Chapter 53 Knife Forging Village
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"Hoo! Hoo!"
A young man from the hidden army wearing a black uniform was running on the road, panting. On his back was a wolf wearing a white eye mask.
"Actually... you can also put me down and run with you..."
Yin, who was running, became furious when he heard the wolf's words.
"I've told you many times! You have to cover your eyes and not let outsiders see the route to the Swordsmith Village!"
The wolf remained calm after hearing the other party's words, but there was a hint of hesitation in his words.
"But... even with the blindfold on... I can still feel the route..."
Some wolves with poor directions may not be able to remember the way themselves, but they can draw a map based on the route they remember in their minds. If he is really a bad guy, the Swordsmith Village is doomed...
Hearing the wolf's hesitant voice, Yin fell silent...
The roar of collapse that followed!
"I don't care! My job is to send you, blindfolded, to the Swordsmith Village!"
“…Isn’t this a bit irresponsible…”
The footsteps suddenly quickened, and the sound of collapse echoed in the forest path.
"I want you to take care of it!"
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Time passed quickly, the sun gradually set, and the setting sun illuminated the sky with blood-red.
Outside a beautiful and grand village, Yin and Lang slowly ran towards this side and finally stood outside the village gate.
"I'm going to take off my blindfold."
"Ah."
After the white blindfold was removed, Wolf saw the light he hadn't seen for a long time, as well as Busei and Uzui, who had arrived at the village gate ahead of him and were waiting for him.
The two people, who were talking about something at the moment, stopped when they saw the wolf and shouted at it.
"Hey, hurry up, kid!"
Seeing that there were two pillars waiting, Yin didn't say anything more. He just said goodbye to Wolf, turned around and left quickly.
Looking at the other person's back, the wolf thought for a while, then bowed slightly.
"Thank you."
Uzui was very happy to see this scene, while Busei was very impatient.
"Hey, hurry up, the sun is about to set."
Hearing Busei's voice, Wolf turned his head to look at the other party. He was about to nod in response but suddenly paused and spoke with a calm expression.
"Understood... But before that, get rid of the tail that's following us first."
"what!"
"Tail!"
Hearing what the other party said, Erzhu was shocked. If there really was a ghost following them, then the Swordsmith Village... no, the Demon Slayer Corps would be in danger!
boom!
The two men dodged suddenly, and as the dust flew up, they had already reached the side of the wolf who had already drawn his knife.
The three of them looked in three directions respectively, but two of them did not find any trace of the ghost. Only the wolf was staring at one direction.
Seeing this, the two men bent slightly, moved close to the wolf's sides, looked from his perspective, and asked the wolf in a low voice.
"Where is the ghost?"
"exist…"
Before the wolf could finish his words, the next moment, his eyes focused, and his left prosthetic hand swung out, with a grappling hook shooting towards a tree in his sight.
puff!
Goo goo goo!
As the sound of the hook piercing the tree trunk was heard, a burst of frightened bird calls sounded beside the rope.
Then an owl flapped its wings and flew out from the tree canopy, almost falling off the tree in fear. At this moment, the wolf pulled the rope and flew towards the owl.
In mid-air, when about to meet it, he slashed out with his right hand!
Goooo!
Faced with the knife, the owl flapped its wings and narrowly avoided it, but this... was also within the wolf's expectations!
In mid-air, the wolf held the Kusabumaru in his backhand and opened his arms to grab the owl that had just dodged the slash.
This time the owl failed to dodge and was pounced down from the sky by the wolf!
After falling to the ground, the wolf turned the handle of the knife with his backhand and was about to stab the owl in his arms!
Goo!
"Wait a minute, kid!"
"Sekiro, wait a minute!"
Hearing the two people's voices to stop him, Wolf pushed Kusabimaru's hand to stop and looked at them in confusion, but his other hand was still tightly holding the owl.
The two men walked up to the wolf and carefully examined the owl in the wolf's arms with their chins tucked in.
Goo...
"Um…"
"Sure enough...it's actually that one."
"It doesn't look like a ghost..."
Uzui asked the owl.
"You are a crow."
Goo!
Looking at the owl nodding repeatedly in a humane manner, with a strong desire to survive in its big eyes, it raised its wings and pointed at itself, then at the wolf.
"Knew it…"
"You idiot, you almost killed your own crow!"
Uzui was still stroking his forehead and sighing helplessly, while Busei was already pointing at the wolf's nose and laughing.
The wolf, on the other hand, was a little confused, and held up the owl in front of him, staring into its huge eyes.
Crow?
…Then why can’t you speak?
As if he had noticed the wolf's confusion, Uzui explained to the wolf at the right time.
"Not every crow is a black crow. Crows of other species may not be able to talk. I guess the number of crows is low, so my lord had to send this one."
"I see...but why was it flying in front of Yin just now..."
This time it was Busui's turn to answer.
"Huh? Didn't I tell you? The crows should fly ahead to lead the way!"
"Really? I thought it was casting an illusion so that Yin couldn't see it..."
"Why do you think Owl can use illusions... And the one who brought you here doesn't seem very responsible."
Hearing what Busou said, Wolf recalled what the hermit had said on the way back and nodded in approval.
"Okay, let's go into the village. We need to meet the village chief first."
"Tsk, I have to deal with those annoying knife makers again!"
After realizing that it was just a misunderstanding caused by the wolf and that they had stayed outside the village for too long, Fuzugawa and Uzui turned around and headed towards the village.
As he walked, Busei did not forget to turn back and remind the wolf while mocking him.
"Let the 'ghost' you caught fly away, and then hurry up and catch up, haha!"
Ignoring Busei, Wolf looked at the owl in his hand that was staring at him thoughtfully.
It feels a bit stupid... Well... Let's give it a try...
The next moment, the wolf's eyes focused, and he looked around, looking in the direction of Uzui and the other two... He raised his left hand and held the owl with one hand, gathering strength in his arm...
Swing out!
Gu! ?
"what?"
Hearing the noise, Busei and Uzui looked back, only to see the wolf throwing a somewhat stupid owl towards them, but when it was tens of thousands of miles away from them, it flapped its wings in fear and flew away.
"..."
"..."
"..."
The three of them looked at each other and the atmosphere gradually became silent.
"…Just practicing ninjutsu…"
Wolf was the first to break the silence, but the way Uzui and Fuzugawa looked at him had changed.
"Are you stupid?"
"I think it's more like an idiot!"