I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Ji Lin leaned out of the window to look around. Although there was very little smell of blood, Ji Lin still felt a little uneasy.

Afterwards, Ji Lin changed into a black outfit (refer to Ji Lin's Black Saint Mark) and used his light-foot technique to search for the source of the bloody smell on the houses in the town. After a short while, Ji Lin found the source of the bloody smell.

Ji Lin pushed open the door of a small wooden house, and then saw bright red bloodstains on the tatami mat in the empty house.

Ji Lin wiped the bloodstains on the ground with his finger, smelled them, and then frowned as he looked at the bloodstains on his hand, saying:

"It's human blood... but where did the person go?"

After looking around and finding no sign of anyone, Ji Lin realized that the victim had either escaped or been captured. Looking at the still-wet bloodstains, Ji Lin said:

"The blood hasn't clotted yet, so they must have just left..."

As she spoke, Ji Lin sniffed the air around her with her little nose. She smelled a scent similar to that of the ghost from last time. Upon smelling the ghost's scent, Ji Lin's eyes sharpened. Although the ghost was not her target, Ji Lin had no intention of letting it run rampant.

It's best to eliminate ghosts as soon as you see them, to prevent them from causing harm to the human world.

Ji Lin then smelled the scent coming from outside the window, so he followed the scent.

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In the wild, Ji Lin followed the strange smell to the woods behind the town, and soon found the source of the smell.

Ji Lin frowned as he watched the ghost devouring human corpses. Although he had seen many human corpses, this scene of "humans" eating humans still made Ji Lin feel very uncomfortable.

"Ok?"

The demon, who was devouring human corpses, seemed to sense Ji Lin's presence and turned around with a puzzled look. Upon seeing Ji Lin behind him, the demon immediately showed a surprised expression. At first, the demon wondered why a little girl was behind him, but quickly, the demon suddenly remembered that he could eat a delicate little girl, and looked at Ji Lin with eyes that seemed to regard him as a meal, smiling as he said:

"Oh my gosh~ I didn't expect to meet such a pretty little girl here. Perfect timing, since I haven't had enough to eat yet."

Upon hearing the ghost's words, Ji Lin looked at it with an expression as if he had seen a dead man and said:

"Really? I'm sorry, this is your last meal..."

As she spoke, Ji Lin drew her Xuanyuan Sword from behind her back. The ghost, seeing Ji Lin draw her weapon, took a few steps back with a wary expression. Looking at Ji Lin with a terrified expression, the ghost pointed at her and said:

"You! You're a member of the Demon Slayer Corps!?"

Ji Lin had no need to answer the ghost's question. Instead, he adopted a sword stance as if about to thrust, accompanied by blue and white lightning appearing on the Xuanyuan Sword in his hand.

"【Tai Xu Sword Form - Transformation Sword - Qilin】".

As the blue-white lightning emanating from Ji Lin's Xuanyuan Sword formed the shape of a Kirin from Monster Hunter around him, the oni was struck by the lightning-transformed Kirin amidst the thunderous roar of the lightning Kirin and the oni's shocked expression. Instantly, lightning wrapped around the oni's body, and after the oni's scream and the sound of thunder ended, only a charred humanoid corpse remained on the ground.

Looking at the humanoid corpse that had turned into charcoal, the cautious Ji Lin still used flames to turn the ghost into unrecyclable waste. Although he had dealt with the ghost in one go, to maintain a vigilant mindset, Ji Lin decided to mutilate the ghost's corpse until it could not be resurrected.

"Whoo~"

Ji Lin wiped the sweat from his forehead and let out a sigh of relief. Looking at the "coal" he had chopped into eight pieces, he smiled slightly (Eek!) and said:

"That way they won't be resurrected... probably..."

Although Ji Lin didn't sense any signs of life, he still did this just in case. Meanwhile, Zelusi, inside the system space, looked at Ji Lin with a embarrassed expression. While it was good that Ji Lin was cautious, wasn't this overly cautious?

