Upon hearing Ii Naomasa's words, Gawain glanced at Ii Naomasa with interest.
Meeting Gawain's gaze, Ii Naomasa out in a cold sweat, trembling as he lowered his head.
Gawain was silent for a moment, then smiled slightly and turned to Ieyasu.
"Ieyasu."
"Your Excellency is here!"
Ieyasu quickly moved his knee forward half an inch and responded nervously.
Gawain continued.
"Ii Naomasa is your subordinate, so you need to be better at managing your subordinates in order to gain my appreciation."
As for how to manage subordinates like Ii Naomasa...
No matter what you do, you should make him understand that when I appear before you, the greatest help I can offer has already been delivered to you.
You should let him know that since you have already actually benefited, you should not continue to make more unnecessary demands on your gods, that is, me, who do not necessarily need them.
If I were to arrive and you still were no match for Toyotomi Hideyoshi, then the one working for me could simply become that monkey.
I only need people who can get things done; I don't necessarily need you.
So, in the end.
You should let your subordinates know.
Now, all they need to do is figure out how to meet my requirements.
Instead of saying those ridiculous things to me in an attempt to manipulate me to achieve your goals."
At this point, Ii Naomasa to the side, had already collapsed to the ground.
As for Ieyasu, he rested his head on the ground, too nervous to utter a single word.
And Gawain.
Gawain gently patted Ieyasu's hand, smiled slightly, and continued.
"Whether it's you Ii Naomasa."
For all of Japan, you are already among the most outstanding people.
But even you are still human, not gods.
Then you should understand that the gods are only better than you.
This is a one-time exception; I never want to see you showing off in front of me again.
I wanted to chat with you guys a bit more, but Zhizheng ruined my mood.
I've already told you what I need you to do: expand the Demon Slayer Corps and do everything in your power to search for any clues about demons.
From today onwards, I will rest on this Mount Fuji. Once I've calmed down, you can visit me occasionally.
Now, you can leave!
After saying that, Gawain, without waiting for Ieyasu's response, suddenly flung his hand away.
Suddenly, Flame Clouds, along with Ieyasu and the other two, fell directly from the Mount Fuji to the foot of the mountain.
This was still Toyotomi Hideyoshi's territory. Ieyasu, completely bewildered, struggled for a long time and, with the help of many ninjas, finally managed to escape back to his own territory.
Gawain was too lazy to care about Ieyasu's feelings. To him, if the person in charge were really replaced by that monkey, Toyotomi Hideyoshi...
Based on his experience working under Oda Nobunaga, the monkey might be even better at flattery and sycophancy than Ieyasu.
In short, from this day forward...
Half of Japan was completely mobilized.
As for Toyotomi Hideyoshi, it's unclear why Tokugawa Ieyasu wanted to expand the Demon Slayer Corps on such a large scale.
But if Ieyasu made a move, then naturally he had to make one too. Who knows, maybe Ieyasu has some special intelligence network?
And so, the whole of Japan was mobilized. Even the daimyo who were at war devoted considerable energy to the expansion of the Demon Slayer Corps.
In the original storyline of Demon Slayer, which takes place more than a thousand years later in the Taisho Era.
The Demon Slayer Corps remained hidden because the shogunate at that time had issued an order prohibiting samurai from carrying swords.
It was precisely because of the ban on swords that the Demon Slayer Corps had to go underground.
However, the Sengoku period did not have a ban on swords.
The Demon Slayer Corps was a large force comparable in size to the Kaga and Iga ninja groups.
Even in this era, the fighting power of the Demon Slayer Corps members is generally higher than that of the future storyline era.
After all, Yoriichi Tsugikuni had only left the Demon Slayer Corps for ten years. At this time, although the Demon Slayer Corps did not dare to activate their Demon Slayer Marks, most of them still mastered a series of techniques of the Bright Red Nichirin Sword, and even knew a few moves that they could not use themselves, just to imitate Yoriichi Tsugikuni's Sun Breathing techniques.
Especially since Muzan is currently hiding underground, the scale of the demons cannot expand too much.
As a result, at this time, the Demon Slayer Corps had a total of twenty-one Pillars alone.
With the strong support of Tokugawa Ieyasu and other daimyo across the country, the Demon Slayer Corps expanded several times in less than two months.
