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Chapter 135: Kocho Shinobu's Entrustment and [The Feather of the Oath]

Inside the temporary butterfly house.

This 'pillar', who was proficient in using poisons, making medicine and treating the wounded, quietly brought Fang Yi to his subordinate organization, served Fang Yi a pot of tea, and then started to talk about business.

"I'm sorry, but I may not be able to fulfill my promise to exchange pharmaceutical tips with you."

Fang Yi then remembered that this Insect Pillar with purple pupils and wearing a feather robe with a butterfly wing pattern had made a verbal promise to him before.

After Fang Yi's trip to Asakusa, you can go to her to exchange knowledge related to pharmaceuticals.

Fang Yi had previously chosen the lv9 [Drug Production and Identification] with the intention of consolidating his foundation from this person, but now the plot has advanced and everything seems to have been disrupted.

Shinobu Kocho continued to add a little embarrassedly.

"I'm deeply ashamed. I'm going to break my promise."

"Due to some personal reasons, I may not be able to communicate with you for some time."

"I will ask my 'stepson' Hanazawa Kanao to exchange knowledge with you on pharmaceuticals."

Fang Yi took a sip of tea and prepared to start fishing.

"Don't feel sorry, Miss Shinobu Kocho."

"I will probably be very busy for the next period of time. Even if Miss Kocho Shinobu wants to impart some knowledge to me, I'm afraid I don't have the time."

"Therefore, don't feel guilty about not fulfilling that verbal promise. We will have plenty of time to communicate later."

Hearing Fang Yi's words, the light in Shinobu Kocho's eyes dimmed slightly, and hesitation, pain, and resentment flashed across her delicate and beautiful face, and finally returned to calm.

She opened her mouth, hesitated for a long time, and finally told her plan and began to say her "last words".

"No, maybe we won't have the chance to communicate again."

"I"

"Mr. Ubuyashiki has a feeling that the decisive battle is not far away. I should also prepare to die."

"To kill an upper-rank demon."

Fang Yi naturally knew that the Insect Pillar, Kocho Shinobu, wanted to seek revenge on Douma, the murderer of her sister.

At the same time, this Upper Two loves to eat women very much. Shinobu Kocho wants to sacrifice herself and use the hundreds of times of wisteria flower toxin accumulated in her body to create an opportunity to kill this Upper Two.

For this reason, the Insect Pillar insisted on taking wisteria flowers in the year before the final battle, turning himself into a poisonous person.

Fang Yi doesn't like such stories.
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Fang Yi, however, looked puzzled and asked the Insect Pillar a question.

"I want to know what rank this upper-rank demon is?"

"Why would you sacrifice such a beautiful and important lady like Shinobu Kocho to kill it?"

When mentioning Douma, Shinobu Kocho tried hard to control her expression, calm herself down, and began to explain the characteristics of her enemy.

"It is the Upper Moon Two, and has an unprecedented obsession with eating women, especially those of high quality in its eyes."

"And as a 'pillar' of the Demon Slayer Corps, it will definitely eat me."

"I have been taking wisteria poison for a long time. My body and internal organs are flowing with wisteria poison that far exceeds the lethal dose."

"But it's not enough. Mr. Ubuyashiki gave me a new poison, and I'm going to try to get it into my body."

"This kind of winning rate of killing the opponent must be the highest."

"I"

Fang Yi interrupted Shinobu Kocho's speech and said while looking seriously at her purple pupils and her delicate face which had become a little ferocious because of her forced calmness.

"It's a good plan, but I'd like to make some minor changes."

"I would like to change the price of killing this Upper Two."

"The price before was Miss Kocho Shinobu's life, right?"

After hearing Fang Yi's speech, Shinobu Kocho nodded silently and looked at Fang Yi, wanting to know what the "slightly modified strategy" he was talking about was.

Fang Yi said word by word.

"I wish to change the price of killing the Upper Two into an item."

A look of obvious confusion flashed across Shinobu Kocho's face. It was obvious that the Insect Pillar disagreed with Fang Yi's strategy. Fang Yi continued speaking.

"I didn't like the price I paid before, so I came to kill this Upper Two."

"The price is a light green haori."

"Give me a haori like this, and I can take off the head of the Upper Two."

Shinobu Kocho continued to express her views.

"But we don't know where this ghost is, so we can only wait for it to attack."

"And I am the best bait, just let it swallow me."

Shinobu Kocho's words were interrupted by Fang Yi's next words.

Fang Yi began to fabricate some plots based on the information that only he knew and released it.
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He raised the letter that Chen Cheng had dropped earlier and began to persuade Shinobu Kocho.

"I was in Asakusa before and got some information about this ghost from the enemy's corpse."

"This Upper Two's name is Douma, the leader of the Eternal Bliss Sect."

"I had originally planned to kill this ghost in advance, but I hadn't told Mr. Ubuyashiki Kyouya yet."

Fang Yi looked at the somewhat bewildered Shinobu Kocho and made his promise.

"I'm going to kill it for this light green haori that I haven't got yet."

"This haori will symbolize the oath. You can call it the [Haori of Oath]."

Fang Yi added as if he remembered something.

"I had a near-death experience and someone spoke something in my ear."

"Today, I also give these words to Miss Shinobu Kocho."

"Live."

Fang Yi stood up, patted Shinobu Kocho on the shoulder, and prepared to leave.

However, she didn't expect that the Insect Pillar would use her not-so-strong arm strength to grab Fang Yi, and her eyes began to mist.

"Mr. Fang Yi, I don't want you to take such a huge risk and fight an Upper Rank Two for someone as meaningless as me."

"Right now, you still have Liao Lin, one of the Upper Moons, and people like Muzan Kibutsuji who need you to fight against. This is the time when you need to maintain your fighting strength."

"The only contribution I can make is to let Upper Moon Two eat it and exchange it for the opponent."

"There's clearly a method with a higher chance of success, and the cost is just a tiny fraction of me."

The Insect Pillar said this, feeling a little emotional, with tears streaming down his cheeks.

"You're going up against an enemy much stronger than me. Staying in even the slightest bit better condition will give you a better chance of survival."

"That miraculous energy that heals physical injuries isn't infinite."

"Your enemy is Liao Lin, who killed two 'pillars' with one sword, one of the legendary upper ranks, and may even be Muzan Kibutsuji."

Shinobu Kocho pointed at her chest and said.

"And all I can do is let Upper Two eat it and drag it down to hell with me. That's my greatest contribution."

"Besides, living has no meaning to me at all."

Fang Yi stopped and looked at Shinobu Kocho with tears streaming down her face.

He took out a tissue and wiped away the tears that slid down the other person's cheek, and spoke softly.

"I will complete the mission and protect my companions. Killing the Upper Two is not beyond my ability."

"Also, Miss Shinobu Kocho, life is meaningless. Meaning is given by people themselves."

"I hope you'll have enough time to find it, or perhaps just to fulfill your promise to teach me the art of medicine."

Fang Yi said with a standard and charming smile on his face.

"So, live for me, and I'll pay the price."

(End of this chapter)