I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

In response to Sirin's question, Bronya shared her own thoughts with Sirin.

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On Ji Lin's side, Ji Lin carried Xia Mu Ri Xiang to an empty construction site. The female ghost behind them also followed them there. After Ji Lin arrived, she put the still-unresponsive Xia Mu Ri Xiang on the ground. The female ghost, seeing Ji Lin's actions, looked at Ji Lin and Xia Mu Ri Xiang with a sinister smile and said:

"Hehe, what's wrong, little guy? Not going to keep running?"

Ji Lin turned around and looked at the female ghost with a confident expression, saying:

"No, there's no need to run anymore. Now it's your turn to run."

Upon hearing Ji Lin's words, the female ghost tilted her head, looking at Ji Lin with a bewildered expression. Clearly, Ji Lin's words had left her somewhat confused, but she quickly understood what he meant.

Ji Lin reached out to the side, and a dimensional portal appeared. Simultaneously, a golden sword hilt appeared in his hand. Ji Lin grasped the hilt, pulled the Xuanyuan Sword from the dimensional portal, and said to the female ghost:

"Now, it's my turn."

Chapter 425 [An Ordinary Vampire Who Just Happened to Pass By]

The sudden appearance of Ji Lin drawing a weapon startled both Natsuki Hinata and the female ghost present. However, the female ghost breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the Xuanyuan Sword in Ji Lin's hand was not the Nichirin Blade.

If the girl was holding a Nichirin Blade, I would be more cautious, but if not, then there's nothing to be afraid of.

"Hehehe, she's just a little girl. Did you think you could scare me by pulling out a sword?"

As she spoke, the female ghost lunged at Ji Lin. Ji Lin swung his Xuanyuan Sword, and with a whoosh, both of the female ghost's hands were chopped off. For a moment, the female ghost didn't seem to have any idea what was happening.

After Natsuki Hinata and the female ghost reacted, the female ghost quickly jumped back to create distance from Ji Lin. A bead of cold sweat dripped down the female ghost's forehead. She had originally thought that the girl had no strength.

Most importantly, the sword in that girl's hand was able to cut through her body, which had been hardened by the Blood Demon Art. Even the Nichirin Blade of the Demon Slayer Corps might not be able to cut off her hand.

However, the female ghost did indeed sense that the weapon in the girl's hand was not a Nichirin Blade, but just a slightly sharper weapon; otherwise, her hand would have had a hard time recovering.

In less than a few seconds, the female ghost's severed hands quickly regenerated. Seeing this, Ji Lin and Xia Mu Hinata were also surprised. However, Ji Lin was not surprised at all, since Yuhaka and Ji Lin also had such powerful regenerative abilities.

Now that the female ghost was completely certain that Ji Lin's weapon was not a Nichirin Blade, she felt completely relieved and looked at Ji Lin with a mocking expression:

"Heh, it's just a slightly sharper sword. You're too naive to think you can kill me with that."

Then Ji Lin brandished the Xuanyuan Sword in his hand and said:

"Then let's see if you can survive after I cut off your head with this sword!"

As he spoke, Ji Lin charged toward the female ghost. The female ghost was not afraid of Ji Lin's approach. As long as the sword in Ji Lin's hand was not a Nichirin Blade, the female ghost was basically not worried about anything. As long as a ghost's head is not cut off by a Nichirin Blade, it is basically fine.

However, at that moment, a figure descended from the sky and landed on the female ghost. With a kick, the female ghost was kicked into a pile of sand to the side.

"Eh??!"

Seeing his prey suddenly kicked away, Ji Lin almost fell to the ground. He hadn't expected anyone to suddenly appear.

Then Ji Lin saw two more people fly down from the sky. Well... to be precise, one of them was being carried away while being flown. After they landed, one of the girls, a girl with short black hair, ran to Xia Mu Ri to ask about her safety, while the other girl, a girl with long silver hair and red eyes, came up to Ji Lin and asked her:

"Hey little sister, are you alright? I hope I didn't scare you just now?"

Upon hearing what was being said, Ji Lin blinked and replied:

"Uh... I'm fine... By the way, who are you?"

Ji Lin looked at the three girls in front of him with a puzzled expression. From their appearance, Ji Lin could tell that two of them were foreigners, since silver and blonde hair were quite rare here. However, Ji Lin could clearly sense that these two were not human. One of them looked like a Japanese doll, and was actually a normal human.

Upon hearing Ji Lin's words, the silver-haired girl replied:

"Me? I'm just an ordinary vampire passing by."

"Eh O▽O?"

Upon hearing the silver-haired girl's words, Ji Lin looked completely bewildered. Although Ji Lin had never seen a vampire before, he felt that the silver-haired girl in front of him seemed to have uttered a line from a certain character's card...

Meanwhile, the blonde girl standing nearby looked curiously at the female ghost buried in the sand and said:

"Speaking of that thing, is it a monster?"

Hearing the blonde girl's words, the silver-haired girl also looked puzzled, a question mark appearing above her head. Looking at the female ghost buried in the sand with a confused expression, she said:

"I don't know... Although I don't know what a yokai's aura is like, I have a feeling that this guy is somewhat like us..."

"Huh? Sophie, you don't actually think that guy with four arms and a big mouth is a vampire, do you?"

Hearing the blonde girl's words, the silver-haired girl, called Sophie, nodded, beads of cold sweat forming on her forehead. At that moment, the short-haired girl with black hair brought Natsuki Hinata to Hime Rin's side and thanked her, saying:

"Thank you so much, little sister. I heard Hinata say that if it weren't for you, we might not have made it in time."

