Infinite: Start as a ghost

"Release you?" The bandit leader grinned wickedly. "The three of us brothers haven't had any meat in ages. You think you can just release us like that?"

"No, no, I am Colonel Fukunaga's daughter. You cannot harm me."

These words caused the three ruthless brothers to pause for a moment, before they resumed their assault without hesitation.

"So what?"

“If the three of us brothers were afraid of death, we wouldn’t be in this line of work. Once we’ve succeeded, we’ll be free to fly. You think you can find us? Hmph.”

Jiang Jiu noticed a change in the three brothers' eyes; they were no longer filled with lewdness, but also held a hint of murderous intent.

"They plan to kill this woman after they're done?" Jiang Jiu frowned.

"In this world, people not only have to face natural disasters and man-made calamities, old age and illness, but also these wicked people. It is truly miserable."

After much deliberation, he decided to save the woman.

The Demon Slayer Corps is an unofficial, clandestine organization, but it is not without official support.

The main reason for not being recognized is the fear of causing public panic, not a lack of willingness to support it.

In fact, the authorities have put in a lot of effort to deal with the ghosts and monsters.

Otherwise, how could the Demon Slayer Corps be so well-informed, able to receive immediate news of any unusual situation?

Well, actually, these are all excuses. Jiang Jiu still can't accept this kind of thing happening in front of him.

Although his body was transformed into a ghost by the system, his heart seems to remain the same.

Hmm... a bit of a saint.

He chuckled self-deprecatingly and leaped in front of the group.

"Who goes there?" The bandit leader was startled when he saw Jiang Jiu suddenly appear in front of him.

"Don't worry about who I am, just get out of here. I only want to kill ghosts, not people."

When the woman saw Jiang Jiu appear, she screamed as if she had grasped a lifeline, and kept grabbing at Jiang Jiu with both hands, trying to get close to him immediately.

The reason why ruthless bandits are ruthless is that they are bold, fearless of death, and have already risked their lives.

"Damn it, how dare you meddle in other people's business! Die!" He had three men; he wasn't going to be afraid of just one person in front of him.

Jiang Jiu sneered: "You have a road to heaven but you don't take it; you have no way to hell but you insist on going through it."

As soon as the Nichirin Blade was drawn, three heads were instantly severed and sent flying into the air.

The three bodies seemed unaware that they had been cut down, and continued to charge forward.

They ran more than ten steps before collapsing to the ground.

The woman ran to Jiang Jiu's side in fear and grabbed the hem of his clothes.

"Alright, it's all over, you can go now." Jiang Jiu said to the woman as he sheathed his Nichirin Blade.

"But...but I don't know where this is, or how to get back," the woman said fearfully.

"Alright, you can come down the mountain with me." Since he was going down the mountain anyway, taking this woman with him was just a convenient thing to do.

"You just said that you specialize in killing ghosts, right?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

The woman suddenly burst into tears, crying, "Please, save my father!"

Chapter 41 Phantom

"What happened?" Upon hearing this, Jiang Jiu immediately realized that the woman's father must have encountered a ghost.

“In the morning, my father took me to Kyoto. When we were crossing a mountain road, we encountered a group of ghosts.”

Jiang Jiu asked, "I just heard you say that your father is a colonel, so he should have entourage with him."

"Yes, yes," the woman cried. "With everyone's cover, my father and I escaped, but those ghosts came and chased after us."

"My father lured the ghost away to protect me, and now I don't know where it is."

"Please, please save him."

Jiang Jiu frowned: "Then how did you get involved with these ruthless bandits?"

"I don't know, I just kept running away, and they kept chasing me whenever I encountered them on the way."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Jiu suddenly gave a wicked smile and drew his Nichirin Blade once more.

"What, what are you going to do?" the woman asked in a panic.

Jiang Jiu said coldly, "Your stamina is really good. You were chased by ghosts all the way and you still managed to hold on until you were caught by the bandits?"

