I am the magnetic field maniac

But the remaining people are difficult to approach.

Rear Admiral Kuroda of the Navy and his wife could be ruled out because Murata had seen them traveling at noon.

Demons cannot bask in the sun. This is a rule that no matter the upper or lower ranks, even the Demon King Muzan cannot overcome.

If a demon could overcome the sun's weakness, then the Demon Slayer Corps would no longer be able to kill the other demon.

So in the entire mansion, there are actually only two people left who Murata has not checked.

One was the new maid Lingyuko who had just entered the mansion, and the other was Major General Kuroda’s daughter Yumiko Kuroda.

According to Murata's observation, this master and servant had never gone out when the sun was shining...

Although the reasons given to the outside world were one being frail and sickly and the other being the need to take care of the young lady... Murata sensed some instability in it.

Well, actually, it’s just a simple process of elimination, and these two targets are too conspicuous.

Murata couldn't sneak into Miss Yumiko's room, and if he broke in by force, he would probably be shot to death given his identity.

The distressed Murata began to think about how to complete the task, but something suddenly happened in the evening of this day.

"what!"

Accompanied by screams that echoed throughout the mansion, the servants who quickly gathered saw an extremely bloody scene in the backyard of the mansion!

Miss Yumiko screamed and fell onto the white sand in the courtyard, fainting. Her face was pale in the dim sunlight.

In front of her was a mutilated body, or to be more precise, a bitten mess.

Murata remembered him, the butler named Inuda who asked him to clean the toilet on the first day.

The scars on its body looked like those from being bitten by a large carnivore, and half of its head had been gnawed off. Murata could recognize it at a glance - there was no doubt that it was the trace left by a ghost that had not been eaten clean.

Murata suddenly felt cold sweat breaking out. In order to sneak in to investigate, he had to hide his Nichirin Sword in the rockery in the courtyard. Without the Nichirin Sword, he now felt a chill down his spine again.

Fortunately, it was dusk now, and even a little bit of sunlight was enough to stop any ghosts from trying to hunt.

Murata's eyes quickly swept through the crowd. In fact, after almost eliminating everyone, the only maid named Ling Yuzi who did not appear here was already almost 100% suspicious!

As for Ms. Yumiko, who was one of the original targets, she couldn't be a ghost because she was lying on the white sand under the direct sun.

Murata's first reaction was actually to immediately prepare to contact the Demon Slayer Corps.

But he quickly put an end to the idea.

Firstly, as a soldier, he only has the ability to receive messages unilaterally from the Crow, and the message can only be delivered after the Crow arrives.

Secondly... he is a member of the Demon Slayer Corps after all, and he can't just watch a demon who is ready to start killing act so recklessly!

Now that it has been confirmed that the girl named Ling Yuzi is a ghost, Murata can't just sit back and watch!

Thinking of this, Murata clenched his fists, but the thought of cheering himself up was quickly interrupted by a roar.

"You bastard! Check, check everyone! If I find out which bastard is plotting against me, I will tear him into pieces!!"

Major General Kuroda, holding his unconscious daughter, roared with red eyes, drew out the command sword at his waist and waved it... But no one doubted that this powerful major general would really do this.

Murata shrank his neck, and for a moment he had a strange thought - people might be more frightening than ghosts.

Soon, late night arrived.

Murata carefully bypassed the guards, sneaked to the rockery in the courtyard, and took out the hidden Sun Blade.

The blade reflected a dark color under the moonlight, which meant that Murata was not a talented Demon Slayer.

But this is not important. In fact, most of the Demon Slayers who join the Demon Slayer Corps to carry out such a dangerous and terrible mission probably have a tragic story and have a blood feud with demons.

Murata put away his unnecessary emotions, hid the Nichirin Sword in his trouser leg, and carefully returned to his room.

He did not plan to take action at night because that was the choice a foolish and reckless man would make.

