With a chuckle, Gyokko spoke impatiently.
"The swordsmith's combat ability is almost zero. Those Demon Slayer probably can't even beat the Lower Rank that Dichai brought."
"No, no, no, there's something I need to be aware of."
Shaking his head, Kamihito Ichi then wrote three characters on the ground.
"Xia", "Lian", "?"
"What the heck? Kamihito Ichi, what are you doing?"
After glancing at the words on the ground, Gyokko asked in confusion.
"Stop keeping me in suspense, just tell me everything at once."
"Exactly, you're so slow and hesitant when you're talking. No wonder Lord Dichai doesn't let you fight most of the time."
Taking this opportunity, Imamura didn't forget to mock Kamihito Ichi.
Glancing at Imamura, Kamihito Ichi suppressed his displeasure and said calmly.
"The first two are 'Pillars,' the Pillars of the Demon Slayer Corps, and the latter two represent other Demon Slayer who might enter the village."
Upon hearing this, Gyokko paused for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"Pillar? So what? It's not like we haven't killed them before."
As an entity that has held the position of Upper Rank Five for over a hundred years, Gyokko has killed far more than just one or two Pillar-level members.
Even Hantengu, when he heard the word "pillar," although he was still saying how scary it was, he clearly paused for a moment.
"Aren't you afraid the Scribe might be there too?"
Seeing that his "colleague" didn't care at all, Kamihito Ichi frowned.
"Don't you realize how many times he's ruined our plans?"
"The power of the Scribe is beyond doubt."
Waving his hand dismissively, Gyokko said.
"But how did he know we were going to raid the swordsmiths' village, and how could he just happen to be there?"
"Could it be that he can predict the future and is waiting for us in the village beforehand?"
"If that's the case, I'll just write 'Gyokko' backwards!"
Upon hearing this, the other ghosts also laughed.
Full of confidence in their own strength, they believed that even the Pillars of the Demon Slayer Corps could attack them en masse.
I've never even heard of that "Scribe." Even if he's strong, how strong can he be?
Dichai was different; after listening to Kamihito Ichi's words, he fell into thought.
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At the same time, Kamihito Ichi seemed to have received some news and his whole body trembled.
"I see."
He gave a cold laugh, then clapped his hands and said.
"Since none of you are willing, then I'll get straight to the point."
"It should have been done a long time ago."
After giving a reply, Gyokko continued.
"What swordsmiths, what Demon Slayer Corps, I will make them all become part of the pot."
"In that case, go find those swordsmiths."
As he spoke, Kamihito Ichi wrote the name "Gyokko" on the drawing on the ground.
"Many of these knife makers have the habit of taking a bath after finishing their work."
"Gyokko, your task is simple: sit on the mountain with the hot spring and kill every swordsmith who has finished soaking in the hot spring."
"If anyone gets close, we can kill them too."
Upon hearing this, Gyokko said with some dissatisfaction.
"You're only letting me kill swordsmiths? Those guys' flesh probably won't taste very good."
"If no swordsmith comes, you can go somewhere else."
He glanced at the Gyokko Kamihito Ichi calmly.
"Besides, your Blood Demon Art aren't all melee-based."
After a moment of hesitation, Gyokko, unusually, did not continue speaking.
He gave Kamihito Ichi a strange look, then fell silent.
He had always been puzzled by the existence of two Upper Rank Six.
That guy, Dichai, gave him an even more strange feeling.
Especially Kamihito Ichi and Imamura, the two Upper Rank Six, were far too respectful towards Dichai.
"The Upper Rank is being extremely respectful to someone who isn't even one of the Twelve Kizuki?"
At first, when he saw this scene, he wanted to ask Muzan.
However, Muzan's answer was very firm, leaving Gyokko with no chance to speak.
"Don't ask about things that aren't your concern!"
Now, Dichai is like an outsider, basically not saying a word.
Despite having virtually no contact with Kamihito Ichi, the guy made it sound like he knew him very well.