The number of Demon Slayer Corps members even exceeded 100,000, reaching the terrifying number of 121,000.
Moreover, Yoriichi Tsugikuni has now officially become the uncrowned king of the Demon Slayer Corps.
He washed away his past dejection and personally instructed the Demon Slayer Corps on breathing techniques, even teaching them the Rokushiki and Haki that Gawain had taught him.
People are always different.
But did you know that even the same person can be different at different times?
Even the most ordinary person will feel differently on payday and at the end of the month.
When the year-end bonus arrives, one's behavior in front of their wife differs from that in bed.
Is the Yoriichi Tsugikuni of today the same Yoriichi Tsugikuni of yesteryear?
Are you kidding me!
Back then, he was lost and had no faith, but now he has faith!
And so, under Yoriichi Tsugikuni's tutelage...
In just two months, at least eight thousand demons have died in Japan...
Although ghosts can turn the people they kill into ghosts, the prerequisite is that the deceased are not eaten by the ghosts.
The ghost has an enormous appetite; even killing an entire family would only leave it barely full.
Therefore, the number of ghosts never expands endlessly like the number of zombies.
More than eight thousand ghosts—that's already a terrifying number.
With each demon's death, Lunch had to watch helplessly as Yoriichi Tsugikuni's power grew stronger and stronger!
Escape, an endless escape!
As of now, Muzan has been on the run for a full two weeks.
Two weeks ago, when Yoriichi Tsugikuni and his men passed by Muzan's vicinity, he felt his Observation Haki being activated.
Therefore, Yoriichi Tsugikuni led those with Observation Haki to frantically search the place where Muzan had originally hidden.
Their goal was to search all over Japan, so this place under their feet wouldn't be a problem. Although it was all just Yoriichi Tsugikuni's sixth sense, everyone still searched very hard.
Then...
Even Muzan was forced to reveal himself due to the search provided by his Observation Haki.
Fortunately Muzan was found at night, and the small group that found Muzan didn't expect that Muzan was hiding there.
Therefore, after wiping out this squad, Muzan fled to the seashore and hid underwater.
Having carved out a space from the seabed, Muzan care whether he would be soaked in water or not; he was single-mindedly focused on constantly moving and hiding.
From that point on, the game of finding Muzan became quite interesting.
Besides people in inland areas still searching for various upper and lower moons, as well as ordinary demons.
More than 30,000 Demon Slayer Corps members, carrying Nichirin Sword and panting with their still-unskilled breathing techniques, barely managed to make contact with the shadows of the Rokushiki Powers as they spread out along the coastline, using Tekkai to protect themselves as much as possible.
Anyone who has read the Demon Slayer manga should know that in the Demon Slayer world, while demons are indeed powerful, they are not so powerful that humans cannot contend with them.
Especially now, when Japan is mobilizing the entire nation to fight the demons.
The ghost couldn't withstand it immediately.
The fact that 90 percent of the towns and villages, with all life within them, was dragged out by the town magistrate and samurai to bask in the sun.
This will make it impossible for most of your ghosts to hide in peace anymore.
Although ghosts can hide under umbrellas and in the shadows to get through the day, no matter how hard they try to hide, they can't escape a thorough and decisive solution that's almost like a census.
The reason why demons were so rampant during the Taisho Era was because of this.
On one hand, the demons at that time had been Muzan and expanded by Muzan for over a thousand years.
On the other hand, among the Demon Slayer Corps and humans, there is no one who can fight Muzan, or even just the Upper Rank Demons.
Most importantly, the Demon Slayer Corps of that era was like Nezumi in the gutter, not even recognized by the Shogunate.
They certainly couldn't handle Muzan, but Yoriichi Tsugikuni of this era could!
Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, five months had passed since Gawain came into this world.
Lying on Mount Fuji basking in the sun, Gawain couldn't help but glance at his heart, checking on Kaido's situation.
Unlike five months ago, Kaido is now locked up.
While the world's will currently has less control over Kaido, its continued strengthening means that even Kaido cannot be completely immune.
For example, ask you to pick up a regular-sized wine glass.
That's so easy, even a small child could easily pick it up and play with it.
But it makes you hold a wine glass horizontally at all times.
Even a strongman couldn't lift it for very long.
The pressure exerted on Kaido by the will of the world is like the pressure of lifting a cup of water.
