Was This a Misunderstanding on Miyauchi Hikari's Part?

Of course, I'm quite confident in this ghost; he definitely won't do anything bad, and I guess he's always maintained a good relationship with the authorities.

After all, a hundred years ago, he followed the Demon Slayer Corps and personally ended the life of the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji, who had lived for a thousand years.

It is also the 'last ghost' still alive in this world.

His only obsession is probably that he couldn't be with the person he loved back then, so now he stays at home every day drawing pictures of that person. He can be considered a lovesick ghost.

Ah, the "oni" here refers to the subordinates or retinues that originated from Muzan Kibutsuji.

Rather than being equated with yokai (Japanese monsters) in Japan, they are more like Vampires in the West.

After all, it was mentioned before that the Breathing Technique of the Demon Slayer Corps were created by borrowing the concept of Ripple Chi Kung.

The enemies of Ripple Chi Kung are the Pillar Men from ancient times, who have almost no natural enemies and only fear sunlight and Ripple, as well as the Vampires who are the Pillar Men's food.

The enemy on the Demon Slayer Corps' side is this being who, a thousand years ago, became Vampires- like being due to an accident.

Blood Demon Art: It allows one to gain power by drinking blood and devouring human flesh, and also grants various superpowers.

Its only weakness is sunlight.

Therefore, Muzan Kibutsuji has been hiding himself for thousands of years, quietly developing his subordinates, and trying to find a way to overcome his weaknesses and become a perfect demon.

The opponent must have been quite strong in their prime. Although it's unknown whether they possessed the strength of a Special Grade expert, their ability to survive was certainly at the Special Grade level.

Although he was almost instantly killed by the founder of the Breathing Technique at his peak, that was due to the combination of attribute advantage and the will of the world.

When the evil side gains immense power, the righteous side will naturally emerge with an even stronger force to suppress this evil, and vice versa.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi was someone who was born with the Transparent World and the Demon Slayer Demon Slayer Mark. The first time he held Nichirin Blades, he was able to unlock the Crimson Red Blade. The moment he saw Muzan, he perfected his swordsmanship, able to unleash 1,500 strikes in less than a second. In one battle, he defeated Muzan still suffered from PTSD hundreds of years later.

Even though Muzan outlived him and eliminated all his successors, he still managed to leave behind his legacy, which was eventually mastered by the protagonist a hundred years ago, and ultimately led to the complete destruction of Muzan.

This principle also applies to the Jujutsu Society or other supernatural forces.

After the emergence of the strongest modern Sorcerers in the Jujutsu Society, who is "unrivaled in heaven and earth," it is natural that the strongest King of Curses in history from a thousand years ago would also emerge to challenge him.

In the context of comic book creation, the protagonist has already become so strong, but the story can't end yet. To continue drawing, there needs to be a gimmick, so the only option is to strengthen the enemies that appear later.

However, I can't comment on the Conan series. From the middle onwards, they kept strengthening the main characters and weakening the villains, so that apart from a few people doing the work, the rest of the villains were either undercover agents or clowns.

It can be said that in the original manga, the Organization completely lost its oppressive atmosphere in the later stages.

Things got even more absurd in this world; they even gave a Diary to one of the main characters who almost shrunk along with them. In this chaotic era of gods and demons, I really don't know how long that the Organization can survive in this world?

Chapter 165: Is this a misunderstanding by Miyauchi Hiyage?

Almost at the same time as the Diary was updated tonight, the girls in the group started looking for anyone who had held an art exhibition in China in the past two days.

At the same time, they also subconsciously tagged the famous painter in the group who doesn't usually talk much.

Shiina Mashiro is, after all, a genius painter in the art world. She should have some impression of this seemingly very individualistic painter mentioned by the You Know Who in the diary.

As for Shiina Mashiro, who had already conspired with Miyauchi Hiyage, she posted several drawings in the group chat about ten minutes later.

The content and background of the images have changed, but the main subject remains a beautiful woman in a purple kimono.

These paintings all share a common name. "Tamayo," which is likely the name of his beloved.

After that, Shiina Mashiro also posted that the other person was holding an art exhibition in Kyoto in the past few days, which confirmed the other person's identity.

