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

To be honest, he loathed this plague-like sense of despair.

It's a factor from outside the game.

However, the system's [Medical Skill] cannot be effectively triggered when facing Blood Demon Art.

but……

The system is still at the edge of the [Medical Skill LV.3] panel, displaying some treatment suggestions that are only given from a "medical perspective".

Basically, different relief and comfort solutions are provided for people with different levels and stages of infection.

A series of data scrolled across the screen.

Xia Xi noticed something else.

The severity of infection in all patients was not entirely correlated with the "time of admission," nor was it significantly related to their physical condition.

Some elderly people fell ill three days ago, but are still stuck in the early stage of red, swollen and itchy skin.

Some of the strong men had collapsed just yesterday, and now they were barely breathing and on the verge of death.

"The rate of infection varies from person to person."

Shinobu Kocho also noticed this; she was using a silver needle to pierce a patient's skin and extract a sample.

"Logically speaking, the weaker the constitution, the faster the Blood Demon Art spores grow. But that doesn't explain why some middle-aged men deteriorate faster than the elderly..."

Xia Xi tentatively suggested, "Could it be due to emotions?"

Shinobu Kocho looked at Natsumi with some confusion.

Xia Xi was pointing to a few elderly people on the side who seemed to be resting with their eyes closed because they had had enough of life.

He then pointed to several impoverished patients at the door, their expressions blank and resigned to their fate.

Their symptoms are mostly in the early stages.

And in the middle of the room,

In the center of the ward, several young patients presented a completely different picture.

Some seemed to be complaining and angry, while others were coughing and crying in fear.

Without exception, the severity of their illnesses was significantly higher than that of the former.

"Stress responses or intense emotions that accelerate metabolism provide nutrients for spores... Blood Demon Arts, being a kind of idealistic thing, should be able to do that, right?"

I heard several words that would never be uttered by other swordsmen.

Shinobu Kocho frowned as she looked at Natsumi: "There's some truth to that... You know medicine?"

"Understood."

Xia Xi said honestly.

It's limited to common sense about life outside of games.

The main problem was the system.

Your medical skills are already at level 3.

Surprisingly, it was impossible to fully understand the Blood Demon Art and perform treatments through it.

That's a poor choice. How could true medical skills be something so inconvenient?

Shinobu's gaze towards Natsumi underwent a subtle change.

He tossed him a set of tools and said seriously, "I need to formulate an inhibitor, and I need an assistant who understands pharmacology."

"Jiu Che Jun, do you know anything about this?"

Looking at this young girl, who looked no older than a middle school student, speaking in such a serious tone.

Xia Xi suddenly found it rather amusing.

"I know a little bit."

"help me."

"it is good."

Xia Xi's expression turned serious as she picked up the equipment Butterfly handed her.

Medicine is used to heal people.

system!

Begin treatment!

For the next three hours, the quarantine area was temporarily converted into a makeshift laboratory.

During this time, Shinobu Kocho displayed amazing talent in pharmacology, which even caught Xia Xi's attention.

She used wisteria flower extract as a base, mixed it with seven herbs, and created a potion with a pale purple sheen.

It's hard to say about his medical skills.

However, in pharmaceuticals and drug manufacturing, their skill level is definitely much higher than my own.

Oh, I've only reached level 1 in drug production.

That's fine.

After Shinobu Kocho prepared the first set of reagents, Xia Xi gave another suggestion.

The dosage of two or three medicinal herbs was increased.

The girl was a little confused.

"Although adding too much of these will dilute the efficacy of the medicine, they can still have a certain sedative effect."

"At least... it can reduce the suffering of patients."

Although their own skill set was insufficient to independently develop a potion to counter Blood Demon Arts.

However, it is still enough to understand the logic behind the potion formulation in the butterfly's hand.

Shinobu Kocho stared at Natsumi for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled faintly.

This time it's for real.

There was no teasing, no probing; it was pure, warm recognition.

"Jiu Che Jun, you are really amazing."

Although this guy, just like Lanzhu said, has various shortcomings and problems here and there.

but……

She's a kind and gentle person at heart.

As the finalized medication was injected into each patient, the symptoms of many patients in the isolation ward were significantly relieved.

The coughing has decreased significantly.

The old doctor was so excited that he thanked them repeatedly, praising, "The experts from Tokyo are indeed extraordinary."

But neither Butterfly nor Xia Xi showed any sign of relaxing.

This medicine can only temporarily suppress the activity of spores.

It's impossible to eradicate it completely.

“We need the blood of the demon from the source as a catalyst.” Shinobu Kocho wiped the tools. “Or, we can just kill the demon who cast the spell.”

Only by killing the master of the Blood Demon Art can these constantly regenerating and multiplying spores completely lose their activity.

At that time, these people should be able to recover after a few months of rest.

In the evening, Lanzhu returned.

But what it brought was not good news.

"Not just this town."

Igarashi said with a solemn expression, "Six towns within a radius of twenty miles have reported the same cases."

Chapter 71 You idiot!

I thought it would be enough to simply search for and find the evil spirit in this town.

However, the area has now more than doubled in size.

This obviously increases the difficulty of the search by more than one level.

Igarashi unfolded a hand-drawn map, on which the latest dates of case discovery were marked in charcoal.

"The spread trajectory is obvious. But it doesn't spread from the center outwards; instead, it's... leapfrogging."

Shinobu Kocho also sensed something was amiss.

Unable to resist suggesting, "Should we split up? If the three of us investigate different areas simultaneously, we might find the evil spirit faster."

However, Igarashi and Natsumi almost simultaneously shook their heads in rejection.

In Igarashi's view, if it were really this eleven-year-old girl who first encountered the evil spirit, she probably wouldn't even have had the chance to send out a distress signal.

Xia Xi thought similarly; who would let the support player get alone and go find the enemy general to initiate a team fight?

Shinobu Kocho's role in this mission is not that of a swordsman who directly confronts demons.

Seeing the two of them object in unison, Shinobu immediately understood their concerns.

Although he felt somewhat resentful at being looked down upon, he was able to prioritize and proposed another solution.

Gather more swordsmen, and have the three of them lead separate teams to investigate all suspicious points in the area.

Arashiju pushed up his glasses.

The idea was good, but only if the Demon Slayer Corps had enough manpower.

In reality, most of the time, one or more low- to mid-level swordsmen are responsible for a large area.

And Class B, Class A, and even pillars.

This refers to the mobile and mobile force that constantly moves and roams between different regions to support any situation that may arise at any time.