[Lord Demon Slayer: Hiiragi of Kuhara]

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The cold dew of the night clings to the leaf tips and wets the ends of the dark feathers.

The sound of a crow flapping its wings was heard not far away, and as soon as Kuhara Hiiragi raised his arm, he saw a pitch-black raven falling down quietly familiarly.

It has a letter strapped to its leg.

'Jiuyuan Hiiragi, Jue Cheng. '

Kuhara Hiiragi read through the moonlight exhibition letter, and he saw Tomioka Yoshiyuki's extremely neat and rigorous handwriting.So the serious and unreasonable brows and eyes were slightly lowered at this moment, and finally had the warmth that a young man should have.

As I was reading, I heard the voices of other ghost slayers who were traveling with me.

"What was written in the letter? You seem to be in a good mood." A team member with thick eyebrows asked.

Kuhara Hiiragi nodded and said, "The two juniors from the same sect passed the examination."

"Oh, congratulations!"

Kuhara Hiiragi folded the letter and put it away.Seeing that the master had finished reading the letter, the raven that landed on a branch spread its wings and flew away without saying a word.

It has been a whole year since he passed the examination, Jiuyuan Hiiragi has grown slightly taller, and his mastery of breathing has also improved a lot.

In the past year, he has been killing ghosts almost non-stop, and has been promoted from the lowest level of Gui to the middle level of E.But to be honest, these ten ranks of the Ghost Killing Team are more like judging experience than strength.

Except for the strongest column, the strength of the other ranks is basically the same, and the casualties are extremely heavy.It's like exchanging human life for ghost's death.

What Kuhara Hiiragi can do is to protect his team members as much as possible during the mission.

"The crow in Jiuyuan is so quiet." The thick-browed soldier who congratulated him just now said enviously, "Mine keeps chattering all day long even if there is no mission notice, and its head is getting big."

"Things are like masters," a team member with three white eyes patted him on the shoulder, "I can't help it."

"Hey, what do you mean! Are you saying I'm noisy!?"

Kuhara Hiiragi listened helplessly to their quarrel.The mountain he was on had been missing people frequently recently. The nearby residents went up the mountain many times, but failed to find anyone, so they reported it to the Ghost Killing Squad.

The three of them had been walking around here for a day, but they didn't see any ghosts at all.

"Ghosts should also have lairs, right?"

"Of course, otherwise where would you hide during the day?"

"Quiet." Kuhara Hiiragi said, as if he had finally realized something, he put his hand on the scabbard and took a stance.

Seeing this, the two team members immediately stopped arguing and each chose a direction to be vigilant.

Kuhara Hiiragi closed his eyes, and as the perception spread, he seemed to see the vegetation growing on the entire mountain in his mind.The accumulation of experience over the past year has allowed him to have a deeper grasp of the breath of wood, and the fresh breath of life is becoming more and more obvious in his mind.

As a result, the foreign objects mixed in the forest are especially abrupt like black spots on white paper.

There was a small noise in the forest.

underground!

The boy backed away abruptly, and at the same time, a giant earthworm-like ghost about the size of three people hugging him burst out from the ground where he was standing just now.

The breath of wood - the shape of one - cut the thorns!

"Bang!"

The tiger's mouth shook, and the knife was bounced away. Fortunately, he retracted his force in time, otherwise the blade might be seriously damaged.

"Jie Jie Jie..." The ghost that came out of the ground smiled sullenly, "My uncle is wrapped in the hardest rock in this area, and that broken knife can't hurt me at all!"

It turned out that it was covered with rocks.

The ghost was still complacent, and saw Kuhara Hiiragi showing a "so it is" look in his eyes, without the tension and despair it expected to see at all.

"Stinky boy, are you looking down on me?"

The ghost was enraged, and it burrowed into the ground and scurried around. The mountain had already been dug with holes everywhere, and when it was able to move, it was silent.

Kuhara Hiiragi glanced at the hole where it disappeared, held the sword in place, and closed his eyes again.

"Oh!"

The earthworm ghost broke through the ground very close behind him, and Kuhara Hiiragi had noticed it a long time ago, he moved a little to avoid it, still maintained the posture of holding the knife, and adjusted his breathing.

Does he not attack?The ghost was suspicious for a moment, but it quickly sneered.No matter what this brat thinks, this is already an excellent opportunity for him, so the fool will let it go.

So it rushed towards Jiuyuan Hiiragi at an almost unbelievable speed.

"Jiuhara!" The thick-browed soldier shouted eagerly, and in the next second, Kuhara Hiiragi finally raised the knife in his hand.

"Complete Works, Breath of Wood-Three Shapes-On Plants and Rocks."

The black jade green blade seems to carry the majestic vitality that rolls up the growth of all things, and quietly pierces the ghost's forehead.

It was silent for a while.

Last year, when the sun wheel knife he was holding gradually turned green like black jade, the master forging the knife was amazed.

"Huh~ What a beautiful color." The blacksmith nodded, rubbing his chin, "I thought Master Rinaki's apprentice would make the blade blue. I didn't expect to see this color, and it was a worthwhile trip. Boy, What breathing method do you use?"

"The breath of wood."

