wearing a dark purple kimono with a white shawl that symbolizes the identity of the head of the sect, and two vermilion dots on his eyebrows, he looks a bit heroic.

Different from Chie's unscrupulous appearance, she can be said to have carried out the image of a steady 'head' to the extreme.

In addition, she also pinned an ancient bronze token in the shape of a sword around her waist.

"This is an item used in spirit-sentence." Noticing Kuhara Hiiragi's gaze, Ayori Zhuhe explained lightly, "You should have heard that our Ayari family's women with spiritual power can make the dead The soul of a man possesses himself, so that he can communicate with the people of the world."

Saito nodded: "In that case, why don't you directly ask the victim about the specific situation?"

Hearing this, Zhu He clapped his hands, and the servants on both sides got the order and opened the two curtains.

Four figures stood behind the curtain, their limbs stiff, in unnatural postures, and strange charms were attached to their bodies.

Kuhara Hiiragi and Sato were stunned for a moment. Although they both noticed that someone was there, they originally thought that it was just the secret guard responsible for protecting Zhu He.

"Are they..."

"As you can imagine, these four are the victims." Lingli Zhuhe said with some worry, "The reason why I can't communicate with them through spirit seance is because they are still alive."

He is still alive, but his body cannot move, his mouth cannot speak, his mind cannot change, his spirit cannot change, and even his core has become stagnant.

Kuhara Hiiragi frowned slightly, he felt that the state of these people was inexplicably familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen them.

"I will use spiritual power to maintain their lives, but I can't maintain this state for too long. I can only ask you to find the caster quickly."

Having said that, Ayasato Zhuhe sighed.

"Please don't mention this to other residents, they all believe that I can solve this matter, if the truth is known, it will only cause more panic."

……

After a brief discussion, Kuhara Hiiragi stayed at Congakurain Sato to investigate first, and Sato was responsible for finding his letter crow.

Just now, Akari Akatsuki told them that because the Demon Slayer Squad had an agreement with Kurin-no-sato not to inquire about information, the letter crows could only come to places near Kurin-no-sato and could not enter.

In order to contact the headquarters of the Demon Slayer Squad, one must go outside to find the ravens that live nearby.

But Sato walked in the bamboo forest for a while, but the deep bamboo forest seemed endless. He walked in the direction of the memory, but he always saw his own footprints on the snow.

It seems to be spinning in circles.

He frowned slightly, and when he raised his head, he could only see the green bamboo whirling in the breeze.

Since you can't go out...

The icy sliding sound of gold and iron broke the tranquility of the clean place, and the azure blue sun wheel knife was unsheathed, aiming at the rows of green bamboo forests in front of it.

Even if it doesn't make a way out, it should be fine to make a mark.

"You don't look very well... did something bad happen to you?"

A lazy voice with a deliberately protracted tone resounded in the surprisingly quiet bamboo forest, causing Satu's hand holding the knife to pause.

He heard the reputation and looked over, only to see not far behind him, the psychic who appeared at an unknown time jumped down from a huge snow-fallen boulder, and stood firmly on the ground, half of her clogs were covered by a layer of snow.The Gouyu hanging around her neck swayed twice as she moved, reflecting the sun's light.

"I advise you not to do anything to this bamboo forest," Ayasato Chie pointed to his unsheathed Japanese sword, "It takes a long time to raise a new batch of bamboo, it's too troublesome."

"Why are you here?"

Sensing that the person who came was clearly exuding a human aura, Sabito sheathed his sword, but his silver eyes were still fixed on Chie, who was supposed to be resting in the main family's mansion.

"This is my territory, I know what happened, so I rushed here."

After the girl finished speaking, she leaned against a row of bamboos calmly and closed her eyes.

"Without my permission, no one can go out, and outsiders can't come in....Don't be surprised, there are so many inexplicable ghosts in the world. If the hidden village like Cangyuan Zhili is not hidden, it will be sooner or later." There is no one left who was eaten."

Sato was stunned for a moment.

Can such a thing be done? ...No, maybe some kind of trap was used, the bamboo forest is extremely difficult to walk, there are more things to do than care about these.

"I need to contact Raven, do you have a way?"

"It's so troublesome," the psychic teacher sighed, and then waved his hands, "Forget it, come with me."

……

On the streets of Kurin no Sato, you can see residents busy with work everywhere.

They set up temporary shops and are preparing for the upcoming ceremony in a few days. Although it is winter, the scale of the ceremony is not small at all.

"Yo, are you a foreigner?"

Although Kuhara Hiiragi tried his best to go to a place where there were few people, he still couldn't avoid being noticed.

