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Chapter 152: Some people are ready to overtake, while others choose to sneak away
The Butterfly House of Shinobu Kocho, a temporary base used by the Demon Slayer Corps.

Fang Yi's previous "balancing" strategy was obviously very successful. Shinobu Kocho really chose to forget about the matter of Yuzhi, and at the same time, the friendship between the two was further improved.

Fang Yi's higher attributes gave him a stronger perception ability, so when he was some time away from the two women, he heard the word "feather webbing".

As soon as he stepped into the door, he noticed that Mitsuri Kanroji and Shinobu Kocho were looking at his haori.

Fang Yi roughly understood what had happened, and instantly realized the current situation and how he should "operate".

Mitsuri Kanroji must have shared the haori she was wearing with her good friends and besties, and how she chose it.

These two female swordsmen actually have a relatively good relationship among the Demon Slayer Corps. After all, as women, they have a lot in common, so it is not surprising that they talk about this topic.

But it was obvious that Miss Ganlu Temple's friendship progress on Fang Yi's side was a bit too fast, beyond Fang Yi's original plan, and affected the progress on Shinobu Kocho's side.

He planned to kill Douma tonight, get his head, and win the favor of Shinobu Kocho to fulfill [Shinobu Kocho's long-cherished wish]. He also tried to spend the faction contribution points to see if he could take this master pharmacist away.

Although this female swordsman is not very powerful in combat, she obviously has very high pharmaceutical skills. She is an expert at mixing poisons and making antidotes. She is considered a relatively useful follower in this difficult world.

In this mission, Fang Yi has obtained a lot of finished poisons from the Ghost Doctor Zhu Shi, and also exchanged them for the recipes of several poisons.

He also exceeded the target for the research and development of the [Human Transformation Drug] task and obtained the [Drug Development Skills] skill scroll that can be used on friendly characters.

If Fang Yi's guess about Liao Lin's contribution to the collection camp was not a big mistake, and there was no cognitive bias in the clause about followers in the prefix of [Sword] in the main god space, and the suggestive [Unknown] in [Shinobu Kocho's Long-cherished Wish] was as he expected.

He should have a great probability and opportunity to bring out the Insect Pillar, Kocho Shinobu. After all, Fang Yi is very happy to take away a female swordsman who looks pleasing to the eye, has a good figure, is very friendly to him, and has mastered good specialized skills.

Because of [Extraordinary Gravity] and [Diligent Study and Improvement], if you want to form combat effectiveness, you must invest a lot of points and plot points in various skills, and these two resources will be in short supply.

More importantly, if Fang Yi wants to obtain a consumable as powerful as the [Water of Oblivion] through the [Drug Refining] branch of his [Bloody Alchemy], he naturally needs a large amount of ordinary or even high-quality medicines as materials.

Obviously, his points do not allow him to buy a large amount of finished medicines as raw materials from the reincarnations or shops in the space.

Fang Yi felt that it was a waste of time to practice his skills, make medicines, and then develop medicines. He felt a little silly wasting so much time on repetitive and mechanical work.

What's more, his talent combination of [Extraordinary Gravity] and [Diligent Learning] can greatly increase the capabilities of his followers and reduce the cost of acquiring and training followers.

This is his unique advantage. It would be too foolish to give up his unique advantage and spend a lot of time on mechanical refining, manufacturing and researching and developing drugs.

Fang Yi guessed that the cost of obtaining a follower like Kocho Shinobu who had weak combat power would not be very high, at least not higher than that of Shikagawa Ayame.

Fang Yi felt that he could still afford to support such a follower who could play to his strengths with the help of his own talents.

The bonus brought by his own talent means that followers are destined to be an indispensable part of his combat effectiveness. Fang Yi is naturally not prepared to give up this advantage.

As your own follower, you naturally have to produce value for yourself and contribute to the team.

Looking at Shinobu Kocho, whose hand he was holding, pretending to be calm while dismantling the alchemical bomb, but whose earlobes were actually slightly red and her body was tense, Fang Yi laughed secretly in his heart.

[Miss Shinobu Kocho is so easy to understand, even this basic operation is done]

[The trait [Insanity] seems to be very useful for increasing friendship, and there are no strange side effects at all.]

【Become a member of my team and work hard for me for the rest of your life】

Fang Yi felt that this pharmaceutical worker was already in his pocket, and he had only used some very basic means.
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A few minutes later.