"...So that's how it is." The swordsmith was thoughtful, then he shrugged his shoulders, looked at Lin Takizuo and sighed for a second time, "This generation really has a lot of talents."

Master Lintaki nodded noncommittally.

Back to the present, the earthworm ghost vaguely felt a cold tingling sensation on his forehead, the feeling was very slight, almost like an illusion.

Being attacked?Is this also an attack?

It just wanted to laugh at the powerlessness of the young man in front of it, but in the next second it found that it couldn't move forward an inch at all.

Variation protrusions.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"

The two soldiers next to it were surprised to see the ghost writhing in pain like a real bug. Its huge body got out of the ground, kicking up waves of dust and shaking the ground.

Jiuyuan Hiiragi jumped on the tree to avoid being affected, and then he saw that the rock wrapped around the ghost's body was only cracked with traces of cracks, and it was still hard.

It's just that the body is already riddled with holes.

As he expected, it didn't take long for the earthworm ghost to fall to the ground with a bang, gradually turning into ashes.

The team member next to him was a little stunned: "Uh, that's it?"

"What do you mean, you treat Jiuyuan just like you?" The team member with three white eyes lowered his voice and said to him, "He is a ghost swordsman called 'hopeful to become a pillar' by those seniors."

"What? You said Zhu!?"

"Shh! Be quiet!"

Sanbai looked at Jiuyuan Hiiragi nervously, but the latter only nodded slightly to them.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Then he turned around and left. His next mission was in a farther place and he needed to leave as soon as possible.

Looking at the gradually receding figure, San Baiyan breathed a sigh of relief, "Sometimes I forget that he is only 14 years old."

In the early spring of another year, when the snow on Mount Sagiri melted away, Sabito and Giyu Tomioka also finished their final assessment.

They returned to Sagiri Mountain and waited for a while. On the day the forged Japanese sword was delivered, the first task followed.

Giyu's mission is to go to a village in the southeast, while Sato's mission is to go to Asakusa in Tokyo Prefecture.

"Tokyo Prefecture..." Master Linlong raised his head slightly, as if recalling, "It's been a long time since I last went."

"What kind of place is that?" Satoshi asked.

Ryotaki was silent for a while, and finally just patted Satu on the shoulder.

"Be mentally prepared."

Sato was very puzzled, and thought that the master asked him to do the ghost killing task for the first time, so don't be nervous.

Before leaving, Sato looked at Yiyong, who was walking in the opposite direction, and said, "Take care of yourself."

Yiyong turned his head and smiled at him, "Sakura is the one, don't rush out like you did during the assessment."

Tokyo Prefecture, Asakusa.

The mercury vapor that blooms from the electrified glass tube emits strong light, illuminating the whole panorama of this city blowing the wind of the West.

The ten-mile long street was brightly lit, it was night, but it was as bright as day.

It is a scene completely different from that of a rural village or Mount Sagiri.Countless things he has never seen, but only a little heard of are common here.

Rao Sato couldn't help but stand on the corner of the street in a daze for a while.

"Please complete the task as soon as possible! Complete the task as soon as possible!" The urging voice of the letter crow came from next to his ear, and Sato came back to his senses, secretly criticizing himself for his inappropriate performance just now.

"Yes, I understand."

Now is not the time to lament, to distinguish between the primary and the secondary, delaying time will only cause more innocent people to be killed--Thinking of this, the last trace of tension in Satu's heart was also diluted.

In order to avoid the conspicuousness of his hair color and the scars on his face, he put on a hood to cover his face and sneaked through the streets and alleys.But there are still many pedestrians who cast curious or doubtful eyes on this young man running with a knife.

How on earth are you going to find a ghost in a place like this... I feel like I can't breathe just walking in the crowd.

The rhythm of the city is surprisingly fast, everyone is hurrying to their destination, and even a few men wearing bowler hats and kimonos can be seen trotting all the way, as if they are afraid of missing work.

In the noisy and impetuous people, Sato finally calmed down and carefully discerned various auras.

Running trams, tall and orderly buildings towering into the sky, and night streets with endless crowds.

And the ghosts who hide in the shadows of the night, feed on human flesh and misfortune, secretly chuckle——

found it.

He dashed out suddenly, avoiding the crowd with agility, and ran into an alley not far away.

nobody.

The alley was empty, but the breath of ghosts did indeed come from here.Sabito put one hand on the scabbard and walked further into the alley while being on guard.

He passed some sundries piled up here, passed a trash can, and finally after passing several stacked boxes, he finally noticed something and turned his head abruptly to one side.

——Then, he met a pair of terrified eyes.

"...!"

A woman is being pulled into the wall by a shadow protruding from nowhere, half of her body has been dragged into the shadow on the wall, like some kind of flying insect wrapped in a spider's web.

It is obvious that there is a bright and noisy street more than ten steps away, but it is as far away as a sky.

Seeing someone finally appear at this time, only a little light shone in those desperate eyes.

"Save...!" She struggled to get her mouth out of the shadow for a moment, but before she could finish speaking, she was covered again by the wrapped shadow.

"Full Concentration! Breath of Water - The Shape of Four - Hit the Tide!"

The author has something to say:

In fact, I am not sure about the development of Tokyo Prefecture at that time, please forgive me if there are bugs.

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