Chapter 181 - Confused Jiguo Iwakatsu

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In the doctor's office.

Tsukuni Iwakatsu sat next to the unconscious ninja, and his younger brother Enichi slowly walked over.

"Brother."

Enjikuni held a bunch of maps in his arms, took one first, and handed it to Jikuni Iwakatsu, while lowering his head slightly:

"Sorry, I didn't take care of my brother's emotions."

"Please...brother, don't take their words to heart."

Ji Guoyuan looked at his brother seriously, but there seemed to be no real emotions in his eyes that were always calm.

"..." Jiguo Yansheng looked at his outstretched hand hanging in mid-air, while Yuanyi was talking to himself, with no intention of handing over the map.

Snapped!

He hesitated for a moment, then took the map from his brother's hand, stopped talking, and looked at it carefully.

In the center of the map, three large ink characters were written:

——Infinite City.

Jiguo Yansheng lowered his head and looked at the map attentively, pretending not to care.

As soon as Yuan saw his brother being so serious, he stopped disturbing him, turned around and left slowly.

And began to distribute maps to other hidden team members.

"This is yours." Yuanyi handed the map to a passing team member.

Previously, Ubuyashiki Sukeyo had already explained the function of these maps to Tsukuni Enichi.

After looking at it carefully, he had basically memorized the contents on the map.

--so.

——He gave away his share.

But what he didn't know himself was.

Enichi himself, currently the strongest swordsman in mankind...

——Irrelevant music.

This was thanks to the tuneless flute that his brother, Tsukuni Iwakatsu, made when he was a child, wrapped in his wife's sachet.

"...Thank you." The Yin team members were slightly stunned as they watched Yuan Yi handing over the maps one by one.

After receiving the map, the Yin team members continued to work on helping the doctor and Zhu Shi.

"Huh..." The doctor wiped the sweat from his forehead. His hand holding the scalpel was shaking a little because of fatigue. After spending some time with Zhu Shi, his medical skills improved by leaps and bounds.

He was able to learn medical skills by himself in troubled times, and he seemed to have some talents.

Poof!

After cutting off a piece of necrotic tissue, the doctor quickly stopped the bleeding of the injured person.

Zhuyo took some medicine, carefully held up the skirt of her kimono, stepped in the gap among the crowd, and walked back and forth among the seriously injured patients.

Blood stains rubbed on the walls and floor of the doctor's office, and the disgusting smell of blood spread.

Only the members of the Demon Slayer Corps, who have seen blood all year round, have no feeling at all about this.

Bang bang!

Zhu Shi gently patted the face of the seriously injured person, held the medicine between his fingers, and shouted softly:

"Hello - can you hear me?"

Then, Zhu Shi frowned slightly, looking at the unresponsive injured, feeling a little troubled.

——No longer conscious.

She raised her head and shouted to the doctor who was operating in the room:

"Mr. Doctor - do you have any more blood-replenishing potions?"

"Yes!" the doctor shouted in reply, and not long after, a hidden team member ran over holding a medicine tube.

"Thank you." Zhu Shi took the potion, thanked him softly, and continued his treatment.

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On the side, the pillars gathered around Uyashiki Fuyo, the monk Izuna, and were discussing something.

Bloody red...

What could it be?

In Infinite City, the sky is filled with blood.

Vampire magic? then what?

The possibilities are too wide, and the only useful information seems to be the location "Infinite City".

Shang Quannai's own plan was to directly and accurately pursue the location of Infinite City for a sneak attack after resting.

Therefore, it should be part of the plan that the decisive battle will take place in Infinite City.

It seems that no information was obtained.

Shang Quanna lowered his head. While he was thinking, Jiguo Enichi was distributing the map of Infinite City in his hand.

"...Your Excellency Kamiizumi." Ubuyashiki Sukeyo was silent for a while, and he looked at Shangquan Nai expectantly:

"Any ideas?"

The eyes of all the pillars also looked at Shang Quannai.

Shang Quannai put his hand on his chin and slowly shook his head.

"...I'm sorry, I can't think of anything useful at the moment."

Ubuyashiki Sukeyo saw Naizuna's sad face. He also knew how difficult it was to deduce something with just this bit of information.

Even Shang Quannai couldn't deduce anything, and the information was pitifully simple.

But he was not too disappointed, after all, this was expected.

After everyone was silent for a while, among the pillars, only Purgatory Jinjuro's expression slowly changed from excitement to depression.

