People in Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began with Demon Slayer

Chaos...utter chaos.

Jian Tong's memories were as messy as a ball of yarn, completely disordered.

My memories are filled with bloodshed and death.

Chapter 92 The Priest Clan

Yosuke continued to delve deeper into the child's memories and discovered a point of light in the child's mind. After touching it, Yosuke learned about a part of the child's memories from his time as a human.

Before becoming a demon, Mado was an abandoned orphan who wandered the town with other homeless children.

That was a time of famine, and most ordinary people were starving.

However, one day, the starving child secretly killed a child with a shard of a broken mirror and then ate the corpse.

After that incident, Jian Tong went on a rampage, killing all the homeless children who were with him and using them as food.

After all the homeless children were killed by the child, the child, using the appearance of a young child, deceived kind people into taking them in, and then killed them.

The memory abruptly ended.

Yosuke frowned, because in the memory of the child, he did not feel any human emotions, no anger, no pity, only the instincts of a living being.

Delving deeper into Kendo's memories, Yosuke discovers fragments of Kendo's and Kokushibo's shared missions.

The memory in the fragment is just one scene.

"Ubuyashiki... curse... bloodline."

Yosuke faded from Jian Tong's memory, his brow furrowed in worry.

"Ubuyashiki, curses, bloodlines—what are they searching for?!"

If the mission was to find the Blue Spider Lily, it would be understandable, but it's clear that Kokushibo and Mado were not looking for the Blue Spider Lily.

"Master, have you found any useful memories?" Shinobu couldn't help but ask, looking at Yosuke who was deep in thought.

"There are some, but they're too fragmented. You guys continue your research; I'll be leaving for a bit."

Yosuke recalled the documents about the Ubuyashiki family that Inatama Kaigaku had stolen from the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters, documenting nearly a thousand years of history.

Yosuke had a vague premonition that the two things were related.

Yosuke arrived at Ubuyashiki's mansion.

After finding Kagaya Ubuyashiki, Yosuke went straight to the point and asked, "Kagaya, what exactly did the documents about the Ubuyashiki family that Kaigaku Inatama stole record?"

Seeing Yosuke's solemn expression, Ubuyashiki Kagaya didn't bother with pleasantries and answered directly, "It records some events about the Ubuyashiki family since they were cursed."

"I think I understand what Kibuy Muzan is looking for!" A flash of inspiration struck Yosuke, and all the threads connected.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki was puzzled. What else could Muzan Kibutsuji be looking for besides the Blue Spider Lily?

Yosuke's face was extremely grim: "This is troublesome, Kagaya. Kibu Muzan is looking for the priests who will ensure the continuation of the Ubuyashiki clan's bloodline!"

"The priest clan? What does Kibu Muzan want with them?"

Yosuke explained, "Ever since I and Muzan Kibu became the Demon Kings, the bloodline of the Ubuyashiki clan has been cursed, and the children born to them die shortly after birth."

However, the fact that marrying a girl from the priestly clan could suppress the bloodline curse indicates that the priestly clan's bloodline possesses a special power.

"But this only suppresses it, and it shouldn't be of any use to Kibu Muzan."

Yosuke shared his conjecture: "What if we consider the bloodline curse of the Ubuyashiki family as part of the demonization, while the Shinto family's bloodline can suppress the demonization process and prevent sunlight from affecting you in any way?"

Kagaya Ubuyashiki also realized the seriousness of the matter: "So, does that mean that Muzan Kibutsuji intends to use the bloodline of the priests to make up for its inability to see sunlight? Compared to the ethereal blue spider lily, this is easier to achieve."

"Although it's just a guess, we should prepare for the worst. Yaozai, where is the priest clan now?"

“I don’t know where the priests are. They live in seclusion in the mountains and fields, but Tianyin might know something.”

Kagaya Ubuyashiki summoned his wife, Amane Ubuyashiki, a former member of the Shinto priest family.

Ubuyashiki Kagaya explained the whole story to Amane.

Upon hearing this, Ubuyashiki Amane replied, "I don't know where the Shinto clan is right now. Whenever a Shinto clan child comes to the Ubuyashiki clan and gets married, the Shinto clan's residence will move. After I came to the Ubuyashiki clan, the residence had already moved away, and there is no trace of it at all."

Yang Jie continued, "Tian Yin, what do you know about the chief priest of the priestly clan?"

"The Divine Lord is the servant of the deity worshipped by our priestly clan. For thousands of years, all divine pronouncements have been proclaimed to the priests by the Divine Lord."

Yang Jie asked, dumbfounded, "For a thousand years? The God Lord has lived for nearly a thousand years?"

Ubuyashiki Amane shook her head and said, "I don't know, because I have never seen a god, nor have I ever seen a ceremony in the clan to elect a god."

Yosuke suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. If, in the past thousand years, besides himself and Kibu Muzan, there was another person who had defied the ravages of time and survived to this day without his knowledge, how terrifying that person must be.

Now Yosuke even has doubts about the doctor who turned him into a demon.

The fact that a single drug could transform two humans into immortal ghost kings is itself a point of suspicion.