"Yamamoto Yushiro... he looks really young."

They all looked to be under 20 years old, but according to the information found, they were close to 30 and seemed to have a bad temper. There were even news reports of them threatening reporters with a shotgun in the past.

But considering the other party's true identity, threatening someone with a hunting rifle doesn't seem like such a big deal after all.

They didn't know exactly how long Yamamoto Yushiro had lived, but according to the You Know Who, he was at least over a hundred years old.

Considering that the You Know Who mentioned in the diary that the other party had evolved into a "perfect ghost," such an appearance does indeed match the guesses of the girls about these immortal beings.

More than half a month later, the You Know Who finally mentioned the "Demon Slayer Corps" from a hundred years ago in his diary and described in detail the enemies of the Demon Slayer Corps, which aroused the curiosity of all the girls.

"Muzan Kibutsuji, a demon king capable of transforming others into Vampires- like beings, also possessed Blood Demon Art, akin to superpowers. He eked out a thousand years of life trying to find a way to overcome his weaknesses, before being wiped out by the Demon Slayer Corps a hundred years ago..."

While such a BOSS setting is indeed quite intimidating, combined with the You Know Who's description, it seems that this ghost king who has lived for thousands of years is actually quite pitiful.

According to the You Know Who, it was because of Muzan's appearance that this world gave birth to an existence specifically designed to counter Muzan, namely Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

The Transparent World and the Demon Slayer Mark You Know Who mentioned in his previous diary that the Demon Slayer Mark was described as an ability to exchange lifespan for power. The You Know Who didn't elaborate on it, but the Transparent World was described by the You Know Who as the highest level of martial arts in that work.

To possess the power to make the entire world transparent to the senses, one must achieve extreme precision in breathing and movement to reach that level.

They wondered how long it would take them to reach that level with the help of their Diary, but ultimately they abandoned the idea because they couldn't find a way to get started.

And now, looking at Yoriichi Tsugikuni, who was born with Demon Slayer Mark, mastered the Transparent World, created the Breathing Technique and passed it down, and developed a corresponding sword technique against Muzan's abilities the first time he met Muzan, almost killing the demon Tsugikuni Yoriichi instantly.

This ancient person who lived hundreds of years ago was indeed sent by God specifically to target that Muzan.

"He unleashed 1500 slashes in an instant..."

Because of their decent physical abilities, Shinomiya Kaguya and Yotsuya Miko, who are currently training in physical techniques at the Jujutsu High under the guidance of their second-year senior Maki Zenin, are able to more directly perceive the strength of Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

Neither Maki Zenin, whose physical skills are comparable to a level two jutsu master, nor Kusakabe, the teacher at the school who practices the Shinkage Style, could achieve this level.

"To be honest, the Demon King's ability to survive against such an opponent is quite strong. In modern times, he would definitely be at the top level," Shinomiya Kaguya analyzed, while pondering in her mind.

The Demon Slayer Corps chose to launch the final battle against that Demon King a hundred years ago. Besides the influence of the plot, the mysterious period of decline should also have played a role in weakening the power of that Muzan, right?

Although Shinomiya Kaguya had not experienced any impact on her life from the mysterious decline and recovery before, she could still clearly feel the difference through the past records she saw while taking extra classes at the Jujutsu High during her vacation, as well as the explanations from her teachers.

Even during the mysterious decline, supernatural powers can still be activated.

However, in terms of both recovery speed and strength, it is far inferior to what it is now.

When using power, one needs to be careful with calculations, and the strength of the completed spell is less than one or two tenths of its current power.

According to Satoru Gojo, from the beginning of the mystical revival more than 20 years ago to the beginning of this year, the Mystery Revival has increased the overall strength of sorcerers in the Jujutsu Society by about 200%.

The technique he used ten years ago would be at least twice as powerful now.

"However, this year, the speed of the Mystery Revival has become even faster. Almost every one or two weeks, I can clearly feel the improvement in my strength."

As he said this, Satoru Gojo also made a helpless gesture with his hands shrugged.

He said that many sorcerers who lacked self-awareness mistook the overall improvement in the strength of the Reverse Side World for personal breakthroughs, and even came to provoke him, which put him in a difficult position.

