Coming to the window and looking at Konoha Village at night, Shinji reviewed the layout of Konoha Village again in his mind.

As for the 'invasion', he has analyzed many possibilities these days, and he has also thought of some countermeasures.

For example, he had already memorized the layout of Konoha Village in his mind, and he could tell where the Hokage Building, the Shadow Building, the Hospital, and other important institutions were, with his eyes closed.

If there is a real 'invasion', he can respond immediately.

After all, this is Konoha, no matter what the intruder is, Konoha will not sit idly by, so he can use this to deal with the 'invasion' when he is in Konoha.

Secondly.

Taking advantage of the two days of living alone, he gradually adapted to the state of opening the kaleidoscope writing wheel, and seriously explored the use of the kaleidoscope writing wheel eye without excessively consuming pupil power.

With this pair of kaleidoscopes by his side, he is still a little confident.

At last.

In order to be insured, he also spent money to buy a lot of ninja equipment.

Twenty shurikens, four kunai forged from stainless steel, and thirty detonation talismans were all neatly packed in the ninja bag around his waist at the moment.

Whether the pie comes in handy or not, it's always right to be prepared.

Time, little by little.

Click...

With a soft sound, the hour hand on the clock finally pointed to twelve o'clock.

Shinji held a kunai in his hand and looked around vigilantly, looking for a possible 'invasion', but nothing happened.

A few minutes passed, and he frowned slightly: "It can't be a prank, right?" ”

Before he could finish speaking, he disappeared into the room with a 'whoosh'...

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Boom Boom!

When Shinji came back to his senses, he found himself in a strange palace, and the roar of explosions could be heard in his ears from time to time.

He bent over and went to the window to look out.

I saw that in the courtyard of the palace, hundreds of guards with bows and swords on their backs were besieging a giant monster with a dark blue body, a bloated body, and an upper body full of arms.

"Stop it!"

"Protect Your Highness!"

"Can't let it get near the main hall!"

Amidst the shouts one after another, the guards continued to attack the monsters.

Arrows rained down, and some of them even had lit detonators tied to their backs.

However, these attacks failed to stop the monster in the slightest.

The monster was full of arrows, but it didn't care, and the limbs that were blown off by the detonator were quickly recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Apparently.

Ordinary attacks don't do anything to it.

And the countless arms in the upper body of the monster, every time they stretched out, they could accurately grab a guard and drag the guard in front of him.

Then, swallow it in one bite!

"It's... Isn't this a hand ghost? ”

Shinji, who was hiding in the side hall on the side of the courtyard, immediately recognized this monster as the hand ghost who had eaten more than a dozen of Tanjiro's senior brothers and sisters in the Demon Slayer and the Proving Ground.

It's just that the hand ghost in front of him is much larger than the one in his impression, not only bloated, but also with an unbearable stench.

The courtyard soon filled the courtyard with a pungent smell of blood, and there were stumps and severed arms everywhere, like hell on earth.

"That's not right!"

Although his heart was pounding, Shinji, who was hiding in the shadows, noticed something.

He found that as the Hand Ghost continued to devour the guards, his size became larger and larger, and his attack frequency, strength, and even recovery ability also increased significantly.

Needless to say, Devouring the Squire makes it stronger, and that increase is significant.

It is true that ghosts in Demon Slayer can become stronger by eating people, but this kind of strengthening needs to be accumulated over time.

Like the hand ghost in front of him, whose body size swells significantly with cannibalism, Shinji wonders if it has something to do with the chakra contained in the eaten guards.

"The ghost with the ability to recover from terror, if you have chakra again..."

Just thinking about it, Shinji felt a chill and a tingling of his scalp.

in the courtyard.

It seems that he has felt the rapid increase in his own strength, and the frequency of hand ghosts eating people has also accelerated a lot.

It devoured the guard, and let out a disgusting moan, "What a delicious taste! The people here are so delicious, oh~ah~! ”

"That's what the intruders are?"

