Day in Infinity

Mai Shiranui instantly realized that if she left, Li Ke would have to send her back, but she immediately thought of something and sneered while hugging her arms.

"Hehehe, who's afraid of you?"

However, Mai Shiranui was very rational and did not say much about this matter, but looked at Shinobu Kocho.

"However, the most important thing now is to figure out what is going on in this world, right?"

When Li Ke heard this, he couldn't help but look in the direction of Shinobu Kocho.

At this time, Shinobu Kocho had already tidied her clothes. After hearing what Mai Shiranui said, she nodded.

"Okay, I'll explain to you two what happened."

Shinobu Kocho once again invited Li Ke and Mai Shiranui into the room, and after serving some snacks, she looked at Mai Shiranui and Li Ke.

"You two should know about evil spirits and those strange monsters, right?"

Li Ke naturally nodded to Mai Shiranui, and then Shinobu Kocho spoke.

"The story starts from before. Many of our pillars gathered together to deal with a demon named Nezuko, and temporarily tolerated her staying in the Demon Slayer Corps, but then those demons appeared."

There was a look of obvious seriousness on Shinobu Kocho's face.

"These monsters are very powerful. Ordinary attacks are useless against them. Only fire, steel, and gunpowder can cause damage to them. However, ordinary swordsmen have no way to tear their skin. Moreover, the abilities of these monsters are quite strange. In the past, when we fought against ghosts, we were able to bring back a few wounded soldiers. But when fighting these monsters, all it takes is a small wound, or if the battle lasts for a long time, our team members will die."

When she said this, her expression became more serious and solemn.

"Those monsters can spread spores or parasitic tentacles from their bodies. Once they enter the body, they cannot be removed at all. No matter how powerful the breathing method is, there is no way to expel these monsters. You can only let them eat your body and then transform your body into a terrible monster. And if people with weak spirits spend a long time with these monsters, their bodies and minds will also undergo strange changes. If they cannot return to the crowd in time and communicate with others, they will also transform into various monsters, or even become crazy people who kill indiscriminately. What we know now is that the breathing method can effectively reduce the occurrence of such things and reduce the speed of such mental oppression and transformation."

When Shinobu Kocho said this, she couldn't help but sigh.

"But this is not the most serious thing. The most serious thing is that after these monsters appear, new monsters will appear on the streets before nightfall. However, these monsters are different from those that suddenly appear. They are the monsters we know, that is, things like will-o'-the-wisp. The more humans there are, the more these monsters will appear. Although they are not as powerful as those monsters that suddenly appear, and have incredible parasitic abilities, they can also transform people and turn them into lunatics. They will move in groups on the streets. Once someone is exposed and sees them, or does not blow out the lights, or is still walking on the street, they will be captured and will never be seen again. We have tried to test these ghosts, but these ghosts are too powerful. Even our pillars dare not test them easily, because when we discovered these things, several team members had already lost contact in order to investigate the situation of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons."

"But fortunately, as long as you don't violate some taboos, such as looking from the crotch, between the fingers, or through the fox window, these things will not appear in other places and times. And at night, as long as you pretend not to see them and close the doors and windows, you will not be harmed. But they will find ways to let you see them and know they are coming. Although villages with fewer people have not seen such a situation, during this period of time, the surrounding villages that are unable to come here have inexplicably become monster villages, or have become very strange. So although most people know that there will be hundreds of ghosts accompanying crowded places, they will still gather together."

After saying that, Shinobu Kocho poured a cup of tea for herself and Li Ke and took a sip.

Li Ke frowned, because from Shinobu Kocho's description, he could clearly feel one thing.

These monsters are keeping the humans of the Demon Slayer world in captivity!

They are most likely harvesting something, or gathering humans together to make it easier for them to do things in the future!

"These things from the 7 Days to Die world are really weird... These things that have something to do with the Cthulhu mythology are really disgusting."

Li Ke is a fundamentalist Cthulhu fan, so he doesn't like Cthulhu mythology very much.

But the current situation can only be explained by "Cthulhu".

"I remember that in the information given by the 7 Days to Die world, it was said that its world was broken and incomplete because there were other forces that wanted to occupy it...forcing it to make drastic changes. And in the information passed on, there was a monster that I encountered, which was very similar to the monster described by Shinobu Kocho."

Li Ke kept recalling the information given to him by the broken world, and then combined it with the existing information to deduce the truth of the matter.

"In other words, the monsters in this world are very likely the ones that caused the Seven Days to Die world to be incomplete?"

