Salvation equals death

The news that Xingjulang in Purgatory met Xiaxianyi and Shangxiansan but miraculously survived was spread back to the ghost killing team not long after, causing an uproar.

Yuya Ubuyashiki, who was originally entertaining his little niece, hurriedly held a Zhuhe meeting. This is a very important event for the Demon Slayer Squad, because this is the first time someone has survived Kamizuru in more than 400 years.

You know, the division of strength between ghosts and humans is roughly "upper string > pillar (no markings) > lower string > ordinary ghost killer".

In the battle with Shangxian Sanyiwozuo, Purgatory Xingshourou lost his left eye, but fortunately he was not in danger of his life, so he went to the Butterfly House to treat the wound, and was taken to the Zhuhe meeting non-stop superior.

The pillars were gearing up to ask about what happened, but when Xing Shoulang came in, he shouted at Yaozai: "My lord! Where is Miss Huashui? Her spell is so useful! Thanks to her, I can live." Come down!"

As a result, Vera, who was squatting in the backyard playing with a few delivery children, was carried to the front yard.

As soon as Vera stepped into the courtyard, two people, one big and one small, with the same expressions, rushed over with their legs raised and sprinting, and then her hands were held one by one left and one right.

"Miss Huashui! This time is really thanks to you!!"

"Miss Huashu! Thank you for saving Mr. Purgatory!!!"

The two teenagers in front of me had louder voices than the other, and Vera saw that they were Xingshourou from Purgatory and another teenager with a scar on his left forehead, she thought about it, and spread her palms: "Twenty thousand yuan in sincerity, money and goods. "

Purgatory Kyojuro handed over the wallet.

Afterwards, Vera found out that Purgatory Kyojuro was unlucky enough to reach the Max level, and was killed by the enemy camp. She thought it was just an ordinary task of killing ghosts, but she didn't know that it was Kazuzu when she went there. Although the battle process was a bit difficult, but Fortunately, he won a complete victory, and Xing Shoulang also protected the people in the whole train, but he didn't expect that after the fighting stopped, the upper string Sanyi nest seat would be thrown over.

Purgatory Xing Shoulang almost died on the spot. He and Yi Wozuo had been wrestling for a long time, but there was a huge difference in strength, and Yi Wozuo obviously didn't do his best.

Purgatory Xing Shoulang lost his left eye and had his ribs broken. Seeing that he would not be able to protect the people behind him in a critical moment, he threw the spell out in desperation.

Unexpectedly, the thrown spell suddenly spontaneously ignited, bursting out with huge light in an instant, the terrifyingly powerful Yiwozuo couldn't dodge it, and half of his body was melted away.

In order to survive, Yiwozuo had to cut his own head and burrow into the soil, and now he doesn't know whether he is dead or alive.

But regardless of whether he is dead or alive, it is true that the spell saved Xing Julang's life, otherwise he might not survive the dawn.

"Thank you so much!" Xing Shoulang shook Vera's hand up and down greatly, with a righteous face, and shouted, "Can you wholesale?!"

One of Vera's hands was pulled up and down by him, her expression was a bit indescribable: "...The materials are rare, and I can only make a dozen of them in a month..."

A dozen!enough!

A single talisman of light can repel a top string, but a dozen of them can't make the Twelve Ghost Moons have a happy reunion? !

The obstetrician Yashiki Yoya didn't expect Vera to have such a talent, he knelt down slowly with the support of his two daughters, stretched out his hand towards Vera, and said gently: "Hua Shui, how about you come here?"

Vera raised her head and looked at Yashiki Yoya, the owner of the Demon Slayer Squad is a strange person, Vera felt so on the first day she saw him.

His words have a peculiar rhythm, and soft silk is hidden inside, which can bind people layer by layer, but makes the listener feel no resistance—like a kind of gentle and harmless spiritual suggestion .

The children of the Ubuyashiki family were all handsome, and Tianyin's appearance was even more beautiful like a birch tree fairy. Vera already knew that Ubuyashiki Yoya's appearance would not be inferior.