Seeing the rapid reduction of the guards in the field, Shinji forced himself to calm down.

If you don't target weaknesses, normal attacks have very limited effect on ghosts.

Just like those guards who are not afraid of death, no matter how many times they shoot, slash, or blow up the hand ghosts, they can't destroy the hand ghosts, and the hand ghosts can quickly recover from consumption as long as they devour them.

Fortunately, Shinji knows the weakness of the ghost in the demon slayer.

One of the biggest weaknesses is undoubtedly the sun, as long as it is exposed to the sun, under normal circumstances, even the most powerful ghosts will be wiped out.

In addition to sunlight, another weakness of the oni is the neck.

Cutting off the oni's neck with a Nichiren knife is the most common way for the oni to destroy the oni, and the oni are also afraid of a plant called 'wisteria'.

However, Shinji has neither a Hinawa knife nor a wisteria flower at the moment.

Looking at the time again, it was just past midnight, and it was still early before sunrise.

"What to do!"

Shinji had a headache and turned his gaze back to the courtyard.

Judging by the costumes of the guards in the courtyard and the detonation charms used, this place should still be in the ninja world, so he guessed that this was probably the palace of some daimyō.

This can also be glimpsed from the fact that the guards can fight with the ghosts without fear of death.

And from the analysis of the situation of the battle, the hand ghost is very strong!

It's not that the Hand Ghost can't fight, in fact, the guards have already cut off, blown off the Hand Ghost's arm a dozen times, and once even blew up half of the Hand Ghost's body.

But these fatal injuries to normal creatures have no effect on opponent ghosts.

However, the hand ghost can quickly improve its strength by constantly devouring the guards, and in just a short time, its size has swelled again, and it looks like a moving mountain of meat from a distance.

"Why are the people here so fragrant, ah... Grunt... Grunt... It's so sweet! ”

The hand ghost slaughtered with a chilling chewing sound.

"Damn, what kind of monster is this!"

"Reinforcements, why don't you come yet!"

"Don't eat me!"

Amid the roars and wails, the guards' resistance waned.

Hiss...

Watching the hand ghost devour the last guard, Shinji looked solemn.

Even if it was just moving, the hand ghost could make a rumbling sound, making the ground tremble slightly. And the buildings that stand in front of it along the way are like tofu that shatter when you touch it.

At this time, it seemed to be eyeing the main hall not far away.

Dragging his bloated body, he moved towards the main hall step by step.

Shinji in the side hall was a little lucky: "It doesn't seem to have discovered me yet..."

Swish...

At the moment when Shinji was a little relaxed, an arm suddenly shot out from the back of the hand ghost, accompanied by a foul-smelling fishy wind, whistling, instantly breaking through the wall and grabbing Shinji who was hiding behind.

"This?!"

Before he could react, Shinji was caught by the hand ghost.

Then, he grabbed Shinji's arm and quickly retracted it, pumping Shinji into the air and bringing him to the hand ghost.

"Oh ho, I've already smelled it, you're more fragrant than them, it's a lot fragrant, I can't help but drool when I'm greedy!"

The hand ghost stared at Shinji with a stupid expression, and saliva really came out of his mouth.

Shinji was disgusted and wanted to vomit.

Suddenly, the hand ghost seemed to feel something, and there was a little more madness on his already deformed face: "It turns out that you are the 'light' of this realm, don't drive me away!" ”

"Light?"

Looking at the reaction of the hand ghost, Shinji realizes that his identity seems to be very special.

Countless arms fluttered and swayed around, and the hand ghost like a heavenly demon became more and more crazy, it grabbed Shinji and raised it to the top of his bloody mouth: "As long as I eat you, I can stay here forever, this is my paradise!" ”

"Heaven?" Taking a sip, Shinji said coldly: "Do you have any misunderstanding about the ninja world!" It's hell here! ”

Before the words fell, Shinji's eyes turned scarlet...