Chapter 171 - The Ghost Using Wisteria Flower Poison

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Tomioka main hall.

Because the wave of ghosts just now was too dense, even the pillars consumed a lot of energy and did not have much ability to chase the remaining ghosts.

Therefore, Ubuyashiki Sukeyo used the crow to let everyone rest where they were.

Shang Quannai observed the location of Infinite City and found that Infinite City had not moved.

At this moment, he is somewhere in the distance and motionless.

The pillars used breathing techniques to heal their wounds.

Fengzhu and Yanzhu saw that Jiguo Yuanyi was in a bad state, and quickly pulled him and told him to optimize his breathing method to distract Yuanyi.

Just when everyone was adjusting their breath.

Purgatory Jinjuro gradually became worried.

It's okay when he's fighting, his attention will be focused on the battle without distractions, and it's easy for him to strengthen his belief.

But now that I am free, my thoughts inevitably become complicated.

"...Takehara." He looked at the ground that reflected the moonlight slightly, and his golden-red hair dimmed a little.

People in the Demon Slayer Squad should be accustomed to separation between life and death, let alone Hashira.

In the past, after a team member died fighting a demon, the pillars would mourn collectively and visit the Demon Slayer's grave from time to time.

Don't bring your emotions to the battlefield.

However, Purgatory Jinjuro always had an inexplicable thought in his heart.

——Takehara is not dead.

Although I don’t know why this idea is firmly reverberating in my mind like an old tree taking root.

But driven by this thought, Purgatory Jinjuro made a decision.

——Go to Kamiizuna for help.

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"So..." Shang Quanna tilted his head. He looked at Purgatory Hitoshiro who was standing in front of him and secretly pulled him to the corner: "You want me to help you find a missing team member?"

"That's right, Lord Kamizumi." Purgatory Jinjuro nodded, his fluffy hair swaying accordingly.

"Why me?" Shang Quanna turned his head and looked at the members of the Demon Slayer Team sitting together in the middle of the main hall, and scratched his head.

Finding people...may not be his forte.

"Because you once saved him, Mr. Kamizumi." Purgatory Jinjuro replied with solemn eyes: "The team member you saved when we first met."

"His name is Takehara."

"He is a child with a very cheerful personality and strong abilities."

As he spoke, Purgatory Jinjuro's tone seemed a little regretful, and his eyes dropped slightly.

He was the one who brought Takehara into the Demon Slayer Corps. Now that Takehara has encountered an accident, he himself also bears some responsibility.

Purgatory Jinjuro thinks so.

"Not long ago, Takehara boy disappeared near Sensoji Temple while completing his mission."

"I later asked my wife, Tamako-senpai, and she vaguely remembered that she did not kill Takehara boy when she turned into a ghost."

"But he hasn't come back for a long time, so... I'm a little worried. I hope you can..." Purgatory Jinjuro raised his head and looked at Shang Quannai with hopeful eyes.

Purgatory Jinjuro quickly revealed a large amount of information.

After Shang Quanna heard the words "rescued" and "Takehara", he was stunned for a moment.

He remembered.

In addition to those people he remembered, there was also a second-class player named "Takehara" who had been given blood by him.

And he happened to disappear again...

The other people with their own blood are basically in the main hall.

At this moment, in Infinite City, a second group of his own blood suddenly appeared.

Everything seems easy to guess...

The team member named "Takehara" is in Mugen City at the moment.

"...Takehara." Shang Quanna murmured to himself.

Purgatory Jinjuro looked at Shang Quanna nervously, fearing that the other party would shake his head and reject him.

But Shang Quannai gradually fell into thinking.

In his mind, the red masked man who had just blocked Wuhan's attack in Infinite City suddenly appeared.

It's him?

There is a familiar feeling on the masked man. Could it be because he carries his own blood?

But if it was him, why would Takehara block the attack for Muzan...

Was Muzan turned into a ghost?

It seems that countless evidences are naming Takehara as the masked man.

But none of the evidence is conclusive.

It's just theoretical speculation.

"Sir Kamizumi..." Purgatory Jinjuro said worriedly.

Snapped.

Shang Quanna patted Purgatory Jinshourou's shoulder.

"I understand." He pretended to be relaxed and patted Purgatory Jinjuro: "I will help search for him later."

"Do not worry."

