Chapter 5: Encounters

The orange-red afterglow is reflected in the lilac trees, which looks dappled with color.

As Chijuro turned his head to look, about thirty meters in front of him, a three-person team came by.

The black swordsman suit with a white stripe on the left chest is the uniform of the Demon Slayer Team.

He had seen Xingjulang and Ganlu Temple wear it, although the style of the honey glass in Ganlu Temple was slightly different......

"Hey, little ghost, what are you doing here, go back!"

The leader of the three was a young man with a stiff hairstyle, and he strode towards Senjuro and said in a violent tone.

Taro Kumada was in a bad mood.

As soon as he finished the last mission, while he was still on vacation, he was recruited to carry out the escape mission of the ghosts of the vine attack mountain, which made him a little unhappy, not to mention that during the mission, he also met a little kid, which made him feel even more uncomfortable.

If it was usual, Kumada Taro would still be in a good mood to speak, but in such a dangerous place, he just wanted the child in front of him to hurry home.

After all, if he really meets a ghost, he can't take care of himself, if he is distracted to take care of the child, what is the difference between it and looking for death?

Strangely, it stands to reason that there are no villages and towns within 3 kilometers of Fuji Attack Mountain, so how can there be children here?

This doubt flashed in his heart, but Kumada Taro didn't think much about it, he has never been a person who likes to think.

"Uh...... Three big brothers, is there any problem? Facing the three people who came violently, Qianjuro asked politely.

"Kid, do you know that there are ghosts in this mountain!" Following Kumada Taro, a thin young man with long hair spoke.

As he spoke, he simulated the evil ghost's fierce expression, "The kind that eats people!" ā€

The last member of the ghost slayer team, a young man who looked short and had short pigtails, also persuaded him: "Boy, hurry home, it's dangerous here." ā€

Facing the kindness of the three of them, Chijuro scratched his head, "But, three big brothers, I'm here to kill ghosts." ā€

Chijuro's words made Kumada Taro couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha, Tetsuji, Seiisuke, listen, are the little ghosts so capable now, hahaha......"

After laughing, Kumada Taro's vicious face leaned forward sharply, and said word by word: "Okay, little ghost, I don't want to have anything to do with you, where do you give me where to go back and forth!" ā€

"Otherwise, don't blame me for doing it!"

Regarding Kumada Taro's words, Tetsuji Toyama, a man with long hair and thin hair, and Seiichisuke Yamada, a man with short and short braids, did not say anything against it.

Although they felt that Kumada Taro's tone was really not very good, it was always for the sake of the boy in front of them.

Hearing this, Senjuro was quite helpless.

"Three big brothers, I'm really here to ......"

"Boom-"

Just as Chijuro was about to explain his intention again, Kumada Taro was about to knock him out and take him away, when a violent explosion came from afar, followed by signal fireworks blooming in the sky.

"It's—"

"Signal!"

"Damn, there's a big ghost, hurry up and help!"

The appearance of the signal fireworks made the faces of the three of them change greatly, and they didn't have time to care about Chijuro at the moment, so they immediately rushed in the direction of the signal source.

The Great Oni is a hierarchical definition of ghosts that has been passed down among the members of the Demon Slayer Team, and it is the name given to the evil ghosts that are far more powerful than ordinary ghosts.

Newborn ghosts, ghosts, and big ghosts......

When encountering a big ghost alone, except for the pillar and the first-class swordsman, ordinary team members have no chance of winning.

Only by forming a squad of more than 10 people to besiege can there be any hope of victory.

Therefore, the three of Kumada Taro must rush over immediately, and every second every night, the probability of their teammates dying increases by one point.

Looking at the distant backs of the three of them, Chijuro touched his chin curiously.

The flare just now should be the way to communicate between the ghost killing teams, seeing that these three people are in such a hurry, something big must have happened, right?

And where there are evil spirits like this, what could be more important than the appearance of evil spirits?

Thinking of this, he followed the three of them without hesitation.

After all, the purpose of his coming here was to kill evil spirits.

Originally, he was still worried, where to find ghosts when the vine attack mountain is so big, but now that the ghosts have been sent to the door, how can there be any reason not to accept it.

……

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ā€

Trees the thickness of adult thighs were broken by the strange force, and in the roar, the birds flew in the sky.

This is a dense forest about 3 kilometers away from Mt. Fujiku.

Following the direction and movement, it took Kumada Taro and the three of them 10 minutes to reach the battlefield as quickly as possible.

However, it was a step too late.

The three of them looked up, and in the dense forest where the trees were destroyed, five ghost slayer team members wearing swordsman suits had fallen in a pool of blood, silent.

Blood, broken arms, stumps, everything in front of them was like hell on earth, making the hands and feet of the three of them tremble unconsciously.

It's anger and fear.

In this mission of escaping the ghosts of the vine attack mountain, the ghost killing team is a team of three people, and now 5 people have fallen here, that is to say, at least two squads have perished here!

When they thought of this, their hands and feet became colder and colder.

What kind of vicious ghost is capable of killing two ghost squads in just ten minutes of the flare being issued.

"Tread-step-step-"

In the darkness of the dense forest, heavy footsteps approached.

In the trembling gaze of Taro Kumada, a tall and deformed black shadow slowly walked out.

What an ugly and horrible creature!

With a height of about four meters, a bloated and fat body, and the two thighs of the lower body walking upright are even thicker than the waists of ordinary people, and what is even more terrifying is that the upper body of this ghost is wrapped around countless huge blue-gray arms, and one of the giant hands is holding a swordsman who has passed out in a coma.

Blood continued to flow from the swordsman's body, staining one of his thighs a bright red.

The heavy sense of oppression, from the time the giant ghost appeared, was deeply pressed on Kumada Taro's heart, making his heart beat like a drum and gasping for breath.

"Whew...... Whew......"

This feeling, like a dwarf standing in front of a giant, is so powerless.

"Hand ...... Hand ghost ......"

Beside Kumada Taro, Tetsuji Toyama said in a trembling voice.

"How could it be, how could it be...... So strong?! ā€

As a person who had seen the hand ghost slaughter selector from afar during the selection for joining the team, how could Tetsuji Toyama not recognize this terrifying ghost thing in front of him.

It's just that the sense of threat brought by this ghost at that time was far less than now.

"Oh, three more cuties, that's, that's great......"

An eerie voice came from under the head of the giant ghost surrounded by arms.

"So, blend in with me......"

Its arms slowly stretched out, and in a wriggling of flesh, these arms formed an even larger hand, and in an instant, it broke through the air towards Kumada Taro, who was standing at the front of the three.

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