Infinite: Start as a ghost

Other Demon Slayer Corps members are one thing, their swords can be hidden, but Jiang Jiu's sword is far too conspicuous and not easy to fool.

Fortunately, the medicine works very well on humans, but this dosage is insufficient to deal with ghosts.

After fooling the conductor, Jiang Jiu successfully got into the carriage and hid the knife under the seat.

In fact, he could have ended the train incident right now with one strike, but he had a purpose.

Let's have a go at Akaza!

He boasted that he now possessed the strength to rival Kokushibo, and that challenging Akaza was the most suitable option.

In his opinion, Akaza wasn't that strong. His fighting power was probably about the same as Gyomei's, or even weaker.

But what makes him terrifying is his regenerative abilities as a demon.

In the original story, Kyojuro, the Flame Pillar, was able to fight him to a standstill evenly on his own.

Of course, Akaza didn't seem to have fully revealed his strength at that time, but we can see his actual combat power from other angles.

The attacks that Kyojuro inflicted on him were always healed immediately, something even Jiang Jiu couldn't do now.

He was only a mid-level demon, while Akaza, being an Upper Moon demon, was undoubtedly a high-level demon.

It should be said that all upper-level strings are definitely of a higher order.

He suspected that as long as the purity of his blood exceeded 60%, he could become a high-level ghost.

"Um... um... besides, besides, besides, besides..."

As I pondered, the train began to move and gradually accelerated.

The passengers were bustling about, creating quite a lively scene.

Time passed slowly, and the atmosphere grew increasingly eerie.

It's unclear when it started, but the passengers fell into an eerie silence, and no one spoke anymore.

As night fell, they seemed to tacitly choose to rest at the same time.

"Guest, ticket check."

The conductor walked out in a daze, his behavior very mechanical, as if he were being controlled.

Jiang Jiurao looked at the train conductor with interest. The conductor actually walked directly towards him, as if afraid others wouldn't know he was being controlled.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Jiu concluded that the hypnosis from Nightmare Dream was not very effective against people with strong minds, so he asked the train captain to deal with some of the stragglers.

However, Jiang Jiu still took out his train ticket, wanting to see what Lower Moon One was capable of.

He wanted to test whether Nightmare's Blood Demon Art could force him into a dream once he was mentally prepared.

In the original story, the battle between Kyojuro and Akaza didn't last very long before the sun came out; otherwise, not only would Kyojuro have died, but the main characters and everyone on the train would have perished.

Therefore, Jiang Jiu felt that it was still a long time before he would meet Akaza, so he treated Nightmare as a little game to pass the time on his journey.

With a "snap," the conductor used a special tool to cut a notch in the ticket, and a very weak force immediately entered Jiang Jiu's body through the ticket.

Unlike Kyojuro and the main characters, Jiang Jiu, being a demon, immediately sensed this power.

He did not stop the force from invading his body, but let it penetrate freely.

It even deliberately dispersed its ghostly aura to make it easier for this power to enter.

This force traveled up his arm and directly towards his head.

"Hmm... I can feel it. The effect is about the same as the Ghost Wine," Jiang Jiu commented. "However, once it's expelled, I should be completely sober."

As the force invaded his brain, Jiang Jiu's eyes slowly closed.

Chapter 73 Parents

"Xiao Jiu, don't work too hard. Studying is important, but you also need to take care of your health."

"Yes, Mom."

"Don't spoil him too much. Look at his recent grades; they've dropped drastically."

"dad……"

As Jiang Jiu drifted off to sleep, she saw her parents.

His longing and memories surged forth like a spring.

The reason he was willing to cooperate with Nightmare was for this very moment.

Including the time he spent on Fujishima Mountain, his parents have been gone for more than a decade.

Jiang Jiu really misses her parents.

His parents passed away shortly after he started junior high school due to a car accident.

Looking at her still young parents, Jiang Jiu's eyes welled up with tears.

"Who cares? Our family is well-off. We can afford to support him even if he doesn't go to school," Jiang's mother said gently as always.