He also narcissistically stated that even if he were to be placed in this era ten years ago, he would still be the strongest Sorcerers of this era.

As they pondered this, Shinomiya Kaguya and Yotsuya Miko looked at the Diary entry about Satoru Gojo, the strongest Sukuna, King of Curses in history from a thousand years ago, who was Gojo Satoru's destined enemy, and temporarily ignored Satoru Gojo's self-praise.

After becoming Satoru Gojo 'Satoru Gojo students, they could understand why no one mourned him after his death; he was just too arrogant.

In short, Tsugikuni Yoriichi, the founder of Breathing Technique, proved the upper limit of his abilities, while the Demon Slayer Corps members who wiped out Muzan a hundred years ago also proved that this ability still performs well in the modern era when mysticism has declined.

She wanted to learn the Shinkage Style sword technique, but because of Kasumi Miwa's hesitation, when she went to find her teacher Kusakabe, he also told her to first learn the basic physical techniques and make a decision after she became more familiar with the situation of Sorcerers.

Both of these practitioners of the Shinkage Style of martial arts gave her hints that she should seriously consider the matter, so Shinomiya Kaguya had no choice but to consider what unspeakable price that so-called bondage might come with.

However, in her mind, Shinkage Style was originally intended as a substitute for the Demon Slayer Corps swordsmanship that could never be found.

Now that there is news related to the Demon Slayer Corps, Shinomiya Kaguya naturally plans to meet with Yamamoto Yushiro in person to see if she can obtain more detailed information about the Demon Slayer Corps.

After discussing the You Know Who's diary entries updated today, including those about Breathing Technique and the story of Tsugikuni Yoriichi from hundreds of years ago, the group shifted their focus to the "The Organization" that the You Know Who mentioned at the end of his diary.

The You Know Who had previously complained about this criminal organization, the "The Organization," in his diary.

The girls in the group kept a certain distance from this transnational criminal organization with a lot of undercover agents inside.

After all, they are still just underage girls with a little bit of supernatural power, and firearms may be a greater threat to them than those level three or four Vengeful Spirit.

If it weren't for Shiho Miyano, who was part of the organization and had also obtained the Diary, taking the initiative to join the group chat and ask for help, they probably wouldn't have remembered the situation of this criminal organization, which was destined to be wiped out by the main characters over there, for a long time.

Their focus wasn't on the fact that the main characters were too strong, making the organization seem effortless, but rather on the word "shrink."

"A member of the main character group who almost shrunk along with the protagonist" obtained the Diary.

"@Shiho Miyano, isn't that the You Know Who they're talking about?" In a story where only one person at most has Diary, the only person connected to the Organization is Shiho Miyano, right?

After reading tonight's diary, Shiho Miyano frowned.

She had been quietly following her sister's situation these past few days, hoping the Chat Group would bring her some good news.

Unexpectedly, before she could even hear about her sister's situation, her sister found out about her own.

In the original story, she, like the high school detective, shrank after ingesting the Aptoxin that she developed.

Why did she take Aptoxin? And why did her body shrink?

After thinking for a long time, Shiho Miyano could only think of the worst-case scenario—

In the original story, her sister was probably dealt with by the organization, and she will likely be dealt with by the organization as well.

In order to die more quickly, she secretly took Aptoxin in the original plot. Unexpectedly, it triggered the one in ten thousand probability, which made her body shrink as well. Then, she used the effect of shrinking her body to find a way to escape the organization.

However, because she was surrounded by surveillance cameras, even with the Diary as a shield, she did not speak in the group chat for the time being, just to be on the safe side.

After a while, when the girls in the group were about to continue talking Tsugikuni Yoriichi Shiho Miyano, before Shiina Mashiro, who had just made her presence known in the group, sent another photo that caught the attention of the girls in the group.

This time it's not Yamamoto Yushiro.

Instead, they were "strange tales" recorded by the ancestors of the Miyauchi Hiyage, who had come into contact with the Demon Slayer Corps.

"This is a photo that the Japanese Kage sent me the day before yesterday. I thought about it and it should be about the Demon Slayer Corps."

Miyauchi Hiyage?

Demon Slayer Corps?

The female members are quite familiar with Miyauchi Hiyage, a supporting male character who is somewhat well-known in the group.

