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Chapter 52 The Meteor Shower on Spider Mountain!

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Footsteps echoed along the mountain path as they moved forward.

Perhaps because of the sheer number of people, even Zenitsu Agatsuma, who was the least timid when facing demons, did not utter a word of fear. He simply moved a little closer to where Tanjiro and Hikaru Uchiha were.

While on the move.

Bulma muttered softly, "Hikaru, don't you feel like there's a creepy atmosphere on this mountain? Could there really be ghosts lurking around?"

"Yes, there really are, and they are the real Twelve Demon Moons."

Uchiha Hikaru casually replied, but in his mind, he began to plan his hunting strategy.

Lei, the fifth demon who dwells on Spider Mountain, is a very special demon.

Because of his past life experiences, this guy has an almost twisted obsession with family ties. He likes to take in ghosts who have fled from all over the place and play house with them. He has all sorts of random "family members," sometimes more than a dozen, sometimes as few as five or six.

This is an extremely troublesome enemy for the Demon Slayer Corps. So far, over a dozen Demon Slayers have gone missing here, and that number was expected to continue to rise—because Hikaru Uchiha and her group arrived a few days earlier than originally planned. According to the original storyline, even Tanjiro and his group would have narrowly escaped death here, and would have needed months to recover.

but……

For Uchiha Hikaru, this was good news. After all, opportunities to capture so many demons at once were rare.

"Tanjiro, can you smell a demon?"

"Yes, it's just ahead, about a kilometer away, and it's very dense!"

"Zenitsu?"

"...There are a lot of people wailing over there, it sounds really tragic. Should we change direction?" Zenitsu Gasai hugged his shoulders and started trembling again.

—It must be said that Tanjiro's nose and Zenitsu's ears are really useful, in some ways approaching the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan. Before learning to use "ki" for area perception, Hikaru Uchiha's ability to find demons is actually inferior to theirs.

"One kilometer...that should be about right. Come on to me, Bulma."

Uchiha Hikaru looked at the blue-haired girl beside him.

"Um... just a moment!"

As she spoke, Bulma pressed the switch on her mini bracelet, instantly shrinking herself down. Uchiha Hikaru also crouched down at the right moment, extending a hand to catch the miniature Bulma who jumped into her palm, and then casually put her into the pocket of her shirt.

Tanjiro, my wife Zenitsu, and Inosuke: "???"

At this point, Zenitsu Agatsuma finally couldn't hold back any longer.

"I don't understand! Why did that huge car just vanish with a 'boom'? And now even people can shrink... Ms. Hikari, and Ms. Bulma, are you really human, or just those beautiful, bewitching monsters from stories?"

"...Take it easy, you'll get used to it."

Uchiha Hikaru waved his hand in a reassuring gesture, then turned to Tanjiro: "Tanjiro, should we hand over Nezuko to me? It might be a little safer than having her by your side."

"Ms. Hikari, are you going to act alone?"

Tanjiro glanced at the box on his back and hesitated for a moment. "Thank you for your kindness, but I'd better not. I want to protect Nezuko with all my might, so I won't trouble you any further."

"Alright."

Uchiha Hikaru thought for a moment, then casually added, "You all have the half Senzu Bean I gave you, right? Remember to eat it when it's crucial, and if you encounter an enemy you can't defeat, remember to run. Be careful, don't die here."

Done.

She then formed a mudra with her hands.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

bang bang bang-

As a cloud of smoke rose, four or five Uchiha Hikaru appeared in the forest at the same time. Then, the main body distributed laser swords and sealing scrolls to each of them. There were only three laser swords at the moment, so it was impossible to give one to each person. However, Uchiha Hikaru had spent a lot of money to buy a lot of sealing scrolls at the ninja tool shop in Konoha. Each person took one, and there was still a large stack left in their bags.

the other side.

Tanjiro and the others stared wide-eyed at the scene in astonishment.

Zenitsu Agatsuma gripped his hair tightly, his eyes practically bulging out of their sockets: "Hey, Tanjiro, Inosuke, you saw that too! It's a demon, right? It must be a demon! Not only has its body shrunk, but now it can even create clones! How could a human possibly do something like that?!"

"No, it's God."

Inosuke broke free from Zenitsu Agatsuma's grip on his shoulders and earnestly corrected him, "Miss Hikari and Miss Bulma's true identities must be mountain gods. I heard such a legend when I was in the mountains."

"puff--"

Hikaru Uchiha couldn't help but laugh.

However, upon closer reflection, her and Bulma's current behavior is indeed a bit outrageous. Even in modern times, someone who has never watched Dragon Ball or Naruto might mistake these for supernatural magic, let alone Tanjiro and the others who live in a relatively "ancient" era.

At that moment, Uchiha Hikaru didn't explain much. After waving to Tanjiro and his group, he and his shadow clones soared into the sky.

Soaring through the air!

"..."

At this point, Zenitsu Agatsuma had given up on making sarcastic remarks—for a yokai, being able to fly is a normal thing, right?

Beside him, Tanjiro took a deep breath and drew his sword: "Miss Hikari has more important things to do, let's get moving quickly. There's the smell of blood up ahead, someone might be injured, we must get there to provide support as soon as possible!"

……

A mountain breeze blows.

Hikaru Uchiha sat on the Flying Nimbus, surrounded by shadow clones flying high in the sky. Along with Bulma, six pairs of eyes looked in all directions, and the whistling wind made their long hair fly high.

The "mother" who was closest to Tanjiro and the others was skipped over by Uchiha Hikaru. After all, it wouldn't be good for one person to take all the kills. In any case, the "mother's" strength was average, so it wouldn't hurt to leave her for Tanjiro and the others to practice on.

suddenly.

Two figures, dressed in white and with white hair, walking along the mountain path caught the attention of Uchiha Hikaru.

"It's a ghost from the Spider Family."

With two whooshing sounds, two shadow clones flew downwards, while the others flew with Uchiha Hikaru into the depths of Spider Mountain.

New goals are constantly emerging.

One by one, the shadow clones left.

Finally, a cluster of stone houses nestled on a hillside caught Uchiha Hikaru's attention. On the flat ground in front of the buildings stood a burly, all-black man with a spider-like face raised high, seemingly already seeing Uchiha Hikaru in the sky, and a low, beast-like roar emanating from his mouth full of fangs.

"Bulma, close your eyes and hold on tight."

"We are about to land."

Uchiha Hikaru stood up on the Flying Nimbus, his eyes revealing three tomoe, and his fingers pressed the switch on his protective suit.

brush!

In an instant, a dazzling light burst forth, like a blazing sun shining in the sky, enveloping the surrounding mountains and forests. Because it was high in the air with no obstruction, even people several kilometers away could see the ball of light hanging in the night sky through the layers of trees!

Then, a dark red light shone through the source.

next moment……

The light source transformed into a shooting star and plummeted straight down towards the hillside below!

"Meteor Shower!!!"

(End of this chapter)