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Chapter 5: Hantiangou: Who among my family members understands?

In the dead of night, an old man who looked to be about 87 years old was walking alone with a cane, with his head down, looking around from time to time, but he would soon look away, as if he was always afraid of being beaten and criticized.

Where is the flower that Muzan-sama is looking for? I have absolutely no idea.

He released his perception, covered his face with a cloak, and Hantengou's eyes were full of worry. But at this moment, along with the perception released, Hantengou's eyes were slightly startled, and then he subconsciously raised his head and looked into the distance.

In the distance, under the bright moonlight, four figures walked over happily from a distance. To be precise, only one person was happy, while the two men and one woman behind him had different expressions. The middle-aged man's face was full of indifference. The girl behind him seemed to be pregnant. She was not walking slowly, but not fast either. The man always stayed by the girl's side.

What interested Hantengu more was the young man in the Demon Slayer Corps uniform.

Is it the Demon Slayer Corps? He remembered that he had eaten several of them. The taste of their flesh and blood was more delicious than that of ordinary people. It was a pity that he was full now and had no appetite...

Now, the young man from the Demon Slayer Corps was running behind the man in front with a panicked look on his face. And what about the man in front? He was wearing a loose black leather jacket and a hunter hat on his head. His steps were relaxed. Although it didn't seem like much, every step he took would easily jump several meters.

He seemed to be singing something, his words full of relaxation and freedom - "The scenery of Mahakala is beautiful, with red flowers and green grass~"

Although he was jumping up and down and looked extremely unfocused, the young man behind him could not keep up with him and instead ran farther and farther away. In just a moment, before the dog could even react to what was happening, the seemingly unruly man had already arrived beside him.

Then, Ron also smiled and put his face close to Hantiangou's cheek and asked with a caring look on his face:

"It's late at night, and the path is still full of stones. You seem cautious walking on this night road, but if you look closely, you seem calm and composed. Your cultivation must have reached the Feng Zao Qi level. I wonder how many years you have been practicing~"

After hearing what Roan said, Hantengou's body trembled slightly. Although he was an upper-rank demon, he was cautious as a human being. He often thought that he was the weak one and did not have the consciousness of being a strong one. On the contrary, after hearing what Roan said and feeling the aura of the other party that seemed to be no different from that of an ordinary person, Hantengou still said weakly:

"I, I'm only over 150 years old..."

"Oh my god?! Over 150 years old?!" Ron shouted in surprise, "I am so ashamed, I am only... well, I don't know how old I am. After all, I don't know how long I have been in that crappy place of Yharnam. But it should be several decades at most, right? But I am still no match for you, senior, who is cheating and passing off fake things as real——"

As he spoke, Ban Tian Gou felt his hair stand on end, and in a trance, he felt a strong sense of crisis. He subconsciously wanted to withdraw and dodge, but just as he was about to stand up and jump, he heard a freehand and malicious word explode in his ears.

"I can see at a glance that you are not human!"

Afterwards, he felt a chill on his neck, and then Bantian Gou found that he had successfully jumped away, but only his body jumped to the side, while his head stopped in mid-air and was nailed to the ground by a dagger.

His eyes widened, and Hantengou couldn't understand——

Why did this guy sound so relaxed and calm one second, with a smiling face, but draw his sword without hesitation the next? There was not even a hint of murderous intent? !
Seeing Ron's sudden attack, Tanjiro Kamado wanted to stop him at first, because he didn't know why Ron would launch such a swift attack on an old man who was powerless. But soon, Tanjiro Kamado found something wrong.

Not to mention the speed at which the old man leaped up just now, but the cloak on his head was shattered along with the meat saw that broke through the air. There was a huge tumor on his head, and a pair of flesh-red horns grew on both sides of the tumor. The severed head had been nailed to the ground by the dagger, but it still roared miserably with fear in its eyes.

"Who are you? Why are you hurting me?!"

"Why would it hurt you? Why would you ask such a ridiculous question?"

After hearing Hantengou's words, Ron asked with a strange look on his face:
"Over 150? You weren't born in this era. In your time as a human, was there any problem for a samurai to just find a frail old man to test his sword?"

After hearing what Ron said, Hantiangou opened his mouth, but didn't say anything. His eyes were filled with grievance and anger, unable to understand why he had to suffer such unfair treatment.

Long before he was turned into a demon by Muzan Kibutsuji, Hantengu's personality was already very twisted. He got used to lying when he was very young, and he would twist facts and explanations to make things work in his favor. He himself did not realize how twisted his behavior was, because he believed from the bottom of his heart that he was the victim and that no one in the world was more pitiful than himself.

It is also because of this that, even though he has become a ghost and has devoured countless living people in the past hundred years, Bantian Gou still treats everyone around him as bad people, trying to arouse sympathy and gain satisfaction from it.

Now, Ron's unreasonable behavior undoubtedly greatly aroused his fear and unwillingness. Then, in the unbelievable eyes of Kamado Tanjiro, the head of the old man who was originally nailed to the ground began to swell violently, and the beheaded corpse beside him also regained its vitality. Along with the squirming flesh and blood, in just a moment, two handsome young demons crawled up from the ground.

Looking at those evil spirits, although he had realized that they were the enemy, when he saw the numbers in their eyes, Tanjiro Kamado still couldn't help but screamed:
"Upper Four?!"

After completing the assessment for joining the team and having a basic understanding of his mission, Tanjiro Kamado now knows that the Twelve Demon Moons represent the strongest demons except for the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji. The Twelve Demon Moons are divided into the Upper Six Demon Moons and the Lower Six Demon Moons. Although it sounds nothing, the difference in strength between them is huge. If the Lower Six Demon Moons can still be killed by the Demon Slayers, then the Upper Six Demon Moons have not changed at all for hundreds of years!
And now, I was just walking on the road at night, but I actually ran into one? !

