Chapter 172 - Tsukuni Iwakatsu and Ninja

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Snap, snap...

The evil ghost walked out of the forest, his hands trembling slightly, and there were faint traces of purple cysts on his wrists.

As a ghost, he would naturally not carry wisteria flower poison that is harmful to him.

The toxin comes from the shackles.

Although I don’t know how Tsukuni Iwakatsu knew about Oni’s weak poison, he did apply wisteria flower poison on it.

Although he had the idea to use the wisteria flower poison, he would inevitably be scratched by the shackles during the battle, causing himself to be infected with some of the wisteria flower poison.

"Pfft..." Purple blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth.

Snap!

He knelt down stiffly on the ground, his upper body hidden in the bushes.

It's just a little bit of toxin and it will decompose in a while.

The evil spirit's eyes did not leave the Jiguo barracks. He stared at Jiguo Iwakatsu who was lying in the ordinary samurai tent.

"bring it on……"

"Let me think about... how to make you completely despair..."

His expression was gloomy, and the resentment in his tone was extremely strong.

At this time.

Uh-huh!

A black shadow suddenly jumped out from the grass nearby, and he quietly approached the evil ghost.

Click!

"…found it."

A sharp black kunai that reflected the moonlight was instantly placed on the evil spirit's neck, and he gently pressed hard to draw out the blood.

Blood secreted along the blade of the kunai, and the purple flower poison slowly penetrated into the evil spirit's neck, further deepening the poisoning.

"Oh..." The evil ghost subconsciously tilted his head back to avoid the toxin from invading again.

"Stop wishful thinking." A man's voice came from behind the evil ghost, his tone was very cold.

"Weaknesses are wisteria flowers, fear of sunlight, and cannibalism..."

The man narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice as if he were looking at a prey:

"I know everything about you."

"Don't act rashly, my kunai is coated with the juice of the wisteria flower."

The evil ghost's expression froze for a moment, and he was startled, and then he sensed what was behind him.

Kunai…

It's the ninja from before.

I see…

The evil ghost frowned slightly, and he felt that he seemed to understand the source of the wisteria poison on the shackles.

It's probably the ninja behind him.

And the way for ninjas to find out why ghosts are afraid of wisteria flower poison is also very simple.

——He applied all the poisons he knew could be absorbed through the skin onto the shackles.

In order to cover up the smell of poison, he specially applied the juice of wisteria flowers to cover up the smell.

Unexpectedly, all the poisons had no effect.

And the ghost was actually weak to the wisteria flower juice he applied...

Even though the ninja's emotions have not fluctuated due to years of training, he is still a little unbearable at this moment.

Now, the ninja is fulfilling his commandments

——Protect the owner.

Killing everything that may pose a threat to the master is the reason for the existence of ninjas.

As for whether the ninja will hinder the master's direction after killing the target, this is not within the scope of the ninja's consideration.

All he knew was the first ninja commandment.

Always be loyal to one master, and protect the master's life even if he dies.

This is the ninja.

kill him!

The ninja narrowed his eyes and gradually tightened his grip on the kunai.

Creak...

The moment the ninja took action.

The evil spirits also moved.

Poof!

A sharp bone suddenly grew out of the evil ghost's back! He stabbed the ninja in the back hard!

Fortunately, the ninja's senses were sharp and he quickly took a step back.

And at the same time, he threw the kunai in his hand towards the evil ghost!

call out--!

There was a sound of breaking through the air, and the kunai bloomed with a sharp cold light in mid-air.

Poof!

The kunai stained with wisteria flower toxin pierced the evil spirit's body, and the evil spirit's movements became stiffer.

At the same time, the ninja touched his injured abdomen.

Although he reacted quickly, a gash was opened on his abdomen.

He took out a handful of sand from the small bag at his waist and simply rubbed it on the wound to stop the bleeding urgently.

The ninja pulled out the katana from his waist and took a defensive posture towards the evil spirit in front of him.

"...Can you do this even if you are poisoned?" The ninja narrowed his eyes. He looked at the evil ghost who looked at him but stood still.

It may be dangerous to approach easily.

Thinking about it, the ninja freed his hand and quietly held a few kunai around his waist.

Click.

"Cough ho, cough ho ho..." The evil ghost looked at the ninja's vigilant look, and suddenly smiled with his dry mouth.

The blood at the corner of the mouth and the dark environment make the evil ghost look very strange.

The ninja's blade reflected purple venom, and he didn't understand why the evil spirit was laughing.

"You...are the ninja who has been following that guy, right?" The evil ghost smiled and looked at the ninja provocatively.