After holding out for five and a half months, Kaido was finally on the verge of collapse.
Seeing Kaido's exhausted figure, Gawain sighed slightly and then said with concern.
"Kaido, if you don't like it, we can go back early."
Anyway, Yoriichi Tsugikuni was going to die eventually. Once he died, he would naturally appear in the Xianyang Palace.
"No need!"
Kaido grinned magnanimously at Gawain's suggestion.
"You should know, Your Majesty."
Some people always waver when faced with various sacrifices, just like I always make those rookie pirates who come to the New World to provoke me make a choice.
I let them choose whether they wanted to be thrown into the Udon to mine and then sleep in the cesspool every day.
Come work for me as one of the Flying Six, and from now on, work for me.
This choice is the easiest way to see a person's magnanimity.
Because it's direct enough.
A person with magnanimity either spends their entire life mining in dung heaps, or they directly join my ranks.
However, there are always some petty scoundrels who think they can endure prolonged torment.
So they chose to mine.
As they dug, they couldn't stand the feeling of eating shit anymore, so they ended up working for me again.
Even though they are two different kinds of suffering, they always insist on experiencing both before they are satisfied.
I'm not that kind of trash. I told you from the very beginning that I'm willing to endure the torment of my soul to accompany you as we explore one truly New World after another!
I'm practicing breathing techniques!
I also understand the Transparent World!
Now, I'm also very interested in that god who was chased to death by a group of daimyo, and that demon who, although not very good at fighting, could live forever!
Pain? That's nothing!
"Nothing is more important than satisfying my curiosity!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Kaido chuckled and relapsed into his own anguish.
Seeing Kaido enduring, Gawain nodded and then left the mental world.
If you calculate it, Kaido can only hold out for a maximum of half a month.
The time I've given Yoriichi Tsugikuni should be enough!
Thinking of this, Gawain stood up from the recliner.
After stepping aside, he gently crossed his hands and then spoke in a low voice.
"Ninja Art: Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"
As he spoke, the entire Mount Fuji was instantly enveloped in countless wisps of white mist.
Meanwhile, the sound of balloons bursting could be heard continuously from Mount Fuji.
Kiss kisses!!!
As the sound continued to ring out, countless birds and beasts were frightened and fled from Mount Fuji.
At the same time, the soldiers guarding the foot of Mount Fuji couldn't help but look at the forest in astonishment.
Standing and watching wasn't even enough for them; they practically watched on their knees!
Because in their eyes...
More than 10,000 Gawain, each over three meters tall, emerged one after another from Mount Fuji, then transformed into small Shenron seventy or eighty meters long, and surged towards the sea in a mighty procession.
Enveloped in Flame Clouds far exceeding the scale of the previous ones, a large group of Gawain arrived at the beach, a key location searched by the Demon Slayer Corps, amidst the reverent gazes of all of Japan. This beach was where Muzan had previously been spotted lingering before continuing his escape.
Without saying a word, tens of thousands of Gawain unleashed their Observation Haki.
Ahem, here comes the math problem!
Given that Gawain's Observation Haki has a diameter of 200 kilometers, calculate the total area that 10,000 Gawain's Observation Haki could cover.
Therefore, the area of a circle is equal to pi multiplied by the square of the circle's radius.
Radius of 100 kilometers.
Damn, the area that Gawain's Observation Haki could observe was a whopping 30,000 square kilometers!!!
Japan's entire land area is only 370,000 square kilometers, so theoretically only a dozen or so Gawain would be needed to achieve full coverage!
Not to mention there are now tens of thousands of Gawain!
Even though the area that Gawain could observe for each individual was somewhat reduced, there were still so many of them!!!
Thus, in just a moment, Gawain had identified every hidden demon in all of Japan.
Gawain was too lazy to deal with the trash himself, so the Demon Slayer Corps entered the busiest period of their lives.
The head of the Ubuyashiki Family never imagined that one day, the Pillars under his command would be Oni Giri until their hands were sore!
It is said that from that day on, every former Demon Slayer Corps member would boast about it to their sons Sun Tzu.
In their youth, led by the Dragon God, they wielded watermelon knives and hacked their way from Mount Fuji to Hokkaido without batting an eye!
All the demons in Japan are like this, let alone Muzan...
A huge wave of Gawain has already spread along the coastline to search for him!!!