I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Bronya breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the system display that all the intruders had been killed; it seemed that the matter had been perfectly resolved.

Bronya then called Sirin and Yuhaka back to the Meru Cat Restaurant, as Jilin's mother needed their help.

Chapter 496 [Lance 10 is really fun]

After Ehaka and Bronya dealt with the invaders from the Abyss World, they returned to the Meru Cat Restaurant. As soon as Ehaka returned to the Meru Cat Restaurant, he stretched and yawned.

Bronya didn't say anything when she saw Yuhaka's expression. Instead, she packed her things, such as desserts. After all, they were going to the world of Demon Slayer where Ji Lin was. If they didn't bring enough snacks, Bronya didn't want to end up like she did in NieR: Automata, where there were no snacks to eat.

After packing her things, Bronya had Heavy Bunny grab Yhaka, who was curled up on the sofa, and then, with Yhaka looking completely bewildered, she and Sirin headed to the world of Demon Slayer.

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In the world of Demon Slayer, Bronya, Yuhaka, and Sirin arrived in this world.

Bronya looked at the surrounding forest with a puzzled expression and asked Zelus:

"Grandma Zelus, where is Ji Lin's mother?"

Hearing Bronya's words, Zelus looked embarrassed and explained to Bronya:

"Um, Bronya, because the space here seems a bit unstable, this location is quite far from Ji Lin's..."

Bronya immediately understood what Zelus had said; it was clear that Zelus had messed up. However, this was no big deal for Bronya, since she still had a "private jet" and a "portal".

Bronya tugged at her adoptive mother, Yuhaka's big tail, who was standing to the side, and said:

"Youyou's mom, could you please take us there?"

Yuhaka looked up in confusion to see who was pulling its big tail. When it saw that it was its own cub, Yuhaka's slightly bristly tail immediately straightened up. If someone else had pulled Yuhaka's tail, Yuhaka would probably have turned around and bitten it with its blood-red mouth.

Celine, standing to the side, looked at Bronya with some confusion and asked:

"Huh? Why won't you let me come? Wouldn't it be fine if I just opened the Imaginary Gate and went straight through?"

Upon hearing Sirin's words, Bronya explained that although Zelus could locate Ji Lin's position and Sirin could open the Imaginary Gate to teleport them there, Bronya wanted to obtain some samples of the ghouls and demons here to see if she could create weapons that were effective against them.

Soon, after Yhaka transformed into his third form, the Primal Zerg, he extended his long tongue and curled up the unsuspecting Bronya, placing her on his head. Then, when Yhaka tried to use his tongue to curl up Sirin beside him, Sirin looked disgusted and pushed against Yhaka's large tongue with both hands, saying:

"No, no, no, don't use your tongue, I'll do it myself! I'll do it myself!"

As she spoke, Sirin instantly manipulated her imaginary number ability to get onto Yuhaka's back, since Sirin didn't want to be rolled up by Yuhaka's big tongue.

After Bronya used Honkai energy to remove Yhaka's saliva from her body, she told Yhaka to go in a certain direction to see if there were any ghouls or demons that could be investigated.

Not long after Yuhaka began flying using wind power, it seemed to have spotted something and immediately flew towards it.

Meanwhile, in a small seaside village, a ritual is being held to worship a deity, but the deity being worshipped is not a god, but a ghost disguised as a god.

This ghost possesses the Blood Demon Art, which allows it to transform into something resembling an Eastern dragon, and the Blood Demon Art, which allows it to manipulate water. Using its Blood Demon Art, the ghost impersonates a dragon god in a remote village near the sea, forcing the villagers to offer human sacrifices to it.

Moreover, the villagers believed the ghost's lies. After all, the ghost had transformed into something resembling an Eastern dragon and caused the sea to surge. The villagers were terrified by the sight and thought the ghost was a dragon god.

The ghost also took this opportunity to get the villagers to sacrifice humans for him, otherwise he would not protect the fishermen of those villages in their activities at sea.

The villagers were terrified when they heard the ghost's words, but in the end they still made human sacrifices for the ghost who was impersonating the dragon god.