It seemed like he was provoking, but he was actually buying time to slowly break down the wisteria flower toxins in his body.

"After being together for such a long time...if he killed you with his own eyes, that guy's expression would be quite wonderful...hahahaha..."

The evil ghost touched his chin with his stiff arm:

"Maybe...you will curse me loudly...hahaha..."

Click!

The ninja deadpanned. He exerted force on his arm muscles and held three kunai between his fingers.

Then he quickly swung it at the evil spirit!

Boo hoo hoo—!

The moment the kunai was thrown, the ninja's figure followed closely behind him, his sword hanging down and he took a step closer to the evil spirit!

[Attached fang chop]

Looking at the ninja who was approaching instantly, the evil spirit showed a sinister smile.

The poison in his body has been released.

next moment!

Uh-huh!

The evil ghost disappeared in front of the ninja in an instant, and the three kunai plunged into the bushes behind the evil ghost.

"!"

The ninja's horizontal slash failed, and he quickly stabilized his center of gravity, feeling slightly surprised in his heart.

The evil spirit appeared behind the ninja, holding his claws high and smiling, showing his sharp teeth.

It seems everything is under control.

but.

"Gah——!! Karma!!" A sharp crow's cry came from above.

For a moment, the ashigaru and samurai in the barracks were all awakened. They sat up one after another and took the weapons around them.

The crow's voice seemed to suppress the evil ghost in some way, and the evil ghost raised his arms was stunned for a moment.

It also gave the ninja time to react.

He turned sideways and avoided the evil spirit's attack.

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The devil's head.

"Gah!"

The crow stood at the end of the branch. It lowered its head and looked at the barracks below, transmitting everything it saw to Shang Quannai.

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Tomioka Residence Complex.

Cellar No. 36.

Number of evil spirits cleared: 431.

"Everyone is tight, don't fall behind." Kazama Chengya shouted from the front of the team to the back.

The members of the Demon Slayer Squad were forming a team and walking in the cellar. Ji Guoyuan held up a torch and walked in front of them.

It's said to be a torch, but it's actually just a He's knife that's so hot that it glows and can illuminate.

Walking at the very back was the tallest Iwami Inkstone.

Sandwiched among the members of the Demon Slayer Squad were a group of ordinary people who were covered in rags, their dirty bodies were constantly shaking, and their eyes were dull.

They are the original owners of Tomioka Mansion, members of the Tomioka clan.

The Demon Slayer Squad is currently clearing out the remaining ghosts in Tomioka's mansion.

With the help of Enichi Jiguo, cleaning the cellar is not easy.

In less than a few hours, most of the evil spirits in the cellar had been cleared away.

But the strange thing is that the remaining cellars seem to be empty without the evil spirits.

tread.

The footsteps of Ji Guoyuan and everyone echoed in the dark cellar.

The cellar is very large, more like a natural cave open into a prison cell, where many members of the Tomioka clan are imprisoned.

At the same time, the environment is also very humid and dark. Perhaps this is the reason why most evil spirits choose to live here.

Ji Guoyuan raised the bright He Dao to illuminate the dark road ahead.

At this time.

The firelight illuminated a figure that was constantly moving around the corner ahead.

The sound of muttering could be heard faintly, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

"...They, they all evacuated, they didn't understand, they didn't understand, they all left..." A middle-aged man in ragged clothes leaned against the wall tremblingly.

"Who can help me…"

When Ji Guoyuan saw this, he observed the environment around the corner and found that there was no ghost, then he squatted down and asked the man softly:

"Can you tell me what happened here?"

The light of He Dao slightly illuminated the middle-aged man's face.

The middle-aged man trembled all over. He covered his head in fear, subconsciously turned his face away from the light, and couldn't stop shouting:

"Ah!! Ah! Don't eat me! I won't run away! Please!"

"Light, there shouldn't be light here! Run! You'll be eaten!"

"You can't run away, you can't run away..."

Under the illumination of He Dao, everyone gradually saw the man's appearance clearly.

The left arm disappeared without a trace, and there was a broken purple dagger hidden under his body.

"It's him!" Kazama Chengya frowned and clenched his fists, obviously recognizing who the man was.

Seeing everyone turning to look at him, Kazama Chengya hesitated and explained:

"...He...was resisting before we came. I saw him just now."

That's right, the crazy man in front of him was the same guy who almost managed to escape before and even killed an evil ghost.

Afterwards, everyone in the Demon Slayer Squad watched as the man was dragged into the darkness.

"It's okay." Enichi Tsukuni's voice was very calm, but so reassuring. He said calmly: "We are the Demon Slayer Squad."