Purgatory Jinjuro breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and nodded with peace of mind:

"Yeah! Thank you very much!"

Just as the two were talking, a noisy sound suddenly sounded from the direction of the main hall, attracting their attention.

"Ah! Everyone!" A Grade A team member stood up in surprise and shouted loudly.

"What's wrong?" Shuiwu Yuebai quickly turned his head and looked.

"The child is missing!"

"who?!"

"The kid who brought us here is named Tomioka, right?"

"He was still standing here just now!"

"what happened…"

"Tomioka——! Where are you?"

As the only child in the team, he was naturally placed at the center of the Demon Slayer Corps members who were extremely protective.

But at this moment, the child actually disappeared in front of everyone.

In an instant, everyone in the Demon Slayer Squad exploded and began to look for traces of the dead Tomioka.

Shang Quannai walked forward, narrowed his eyes, then lowered his head and looked at his feet.

The soul of Tomioka's dead man is under his feet.

He turned his head and looked at Ji Guoyuan.

"…found it."

Ji Guoyuan slowly glanced at the main hall, and then walked to the place where the dead man Tomioka stood just now.

He stretched out his hand and pushed against the base of a Guanyin statue in the middle of the main hall.

"Click..."

A small door slowly opened, revealing the dark passage inside.

The dark passage runs diagonally downward, ending in darkness.

"He's inside." Tsukuni Enichi used his transparent perspective to clearly see Tomioka's dead man lying at the end of the deep passage, his life hanging by a thread.

The beating of his heart seemed to be very difficult, and his body, which was dozens of times stronger than his peers, instantly faded away.

The overloaded heart was beating hard like a broken accordion.

"Tomioka!" Kazama Chengya nervously poked his head into the dark passage, and he quickly bent over and climbed in.

Just now, he was the person responsible for protecting Tomioka's dead soldiers.

If something goes wrong with Tomioka Death, then Kazama Seiya may not feel comfortable for a long time.

Seeing this, other people also followed Kazama Chengya into the passage.

Only Iwami Yanjima, who was too big to bend down to enter the passage, Zenson Gatama, who was afraid of the dark, and several other Class A team members stayed where they were.

Iwami Yanjima looked at the passage under the Guanyin statue with his hands clasped together, and slowly closed his eyelids:

"Amitabha."

"Do you only know this sentence?" My wife Shancun suddenly asked Iwami Yanjima in a daze:

"I've been listening to you say this sentence for a long time, and I already know it..."

Yan Jianyan heard this and clicked the rosary beads in his hand.

"...Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, walking in the deep Prajna Paramita, always seeing that the five aggregates are empty, surviving all hardships, relics..."

Yancijian sat cross-legged in front of the Guanyin statue, and the faint sound of chanting sutras echoed in the main hall.

My wife Shancun was stunned and greatly surprised.

Several Grade A players on the side smiled helplessly.

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The end of the dark passage.

The space here is very large, even allowing Yunichi Jiguo and Izuna to stand upright.

Creak...

"...wuwuwu..." A faint cry came from the room.

"Brother...why..."

"Why did it become like this..."

Pushing open the last door, a little light came from the dark passage into the room behind the door.

A little girl slumped on the ground, a faint light falling on her body. The little girl wiped her tears and turned her head in confusion:

"...Who?" The little girl still had a cry in her tone.

Shang Quannai didn't speak. He looked towards the little girl's side along the faint light.

Tomioka, the dead man, was lying weakly on the dark and damp ground. He stretched out a hand and took the little girl's palm.

"Oh... ha... don't worry, Hanako..." Tomioka breathed hard and said to the little girl in a hoarse voice:

"They...are my...friends and will help Hanako..."

"Don't be afraid...oh..."

Tomioka's voice was intermittent. He should have lost his emotions, but his words sounded so emotional at this moment.

"...Brother, brother..." Hanako looked at her brother with a trembling voice. Her little hands held his palm tightly, and her eyes were filled with tears.

The dead soldier's body was failing rapidly.

As for the reason, it seems to be because the body has been forced to operate under load.

At this time, Death Soldier Tomioka looked at the members of the Demon Slayer Team who came in from the door with his broken eyes. He spoke in a weak tone:

"Everyone... I haven't explained it to you yet..."

"I... am a dead soldier. I will leave soon after completing my mission."

"Please... help me take care of my sister..."

"She...ahem, she's a beggar..."

