Demon Slayer: I am a Demon.

The authorities quietly suppressed the demon incident to avoid negative consequences and destabilization...

Now, however, they are actively informing people about the existence of evil spirits, proactively informing them, and teaching them how to hunt and kill evil spirits... actively promoting these things.

This is what has led to the terrible situation where everyone is hunting ghosts.

Evil spirits are powerful, and ordinary people can hardly pose a threat to them, but they have a fatal flaw: they cannot be exposed to light. This means that evil spirits can only ever be creatures of darkness.

This world, after all, belongs to humans, not to evil spirits. At least, until ghosts overcome the fatal flaw of sunlight, they will never become the mainstream.

Muzan stretched out his long, slender fingers and grabbed the official's neck. In the official's terrified and pleading eyes, he squeezed his neck with his five fingers.

"Crack!"

With the sound of bones cracking, the official's breathing stopped.

"Why would such stupid ghosts attack these areas..."

Muzan Kibutsuji clenched his fists, feeling incredulous. He had never set up these demons in these areas before.

"who is it?"

He gritted his teeth and roared.

Perhaps it was the impression the Demon Slayer Corps had given him over the years that made Muzan Kibutsuji not suspect the Demon Slayer Corps at first. He even suspected that the demons under his command had been unable to resist their instinctive craving for flesh and blood and had done such a thing.

But immediately, I realized something was wrong.

To avoid being too affected, he has always kept the demons in check. Even though he relaxed his control over the demons a few days ago in order to deal with the Demon Slayer Corps, he still wouldn't let these demons attack important areas such as the Imperial Palace and government offices.

No matter how foolish or how insatiable the demons under his command may be, they could not possibly launch such a concentrated attack on important areas.

"Yes……"

Almost immediately, he thought of 'Ubuyashiki,' who had always been his adversary. Before he could continue his thoughts, another demon broke free of control in his mind.

Or rather, it died.

The Twelve Demon Moons. Lower Moon Sixth. Spider Demon. Rui.

Even with my eyes closed, though we are far apart, I can still vaguely sense the exhaustion and demise of Mount Natagumo.

A surge of intense anger welled up inside him, and he involuntarily stood up, his fingers clenched tightly.

Although his subordinates had lost control and died over the past two days, he hadn't been too upset. But now, the death of Rei was something that Muzan Kibutsuji couldn't accept.

"Why...did I die?"

Muzan Kibutsuji was furious.

He has always been quite considerate of Lei. The reason he takes such good care of Lei is probably because he sees a reflection of himself when he was a human.

The experience of being exhausted is so similar to my own.

They all suffered from serious illnesses during human times and were unable to go out normally.

Just as he had killed the doctor who had saved him, Lei also killed his parents who had taken such good care of him.

Every time I see "Tired," I almost see myself as a child.

Perhaps because of this, he was exceptionally tolerant of Rui, even allowing Rui to break the rule that demons are forbidden from living in groups, allowing Rui to play the game of forming a 'family' on Mount Natagumo, and giving Rui blood far exceeding that of other demons, allowing him to grow into one of the Twelve Demon Moons in a short period of time.

"Damn it, damn it..."

Muzan Kibutsuji roared, the sense of danger rising in his heart deepening little by little, as if it wouldn't be long before he too would feel exhausted.

…………

The raven flapped its wings and landed in Su Mu's palm, conveying the news of the death of Rui, the Lower Moon demon, from Mount Natagumo.

Besides providing some information about killing Rui, the letter also detailed the Demon Slayer Corps' plans to organize a campaign to eliminate Upper Moon Two, the entity behind the Eternal Paradise Cult.

In fact, the Demon Slayer Corps had long discovered the anomalies of the Eternal Paradise Cult, and the person in charge of this matter had been the 'Flower Pillar' Kanae Kocho.

However, before that, the Demon Slayer Corps was not certain that the Eternal Paradise Cult was Upper Moon Two; they had only discovered traces of what might be an Upper Moon demon.

Now, thanks to Su Mu's reminder, the Eternal Bliss Sect is being given great importance.

In fact, to deal with Upper Moon Two, the Demon Slayer Corps is prepared to deploy its entire force this time.

The letter contained a message from Teruya Ubuyashiki informing him that the remaining 'Pillars' of the Demon Slayer Corps were gathering and would take action once the 'Stone Pillar' Gyomei Himejima had recovered sufficiently from his injuries.

Upon seeing this message, Su Mu shook his head.

In a group battle, the threat to Upper Moon Two, Doma, is actually not that great; on the contrary, it would have a greater impact on the Demon Slayer Corps.

Because Douma's Blood Demon Art is unique, his blood is highly poisonous, and his Blood Demon Art mainly freezes his blood into ice crystal powder, which is then spread into the air through a fan. Any opponent who inhales the ice crystals in the air will have difficulty breathing, and eventually their alveoli will die.

