" Inosuke! Why did you hit him?"
Tanjiro shouted.
Ignoring Tanjiro's words, Inosuke angrily stepped forward and grabbed one of the team members by the hair.
"If we're talking about meaning, then someone like you is the one who has no meaning! Explain yourself, you weakling!"
What's wrong with this guy? I'm the senior here!
The team member thought about it, but still began to explain the situation aloud.
"We received a notification from the Kasugai Crow' and all 10 team members went up the mountain together. Unexpectedly, while we were on the mountain, one of the team members suddenly drew his knife and attacked the other team members..."
Tanjiro nodded and asked, "Do you know why?"
The team member shook his head, about to say he didn't know, when a strange sound rang out.
Squeak squeak...
The team member said in a terrified voice, "That's the sound! Those team members only drew their knives and attacked the others after hearing that sound!"
Then came the sound of footsteps. The three looked in the direction of the sound and saw several figures appearing deep in the jungle, slowly walking towards them.
Each of them was wearing a Demon Slayer Corps uniform; it was obvious that these were the members Murata had just mentioned.
As the approaching figures drew near, Tanjiro's expression turned serious, and his mind raced with thoughts.
As Mr. Kato said, we must pay attention to details, details!
Any phenomenon that defies common sense can be examined by scrutinizing the details!
Details! Details!
Are there any details that you missed?
Memories swirled wildly in Tanjiro's mind, and a scene from the foot of the mountain suddenly appeared in his mind.
The teammate suddenly paused before leaving the ground!
Just like... just like...
Tanjiro's eyes suddenly lit up.
It felt like something was pulling it towards the mountains and forests!
What is pulling on me?
Tanjiro carefully looked at the figure that was gradually approaching.
The stiff movements and the deathly aura emanating from some of the team members confirmed his thoughts.
Inosuke dodged an attack from one of his teammates. "Hey! Tanjiro, this guy attacked me first! Is it okay for me to attack him now?"
As they got closer, Tanjiro also smelled the strange aura emanating from behind them and quickly spoke up:
"No, they're being controlled by invisible threads! Just cut those threads!"
Upon hearing this, Inosuke was slightly taken aback, then immediately replied, "I noticed it before you did! I just wanted to test you!"
Ignoring Inosuke's words, Tanjiro quickly got to work.
Whoosh--!
The Nichirin Blade swept past the team member's back. Despite the empty space behind him, a slight resistance could be felt as the Nichirin Blade passed through.
Just as I thought! Tanjiro thought to himself.
Once the reason was known, the originally terrifying attack suddenly became much simpler.
The three quickly freed their teammate from being restrained.
"They... they've gotten up again!" A slightly trembling voice rang out.
Tanjiro and Inosuke quickly looked over and saw that the team member who had been lying on the ground was now trembling as he stood up.
The next moment, Tanjiro's left hand also uncontrollably pulled upwards.
Tanjiro reacted quickly, slashing his Nichirin Blade and cutting the silk threads wrapped around his arm.
His gaze then fell on the little spider that had fallen from his arm and was now running away quickly.
Were these little spiders the ones who spun the threads and got stuck to the person?
In other words, simply cutting the threads on them won't work; the little spiders will just re-tie them back on!
Tanjiro dodged the incoming Nichirin Blade, then swung his own sword to free himself from the attacking teammate. He then turned to Inosuke and shouted:
" Inosuke, simply cutting the threads on them won't do any good."
There's a spider constantly pulling the thread; be careful not to get tangled in it!
The key now is to find the ghost that controls them!
The ghostly smell is too strong here, I can't pinpoint its location. If you have a way, please go find it quickly, I'm with...
At this point, Tanjiro looked at the first member of the team and asked:
"May I have your name?"
"My name is Murata!" Murata replied while resisting.
Knowing the name, Tanjiro turned and continued, " Murata and I will hold them off here. You go find that demon and chop it down!"
"Hahaha... that's it!" Inosuke laughed heartily.
After swiftly eliminating those around him, he plunged his twin swords into the ground.
He then quickly squatted down, closed his eyes, and spread his arms to the sides.
" Beast Breathing, Seventh Form: Spatial Awareness!"
An invisible sense of perception spread rapidly outwards from Inosuke's center.
10 meters...20 meters...50 meters...100 meters...200 meters...
Suddenly, Inosuke's eyes snapped open.
"Hahaha... Found you!"
After saying that, Inosuke quickly got up, picked up the twin swords stuck in the ground, and rushed in the direction he sensed.
Seeing this, Tanjiro became worried and anxiously called out, "Be careful, Inosuke!"
Murata said from the side, " Kamado, leave this to me, you go Inosuke!"
"Eh? Mr. Murata? Is this alright?" Tanjiro with some concern.
Murata rallied his spirits, "It's alright! Their movements are stiff, and I know their weaknesses now, so I can still handle them! Besides, by the time you find that demon, it won't have time to deal with this place!"
"I understand! Thank you for your help!"
Tanjiro nodded, then chased after Inosuke in the direction he had gone.
at the same time.
Another part of the mountains and forests.
Nezuko!
His slightly trembling words echoed through the woods.
Zenitsu walked unsteadily through the forest, his eyes constantly searching the surrounding trees.
Nezuko, where are you?
And there's Tanjiro, Boar's Head, Chun-Taro!
Where are you?!
The voice trailed off, "Don't leave me alone in this dark forest!"
"Chirp, chirp..."
The familiar bird call lifted Zenitsu's spirits, and he looked in the direction from which the call came.
"As expected, Chun-Taro, you won't leave me!" Zenitsu shed tears of emotion.
"Chirp, chirp..."
Sparrows fluttered in front of Zenitsu.
"Okay, okay! I got it! Let's go find Tanjiro and Nezuko together!" Zenitsu said happily.
No longer walking alone in the forest made him feel much more at ease.
It's just one more sparrow.
" Nezuko! Tanjiro! And Boar's Head."
Where are you?!
Zenitsu continued to wander aimlessly through the forest, shouting as he went.
"Hiss~"
Zenitsu suddenly gasped, looked up, and saw a small bump on his hand.
"What the hell? Seriously! It's bad enough that we couldn't find Tanjiro, but now they've gotten pricked by some unknown thing! This is absolutely terrible!"
Zenitsu walked forward, muttering indignantly.
As I walked, I kept glancing at the spiders that kept crawling past my feet.
"And there are just too many spiders! There are so many that we can already hear them!"
"Even though spiders are trying their best to survive, there are just too many of them!"
An even louder sound came from behind, and Zenitsu couldn't help but shudder.
"It's so noisy, you better..."
He stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence.
What came into Zenitsu's view was a spider the size of his palm.
However, what Zenitsu feared most was...
That human head growing on a spider's body!
"Ah!"
Screams echoed through the woods.