Demon Slayer: Starting with the Kingdom

At the same time, the Naruhashi beside him also reacted quickly, drawing his sword and looking warily at the figure.

"Oops~"

In the darkness, a young girl whose appearance was remarkably similar to that of the two brothers, Tsugikuni and Kokugoku, slowly turned her head upon hearing the voice, her expression seemingly somewhat helpless.

"They still noticed..."

The black datura flower in the girl's hand was emitting an eerie glow...

Meanwhile, on the other side of the camp, in the mansion deep in the valley, Ubuyashiki, who had been resting, came out with the help of his wife and children.

"My lord, I am here."

The man, whose face was beginning to show cursed scars, shifted his already blurred gaze to the Flame Pillar, who was sitting quietly in the courtyard, diligently carrying out his night watch.

"There's something I'd like to ask you..."

"Please speak, my lord."

Opening his eyes and getting up, Yan Zhu stepped forward and knelt on one knee.

Looking down at him, Ubuyashiki gently patted the infant beside her and said softly:

"Now, take this child and leave this place immediately. Go anywhere, but never ever come back here again..."

Upon hearing this, Enju frowned. He subconsciously looked up at Ubuyashiki in front of him and asked in confusion:

"My lord, what has happened?"

"I have no idea……"

However, when faced with his question, Ubuyashiki simply shook her head, her face, covered with ugly scars, reflecting the same confusion as his.

"I just woke up from a dream with a start, and suddenly felt a sense of unease. I had a vague feeling that something terrible was about to happen tonight..."

"In that case! I'll go and inform the others immediately! We'll all help you, my lord, leave this place..."

"No, we're running out of time..."

Ubuyashiki shook her head slightly, interrupting Enju's anxious words, and slowly said in her still calm tone:

“Purgatory, listen carefully, you must personally take this child and leave immediately, and you must not tell anyone where you are going.”

Remember, it applies to anyone, understand?

"My lord..."

Born into the Rengoku family, which has the closest ties to the Ubuyashiki family, the Flame Pillar has some understanding of the special abilities of the Ubuyashiki family.

By divine grace, the Ubuyashiki family is able to foresee the future to a certain extent.

However, this kind of prediction is not the kind of accurate and specific prediction that ordinary people imagine.

It's more of a "feeling".

When something is about to happen, or when you are about to do something, Ubuyashiki will suddenly have the inner feeling that doing it this way is bad, or doing it that way would be good.

For hundreds of years, this almost divine premonition has repeatedly saved the Ubuyashiki family and pulled the Demon Slayer Corps back from the brink of annihilation.

And tonight, that premonition has come true once again.

Although he didn't know exactly what it was, Ubuyashiki had a feeling that something very bad was going to happen tonight.

But he was no longer able to leave.

Given his current physical condition, he simply cannot withstand the burden of a long-distance transfer. Forcing him to go along would only be a hindrance.

The only thing he can do right now is to find a way to get his child away so that the flame of the Ubuyashiki clan and the Demon Slayer Corps will not be extinguished tonight.

Not only that, he also had to keep it a secret from everyone else, allowing only his most trusted Flame Pillar to leave alone with his child, without even providing them with a specific destination.

Ubuyashiki herself didn't understand why she did it.

But his intuition told him that he had to do it right now.

Otherwise, the Demon Slayer Corps will be completely annihilated tonight!

"After tonight, the Demon Slayer Corps is entrusted to you."

Handing his young son to the Flame Pillar, Ubuyashiki gently held his hand and said apologetically:

"I'm sorry, your brother just recently sacrificed his life, and I have to trouble you with these things..."

The Flame Pillar's younger brother, who was several years younger than him but equally warm-hearted and brave, was unfortunately killed by a demon a few days ago while on a mission.

Ubuyashiki had already heard about this matter.

Subconsciously recalling his ordinary-looking younger brother's appearance, Enju's eyes welled up with tears. Holding Ubuyashiki's infant son in his arms, he sobbed uncontrollably:

"My lord, please don't say that. My brother died on the path of slaying demons. It was his honor..."

"Alright, hurry up and go, make the most of your time."

"Yes! My lord, please take good care of yourself!"

Standing in the courtyard, watching the Flame Pillar quietly depart, Ubuyashiki then beckoned in, summoning the swordsman who was standing guard outside the courtyard.

"Go and inform all the Pillar-level swordsmen in the camp to come to me."

Under the cover of darkness, watching the swordsman's figure disappear into the distance, Ubuyashiki slowly sat down on the edge of the corridor behind him, subconsciously looking up at the night sky above.

"I really hope that I'm just overthinking it all..."

Chapter 45 In the eyes of the gods, people are also divided into different classes.

One minute, five minutes, eight minutes...

Time passed slowly as he waited at Ubuyashiki, but what he finally received was not the swordsman who returned with the news, but a column of water that staggered into the mansion.

"My lord!!"

This once refined and gentle man was now covered in blood, his body riddled with countless wounds, and even one of his arms had been severed!

"Oh no! Yan Sheng... Yan Sheng has become a ghost!"

Shuizhu uttered something that Ubuyashiki couldn't quite understand at first.

Yan Sheng, has he become a ghost?

Is it Kokushibo, Yoriichi's older brother?

