"—help me to get rid of the miserable."

The muffled words echoed in my memory.

Zhu Shi stood at the end of the street, and she stared at the back of Tanjuro Kamado in the distance, stunned.

The handsome young man with blue and white hair stood beside Zhu Shi, and although he tried to be serious, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly.

The boy seemed to notice the direction that Zhu Shi had been looking at, and followed Zhu Shi's gaze to the other side.

Tomioka Yoshiyoshi and Tanjuro, as well as Murata who was bowing and thanking the two of them, appeared in view.

- Huh?

The young man's lilac eyes, which were the same as those of Zhu Shi, narrowed slightly, and some doubts appeared on his face.

- Swordsman? There is a word extinction on the back... Ghost Slayer?

Before he could take a closer look, Zhu Shi, who was slightly pursed beside him, turned to the side and took a small step in the direction of leaving the street.

"Let's go, Yushiro."

Zhu Shi's gentle voice sounded, and she turned around and slowly left down the street:

"The blood needed today has been collected enough."

The young man known as Yushiro retracted his gaze when he heard this, and hurriedly followed, he trotted a few steps:

"Yes."

……

On the other side of the street.

It seems to have sensed something.

Tomioka raised his head, his dull dark blue eyes scanning the surroundings.

After noticing nothing, he slowly withdrew his gaze.

- Delusion?

……

……

Following.

Daytime.

It seems that because of last night's haze, the weather during the day was exceptionally clear, and the clear blue sky was unobstructed.

"Karma!!" Two pitch-black crows fluttered their wings high and flew in the sky, looking down at the ground.

On the undulating mountains, not far away, there is a large cluster of wisteria flowers, shimmering in the sun.

In the middle of the wisteria flowers is a solemnly decorated and spacious Japanese-style mansion.

Tread, step, step.

The three of them walked on a mountain path.

Tanjuro Kamado squinted slightly, and he used the breathing method to drive away sleepiness.

Although it looks like the face is yellow and thin, the muscles are shriveled, weak and weak, and it is easy to die suddenly at any time.

But just last night, Tanjuro discovered something.

After that evil ghost was beheaded by Tomioka Yoshiyoshi and picked up the wedge pill himself.

It seems that only he has seen the red-pink power of "rebirth", rising from the ashes of the ghost.

And a puff of smoke went straight into his body.

In the body, the power of "rebirth" that can be perceived has recovered about a quarter.

If it had been put in the past, it would have been two whole nights all night, plus non-stop running.

He was long dead.

And now.

Tanjuro Kamado walked steadily on the road step by step.

It is the power of "rebirth".

This is essentially the root of the life force, supporting and filling one's weak body.

If he fights now, he is also confident that he will be able to cut down a hundred more pieces when there is no self-explosion.

However, about a quarter of this "rebirth" energy is also being consumed at an imperceptible rate.

Now it's just walking, and if you fight, maybe it will wear off more quickly.

New discoveries, worth documenting.

Tanjuro Kamado kept his silence and moved along the road like a walking plant.

Side.

Really.

The personalities of the pillars are very strange.

It's scary too!

Murata walked between the two, carefully observing the two, and then helplessly raised his head and looked at the sky.

“… Alas. ”

Murata touched his forehead, which had been corroded by the oni's saliva yesterday, and he carefully touched it with his fingers.

Smack.

Immediately bared his teeth in pain and cried out:

"It hurts!"

Murata withdrew his hand, lowered his head, looked at the necrotic flesh that had been glued off his fingers, and said hesitantly to the two people beside him:

"That..."

He raised his eyes, glancing left and right at the two men who were walking between them.

Then his eyes looked at Tomioka Yoshiyu, who he was more familiar with:

"Righteousness... Tomioka-sama. ”

"I'm just a little injured, is it really necessary to go to the butterfly house..."

"Probably, it will heal itself in two days." As he spoke, Murata looked tentatively at Tomioka.

Tomioka looked straight ahead, and he shook his head slightly:

"Not really."

"This time, all three C-class members except you have died in the line of duty, and that one ghost alone can't do it."

His tone was unwavering, and his dark blue eyes did not change at all:

"I'm afraid, there are more powerful ghosts in that place, and it is very likely that it is the Twelve Ghost Moons."

"It's just a drop by to go to the butterfly house, and this matter about the ghost should be reported to the lord first, and it may be more convenient to bring you."

Yes.

Hearing this, Murata, who was following Tomioka Yoshiyu's side, suddenly felt his body stiffen, as if petrified.

His mind came to a screeching halt.

I see.

Actually, it's me, and I'm self-inflicted.

Obviously, the seniors have sacrificed, and I am actually thinking about this kind of thing...!

Murata! Shame on you!

Reflect!

Murata felt his scalp tingle and his face flushed, ashamed that he hadn't been able to watch his teammates' sacrifices at this level.

With his head down, he followed behind the two of them and walked without saying a word.

Last night's endgame had been taken over by the hidden troops, and in the process of searching for the victims, the stumps of the remaining squad members were found.

The C-level team members already belong to the future backbone of the Ghost Slayer team, and they have the hope of being promoted to the pillar, and the sudden death of three is enough to attract attention.

Thinking of this, Tomioka suddenly remembered the peculiar breathing method of Tanjuro Kamado last night.

He felt that Tanjuro, who could have the strength close to the pillar, probably knew how to breathe, so he was not surprised that Tanjuro could breathe.

However, he had never seen such a breathing method.

Especially the sword technique of stabbing forward.

At the moment when Tanjuro made his move, Tomioka Yoshiyu even sensed it in Tanjuro's breath of Kamado

- Ingredients of the breath of water.

That trick matched the rhythm of breathing, which made Tomioka Yoshiyu instantly think of [Water Breath, Seven Shape, Shizuku Ripple Strike]

However, there seems to be a big difference in essence.

It's like apples and tomatoes, although they are both red, they both have green handles, and they can be eaten.

But it's not a species after all.

Is it a self-created breathing method?

Thinking about it, Tomioka Yoshiyu's gaze crossed Murata and looked towards Tanjuro Kamado, and his tone was flat:

"Stove door."

Tanjuro Kamado didn't reply, he just slowly turned his head sideways and glanced at Tomioka Yoshiyu.

The latter understood that this was what he meant to keep talking.

But the thousand words that I thought in my heart just now suddenly became when I came to my mouth:

"Where did you get your breathing?"

Hearing this, Tanjuro Kamado looked at him with an expression that changed from flat to a little confused.

He thought for a moment, and seemed to figure out Tomioka's original intention.

Just when Tanjuro was surprised again by Tomioka's poor expression.

"Karma!!" The sound of the crow came from the sky overhead:

"The Lord's Mansion has arrived! Karma!! ”