But just as the demon was about to enjoy its offering, a giant shadow descended from the sky behind the demon who had transformed into a dragon.

Besides the villagers who were startled by the sudden appearance of the figure, the demon that had transformed into a dragon was also taken aback by the enormous presence that had suddenly appeared behind him. After all, the mutated form of Yuhaka in its third form was quite intimidating and much larger than the demon that had transformed into a dragon.

The demon that had transformed into a dragon stared in disbelief at Yuhaka, who was several times larger than himself. After all, he had never seen such a monster before, and he didn't sense any demonic aura emanating from it, so it was clear that the other party wasn't a demon.

"OwO~ Big eel~"

"???"

Upon hearing Yuhaka's words, the demon that had transformed into a dragon looked surprised and confused. It was surprised that the monster in front of it had spoken, and confused about who the giant eel was referring to.

Soon, the demon that had transformed into a dragon realized who the monster before it was referring to.

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Within minutes, the demon that had transformed into a dragon was defeated by Yuhaka. Yuhaka was also bewildered when he saw the "giant eel" suddenly turn into a human, as if he didn't understand why a perfectly normal giant eel would suddenly turn into a human.

When the villagers saw Yuhaka fighting the demon, they scattered like startled sparrows. Bronya, on Yuhaka's back, used a projected harpoon gun to pin the fleeing demon to the ground. Then, Bronya revealed a cold smile and said:

"Okay, we've got the test subject. Now let's test the beam weapon's effectiveness against the demon."

Chapter 497 [Akaza: Touched]

After Bronya finished testing the weapon's effect on the ghost's projected image, she finally let the poor ghost go.

Although demons possess incredibly powerful regenerative abilities, these abilities become negligible when faced with beams of extremely high temperatures. In less than a second, a demon can be reduced to ashes. Even Muzan Kibutsuji was unable to regenerate his body under such destructive force.

After testing the demons, Bronya stopped conducting experiments on ghouls. After all, ghouls' abilities weren't anything special, and Bronya didn't believe those ghouls could withstand the attacks of her laser weapons.

Just as Yuhaka and the others were heading towards Ji Lin's location, in the area near Infinite City...

In the Infinite City, located in an unknown location, the Twelve Demon Moons are gathered.

Uh... to be precise, it's the Six Demon Moons... a while ago, several Lower Rank Demons were eliminated by the Demon Slayer Corps. The remaining Lower Rank Demons were considered useless by Muzan Kibutsuji and disposed of. Of course, Muzan Kibutsuji took a liking to one Lower Rank Demon and kept him alive and strengthened him, so that he might be able to cause trouble for the Demon Slayer Corps.

However, not long ago, that Lower Moon demon was destroyed by the Demon Slayer Corps.

It was like a slap in the face to Muzan Kibutsuji, which made Muzan's expression turn somewhat ugly.

Even so, Muzan Kibutsuji dared not go out, nor did he dare send any other Upper Rank demons out. After all, the little girl who could kill him was still nowhere to be found. If he hadn't been in Nakime's Infinity Castle, Muzan Kibutsuji might have escaped to other countries, and whether similar Demon Slayer Corps existed in those countries was still a question.

After all, Muzan Kibutsuji had some understanding of the situation in foreign countries, such as vampires, demons, and witches—these non-human beings (who do not actually exist).

In addition, the rumors and powerful influence of the church there made Muzan Kibutsuji wary. If the Demon Slayer Corps was just a small stone on the road, then the church was like a giant wall standing in front of him. When Muzan Kibutsuji was searching for the Blue Spider Lily, he also came into contact with many foreign merchants and travelers. Through the information from those foreigners, Muzan Kibutsuji had some understanding of what kind of power the church was (but not really).

However, the current situation is not much different. The Demon Slayer Corps has some influence on him, the only obstacle being the elimination of the demons he created to find the Blue Spider Lily.

This is the thing that Muzan Kibutsuji hates the most.

If it weren't for that brat who knows Sun Breathing and the inability to find the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters, Muzan Kibutsuji would have definitely dealt with those Demon Slayer Corps members.