After all, the genius male supporting character in Qingbai Manga is the source of a significant portion of the popular videos on YouTube.

Not long after the start of the semester, he gathered a group of people and formed a new team to make paranormal investigation videos, which are just as popular now. I heard that even people in the Jujutsu Society have noticed these videos.

There are quite a few girls in the group who are also following this channel.

Of course, the main reason is that this male supporting character has interacted with many female protagonists from other works because of his sister. He was also assigned by You Know Who to keep an eye on this guy who has never shown his face in his original manga, so as not to let him successfully build up a harem in the school anime.

So how did Miyauchi Hiyage get involved with the Demon Slayer Corps?

As the girls in the group became curious, Kasumigaoka Utaha was the most nervous.

After all, Miyauchi Hiyage is still involved in her long-term commission.

She looked closely at the photos that Shiina Mashiro had sent.

The story is simple: a hundred years ago, Asahigaoka was just a small village in a mountain valley. Then one year, the village was attacked by a humanoid monster, which killed many people. In the end, the village survived the crisis with the help of several passing samurai.

Later, the Miyauchi Family's ancestor wanted to find those samurai to become his apprentices and held a grand banquet at his home to thank them. However, the samurai simply taught him some methods of physical exercise and breathing techniques, and then said that they might let their comrades come here to recuperate after being injured in the future, and asked the Miyauchi Family to keep this secret.

Before leaving, the samurai also said that he would send someone to deliver some tokens that his comrades could identify.

However, the ancestors of the Miyauchi Family waited for decades in Asahigaoka but never saw the other party visit again. In their later years, they could only record these events and store them in the family's warehouse, hoping that their descendants would lend a helping hand to repay the other party's life-saving grace when they encountered the other party's descendants asking for help.

"So, Miyauchi Hiyage's ancestor received a favor from the Demon Slayer Corps a hundred years ago, and may have almost become a member of the Demon Slayer Corps. But why didn't the Demon Slayer Corps members who saved his ancestor contact the Miyauchi Family again afterward?"

Looking at this part of the story, Umaru was puzzled.

"Perhaps that samurai unfortunately died in the final battle to defeat Muzan. Moreover, judging from what the You Know Who mentioned, the Demon Slayer Corps was an organization established from the beginning to defeat Muzan, and it should have disbanded after achieving its ultimate goal a hundred years ago."

Kasumigaoka Utaha made this guess, and the more she thought about it, the more uneasy she felt.

It's quite normal for Miyauchi Hiyage, as the only male heir in the Miyauchi Family, to know about his family's ancestral experiences.

But why would he send these photos to Shiina Mashiro?

After thinking for a while, she suddenly realized what was going on and asked Shiina Mashiro in the group chat, "So, did Miyauchi Hiyage mistake you for a descendant of the Demon Slayer Corps?"

After all, according to the You Know Who, the Demon Slayer Corps' Breathing Technique were created by that manga artist by drawing inspiration from the Ripple Chi Kung. Although there are significant differences between the two, Miyauchi Hiyage only possesses a story and last wish left by his ancestor.

How could he possibly distinguish between the Ripple Chi Kung shared from the You Know Who and the Breathing Technique passed down through generations in this world?

Considering how Miyauchi Hiyage takes care of Shiina Mashiro, it must be because, through some coincidence, Miyauchi Hiyage has regarded Shiina Mashiro as the successor of the Breathing Technique, which is why he takes such initiative to help Shiina Mashiro!

Perhaps Miyauchi Hiyage's sudden idea to film a paranormal video was influenced by Shiina Mashiro's Breathing Technique?

When asked by Kasumigaoka Utaha, Shiina Mashiro, following Miyauchi Hiyage's remote guidance, "frankly" admitted in the group chat that she was accidentally caught by Miyauchi Hiyage's older sister while teaching her younger sister Ripple Chi Kung.

After that, Miyauchi Hiyage took the initiative to become her manga assistant, saying that he would help her become the most amazing manga artist of this century.

After saying that, Shiina Mashiro belatedly asked in the group, "No wonder Hinakage sent me this photo after he got home the day before yesterday. So Hinakage considers me his benefactor?"