Everyone else looked slightly dazed.

After all, they don't know much about Infinite City yet.

At this time, Shang Quanna slapped the map of Infinite City spread out on the table.

Snapped!

"Time is of the essence. Wu Mei is seriously injured now. If we wait until he fully recovers before taking action, we will be the ones who are passive."

"Infinite City is now in the direction of Kyoto. Time is running out to seize this opportunity."

In the last battle that could completely kill Wu Mei, Shang Quannai left blood at the end that could monitor the location of Infinite City.

Although I didn't expect Takehara to be in Infinite City at this moment, taking over the role of "locator".

But in the end, I got a second hope.

Shang Quannai's eyes were solemn. He glanced at the pillars in front of him and looked at them one by one:

"This...is the last chance."

"Without further ado."

"Start the decisive battle training!"

Although it is the best choice to chase directly now, but...

Shang Quannai glanced at the other team members and the pillars. The fatigue on their faces and the wounds on their bodies reminded Shang Quannai.

Not only was Mukai damaged, but the Demon Slayer Corps as a whole also suffered considerable strain.

"...Ah, is it training again..." My wife Shancun, who had a serious expression just now, suddenly fell down, and he leaned on Jiichiro beside him, all weak and weak.

He kept mumbling something, but very quietly.

Jiichiro smiled helplessly.

Just when everyone was excited and looked at Shang Quanna timidly, Ganluji Sakura Cake slowly came closer.

She stuck out her head curiously and looked at the people:

"what happened?"

Ubuyashiki Sukeyo looked at her, then smiled and explained to her what happened.

After explaining for a while, Kanroji Sakuracake nodded in realization, but there was still confusion in his eyes: "Is the sky full of blood red...?"

——It looks a bit like my own vampire magic...?

At this time.

Purgatory Jinjuro, who had a somewhat gloomy expression, raised his arms and asked in a loud tone:

"Excuse me!"

"When does training start?!"

Shang Quanna put away the map on the table, casually posted it on the wall next to him, and turned back to look at Purgatory Jinjuro:

"--Now!"

"The training location is at the top of Mount Saagiri."

"I give you half a quarter of an hour to get to the summit shrine of Mt. Saagiri."

"Gather in front of Tamagaki."

"No steps allowed."

Considering that the pillars still had some slight strength, Shang Quannai deliberately extended the time.

When the pillars heard this, they all looked at each other and got ready.

Jiichiro patted my wife Shancun on the shoulder. He left the pillars with a smile and returned to his room.

Mount Saagiri is actually quite difficult to climb.

"Start now!"

Boom! !

As soon as he finished speaking, several pillars in front of him suddenly disappeared.

Only a little dust ripples from the recoil caused by kicking on the ground like an arrow leaving the string.

The door of the doctor's office also swayed due to the huge impact.

On the street outside, my wife Shancun's scream could be heard faintly.

Ubuyashiki Sukeyo was also leaning on crutches, and with the help of the hidden team members, he slowly left the doctor's office and got on the carriage.

Chen Ji has been busy processing extra maps on the carriage.

On the side, Jiguo Iwakatsu, who was concentrating on observing the map of Infinite City, was startled. He looked up in confusion.

But nothing unusual was found - except that the pillars were missing.

At this time, Shang Quanna happened to turn sideways and pointed at Jiguo Iwakatsu, who had been sitting there:

"The one over there!"

When Jiguo Yansheng saw Shangquan Nai pointing at him, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and put away the map he was looking at:

"What's the matter?"

The tone is very serious, even the voice is a bit serious.

Shang Quanna looked at Tsukuni Yansheng's Haori and Diejia, and then subconsciously glanced at Tsukuni Enichi.

——Jiguo Yansheng.

As Enichi's elder brother, he was chosen at birth to be the successor to the country.

He has a strong self-esteem, and his self-esteem is often pushed to the ground and ravaged.

The concept of "you should be strong and you must be strong" has been instilled in you since childhood.

Therefore, the young Iwakatsu kept sighing, "It would be great if a talent like Enichi could be given to a person who has painstakingly studied swordsmanship."

At that time, Yuanyi only wanted to play children's games with his brother.

The differences in cognition when they were young also led to the birth of the initial differences between the two brothers.

This completely led to it, after understanding that his younger brother had suppressed his character since he was a child and had always been secretly caring about his own feelings.