Facts have proved that Hui Lizai is very similar to his father Yaozai, but compared to Huilizai who has not yet grown up, the head of the family, Yaozai, is more charming, with eyebrows as clear as a white peony under the moon, elegant and noble, handsome and beautiful.

Although the disease inherited from the family ruined his appearance, the meridian of the skin above the bridge of the nose is raised, the complexion is purple, and the eyeballs have been covered with gray and white clouds, but he still does not lose his charm.

He is also really a gentle person, as he is now, as the head of the Ghost Killing Squad, his words are not an imperative "come here", but a consultative "OK".

Vera went to the maternity room, thinking that he would ask about the spells, but before she could think of a word, she smiled apologetically and asked with concern, "Will drawing spells harm you?"

Vera: "...it's okay." Wow, it's really scary, who can resist this?

Facing the huge temptation to eliminate Kazumi, Yoya Ubuyashiki's first reaction was to ask whether drawing the spell would hurt her, rather than caring about whether the spell could be mass-produced.

Even if this is a way to buy people's hearts, she admits it.

After all, how could you notice such subtle details if you were just putting on airs?

Yuya Ubuyashiki did not ask about the spell, but first introduced several pillars to her, and then seriously introduced Vera's identity to the pillars.

In today's ghost slaying team, there are nine pillar-level ghost slayers——Yanzhu Purgatory Kyojuro, Mizuzhu Tomioka Yoshiyuki, Fengzhu Immortal Kawa Miniya, Chongzhu Butterfly Shinobu, Otozhu Umo Tengen, Lianzhu Ganlu Temple Mili, Snake Zhu Ihei Xiaobanei, Xiazhu Shitou Ichiro and the strongest Yanzhu Beimingyu Xingming.In addition, there is the Kamado Tanjiro who had a face-to-face encounter with Onimai Tsujimu.

After Yaozai finished speaking, Vera was really stunned for a moment, she glanced at her buttocks with a smile, and then looked at the maternity house Yaozai.

"What about the other two?" Vera felt that the two who had been skipped were a bit embarrassed, so she could only smooth things over.

Who knew that the Patriarch was slightly taken aback, he blinked his cloudy pupils, and his lightly smiling face was somewhat dazed like Hui Lizai: "Both of you?"

Vera immediately understood that her uncle was blind, so he probably didn't know how many people were in the courtyard.

"It's a girl with long hair wearing a butterfly feather weave, and a boy who looks very similar to Xiazhu."

"It should be brothers and sisters..." Vera turned her head, but suddenly found that there was no shadow behind the two "people". Did not say."

Yaozai: "..."

column:"……"

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What is it like to come to this world for so many years and only to find out that there are ghosts in this world?

Vera took a deep breath. She has never left the Jingu house since she was born. There is a torii shrine, and there is a god to protect it. Ordinary souls will never go in and out of this kind of place.

Vera squatted on the ground with a cinnabar pen to write and draw. She didn't know why things turned out like this.

Vera made a slip of the tongue for a moment and prepared to evade it tactically, but in the next second she was surrounded by pillars, and the petite and lovely insect pillar butterfly held her hand, tears streaming down her eyes.

Vera, who was so frightened, bowed her head and gave up. Only then did she know that there was indeed a long-haired girl wearing a butterfly haori in the pillar. She was Butterfly Ninja's sister Butterfly Kanae, who had died in the battle with the ghost. .

After Kanae died in the line of duty, Butterfly Shinobu, who was petite and lacking in strength, inherited her haori. Relying on her excellent knowledge of pharmacology, she became the insect pillar.

And Shitou Wuichiro is a 14-year-old boy, the youngest and the fastest-promoting Zhu, who became Kasumi Zhu after only two months with a sword, but lost his memory due to the tragic experience in the past, and became indifferent and not close Favor.

When Vera said "brother", Tokito Muichiro suddenly remembered that he seemed to have an elder brother. He didn't want to let go of the clues of the past, so he started the mode of pressing people.

