Demon Slayer: The Second God Who Walks the Earth

Chiba Yo took the cloth bag and sachet, thought for a moment, and then asked Gyomei, "Aren't you going to see Sayo?"

Since Xingming knew the contents of the letter, he must also know that Sayo wanted to see him. He could have asked Sayo these questions in person, but Xingming chose to ask him instead, which made Chiba Yang feel that he didn't seem to have any intention of meeting Sayo.

“Hmm…” Xingming nodded upon hearing this.

Chiba Yo felt a little puzzled, but before he could ask, Xingming explained.

"I know she's doing well, that's enough. The evil spirits haven't been completely eradicated yet, and I can't waste my time on these things. But later I'll have someone write a letter to Sadie on my behalf, so she won't blame herself for what happened back then."

As a Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps, if I were to meet her, I might actually bring trouble upon her.

Gyomei's words were not without reason. In the past, Makijuro had cornered Pero but did not kill him. After Pero became Lower Moon Two, he encountered Kyojuro and vented his anger on Kyojuro. However, in the end, Kyojuro still beheaded him and made him a Pillar.

“If… I can eliminate all the evil spirits in the future, I will go find her,” Xingming added.

“That day will come,” Chiba Yo said.

Xingming nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

After saying goodbye to Gyomei, Chiba Yo put the remaining accessories he had bought back at his residence and then left the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters. Because the mission came in a hurry, Chiba Yo did not have time to visit Kyojuro. However, when he left, he learned from Kanzaki Aoi that Kyojuro was already able to get out of bed and walk.

According to Kagaya's description, Chiba Yo arrived at the location of this mission, but this time there was no precise location, and he had to find the demon's hiding place on his own.

Walking down the street, Chiba Yo couldn't see anything unusual about the place.

It's really hard to find anything during the day, and I don't even know where to begin looking...

Chiba Yo sighed inwardly. In his previous missions, he had been able to directly encounter the demons and then immediately kill them. This time, however, it was not as easy as before.

But if we wait until night to look for clues, someone might be murdered...

Just as Chiba Yo was wondering where to begin his search, a commotion ahead caught his attention.

A group of police officers gathered in front of a porcelain shop and arrested a middle-aged man.

"It wasn't me. It was that pot! Those people were killed by the pot! Killed by the monster hiding inside!"

The middle-aged man who was caught looked terrified and shouted loudly.

"Stop making excuses. Those who died didn't buy your porcelain, yet your porcelain teapots were found in their homes. Can you call that a coincidence? We can talk about it at the station. Right now, you have to come with us!"

The police officer who was holding the middle-aged man yelled at him, and then he and the other officers took him away.

The surrounding crowd began to discuss the matter.

"This shop owner is too heartless. He killed people who didn't buy his teapots and then put their remains inside the teapots."

"Judging from his appearance just now, he was clearly not mentally stable, like a madman."

Hearing their conversation, Chiba Yo felt it was likely the work of an evil spirit, and headed towards the porcelain shop...

Chapter 86 Am I not normal?

The porcelain shop has been sealed off by the police, and the door is tightly closed. Chiba Yang looked through the window and saw that there were only normal porcelain items inside. He did not find anything unusual. In broad daylight, Chiba Yang could not go in to investigate.

"Hello, could you tell me what happened just now?" Chiba Yang patted a man who had been discussing the matter next to the porcelain shop and asked him, hoping to get some useful information.

After hearing Chiba Yang's voice, the man turned around, looked him up and down, and said, "Isn't it clear? The shop owner killed someone and was arrested by the police."

"Uh, I want to know more details, such as why the shop owner killed someone, and whether there were any unusual circumstances," Chiba Yang explained to the man.

"Why are you asking these questions?" the man asked Chiba Yang.

Chiba Yo racked his brains and came up with an excuse.

“I’m more interested in this kind of story,” Chiba Yo replied.

Upon hearing this, the man looked at Chiba Yang with some surprise and said to him, "I didn't expect that although you are handsome, you have rather perverted interests."

"I..." Chiba Yang opened his mouth upon hearing this, but in the end, he didn't say anything in rebuttal.

Are all people interested in these kinds of stories perverts?

Chiba Yo was skeptical of the man's conclusion.

"Alright, since you want to know, I'll tell you. Anyway, almost everyone in town knows about this." Although the man thought Chiba Yang's interests were perverse, he still chose to tell him about it.

"The owner of this shop is named Kirano. He has been running this porcelain shop here for a long time. He was doing well all along. There were no problems with the things he sold. Although they were not particularly exquisite, they were all quite normal and looked nice to display at home."

