Konoha's Mission Master

Although he was blind, everyone vaguely sensed a pair of wise and bright eyes looking down on the reception room from a very high position.

The two were at the heart of the incident, yet they were in a much easier position than the Nine Pillars.

"Ding."

The green wooden sign was thrown into the center of the round table.

Sanemi Shinazugawa was the first to make a decision. His thinking was simple: before he fell, he would not allow his lord, Kagaya Ubuyashiki, whom he sincerely respected, to sacrifice his life because of the plan.

He had no choice before, but now he wants his lord to live!

"Ding."

The red wooden plaque was tossed onto the round table.

Gyomei Himejima was once the strongest member of the Demon Slayer Corps, representing the pinnacle that the current era could reach. He was also the one who followed Kagaya Ubuyashiki the longest. He supported all of Kagaya Ubuyashiki's decisions without reservation, even though he was reluctant to do so, he was willing to make them happen.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki often felt resentful of his own weakness and inability to wield a Nichirin Blade due to the sacrifices of the Demon Slayer Corps members. Naturally, the opportunity to personally injure Muzan Kibutsuji would be his greatest wish.

Ding! Rengoku Kyojuro throws out a green wooden plaque. He believes that with Yakumo's strength, he can defeat Kibutsuji Muzan in his full form. A happy ending for everyone is what he desires.

Mist Pillar, Tokito Muichiro, green wooden plaque.

Snake Pillar, Obanai Iguro, Green Wooden Sign.

Currently, the Yakumo Project has received support from four candidates: the Water Pillar Giyu Tomioka, the Sound Pillar Tengen Uzui, the Love Pillar Mitsuri Kanroji, and the Insect Pillar Shinobu Kocho.

Yakumo is now just one step away from victory.

Yoshiyuki Tomioka fiddled with the wooden plaque in his hand, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes, before finally casting his vote for Kagaya Ubuyashiki's plan.

Current score: 4 to 2.

Shinobu Kocho threw the red wooden plaque onto the round table.

Current score: 4 to 3

The Sound Pillar and the Love Pillar became the key to deciding the vote. The two of them gripped the wooden plaques tightly in their hands, and the pressure in the entire room slowly approached them.

The room was so quiet that only breathing could be heard. The pillars who had made their choices remained calm and composed, while Kanroji Mitsuri lowered her head in fear, as if she was about to collapse under the weight of the pressure.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Uzui Tengen raised his head and gave a cheerful but ambiguous smile, then threw the green wooden plaque in his hand into the center of the round table.

Kanroji Mitsuri breathed a sigh of relief; the outcome was already decided.

Yakumo chuckled and finished his green tea. The outcome was basically as he had expected. Ubuyashiki Kagaya smiled and shook his head, then began to organize a meeting. He understood everyone's thoughts; they didn't want him, their lord, to sacrifice himself.

The group immediately began discussing the specific details of the mission, and ultimately decided that Hisameshima Gyomei and Shinazugawa Sanemi would cooperate with Yakumo to hunt down the Demon King Muzan.

The Upper Moon Six was dealt with by Kyojuro Rengoku and Mitsuri Kanroji, while the others... were left to deal with any potential Lower Moons and other demons that might attack, acting as free agents.

On that day, four specially made Nichirin swords were delivered to Yakumo. It was clear that they were made in a hurry, but the materials used were quite generous. With their sharpness, they could easily cleave through a strong ox.

Yakumo also taught the Pillars the secret to activating the Crimson Blade, but only Gyomei Himejima and Kyojuro Rengoku were able to reach the limit to activate the Crimson Blade.

Although Uzui Tengen had the grip strength, he was unable to activate it, which puzzled Yakumo greatly. Or perhaps, the conditions for activating the Crimson Blade were not limited to grip strength alone.

In the courtyard, the Pillars were giving Tanjiro Kamado special training.

"From controlling your breathing to mastering your breathing."

This is how the Demon Slayer Corps improves itself. Yakumo is also curious about mastering the breathing technique, but unfortunately, when he tries to learn it by stealing it, he triggers a cognitive impairment.

The game system is preventing him from gaining other powers.

Seeing that Tanjiro Kamado was resting, Yakumo sat down next to him, guessing that Tanjiro Kamado was the protagonist of this world.

The nine Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps were all quickly influenced by his spirit and were willing to pass on all the skills they had mastered.

What Yakumo found hard to understand was that Tanjiro Kamado was also able to master it very well, as if he himself was a sponge with unlimited potential, able to absorb all the knowledge poured into it, and his strength increased explosively in just a few days.

All of this can only be attributed to the protagonist's halo.

It is favored by the heavens and earth.

"Yakumo-sama..."

Tanjiro Kamado wiped the sweat from his brow and greeted Yakumo.

"Improving oneself is more about understanding nature."

"To perceive nature?"

Human power has its limits, but nature is limitless.

Even though he couldn't learn them, he roughly understood the function of various breathing techniques, using breath control as a medium to improve his control over his body and thus unleash even stronger power.

This kind of control is also a form of overdraft, which leads to the average short lifespan of Demon Slayer members. The stronger their combat power, the greater the physical depletion they suffer.

