"Miss Chanahui, are you holding the sword used by the samurai in the past?"

The two ran out of the village for some distance one after the other, and Yamasuke finally asked what he had been worried about.

He still remembered that the so-called exterminating ghosts meant that the heads of ghosts were cut off with special knives.

The thought of that scene made him feel creepy.

"Yes."

Chanami nodded, removed the cloth bag from the scabbard, and stuffed it into the pocket of her uniform, revealing the dark purple scabbard.

"This is the standard saber of our Demon Slayer Team, and it has the power to slay evil spirits. Because you didn't seem to like hearing similar words before, I didn't mention it. ”

As she spoke, Butterfly Chana smiled: "What, little brother Yamasuke, are you afraid that I will hurt you?" ”

"You can rest assured, the knife of the Ghost Slayer will only protect humans, and will never be used against humans."

"It's our rules, and it's our mission."

"As for the fierce man you said earlier about threatening the villagers, I guess he was just scaring and scaring people, please don't take it seriously."

Chanae had already guessed who that person was.

It's really in line with your style, Mr. Immortal River.

Sansuke tilted his head thoughtfully, his face full of doubt.

In the end, he didn't choose to answer, but asked as he walked, "So, why did the uncle faint before?" ”

He said that it was Shinji Sase, who was knocked unconscious by Megumi Chana.

In Sansuke's heart, among the three people to be solved, this girl who looked soft and weak should have been the best to deal with.

Although he didn't see the beginning and the end of the previous scene, Yamasuke faintly felt in his heart that maybe it wasn't like this.

However, if they are in a group, there shouldn't be a conflict, right?

So Sansuke was going to ask.

"You said Mr. Sase......"

Butterfly Chane's eyes flickered, pretending to look around, she couldn't lie without changing her face.

That's the specialty of this kind of crumb.

Of course, she couldn't tell Sosuke that "he's going to catch your parents", so she could only explain: "He seems to have seen a strange animal on the roof, so he wanted to find out, but he accidentally fell off the roof." ”

"Really?"

Yamasuke seemed to suddenly remember something.

"Yes, in the past two days, many people seem to have said that they saw strange things on the roof, and the village chief said that they looked very much like the kappa in the story."

"Yes...... Is that so? ”

Butterfly Chanae didn't expect that she would be able to hit a dead mouse with a blind cat.

"Well, how did I start to lie to others?"

She felt guilty.

In fact, the people in the village say that the kappa is a chaotic crowd that goes door to door day and night to find information.

Under such high-intensity labor, it is not well hidden, and the traces are being found and are being cleaned up.

However, Butterfly Chane's answer finally completely dispelled Sansuke's doubts, and he almost thought that this woman was a very powerful character.

"Maybe this time I don't need my brother's help, I can ...... it on my own"

He knew that his brother only rested for an hour or two a day to maintain the temperature of the hot springs.

If he is always summoned to deal with these bad people outside the village, he will sacrifice his brother's rest time.

If I can do more for my brother, I will definitely be able to make it a little easier for him.

Yamasuke secretly stared at the butterfly Chanae out of the corner of his eye, and the plan of "justice" was brewing in his heart.

In this way, the two of them held their own hearts, and soon passed through the gloomy old forest on the southern slope and came to the valley behind the slope.

"Right in front of you, that's the best hot spring in our village."

Yamasuke pointed ahead, "When I left in the morning, Mr. Genichiro was still soaking in it. ”

It was two o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun was high above the pool of clear spring water, completely rendering it a beautiful bright gold.

Seeing the sun, Butterfly Chanae was finally relieved.

And her eyesight is very good, and at a glance she can see that on the cyan stone, there is a very bright and gorgeous belt of Genichiro.

She remembered clearly that it was a gift from a girl to Kuichiro, and it was embroidered with the complete story of Taketori Monogatari, and it was an exaggeration to say that it was a precious work of art.

"Ichiro, are you in the hot springs? I'm Butterfly Chana. ”

In order to prevent embarrassing things, Butterfly Chanae shouted over there from a distance of more than ten meters.

However, after a few seconds, she received no response at all.

The little hope that had just been born was extinguished again.

"Then I'm going to go!"

Butterfly Chanae didn't wait any longer, her brows furrowed slightly, and she walked straight forward.

After bypassing a few large bluestones, she was worried to find that the huge pool of hot springs was empty.

Only Genichiro's dark brown gold embroidered feather and white yukata float in the water.

If it weren't for the clear water of this pool, she would have thought that Genichiro was drowning inside.