Some were confused and at a loss. Ron looked at the two individuals that were split from Hantengou's body, without much surprise in his eyes. Instead, he said calmly, "Including the original body, you should have a total of five clones for fighting, right?"

"Huh?!" After hearing Ron's words, Bantiangou, whose head was split with anger, snorted coldly, and his eyes looking at Ron were suddenly full of vigilance and hostility.

Hantengu's ability is to split. His original body is a cowardly ghost. When the cowardly ghost is threatened, other emotions in his body will appear and protect him. The four split bodies mainly used for fighting are named Ji Nu, Ke Le, Kong Xi, Ai Jue. As for why there are five, there is also a hateful ghost form to protect the original cowardly ghost from being hurt.

But except for the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji, no one else, not even the Twelve Kizuki, knew any of this information… But why was it being spoken so easily from the mouth of the man in front of him now?

Thinking in his heart, the angry ghost who was transformed from the head of Hantengou, with black hair draped over his shoulders, holding a staff, and with the word "anger" engraved on the tip of his tongue, gritted his teeth and said, "How did you know this?! Tell me! I can give you a quick death!"

"Give me a quick death? With you?" Hearing the words of the Wrathful Ghost, Ron grinned and said to the wolf beside him, "He has four combat clones. How about two for each of us?"

Hearing this, Wolf just glanced at Ji Nu, then nodded silently, pulled out the wedge pill from his waist, walked slowly and said, "Okay."

While speaking, Ron looked to the side, at the Coke transformed from Hantengou's body:

"Don't wait any longer. Tell those two to come out too. They'll suffer less and get stabbed for nothing."

After hearing what Ron said, the Cola Ghost licked his lips, revealing a tongue with the word "乐" engraved on it. He held a maple leaf fan in his hand and said in a brisk voice, "You seem to know us very well, so why don't you run? No matter what, humans can never compare to ghosts!"

"You talk too much nonsense."

Looking at Coke, Ron chuckled. Then in Coke's eyes, Ron, who originally looked very relaxed, suddenly had a hint of bloodshot in his eyes. The next moment, the dark figure disappeared directly from Coke's sight. The whole person turned into a residual image. He only felt the sense of crisis in his heart exploding like a bomb. Without the slightest hesitation, Coke waved the maple leaf fan in his hand instinctively.

The next moment——whoosh!!
The round fan fell down, and the seemingly simple maple leaf round fan rolled up a surging storm in an instant. The heavy wind could even directly blow the house to pieces - rather than saying it was wind, it would be more appropriate to say that it was an air cannon!

But even such a fierce storm, when it touched the dark afterimage, Coke only felt a flash of black light, and the next moment his nose was filled with a fishy smell - a large amount of blood gushed out from the neck, and the sharp teeth of the meat saw not only tore the flesh and blood on the broken surface at the moment of cutting his throat, but also cut off the bones and tendons!
He didn't dodge, how did he get in front of him? !

Coke's eyes were full of disbelief, but he soon realized the reason for all this - there was really no need to dodge, all he had to do was to chop off the blasted air as well as the air in the process of rushing over to cut off his neck!

Thinking of this, Keke twisted his neck forcefully - no, it was no longer twisting his neck, because just a moment ago, his neck had been chopped to pieces by the meat saw. The reason he did this now was simply to turn his head.

Ron just stood there with a calm face, holding the bloody meat saw in his hand, sometimes relaxing and sometimes clenching it.

"My hands are still unfamiliar with this knife. After all, I haven't used it for more than 20 years." Ron stroked the blade covered with dark brown stains, smiled at Coke in the moonlight and said:

"These sharp saw teeth can cause a large number of wounds and damage the internal tissues of the beast the moment they break through its body. By changing its form, it can even directly chop or smash the beast's bones like a long-handled battle axe... It's a pity that it is only used to deal with beasts. It is more convenient to deal with humanoid creatures than Irene's."

Although he said it with a smile, the shadow cast by the moonlight on Ron's body due to his hat covered most of his face. He spoke calmly, and his tone was very peaceful, but Coke could feel the coldness coming out of every bone in his body.

This guy is definitely not a human, there is no way he can be human!

His forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he stared at Ron in front of him. Even though this clone was born with the emotion of happiness, Coke's eyes were still filled with shock and anger.

Looking at Coke's eyes, Ron paused for a moment while wiping the blade. Then he raised his head and looked at Coke with bloodshot eyes. A tiny crack appeared in the center of his pupils as they swelled and shrank.

"Your eyes are like you are staring at a wild animal. I am familiar with this, but it is very rude."

Hearing this, Kele's eyes widened instantly, and then his severed body suddenly exploded, transforming into two similar-looking boys. The former had a strong build, wings, and both his hands and feet were shaped like bird claws, with the word "喜" engraved on the tip of his tongue.

The latter is more agile, and although his body is not as strong as the former, his body density is the strongest among the four split bodies. His eyes are sad, and he has a rope tied to his back, which represents the boundary of God. He holds a jūmonji spear in his hand. Although he does not show his tongue like the other split bodies, it is not difficult to tell from his temperament that he is a sad ghost in the midst of joy, anger, sorrow and happiness.

Seeing that Coke took the initiative to split his body and directly split it into the remaining two emotional clones, Ron also restrained the indifference in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Look, wouldn't it be better to do this earlier? You have to take a knife before you are willing to summon these two children."

As he spoke, he looked at the four ghosts. Ron was not nervous at all, but instead looked at the wolf beside him.

"I'll let you deal with the one holding the staff and the one holding the cross-word spear, and I'll take care of the rest, how about that?"

(End of this chapter)