Unfortunately, in order to achieve physical abilities comparable to demons, the Demon Slayer Corps also practices 'breathing,' and their breathing is quite intense.

Therefore, Doma's Blood Demon Art is actually very effective against the swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps.

Silently writing down the characteristics of the Doma Blood Demon Art and handing it to Kasugai-raven, he believed that after receiving his information, Ubuyashiki Teriyaki would be able to formulate targeted tactics based on the characteristics of this Blood Demon Art.

…………

Teruya Ubuyashiki quickly received Su Mu's message. His expression was serious, and he almost immediately took the letter to a room.

There were already people sitting in the room.

'Flower Pillar' Butterfly Kanae

'Rock Pillar' Screaming Isle

'Wind Pillar' Sanemi Shinazugawa

'Flame Pillar' Kyojuro Rengoku

Now, only three 'Pillars' remain in the Demon Slayer Corps.

This is probably the period with the fewest 'Pillars' in the history of the Demon Slayer Corps. At its peak, the Demon Slayer Corps had all nine 'Pillars'.

Upon seeing the Lord arrive, the four Pillars all stood up and bowed respectfully.

Teruya Ubuyashiki, not daring to be negligent, returned the greeting with equal respect.

"Is it news about the Eternal Bliss Sect?"

Kanae asked why these 'pillars' had gathered together to deal with Upper Moon Two.

"Yes."

Kagaya Ubuyashiki nodded: "Based on some intelligence from 'Ubuyashiki,' we've roughly pinpointed the location of Upper Moon Two..."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go hunt down this ghost now."

Sanemi Shinazugawa was somewhat excited.

"Namo Amitabha Buddha..."

Himejima Gyoumei also clasped his hands together: "My injuries have almost fully recovered, and there are no more problems..."

"It's not just these things."

Teruya Ubuyashiki shook his head, but then relayed the message that Su Mu had sent over.

After the three of them saw it, they realized that Upper Moon Two's Blood Demon Art was specifically designed to target Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen. If one didn't pay attention to this Blood Demon Art during battle, one could almost imagine how much trouble they would suffer.

Now that we know the characteristics of Blood Demon Arts, we can avoid many things, and even decide life and death.

"I never expected that Mr. Su Mu would know this information."

Shinazugawa Sanemi showed admiration; he rarely admired someone like this.

"As if born with knowledge."

Beimingyu Xingming clasped his hands together, also expressing his feelings.

This point is shared by many others. From the introduction of "Sun Breathing" to "Crimson Blade" and "Scarlet Mark," and now the discovery of the hiding places of some demons, all of this undoubtedly demonstrates this point.

“I remember Mr. Su Mu also mentioned the Upper Moon demons that exist in the Flower District.”

At this moment, Rengoku Kyojuro spoke.

"We've investigated, and it's possible that an Upper Moon demon exists. We're close to locking onto the target."

Teruya Ubuyashiki replied, "Only now do I understand what happened to those 'pillars' who suddenly disappeared in the red-light district."

Over the years, as many as twenty or thirty Pillars of the Demon Slayer Corps have disappeared from the entertainment district, not to mention countless ordinary swordsmen. No one would have imagined that an Upper Moon demon would be hiding in such a bustling place.

The group fell silent. Perhaps because the Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen faced immense pressure on a daily basis, many of them liked to indulge themselves in places like the pleasure quarters after completing missions, which led to their tragic end.

Perhaps many powerful swordsmen are killed in their sleep without any resistance.

Knowing the exact location of the two Upper Moon demons is excellent news for the Demon Slayer Corps, which has suffered heavy losses. If they can hunt down these two Upper Moon demons, it will be a great encouragement to the Demon Slayer Corps and a severe blow to Muzan Kibutsuji.

"Now that we know the characteristics of Upper Moon Two's Blood Demon Art, let's figure out how to deal with these two demons..."

Rengoku Kyojuro spoke, clenching his fist with some excitement.

………………

Tanjiro sniffed hard, various smells swirling around his nose. Following the lingering scents left by some demon attacks, he moved forward.

Soon, they landed in a dilapidated building.

After searching for a while, they finally found the entrance to a tunnel.

However, just as they were about to open the entrance to the tunnel, a child blocked their way.

What are you going to do?

The child spread his arms, blocking Tanjiro.

"Child, get out of the way! There might be evil spirits in here. It's very dangerous."

Tanjiro stopped and gave a gentle smile.

"Get out of here! You're not allowed to lift this lid."

"There's a ghost inside, child."

Tanjiro crouched down and tried to stroke the child's head.

"Impossible, there are no ghosts inside, only Mom."

The child yelled, and his fierce attitude made Tanjiro involuntarily take two steps back.

Standing still, Tanjiro took another deep sniff of the air. With the arrival of the child, the scent of demons became even stronger.