Mai Shiranui on the side was also thinking, but she was not thinking about the things in the 7 Days to Die world, but about the things in this world.

"Isn't this..."

She stopped talking halfway because the possibility she was thinking of was too cruel. Shinobu Kocho saw this and smiled before speaking.

But the smile is really fake.

"Isn't that keeping humans in captivity? We think so too, and we, the Demon Slayer Corps, are constantly attacking in order to find out the situation."

When Shinobu Kocho said this, she couldn't help but sigh, because it has been confirmed that the toxin of wisteria flowers has no effect on those monsters. Her combat effectiveness has at least dropped by 70%, so she was sent here to check for the existence of ghosts.

But she still missed one!

Just now, the noble who provided the venue was held accountable.

The reason why she had to recruit Li Ke even if she didn't resurrect her sister was very simple. She could let Li Ke resurrect the missing members of the Demon Slayer Corps and obtain relevant information.

In fact, the moment she confirmed that Li Ke could resurrect the dead and that he himself was very powerful, she realized one thing.

Li Ke, like Tsugumi Yoshiichi, is very likely a sudden appearance in this era, a warrior endowed by God with the power to turn the tide.

"So that means you are in a very passive state?"

Li Ke asked. He was quite curious about how these people managed to survive under such circumstances.

But Shinobu Kocho shook her head.

"It's not particularly passive. It seems that the reason is that God doesn't like these monsters. So every time someone kills those monsters, they can feel that their strength has become stronger. Either their breathing has become smoother, or their illnesses have recovered a little. Although the casualties from the monsters are very serious, they are not unable to fight anymore."

Shinobu Kocho revealed a secret again.

Because this is indeed a secret of neither big nor small. These monsters are simply not something that ordinary people can deal with. If they spread out, there will be no shortage of people who want to fight or seek revenge and rush out recklessly. They have seen a lot of such things. Every year, there are people in the Demon Slayer Corps who want to challenge powerful demons after just learning the breathing method, and their end is usually not very good.

"That's it..."

Li Ke touched his chin. He roughly knew what was going on. It was nothing more than the world's power in the monsters' bodies attached to the people who killed the monsters, and perhaps also some kind of favor from this world.

As for the rest of the information, Shinobu Kocho didn't say anything and Li Ke didn't ask, because that was not something he should ask since he had just joined the company for a while.

"In that case, I have no doubts."

Li Ke looked at Shinobu Kocho and nodded, then smiled as he looked at the sun which was about to set.

"But I would like to see the so-called Night Parade of One Hundred Demons."

Chapter 176: The gap in combat power

"Master Li Ke, you don't want to see the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, do you?"

Li Ke's interested look instantly made Shinobu Kocho alert. If there was anything that could make Shinobu Kocho care about now, it would undoubtedly be Li Ke's matter.

She had been observing the changes in Li Ke's micro-expressions, so she keenly noticed this at the first moment.

"That's right, Li Ke, even if we really want to investigate, it would be better if the two of us prepare for it, right?"

Mai Shiranui hugged her arms. She was also very curious about the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons. Because from what Shinobu Kocho said, these ghosts were local monsters, so she felt that she would know how to defeat them better than Li Ke.

But her intuition told her that this guy Li Ke would most likely take action himself.

"Yeah, I'm interested."

Li Ke nodded. Judging from the situation, these Night Parade of One Hundred Demons might be the things that invaded the world of 7 Days to Die. After their changes after coming to this world, there was a great possibility that these monsters were either stronger or weaker than the other monsters he encountered from 7 Days to Die.

Stronger means they have adapted to this world, weaker means they are still adapting to this world.

As long as they understand this point, they will be able to better conquer this world. After all, they can restore their strength and become stronger by killing monsters.

Although Li Ke felt that in the end, these gains would be taken back by the world, it did not prevent them from getting help when they took action.

"The Demon Slayer Corps does have such a plan, Master Li Ke, we just need to wait. As for today, let's take a rest first."

Shinobu Kocho interrupted Li Ke. She now needed to quickly report Li Ke's importance and let more pillars protect Li Ke, so she glanced at her adopted son Kanao Kurika behind her and spoke.

"Come on, please follow me to your room. If you need anything, just come to me or Chanao."

After she finished speaking, she stood up and took Li Ke and Mai Shiranui to another place.

Strictly speaking, the house she found for Li Ke was not luxurious, it could only be considered average. But when Li Ke saw that Shinobu Kocho's room was not far from his own, and the other rooms were marked with names like Tengen Uzui and Giyu Tomioka, he realized that this place was the residence of these pillars.

