Kapitel 45: Hunter [45]: The Unlucky Contractor
Why was it just one person short?
"Be careful, I seem to feel some danger approaching!"
Toko's heart skipped a beat, and she said to the two.
Obviously, among the five senses of sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell, Toko possessed the sight sense corresponding to the heart and brain. Before meeting Lin Jiu, her entire family was killed by the Lower Moon One, Enmu, except for her who survived.
These days, it's hard for ordinary people to survive from ordinary demons, let alone a prominent one like the Lower Moon One. This sense of avoiding danger allowed Toko to persist until Lin Jiu's appearance.
Speaking of which, this feeling could be called the sixth sense! But Tanjiro and the others' senses were just as extraordinary, so it wasn't surprising.
"Who is this girl? Could she be a contractor who joined the Demon Slayer Corps? She seems unfamiliar..."
Three figures emerged from the woods, and one person at the back whispered.
"She doesn't look like it. Her swordsmanship stems from the Breath Techniques. As far as I know, even if we contractors join the Demon Slayer Corps, it's not easy to learn Breath Techniques due to lack of time to train."
"Enough talk... find a way to kill these members while Tanjiro is occupied, and let's get out of here."
The leading contractor was Dragon River.
"If Old King's calculations are correct, many of these demon slayers were saved by Sabito, they are not skilled."
Dragon River had already raised his gun and pulled the trigger after speaking. The bullet hit a person controlled by spider silk in the forehead.
Even so, the spider silk still controlled the bodies of these people to fight against Tanjiro.
"What the hell! They still die in the end! Might as well just kill them!" Inosuke shouted to Tanjiro when he saw this scene.
"Absolutely not! These guys..."
Tanjiro's heart was filled with anger but he couldn't stop the actions of the three.
"What to do? Think of something quickly, or Toko-chan will be in danger too!"
The three contractors also mistook Toko for a member of the Demon Slayer Corps, and one of them went to kill her.
But Toko dodged in advance and even said to Tanjiro, "Find a way to hang them on the trees!"
"Where did this girl come from? Clearly not a contractor... and she seems to have preemptively sensed my attack!"
The contractor was extremely frustrated.
"Less talk! We need to speed up!"
Dragon River knew that if they didn't hurry, they would soon face the main characters. They had no confidence in facing the wrath of the Hashira.
"Water Breathing, Third Form: Flowing Dance!"
Toko knew she had to buy time for Tanjiro and the others, so she immediately performed a sword technique, stepping lightly and swinging her sword.
The opponents were three demons, and Toko had only just mastered this one sword technique, so she couldn't rashly charge in or her life would be in danger.
Toko switched to a delaying tactic, swinging her sword in the air, causing dust and fallen leaves on the ground to be swept up by the sword's force. For a moment, the sky was filled with dead leaves forming a barrier, blocking Dragon River and the other two's view.
"Awesome!"
Inosuke couldn't help but shout out loud when he saw this scene. Tanjiro then sped up his process of hanging the demon slayer members on the trees. Seeing Tanjiro speeding up, Inosuke felt challenged and increased his speed to throw people up as well.
Murata felt like he was a burden, unable to compare to Tanjiro and Inosuke in combat, nor Toko in intelligence and on-the-spot reactions.
"Watch out!"
Toko slid in and knocked Murata down. A bullet passed through the spot where Murata's head had been.
Toko, with limited strength, could only instinctively cover Tanjiro and the others. She thought Murata, as an official member of the Demon Slayer Corps, should be able to handle himself. She overestimated Murata!
"Hey! Don't worry about this coward who wet his pants!"
Inosuke shouted at Toko.
"Who wet their pants!"
Murata retorted but with little confidence. After all, his performance was indeed shameful!
"Brother Dragon, what do we do now?"
Seeing Tanjiro and Inosuke dealing with the demon slayer members, one contractor panicked.
"What else can we do? Split up and run!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Dragon River took the lead and dashed into the forest behind. Despite Tanjiro's tenderness, he was ruthless to demons, especially since they had just killed his comrades in front of him.
Facing Tanjiro head-on was never part of their plan. Tanjiro, as the chosen one, was slightly less impressive than Luffy or Naruto but stronger than someone like Kaneki Ken at the early stage.
If it came to a fight, they wouldn't be surprised if Tanjiro summoned Yoriichi Tsugikuni's spirit.
"Don't think you can escape! Killing people and then running away so righteously! You're worse than demons!"