After making a finished poisoned version of [Poison Stinger No. 1], Fang Yi, who had already mastered the skill of [Poisoning], did not interrupt Kocho Shinobu's "teaching", but instead let the other party continue to teach him.

He currently has plenty of time, so he can spend some time with his future "Pharmaceutical Master", cultivating relationships and enhancing his employees' sense of belonging.

In fact, the process of Shinobu Kocho's "teaching" herself the skill of poison tempering has gone beyond the scope of normal teaching.

After all, no one normally teaches that poisoning requires pressing your body against the student and secretly breathing air from their neck from time to time.

But Fang Yi did not point this out. After all, some things cannot be examined in detail or taken seriously. One should be confused when necessary. Those who understand will understand.

Looking at Shinobu Kocho who was holding her hand and teaching her how to make poison, while trying to keep a calm expression on her face, Fang Yi could already feel the heat from her face when she occasionally leaned close to her.
Fang Yi knew that his "teaching" this time was very successful, which greatly comforted the female swordsman.

Fang Yi naturally knew that Shinobu Kocho had a good impression of him.

During the last conversation, he touched the other person's hair and shoulders, and the Insect Pillar did not resist at all. He also showed flattering body language, which showed that the female swordsman had a good impression of him.

This time, under the pretext of dismantling the alchemical bomb, he grabbed the other person's wrist and even touched the back of his hand. The other person was very willing to accept it and even took the initiative to get closer to him.

Fang Yi naturally understood what Miss Shinobu Kocho meant. He was not slow-witted and would naturally respond to soothe her emotions.

After all, things without feedback will greatly dampen the other party's enthusiasm and intentions. No one is really willing to sing to an empty audience, and no one will not desire cheers when sitting on the podium.

This is what humans are like, they are creatures that crave recognition and responses from others.

Support and trust must be expressed through actions or words. If they are buried deep in the heart, they cannot be conveyed to others.

Fang Yi was naturally happy to take some action to respond to the other party's feelings.

Because his martial arts gym is very big, he never has too many clothes.
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After finishing poisoning the last [Stinger No. 1], Shinobu Kocho looked at the empty desk with a sense of loss, because she found that she had no "excuse" to contact Fang Yi.

When Mitsuri Kanroji told Shinobu about her feelings for Fangyi and the experience of giving him the haori, Shinobu Kocho suddenly felt a surge of jealousy and regret, mixed with anger.

[It was obviously me who came here first, and it was fine if I knew him, gave him something, and promised to give him the haori.]

[Kanroji Mitsuri, my good friend, you are truly cunning, actually taking direct action.]

But when she turned to see Fang Yi's face and remembered his request of "please live for me", she was unable to make any angry expression towards him. All the negative emotions before suddenly dissipated like smoke and dust blown by the wind.

Because she knew that [such a person should be liked by others].

The other person is like the sun shining on the earth, so gentle to everyone. As long as you ask him for something, he will definitely respond.

He did just that, responding to everyone's expectations and trust, shattering people's despair, and gathering all the light.

Just like the omnipresent gravity, everyone can sense his presence.

【After all, it’s strange not to like him】

So when the other party took the initiative to touch her hand and maintained a rather ambiguous posture with her, Shinobu Kocho was even more delighted.

This way of getting along clearly meant that the other person was interested in her, physically, and that her looks and figure held a certain appeal to him. At the same time, she felt a great sense of satisfaction in realizing that she wasn't just someone who was always in the spotlight, but rather someone quite special.

After getting close to the other person, Shinobu Kocho immediately felt a charming aura from the other person and gained an unprecedented sense of security.

She couldn't help but become addicted to it, hoping that the teaching would never end, or that she could be vague and delay it for a little longer.

But obviously Shinobu Kocho didn't do that. She even sped up the poisoning movements on her hands.

She knew the value of killing an Upper Two in advance. Killing this demon would greatly reduce the difficulty of the final battle. She could not hold the opponent back because of her own selfish desires.

So after completing the poisoning of all the alchemical bombs, although Shinobu Kocho was a little reluctant, she was still ready to "drive away" Fang Yi.

She pretended to be businesslike and began to urge Fang Yi to leave.

"Have you used up the antidote I gave you earlier?"