Seeing the dead man Tomioka coughing up blood, Shang Quanna was in a daze.

If it weren't for Tomioka's death, he might not have been able to meet Muzan this time... and he wouldn't have known that Muzan was looking for the blue Higanbana flower...

Finally, he sighed.

It's time to bleed again.

Snapped!

Seeing Hanako's surprised and somewhat frightened eyes, Shang Quanna quickly stepped forward and covered Tomioka's mouth, and said coldly:

"Stop talking, you can still be saved now."

"If you say a few more words, I won't guarantee it."

Tomioka's eyes widened. He looked at Shang Quanna and gave up the idea of ​​struggling as soon as he thought about it.

"That..." Hanako tugged at Shang Quanna's clothes with tears in her eyes, and looked at her brother pitifully.

"It's okay, don't worry." Shang Quannai reached out, rubbed the back of Hanako's head, and gave a thumbs up to the people behind him.

When everyone saw this, they all breathed a sigh of relief, then turned back and walked up the secret passage.

After all, it would be too dangerous to have only two pillars guarding the outside.

This is the ghost's lair.

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the other side.

Jiguo camp.

It was late at night, the bonfire was crackling, but there was no one on duty sitting around.

There is a wooden stake stuck next to it.

There was a thick iron chain tied to the wooden stake, but nothing was tied to the other end of the chain.

Some dark red blood was also sprinkled on the campfire, spreading all the way into the distant forest.

aside.

Main tent.

The tent has Jiguo's family crest tattooed on it, indicating that it belongs to the family owner.

But sitting in the tent were two well-equipped generals holding spears.

The real head of the family is Jiguo Yansheng.

He was in a light sleep, lying in a white military shed.

This is a strategic confusion to prevent enemy ninjas from sneaking up on the coach.

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In the forest.

"Creak...Creak..." The sounds of broken bones and chewing continued to come.

Snap, snap.

It was difficult for the dim light to penetrate the dense forest, and one could only vaguely see a black shadow lying on top of another black shadow, constantly shaking its head.

At the feet of the black shadow was a large pool of blood reflecting the dim moonlight.

At this time, a cold and hoarse voice came from deep in the forest:

"You shouldn't be here."

"Ha... do you think I wanted to come here?" The black figure who was shaking his head suddenly stopped moving and then raised his head and said.

"This is my food court, and what you eat is my sheep."

"Don't worry, old guy, I won't eat you for nothing."

The black shadow said, the corners of his mouth cracked in an astonishing arc, and then he swallowed a certain bone in front of him.

"...What do you want to do?" The hoarse voice became a little hesitant.

The black figure wiped his mouth and stood up, with a crackling sound all over his body.

The originally rickety and shrunken body actually became strong and upright at this moment, but the broken chains and shackles were still hanging on his wrists.

The shackles that were originally joined together were violently broken apart and turned into two heavy black iron bracelets.

He twisted his neck and smiled maliciously:

"I will torture you first and then eat you."

The hoarse voice was stunned for a moment, and then it came to its senses. There was obvious anger in the voice:

"…asshole…"

next moment.

Swish——!

boom!

Another black shadow suddenly pierced out from the depths of the woods and hit the evil ghost who had just stood up.

The energy passed through, and the woods behind the evil ghost were opened by the impact.

"You're quite strong, old man." The other ghost that hit the wave of evil ghosts kicked him, and the other ghost quickly retreated.

The moonlight penetrated through the opening opened by the impact, illuminating the situation in the dense forest.

The two evil spirits were facing each other, one high and the other high.

One is a ghost with an old appearance and a thin body, but unexpectedly has a very upright spirit.

The other one is a ghost with shackles on his hands.

In a confrontation with a heavy atmosphere.

The battle between ghosts and ghosts for food is about to break out.

boom! !

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Shortly after.

Dang clang, clang clang...

The evil ghost, covered in blood and with shackles on his hands and feet, slowly walked out of the forest.

He licked the blood on the back of his hand, and the wounds on his body healed quickly.

In the forest behind the evil ghost, an old figure lay on his back in disbelief and stunned.

The old man looked directly at him.

His mouth opened and closed as if he was saying something, but the purple toxin corroded his neck, making him unable to speak at all.

Then, it slowly turned into ashes and disappeared.

"Humph, poor guy."

"I don't even know how to use wisteria flower poison..."