Upon hearing the words of the girl with short black hair, Ji Lin waved his hand and said:

"No, no, it was just a small favor... By the way, who are you people?"

Upon hearing Ji Lin's question, the black-haired girl explained to Ji Lin:

"My name is Amano Akari, and this is my good friend Natsuki Hinata."

Then, the girl called Amano Akari pointed to Sophie and the blonde girl standing to the side and introduced them to Ji Lin, saying:

"And these silver-haired and blonde beauties are Sophie and Ellie~ They're both vampires~"

Sophie nodded to Ji Lin and said:

"Hello, my name is Sophie Tolette, and as the lamp said, I am a vampire."

Ellie, who was standing to the side, also waved her little hand at Ji Lin and said:

"What a cute little sister! I'm Ellie!"

After hearing their words, Ji Lin, who had been in a daze, finally came to her senses and nodded to them, saying:

"Um, nice to meet you. My name is Ji Lin, and I come from the Youxiong clan of Shenzhou."

Sophie and the others looked puzzled after hearing Ji Lin's self-introduction. The name itself was fine, but what were Shenzhou and Youxiong Clan?

Sophie and her friends were very puzzled by this.

However, at that moment, Ji Lin and the others suddenly sensed movement from the sand pile. Sophie looked at the sand pile with a wary expression and said:

"He's still alive? Judging by his appearance, he's not someone to be trifled with."

Soon, the female ghost sprang out of the sand dune, but this time she looked different than before...

Chapter 426 [Sophie: Takizawa Laura!]

"You! You bunch of brats—!!"

The female ghost that emerged from the sand pile had a very twisted neck, clearly indicating that Sophie's kick from above (a knight's kick??) had broken her neck.

The female ghost scratched her hair as if she wanted to tear it out, and shouted in a fit of rage:

"I'm going to eat you all! I'm going to eat you all!!!"

Upon hearing the female ghost's terrifying roar, Amano Akari and Natsuki Hinata huddled together in fright, while Hime Rin looked at the female ghost with a serious expression and said:

"Have they gone mad?"

Sophie, standing to the side, also looked at the female ghost with a wary expression. Although Sophie didn't know much about the ghost's origins, she knew very well that the ghost in front of her was not human and had an unusual hostility towards humans. If she didn't get rid of her, she might go somewhere and cause trouble for people.

It wouldn't be good if it caused any chaos...

"Aa ...

The female ghost jumped up on the ground on all fours, and then Ji Lin and Sophie saw a strange reddish-black substance emerge from behind her and turn into something like tentacles.

Then the female ghost pounced towards Ji Lin and Sophie. Seeing this, Sophie and Ellie quickly pulled Amano Akari and Natsuki Hinata away, while Ji Lin stood still and looked up at the female ghost flying into the air and pouncing towards her.

Seeing that Ji Lin hadn't left, Amano Akari shouted to Sophie:

"Sophie! Ji Lin, she's here!"

Upon hearing Amano Akari's words, Sophie and Ellie looked in Ji Lin's direction with surprise. Then they saw Ji Lin transform the longsword in his hand into a large hammer, and then they saw Ji Lin swing the hammer and send the female ghost flying.

Duang——！！

As Ji Lin slapped the female ghost away with a gesture resembling a home run, the ghost flew like a baseball to a pile of I-shaped steel bars not far away.

"what......."

Sophie and the others were extremely surprised to see Ji Lin send the female ghost flying. At first, they thought Ji Lin was just a girl with strong swordsmanship, but now Ji Lin's performance was hard for them to believe.

Ji Lin tilted his head, looking at the female ghost he had just knocked away with a puzzled expression, and said:

"That's strange. Doesn't she know that if you can't change direction in the air, you're no different from a target?"

Immediately, those present silently complained to themselves:

"No, no, no, most people wouldn't think of that!"

The female ghost, who had been knocked away, stood up as if nothing had happened, but the cracking sounds coming from her body proved that she wasn't completely unharmed.

"Haaaaaah! Muda muda! How could a weapon that's not even a Nichirin Blade possibly hurt me!"

Sun Blade?

Hearing the female ghost's words, Sophie and Ellie looked puzzled. They had never heard of such a weapon before. But after hearing the female ghost's words, Ji Lin suddenly thought of something.

A few days ago

"This is... a comic book?"

Ji Lin and Yuhaka looked at the comic book displayed on their tablets with puzzled expressions. Ji Lin looked up at Zelus, who was floating in mid-air, and asked curiously:

"Um, Lady Zelus, why are you sending us these comics?"

Upon hearing Ji Lin's question, Zelus scratched her head, looking troubled. She couldn't very well say that some of the content in these comics was from the world they would go to in the future, could she?

Otherwise, if there's a major shift in the future trajectory, Zelus will have nowhere to turn for help.

Bronya, who was standing nearby looking at the game disc, suddenly had a bright look in her eyes. She then looked at Zelus with her large, watery eyes and said:

"Grandma Zelus, can I play those games?"

Seeing Bronya's adorable, pleading expression, Zelus gave a helpless smile and said:

"Okay, pick it up and play with it~ but don't play for too long!"

"Yeah~"

After hearing Zelus agree, Bronya happily took out a game card with "NieR: Automata" printed on it and started playing.

Seeing Bronya's happy expression, Ji Lin smiled back at her. Then, Ji Lin turned his attention to the comics on his tablet. Although Ji Lin usually reads comics, these were ones he had never read before. "Let's pick some to read."

Then Ji Lin saw a comic book that read "Demon Slayer".