If the enemy is in the open and we are in the dark, then of course we must choose the moment that is most advantageous to us to strike.

What better time to kill ghosts than when the sun rises?

Murata, who was cautious and careful, survived the whole night like this... and at daybreak, he picked up his pace and carefully passed through the Kuroda residence.

Although security was tighter because of yesterday's incident, it was not a problem for Murata, who was already familiar with the place.

After all, no matter how weak he is, he is still a swordsman who knows breathing techniques.

Bypassing all the defenses, Murata came to the room of Ling Yuzi, gripped the Nichirin Sword tightly, and pushed the door open suddenly!

A white figure suddenly rushed towards Murata!

Without even thinking, he activated the power of his breathing technique, and the blade in his hand slashed forward under the power of the rapidly compressing and expanding muscle bundles!

The head spun and fell, and the head of the girl named Ling Yuzi fell on the corridor.

Murata was stunned by the blood spilled all over the ground.

Because the corpse did not burn under the rising sun... and because the skin did not leave any charred scars after being cut by the Sun Blade.

This only proves one thing, something terribly wrong.

As expected, before Murata could fully react, a noisy sound of footsteps was heard, and as he was surrounded by soldiers and guns, Murata opened his mouth slightly.

"You bastard, despicable murderer!"

Before he could say anything, the furious Major General Kuroda punched him on the temple. As his brain swelled and he felt dizzy, he could only feel the fists hitting him.

What on earth did I do?

What I just killed wasn't a ghost, but a human...

5. The tacit understanding between ghosts and ghost hunters

In fact, neither ghosts nor ghost hunters are willing to make their fights public.

As for Muzan Kibutsuji, if he made his existence known, it would very likely cause more people to "attack" him, which would increase the difficulty of his survival.

Indeed, as long as he is willing to do it, let alone Japan, with his ability he is even qualified to play a role like the underworld of the world!

But he just doesn't want to do that, and Muzan Kibutsuji doesn't care about it at all.

In other words, compared to power and other things, Muzan Kibutsuji's greatest desire is to survive.

Live, live at all costs, no matter how pale the life is. He wanted to conquer the sun, not only to take back the daylight, but also to drive away the only weakness in himself.

Therefore, he would never let the existence of ghosts be made public... He was even unwilling to create any extra followers if it was not necessary.

Muzan has his family and his human servants, but all of them are just tools to help him find the blue red spider lily.

In fact, the ghost king does not want to have even half a so-called fellow ghost.

This is how ghosts are, and the reason why ghost hunters are unwilling to make their struggle public is very simple.

Because ghost hunters simply don't believe in the bottom line of the secular human government.

Ghosts can eat humans, are afraid of the sun, and when they become ghosts, they will be forced to lose all their past memories under the deliberate influence of Muzan, and even become Muzan's puppets.

However, ghosts can live forever.

This one advantage alone can easily offset all the above disadvantages.

Ghost hunters are unwilling to gamble on an outcome with the fragility of human nature, because they know they don't have the capital to lose.

Once the power of Muzan is noticed by the upper echelons of the secular government...

Then perhaps the long-cherished wish of the Demon Slayer Corps would really become a ridiculous bubble.

And they are very likely to become "terrorists" who are targeted by secular governments.

After all, in essence, the Demon Slayer Corps, a collective armed group, is a group of uncontrolled terrorists to any government.

A group of swordsmen with superb martial arts skills. Although they are using cold weapons, their destructive power is even greater than that of an infantry company.

With sufficient financial resources and logistical support mechanisms for R&D capabilities, it even possesses some unknown "special abilities".

Such a group will certainly be regarded as a thorn in the side by those in power even if there is no conflict of interest.

So it's ridiculous that even though they are mortal enemies, Muzan and the Demon Slayer Corps maintain this "rule" very tacitly.

But what happened to Murata tonight was totally inapplicable to this point.

Murata was arrested and taken to a police station cell, where he was first subjected to an inhumane beating!