Well... never mind, since it won't do any harm anyway, it's better to be cautious.

After dealing with the ghost's corpse, Ji Lin turned his attention to the human corpse lying nearby. Although Ji Lin didn't know who it was, leaving its body exposed in the wild was not something he wanted to see.

Ji Lin swung the Xuanyuan Sword in his hand, and after a few seconds, the person's body was completely reduced to ashes as the blue flames covered it.

After dealing with these matters, Ji Lin returned to the town. After all, it was quite late, and Ji Lin wanted to go to sleep.

A few minutes later...

Shortly after Ji Lin left, a figure appeared next to the corpse of the ghost that Ji Lin had killed (if a pile of "coal" counts as a corpse...).

"Oh dear? Was the ghost taken care of by someone else?"

Looking at the corpse pieces that had turned into a pile of coal, a black-haired girl with purple eyes said this. The black-haired, purple-eyed girl looked at the ashes and coal-like corpse pieces on the ground with a puzzled expression:

"That's strange. I was the only one on this mission, so who took care of the ghost?"

The girl squatted down and carefully examined the coal-like body parts on the ground. Observing the surrounding environment and the severe burning on the body parts, as if they had been set on fire, she wondered what kind of situation could have turned a ghost into this state.

Although the girl had some suspicions, she quickly dismissed the idea, since that person couldn't possibly be here.

Then the girl stood up and looked at the town not far away, wondering if she could find the answer there.

Chapter 432 [Target Revealed]

On Bronya and Sirin's side, having arrived at the city ruins, Bronya and Sirin began searching for targets transferred from the void. What puzzled them was that their system target pointer kept spinning, and sometimes it would suddenly rotate 180 degrees or something.

"That's strange... Is this thing broken?"

Bronya, looking at the 3D stereoscopic pointer in front of her with a puzzled expression, said this. Sirin, standing beside Bronya, looked at her and asked:

"Could it be that this thing is broken?"

Hearing Sirin's words, Bronya also seemed uncertain and said:

"I'm not entirely sure, but judging from the current situation, the target seems to be moving at an astonishing speed, as if it were teleported through space."

Upon hearing this, Sirin also showed a tense expression. The thought of spatial teleportation reminded Sirin of the Second Herrscher in the Honkai world.

To be honest, Sirin was a little worried that she might have encountered the "herself" from last time. She knew very well how strong that "herself" was, with multiple attribute cores. If she and Bronya encountered the same "herself," the two of them would definitely not be able to defeat this Second Herrscher.

Meanwhile, Zelus also received Bronya's message and then gave her reply:

"Don't worry, there's nothing wrong. It's very likely that your target has a similar ability to teleport. Ji Lin is currently facing a similar situation, but that situation was due to a person with a similar ability to teleport that already existed in that world."

Hearing Zelus's words, Bronya breathed a sigh of relief and became curious about Ji Lin's world. However, according to Zelus, Ji Lin seemed to have encountered some trouble, and it was the same kind of trouble they had.

Bronya asked Zelus curiously:

"Grandma Zelus, how is Ji Lin's mother doing?"

Upon hearing Bronya's question, Zelus also said to Bronya:

"Don't worry, everything is going smoothly with Ji Lin. The people on that side are not strong enough to threaten Ji Lin."

Bronya was relieved after hearing Zelus's answer. She knew a little about the world of Demon Slayer, which was basically a story about a group of monsters called "demons" who were afraid of sunlight and ate people, and the Demon Slayer Corps that specialized in killing demons.

Bronya wasn't too worried about the strength of that world. Apart from the demons with special blood demon magic, there was basically nothing that could cause Ji Lin any trouble.

However, Bronya was a little curious and asked Zelus's system panel, who was standing to the side:

"By the way, does Ji Lin's mother have any information about the target?"

