I don't want to be an elf!

Upon hearing this, Rengoku Kyojuro's expression froze on his face.

Ugly girl?

Who?

Kotori?

His expression changed from stiff to confused, and then from confused to serious.

"I understand how you feel after being slandered, but it's going too far to defame my sister like this!"

Kyojuro Rengoku pointed at Kotori Itsuka with a serious expression and said loudly, "Kotori is a highly praised beauty in the surrounding area! Do you know how many people come to propose marriage every year!"

Yushiro was slightly taken aback.

This conversation has a strange, déjà vu feel to it...

"Brother! How embarrassing!"

Kotori Itsuka shoved Kyojuro Rengoku, trying to push him away, but the frail girl couldn't budge him an inch: "Brother, don't you still have work to do? Don't argue with Yushiro anymore!"

"Oh, you're right."

Kyojuro Rengoku, who had just gotten a little carried away, was immediately brought to his senses as if struck by a thunderbolt.

He had only sensed a strange aura emanating from this place, which was why he came to investigate.

But when they came over, they found nothing there except their sister and a strange man.

With the misunderstanding cleared up, it's time for him to get back to his job.

"Asakusa isn't safe lately, you guys should head back quickly." Rengoku Kyojuro straightened the Demon Slayer Corps uniform that Itsuka Kotori had rubbed into. "This is still the outskirts of the city, it would be terrible if we ran into a demon."

"Okay, we'll be right back."

"Ah."

After saying goodbye, Kyojuro Rengoku set off again.

Only after the other party's aura completely disappeared did the people present breathe a sigh of relief.

Finally got over it.

Inside the barrier, the one person and two ghosts who had been hiding also emerged.

“This time, we owe it all to the Commander’s… um… resourcefulness,” Tamayo said. “If we had all hidden inside the barrier, that man might have stayed here and summoned the other Demon Slayer Corps members to investigate, and we would definitely have been exposed.”

"Looking back now, taking Mr. Yushiro out was the right thing to do."

After listening to Tamayo's analysis, Tanjiro Kamado said with relief, "If that situation really happened, things would be terrible."

"Speaking of which, isn't this silly boy a better match for you as your suitor than me?"

Yushiro was still brooding over what had just happened, and said with dissatisfaction, "After all, I am a demon and he is a human. If that Flame Pillar discovers my identity, you won't be able to explain yourself."

“Tanjiro is a fugitive from the Demon Slayer Corps. Although my brother might not know his face, I can’t take that risk.”

Kotori Itsuka put her black hairband back on, her expression returning to its confident and arrogant state. She said calmly, "Besides, you look just like a human, while my brother can only distinguish ghosts by their appearance. As long as you don't expose yourself, he won't know."

"But......"

"Alright, Yushiro, the crisis has been successfully resolved. There's no need to argue about trivial matters anymore."

"Yes, Lady Tamayo."

Upon hearing Tamayo's speech, Yushiro's expression immediately changed, and he became completely like a loyal dog.

This made Kotori Itsuka's lips twitch.

Although Yushiro is Tamayo's subordinate, Tamayo is her subordinate.

This guy only listens to Tamayo, but criticizes my decisions. Where is my authority as commander?

They need to be properly disciplined in the future.

“Now that the matter is over, Commander, shall we go to my residence now?” Tamayo asked.

"No, although I think the scene just now was perfect and Kyojuro won't notice anything amiss, it's still better to be careful," Kotori Itsuka replied. "I'll go back to the inn tonight and we'll talk about the blood test later."

Seeing that Kotori Itsuka said this, Tamayo did not refute it, and nodded and said, "I understand, then let's put the blood draw on hold for now."

The appearance of Kyojuro Rengoku took everyone by surprise, forcing them to put their subsequent plans on hold.

After exchanging addresses, the group said goodbye and left.

Chapter Eleven: Kotori's Experiment

Three days passed quickly.

Within three days, Kyojuro Rengoku found the troublemaking demon in Asakusa and successfully completed his mission.

For demon slayers, rest and holidays are nonexistent.

This is especially true for Pillar-level members with extremely high combat power.

After defeating the demon in Asakusa, Kyojuro Rengoku received his next mission and immediately headed to his next destination.

