The Warrior of Love

"That sounds so scary, I don't want to go in there!"

Tanjiro frowned, "Zenitsu, what are you talking about? We are swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps. How can we just ignore something like this?"

"That's because you are very strong, Tanjiro, so you are not afraid. I am different. I am very weak and will definitely be killed by the demon!" Zenitsu's useless look seemed to scare the children, and the brother and sister instinctively hid behind Jiang Liu.

"Well, don't look at him like this, he is actually a good person." Jiang Liu comforted him.

Immediately, he turned serious and said, "The elder brother of these two children should have been arrested at night, but now it is almost noon. What does this mean... I don't need to tell you, right?"

Tanjiro fell silent and glanced at the confused brother and sister. Perhaps thinking of his family, a trace of heartache appeared in his eyes.

Even Zenitsu stopped crying. He just stood there with tears in his eyes, but he couldn't bring himself to say the words to run away.

"Yes, with such a long time, the chance of survival is really low... But the ghost's action pattern is very strange. We may not have no chance."

Jiang Liu pondered and said, "Ghosts generally won't let go of food like them. Since there are three siblings, why did they capture the elder brother and leave the two younger siblings alone?"

Zenitsu was fine, but Tanjiro became serious: "You mean..."

"There must be some reason for this. Either the evil spirits have some weird eating habits, or their brother is special! In this case, depending on the situation, there is a certain possibility that their brother is still alive."

Jiang Liu looked towards the mansion and said in a low voice: "We must act quickly. If we delay for one more second, the chances of him surviving will decrease."

"Having said that, I still feel uneasy about the two of them."

Tanjiro also leaned down and looked at the two children: "What are your names?"

"Shoichi… She is Teruko."

"Hello, Shoichi-kun and Teruko-chan. The big brothers will help you, but the mansion is too dangerous to take you in. Just wait here and don't move, okay?"

"Yeah, I got it."

"Okay, so good!"

Tanjiro straightened up, thought for a moment, and then spoke to Jiangliu and Zenitsu.

"Just in case, let's leave someone behind to look after them. Even though ghosts won't come out during the day, there may still be wild beasts in the forest."

"Indeed, then who stays and who goes in?"

Jiang Liu and Tanjiro looked at Zenitsu at the same time: "Zenitsu you——"

"I want to stay!"

The expected answer left both of them speechless.

Zenitsu said confidently: "I don't want to go into such a dangerous place, I'll just stay outside and look after them... By the way, Shoichi-kun, you look very strong, you will definitely protect me, right?"

"Don't let the kids protect you instead!"

Tanjiro complained loudly: "Behave like an adult, Zenitsu!"

"Tanjiro you don't understand how I feel!"

"Alright, alright. Time is urgent so let's decide this way. Tanjiro and I will go in to rescue them, and Zenitsu will stay outside."

Jiang Liu turned around and said to the children, "Zhengyi, you have to protect your sister well, okay?"

"Ok!"

The little boy nodded vigorously: "I will protect Teruko... and this big blond brother. The strong should protect the weak. That's what my father and brother said!"

"Yeah, Zhengyi-kun is really reliable. I feel relieved." Zenitsu looked deeply moved.

Witnessing this scene, Jiang Liu showed a subtle expression, but ultimately couldn't say anything.

Tanjiro scratched his head: "I always feel like something is wrong."

"Too reliable children and too unreliable adults... Never mind, let's get started!"

Jiang Liu held the Nichirin sword at his waist, and Tanjiro carried a heavy wooden box on his back. The two came to the door of the mansion. The boy with short dark red hair took a deep breath and walked forward to open the door.

"Wow..."

The two men frowned at the awkward voice, but they still took a firm step forward and entered the mansion.

"Oh!"

Completely different from the previous obscurity, the door closed automatically as soon as you stepped in, as if it had life.

"Hmm, what a strong smell... There is no doubt that the owner of this mansion is a ghost... Wait, there seems to be more than one ghost here!"

Tanjiro's nose twitched, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "This is the smell of human blood, someone is injured!"

After saying that, he walked towards the end of the corridor without hesitation and opened a door carefully. The result was different from what he expected. The room was empty, with neither evil spirits nor injured people.

"Strange, the smell is so close... Jiang Liu?"

Tanjiro turned around, only to find that Jiang Liu, who should have been behind him, had disappeared at some point.

Chapter 47: Twelve Ghost Months

After Eru and Tanjiro entered the mansion, Zenitsu, who stayed outside, waited for a while and then became restless.

"Will they be okay? What if they're attacked by a powerful ghost?"

Zenitsu bit his finger nervously: "It's okay, it's okay, Tanjiro and Jiangliu are very strong, they will not be able to survive even if they encounter a ghost... But what if something goes wrong?"

The boy looked at Zenitsu walking around and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing?"

"I'm worried about them. When I think about the man-eating demons in there, I can't help but feel scared for them." Tears welled up in Zenitsu's eyes, "You must survive, Tanjiro, Jiangliu!"

"If you're worried, why don't you just go in?" Zhengyi tilted his head.

Unexpectedly, Zenitsu jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on: "Go in? How can that be possible! That would only cause them trouble! It's already difficult enough to deal with the evil spirits, do we have to ask them to spare another person to protect me?"

"Why do you assume that you are the one being protected?" Zhengyi couldn't help but yelled, "What is this knife you carry with you for?"

Zenitsu glanced at the yellow-handled Sun Blade at his waist, and a trace of melancholy flashed across his face.

"I know... I look really ugly, but I'm scared, and there's nothing I can do about it!"

"That's outrageous!"

Zhengyi shook his head: "I don't want to be such an adult when I grow up."

"Hmm!" Zenitsu had a distressed expression as if he was hit by a stone in the face, but he was speechless.