Just thinking about these things made Muzan Kibutsuji's teeth itch. However, recalling the memory of almost being killed, Muzan Kibutsuji couldn't help but shudder. After all, the strength that Ji Lin showed was much more terrifying than Yoriichi Tsugikuni, whom he had encountered before. Even now, he was still affected by the last attack, and some of his injuries had not fully recovered.

This prevented Muzan Kibutsuji from going out and having fun, but also from creating demons.

After all, creating new demons requires his own blood and consumes his own strength (a negligible amount of strength). Now he needs to use all his strength to restore his body, so Muzan Kibutsuji will not use his strength to increase the number of demons.

The Upper Moon demons were very confused by Muzan Kibutsuji's order for them to stay and guard the Infinity Castle, but they had no other choice. Only Nakime and Kokushibo knew that Muzan Kibutsuji had escaped with injuries. Of course, Muzan Kibutsuji was so frightened that he ordered Nakime and Kokushibo not to tell anyone about his injury.

Therefore, the other Upper Moon demons were unaware of these matters.

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At the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters, Kyojuro Rengoku, Tengen Uzui, Gyomei Himejima, and Sanemi Shinazugawa returned from the train station. They had seen the Mugen Train arc of the Demon Slayer manga brought by Hime Rin. In the Mugen Train arc, they saw Kyojuro Rengoku encounter Akaza of the Twelve Demon Moons. To protect Tanjiro and the others, Kyojuro Rengoku fought Akaza until dawn, but ultimately died from his injuries.

To be honest, Kyojuro Rengoku looked quite strange when he saw his own death scene. However, he was glad that his death was rather cool, and he was very pleased with Tanjiro and the others' performance in the story. He was also very gratified that the Demon Slayer Corps had someone as talented as Tanjiro.

Besides Tanjiro's mastery of Sun Breathing, Rengoku Kyojuro also values ​​Tanjiro's character and personality. Judging from the manga brought by Hime Rin, Tanjiro is a very gentle person. Of course, although he is gentle, he will not show mercy to demons. Even his gentleness towards demons is only after they have died, which is irrelevant.

Most importantly, Tanjiro has great potential, and several of the Pillars present had the idea of ​​taking Tanjiro as their adopted son.

Of course, the most important thing right now is still the issue of Rengoku Kyojuro's death. In order to prevent this from happening, Kagaya Ubuyashiki sent the three Pillars, Tengen Uzui, Gyomei Himejima, and Sanemi Shinazugawa, to help Rengoku Kyojuro during the Mugen Train operation.

Although the four of them had not learned Ripple Breathing, Shinazugawa Sanemi, Uzui Tengen, and Rengoku Kyojuro had already mastered the use of Ki training. Even though the three of them had not replaced their Nichirin Blades with katanas that had Ki training slots, the four Pillars were more than enough to deal with Akaza.

Furthermore, Shinazugawa Sanemi and the others are familiar with Akaza's techniques. As long as they can hold out until dawn, Akaza will surely die. Of course, Hime Rin originally wanted to go with them on this mission, but Rengoku Kyojuro and the others wanted to test their own strength, so they asked Hime Rin not to intervene.

After hearing Shinazugawa Sanemi and the others' request, Hime Rin agreed. After all, he couldn't do these things himself all the time. In the end, the four Pillars set off for the Mugen Train to fight the Lower Rank Demon and the Upper Rank Demon.

However, to the four's surprise, the Upper Moon demon named Akaza actually stood them up!

Chapter 498 [Shocking Shinobu Kocho]

Everyone found it strange that something that didn't happen in the story was happening. However, the fact that Akaza didn't appear at the Mugen Train site puzzled everyone, since Akaza was supposed to appear there in the story.

The group then asked Ji Lin about the situation, and Ji Lin gave them a good explanation. He said that when he ambushed Muzan Kibutsuji, he scared Muzan so much that he hid in the Infinity Castle and dared not move. The Twelve Demon Moons might have also been recalled to serve as guards.

After hearing Ji Lin's explanation, everyone recalled the record of Kibutsuji Muzan in the story. He was so frightened by Yoriichi Tsugikuni that he only dared to come out and move around after Yoriichi Tsugikuni died. He was just like a mouse that had been scared out of its wits by a cat.