But starting about a month ago, he suddenly became obsessed, selling an extremely ugly porcelain teapot to everyone he met.

The pattern on this teapot is fine, but its shape is obviously crooked and completely asymmetrical, which must be due to carelessness during production. In addition, this teapot always has a fishy smell.

This is something that nobody would want even if it were given away for free, but the shop owner insisted on selling it to someone at a high price, and even when the person didn't want to buy it, he planned to force them to buy it.

His shop originally sold only ordinary goods, and there were other porcelain shops in town. After he did this, his business naturally plummeted.

However, he continued to do things his own way, pushing those teapots, and became increasingly reckless, even getting into arguments with customers and injuring them.

That's not all! Just three days ago, everyone in town who had been sold teapots by this shop owner but hadn't bought any died mysteriously that night. Their bodies were dismembered and stuffed into the teapots the shop owner had sold them, displayed in the most conspicuous place in their houses. Their families were also killed.

The man told what he knew, and even just telling others about the situation made him feel a chill run down his spine; the person who discovered the pots must have felt even more uneasy.

One of the victims' neighbors, after calling out to him for a long time without getting a response, went into his room and saw the pot on the living room table. He screamed and fainted from fright.

Chiba Yo, who was listening nearby, had unconsciously clenched his fists. Although he was already aware of the cruelty of demons, this situation was many times worse than he had ever known before.

"The most consistent point among the victims is that they had all been sold teapots by this shop owner but did not buy them. He was the first suspect. After the police were called, they investigated and found that the teapots did indeed come from his shop, which led to the scene just now."

After saying this, the man sighed.

"Oh, this is truly outrageous. I heard that among the dead were infants under one year old and pregnant women..."

He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. This demon had become the person Chiba Yo hated most besides Muzan.

"Thank you for telling me all this..." Chiba Yang said to the man, suppressing his anger.

"It's alright. Fortunately, the shop owner has already been arrested by the police, otherwise who knows what even more outrageous things he might have done. I think he must have some mental problems. I hope the police can keep him locked up and not let him out." The man waved his hand and said to Chiba Yang.

In their minds, this must have been done by the shop owner.

In fact, although the shop owner was a participant, it was mainly the work of evil spirits.

"I'd like to ask again where I can find that kind of teapot you just mentioned," Chiba Yo asked again.

From what the man just said, it is certain that this ghost must be related to the pots he mentioned. Therefore, Chiba Yang wants to start his investigation from these pots, but he did not see the kind of pot the man mentioned when he looked through the window of the porcelain shop.

Chiba Yang's words made the man look at him again. Now the man was starting to suspect that Chiba Yang might not be normal either. An ordinary person would obviously be afraid after hearing this and would avoid these pots like the plague, but this boy in front of him was not afraid at all and instead kept asking about these things.

“The police have taken all of these kettles away,” the man replied.

"I see..." Chiba Yang fell silent upon hearing this, pondering his next plan.

The police have taken away these pots, so their current situation is extremely dangerous. Chiba Yang plans to find a way to get these pots out first, so that he can deal with the police danger and start investigating clues about the ghosts from these pots.

After making up his plan, Chiba Yang turned to leave, but the man behind him called out to him.

Chiba Yang turned his head with some confusion and saw the man hesitate before saying, "While it's fine to have your own interests, I still suggest you see a doctor."

Then, perhaps fearing that Chiba Yang would be annoyed, the man quickly added, "Of course, I'm not saying you're sick, I just think it's good to get your body checked out now and then."

This is the second time in recent times that Chiba Yang has heard someone suggest that he see a doctor, and now he is starting to wonder if there is really something wrong with him.

He had initially thought he was one of the few normal people in the Hashirama clan, but now it seemed that wasn't the case...

“I understand…” Chiba Yo replied after a moment of silence.

"Hehe, I wish you a speedy recovery," the man said to Chiba Yang with a dry laugh.

"Thanks……"

Chiba Yo was speechless. Wasn't this just treating him like he was crazy?

Chapter 87 The Vanished Pot

After leaving the porcelain shop, Chiba Yo asked someone for the location of the local police station.

He went to investigate and found that there were quite a few police officers inside, and he didn't know where they had put the bottles.

The situation is getting complicated. To get those bottles, he has to infiltrate the police station, but since he doesn't know where they are, it will take a lot of time to find them.

It's impossible to accomplish this during the day; after all, the police inside aren't blind.

But Chiba Yo didn't want to wait until nightfall, because by then someone might be killed.

Sitting on a bench by the roadside, looking at the police station not far away, Chiba Yo racked his brains but couldn't come up with a solution that satisfied both sides.