“Nonsense! Look at the nonsense you’re spouting! How can you say such things? Look how you’ve spoiled your son!” Jiang Jiu’s father said sternly.

The argument between the two made Jiang Jiu feel very warm, and he felt very happy at that moment.

"Dad, Mom," Jiang Jiu said gently, "It's so wonderful to be your son."

Jiang's mother looked at Jiang Jiu in surprise, wondering why he suddenly spoke like that.

Mr. Jiang frowned slightly: "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? Do you have a fever?"

Jiang's mother gave Jiang's father a mocking look, scolding him for spoiling his son too much, but at the slightest sign of trouble, she was the first to rush over.

I don't know if it's because of the nightmare, but Mr. and Mrs. Jiang were unusually gentle today.

"It's nothing, let's eat," Jiang Jiu said to her parents, wiping her eyes.

"Yes, yes, yes, come and eat!" Jiang's mother said with a smile.

At the dinner table, Mr. Jiang kept complaining about Jiang Jiu's studies, while Mrs. Jiang kept asking him how he was doing.

Jiang was overwhelmed with happiness.

“Studying…” Jiang Jiu murmured.

This concept is so far removed from him that he doesn't even know how many years have passed.

Over the years, he has continuously grown stronger and fought relentlessly, long since leaving behind a peaceful life.

Learning something that caused him so much pain as a child is now a way for him to calm down.

Looking at the familiar books on the desk, the memories that had become blurred began to gradually become clear again.

He flipped through the pages and could recall every sentence, every word, and even every punctuation mark.

Because he is a ghost now.

Because his mental strength has reached 100.

Knowledge that I didn't fully understand before, I can now completely grasp, especially mathematics.

Everything felt so familiar, yet so strange.

“Nightmare, in a way, I should thank you,” Jiang Jiu said with a smile. “When I kill you later, I will make sure you don’t feel any pain.”

After saying goodbye to her parents, Jiang Jiu went out.

"Is it strange?" Jiang Jiu looked at the stranger who had entered his mental world.

"Where is this?" The stranger was so shocked he could barely speak. "Is this the world of demons?"

Why are there iron birds flying in the sky?

What's the story behind these mysterious skyscrapers?

"What are these iron boxes? Why can they run faster than horses?"

"Why are these people talking to themselves? What are they holding in their hands?"

Jiang Jiu did not answer him, but smiled and said, "I'm sorry, now that you know my secret, I can't let you live."

As he spoke, he swiftly pierced through the stranger's spirit with a chop to the neck.

"As a demon, I help humans and stand on the side of the Demon Slayer Corps to kill demons."

"And you, as a human being, are working for a ghost."

“Even if you were forced into it, even if you had your reasons, even if you had no choice, you still deserve to die,” Jiang Jiu said coldly.

Looking at his spiritual core, he laughed: "My core is pitch black. Has my heart been corrupted?"

"No wonder, after all, I chose to become a ghost."

Looking into his inner world, Jiang Jiu pondered for a moment.

He then controlled the ghostly energy and destroyed his own mental world.

Including his parents.

He was afraid that if he saw his parents again, he might become despondent and reluctant to leave.

The road must continue forward; he cannot be trapped here.

No matter how illusory the world is, it is ultimately fake, and one should not become addicted to it.

I opened my eyes and found a person in front of me with white eyes, who had already lost the breath of life.

Three other people were sitting nearby, staring in astonishment at the man's corpse.

Without saying a word, Jiang Jiu cut the rope connecting him and the stranger, and then killed all three of them.

These people were all bewitched by nightmares and came to destroy his spiritual core.

Jiang Jiu felt no remorse whatsoever for killing such a person.

He retrieved the giant sword, slung it over his shoulder, and walked through each carriage, watching each passenger hypnotized by nightmares, moving forward step by step.

He arrived at the front of the train, where the train attendant was controlling the train.

"Stop the car," Jiang Jiu said.

The flight attendant was startled; Jiang Jiu's voice came too suddenly.