The taxi drove a little further.
“Screech!”
The ear-piercing sound of brakes shattered the dead silence of Mount Kumotori, startling several crows perched on the trees.
They flapped their wings and flew into the dim night sky, emitting hoarse cries.
The taxi driver’s hands trembled on the steering wheel, his face was as pale as paper, and his teeth chattered.
Perhaps Satoru and Fushiguro Megumi / Megumi Fushiguro’s words had scared him again.
Perhaps the surrounding chilling aura was so dense that even ordinary people were terrified.
“I…
I…
It’s too scary ahead…
I don’t dare to drive any further…”
The driver’s voice was full of tremors, and he was somewhat incoherent.
Satoru nodded, without unnecessary words, and paid directly with his card.
[Payment successful: 29,850 Japanese Yen]
The already exorbitant taxi fare, plus a 30% price increase for early morning.
After Satoru paid, his heart was bleeding a little.
Looking at the credit card limit, which was just over forty thousand.
Satoru didn’t know how he would get through the rest of the month.
It was only the beginning of the month!
But at this moment…
money was an external possession.
Saving people was the priority!
“Get out of the car.”
At Satoru’s command, Itadori Yuji / Yuji Itadori and Fushiguro Megumi / Megumi Fushiguro quickly scrambled out of the car.
The taxi driver was as if granted a great pardon, stomped on the accelerator into violent mode, and fled without looking back.
The moment the car lights disappeared, the surrounding visibility became extremely low.
A bone-chilling coldness assailed them.
“Hiss…
So cold…
The feeling around here is so strange…”
Stepping into the snowy mountain, even Itadori, whose physical fitness far exceeded that of ordinary people, couldn’t help but hug his arms and shiver.
“It’s normal.”
“Because there are demons here.”
Itadori shivered twice more upon hearing this.
“Mr.
Satoru, please don’t scare me anymore.”
The surrounding negative energy was extremely strong.
And it was unusually dense.
Satoru looked into the depths of the mountain forest.
At the edge of his perception, there was an almost imperceptible fluctuation, which didn’t seem like a trace left by a demon.
“Stay close.
There’s more than one anomaly here.”
Satoru frowned and continued:
“Fushiguro / Megumi, be on guard.”
Fushiguro Megumi / Megumi Fushiguro felt the strong negative energy around him.
His expression became extremely solemn, and he formed a hand sign:
“Divine Dogs!”
Two Shikigami, one black and one white, emerged from the shadows, baring their teeth vigilantly and letting out low growls.
Immediately after, Fushiguro Megumi / Megumi Fushiguro unhesitatingly summoned the Shikigami with the strongest reconnaissance ability!
“Nue!”
An eagle’s cry.
The huge flying Shikigami spread its wings, stirring up a gust of wind, and soared into the sky, its sharp eyes scanning the entire mountain forest!
However, it was at this very moment—
Hundreds of meters away.
In the mountain forest, a figure dressed in a luxurious suit suddenly stopped.
A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
It was Kibutsuji Muzan.
“Someone is coming this way?”
Muzan slowly raised his head, and in his plum-red vertical pupils, the giant bird Shikigami circling in the air was reflected.
“Hmm?
What is this…
a Kasugai Crow that uses breathing techniques?”
“Are the Demon Slayer Corps’ little crows coming here to die?”
“No, it’s a power I’ve never seen before.”
“Are these bugs tracking my location?”
Muzan noticed that this ‘owl’ was circling within the range of the wooden house, clearly with a target.
“Are they coming for this family?”
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“Or do they want to kill me?”
He shook his head and smiled, his smile elegant yet cruel.
Muzan was not angry at all.
Instead, a playful cat-and-mouse feeling arose within him.
He wanted to see.
What kind of performance these ants, who dared to intrude into his hunting ground, would bring him.
And this unknown power.
What kind of performance they would bring him.
“Nakime.”
He called softly.
In the depths of space, a melancholic sound of a biwa suddenly rang out!
Zheng—!
The next second, three figures emanating ominous and bloody aura were thrown out of the Infinite City by Nakime like trash, falling heavily onto the path Satoru and his group were destined to take.
[Lower Rank Two], [Lower Rank Four], [Lower Rank Six].
Having done all this.
Muzan didn’t even glance back, turned around, and continued walking through the mountain forest towards the wooden house from which a warm aura emanated.
In his opinion, three Lower Ranks were enough to completely crush these interesting toys…
“They’re here.”
Almost the instant the three demons appeared, Satoru sensed them.
This dense negative energy was like a torch in the darkness!
“Itadori, Fushiguro / Megumi, follow me.”
“Three demons have appeared, I’ll take care of them!”
A cold light burst from Satoru’s eyes, and Cursed Energy was already wrapped around his fist.
Fushiguro Megumi / Megumi Fushiguro’s Nue let out a sharp warning at the same time!
“Remember, you have only one goal, and that is to rescue the kamado family!”
“Do not get bogged down in battle!”
Satoru’s instructions were clear and decisive.
No need for more words.
The three began to quickly reposition themselves.
“Remember what I said, we might not be able to kill them.”
“Do not get bogged down in battle!”
According to the original setting, a demon can only truly be killed by sunlight or by severing its head with a nichirin blade.