When it came to having an extraordinary body, Tanjirou was definitely not far behind Chika.
The hardness of his skull was something even demons would complain about personally, and his nose was a major weapon in the early stages, capable of smelling a demon’s scent and even detecting the emotions mixed within it.
Adopting the approach of “shut the door, release Tanjirou!”, Chika followed behind Tanjirou.
With his nose operating at full power, Tanjirou began searching for the wicked demon hiding in the town based on his sense of smell.
“Left…
right…
ahead…
it’s nearby!”
Tanjirou led Chika as they ran swiftly through the small town.
In the original story, Tanjirou still needed to ask people for directions to confirm the general area, but now that wasn’t necessary.
After determining the general location, Chika and Tanjirou decided to wait for nightfall, because demons wouldn’t appear during the day.
Continuing to move around extensively in this area during daylight would also easily alert the demon.
Under normal circumstances, this is what should be done.
But just after deciding to do this, Chika suddenly looked towards a nearby large mansion.
Hearing a woman’s voice from inside, an interesting idea suddenly surfaced in her mind, and a smile that was difficult to suppress for a moment appeared on her face.
“Tanjirou, I have an interesting idea~”
Nighttime, inside a certain room of the large mansion.
A young woman slowly walked into the room from outside.
She removed her outer garments, leaving only the clothes she wore for sleeping, lay down on the bedding spread on the floor, and peacefully closed her eyes.
A few seconds after she closed her eyes, the room was suddenly swallowed by darkness akin to a swamp.
Two hands stretched out from this swamp-like darkness, attempting to drag the young woman lying on the bed into the darkness.
The two hands stretched straight out and swiftly reached for the young woman.
At the very instant they were about to touch her, the young woman’s hands suddenly shot out from under the bedding and, with a “smack!”, firmly grabbed the demon’s hands.
“What?!”
The demon’s shocked voice came from within the darkness.
What surprised it even more was discovering that it couldn’t break free from the hands gripping it; the other party’s strength was actually not inferior to its own.
“How is this possible?
I’m a demon!
The strength of a mere human, and a frail, powerless young woman at that, how could…
Wait, she’s not my original target!”
It hadn’t paid much attention at first, but in its state of shock, it instead noticed that its target had changed.
The wig on the head of the young woman who had grabbed the demon’s arms in a reverse grip gradually began to slip off.
The original target young woman had pure black hair, but now, under the black wig, was a head of dazzling red hair!
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Of course, it was Chika.
Since they were preparing to wait passively for the prey, why not go even deeper into the waiting?
After confirming the demon’s target, Chika went to that mansion and negotiated with the young woman.
Because she didn’t want to cause panic, Chika didn’t mention the creature ‘demon’, simply replacing it with a hooligan criminal who specifically targeted women.
With their extraordinary demeanor and outstanding looks, Chika and Tanjirou quickly gained the other party’s trust.
As night fell, the young woman secretly changed rooms to rest.
Chika, wearing a black wig, took the place of the young woman’s original movements and came to the room, waiting for the demon’s arrival.
“Finally noticed?
Your demon eyesight isn’t too good either.
Looks like maybe I could have fooled you even without the wig~”
“Damn girl, let go of my hands!!!”
The wicked demon’s head emerged from the swamp-like darkness.
It had intended to use its ferocious face to scare Chika, or at the very least, attack her with its mouth.
Little did it know, this move of sticking its head out gave them the opportunity for a headshot.
As the wicked demon’s head emerged, the room’s door was “BANG!!!” kicked open with a crash.
Tanjirou, holding a fully charged strike, charged in from outside the door and aimed a swift stab at the demon’s head.
“Water Breathing, Seventh Form: Drop Ripple Thrust!”
The fastest thrusting technique of Water Breathing.
Tanjirou’s nichirin blade pierced sharply into the demon’s skull.
With a horizontal flick from Tanjirou, although the demon’s neck wasn’t severed, its head was sliced into fragments.
However, demons don’t bleed, so it wasn’t particularly gory.
This wicked demon was of the type that possessed a “Blood Demon Art”, able to submerge its body in darkness and even create illusions and clones.
Among ordinary demons, it was considered mid-to-high level.
It’s just a pity it ran into Chika and Tanjirou, these high-level players still loitering in the beginner village.
Although it was instantly killed, it wasn’t unjust.
After dealing with the wicked demon, Tanjirou let out a sigh.
To be honest, this kind of instant kill didn’t provide any training effect.
But they still couldn’t afford to be careless.
This demon had already killed dozens of young women; its crimes were grave.
“But having said that, Sister, this was still too dangerous.
What if this demon’s strength had exceeded our expectations, and Sister had been dragged into the darkness by it!”
“Alright, alright, I’ll be careful.”
Chika waved her hand nonchalantly.
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Because it was nighttime, and aside from Tanjirou kicking the door open, this farce didn’t make much noise.
Chika left a note saying “The criminal has been caught”, then the two quickly left the mansion.
Right now, it was only around 7 or 8 PM.
There were still many vendors with stalls on the streets, and many shops were still open.
Also, because it was nighttime, Nezuko jumped out of the wooden box, though with a bamboo muzzle in her mouth.
“Shall we go eat?”
“Noodles?”
“Anything’s fine.
We’re not short on money anyway.”
After joining the Demon Slayer Corps, they received a salary.
Furthermore, after passing the Final Selection, they obtained a considerable amount of initial funds.
Plus, they got paid for completing missions.
So, under normal circumstances, they no longer had to worry about financial issues.
The three of them walked along the road, looking for something to eat later.
If they couldn’t find anything, they’d just make do with noodles.
Suddenly, Chika spotted a stall selling konpeitō from a roadside vendor.
Within a few seconds, Nezuko also noticed this stall.
Drool dripped from her bamboo-muzzled mouth.
Nezuko likes miso soup for meals and konpeitō as a snack.
konpeitō are star-shaped, colorful candies with the implication of being lucky stars.
Watching Nezuko’s greedy look, Chika smiled faintly.
She walked over to the stall selling konpeitō and pointed a finger at a bottle filled with the candy.
“One bottle of konpeitō, please.
Thank you.”
Money and goods were exchanged.
The shopkeeper, grinning, handed the bottle of konpeitō to Chika, who then passed the bottle to Nezuko.
Nezuko happily held the bottle containing the konpeitō, her whole body swaying.
If they weren’t on the main street, she would have wanted to spin around on the spot.
Nezuko: Mmm!
Mmm!
(Thank you, Sister!)
Chika: It’s nothing~