No one moved. Even though the exit was right in front of them, no one moved an inch.

Looking at the situation before him, Gao Ge reached out and patted the beady eyes next to him.

"Does anyone know this guy? Hmm, the first person to answer will get a silver coin."

Seeing that the crowd remained unmoved, Gao Ge looked around, picked up a knife from the table, and plunged it into Dou Dou Yan's shoulder with a thud.

"How about this, let's change the reward. If anyone knows this guy, we can stab him in the back!"

The air fell silent for a moment, except for DouDou's screams as he clutched his shoulder.

A woman in the cage, her hair plastered to her face, suddenly stood up and shouted at the top of her lungs.

"He's Mole Lyle! He was just a bartender at the Oak Tavern! It was him, he's the one who tricked me into coming here!"

"Oh! You're very brave!"

Gao Ge pulled the knife out of Dou Dou Yan's body and casually stabbed it into the dining table.

"You can now claim your reward!"

The woman hesitated for a moment, but at that moment, the fury of revenge overcame her fear in just one second.

She ran out in a few steps, looking extremely weak. She leaned on the table and tried several times before she could pull the knife off the table.

A knife!

Two knives!

Gao Ge looked at Dou Dou Yan, who was screaming and begging for mercy, but ignored her.

He knew this kind of person very well; he didn't know he was wrong, but rather that he knew he was about to die.

The woman's madness instantly ignited everyone in the cage. Regardless of whether they had any strength left, they all rushed out and joined in, until the riddled-with-holes beady-eyed man fell to the ground like a piece of rotten flesh.

I don't know who laughed first, nor do I know who cried first.

This scene gave Gao Ge a bit of goosebumps; he really had no experience dealing with this kind of situation.

He stayed here to prevent any accidents from happening, and told Wine Fox to quickly go to the town's guild to call for help.

Not long after, the wine fox returned, followed by several staff members of the adventurers' guild and a priest from the town's Church of the Seven Gods.

"I am the branch leader of the town's Adventurers' Guild... We bear a great responsibility for what happened in the town."

After confirming Gao Ge's identity, the branch president's expression changed almost imperceptibly, and then he hurriedly spoke.

"So you are Mr. Gao Ge! I've heard Brother Fraser mention you before. You are indeed a man of great talent, solving such a major problem for our branch right off the bat!"

You're at least two cycles older than Frazier, and you call him "brother"?

Moreover, judging from the duties of the Adventurers' Guild, if something like this happens in a subordinate region, his position as branch leader is probably over.

With so many civilians missing or even dead, how far would the situation have gone before it was discovered if the village chief of Jinsui Village hadn't brought it to light?

Gao Ge didn't want to think about these messy things. After confirming that no ghosts had infiltrated the people who came to the scene, Gao Ge exchanged pleasantries with them and quickly left with Jiu Hu.

Back on the ground, after taking two deep breaths of clean air, Gao Ge couldn't hold it in and finally vomited while leaning against the wall.

Taking the paper and water from the wine fox, Gao Ge subconsciously thanked him, then composed himself, took out his Den Den Mushi, and dialed Frazier's number.

"I've dealt with some of the trouble in Shiroishi Town, but finding Muzan won't be easy. How's it going on your end?"

The Den Den Mushi perfectly replicated Frazier's expression; you could tell he looked really grim.

"The escort failed. On the way back to Arlinge, that guy suddenly turned into blood. The remaining samples have now been handed over to the alchemist in the guild."

Alchemists are a secondary profession in this world, just like other well-known weapon refiners and alchemists.

They are skilled at brewing potions, making magical items, and also adept at property testing and sample analysis.

Frazier's voice continued.

"Although the final result is not yet out, we can roughly deduce that the body's collapse was caused by flesh mutation. The absence of magical fluctuations rules out the infamous Flesh Cult, and the guild will likely focus its attention on Muzan, whom you mentioned."

So cautious!

Gao Ge couldn't help but sigh; Muzan was truly terrified of death to the extreme.

He would not hesitate to hide himself at the slightest possibility of danger, just as he did when he faced Yoriichi Tsugikuni.

With Muzan's ability to manipulate flesh and blood, he could impersonate anyone else to live his life. Even if Gao Ge could expose him through the attribute panel, finding him in a sea of ​​people would be like finding a needle in a haystack.

Gao Ge even felt that Muzan might have already left the area of ​​Shiroishi Town.

Frazier didn't keep Gao Ge waiting long; he called Gao Ge's Den Den Mushi early the next morning.

"The mission has been upgraded to Diamond level!"

Gao Ge almost lost his composure when he uttered the first sentence; he still remembered the rules of the Adventurers' Guild.

Adventurers of the corresponding level can only accept missions of the corresponding level. Could it be that Muzan has nothing to do with him anymore?

Fortunately, Fraser's next sentence dispelled Gao Ge's doubts.

"Hehe, luckily I'm pretty quick-witted. I didn't do the settlement for the previous tasks, so theoretically we still have the highest priority."

At this point, Frazier seemed to have been punched by someone, letting out a cry of pain before pausing and continuing,

"Considering that the source of these blood-filled organizations might be quite powerful, the guild helped us coordinate with a powerful figure. Apparently, the alchemist intercepted a piece of information left in the blood, and that Muzan seems to claim to be some kind of immortal progenitor of demons."

What Muzan said is not wrong; in the Demon Slayer world, he is indeed the progenitor of demons.

However, Gao Ge felt that the guild's understanding was somewhat different from Muzan's.

"So when is the big shot you mentioned coming?"

"Yes, now!"

The Den Den Mushi hung up, and the next second, an orange-red portal suddenly opened in front of Gao Ge.

Frazier was standing with Luffy behind an old man, and was waving at Gao Ge with a grin.

"It seems like everything can come to this old man like me. I really owe the Hayden family something..."

The old man stepped out of the portal, followed closely by Frazier and Luffy.

Gao Ge glanced at the door, then at Frazier.

"Aren't these supposed to be your buddies? Where did this portal come from?!"

"Don't make such a fuss, young man. It's just a trivial little spell."

Frazier cleared his throat and began to speak.

"Let me introduce you to Cardinal Ferdinand of our Church of the Seven Gods of Arlinge. He is a level 72 Adamantite Priest."

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