Whether Ninja Beasts or specially trained Intelligence Operatives,
they usually did an excellent job of tracking targets and serving as scouts.
Ordinary demons, the Lower Ranks of the Twelve Kizuki, and even the other Upper Ranks...
Even the Demon King himself.
None of them would necessarily notice their presence.
But Kokushibo alone was an exception.
After nearly a century of lengthy training, his perception had long since reached that supreme territory that allowed him to see through all things.
The densely interwoven obstacles in the woods...
The intelligence operative's painstaking efforts to maintain his stealthy pursuit...
Even the wild cats that occasionally passed through the mountain forest, showing obvious signs of training.
Under the gaze of his six eyes,
nothing held any secrets.
This was the world his younger twin brother, Yoriichi Tsugikuni, had once seen through his own eyes.
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At first, he had thought some Demon Slayer Corps swordsman who overestimated himself was following him.
But after seeing through the other man's frail physique,
Kokushibo grew a little puzzled.
He knew no Breathing Style, and his body showed few signs of training.
Rather than a Breathing Style swordsman, he seemed more like...
He thought of the ninja he had recruited not long ago.
A Demon Slayer Corps member specially trained to gather intelligence...
In that case.
Perhaps this man knows something about that swordsman with the earrings.
"I have little interest in the weak. As long as you answer my questions honestly,"
"perhaps you can leave this place alive today."
Yet the Intelligence Agent seemed to have guessed that he would say that.
He merely sneered. "Sorry, but I have no intention of selling out my comrades to demons like you."
Bang!
A large cloud of smoke exploded beneath the agent.
Taking advantage of that instant