The enraged Major General Kuroda personally beat the poor Demon Slayer Corps member unconscious.

Thanks to the breathing technique, his body was much more resistant to attacks, otherwise he would have died on the spot in this cell.

But despite this, his torment was clearly not over.

"Treat him well. When I come over tomorrow, I want to see him explain everything!"

Major General Kuroda uttered a threat viciously, took off the blood-stained bandage wrapped around his fist, picked up the sword beside him and left.

And Murata, who was hung upside down and tied to a wooden frame, had no intact skin on his body.

His flesh was covered in bruises from being beaten, and his face was so horribly damaged that it was hard to tell what it should have looked like.

His back was beaten to pieces, and the scars all over made his spine a mess.

But even so, the torture had only just begun.

Compared to humans, the so-called torture methods invented by Muzan are really nothing.

Especially in this era of gradual development of medical technology, although it is not very advanced, the ability to save lives is much stronger than in the past.

"Boy, I don't know what you have done wrong, but since Major General Kuroda has asked you to explain by name, we have to treat you well today."

The warden nodded his finger, and the prison guard next to him immediately handed over a tube of white medicine.

A syringe of "Heroine" was roughly injected directly into Murata's neck... and this invention, like the "White Devil" of 1895, was only listed as a controlled drug two years ago.

But even so, this drug was still used on the battlefields of World War I and even World War II.

Because its analgesic effect is 4 to 8 times that of morphine, it can be used to treat pain, depression, bronchitis and asthma.

Doctors at the Naples Asylum even prescribed the drug to their patients, recording "a lasting sedative effect" and "even several cases of recovery."

Russian psychiatrist uses heroin to dispel "pain of the soul".

Even mountaineering clubs recommend that club members take this before climbing... because it makes breathing easier and allows them to climb higher.

Yes, it is a great medicine. But the side effects are strong addiction and irreversible acute and chronic poisoning damage to the cardiovascular system, nervous system, immune system, respiratory system, reproductive system, endocrine system and other systems and organs.

Of course, not many people would know this in this era, even the British who first discovered them...

It was not until more than fifty years later that it was removed from the British Pharmacopoeia.

Not many people understand this, so for Murata, who is on the verge of death, using such medicine is a "favor" to him.

Just like this, after the drug was injected, Murata soon felt the pain in his body fade away... The strong sense of comfort penetrated the blood-brain barrier and made the brain start to secrete dopamine crazily.

However, this physical enjoyment did not last long, and an extremely painful feeling began to spread throughout the body!

"Ahhh!"

Murata screamed, and a bucket of concentrated salt water was poured all over his wounds...

The bloody wound stimulated Murata's pain nerves so much that he almost died!

Especially after the injection of drugs and his body entered a state of sluggishness, he couldn't even resist the pain with his mind.

"We still have a lot of time to play." The warden picked up the branding iron next to him with a grim smile, spitted, looked at the sizzling white smoke, and stretched it towards Murata.

A shrill scream was transmitted through the window of the interrogation room, and outside the window, a swaying yam plant, which was full of small fruits, slowly shrank back into the soil.

Far away, in Major General Kuroda's residence, Miss Yumiko, who was supposed to be lying on the bed, suddenly sat up from the bed and let out a strange giggle...

"Stupid guy, an idiot who only knows how to use brute force."

"Do you think you're smart?"

A cold voice rang in her ears, and Yumiko's smile immediately froze on her face, instantly replaced by immense fear!

She knelt on the ground without hesitation, and pleaded tremblingly to the air in front of her...

"Lord Muzan, I, I, I..."

"I asked you to investigate who was misusing my name, but you, an idiot, delivered a member of the Demon Slayer Corps to the authorities."

Wuzan's cold voice rang out inside Ling Yuzi's body, and the runaway cells instantly caused Ling Yuzi's body to swell and destroy deformedly!

"Remember what I told you? The guy who casually exposed my name and our existence..."