"Wu...Ghost King has left here."

"We are cleaning up the remnants and everything is fine now."

Jiguoyuan lowered his eyes. The longer he stayed in the Demon Slayer Corps, the more disgusted he became with Muzan.

At the same time, he felt extremely guilty for not being able to kill Wu Mei.

Regret and guilt were instantly entangled.

"Don't worry, everything is fine."

As soon as Ji Guoyuan put his hands on the man, the high body temperature made the man slightly dazed, and he turned his head in a daze.

The body temperature of those ghosts...can't be that high...

Humans...are they humans?

Demon Slayer Squad?

Ah, I remember, it's the organization that specializes in fighting ghosts...

That guy, could it be said that that guy brought reinforcements?

The middle-aged man's eyes gradually brightened, and his previous crazy state slowly faded away.

"Little Tomioka...little Tomioka..."

The middle-aged man's brain was slightly clear, and his cloudy pupils quickly scanned the crowd, seemingly looking for someone.

But in the end, he didn't find the little boy in his impression.

He lowered his head in despair, and then he covered his face and cried loudly. His whole body seemed to have lost a lot of weight in an instant:

"...You succeeded...You succeeded..."

"Why...can't..."

Apparently some of the rescued Tomioka people recognized the identity of the middle-aged man.

But they have long forgotten how to have a normal conversation, and they have also forgotten each other's names, only remembering some simple titles.

Among the Fugang people, a little girl pointed at the middle-aged man who was covering his face and crying and shouted:

"Home! Retainer! Retainer!"

The girl's voice, even after going through that hell, was still full of innocence and hope.

The middle-aged man was slightly startled. He raised his head and turned his dirty face slightly to look at the crowd of Tomioka people.

His appearance was exactly the same as that of the Tomioka retainer who died before.

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In the secret passage below Tomioka's main hall.

Shang Quanna was slowly pressing Tomioka's forehead and injecting a small amount of his own blood along the head.

He discovered a problem.

It seems that Tomioka became a dead warrior because he injected his own blood, but the method was not right.

After injecting blood, he made a long-lasting slit in the brain.

It seemed that something was cut off to keep Tomioka in a state of no emotion.

Outrageous, in every sense of the word.

At this time.

A piece of information was transmitted into Shang Quannai's mind from Yan Ya's channel, and he was slightly stunned.

It is the camp of Jiguo Yansheng.

Jiguo Iwakatsu is out of luck there!

He glanced down at Tomioka, who was still semi-conscious.

He couldn't get away, so he could only let Yuanyi go alone.

……fair enough.

Shang Quannai turned his head and quickly connected to an idle crow in the main hall outside the secret passage.

The bird suddenly trembled, and then flew straight towards Tsukuni Enichi, who was speaking to Kazama Nariya and Iwami Injima in the cellar outside the main hall.

At the same time, he was also yelling:

"Gah! Yuanyi! Yuanyi!"

"Leave this to Zhu and me!"

Under Jiguo Yuanyi's confused eyes, Yanyao slowly told him the news that shocked him extremely:

"Your brother! Now he is facing an attack from evil spirits!"

Ji Guoyuan was slightly stunned.

Creak...

An unknown voice sounded from under Yuori.

"In a straight line southeast!"

"Jiguo's camp!"

The next moment after the crow finished shouting.

boom! !

A violent explosion sounded from Kazama Narumi's ears, and he was so frightened that he immediately turned his head and closed his eyes.

When he came back to his senses, he found that Ji Guoyuan had disappeared early in the morning.

All that was left in place were the broken stones and the smoke.

There was also the faint heat of sun lingering in the air.

As for the dark cellar, the only light seemed to disappear instantly

——He Dao.

The moment He Dao disappeared.

In the darkness ahead.

Countless scarlet pupils flashed rapidly and were densely packed together.

My wife Shancun swallowed. He put his hand on the handle of the knife and said to the other pillars with trembling calves:

"...Everyone, please be careful."

"If what that child said is true, in this cellar..."

"There are at least six hundred ghosts left!"

When Kazama Chengya heard this, he quickly took out the flint and lit the torch beside him.

And shouted to all the Tomioka people behind him:

"All clan members! Evacuate into the hall now!!"

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Whoosh! !

The scorching sun burned rapidly through the mountains and fields. Jiguo Yuanyi's face was still expressionless, but the eagerness in his heart was already palpable.

Brother.

He pictured in his mind the happy image of Iwakatsu Tsukuni and his family.

No, absolutely not.

I will never let a ghost destroy such beauty again.