"It's not a ghost." Vera said while drawing the formation, "To be precise, it should be the missing body, a kind of spiritual thing condensed because of the thoughts of relatives and the deceased's inability to let go of the present world, called the missing body. .”

"Thinking is the only power that can transcend life and death. Generally, the formation of the body of thinking must meet extremely strict requirements. First, the will of the deceased must be strong enough, and second, the thinking of the living will not be cut off."

"Third." Vera finished drawing the last stroke of the formation, stood up and said, "They must have strong obsession and unwillingness, because they can't let go, so they will stay by the side of the person they love the most in the way of longing .”

Vera herself is actually a kind of thought body, and when the thoughts dissipate or her own obsession collapses, she will disappear one day.

"I don't agree that the worlds of the living and the dead are intertwined." Vera looked at Butterfly Shinobu who had calmed down after wiping away tears, and Tokito Muichiro who was in a daze, and asked calmly, "You have to understand, once When you meet each other, they may step into reincarnation because their wish has been fulfilled, and they can no longer be by your side, is that okay?"

Die Die Ren's eye circles were slightly red, but she still smiled when she heard the words: "Miss Huashui, I understand what you mean, but if my sister can't let go, isn't it a very sad thing?"

Shi Toumuichiro looked blank, and said in a daze, "I might forget about it after a while, so it's okay."

The parties didn't care anymore, and Vera couldn't say anything. After drawing the talisman array, she extended her hand to Xia Zhu's brother Shi Touichiro. The missing body had to hold her hand to appear in the array. .

In the end, Touichiro froze in place for a while, struggling with various expressions, and finally turned around and ran away.

Vera: "..."

Vera looked back at Muichiro who was staring at him blankly, and said, "...your brother ran away."

"...?" Wuichiro's expression became even more bewildered, he lowered his eyes, and there was an inexplicable fragility on his expressionless face, "Why?"

Vera comforted him patiently and said, "Maybe I'm shy."

Onlookers:"……"

Ichiro ran away, and there was only one Butterfly Kanae left, just as Butterfly Shinobu said, Kanae is a beautiful woman who is so gentle and kind that even ghosts would sympathize with her, her face is as beautiful as a colorful butterfly.

Vera took her hand and led her into the talisman, and just like a watercolor painting sketched by a painter, a gentle and beautiful woman appeared in the talisman out of thin air, with the same appearance and a smile on her face.

"Sister!" Die Die, who couldn't hold back her smiling face, stepped forward quickly, but the hand that wanted to hug her sister passed through the phantom of the woman.

Unexpectedly, the dead were actually recalled, and everyone was stunned.

Yuya Ubuyashiki said hello to Kanae, but then invited the pillars into the room to taste tea together, obviously planning to leave a space for the Butterfly sisters to talk.

Vera watched them leave helplessly, and Kanroji Mitsuri wiped the corners of her eyes touched, and gave her a super cute and encouraging smile while clenching her small fists.

Vera, who was holding Butterfly Chanae's hand and acting as a [-]-watt light bulb, couldn't help but hold her forehead, thinking, what's the matter?

……

"Miss Huashui, Miss Huashui...?" The girl's call came softly, accompanied by poking fingers.

Vera woke up from her autistic state of seeing and hearing, wiped her eyes and ears, looked at Butterfly Shinobi who was close at hand and was about to kiss her, and said calmly, "Are you finished talking?"

Both Kanae and Butterfly Shinobu had obviously cried once, their eyes were red, but their faces were full of relieved smiles.

"Yes, thank you very much, Ms. Huashui, for allowing me to see my sister again." Butterfly Shinobi smiled brightly and said happily, "Let's get along well."

Looking at Die Die's smile, Vera suddenly thought of something, imitating Ed's tone, and said earnestly: "If you don't want to smile, don't laugh. Lifting the corners of your lips is very tiring."

Butterfly couldn't expect her to say that, she was taken aback for a moment, but after a while she smiled and said, "This time it's sincere."