Tanjiro decisively chased after Dragon River, who had been the quickest and most ruthless.
Inosuke, wielding his dual swords, chased after the contractor fleeing to the right. Toko pursued the one fleeing to the left, with Murata quickly following behind her.
"Damn it!"
Dragon River cursed seeing Tanjiro targeting him. While running, he raised his gun and fired several shots without aiming.
The bullets, with a strong smell of gunpowder, were easily detected by Tanjiro, allowing him to dodge. However, this also prevented him from catching up.
"This time, it's a huge loss!"
Seeing that he couldn't shake off Tanjiro, Longjiang painfully took out a scroll and tore it open. Inside was a wind spell he had bought at a high price from a mage. Activating the spell, his speed instantly doubled, gradually disappearing from Tanjiro's sight.
If it were just the scent of a demon, it might have escaped Tanjiro's sense of smell in the spider-infested mountain. However, the smell of gunpowder on Dragon River was too distinct for Tanjiro, allowing him to lock onto the direction in which it was fleeing.
Tanjiro chased after him, thinking it would take some time, but soon he saw Dragon River's figure. He had stopped, and in front of him was the figure of a demon. This demon was much larger in size!
"Could it be his accomplice...?"
Tanjiro approached and saw that this demon's head resembled that of a spider.
Just as he thought this was his accomplice, the spider demon raised its huge fist, shouted "Sine," and punched Dragon River.
"They're fighting... Aren't they both demons?"
Tanjiro was puzzled.
"Is this the consequence of opposing the protagonist?"
Dragon River felt his luck plummeting into the negative. First, he was chased by Tanjiro, and then he barely escaped using an expensive scroll, only to be blocked by the Spider Father.
Dragon River barely dodged the Spider Father's heavy punch and fired several bullets, but they didn't penetrate. The contractors who turned into demons only had their recovery ability increased by 200%. Unless they fully turned into demons, they would die if smashed into a pulp by a demon.
"Impact Shot!"
Dragon River raised his gun, and the barrel glowed, indicating the use of a skill. The bullet, carrying fierce force, pierced through the Spider Father's chest, but the damage quickly healed.
However, the powerful recoil of the skill also pushed Dragon River out of the Spider Father's attack range.
"Die!"
The Spider Father raised his hand again and attacked him.
"Hey! There's a demon slayer over there; shouldn't you deal with him first? Why are you always targeting me?"
Dragon River was puzzled. The Spider Father's intelligence wasn't high, but it shouldn't be this low, right?
"What a ferocious demon, such intense pressure!"
Tanjiro, holding his sword, felt unprecedented pressure from the Spider Father.
Meanwhile, Inosuke successfully killed one of the other two contractors he was chasing. However, Toko and Murata couldn't catch the other one, who escaped. Hearing Inosuke's voice, Toko rushed to regroup.
"Beast Breathing: First Fang: Pierce!"
Inosuke was fighting a headless demon, controlled by spider silk just like the members of the Demon Slayer Corps. Knowing that decapitation was the weakness, Inosuke didn't know how to kill this thing for a moment.
"Damn! Am I going to die?"
Inosuke, momentarily distracted, forgot about the spider silk and got entangled, restricting his movements. The headless demon, with blade-like hands, stabbed down at Inosuke!
"Water Breathing, Third Form: Flowing Dance!"
Toko arrived just in time but lacked the strength to block the headless demon's attack, so she quickly cut the spider silk entangling Inosuke. Inosuke narrowly avoided a fatal blow, but his chest was still slashed.
"Murata-senpai, distract it for a moment. I'll cut the spider silk controlling it, and Inosuke-aniki, you take the chance to slash it from the shoulder to the armpit!"
Toko calmly instructed.
"Stop talking! Let's go... Hey! Don't wet your pants again!"
Inosuke couldn't refuse Toko after being called aniki, but he wouldn't ease up on his words.
"Although I was indeed scared just now, I am also a swordsman of the Demon Slayer Corps! Even if I have to risk my life, I will hold it off!" Murata gritted his teeth and charged at the headless demon.
Toko, already aware that the controlling demon behind had poor combat experience and stiff movements, silently circled to the rear, rushed up, and cut the spider silk behind the headless demon.
The headless demon, losing control, paused for a moment. Seizing this opportunity, Inosuke charged and leaped up, and with a full-force slash, the headless demon was killed!
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