"Where has he gone?"

Although it was daytime, there were always animals in the mountains, which made the butterfly Chanae ask.

But even if it's an ordinary animal, it's impossible to be a match for Genichiro.

In the morning, the autumn leaves that fill the courtyard still appear in front of the butterfly Chanae from time to time.

"Is Mr. Genichiro going to wander around?" Yamasuke said, "The view here is great. ”

"Even if he's curious to wander around, he should always get dressed, right?"

Butterfly Chanae shook her head.

"The clothes were floating in the water, obviously something unexpected happened. Could it be that you met Kumamon? ”

"The bears are hibernating this season."

Yamasuke slowly approached Kanae and said tentatively, "He must not have gone near the hot springs, the water is relatively deep, and it is easy to slip and burn." ”

Sure enough, Chanae saw the blistering place on the other side of the pool, and planned to go over to take a look.

However, in this case, it is inevitable that water will enter.

At this time, Sansuke said considerately, "It's inconvenient for Miss Chanae to carry a knife, I'll help you hold it." ”

"Then I'm bothering you."

Kanae said gratefully, and handed the Hinawa knife over.

She didn't think much of it, just so that she could lift her pants with both hands in the water, so as not to get too wet and affect her movement when she got ashore.

As for Haori, she stayed directly at the belt of Koichiro on the shore.

Only then did Yamasuke notice that this woman had a gentle face, but her figure was not thin, and she was tall among women.

"Even then, it's just a woman......"

Thinking so, Sansuke entered the water with Chanae and waded diagonally towards the diagonal spring.

It's just that he stared at the big word "extinguish" behind Chanae, and suddenly pulled the knife out of its sheath slowly.

However, he is a newbie after all -

"Boom!"

Even though the knife was no more than five centimeters out of its sheath, it made a short grinding sound.

Sansuke's heartbeat stopped.

Chanae really looked back, just thinking that the child was naughty: "Don't mess with the katana, it'll cut yourself." ”

Looking at the face that still cared about him at this time, Yamasuke was afraid of being discovered, and in addition to the fear of being discovered, he had some other emotions.

Do you really want to kill her?

She looks like a good person, unlike any other person before her.

"I've never seen a katana, it's just a little ...... Curious. ”

He explained in a panic, sticking the knife back in.

Although this knife is only less than two kilograms, he is not a string ichiro, he has the same strength as a normal adult, and he has no experience with a knife.

In this way, it is better to ......

While Chanae turned her head, Sansuke raised her sheath high and aimed at the back of the woman's head.

Chanae looked at the spring, which was empty except for the blisters, and her heart was even more worried.

"Ichiro is not an ordinary child, how could he make such a mistake as being burned by a spring?"

She felt that she really didn't want to let go of anything, and she was already a demonic barrier.

However, just as she wanted to turn around, she suddenly felt a burst of malice, instinctively turned sideways, but her left hand firmly pinched the slammed scabbard, and then directly pulled the knife back.

The pink pupils and dark brown eyes looked at each other, and the two looked at each other without saying a word.

The former's eyes were full of doubt, shock, and disbelief, but more than that, disappointment.

The latter is fear and growing shame.

"Why?"

Perhaps too excited and incomprehensible, Chana's voice was a little hoarse.

She felt an endless chill piercing her heart like a cold scalpel.

She never imagined that Ichiro's malicious conjecture might become a reality.

But in the end, the ghosts and the villagers are working together to deal with those who are not conducive to the development of the hot spring business in the village?

Or are there no ghosts at all, only villagers?

Moreover, it was a child who attacked her.

At this moment, the rock pillar is often on his lips, and the words that Chanae have been unable to understand have become somewhat clear.

"The hearts of children are always full of malice......"

However, it was not only the butterfly Chanae who was so shocked that she couldn't move.

Sansuke was stunned on the spot.

He didn't expect that this woman could react so quickly even though her back was away from her.

Moreover, her strength is really great, and the moment she snatched the knife, she almost dragged him down together!

After he reacted, he didn't say a word, just ran away.

"Brother!" He shouted as he ran, "Brother! Where are you? Come and save me! ”

He lives by himself, and always feels that Butterfly Chanae may kill him.

After all, that's how he always treated people who offended the village.

Bring them here, or somewhere else, and let my brother dispose of them.

However, the sound of splashing water sounded behind him, and Sansuke felt that his knees were weak, and he fell directly into the water.