Just as the atmosphere was becoming awkward, the little girl Teruko suddenly raised her hand and pointed to the second floor of the mansion.

"Look, the window is open!"

"Ugh?"

The two turned their heads and saw——

Bang!

A black shadow fell from the upstairs and landed heavily on the ground. The noise startled Zenitsu.

"W-what?!"

If it were Jiang Liu, he would definitely protect the child behind him immediately, but Zenitsu hid behind Zhengyi like a nimble rabbit.

On the contrary, Zhengyi was relatively calm, and said tremblingly: "That's... a human, someone fell from above!"

It was a man covered in blood, with his clothes soaked. He didn't look very old and died without saying anything.

Zenitsu said sadly: "Shoichi-kun, Teruko-chan, please don't be too sad..."

"This person... is not my brother." Zheng Yi said with a choked throat, "I have never seen this person before."

"Isn't it?"

Zenitsu swallowed and looked towards the mansion nervously.

"Does that mean there's more than one person caught here?"

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"Boom!"

A strange noise came from deep within the dark mansion, and Jiang Liu was surprised to find that the room he walked into had been changed!

When you look outside the door, it seems to be a cramped and narrow room like a warehouse, but when you walk in, it becomes as spacious as a bedroom.

Is that sound a bangzi or a drum? It seems that it is a sign of space transformation - thinking so, Jiang Liu began to look around the room.

Empty, nothing to focus on.

"Then let's go to the next room quickly." Jiang Liu walked casually to another door and slowly extended his hand.

A shadow quietly appeared behind Jiang Liu, but he did not notice it in the dim environment of the room.

Little by little, silently, as if from an illusory nightmare, a ghostly hand with sharp nails reached out to the back of the man's head.

"Zheng!"

The clanging of swords was heard, and a bloody flash streaked across the dark space. A ghost hand fell in response, and a large amount of blood gushed out, filling the room with a fishy smell.

"It hurts!"

A petite figure rolled down from the top of the room, stood far enough away from Jiang Liu, covered the severed hand, and glared at him with hatred.

"How dare you cut off my hand? Do you want to be chopped into pieces, human?"

"You would have done that even if it weren't for this, Miss Ghost."

Jiang Liu turned around leisurely. On the Sun Blade with red patterns, hot blood was flowing down from the sharp edge, falling drop by drop onto the tatami and soaking the ground beneath his feet.

"Hiding up there and attacking by surprise is not a smart move. Your murderous aura is as conspicuous as a bright light in the dark night."

"Don't be too proud, I was just careless for a moment."

The one who attacked Jiang Liu was an evil ghost with the appearance of a girl with two sharp horns on her forehead, short silver hair and blood-red eyes, which was quite consistent with the image of a ghost.

If you remove her abnormal skin color and the red stripes on her face, she should be considered a pretty cute type if you just look at her facial features. But the murderous intent in her eyes proves that she is not a good person.

Not simple—Jiang Liu calmed down and his expression gradually became serious.

Although they hadn't fought each other properly yet, the ghost in front of him gave him the feeling that he was even better than the handball ghost, and also better than the swamp ghost and Fujiyama's alien. Strictly speaking, even those three ghosts combined could not be her opponent.

If you look closely, you will find that there is a Chinese character for "下肆" in the girl's right eye.

Jiang Liu asked in a deep voice: "Xiao Si...are you the Twelve Ghost Moons?"

"Oh, you know, yes I am one of the Twelve Demon Moons."

The double-horned evil girl showed a dangerous smile. She used some unknown means to pull the severed hand back from the ground with a light move, and then put it back on the wound like installing a mechanical part.

"Lower Moon Four!"

The strange aura far exceeded that of the evil ghosts that Jiang Liu had killed before, and was second only to that of the Ghost King Muzan. The cold murderous intent completely enveloped him.

Looking at the girl in front of him who he had no impression of, Jiang Liu frowned slightly: I didn’t expect to meet a real Twelve Demon Moons so soon.

Although they are both evil spirits, the Twelve Demon Moons are qualitatively different from other demons. The difference between the upper and lower moons is like the difference between the Twelve Demon Moons and ordinary demons...

But even though he is not an Upper Moon, the Fourth Lower Moon is already among the top ten subordinates of Muzan, and is not someone that Jiang Liu, a new ghost hunter, can underestimate.

Jiang Liu was able to cut off her arm before, which was somewhat due to a sneak attack. If it were a head-on confrontation... he really wasn't completely sure.

Of course, he would not be afraid of this.

Gripping the Sun Blade tightly, Jiang Liu took a deep breath, and the blood in his body instantly began to boil. The silver-gray sword was wrapped with red cracks, flashing a strange light in the dim room. Now he was ready for the battle!

"Originally, I just wanted to come and see my 'old friend' and laugh at him for being abandoned by that adult. I didn't expect him to be so lucky and catch such delicious food...

If it weren't for those two idiots messing things up, I would have grabbed the food and left here long ago. How could I have waited until now and encountered the Demon Slayer Corps again! "

The Lower Four thought angrily.

"Fortunately, it's just a little ghost. As long as we don't encounter the "Pillar", ghost hunters have nothing to be afraid of!"

Chapter 48: The Remaining Piece

Lower Moon Four Ooyuki, Jiang Liu had no impression of this demon, because she was a minor role who only appeared for a few minutes in "Demon Slayer".

That’s right, even though he is one of the Twelve Demon Moons, he is just a minor character with not many roles to play!

Because she was eliminated by Muzan along with the other Lower Moons not long after she appeared...only "Next" was left in the entire Lower Moon.

It was normal that Jiang Liu had no impression of her. In fact, her name had never even officially appeared in the animation. She could be described as a passerby among passersby.