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Chapter 1637 Choice (I was so tired from going out today)

The Third Upper Moon did not fall to the ground, because his body was completely reduced to ashes under the shining of the morning sun before it hit the ground.

“Oh…comfortable.”

Duanmu Huai raised his hands and stretched.

As expected, I still need to stretch my muscles from time to time to relieve stress.

Duanmu Huai hadn't killed anyone in the past fifteen years since his reincarnation, and he had accumulated a lot of pressure. After fighting with this guy who couldn't be killed no matter how hard he tried, he felt refreshed.

Hmm...it seems that it is good to come here occasionally to relieve stress.

Duanmu Huai looked at the rising sun in front of him, yawned, and then reached out to pick up the knife that had been thrown aside. He could feel that the knife was absorbing the remaining ghost energy of Upper String Three. At the same time, he could also feel the "door" to some extent.

This knife is like a key. As long as it absorbs enough ghost energy, it can open the "door" and travel through time and space.

Originally, with such a good prey as Upper Rank Three, Duanmu Huai could return to the modern era by simply chopping it down, but Duanmu Huai chose to engage in hand-to-hand combat with it, and the result was that this key - well, did not absorb enough energy at all.

This is really troublesome. I guess I need to kill a few ghosts first.

"She is not a ghost..."

Looking at Duanmu Huai stretching comfortably in the sunshine, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. If the girl in front of them was a ghost, she would not be standing here, basking in the sun leisurely.

"…Miss Xiao Ai."

Butterfly Kanae came over again and looked at Duanmu Huai.

"I invite you again to join the Demon Slayer Corps and fight with us."

"…………………"

Duanmu Huai carried the sword, turned around and looked at Butterfly Kanae.

"What is the purpose of your Demon Slayer Corps?"

"Destroy the evil spirits and protect the people."

"Well, let me ask you a question."

Hearing Butterfly Kanae's answer, Duanmu Huai revealed a sinister smile.

"Suppose you have to fight an evil spirit that is as strong as that guy, and there are innocent villagers behind you who need to be protected, what will you do? If you want to distract yourself to protect him, then you will not be able to kill the evil spirit. And if you give up protecting the villager, then he will be caught and eaten by the evil spirit. So... facing this situation, what will you do?"

Hearing this, Tanjiro clenched his fists.

"I will do my best to hold back that evil spirit and let the villagers escape!"

The other pig-headed man also raised the two swords in his hands.

"I will defeat that evil ghost. As long as the pig rushes forward, the evil ghost will not be able to attack anyone else!"

The others didn't say anything, but it seemed that they all agreed with these two opinions, while Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders.

"This is indeed the correct answer. It couldn't be more correct. But there is a third option."

"………………?"

"That is to kill the villager before the evil spirit does."

“………………why?”

Everyone was stunned by Duanmu Huai's unexpected answer, and Tanjiro couldn't help but ask.

"It's very simple. Evil spirits don't eat corpses, they only eat living people. Moreover, after eating people, the strength of evil spirits will increase. In this case, as long as we destroy all the food around us, we can prevent the evil spirits from gaining power through them, right?"

"But killing those innocent people for this is not right!"

"Of course it's wrong, from a moral point of view, but my goal is not to protect the villagers, but to eliminate the evil spirit. If the evil spirit eats that villager, it will become more powerful, and then it will not only kill you, but also kill more people. Compared with those who will be killed by the evil spirit in the future, sacrificing a few villagers is a very reasonable approach."

Duanmuhuai snorted coldly.

"Ms. Kanae, I think you should understand that I am not on the same side as you, the Demon Slayer Corps. You are here to protect, but I am here to destroy... destroying the monsters that threaten humanity is my duty and mission."

"but………"

"But we can work together."

Duanmu Huai thought about it. There was still some time before the end of summer vacation. From his previous experience, the speed of time in the past and the modern world was different. As long as the speed was fast enough, he should be able to return to the modern world before summer vacation. Moreover, the Demon Slayer Corps was a professional hunter of demons, so it was easy for them to find the location of the demons.

"……………I see."

Butterfly Kanae was silent for a moment and nodded.

"But please come back with me, and I will report to the lord."

"I hope you won't keep me waiting too long."

I'm free anyway, so I might as well just relax like in ancient times.

Kanae was very fast. Not long after that, she brought Duanmu Huai to a house deep in the mountains. There, Duanmu Huai saw several strange guys with different looks. Most of them were young, and the oldest seemed to be less than 30 years old. Most of them were young people in their teens and twenties.

Duanmu Huai looked at them curiously, and those people also looked at Duanmu Huai in confusion.

"Is this the girl who killed the Upper Three with her bare hands?"

A young man with white hair and scars on his face sneered.

“It doesn’t look like that at all.”

"Ah, but she's so cute, so petite and adorable, it's just wonderful."

Another girl with long pink hair tied into three braids looked at Duanmu Huai with shining eyes and an extremely eager expression.