"In the battle of Upper Moon Two, I don't know what the opponent's abilities are. All I can do is help you cure the poison and give you some extra supplies."

After saying that, our Miss Shinobu Kocho dragged out a box from under the workbench, took out her treasured supplies, and handed them to Fang Yi one by one.

"The medicines I gave you the first time were the regular versions I always carry with me."

"Over the years, when I was making medicine, I always got some products with effects beyond imagination. I would collect these medicines."

"I'll give it all to you now. I have only one request."

"Please come back unharmed and alive to the end."

As Shinobu Kocho spoke, the prompt sound from the main god space also sounded.
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[Reincarnator No. s12891, the Lord God Space is reminding you that you currently have the following tasks unfinished]

[Shinobu Kocho's long-cherished wish]

[Searching for Rengoku Kyojuro]

The rewards and requirements for the current quest [Shinobu Kocho's Long-cherished Wish] have changed. Please check back promptly.
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[Shinobu Kocho's long-cherished wish]

[Mission Requirements: Before the end of this mission, the reincarnation number s12891 remains alive]

[Mission Reward: Follower Quota x1]

prompt:

This mission world is generated for the first time. The follower obtained using this follower quota is limited to [Kohiko Shinobu]. This follower does not need to consume merit, only camp contribution needs to be paid.

The follower can go to the present world and the main god space related mission world without paying extra points, and the space will instill relevant knowledge into him.

After the quest world is subsequently restarted, the character will no longer appear in the quest world.

Information related to the follower system will be gradually unlocked after obtaining followers.
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It was a very simple task with a good reward, so it was no pressure for Fang Yi. Therefore, Fang Yi just took a quick glance and turned his attention to Shinobu Kocho.

After saying this, Shinobu Kocho seemed to feel that this sentence seemed to express her distrust of the other party's righteousness ability, so she turned around and started to make amends.

"Of course I believe you can kill the Upper Two, that is..."

"What if that ghost does something that will destroy both himself and the enemy?"

"No matter what, no one, including me, wants you to pay a huge price to kill it."

"People only have one life, and the dead cannot be resurrected. I just want to see you come back alive. This is my current wish."

Shinobu Kocho's voice became softer and softer, and her head lowered lower and lower. After she finished saying these words that expressed her feelings, it seemed that all her courage had been exhausted.

Fang Yi put away his smile in time, pointed to his heart, and spoke seriously to Shinobu Kocho.

"I always do what I promised, don't worry."

"You wanted to tell me about your dream before, but I haven't heard it yet. Please tell me when you come back this time."

"I already know your intentions."

After saying that, he took away all the items that Shinobu Kocho had taken out in the cloth bag that she had given him before, said goodbye to the reluctant Shinobu Kocho and left her butterfly house.

Fang Yi felt that since he had taken away the other party's collection this time, he should be able to take the person away next time.

Then Fang Yi, who had just left the Butterfly House, met Mitsuri Kanroji who was pretending to look at the dark sky.

It seemed that the female swordsman did not choose to go to Fang Yi's residence to wait for him, but chose to wait and block himself at the door of the Butterfly House.
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Mitsuri Kanroji hummed an unknown tune, clearly in a very happy mood. The swordswoman's eyes shone like stars, and a happy smile graced her face.

When Fang Yi walked out of the house, the female swordsman immediately noticed him, waved her arms and beckoned to him vigorously, trying to get his attention.

Her movements were full of energy, as if her whole body was shining, and the smile on her face became brighter and brighter, and she could hardly wait to share her joy with him.

"Fang Yi!" she called out cheerfully, her voice as clear and sweet as a silver bell. "I just have something I want to tell you!"

"I mastered the [Red Blade] in one go, and now I have nothing else to do."

"I should be able to help in this battle with Upper Moon Two."

"It takes at least three 'Pillars' to deal with an upper-rank demon. To prevent this demon from escaping, take me with you on this mission."

Mitsuri Kanroji looked at Fang Yi and submitted a request to join the team.

Her thoughts were very simple.

【I am stronger now and can help him.】

[If Chijuro can go, why can't I? What's wrong with having one more teammate? ]

To improve someone's favorability, you must not wait passively; you must take the initiative and strike while the iron is hot.

Fang Yi scratched his head, feeling that the progress of Mitsuri Ganlu Temple was beyond his expectations again.

　Next month, I will try to update 6k every day for a month.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)