Goblins?!

"Hey, the gala over at Sea Star's should have already started, right?"

On a hill to the south, Tengen Uzui looked up at the two moons in the night sky and pondered silently.

Behind him lay the dark forest they had come through.

He had originally prepared a flamboyant performance, intending to properly showcase his musical talent before audiences from multiple worlds.

Who would have thought he would be assigned a mission like this?

He had actually asked Lord Fukurokuju, the first Sea Shadow, to send another Jonin in his place, only to be told that he was irreplaceable.

The reason was not only his strength, but also his bond with Master Ubuyashiki.

Based on past experience,

whenever these former Demon Slayer Corps Hashira faced a life-or-death crisis, Master Ubuyashiki was highly likely to foresee it, allowing the World Government to obtain more intelligence about the future.

And he was the only Hashira in Sea Ninja Village.

Tengen Uzui had also been told that if he refused,

the person replacing him would most likely be one of Iguro Obanai, Mitsuri Kanroji, or Muichiro Tokito, who had recently been assigned to CIPHER POL No. 2 to teach Breathing Techniques to newcomers.

Thus, Tengen Uzui ultimately chose to accept this Otherworld exploration mission.

"Oh, you're back?"

Just then, a crow wearing two strings of gemstones and with two tufts of black feathers sticking up from its head flew down from the star-filled night sky and landed on his raised right arm.

Tengen Uzui smiled and asked, "How was it? Did you see any people or towns?"

"No! No!"

This crow, known in the Demon Slayer Corps as the "fashion leader of the crow world," was his Karasu. Earlier, he had ordered it to survey a wider area from the air.

A Karasu