In response to Bronya's question, Zelus replied:

"Hmm, I roughly understand now. If I'm not mistaken, it's most likely the ghouls from Tokyo Ghoul. But those ghouls are also a cannibalistic race, what a coincidence..."

Hearing Zelus's answer, Bronya nodded with a surprised expression, but then, as if remembering something, she said to Zelus:

"Bronya remembers those ghosts saying they were afraid of the sun, right? Why didn't you let Ji Lin's mother learn Ripple Qi Gong?"

"Hmm... Indeed, although Ji Lin doesn't need Ripple Qi Gong, it wouldn't hurt to learn it."

With that, Zelus said goodbye to Bronya and Sirin, as she needed to check on how things were going with Yuhaka.

After Zelus ended the communication, Bronya and Sirin exchanged a glance, and then Sirin looked at her little niece and said:

Bronya, what are your plans?

Bronya also seemed to be thinking about what Sirin said, and replied:

"Hmm... to be honest, I'm not sure either. The target seems to be constantly wandering around, making it very difficult to find..."

As she spoke, Bronya glanced at the system pointer on the system panel, but at that moment, she noticed that the pointer was now pointing in a certain direction and remained motionless. Seeing this, Bronya looked surprised and said:

"The pointer has stopped moving?"

Celine, who was standing nearby, also noticed Bronya's unusual behavior, so she asked out of curiosity:

"Hmm, what's wrong, Bronya?"

Bronya pointed to the pointer on the system panel and said to Sirin:

"The pointer on the system panel seems to be stationary."

"What? It's not moving?!"

Upon hearing Bronya's words, Sirin looked shocked. After all, the pointer had been spinning back and forth without stopping. Of course, it would stop for a second or two, but that didn't help in finding the target.

Bronya looked in the direction the pointer was pointing and could see a giant Ferris wheel and a castle-like building in the distance. Seeing the Ferris wheel and castle, Bronya looked surprised and said:

"The ruins of an amusement park?"

Following Bronya's gaze, Sirin saw a giant Ferris wheel and a castle. After seeing the amusement park attraction, Sirin understood and said to Bronya:

Is that target somewhere in the amusement park ruins?

"Ah."

Bronya nodded in agreement, and looking at the ruins of the amusement park in the distance, she said:

"If I'm not mistaken, the target should be in the ruins of that amusement park."

Then Bronya looked at Sirin and said:

"Thank you for your help, Aunt Celine."

Upon hearing Bronya's words, Sirin also opened the Imaginary Gate and said with a complaining expression:

"Yes, yes, to be honest, I feel like I've become a tool for running errands..."

Bronya smiled when she heard Sirin's words. Well... after hearing Sirin's words, Bronya suddenly felt that Sirin was a bit like a tool.

Bronya waved her hand and said:

"Alright, Aunt Sirin, Bronya will help you farm Monster Hunter materials when we get home."

Upon hearing Bronya's words, Sirin's eyes lit up immediately. Although Sirin was the Herrscher of the Void and possessed powerful spatial abilities, she was quite bad at the game. At first, she would cart even when fighting monsters like the Jaggi and the Boar King, and her encounters with flying dragons like the Rathalos and Rathian were even more disastrous. She carted many times the first time she fought the Rathian.

Chapter 433 [Amusement Park Ruins]

After arriving at the amusement park ruins through Sirin's Imaginary Gate, Sirin and Bronya watched as androids set off fireworks and scattered confetti everywhere, filling the scene with a joyful atmosphere. Seeing the scene before them, Bronya and Sirin were also infected by the joy.

Looking at the scene before her, Sirin sighed and said:

"This place seems even more fun than it appears in the game..."

Bronya, who was standing to the side, nodded in agreement and said:

"Hmm...this place feels much more cheerful than the game..."

In the NieR: Automata game, the scene of the amusement park ruins has a very cheerful atmosphere, and the background music makes people feel like they have entered an amusement park. Even now, in reality, it still has a joyful feeling that can infect people's hearts.