Duanmu Huai looked at these people speechlessly, then turned to look at Kanae beside him.

"Ms. Kanae."

"Hmm?" "They're nine pins?"

"That's right."

"Didn't you tell me that the Nine Pillars are the nine strongest people in the Demon Slayer Corps?"

"Yes, the Hashira is the highest-ranking swordsman in the Demon Slayer Corps, and also the strongest swordsman."

“………………Just them?”

Duanmu Huai glanced at those people, and his expression was very obvious.

"I thought Miss Kanae was relatively weak, but I didn't expect that the so-called Nine Pillars were only at this level? No wonder you haven't been able to eliminate the evil spirits for so many years."

"What did you say!?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, the faces of the people on the opposite side all changed, while Duanmu Huai looked at them leisurely. When fighting against Upper Rank 3 before, Duanmu Huai saw that Kocho Kanae was no match for that Upper Rank 3 at all. Not to mention her, even if all the Demon Slayers present fought together, they would probably not be enough to serve food to that Upper Rank 3.

Later, Duanmu Huai learned that Kanae Kocho was mainly responsible for medical logistics in the Demon Slayer Corps. He thought it was understandable. After all, she was in logistics, so it was understandable that her combat effectiveness was not too strong.

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When we got here and took a look, we found that the strength of the nine pillars was not much different. Only the blind monk seemed to be a little stronger than the others, but his strength was limited.

These people would be fine if they were to deal with the kind of demons that they encountered in the forest at the beginning, but if faced with an opponent like the Upper Three, this group of people would basically be defeated in a one-on-one fight.

A group fight might win, but only maybe.

There's too much difference between the two sides.

Duanmu Huai also heard from Butterfly Kanae that the evil spirits have twelve demon moons, which are the so-called twelve generals, including six upper moons and six lower moons.

As a result, your Demon Slayer Corps has only nine bosses, and at best they are all Lower Moon level?

You are lucky not to be killed by the evil spirit.

"What did you say? Brat!"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, the young man with scars all over his face and who looked very bad-tempered also walked over angrily, stretched out his hand and wanted to grab Duanmu Huai - but the next moment, he suddenly flashed and quickly distanced himself from Duanmu Huai, while lowering his waist, gripping the hilt of the sword at his waist, and staring at Duanmu Huai.

"Hmph... Only your intuition is sharp."

Duanmuhuai snorted coldly.

"If you had dared to take another step forward, I would have smashed your head into pieces."

"you……………"

"If you're not afraid of death, come and try it. I promise to let you know how to write the word death - how about scribbling it on the ground with your brains?"

Duanmu Huai hooked his finger at the white-haired young man, who immediately became furious.

"You look for————!"

"Silence, the lord has arrived."

Just when the tense situation was about to break out, a voice suddenly rang out. Upon hearing this voice, everyone else standing around quickly knelt down, including the white-haired young man who had just fought with Duanmu Huai. Only Duanmu Huai was still standing there, folding his arms and staring at the main hall in front of him.

Soon, a young man wearing a kimono and hanging sleeves walked out from behind the paper door with a smile on his face. Beside him, there were two doll-like girls.

With the help of the two girls, the man walked in front of the crowd and greeted them.

"Good morning everyone, and this traveler from afar."

The man's voice was very soft and gentle, and Duanmu Huai nodded in return.

"Hello."

"I've heard from Chanae about everything you did."

The man stared at Duanmu Huai with his lifeless eyes.

"You were able to subdue and destroy that Upper Rank 3 with overwhelming strength. In addition to the Lower Rank 1 that you destroyed earlier, which was hiding on the Infinite Train, and the Lower Rank 5 that haunted the Asagumo Shrine, three of the Twelve Demon Moons have died at your hands."

"…………………"

Hearing the man's words, the other nine pillars changed color, and looked at Duanmu Huai with shock. If they only killed the lower-rank evil spirits, they could do it, but Duanmu Huai killed three in a short period of time, including an upper-rank one. More importantly, from the current point of view, he was not injured at all!
What kind of power is this?
They simply can't imagine it.

"It's just a matter of chance."

Duanmu Huai doesn't care about these.

"My goal is to protect humanity. Since these evil spirits threaten the survival of humanity, I will naturally wipe them out."

"But you're not going to join the Demon Slayer Corps, are you?"

"of course not."

After joining the Demon Slayer Corps, I have to kneel down when I see this man? Duanmu Huai won't do that.

"I came here just hoping to establish a cooperative relationship with the Demon Slayer Corps."

"Oh? What do you say?"

"It's very simple."

In response to the man's question, Duanmu Huai chuckled.

"Just think of it as hiring. If you encounter a difficult ghost, you can hire me to kill it. All you have to do is pay me. How about that? I think this is a very good deal for you."

"………………………"

After hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, the man pondered for a moment.

"In that case, I have a job that I hope you can help with."

Then, he spoke.