To be honest, after seeing the plot about Muzan Kibutsuji, everyone's impression of Muzan Kibutsuji plummeted... even though no one had a good impression of him.

After considering Ji Lin's words, everyone felt that what Ji Lin said made a lot of sense. The only pity was that one of the Twelve Demon Moons had not been eliminated. However, if the Lower Rank Demon called "Nightmare" appeared, it would mean that all the Lower Rank Demons had been eliminated by Muzan Kibutsuji.

This is actually a good thing. To be honest, they couldn't figure out why Muzan Kibutsuji's thought process was so strange. However, after seeing Muzan Kibutsuji at the end of the story, everyone understood that Muzan Kibutsuji could not be called human.

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After the meeting of the Pillars ended, Shinobu Kocho and Hime Rin came out. The topic of today's meeting was the redeployment of the previous plot arrangements. Because of the changes in the plot, the Pillars who were originally going to the entertainment district to defeat Upper Moon Six had to redefine their plans.

Ji Lin, standing to the side, looked at Kocho Shinobu, who was slightly taller than him, and asked:

"Sister Shinobu, should I not have gone to ambush Muzan Kibutsuji in the first place?"

Hearing Ji Lin's words, Shinobu Kocho, who was standing to the side, patted Ji Lin's head and said:

"Don't worry about it too much, Sister Ji Lin. Rather, you could say that Sister Ji Lin did a good deed by setting up an ambush."

Hearing Shinobu's words, Ji Lin looked at her with some confusion. Shinobu then explained to Ji Lin:

"Because of Ji Lin's assassination attempt on Muzan Kibutsuji, that guy called back his Twelve Demon Moons. That's why the Demon Slayer Corps members have been much safer carrying out their demon-slaying missions lately, right?"

Just as Shinobu Kocho said, because of Hime Rin's assassination attempt on Muzan Kibutsuji, many demons who heard the news were frightened and hid (actually, they were ordered to hide by Muzan Kibutsuji), while the demons who did not hear the news (the abandoned ones) quickly became targets of the Demon Slayer Corps members.

As for the ghouls, they can't be found in the short term. Apart from those who have exposed their location, we can only try other methods to find their traces.

Hearing Shinobu's explanation, Ji Lin tilted her head. However, after hearing what Shinobu said, Ji Lin felt that there were very few wounded people in the Butterfly Mansion recently. Initially, Ji Lin didn't have many wounded people because of the effects of the recovery medicine. So that's how it is?

Just as Ji Lin was pondering this, Zelusi sent him a message saying:

"Ji Lin, Yuhaka and Bronya are here. Go pick them up later and tell the Demon Slayer Corps so they don't mistake Yuyu for a demon."

Upon hearing Zelus's words, Ji Lin understood in his heart. Meanwhile, Kocho Shinobu, looking at the dazed Ji Lin, asked curiously with a puzzled expression:

"Sister Ji Lin, what are you thinking about?"

Hearing Shinobu's words, Ji Lin also came to his senses and looked at Shinobu beside him, saying:

"Oh, Lady Zelus just sent me a message saying that my husband and daughter have arrived."

"Oh, I see. Huh???"

Shinobu Kocho looked puzzled when she heard Ji Lin's words. She had only learned about the title "Lady Zelus" a few days ago. According to Ji Lin, it was a deity from another world. Shinobu Kocho also knew a little about this deity, Lady Zelus. She was quite different from the deities she knew. This deity named Zelus seemed to be more like a land god (actually more like a celestial spirit).

However, Shinobu is quite curious about what kind of person Hime-rin's husband is—someone who could possibly lay a hand on such a cute little girl like Hime-rin... cough cough, a human...

Out of curiosity, Shinobu asked Himeko about her husband, Yuhaka. Himeko readily took out her tablet, opened her photo album, and showed Shinobu a picture of Yuhaka eating meat with bones.

When Shinobu Kocho saw the black-haired loli with dragon horns and cat ears on the tablet in Ji Lin's hand gnawing on a large piece of meat with bones, she showed a slightly subtle expression and said to Ji Lin:

"Um... Sister Ji Lin, did you pick up the wrong photo?"