"Interesting."
He licked his lips, and the Gyokko pot revealed a strange smile on its two mouths.
This hunt seems to be more complicated than he imagined.
After Gyokko, Kamihito Ichi began to arrange the tasks for Upper Rank Four, Hantengu.
"Hantengu, you'll be in charge of going into the village and hunting down those Demon Slayer."
"No, I can't do it, I'm too weak."
Covering his mouth, the Hantengu's hunched figure trembled incessantly.
"Don't bully me, please don't assign me such a dangerous job."
Large tears streamed from her eyes and then fell to the ground.
Hantengu seems to be an incredibly weak fellow, being bullied by Kamihito Ichi.
Upon seeing this, Kamihito Ichi simply smiled coldly and said nothing more.
Although the two ghosts didn't have much contact, Kamihito Ichi knew very well that when Hantengu said no, it meant he agreed.
"And what about my task?"
Feeling a bit bored, Shinri Masato volunteered.
"After all that talk, why isn't there anything about my task?"
"Mr. Shinri, you have more freedom."
With a smile, Kamihito Ichi then drew a large circle on the ground, covering everything that had been drawn before.
"This is your territory. You can go wherever there is a battle."
"I understand, my mission is to provide support?"
With a raised eyebrow, Shinri Masato said with a smile.
"If the other ghosts are at a disadvantage, should I go and help them?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Kamihito Ichi seemed to be amused by the real person's words, and his laughter pierced through the forest and reached the sky.
"You're joking. Do you think there's such a thing as a 'helping relationship' between us ghosts?"
"Besides, who in the village could be your opponent?"
"Even those 'pillars' are just slightly stronger food."
"You should know exactly what I mean."
A satisfied smile appeared on his face, and a hint of fanaticism shone in Shinri Masato's eyes.
He enjoys talking to intelligent people; they understand things without him having to say a word.
The person in front of him, Kamihito Ichi, had clearly assigned him a perfectly suitable "task".
"As for you?"
After scanning the remaining ghosts with his gaze, Kamihito Ichi then spoke.
"You can all proceed according to the points we marked earlier."
"After you're done, come find me or Imamura."
Upon hearing this, the other ghosts nodded or roared loudly.
"Since that's the case, I have nothing more to say." (Shula)
He stood up and used his foot to destroy the drawing on the ground.
Kamihito Ichi opened his arms wide and shouted loudly.
"Kill the swordsman, slaughter the butcher, burn the village down!"
The Lower Rank demons all raised their hands and shouted in unison.
"Kill the swordsman, slaughter the butcher, burn the village down!"
"Set off!"
The people of the Swordsmith Village were unaware that a large horde of evil spirits was approaching from the distant mountains.
The next morning, Tanjiro, Nezuko, and Uichirou breakfast and then embarked on their "treasure hunt".
"What do you think the secret weapon might be?"
Walking through the forest, Tanjiro said with some excitement.
"It really is a knife, just like it was buried in the ground in ancient times, like a treasure."
Nezuko also expressed her opinion, Uichirou showed little interest.
For him, there is very little left that can be called "training".
I naturally wasn't very interested in those so-called secret weapons.
"Speaking of Muiichiro's purpose in coming to the village?"
Just as Uichirou was pondering what his younger brother was doing here, Tanjiro suddenly spoke up.
"Look, there seems to be someone over there!"
Following the direction he was pointing, the other two indeed saw a figure.
One of them was someone they knew very well; it was the Scribe.
Beside the Scribe, a black-haired child was saying something.
Beside the two, there appeared to be a third figure.
Unfortunately, it was blocked by the tree trunk, so its specific appearance was not clear.
As for the person on the other side, all three of them knew each other's names.
Especially Uichirou, whose calm face instantly turned to surprise after seeing it clearly.
"Muiichiro?!"
He never expected that the moment he thought of his younger brother, the other person would appear in front of him.