Chapter 12 I really can’t do it.

Chapter 12 I really can’t do it.

At night, there are no noisy crowds or brightly lit markets in the wild, only the continuous hum of toads and the tiny lights of fireflies in the sky.

boom!

The sound of breaking wind interrupted the tranquility of the forest. A ghostly figure flew in the forest, and in the blink of an eye it flew dozens of meters away. This swing also directly caused the wolf to fly out of the forest.

Landing on the lawn outside the forest, I looked at the brightly lit town not far away that looked like it was burning.

If they had kept their promise to themselves, they should be resting in this town now.

But... it should be impossible...

Leaning forward, he quickly rushed into the town. Even if the chances were slim, the wolf was determined to give it a try!

The moment he rushed into the town, he shot out a grappling hook with the Night Wolf, swung up, flipped his body in the air and landed steadily on the attic. He squatted down and scanned the city.

Are you holding a gathering...

Then he set his sights on the inn closest to the town exit.

Although it is called a hotel, it is actually similar to the Wisteria House where I stayed before. Both are traditional Japanese courtyards, the only difference is that there is no huge wisteria tree.

Hidden in the night, the wolf quickly used his prosthetic hand to move quickly to the door of the inn.

As soon as I landed, a figure flashed by in my peripheral vision.

"Minako!"

In a hurry, the wolf stretched out his prosthetic hand and grabbed the girl's shoulder, but he naturally did not deliberately reduce the strength.

"what!"

No, the sound is wrong...

The wolf, with his keen senses, naturally heard the difference in the voice. Sure enough, when the girl turned around in pain, the face was not the one the wolf was familiar with.

"What, what happened..."

Looking at the gloomy wolf with terrified eyes, the girl's trembling voice reached the wolf's ears, and her parents not far away quickly ran over and stood in front of the girl.

He stuffed the newly bought candy man into the girl's hand and then glared at the wolf intimidatingly.

"...I have recognized the wrong person. Sorry."

"Oh, it's okay."

He didn't cause any more trouble. He just said a polite word to the wolf and left.

The wolf stood quietly and watched the family go away.

The little girl would turn back from time to time and look curiously at the strange man who had just scared her.

The other person's mother said with a look of reproach on her face that the child should not talk to strangers in the future, and that if the situation happens again, the child should shout loudly and ask the adults around to help him.

But the father made faces at the girl with a smile on his face, saying that if something like this happened again, he would definitely come running over to protect her.

This caused the girl to burst into laughter and his wife to blame him.

Staring blankly at the scene, the wolf clearly felt a kind of emotion from the family of three in front of him.

Affectionate.

The wolf, an orphan on the battlefield, had never experienced this feeling. Even when he was taken away by his adoptive father, he was only strictly trained to be an emotionless ninja.

Since coming to this new world all these years, Wolf has felt a little of this beautiful emotion from the old couple and Minako.

The girl, who was laughing heartily, turned around and saw the dazed wolf. For no reason, she felt a sense of loneliness from the wolf and couldn't help feeling sad for him.

I thought about it.

He broke free from his father's hand, trotted behind him, stopped in front of the wolf, reached out and stuffed his candy man into the wolf's hand, and gave the wolf a cheerful smile.

"For you, big brother!"

Then she ran away without looking back and returned to her parents. The two did not say much to her, but just smiled and rubbed their daughter's head. Then they went to play at the stalls at the rally together. When she looked at the sugar man in her hand, she turned her head to look at the hotel next to her, thinking of Minako's smile in her mind.

Driving away unnecessary thoughts from his mind, the wolf walked into the hotel. A young man who was obviously a waiter came over, looked at the wolf with a smile on his face, rubbing his hands constantly, looking very worldly.

"Do you want to eat or stay overnight?"

"I came to ask you something."

The clerk's face suddenly fell, and he pouted impatiently, ignoring the wolf's existence, and went to wipe the table with a rag.

Being ignored, the wolf did not get angry. He took out ten coins from his pocket and placed them on the table that the clerk was wiping.

The clerk's eyes lit up, and he took the money while the other clerks around him were not paying attention. Ten coins were almost equal to his day's salary!

