Demon Slayer: Can I add points to my Breathing Technique?

Although I failed to grasp the "Sen no Sen" mentioned by the Arashi Pillar.

However, some initial results are already visible.

For the past two months, Lanzhu has been having him observe the daily lives of thousands of ordinary people, and this observation is now gradually turning into results.

He can "see" the lines of his opponent's muscles when they are tense.

It can "hear" the subtle changes in floor pressure when the opponent shifts their weight.

It is a special prompt that is independent of the system's combat assistance system.

The game seems to have become easier.

Seeing Xia Xi looking distracted, the fourth teacher, feeling slighted, roared and charged forward.

It is a unique feature of karate, characterized by wide, sweeping frontal attacks.

Xia Xi had already come up with three counterattack strategies that he thought were good.

Dislocate the opponent's joints after deflecting their attacks?

Or should you parry the opponent's punch and then elbow them in the abdomen and diaphragm?

Or, to put it simply, just trip him up with a sweeping kick.

As he was waiting to make his choice...

"Gah—!!"

The sharp cawing of crows ripped through the intense atmosphere of the battle in the dojo.

It is Xia Xi's raven.

Little Whitey popped open the window, flapped its wings, and landed precisely on Xia Xi's shoulder.

It was clutching a small roll of bloodstained cloth in its claws.

"Urgent order! Yokohama Port Warehouse No. 3! Multiple demons confirmed! Team member trapped! Rescue immediately! Rescue immediately!"

The temple fell silent instantly.

The five teachers stared in astonishment at this illogical scene.

The crow... the crow spoke!

Xia Xi took a deep breath and slowly straightened up.

After nodding slightly to the teacher, he walked to a corner of the dojo and picked up his luggage.

"I'm sorry, our training has to end here for today. Thank you all for your hard work."

Xia Xi took a few running steps, leaped up at the edge of the dojo, and landed on the window frame. His figure then disappeared lightly into the streets and alleys outside.

Their speed and agility far exceed those of normal humans.

After Xia Xi left, the black belt instructors seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and collapsed to the ground.

A full minute passed before the eldest chief instructor slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

He stretched his sore wrists and said somewhat hoarsely, "That kid didn't even use his full strength."

"It's more than just not using your full strength..."

Another person, also slumped over, complained without any regard for appearances: "When I kicked him, it felt like I kicked a hard wooden stake."

"He's only about fifteen years old, yet he's more powerful than those of us who have been cultivating for many years."

"You've wasted your spiritual practice on dogs..."

The two remaining instructors who had not yet been defeated exchanged a glance.

"Just now... that crow, did it speak?"

“Devil, team member… emergency mission… this doesn’t sound like a Metropolitan Police Department job.”

"Hey boss, who exactly is this kid?"

The chief instructor lowered his voice and said, "He's a kid introduced by the Igarashi family. I thought he was a genius martial artist from the Metropolitan Police Department..."

A young teacher said, "But doesn't this look wrong?"

"Speaking of which, have you heard the rumors circulating lately? My wife heard them at a tea party."

"They said the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department secretly established a department specifically for handling unusual incidents, what was it called again..."

Another teacher took over the conversation.

His relatives in Yamanashi had seen this hidden group and had received favors from them.

"I heard it's called Special Operations Section Nine, something like the Witcher Mobile Squadron."

According to his distant relatives, it seems that each member possesses a unique skill.

They are samurai and priestesses responsible for dealing with the great demon.

The young teacher gasped: "Could it be that Mr. Jiuche is...?"

Don't make wild guesses!

The chief instructor suddenly spoke up to stop them, but his eyes also flashed with surprise and uncertainty.

"Some things are better left unknown than known. Everything that happened here today, including that crow and our speculations, must not be uttered to anyone! Understand?"

The others nodded solemnly.

But a mixture of awe, fear, and a vague excitement had already taken root in everyone's hearts.

I definitely need to talk to my wife/buddy/dad about these incredible things when I get home today!

Each of them had their own thoughts.

Certain rumors, destined to grow quietly in the undercurrents of Yokohama in ways that Xia Xi was unaware of, in a more secretive and exaggerated manner.

"Ah!"

I sneezed.

As Xia Xi was on her way, she pondered: Can you catch a cold from this game?

Chapter 52 Himeko Xiaxi

I wonder if it's because of my cheap master and senior apprentice.

The exorcism missions that Xia Xi has received in the past two months have almost all been concentrated in the vicinity of Yokohama.

The furthest distance is only a two- or three-day round trip on foot.

After each demon-slaying session, Xia Xi would quickly return to Igarashi's residence and continue her training.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was no coincidence.

After all, even Igarashi himself, one of the "Nine Pillars," would occasionally go on a long trip to carry out missions.

But I always stayed close by.

Perhaps it's because of the connections with senior trainers and high-level executives that I'm always able to receive these tasks that are both convenient and appropriately demanding?

In that sense, I've experienced the benefits of having connections.

Following the raven's guidance, Xia Xi quickly arrived at the rendezvous point.

"That's it! Six carts! Let's join the other swordsmen and rescue our comrades and the innocent!"

This place is outside Yokohama, near the Kanagawa region, and is an abandoned textile factory.

Even before Xia Xi went inside, she could already smell the stale and bloody odor that permeated the place.

After all, it has two skills: [Cooking] and [Luxury Goods Appraisal].

His sense of smell is indeed a bit more acute than that of ordinary people.

However, instead of directly storming into the textile factory to find the evil spirit, Xia Xi first turned her gaze to two swordsmen who were hiding not far away and scanning the situation inside the factory.

Although they did put some effort into concealing their figures.

But the label panel floating above her head was far too conspicuous for Xia Xi.

The most conspicuous figure was a sturdy male swordsman with a cold and hard expression.

【Dojima Kazuma (Level: 83)】Flame Breathing LV.3

They're quite capable.

I reckon it's either [己] or [戊] level.

Xia Xi commented in her mind.

Then he turned his gaze to another female swordsman whose hair was dyed a little dark red.

【Snow Walk Oath (Level: 56)】Water Breathing LV.3

It's just another run-of-the-mill Water Breathing.

Average skill level...

Ok?

Wait! It's the barbecue debt collector!

Just then, the two people who heard the cawing of the ravens turned around.

Dojima Kazuma's expression was rather cold. After recognizing that the newcomer was also a swordsman who had come to provide support, he merely nodded slightly to Xia Xi.

Their gaze lingered for a moment longer on Xia Xi's strange clothes and weapons.

Three knives, and another weapon I don't recognize... a weirdo.

"Name, rank".

He made no attempt at formalities and went straight to asking Xia Xi the question.

The former is to avoid inefficient communication during the operation.

The latter is for the purpose of facilitating the evaluation of the next action plan.

Just as Xia Xi was about to speak, the girl beside him softly interjected, "He is Senior Xia Xi, Jiu Che Xia Xi."