Vera let go of Kanae's hand, and the gentle long-haired woman waved at the two of them, then disappeared into the air with a smile, but Vera knew she was still there, and Butterfly Shinobi knew it too.

Die Die reluctantly took Vera's hand, walked back, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry to trouble you so much, but Miss Huashui, I would like to ask, were there really only two missing bodies in the yard just now? "

"Yes." This was nothing to hide, and Vera nodded in agreement.

Die Die hesitated for a moment, and Vera saw that she had something to hide, and asked kindly: "Is there anyone else you can't let go of?"

"That's not true." Butterfly curled her lips gently, and blinked her gorgeous eyes playfully, "Miss Huashui, have you seen that Mr. Yiyong who is so out of gregarious and annoying?" ?”

This evaluation is really accurate and inexplicably poisonous, Vera nodded, and Butterfly reluctantly said:

"Well, I have a request..."

……

Yoshiyuki Tomioka, who was not gregarious and annoying, skipped the Chuga meeting again and left halfway, only to be blocked by Vera who was still in the courtyard.

Yoshiyuki Tomioka, who was used to being "no one in the eye", didn't avoid it for some reason, but stopped and stared at Vera expressionlessly.

This is silly.

Vera came to a conclusion almost instantly.

"Mr. Tomioka, would you mind telling me the story about your haori?—I might be able to help you find the existence of the missing body."

Vera's words were an irresistible temptation for Giyu Tomioka, so he remained silent for a long time, but chose to confide.

Yoshiyuki Tomioka, like Ninja Butterfly, is a person who puts his thoughts on the dead on his body.

He is wearing a haori that is made of dark red colorless and yellow-green grids. The owner of the colorless ground is Yoshiyuki's older sister, and the yellow-green grid is Yoshiyuki's senior brother Sato. They all died at the hands of evil spirits.

Yoshiyuki Tomioka talked about his past in difficult and dull words.

The older sister who was brutally killed by the evil spirit at the wedding, the cowardly younger brother who survived after being hidden by the older sister, the heroic and strong best friend and senior brother Sato, and countless fellow disciples who were buried on Fujishi Mountain.

"I'm not a water column." Yoshiyuki Tomioka's eyes drooped slightly, with a hollow expression, "I was beaten unconscious by a ghost on the first day of the final selection, and Sato killed all the ghosts, but finally died because the blade broke .”

"He should be the water column, and I don't deserve it."

"If I could start exercising earlier, half a day earlier, half a year earlier, or a few years earlier... Maybe my sister and Sabito would not die, and Tanjiro's family would survive."

"……it's all my fault."

He was struggling in a torrent of despair, almost breathless under the weight of guilt.

"People like me, it's only natural that they don't want to be by my side..."

"I don't think so."

Vera interrupted Tomioka Yoshiyuki, looking at the slightly confused young man, she calmly analyzed: "Come on, let me tell you, the missing body must have strong unwillingness and obsession to survive in the world. yes, right?"

"Then, if your older sister's spirit sees that you have finally made a reliable friend like Sato, is protected by your master, and joined the Ghost Killing Squad, will she leave with peace of mind?"

Yoshiyuki Tomioka: "..." Makes sense.

"Then, your sister left, and Sato had an accident—but from your description, I can tell that Sato is a very manly person, right?"

"Then tell me, would he feel that 'a man must stand upright, no matter how painful it is, he must grit his teeth and endure it, and Yiyong must be a man' and then decisively let go and ran to reincarnation?"

Tomioka Yoshiyuki: "..." You are right.

"That's why." Vera patted Yoshiyuki Tomioka on the shoulder with a slightly pitiful expression, "They are not by your side, which is proof of their trust in you."

Yoshiyuki Tomioka was slightly taken aback.

"But of course." Vera's words changed, and she said naturally, "It doesn't rule out that they think there are people who are more worried besides you, so be careful."

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"……Butterfly."

"What's wrong? Mr. Yiyong?"

"I'm not hated."

Butterfly Ninja: "..."

Then you really don't have any self-knowledge, Mr. Yiyong.