Do you think a woman has that much stamina?

The woman's expression changed: "As expected, making up lies on the spot is not my forte."

With that, her hand transformed into a sharp claw, piercing through Jiang Jiu's chest in an instant.

"What an idiot! You should have cut off my head the moment you found me, so you wouldn't have lost your life for nothing."

"Hehehe."

As the woman spoke, she transformed back to her original appearance.

His true form was not female, but a male ghost with a gender-neutral appearance.

"You died by my hand without cause, you little devil of the Demon Slayer Corps. I am the former Lower Moon Demon King, Genma."

He withdrew the ghost claw from Jiang Jiu's chest, and traces of blood still flowed from the claw—Jiang Jiu's blood.

Seeing that Jiang Jiu was motionless, Huan Mei thought he was dead.

"This is really a headache. I originally wanted to trick Yu Sui O Tianyuan, but I didn't expect to be ruined by this brat."

"Where can I find a few more bandits?"

He grinned grotesquely as he stuck out his tongue and licked the blood off his claws.

Immediately afterwards, his expression changed drastically.

"Ghost blood?"

At that moment, Jiang intervened.

He severed the hand that had just pierced his chest, and with his other hand, he grabbed Huanmei by the neck.

"you……"

"Surprised?" Jiang Jiu said, "I should be surprised. You actually dared to go out and kill someone in broad daylight?"

His grip tightened, so much so that Huanmei could barely breathe.

Huanmei desperately used his remaining arm to thrash the hand that was gripping Jiang Jiu's neck, but it was completely ineffective.

"That's true, normal people wouldn't imagine that ghosts would move around during the day."

He looked up at the dense, towering trees overhead, which blocked out all the sunlight.

"However, with your skills, it's nothing but wishful thinking to succeed."

"I don't understand why you killed Yu Sui Tianyuan, just to regain the position of Ghost Moon?"

"Heh, do you think challenging the Pillars is easier than challenging the Lower Moon?"

Huanmei was completely speechless, her face turning bright red.

"Strange, ghosts shouldn't need to breathe, so why are you feeling so uncomfortable?"

"It seems you've retained your habits from your life very thoroughly."

"Let's see if you can suffocate!"

At this point, Jiang Jiu's hand tightened again, just one step away from crushing the neck.

"Cough...cough..." Huanmei had no power to resist at all, and now she didn't even have the strength to struggle.

Not long after, Huanmei's limbs drooped down and she became completely still.

"Huh? Dead?" Jiang Jiu asked in surprise, "No way?"

I carefully sensed his aura.

"Playing dead?" Jiang Jiu asked, puzzled. "It doesn't look like it."

After discarding Huanmei's body, Jiang Jiu kicked her twice, instantly waking her up.

"Oh, right, ghosts can faint. Midouzi fainted several times, from being hit on the neck."

After thinking it through, Jiang Jiu lost interest in him.

"It's one thing for her to turn into a woman and deceive me, but she's a dead transvestite."

After extracting the ghost blood, he drained the ghost's blood in one go.

Afterwards, Jiang Jiu tore a piece of cloth off his body and used it to cover the spot where he had just been pierced before descending the mountain.

Two days passed quickly.

To avoid arriving too early before Tianyuan returned, Jiang Jiu waited until after lunch before going up the mountain.

The familiar road, the familiar ninja house, the familiar woman.

"He's not back yet?"

"Yes, my husband has not returned yet. Please come in and talk, sir."

Jiang Jiu hesitated for a moment, but this time she did not refuse.

"Then I'm sorry to have bothered you."

He didn't refuse this time because he felt that Yu Sui O Tian Yuan should arrive soon.

Aside from facing Upper Moon demons, Tengen has never suffered a defeat.

So he certainly won't be delayed for too long, at least not because of being bothered by ghosts.

Stepping inside, the interior was unremarkable, seemingly no different from the furnishings of an ordinary household.

"Is your house really that ordinary?"