Furthermore, children born to the Ubuyashiki and Shinto families not only suppress curses but also possess the ability to see the future and evade Muzan's search. Could this ability be considered a type of Blood Demon Art?

Yosuke felt an invisible black hand enveloping him.

Yosuke returned to the Butterfly Mansion in a daze, his mind filled with thoughts of the priests and that mysterious god.

Several questions are now lingering in Yosuke's mind.

Is Kibuyaku Muzan actually searching for the priests?

Did that doctor intentionally turn himself and Muzan Kibutsuji into demons back then?

Could the power within the bloodline of the priestly clan allow demons to overcome sunlight?

Does the deity actually live? If so, is he a human, a ghost, or something else?

If becoming the Demon King alongside Kibu and Muzan was orchestrated by someone, what was that person after? Was it connected to the priestly clan?

Yosuke, whose mind was in complete chaos, long-dormantly activated his system.

"System, is this world really the world of Demon Slayer?"

[Ding, if this is the world from the host's memories, then yes.]

"Although I have forgotten many things, I still know roughly where this world is headed. Right now, this world is so unfamiliar that I don't recognize it at all."

The future is not static; the future has already changed the moment you were born.

Yosuke was very confused. Could it be that he was the reason for this situation?

Yosuke rubbed his temples wearily. The relationship between the Ubuyashiki family and the Shinto family was complicated, and there were still too many mysteries to be solved.

Chapter 93 Data

Just as Yosuke was at his wit's end, Osamu and Gyutaro returned to the Butterfly Mansion from outside.

The two immediately went to Yosuke's room to pay their respects: "Lord Yosuke, we're back!"

Gyutaro complained to Yosuke, "What a pity! Osamu and Mei both encountered Upper Moon Three and One Six, while I didn't encounter any of them."

Yosuke smiled and shook his head: "It's good that you're back safe and sound. The Twelve Demon Moons have been severely damaged, and there will be a period of vulnerability afterward. There will be no shortage of battles to come. You should rest at the Butterfly Mansion for a while. I also need some time to sort out some issues."

Zhi asked curiously, "What's the problem?"

Yosuke's smile vanished, and he said seriously, "I am currently investigating whether Kibu and Muzan were intentionally turned into demons by someone or some organization."

"What? Intentional? How is that possible? Lord Yosuke, you're overthinking it."

Osamu and Gyutaro were shocked, even feeling that it was somewhat...absurd.

Yosuke's expression was extremely solemn: "I also want to think that I'm overthinking things, but after piecing together the few clues I have, I've discovered that things haven't been simple since the day I became a demon."

Osamu and Gyutaro felt goosebumps rise on their skin.

If Yosuke and Muzan were intentionally turned into demons, then how terrifying must the person behind it all be?

After Kazuji and Gyutaro exchanged a few pleasantries, the Butterfly Sisters, Tamayo, Koyuki, and Koume also arrived at Yosuke's room.

They all noticed that Yosuke was acting strangely; he had been quite depressed these past few days.

When Yosuke explained his conjecture to them, they were all utterly shocked.

A gloomy look settled over everyone's brows.

Yosuke's smile returned: "Alright, all of this is just my speculation right now. Maybe I'm overthinking it. Just do what you need to do and don't worry about it."

"Yes!"

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From then on, Yosuke spent all his time at the Ubuyashiki mansion, searching for clues in the documents and records left behind by the Ubuyashiki family.

Inatama Kaigaku only stole some copies from the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters; the original documents are still kept in the Ubuyashiki mansion.

Since Kagaya Ubuyashiki has lost his sight, he is unable to search with Yosuke, so he asks Amane to join the search as well, since many hands make light work.

In the large room, only the sound of Yosuke and Amane turning the pages of their books could be heard, while Ubuyashiki Kagaya pondered his memories of the priest clan.

After searching for several days, Yosuke finally found a piece of information in the book about what happened after he and Kibuy Muzan became demons.

When their bloodline was on the verge of extinction, the Ubuyashiki clan received advice from the shrine shrine.

A demon has appeared among those of the same bloodline. Only by devoting our hearts and souls to defeating the demon can our clan be spared.

This information was of great concern to Yosuke.

Why would the god know that defeating the demon would prevent the extinction of his race?

In Yosuke's hazy memory, after Muzan Kibu died, Kagaya Ubuyashiki's descendants were indeed freed from the curse and lived to the end.

Could it really be a god? And that he gave a divine decree to the priesthood?

Yosuke suddenly thought of Yoriichi Tsugikuni, the man who was the Demon King's nemesis throughout his life.

According to the laws of nature, when one side of the natural world becomes unbalanced, it will face a reshuffling, and nature will readjust and return to its original state.

In an era ravaged by demons, Yoriichi Tsugikuni was born out of nowhere. He was born with the ability to see clearly and had a mark on his face. He brought breathing techniques to humanity to resist the invasion of demons.

So, did Yoriichi Tsugikuni, who was favored by the gods, also receive that so-called divine decree?

Or rather, Yoriichi Tsugikuni himself is a divine oracle, a divine oracle brought to mankind by the gods.

The Shinto priest family is closely related to the Ubuyashiki family, and their existence predates even Yosuke and Muzan Kibutsuji's time as demons, yet no one has ever noticed this special family.