Step, step, step...
Footsteps slowly approached from outside the house.
Giyu and Sanemi, who had been resting with their eyes closed, quickly exchanged a glance.
The two walked cautiously toward the door, carefully controlling their footing to make no sound as their feet touched the ground.
They only carefully stopped when they were only two or three meters away from the door.
This distance gives them some room to sprint, allowing their attacks to be more powerful; at the same time, it won't be too far, giving Doma time to react.
The footsteps grew closer and closer, and soon they reached the door.
Giyu and Sanemi simultaneously began to take easy, long, deep breaths.
A soft 'clunk' sounded as the person outside placed their hand on the doorknob.
Then, under the watchful eyes of Sanemi and Giyu, the sliding door was gently pulled open a crack.
Ding!
Giyu and Sanemi stomped their feet on the ground and started moving at the same time.
" Water Breathing - First Form: Water Surface Slash!"
" Wind Breathing - Eighth Form - Primary Gale Slash!"
The silvery sword light slashed straight towards the person outside the door.
The people outside had just opened the door when they saw a young man with black hair and black eyes.
Giyu and Sanemi's pupils trembled slightly. They wanted to stop their attack, but due to inertia, they could no longer stop as easily as they wished.
Gazing at the two sword beams slashing towards him, Teiichi lowered his eyes slightly and moved his right hand behind him.
exhausted!
The Nichirin Blade was drawn.
Then, a dazzling sword light Flash across the room.
Clang! Clang!
Two crisp metallic clanging sounds rang out in succession.
With Teiichi hand, Teiichi used his Nichirin Blade to pin Giyu and Sanemi's Nichirin Blade to the ground.
The blades of the three Nichirin Blade trembled slightly, as if they had not yet recovered from the collision.
Teiichi glanced at Giyu and Sanemi, then gently raised his Nichirin Blade and sheathed it again.
Seeing Giyu calmly sheathed his Nichirin Blade.
Sanemi Teiichi at Teiichi, but ultimately put his Nichirin Blade away.
Kanae, holding Nezuko, glanced inside and asked with some confusion:
What happened?
Giyu glanced at Kanae, then turned to Teiichi and explained:
"We thought it was Doma who just arrived, so we tried to attack!"
Teiichi slightly, but instead of reprimanding them, he asked:
"Is this indeed Doma?"
"Ah! I've asked the followers, and this is indeed the sect founded by Doma!" Sanemi replied.
Teiichi nodded upon hearing this.
He had already checked the situation at the temple using the Wind Field before he arrived.
However, since they sensed that Giyu and Sanemi were alright, they assumed that the demon here was just an ordinary demon, and that the demon had already been dealt with by Giyu and Sanemi.
What happened next was that Teiichi came looking for them, and their sneak attack was Teiichi Dingyi.
"What about Doma?" Kanae asked.
Sanemi said, "I don't know where he went to do!"
"I wonder where she went to do it?" Kanae tilted her head slightly, somewhat puzzled.
Giyu glanced at Sanemi and began to explain the situation at the scene.
"We found a member of the cult, and from him we learned that Doma was still at this temple tonight, shortly before we arrived."
"After that, for some reason, we couldn't see him anymore. We searched all the temples but couldn't find him, so we guessed that Doma might have gone out to do something!"
Teiichi nodded in agreement with their speculation, and then carefully sensed the Wind Field, but found no figure or clothing that resembled Doma.
" Doma is definitely not in this temple right now!" Teiichi.
"What might Doma be doing?" Kanae asked, looking at Teiichi.
Upon hearing this, Giyu and Sanemi instinctively looked at Teiichi.
After all, Teiichi currently the Upper Rank demon in the Demon Slayer Corps who has had the most contact with him.
Upon Teiichi before asking, "Did you see Doma leave from this side of the temple?"
Giyu replied, "We didn't encounter Doma on our way up. We asked some of the other believers, and they said they didn't see Doma leave either!"
He nodded Teiichi lowered his head and continued to ponder.
It's just that I didn't see it, not that I'm sure I didn't go there.
So it's possible that Doma escaped, or that he was teleported away by the Infinity Castle.
If you run out...
I don't know what he went out to do. Maybe he went to see his girlfriend, like when Kanae met Doma; or maybe, as the intelligence reports here, he went out to help the believers solve some trouble...
If I were to be transported away from the Infinity Castle...
There are generally two situations: either you're called to a meeting, or Muzan you to do something.
If we have a meeting...
Muzan usually doesn't hold meetings unless there's something going on. Muzan lately?
Teiichi pondered this in his mind.
The Muzan recently encountered himself is quite an event.
But that was many days ago; even if there was a meeting, it shouldn't be happening now.
So, I've been asked to do something?
Well... maybe I was called away to do something?
The plot of the original novel flashed through Teiichi's mind, and a key word emerged in Teiichi mind.
Swordsmith Village?
Teiichi was startled and terrified.
He ran away from the Swordsmith Village to find Doma, but Doma ended up going to the Swordsmith Village instead?
It can't be that bad, right?
Given how well-hidden the Swordsmith Village is, the probability of being discovered is not very high.
But... given Nakime's investigative abilities, it wouldn't be surprising if she were discovered if she put in the effort to look for her.
Hmm... it might not be the Swordsmith Village; it could be another location belonging to the Demon Slayer Corps that was discovered.
Although, due to the existence of the original work, Teiichi feels that the chances of it being the Swordsmith Village are relatively high.
However, without any definite news, it's impossible for Teiichi to abandon a known Doma and run off to the Swordsmith Village.
"So? Have you come up with any clues?" Kanae asked softly, her Wisteria- colored eyes quietly looking at Teiichi.
Teiichi soft sigh, narrowed his eyes slightly, and after thinking for a moment, said:
"No matter where Doma goes, he'll always come back eventually. We'll just wait for him here!"
Giyu nodded; this was their proposed plan.
Teiichi's gaze began to slowly sweep across the room, finally landing on the wall directly opposite the door.
It looks like a wall, but when the Wind Field blows through it, you can clearly feel a crack.
Teiichi walked over slowly, placed his hand on it, and then...
Swish!
The door, which was disguised as a wall, was suddenly pushed open, Teiichi looked up.
Above, dark clouds accompany the moon; below, distant mountain ranges stretch into the distance...