How can we perceive and understand nature?

Tanjiro Kamado asked Yakumo with some curiosity.

Yakumo finished his fragrant tea, gazing at the girl in the distance patting the white quilt cover, a profound smile on his face.

Listen.

Listen to the sound of the wind, the surge of thunder.

How to listen?

After Yakumo lost his chakra, he became even more pure and extreme, and was able to better understand the feeling of using weapons to draw upon the lightning in nature.

Snapped.

Yakumo snapped his fingers, and golden arcs of electricity danced at his fingertips.

"This is the result of listening."

Tanjiro Kamado looked surprised and stood there stunned.

"Use your ears to hear the howling wind, your skin to feel the surging water, your eyes to observe the fury of thunder, and your nose to smell the scents of nature, the smell of earth, the fragrance of flowers, and so on."

"I understand!"

Tanjiro Kamado replied with some excitement.

“I have observed your swordsmanship. The last move can be connected with the first move, eventually transforming into a continuous series of sword techniques. Of course, the moves and the sword are inanimate objects, but the person wielding the sword… can possess infinite variations and possibilities.”

After thinking for a moment, Yakumo said.

"I see!"

Tanjiro Kamado leaped up, bowed to Yakumo in gratitude, and headed to the training ground for a new workout. Once he grasped the secret, his progress in Sun Breathing became extremely rapid.

From then on, after receiving instruction and training, Tanjiro Kamado would lie on the ground and sniff the soil, and would close his eyes and swing his sword under the moonlight.

Two days later, the Demon Slayer Corps welcomed two special demons, two demons who had broken free from Muzan Kibutsuji's control.

Tamayo and Yushiro.

Yushiro's Blood Demon Art can serve as the eyes of the Demon Slayer Corps, while Tamayo spent nearly a hundred years trying to kill Muzan.

She has achieved great success in the field of poisons. She provided Yakumo with two kinds of deadly poisons, a reagent to transform demons into humans, and a substance that damages cells and enhances self-healing abilities. When the two poisons are mixed, they will also form a third poison that prevents Muzan from splitting. Unfortunately, the research on the third poison has not yet reached a complete state, and the effects it can cause are quite limited.

However, Shinobu Kocho seemed to harbor some hostility towards her, or rather, the Demon Slayer Corps members were only willing to accept the two of them because of their master's guarantee.

Yakumo joins the training program for Kamado Tanjiro.

Five days have passed in the blink of an eye.

During this time, Yakumo witnessed the resilience of Himejima Gyomei, the love-struck mind of Kanroji Mitsuri, the face blindness of Tokito Muichiro, the perverse sense of humor of Iguro Obanai, and the madness of Shinazugawa Sanemi.

Of course, the most important thing is that Uzui Tengen is a scumbag.

This guy actually has three beautiful wives!

Yakumo truly envied him from the bottom of her heart.

Shinobu Kocho, the Insect Pillar, originally planned to ingest the deadly poison of wisteria flowers with her own body and then kill Doma by sacrificing herself.

Even though Doma is dead, she still hasn't given up on this plan.

Yakumo and Giyu Tomioka tried to stop them.

Under the guidance and training during this period, Tanjiro Kamado has developed combat strength that is no less than that of a Pillar.

Yakumo couldn't help but sigh, the protagonist's power increase was truly illogical.

In the shadows, Demon King Muzan is also gathering strength. This is a full-scale war between demons and the Demon Slayer Corps, and its outcome will inevitably be the demise of one side.

This will be the largest war in a thousand years.

…………

Inside the Infinity Castle, Nakime's appearance had changed drastically, and her aura had become even more terrifying. In the single eye hidden by her hair... the name Upper Moon Three was engraved.

During this period, Muzan enhanced her three times, and she underwent a dramatic transformation.

Behind her head, flesh grew outwards and connected to the wall, and blood vessels spread outwards, eventually allowing her mind and vision to connect with the entire Infinite City.

In the Infinite Castle, there is a luxurious living room, which is Muzan Kibutsuji's private room.

The floor was covered with a dark red hand-woven carpet, and next to it was a huge bookshelf filled with many finely bound books.

Muzan Kibutsuji sat upright on the sofa, his right hand swirling a glass of red wine, inside which churned a scarlet liquid, and a faint smell of blood wafted out.

"Lord Muzan, if I were to teleport ten thousand times in an instant, I would be temporarily exhausted and unable to use Blood Demon Art for the next half hour."

The walls of the Infinite City were slightly distorted.

Nakime's eyes appeared.

Suddenly, her voice rang out in the living room as she gave her report.

"Plan continues. I will take over the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters within ten minutes!"

Muzan Kibutsuji gave the order expressionlessly. His strategy was simple: to use sheer numbers to completely overwhelm the Demon Slayer Corps, which consisted of only a few hundred combatants.

Although the Nine Pillars are very strong, can they withstand a thousand ghosts?

no!

He had no chance of losing this battle.

Kibutsuji Muzan stared at the ceiling, a slight smile playing on his lips.