However, behind these houses is a huge castle tower, and on top of it lives a man with a moon as his head.

Li Ke saw clearly that not long after Shinobu Kocho brought him out of the room, the man had been looking at them.

However, since he didn't feel any malicious intent, Li Ke didn't care.

When they arrived at the room, Shinobu Kocho was surprised that Li Ke and Mai Shiranui had no luggage with them, so she moved two sets of bedding from her room, and then -

"Mr. Li Ke, aren't you going to make the bed now?"

Shinobu Kocho looked at Li Ke in surprise as he casually put his bedding aside and looked at his study notes.

"Is it necessary to be so early?"

Li Ke looked at the sky outside with some depression.

"Isn't it still early now?"

Shinobu Kocho nodded, but still began to explain.

"But today is likely to be the day when a hundred demons parade at night, so it's best to sleep a little longer. Generally speaking, as long as you fall into a deep sleep, you can spend the night safely, so many people go to bed early."

Shinobu Kocho spoke very seriously about the rules of this world.

"That's no different from trying to cover up one's own faults and stealing a bell."

Li Ke couldn't help but complain. He felt as if he had entered into some kind of weird story with rules. As long as he was active during the day and couldn't "see" ghosts at night, he would be safe as long as he fell asleep as early as possible.

"And if you fall asleep early, won't it be easier to wake up at night? In that case, won't you have to watch ghosts for half the night?"

"But by that time, everyone knows that dawn is coming, so naturally their mentality will be different. On the contrary, at night, people will become very anxious because they know that there is still a long time to go. And the more frightened they are, the more likely they are to make mistakes. So, relatively speaking, falling asleep early will help them better survive the time when they may have to face the demons."

Shinobu Kocho calmly stated the truth they had tested with blood.

Li Ke looked at Shinobu Kocho's face and nodded.

"Ok."

Although he had no intention of sleeping at night, because he had planned to go out and test the quality of these monsters from the beginning.

So he nodded naturally, walked to Shinobu Kocho, and smelled the pleasant floral scent on her.

Picking up the mattress next to the other person, Li Ke untied it and spread it on the ground.

But Shinobu Kocho looked at the linen cloth she had specially brought to prevent herself from slipping, and couldn't help but tilt her head.

If you put the mattress directly on the tatami, it will be very slippery, and because it is on the first floor, it will also be very damp.

So she brought a piece of linen, but Li Ke mistook it for a package.

And when making the bed, they didn't even clean the tatami.

"Is it really a boy?"

With a sigh in her heart, Shinobu Kocho stood up and prepared to make the bed for Li Ke.

The reason why she didn't make the bed for Li Ke just now was very simple. It was simply because she and Li Ke were still "outsiders" now, even though they had already agreed to a deal.

But she was still in a daze.

This is not regret, but a very normal reaction. After all, it is normal to feel dazed and nervous when you suddenly have to entrust the rest of your life to a man you have only met for one day.

Especially since this man even said frankly that he wanted to marry many wives.

Although it was not something unacceptable, Shinobu Kocho, who had never thought about these things, inevitably had a lot of thoughts.

She knew that she had to accept this fact. No matter what, selling herself to Li Ke was the best answer, but she was still a little nervous.

So when she saw Li Ke casually making the bed, not even bothering to smooth out the wrinkles, she actually sighed in her heart.

But this was also an opportunity. She knew that she should take action, not as a weapon and medicine man to kill demons, but as a wife, Shinobu Kocho.

Because no matter what she thinks, she has to prepare herself mentally as soon as possible.

"In that case, let's start by making his bed."

Shinobu Kocho felt her heart beating very fast and her face felt a little hot. She knew that it was no big deal that the bed was not made properly. Li Ke could just tidy up the tatami a bit.

But this is her first step.

The first step to voluntarily become Li Ke’s wife.

Feel sorry……

Miss Mai Shiranui.

After she said this in her heart, she stood up, came to Li Ke who was sitting casually, stretched out her hand and picked up the bed.

However, because of nervousness, or unwillingness, when she opened her mouth to speak, she couldn't help but produce some strange words.

"Mr. Li Ke, you really don't know how to make a bed. No wonder you have so many wives."

Shinobu Kocho didn't know what she was saying, but she knew that she was somewhat resentful.

It was not directed at Li Ke, but simply because she was resentful that she was going to marry a lustful man who wanted to marry many wives and wanted to sleep with a woman he had only met for one day without even going on a date with.

And Li Ke——

His intuition made him not understand the meaning of this.

"Ah, I'm not very good at making a Japanese-style bed. Is there anything I should pay attention to?"