Looks like we have no choice but to force our way in...

Chiba Yo thought to himself with a hint of helplessness that this was the best solution he could think of at the moment.

He's really not good at this. For him, it would be best if the demons came to him and then they could just start fighting. He even wanted Muzan to bring the rest of the demons to him for a final battle.

Standing up, Chiba Yang planned to buy some things to prepare. Although he had decided to force his way in, he couldn't just go in unprepared. At least he had to cover his face to prevent being seen and having a warrant issued for his arrest.

Furthermore, Chiba Yo also planned to try infiltrating first, and if he was discovered, it wouldn't be too late to force his way in.

However, at that moment, Chiba Yang suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a big commotion inside the police station. A large group of police officers ran out and then dispersed to search the surrounding area.

"With so many flasks, the murderer can't have gone far! Hurry up and find them!" a policeman shouted.

Before Chiba Yo could even figure out what had happened, one of the police officers approached him.

"Did you see anyone suspicious passing by just now? He was probably carrying a lot of porcelain pots, so he might have been carrying a large bag or something," the policeman asked Chiba Yo as he ran up to him.

This is exactly what I want to do...

Chiba Yo was puzzled; it seemed someone had beaten him to it.

"No." Chiba Yang shook his head. He hadn't seen anyone like this during his time here. If he had been any later, he might have become the person the policeman was talking about.

"Excuse me, what happened? I'd like to help if possible," Chiba Yo asked the policeman.

"A batch of pots that were used as evidence have suddenly disappeared. They looked something like this. If you can find any pots that look like this, please provide us with any clues."

The policeman told Chiba Yang what he could say, and then handed him a sketch of a pot with flowers and plants printed on it.

Not long after they arrested the shop owner, they discovered that the pots they had taken away earlier had disappeared, leaving only one.

They immediately assumed the perpetrator was trying to destroy evidence, but the perpetrator they had caught was still in jail and could not possibly have gone out to destroy the pots without leaving a trace.

Although they didn't understand what was going on, they were certain that these teapots were important clues, so they immediately sent people to find them.

Chiba Yo took the painting and found that the pot in the painting was indeed as the man had said before. The decorations were nothing special, but the shape was indeed not very appealing.

“Okay, I’ll let you know if I find anything,” Chiba Yo nodded in reply.

The policeman nodded in satisfaction and turned to leave.

Looks like we don't need to sneak in or force our way in anymore...

Chiba Yo looked at the painting in his hand and pondered.

at the same time……

In the basement warehouse of a porcelain shop in another part of town, a pot exactly like the one in the painting was placed in the most inconspicuous corner of the warehouse. Suddenly, a hand covered with scales reached out from the pot and then took out pots of the same shape and placed them in the warehouse.

Then, an extremely ugly half-body emerged from the pot.

"A bunch of utterly tasteless worms! Not a single one of them can appreciate my perfect art!"

Yu Hu trembled with rage, and the two mouths located where her eyes were shouting angrily.

These jars were all created by it using blood demon magic. After the police took these jars away, it brought the other jars over through the space inside them, leaving only one there.

A month ago, in order to complete the mission given to them by Muzan, the Upper Moon demon, it came here to find the boy with the flame mark on his forehead.

Upon arriving, it discovered that the town had many porcelain shops, and with immense confidence in its own art, it wanted to see how many people would be captivated by its talent.

So it made many pots and smuggled them into the warehouses of these porcelain shops at night. It also hid itself in a pot and chose a porcelain shop that wasn't doing very well. It made even more pots, thinking that with its own pots there, the shop's business would definitely boom.

And it devours them all after they've finished praising its art.

To its surprise, the shop owner immediately tried to throw it away after discovering it.

Enraged, it burst out of the pot, startling the shop owner so much that he fainted.

However, Yu Hu did not choose to eat him. Instead, he threatened him to sell the pots he made at the highest price at night. If he could not sell them all within a month, he would eat him. Then, he smashed the warehouse floor with a punch, showing his strength.

The terrified shop owner naturally dared not refuse, and went out every night to promote the teapots. However, nearly a month passed, and he still hadn't sold a single teapot; not a single person was willing to buy them.

Although he didn't sell a single teapot, the shop owner, through his shrewdness, kept boasting about how perfect the teapots he made were, and blamed all the mistakes on those who were unwilling to buy them, thus allowing himself to survive temporarily.

When Yu Hu learned of this, he was furious. That very night, he went directly to the shopkeeper and found those who refused to buy his pot. He killed all the living creatures in their families and turned them into pots.