"My lord, hurry! The Stone Pillar and the other swordsmen are doing their best to hold him off. I'll get you out of here right away!"

Without giving Ubuyashiki much time to think, Mizuhashi, disregarding all etiquette, rushed forward to pick him up and take him away.

Before he could take two steps, a cheerful female voice suddenly rang out from above the courtyard.

"Oh my, oh my~ It's so late, where are you two gentlemen headed?"

Immediately afterwards, two corpses, whose flesh and blood had been completely drained, were thrown down from mid-air and landed directly in front of the two men, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Wind Pillar and Roaring Pillar?!"

With a light touch of his toes, Mitsuha landed gracefully on the ground. He first glanced at the water column with its eyes blazing with fury, then turned his gaze to Ubuyashiki standing behind him.

Mitsuha instantly recognized Ubuyashiki's identity, smiled, and gave him a formal bow.

"Good night, esteemed Lord of the Demon Slayer Corps, Mr. Ubuyashiki."

"You are……"

Raising his hand to stop the water jet that looked like it was facing a formidable enemy, Ubuyashiki slowly stepped forward, his gaze fixed on Mitsuha standing in front of him.

"It's a demon that's come to kill you."

Mitsuha replied with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Ubuyashiki slowly shifted her gaze to the corpses of the Sound Pillar and Wind Pillar at her feet, a hint of sorrow on her face.

"Since they've come to kill me, why bother taking their lives?"

"Mr. Ubuyashiki, why do you ask such a question when you already know the answer?"

Tilting her head and smiling as she looked at him, Mitsuha asked in return:

"Isn't it normal for enemies to fight each other?"

If our positions were reversed, you would naturally do the same thing. You can't expect me to be lenient with my enemies, can you?

"That's true..."

With a soft sigh, Ubuyashiki looked up at Mitsuha again, trying to make out her face with his blurry vision.

"You were able to defeat two of my Pillars single-handedly, which is enough to prove your strength. Such a powerful demon has never been heard of by the Demon Slayer Corps before."

Before you kill me, would you be willing to tell me your name?

"Tsuigo no Miyake".

Mitsuha answered truthfully.

"Jiguo? You also have the surname Jiguo?!"

Shuizhu was taken aback upon hearing this, and suddenly noticed that the female ghost in front of him looked remarkably similar to the brothers of the Tsugikuni clan. Almost instinctively, he questioned them:

"What is your relationship with those two brothers, Ji Guo and his brother?!"

Completely ignoring him, Mitsuha narrowed her eyes slightly, keeping her eyes fixed on Ubuyashiki in front of her. Her originally lighthearted tone gradually became low and serious.

"Mr. Ubuyashiki, you don't seem surprised by my arrival?"

She noticed it.

From the moment we left until now, Ubuyashiki has remained remarkably calm in both expression and tone—a calmness devoid of any panic or astonishment.

This is not the reaction a normal human being should have when suddenly facing death.

The Demon Slayer Corps couldn't have foreseen her and Yan Sheng's arrival.

Everything that happened tonight must have been a completely unexpected situation for them.

But Ubuyashiki remained peaceful.

So calm...it was as if he had long anticipated his impending death?

Realizing something was wrong, Mitsuha's pupils instantly transformed into the shape of a datura flower.

Amidst the crimson light, she could clearly see the causal threads entwined around Ubuyashiki's body, gaining insight into his entire past and future.

Then, in the next instant, Mitsuha opened her eyes wide and uttered an incredulous exclamation.

"Oh my, this is truly... an amazing sight..."

In her field of vision, what was wrapped around Ubuyashiki was not the “thin red thread” she had seen on other humans before, but rather one “chain” after another, as thick as a finger!

They fell from the highest sky, densely wrapping around Ubuyashiki's body, binding and restraining him like a prisoner, and manipulating and driving him like a puppet!

This was the first time Mitsuha had ever seen such a spectacular sight.

So, besides the form of "silk thread," causal lines can also have this "chain" form?

In an instant, Mitsuha understood.

She suddenly understood why the Ubuyashiki clan had been able to entangle with Lord Muzan for the past five hundred years without being wiped out.

Why is it that the Demon Slayer Corps, led by this clan, has been able to survive several near-annihilation attempts over such a long period of time without ever being truly wiped out?

Why did Ubuyashiki not show any shock or surprise at her arrival, as if she had expected it?

"Mr. Ubuyashiki, it turns out you are the most loyal servant of the supreme god in this world..."

After a brief moment of surprise, Mitsuha smiled broadly and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

Even in the eyes of the most supreme and mighty gods, humanity is divided into different classes.

Some people, like the demon hunters killed by Mitsuha before, have incredibly fragile karma, and can never gain the attention of the gods throughout their lives, making them easy for Mitsuha to manipulate.

Some people, like Ubuyashiki standing in front of Mitsuha at this moment, are bound by the karma predetermined by the gods, their lives and deaths firmly arranged by the gods.

In the eyes of the supreme gods, the Ubuyashiki family is undoubtedly the "protagonist" of this world. They are bound by cause and effect as solid as iron chains and are watched by the gods at all times.

For such "protagonists," even the slightest cause and effect related to them is difficult for Mitsuha to shake.

It's not that it's completely unchangeable, but every slight change would cause her enormous strain.

This is enough to prove how much importance the gods attached to Ubuyashiki.