The huge contrast caused the extremely proud Jiguo Iwakatsu to fall into a flame called "jealousy".

In the original development, he even resolutely chose to cut off Ubuyashiki Sukeyo's head in order to become more powerful than Enichi.

He held the head of Uyashiki Sukeyo,

——Go and seek refuge with Wuhan.

The incarnation became the first moon ghost in the history of the original work.

——The First String [Black Death Mou]

But even after turning into a ghost, he was never stronger than Enichi Tsukuni.

In hundreds of years of swordsmanship training, he gradually forgot why he wanted to surpass Yuanyi in the first place. He even never thought about what would happen after surpassing Yuanyi.

It's just the obsession like a demon in his heart that keeps driving him forward and becoming stronger.

Finally, during the Taisho period four hundred years later, during the decisive battle in Mugen City, he was distracted by the memory of Enichi that suddenly jumped out of his heart, and was killed by the three pillars.

Turned into ashes in sourness and regret.

This was Jiguo Iwakatsu’s original life trajectory.

Thinking of this, Shang Quanna paid attention to Uyashiki Sukeyo next to him.

Perhaps the relationship between the two of them has never been very good, and it was only in the original work that Tsukiguni Iwakatsu was so happy.

Come to your senses.

Since Shang Quanna exists at this moment, it is impossible for Jiguo Yansheng to experience such a bloody life again.

When he, a butterfly, flapped his wings six hundred years ago, Demon Slayer's original timeline also changed.

"You also need to participate in training."

Shangquan Nai said to Tsukuni Iwakatsu, and he glanced at the awakened ninja lying on the table next to Iwakatsu:

"The guy next to me wants it too."

After hearing this, Jiguo Yansheng nodded slowly, stood up slowly, and took off his armor without saying a word.

Bang!

The heavy armor fell to the ground with a dull sound.

Afterwards, after Ji Guoyan Sheng stared at the markings on Shang Quanna's forehead and collarbone for a long time, he was silent for a while.

He hesitated and pointed at Shang Quannai and asked:

"your…"

"Are the scars on your forehead natural?"

Shang Quannai retracted his outstretched hand, and upon hearing this, he subconsciously touched his forehead.

He quickly realized that Tsukuni Iwakatsu was referring to the markings that he had not paid much attention to.

It is the dark red markings that appeared after awakening in the Warring States Period.

Under Jiguo Yansheng's expectant gaze, he slowly shook his head:

"Not."

Jiguo Yansheng was stunned when he heard this, then suppressed his inner joy, made his tone cold and indifferent, and continued to ask:

"Then how did this scar...appear?"

"Did it happen naturally, or did you do something?"

As if he realized something was wrong with his attitude, he changed his words and said:

"Don't get me wrong, I'm just curious because my brother has the same marks on his face."

Shang Quanna looked at Jiguo Yansheng who was pretending not to care with interest. He lowered his head slightly to suppress the raised corners of his mouth, then raised his head and frowned, as if he was remembering something:

"Ah... I remember... indeed..."

Jiguo Iwakatsu's breathing became faster.

"I think I took a nap."

Shang Quanna turned his head and did not look at Jiguo Yansheng: "Ah... it was a very long sleep."

"After I woke up, there were marks like this on my forehead." Shang Quannai pointed at his forehead and said.

Kanroji Sakuracake was observing the map of Infinite City. When she heard Shangquan Nai say this, she immediately raised her head and continued with some complaints:

"It's really long."

Shang Quanna scratched his head in embarrassment, and his eyes became darker at the same time.

Jiguo Yansheng's expression slowly changed from cold to in sync with his heart, showing a look of confusion.

Obviously, Shang Quannai's words completely aroused his inner curiosity.

The eagerness in his heart forced him to want to know how spots like Yuanyi appeared, and the cold expression on his face became a little unbearable.

"How long?" Jiguo Yansheng asked succinctly.

Shang Quanna turned around in surprise. He thought that based on Jiguo Yansheng's temperament, he would not ask any more questions.

"Do you really want to know?"

Jiguo Yansheng did not answer Shangquan Nai directly, but stared at him straightly.

Shang Quannai's eyes became a little helpless. He looked above the doctor's office and took a deep breath, as if recalling the past.

He was thinking about it.

Then he said slowly:

"perhaps…"

"About six hundred years."

"?"

Jiguo Yansheng's face was expressionless, and a question mark appeared above his head.