"Caw!"
"Kinoe swordsman Murata and Hashira swordsman Muichiro Tokito have slain two demons!"
Near the exhibition hall, Lin Yoriichi heard the Kasugai Crow's report and untied a paper tube from its leg.
After reading the detailed battle report inside, Lin Yoriichi was somewhat surprised.
He couldn't help muttering to himself:
"Once Kagaya Ubuyashiki spread the news that the Blue Spider Lily was about to wither, Muzan Kibutsuji was bound to make a move."
"But I always thought he'd most likely find a way to have humans seize the Blue Spider Lily during the day."
"One of the plans Kagaya Ubuyashiki and I had was to use that as a lead and follow the trail..."
"But in the end, this guy still chose to act at night."
Despite the slight surprise, the current situation was still within Lin Yoriichi and Kagaya Ubuyashiki's expectations.
After all, Muzan Kibutsuji had lived for nearly a thousand years and had devoted himself to finding the Blue Spider Lily all that time. He was bound to have accumulated plenty of relevant knowledge.
In the original story, Muzan Kibutsuji had also kept reading and studying, and frequently conducted experiments.
It seemed that even if the Blue Spider Lily he obtained had already lost its blossoms and was close to withering, he was still confident he could cultivate it.
If all else failed, he could resort to his old tricks.
He could disguise himself as a child who "looked like a kid, but had a mind unlike anyone else's," infiltrate a household, and then have that family help tend the Blue Spider Lily.
So for Muzan Kibutsuji, having humans he didn't trust at all obtain the Blue Spider Lily during the day was bound to involve plenty of uncertainty.
Having demons he trusted, or even an Upper Rank,