That's exactly what the butterfly Chanae caused by picking up the water with skill through the Nichiren knife.

She used her medical knowledge to hit the acupuncture points on Sansuke's legs, making him unsteady.

But that's about it, and there is no real harm.

Looking at Sansuke, who was facing her and was sitting in the water and kicking the ground backwards in embarrassment, Butterfly Kanae asked as if she were verifying, "So, the ghost who made people disappear is your brother Kosuke, right?" ”

Hearing Sansuke's words for help when he ran away before, Chanae immediately understood everything.

All the pieces suddenly pieced together into a whole map.

Sosuke's disappearance is not because he sacrificed himself and made a deal with the demons.

Rather, he himself became a ghost.

Therefore, soon after his disappearance, the hot springs here became excellent.

As a result, the guests disappeared only after checking out, and the village and the hot spring inn were thus out of responsibility, and the police could not say anything.

For the same reason, most of the missing people were people who tried to hinder the development of hot springs in the village.

And the person who exchanged news with Sosuke was none other than his younger brother, Yamasuke.

Although Kanae didn't understand why Sosuke still remembered her brother and the village when she turned into a ghost, she shuddered at the truth.

Seeing that Kanami was just standing, without the intention of drawing a knife, Sansuke's courage also increased.

He yelled at Chane and said, "My brother is not a ghost, he is the god of hot springs in our village!" He's been protecting the village from you bad guys! ”

Chanae knew that the kid just didn't want to admit that his brother was actually a man-eating monster.

"I just want to ask," she looked at Sansuke with pity on her face, "Tamaki-sama and Mr. Yuya, they know that Sosuke has ......"

Thinking of the haggard woman who cried when she mentioned her eldest son, and the middle-aged man who was drunk all day long, and the gentle butterfly Chanae changed her words, "Are you still alive?" ”

Perhaps touched by her expression, Sansuke did not continue to contradict, but shook his head silently.

"It seems that you also know that you can't tell your parents the truth."

"If you really think that your brother has become a god, why hide it from them?"

The most fragile barrier in his heart shattered in an instant, and Sansuke's face turned pale.

"If you really think that my brother is not a ghost, why would you attack me?"

Butterfly Chanae squatted down, her tone was as gentle as the water in this hot spring, but it was like a sharp knife that cut through Yasuke's skin.

"This is because you have long understood in your heart that your brother is no longer the brother he used to be."

"But when you know that the knife in my hand can hurt him, you can't help but protect him, right?"

Great fear surrounded Sansuke.

What he had been trying to deny gradually came to mind.

He was only responsible for bringing people over, but he didn't know what happened to those people.

Until the morning, the butterfly Chanae mentioned - ghosts eat people.

But Sansuke still gritted his teeth and said, "My brother is not a ghost!" He hasn't eaten anyone! We've just wiped out all the people who are in the way of the village! ”

If he admits that his brother eats people, then he will really become a monster!

How can I say that he is a monster if he never sleeps for the sake of the village and almost gives up all his brothers!

In that case, how pitiful my brother must be.

Although his voice was still firm, tears had already spread through the corners of Sansuke's eyes.

"I know you're a kind kid and just hope the village can turn things around."

"But Genichiro, they're not bad people."

Butterfly Chanae continued to move with affection and reason, "Before it's too late, tell me, where did Ichiro and the other missing people go?" All right? ”

"You don't want your brother to hurt others with such a posture and reason."

Her eyes were full of anticipation, and she didn't seem to hate Sansuke at all because of the previous sneak attack.

She wants to help not only Genichiro, but also Sansuke.

And all this just made Sansuke feel more and more embarrassed.

He hung his head and said weakly, "I don't know." ”

He didn't dare to look into the eyes of a butterfly, and he refused to betray his brother.

It's just that teardrops the size of beans keep overflowing, dripping into the water, playing a sad rhythm.

"Don't cry, Sansuke."

A gentle male voice rang out.

Butterfly Chanae looked at her feet suddenly, and the sound came from under the rocks in the water.

The cyan stones that surrounded the hot spring suddenly began to grow taller, and huge brown rocks rose one after another around it, bending as if consciously and seemingly covering the entire hot spring.

And in the center of the spring, a huge vortex appeared.

A coffin-like stone slowly rises from the whirlpool.

"I'll leave everything to my brother."

The rock cracked, revealing a magma-poured eye within.

……

The battle on her side will affect the underground environment and is the key to Genichiro's victory, so I'll write about her first.

A maximum of two chapters to end the event.

I guess.