"So what exactly are you thinking?"
Kanae looked at the silent Delia- mother with some pain and confusion.
She genuinely didn't understand why they were doing this!
Why would someone willingly send their child away knowing they were being given to be eaten by demons?
However, Delia's mother still showed no intention of speaking. She sat there quietly, as if her soul had been ripped away, immersed in her own pain and helplessness.
Teiichi gently raised his eyes, glanced at Delia's mother, then sighed and slowly said:
"More than a year has passed, and everyone else has tasted the sweetness of a bumper harvest. Having failed to be selected so many times, I naturally continue to support them, convinced that I won't be chosen!"
Kanae seemed unable to accept this, "How could this be? What about the families whose children were sent to be eaten by demons? Didn't they stop them?"
Teiichi raised his cup again, took a small sip of tea, and said calmly:
"They're even less likely to stop it; their children are being sent to be eaten by demons without their knowledge!"
"Now I wish other families had their children sent to be eaten by ghosts, just like them!"
"Besides, they won't have to draw lots again for five years, so even if they really don't want to support it, they have to have their own special privileges to pass!"
"But... there will always be people within the privilege period!"
"In other words, once this kind of thing starts, it can only go on and on; there's almost no way to stop!"
Upon hearing this, Kanae stared blankly at Delia's mother, and asked absentmindedly:
"Is that so?"
Upon hearing this, Delia's mother looked up at Teiichi, then lowered her head again and remained silent.
Seeing this, Kanae knew exactly what she meant. She slumped back, looking dejected, and kept muttering to herself:
"How could this be...?"
"How could this be...?"
"How could this be...?"
Seeing Kanae's dejected appearance, Teiichi and turned to take over the conversation.
"If a child is sacrificed every three months, when will the next one be?"
Delia's mother seemed still immersed in the atmosphere from just now, remaining silent with her head down.
Seeing Teiichi low voice, "If you want to save Delia, you must explain some things to us so we can find that demon!"
Upon hearing the words "Save Delia," Delia's mother seemed to wake up with a start and quickly looked up.
"What did you just ask?"
Teiichi repeated the question he had just asked, "If I said that a god's son or goddess must be sacrificed every three months, how long until the next time, when Delia is offered as a sacrifice?"
Upon hearing this, Delia's mother immediately recited the number of days that she had already memorized.
"27 days left!"
Upon hearing this, Teiichi frowned immediately.
27 days?
That's been way too long!
I don't have that much time to waste here!
Teiichi had to start thinking about whether there was a way to bypass the time of the sacrifice, find the ghost directly, and kill it.
Based on previous assumptions, the village chief definitely didn't know the ghost's location.
Just in case, Teiichi still asked Delia's mother:
Do you know where they're sending the kids next?
Delia's mother replied immediately upon hearing this, completely unaware that she hadn't even gotten to this point yet.
"I don't know, it seems only the village chief knows, and they seem to change positions every time!"
"Some people have seen that the village chief and his group sometimes lead the selected children to the east of the village, and sometimes they lead them to the west!"
Teiichi confirmed, "The location is different every time, right?"
Delia's mother replied, "Yes! After that incident, some people in our village have been paying special attention; the delivery location is different every time!"
Teiichi, his expression becoming more settled.
Is it the same as I guessed?
Ghosts eat in different places.
In that case, the village chief would only know where to send the child for the next sacrifice, but he wouldn't know the location of the ghost.
So finding the village chief is useless; in the end, we still have to wait until the day of the sacrifice!
So... you'll have to search all over the mountains and fields yourself?
It was discovered that it took about half an hour to get here from Yuta.
Using Kuroishi Village as the center, search outwards?
No... that method is too stupid.
Moreover, half an hour is only the distance to where it was discovered; it may not be the furthest. It could be 45 minutes or an hour away from Kuroishi Village...
And the ghosts might even be located further away, only coming over when someone is eating them.
Good grief, why does this ghost seem to be targeting me?
Knowing they have Wind Field they can use for reconnaissance, are they now hiding in the distance except when committing crimes?
Thinking of this, Teiichi frowned immediately.
After thinking for a while, Teiichi slowly shook his head in his heart.
Forget it, I'll just wait until the time for the sacrifice to take place here before coming over!
I'll just sneak over with the village chief and the others and deal with the ghost!
Hmm... But we can't let our guard down completely during this time. Let's send a letter to Kagaya Ubuyashiki and ask him to arrange for someone to come and keep watch over this area.
Hmm... given this situation, it's probably safer to send a Pillar over...
Or Tanjiro would be fine too...
If it's Tanjiro, then there's no need to bother Kagaya Ubuyashiki.
Tanjiro is at the Butterfly Mansion; you can just send him a letter and ask him to come over.
Then he would stay here and Tanjiro the place until Tanjiro arrived, and then set off to investigate the remaining two places.
If the problem isn't resolved here after I've investigated other places, then I'll come back and check again.
Thinking about this Teiichi suddenly realized something else.
I'm used to doing things alone, but this time I'm not alone!
Perhaps we could let Kanae stay here and watch over things while I take Nezuko to investigate other places?
Thinking of this, Ding Yi Teiichi turned his head, and what came into view was a dejected Kanae, who had lost all her former radiance...
Teiichi slowly turned his head back.
Fine, Kanae will stay with me.
Although Teiichi believed she could resolve the problem well if she stayed, this place was too filthy, and it was best not to leave her here alone for so long...
emmm...
From this perspective, Tanjiro isn't really suitable either...
Zenitsu is alright...
emmm...
But the best one is still Inosuke; he doesn't think about all those other things at all.
Okay, I choose you, Inosuke!!!