Then he put down the sackcloth in his hand, bent down beside the wolf with a flattering look on his face and whispered.

"What does this gentleman want to know?"

Putting the sugar figure on his lips, Wolf took out a pen and paper from his belongings, drew the portraits of the Fujiwara family, and showed them to the clerk.

"Have these three been here?"

The clerk held his chin and thought for a moment, then gave a vivid sermon to the wolf.

"This family came before, but they left in a hurry very early today. The girl didn't want to get up early and was in a bad mood!"

The wolf's face suddenly turned gloomy. Those two damn things really didn't keep their promise.

Then, regardless of the clerk's attempts to persuade him to stay, he walked out of the hotel without saying a word and headed straight out of the town.

At the exit, the lights were no longer bright, only twinkling dots. Looking back at the brightly lit town behind me, the rally celebration had just reached its peak at this moment. Huge fireworks were launched into the sky, and fireworks in the shape of cherry blossom petals bloomed in the night sky.

At the party, holding the candy figure that her parents had just bought for her, the little girl happily looked up at the fireworks in the sky with her parents, feeling overwhelmed with joy.

Without any lingering feelings, the wolf's muscles tensed. In order to save time, he did not ride the horse stored in the town's post station, but chose to swing all the way here using his prosthetic arm.

Now he can only use the same method to reach the end of this journey - the Eternal Paradise Sect.

Before leaving, he put his five fingers together and raised them in front of his chest to make a Buddhist gesture, silently blessing the town in his heart.

Hopefully... there will be no ghosts tonight.

But I don’t know whether it was bad luck brought by the wolf or the town was destined to suffer this disaster.

The blood-red word "danger" above the wolf's head kept flashing, and a chill swept towards the wolf.

This is a sign of a major crisis coming!

And in most cases, there is only one possibility - evil spirits are attacking!

The grappling hook flew out of the air, hooked onto a huge tree, and flew to the treetop with the wolf's body.

He held his breath and concentrated. The next moment, a dark-skinned evil ghost appeared where the wolf had just been. Unlike ordinary evil ghosts, this ghost was wearing armor and holding a sharp blade. He must have been a general before he became a ghost.

But at this moment he was just an evil ghost whose only remaining desire was to eat humans.

"Hahaha! With so many people here, we can eat our fill now. Let's have a good meal before the Demon Slayer Corps arrive!"

Listening to the other person's mumbling, the wolf felt a little confused.

Should I deal with him before rescuing Minako?

No, what if it’s too late?

But if I don’t go, no one will be able to stop the evil demon from eating people before the Demon Slayer Corps arrives!

The troubled Wolf's mind was once again filled with the questions that his adoptive father had asked him when they were in the castle tower.

Obey the rules or break the rules, he is obviously just a ninja without emotions. Wolf's face gradually became cold. He looked at the candy man in his hand and put it into his mouth to chew.

I'm sorry...

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In the market at this moment.

While people were still having fun happily, a cold light flashed and directly cut off a stall cart, leaving the cut surface as smooth as a mirror.

"It's a man-eating evil ghost!"

Everyone was frightened by the sudden attack of the knife. Those who were sharp-eyed and knowledgeable immediately recognized that the person swinging the knife in front of them was a man-eating evil ghost. They shouted and fled in all directions.

The crowd suddenly became chaotic and crowded at the exit. The family of three from before were also among the crowd.

As luck would have it, the evil ghost general's sight happened to fall on the little girl.

"Woo..."

The family of three also noticed this. The mother quickly hugged the girl, while the father opened his arms and looked at the evil ghost in front of him in horror.

His legs trembled, but he didn't move a step.

"Ha! How touching! Today I [the King] will send you all to hell together!"

The evil ghost showed a sarcastic smile on his ferocious face and swung his sword. The three of them closed their eyes in fear, but the expected severe pain did not come.

There was a crisp sound of swords clashing, accompanied by the flash of sparks, and the King General was knocked back. As he looked in surprise, Wolf held the knife horizontally in front of him and hummed.

"......I really can't do it..."