"What is that ghost's Blood Demon Art?"
"It's a blue flame," Muichiro replied.
"Blue flames..." Teiichi murmured.
Blood Demon Art has been confirmed; it does not possess the ability to create clones.
No, not necessarily.
Daki and Hantengu's Blood Demon Art also has nothing to do with clones, yet they do possess clones.
Furthermore, in the original work, Tanjiro's first mission also involved encountering someone who could create clones.
Although they can split into multiple entities, they always act together.
"Did you encounter any other demons when you killed Lower Rank Six yesterday?" Teiichi asked.
"No." Muichiro shook his head.
No, not either.
Are those other ghosts?
"Master, is Lower Rank Six still alive?" Muichiro asked.
Teiichi shook his head. "Not necessarily, but someone died outside the town yesterday!"
Ginko said, "How is that possible? Lower Rank Six didn't even start eating people yesterday, and the person he captured was rescued by Muichiro!"
White Feather said, "Could it be that he ate people outside the town first, and then ran back into the town? After all, didn't the mission say that 'there were even cases of people going missing in two different places in one day'?"
Muichiro shook his head. "No, when I met Lower Rank Six yesterday, his clothes were still clean, not like he had just finished eating!"
Teiichi clapped his hands, stood up, and said, "Alright, there's no point in guessing anymore. Let's go check the announcement from the police station!"
Upon hearing this, Muichiro also stood up and followed.
The two quickly arrived at the police station in Kazami Town and easily found the latest announcement on the bulletin board outside the station.
Teiichi the key information and read it aloud.
Emergency Safety Notice
Last night, a rare and tragic incident occurred in the southern part of our town involving a wild animal (bear) that resulted in injuries and fatalities. We are deeply saddened by this and extend our deepest condolences and sincere sympathies to the families of the victims.
We kindly request that everyone minimize unnecessary outings at night recently.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!
Ginko said, "I knew it! Look, it was eaten by a bear!"
"Are you an idiot? You just believe whatever this notice says..."
Before White Feather could finish speaking, Teiichi grabbed the bird's beak and manually muted him.
Before Ginko could speak, Teiichi continued, "Let's go take a look at that place."
Having said that, he turned and left.
Muichiro quickly followed, and seeing this, Ginko had no choice but to give up.
The two quickly found the house where the incident had occurred the previous night.
The roadside reeked of blood.
Almost anyone passing by this road can smell it.
No wonder an announcement was issued today for something that happened just last night.
There was no one guarding the house at the time.
The town's police force is stretched thin, with only two officers present.
One person was to be stationed at the police station in the town, while the other was presumably going to get reinforcements.
After all, the flesh of the person was eaten, regardless of whether it was caused by a bear as they claimed in their announcement.
It's not something a police station with only two officers can handle.
The two entered smoothly.
As the door opened, a far stronger stench of blood rushed out, even more so than outside.
Inside the room, three corpses lay silently on the floor.
The hands, feet, chest, and abdomen were all empty.
There were also scraps and bits of meat scattered throughout the house.
The ground was covered with dark red bloodstains that had cooled and congealed.
Muichiro's eyes narrowed slightly; this was the first time he had ever seen such a hellish scene.
Although his face remained expressionless, anger was rising within him.
Teiichi's gaze swept briefly over Muichiro, but he didn't offer any further words of comfort.
As a member of the Demon Slayer Corps, you're bound to encounter these kinds of things if you keep living.
He lifted his leg slightly, but then stopped in mid-air.
He glanced down at the vomit on the ground, then took larger steps and gently stepped over it.
Teiichi walked around the room quietly, his gaze finally settling on the bloody footprints on the ground.
Let's turn back time to last night.
Outside Kazami Town.
In the mountains and forests.
Inside the wooden house.
Creaking sounds continued to echo from inside the wooden house.
There were no lights inside; only the faint moonlight revealed a blurry figure sitting back in a chair with his legs propped up on the table in front of him.
With a slight exertion of his calves, the figure swayed back and forth on the stool.
Behind him, a girl was kneeling on the ground, her body trembling uncontrollably, her eyes filled with endless fear.
Two figures were lying on either side of the girl.
The two were motionless, clearly dead, with one of the figures' legs no longer attached to his body.
A search of the room revealed that one of the legs was lying next to the figure.
At this point, only bits of flesh remained on that leg after it had been gnawed away.
Meanwhile, the other leg was being held by the figure and kept being gnawed on.
Drops of blood flowed continuously down his leg, eventually dripping onto the ground.
It made a soft ticking sound.
"Hey! How many years have you lived here?" A shrill voice came from the figure.
There were only two people in the room, so it was obvious who the question was directed at.
The girl replied tremblingly, "I... I've lived here... since I was born!"
"I see... Why didn't you think about moving to the town? Maybe this wouldn't have happened!" the figure said sadly, as if the tragedy inside the house had nothing to do with him.
Upon hearing the demon's words, the girl could no longer hold back her sobs.
Okay! Okay!
rest assured!
Your mother has enough to feed me!
If you behave well, I won't eat you tonight!
"Really... really?"
Upon hearing this, a glimmer of hope rose in the girl's heart.
Despite the murder of her loved ones, she felt more fear than hatred at this moment.
Fear of evil spirits!
From the side where the girl couldn't see, the demon's mouth twisted into a grin.
Humans are so easy to fool!
"Of course it's true..."
"Ah..."
Before he could finish speaking, the demon let out a miserable scream.
He fell off the chair and landed face down on the ground, clutching his waist with one hand.
Under the girl's gaze, the demon's body bent to one side, and then its waist bulged rapidly.
The raised part gradually grew into a robust figure.
The demon's screams only stopped after the newly grown parts had fully taken shape.
Huff--! Huff--!
Heavy breathing continued to emanate from the two heads.
After catching their breath, the two heads slowly rose.
This moment.
The girl could see the words in their eyes.
Lower Rank Six - Twins!