Demon Slayer: Upper 0 seems to be a waste

Chapter 180 Summary after the war

Fighting is hard work, and winning in battle is difficult.

But what is more difficult is actually what happens after that. The dead will never stand up again, broken limbs will not recover, and the wounds on the body will leave clear scars. This night will be remembered by all survivors. While waiting for Inoue to come, Tanjiro couldn't help but feel sad because of what he saw and thought.

"It doesn't matter. The collapsed houses will be rebuilt. The injured will be healed, and everyone alive will have a better future. The dead will be properly buried and remembered by us. They are not meaningless sacrifices, nor will they die in such a hasty manner. We will carry the weight of that life and continue to move forward until all the ghosts are slain."

The hand fell on Tanjiro's head and patted it gently. The palm was warm and hot, and the rough calluses were like nameless medals engraved on the palm.

"Yeah. I will..."

The words are divided into two parts.

While Tanjiro was being comforted by Kyojuro, Obanai and Saneya, who was squatting on the broken roof, were chatting and exchanging information, while Tengen, who had hardly fought with Rinko from beginning to end, was also squatting on the side listening.

"So you really didn't catch up with that brat. He's obviously that tall and his legs are that long."

Tianyuan added lightly after Shimi finished describing their battle experience.

"I told you it's because that brat has been using some messed up blood vampire magic! And he's been running around like a rat. Otherwise, how could we not catch him?"

"Blood magic? What kind of blood magic?"

Xiao Banei looked away and interrupted without warning.

"The blood vampire technique that causes blindness is completely black. It probably blocks vision, just like being blind, but only the eyes are blind. The location doesn't change, and the person doesn't disappear, so it's fine after you get used to it. It's also quite unstable. After that kid was caught by that strange thing and started arguing, it suddenly lifted. It also seems to weaken with distance and eventually disappear. I don't know when it will last."

Shimi changed directly from squatting to sitting, holding the long sword in his arms and his arms on his legs.

"It does sound like that kid's style, running around all the time. The blood vampire magic only affects the opponent's vision, so it really is playing hide-and-seek."

Tianyuan touched his chin thoughtfully.

"hide and seek?"

"Yes, even though he is a ghost, he is actually the 'person' captured by the 'ghost'."

Tianyuan turned his gaze to Shimi. The other party's mood was slightly relieved now, and his expression seemed much more normal, but no one would forget the other party's expression and appearance of being so angry that he was about to explode at the beginning.

"It's really outrageous. He's clearly Upper Rank Zero, but he's always been a rat that can only run. It seems that what the lord said is right. Maybe that guy really wasn't chosen as an Upper Rank because of his strength."

Xiao Banei whispered his approval.

Shiya tapped his thigh with his fingers, as if he suddenly remembered something. He raised his head and looked around, and only spoke after finding the target.

"Hey, Purgatory, didn't you say you discovered something? Come over and tell me."

The person who was called confirmed that the injuries of the three boys in front of him had been temporarily relieved before standing up and walking over.

"Purgatory, have you discovered anything new?"

Like Tengen, Obana was dragged with Upper Six most of the time, and knew very little about the part of the battlefield that was being pulled further and further away.

"Yeah! I was thinking of sharing it with everyone after I got back! But since you've already mentioned this, it doesn't matter if I tell you first! I just happened to think of it while I was fighting."

Kyojuro walked over to them, looked at the two people sitting on the ground, and simply squatted down as well.

"During our previous battle with Upper 3, the self-healing speed he demonstrated initially wasn't his maximum, which nearly put me in danger later in the battle. So this time, I paid extra attention to Rinkou's self-healing speed. His recovery speed in the initial battle was no less than Akaza's, but in the subsequent battles, it was clearly a notch higher. Otherwise, my and Shima's attacks wouldn't have been blocked."

Upon hearing this, Shiya nodded.

"Indeed, I also noticed that the boy's recovery speed suddenly increased, but he shouldn't have been so comfortable in the previous battle that he could hide it. Besides, he doesn't look like a smart guy."

The words were unpleasant to the ear, but everyone present subtly maintained silent approval.

"So I was thinking about the reason, and Hinazuru just told me that at the beginning of the battle, she threw a dart with wisteria poison at Rinko. Rinko didn't show any abnormality at the time, and she thought it was because the upper-rank demon was too resistant to the poison and it didn't work. But now it seems that the poison may still be effective, but Rinko didn't notice it until now."

When Kyojuro said this, he deliberately slowed down his tone, giving them time to think and recall.

"Because she was poisoned, her recovery was slower at first, but since her attention wasn't on herself at the time, she didn't notice at all. She sounds more like a child than that Dakimaki, who didn't even notice she was injured while playing."

Tianyuan sighed with a subtle tone, and Kyojuro nodded before continuing.

"Father mentioned to me after the previous meeting of the Pillars that he had doubted Rinkou's identity before, so he tested him. At that time, Rinkou didn't show the disgust or discomfort a ghost would have towards the smell of wisteria flowers. Rinkou can smell flowers just like humans, and he also said before that Rinkou doesn't dislike human food. So I'm wondering if it was because of this unique trait of Rinkou that he didn't immediately realize he was poisoned by the wisteria flowers, and then the toxin was decomposed during the battle, so he didn't notice it at all."

The wisteria flower poison will also work on upper-rank demons, and even the unique upper-rank Zero will be affected. This is undoubtedly good news.

Rinko is very important to Muzan, and for the Demon Slayer Corps, she is a target worth capturing alive rather than killing. The fact that she is unaware that she will be affected by the poison is undoubtedly good news.

"It seems that there is indeed some gain..."

Shiya scratched his head and sighed deeply.

"Hey, Uzui, give me a few of those darts you have. Next time I'm going to stick them right into that kid's damn hand so he can never lift his arm again."

Now some people seem to be scarier than ghosts again.

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[Tips: Congratulations on finally finishing the long and boring Kuo Yu arc... I don't mean that the Yu Kuo arc is long, but I'm not good at handling battles, so it's so long... Sorry...

Maybe today, maybe tomorrow, I might post something outside the main text, explaining something. Why do I prefer to include explanations in the main text rather than just the author's own comments? Because some people don't read. They don't read, and then they don't understand. And if they don't understand, they question or criticize me.

I can accept criticism of me because of problems in my writing, but I have already explained it, and if someone doesn't read it and then doesn't know about it, then they will say that I am indeed disturbing.

Secondly, I talk a lot. The author has something to say, and I can't let it go. I have to reply to the eighth post within the post.