"Hmm!"

Tanjiro nodded happily.

Everyone is still so warm and lovely, and they take good care of his business.

If you sell all this charcoal, you will be able to have a good year, and you can buy a lot of delicious food.

"Hey, Tanjiro,"

"It just so happens that I'm being treated as a prisoner for breaking plates,"

"Help me, you can help me smell it. ”

A somewhat embarrassed man, pleading.

Tanjiro has a keen sense of smell and can smell things that ordinary people can't detect.

"It smells of cats. ”

The boy sniffed and said thoughtfully.

"Hey, is it a cat?"

The woman who followed the man smiled a little awkwardly.

"I just said I didn't do it!"

The man snorted.

"Hey, Tanjiro, can you come and help me move the salute?"

In the distance, another villager waved.

......

Time passed quietly.

Before you know it, it's already evening.

"Boy, if you have a keen sense of smell, it's not necessarily a good thing. ”

The man in a noodle restaurant said calmly.

Although Tanjiro's name was not mentioned, the boy knew that he was talking about himself.

"Hmmmm. ”

Sitting next to the man was a rare pink-haired woman.

Gulping down the noodles, he looked curiously at Tanjiro, who was carrying an empty basket on his back.

"You, hello. ”

Tanjiro greeted with a smile.

A new face you haven't seen before, are you a new resident?

Moreover, the man's face seemed somewhat familiar, and where had he seen it......

There was only a faint smell of women's perfume in the air.

The breath of this man, as if it did not exist.

It's weird.

The boy couldn't help but look twice.

It was the first time he had sniffed nothing out of a person.

"Tanjiro?"

"Why are you standing at the door, do you want a bowl of noodles?"

The boss's voice brought the teenager back to his senses.

Looking at the location of the store, there are still men and women, only two empty bowls on the table.

"No, no, thank you, uncle,"

"I'm going up the hill again. ”

Tanjiro smiled and waved his hand and walked home.

Strange, is it my own dazzle?

It's so real.

The boy recalled the faces of the two, and his heart was full of doubts.

"Ahh

"Feng, it turns out that you didn't go to this kind of place to kill ghosts. ”

Curiosity was written on Miri's face.

Ye Feng specially took over this task, and at first she thought she wanted to kill ghosts.

But after disposing of the ghost of the mission target in three or two moves, Ye Feng took her to this small village, and the business seemed to have just begun.

Thinking about the purpose of this trip, killing ghosts is just a passing.

"Kill ghosts,"

"Am I the kind of person who is violent?"

"And what are you doing here?"

"Looking for a beautiful girl. ”

"Oh?" (murderous)

"Just kidding. ”

......

The other side.

"I didn't expect it to be so late,"

"But it's great to be able to sell all the charcoal. ”

Tanjiro walked on the snow and muttered to himself.

"Hey, Tanjiro,"

"Are you going back to the mountains? It's too dangerous, don't do it. ”

In the house on the side of the road, the man opened the window and said.

About fifty years old, his voice carries a little vicissitudes and loneliness.

"It's okay, I have a very smart nose. ”

Tanjiro replied with a smile.

Even if he really encounters a wolf or something, he can run away in advance, which is the advantage of a keen sense of smell.

"Stay at my house, come, come back. ”

The old man spoke again.

"But ......"

Tanjiro hesitated.

"Alright, come here, there will be ghosts. ”

The old man said unquestioningly.

"Yes. ”

Tanjiro finally agreed.

Less.

Inside the wooden house.

"That, Grandpa Saburo, what the hell is it?"

The boy couldn't help but ask.

I heard many old people mention this kind of legend, but he still hasn't seen it, and he doesn't believe in the existence of ghosts.

"In the old days, there were cannibals after the sun went down,"

"So, don't go out at night. ”

The old man said lightly.

"Let's go to bed when you're done eating,"

"I'll go back early tomorrow. ”

Hearing this, Tanjiro also nodded slightly.

"Well, ghosts don't come into people's homes?"

The boy asked again.

"No, it will come in. ”

The old man replied.

If you do encounter a ghost, you will be killed at home.

It's just that it's definitely more dangerous to hang around outside.

"Then everyone will be eaten by ghosts?"

Tanjiro wondered.

"That's why there are ghost hunters who go to occupy the mountain ghosts, and they have been ...... since before."

"I'm going to turn off the lights, go to sleep. ”

The glow of the oil lamp faded, and Tanjiro stared at the ceiling in a daze.

Grandpa Saburo has been living alone since he lost his family.

It must be lonely.

I'll bring my brothers over next time.

The young man thought silently in his heart.

I gradually fell asleep.

There was no word all night.

Following.

It was dawning early in the morning, and the young man had already said goodbye to his grandfather.

The cold wind blew across his cheeks, hurting like a knife.

"The smell of blood ......"

The young man's pupils shrank slightly, and the pace under his feet quickened a little.

Thinking of the conversation with Saburo's grandfather last night, a bad premonition suddenly rose in my heart.

"Ahhhh

"You beans!"

"What's going on!

Tanjiro put down the basket and ran all the way to the front of the house, his breathing becoming shorter.

Your beans and Mrs. Six fell in a pool of blood.

"Mom?"

"Mom, Hanako, Takeo, Shigeru ......"

Tanjiro was barely steady, half-leaning against the doorframe, staring blankly at the blood.

Everybody's dead.

The smell of blood is so strong......

Despite the fact that his eyes were open and his expression before death seemed to have encountered some kind of monster, the corpse was already cold......

This happened on the night he went down.

Long.

The half-kneeling and weeping teenager wiped away his tears with his sleeve.

"Only your beans still have body temperature!"

"Let the doctor see, maybe there is still a life. ”

Tanjiro held back the despair in his heart, carried the beans on his back, and walked through the snow.

There is a doctor in the village below the mountain, and he will definitely be able to save it.

The boy thought to himself.

"Why is it like this, is it a bear?"

"Is there a bear that is not hibernating?"

Tanjiro thought to himself as he ran as fast as he could.

Whoever killed his family, he would absolutely make the latter pay the price in blood.

Sadness gradually turned to anger.

Walking in the snow and ice, the cold air burrows into the lungs after strenuous exercise.

The sharp pain is like a sharp knife, inserted into the body mercilessly.

Keep going!

Move faster!

Tanjiro held on tenaciously.

You Douzi, who still has a body temperature behind him, is the only family member he has a chance to save back.

Either way, he can't go down until he sees the doctor.

“......”

At this moment, the unconscious You Douzi opened his eyes.

The blue tendons on her pretty face are exposed, her bloody eyes are cold, and her mouth shows sharp teeth after ghosting.