Ghosts are solitary creatures, each with its own territory.

After dealing with one ghost, it's like freeing up a whole area, so you don't have to worry about ghosts appearing for a while.

Therefore, Kyojuro Rengoku felt at ease leaving Kotori Itsuka here.

After her older brother left, Kotori Itsuka, who had been playing the role of a good girl at the Demon Slayer Corps' base these past few days, immediately changed into a black headband, picked up a lollipop, and headed to Tamayo and Yushiro's hidden base in the city.

"Hmm, this is probably the place?"

I looked around at the surrounding buildings, and they seemed to match Tamayo's description.

Standing in the maze of alleyways, Kotori Itsuka tentatively reached her hand into the wall.

However, this wall was not an illusion; it had a solid tactile feel.

After searching the surrounding area for quite some time, Kotori Itsuka finally found the hidden entrance.

Stepping into the illusionary wall created by Yushiro's Blood Demon Art, Kotori Itsuka saw a secluded mansion.

Unlike the Rengoku family's Japanese-style mansion, the Tama family's mansion is more modern.

Seemingly sensing someone approaching, Yushiro poked his head out from behind a window on the second floor of the mansion.

He initially thought it was some lost passerby or a drunkard who had wandered into the area by mistake.

Such a thing has never happened before.

However, his expression changed instantly when he saw that the visitor was Kotori Itsuka.

"Tamayo-sama! Tamayo-sama!"

A commotion erupted from inside the mansion, with chickens flying and dogs barking.

Soon, the gates of the mansion opened, and Tamayo, Yushiro, and the Kamado siblings stood inside.

"You, how did you get here during the day?" Yushiro's voice was filled with undisguised shock.

"If I don't come during the day, do you expect me to come at night?" Kotori Itsuka glanced at him curiously.

"Isn't that obvious?!" Yushiro exclaimed, his emotions running high. "Ghosts are active at night!"

"what......"

Upon hearing Yushiro's words, Kotori Itsuka suddenly realized that she had fallen into a habitual way of thinking.

For ordinary people, visiting others usually happens during the day.

However, since ghosts turn to ashes as soon as they appear in sunlight, they can only move at night.

However, Kotori Itsuka immediately became puzzled.

"Didn't you know I'm not afraid of sunlight?" She looked at Tanjiro Kamado with a questioning gaze. "Didn't you tell them?"

"Tell me what? I don't know either..."

Tanjiro Kamado was about to say something.

However, she suddenly remembered that the first time she met Kotori Itsuka was at dawn, and she had already shown that she was not afraid of the sun at that time, so she suddenly realized.

"At that time, I had just woken up from a coma, my mind was still foggy, and I didn't realize anything..."

Tanjiro Kamado scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed.

A strange light flickered in Tamayo's eyes.

The urge to draw blood for research is growing stronger.

There isn't just one ghost that doesn't eat people.

None of the ghosts present needed to eat people to maintain their sanity.

However, ghosts that are not afraid of sunlight have never appeared throughout history.

Even after living for over a year, the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji still fears the sunlight.

This is also his only weakness.

"Could it be... that you've found the Blue Spider Lily?"

Tamayo's voice contained complex emotions.

According to Muzan Kibutsuji himself, the blue spider lily is a herb that allows him to overcome his fear of sunlight, making him a truly immortal ultimate being.

Ever since he became a ghost, he has been searching for this magical herb.

Even the sole reason for creating the Oni race was to increase his subordinates and assist him in finding the Blue Spider Lily.

If a demon can overcome sunlight, then the only explanation Tamayo can think of is that the demon found and ate the legendary blue spider lily by chance, thus overcoming its greatest weakness as a demon.

"Well... I'm not too sure about that."

Kotori Itsuka did not answer her question directly, but gave an ambiguous answer.

In fact, there are other ways to overcome sunlight besides consuming blue spider lilies.

In the original story, Nezuko did not rely on the Blue Spider Lily, but instead embarked on the path of evolution on her own, overcoming her weakness of fearing sunlight.

As for why Nezuko was able to bask in the sunlight for only a few years after becoming a demon, while Muzan Kibutsuji, an old demon who had survived for over a year, could only hide in the darkness, it can only be said that this guy was too weak.