Chapter 11 Butterfly Sisters
Never mind, let’s first figure out what’s going on with this guy.
"If you're not a member of the Demon Slayer Corps, how come you fainted in front of the Shidohana family with a knife in your hand?"
After saying that, Murata looked at the wolf who seemed fine after waking up.
"And you're fine even after falling from such a height, there's obviously something wrong with you!"
If I hadn't picked this guy up at noon and hadn't reacted to the wisteria flowers, I would have suspected that he was a ghost.
Faced with Murata's questioning, Wolf didn't know how to explain to him, but he thought of Minako who was taken away and sent to the Eternal Paradise, and looked at Murata solemnly.
Uh..., why did your expression suddenly become so serious?
"Although I am not a member of the Demon Slayer Corps, I know a lot about the undead. Now I have found out that there is an evil demon hiding in a religion called the Eternal Paradise, which has about 250 followers, for decades."
Murata's expression also became serious.
"If it's true as you said, then that evil ghost is most likely a lower-level ghost!"
"The ghost of the lower string?"
Unheard-of terms appeared in the wolf's ears. All he knew about ghosts over the years was that they were immortal and afraid of the sunlight.
Seeing the wolf's confused expression, Murata rolled his eyes. He said he knew a lot about ghosts... He helplessly explained to the wolf while holding his forehead.
"Listen carefully, Hirata-kun. Ghosts are powerful and have strange abilities. Some are strong, some are weak. The more blood they get from the first ghost, the ghost king Muzan Kibutsuji, the more people they eat, the stronger they become. The twelve strongest ghosts among them are called the Twelve Ghost Moons."
After hearing Murata's words, Wolf was thoughtful.
I see...
Is the Ghost King's blood similar to the power of Dragon's Blood?
It also grants people the power of immortality, but the power of Dragon's Heritage does not make people afraid of the sun, and those who obtain the power of Dragon's Heritage will never be killed, no matter if they are beheaded, dismembered, poisoned, or burned. After falling down, they will always absorb the life force of the people around them to resurrect.
The fact that ghosts are afraid of light and can be killed is similar to the Akame pseudo-immortal who drank water and turned into a ghost.
"Then my purpose of this trip is to defeat the Lower Moon Demon..."
Stop and think, Wolf said to Murata seriously, but what Wolf didn't expect was that the other party shouted at him loudly at this time.
"What a joke! Even I can't defeat a Lower Moon Demon. How can you fight a Lower Moon Demon without the Nichirin Sword that can't behead an evil demon? I will notify the nearby Hashiras to investigate. They will definitely arrive within two days. Don't get involved or you will just die in vain!"
Sun Blade? A weapon similar to the Immortal Blade, beheading? Although I don't know much about it, I roughly understand it.
Looking at Murata anxiously roaring to stop him, the middle part of his head jumped with the loudness of the sound, but Wolf felt warm in his heart, because few people in Ashina cared about his life or death.
While Murata was whistling towards the sky and waiting for something, Wolf took a sword step forward and reached out to grab the Sun Blade on Murata's waist.
"Ah! Hey!"
After succeeding, Wolf turned around instantly and swung his left arm to throw the grappling hook in Yi's hand. Ignoring Murata's loud calls behind him, he hooked onto the courtyard wall, flew in the air, turned his body, and disappeared into Zither's house, leaving only a piece of drawing paper floating in front of Murata's eyes.
"What the hell is going on..."
Everything happened so fast that Murata's brain was overloaded and he couldn't think. This was still the case even after the crow landed on his head.
After waiting for a while, Murata's voice still didn't come. Feeling teased, Crow showed an angry expression in a human way.
"Gah!"
He bit Murata's head several times, messing up his delicate middle-parted hair.
"Pain! Pain! Pain!"
After comforting his crow, Murata then remembered that he had something important to report.
He quickly picked up the drawing paper on the ground and pointed at the portrait and the address left by the wolf.
"Please notify the nearest pillar to come here immediately, as a Lower String Demon appears!"
After saying that, he rolled up and folded the drawing paper, tied it to the legs of the crow, and watched it fly away with anxious eyes.
I hope all the pillars can get there before that kid...
Outside town
The hook swung and pierced into the giant tree, pulling the wolf's body and quickly shuttled through the forest. While flying, the wolf used a hemp rope to carry the Sun Blade on his back, just like he carried the Undying Slash at that time.
With a firm and cold gaze that pierced through the dusk, he looked in the direction of the Eternal Paradise Sect. Minako's innocent smile appeared in his mind. For three years, Wolf had already regarded Minako as his own daughter.
At this moment, the wolf's figure overlaps with the figure of the ninja who wanted to take back the Son of God.
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On the other side, not far from the town where the wolves were, with the efforts of the crows in flying and spreading the news, the image of the evil spirit was finally delivered to the hands of the pillar who was closest to the place!
A gentle smile, pink sclera, a butterfly-style hairpin on her long black hair, a Demon Slayer Corps uniform, and a haori that looks like butterfly wings.
Next to her was a cute girl who was shorter and had short hair, but her eyes and eyebrows were obviously similar to those of Butterfly Kanae. She also wore a butterfly hair accessory, but the difference was that her expression was serious at this moment.
"Hanagi Butterfly Kanae, please go to the location on the scroll to investigate the whereabouts of the suspected Twelve Demon Moons!"
He unfolded the scroll and took a close look at the person in the portrait in the last rays of the setting sun: the pure white oak short hair, the crown representing the leader, the emotionless smile. He memorized these features and positions in his mind.
He looked up at Shinobu Kocho who was looking at the scroll seriously, and reached out his hand to touch her head lovingly.
The other party blushed and dodged, pretending to look at Kanae angrily.
"Sister! I'm not a child anymore. I want to join the crusade against the Twelve Demon Moons!"
"Hey~ Hey~, Xiaonin is a big kid now, but the demon we are facing this time is the Twelve Demon Moons, and I have a feeling that they are not ordinary Twelve Demon Moons, so Xiaonin is not allowed to follow us."
"Flower Style Butterfly Kanae, please go as soon as possible!"
He put away the scroll, squatted slightly, tensed his leg muscles, breathed steadily and powerfully, and exhaled a stream of hot white air from the corner of his mouth. He smiled and said goodbye to Shinobu Kocho beside him, then rushed out through the ground like an arrow, leaving only two words behind.
"learn."
"elder sister!"
Looking at the other person's departing back, and then looking at his own short body and weak arms, he gritted his teeth unwillingly, and also used full concentration to breathe and rushed towards the position on the scroll!
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Under the swaying of the carriage, the tired Fujiwara mother had already dozed off and was nodding her head from side to side. Fujiwara father had to force himself to stay awake because he had to drive, but he still had some complaints in his mouth.
"Why is the cult so remote? It would be nice if I could take a train to the cult..."
Unlike the relaxed and comfortable atmosphere outside the carriage, Minako inside the carriage was extremely painful at this moment.
Um... Dad... Mom... Why are you treating Minako like this... Aren’t we a family?
Tears the size of soybeans kept falling from her eyes. Her eye sockets were already red and her fingers were white and numb from crying, but Minako did not dare to cry out loud, for fear of being discovered by the two people outside.
Mr. Wolf, I'm so scared... Come and save Minako...
Minako kept crying, but this could not stop the carriage from moving forward.
At this moment, three groups of people from different positions and with different goals were moving towards the same direction at the same time, which was -
The Eternal Paradise Religion!