"...Yes." He looked at the resident smiling at him, "Are there often outsiders here?"

"It's not too often, just occasionally, after all, we also have to take business from outsiders." The man smiled heartily twice, and he seemed to regard Jiuyuan Hiiragi as the person who entrusted the spirit, "You came at a good time, and you will come here later." It’s the festival in a few days, so let’s take a stroll here.”

After a brief exchange with the residents, Kuhara Hiiragi generally had a new impression of Kurin no Sato.

Every year at this time of year, a festival is held here to pray for the blessing of Ayari, the founder of the Kurin-ryu psychic medium, so that the spiritual power of the Ayari family can be passed down from generation to generation. for grand events.In addition to setting up booths and holding performances, the road leading to Ayasato Shrine will be covered with snow cave lanterns, and the head of the shrine will hold a ceremony at the shrine.

And this process can also be visited by outsiders.

Although avoiding the world, it is not exclusive.Kuhara Hiiragi thought, but even in an enthusiastic village, the reactions of these people are too strange.

After this kind of thing happened, maybe someone would die because of ghosts soon, so there is still a festival?

——When asked this question, they almost all had the same answer.

"With Zhu and your lord here, there will be absolutely no problem."

What a blind believer.He thought silently, and walked to the next place where the disappearance was said to have occurred.

……

No matter how long the walk, the scenery around the winding path does not seem to change.Unlike Sagiri Mountain, the bamboo around Kurin-no-Sato grows more densely, with tens of thousands of green bamboos reaching up to the sky, giving the illusion of being far away from the world.

"Speaking of which, you haven't answered my question yet."

"what?"

"That's what I said before." Chie Ayari, who was leading the way, didn't stop. She turned her head and met those confused silver eyes.

"—You don't look very good, what happened to you?"

Sabito couldn't react for a while, he looked at Chie Ayari and frowned slightly.

What the hell is going on with this guy?Why should he answer this question?

But looking at the inexplicably serious eyes of the psychic, he thought for a while before answering: "I didn't encounter any bad things. If I have to say it, I just can't get out of this bamboo forest and get in touch with the headquarters."

It took too long to walk, and he even doubted whether Ayari Chie was leading the way seriously, but there were no footprints on the intricate snow, so at least he didn't turn back.

"More than that, you are obviously worried about other things."

Chie Ayari said confidently, she turned around, clasped her hands behind her back and began to walk backwards, "Let me guess...it has something to do with that little brother wearing a strange feather?"

"What are you talking about..."

"It's really strange." Qiane interrupted him, "We have known him for so long, but what has he experienced, who has he met, and why he has to carry so many things when you don't know , you have no idea."

"Including now, why did he insist on asking you to contact the Ghost Killing Team as soon as possible? He probably discovered something, but why didn't he tell himself?"

"Curiosity, confusion, anger, and a deep sense of powerlessness... Tsk, even I find it strange. Is there really such a friend in this world as you, who look like brothers on the surface, but who are actually strangers?"

"Do you think he didn't take you seriously from the beginning?"

The golden hook jade shimmered slightly, exuding a mysterious and divine color.Obviously Ayasato Chie was watching her, but Sato felt that her black eyes seemed to reflect something invisible to the world.

So the rusty-haired young man immediately put his hand on the handle of the sun wheel: "I don't need to discuss these things with you. What are your plans?"

"No attempt, just a suggestion," she said briskly, "When you can't figure it out,"

"—Just try to reverse your thinking."

Facing the threat, the psychic narrowed his eyes and smiled, then stretched out the hand that had been kept behind his back.

There was a raven on it.

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Soon after, the headquarters of the Demon Slayer Squad, the mansion of Ubuyashiki.

"So, this is about the current situation." After listening to Nobuya's report, Ubuyashiki Yoya looked in his wife's direction, "Amazon, you are more familiar with the affairs of the Ayasato family than I am, I want to hear from you the opinion of."

"Yes, I feel sincere admiration to hear Master Zhu He grow into an excellent leader. I believe that with her assistance, what happened in Cangyuan Village will be resolved smoothly in a short time," she said. At this point, the voice became a little hesitant, "...just one more thing."

Hearing the words, the protagonist of the Ghost Killing Squad smiled and beckoned his wife to continue talking.

"I have been in correspondence with the Ayasato family all these years," Ubuyashiki Amane turned her head thoughtfully, her silver hair falling to the side of her face, "Although it may be that I don't know enough,"

"—But I've never heard that the main family has a child named 'Ayasato Chie'."

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