Controlling the Butterfly Effect from Demon Slayer

Looking at the children gathered at the entrance of the town, Hori Gaku was puzzled.

Now, Mitsuri also became alert.

Because it was almost late at night, no matter how prosperous and lively Kusatsu County was, it was deserted at this time. The shops closed one after another, and everyone closed for a rest.

At this time, there was a group of children with gloomy temperaments gathering at the entrance of the town one after another. It was not right no matter how you looked at it.

But these children were not ghosts, Mitsuri could confirm this. Mitsuri didn't quite understand what was going on, and Hori Gaku had a gloomy look in his eyes.

Finally, the last child arrived, and the children seemed to have gathered together.

However, one of the children seemed very dissatisfied with the last child to arrive, and he shouted:

"What are you doing? You came so late, do you want to kill everyone?"

The last child who came was scolded, and he quickly apologized:

"Sorry, sorry! The roads there are too complicated and I am a little lost.���A child chimed in:

"Okay, don’t blame him, we don’t have time, let’s go."

This sentence resonated with the other children. They seemed very scared and shouted to hurry up and not be late.

As the saying goes, it is difficult to offend public anger. The child who blamed the child could not say anything. He roared angrily, turned around first, and walked forward.

The other children followed.

Hori Gaku watched the whole process and found two problems: first, the pronunciation of these children was a bit strange when they spoke, and they could not speak clearly.

Second, these children are now all walking out of the town.

This is strange.

How can such a big child speak badly? It’s okay if one can’t speak well, but all of them can’t speak well?

These children are all wearing scarves to cover their faces. What are they hiding? Are they hiding their appearance?

Also, why are they walking out of the town at night?

Where are these children from?

If they are from Kusatsu County, then it’s so late, what are they going to do with big empty backpacks on their backs?

All kinds of questions filled Hori Gaku’s mind.

Seeing that these children were about to leave the town, Mitsuri next to Hori Gaku asked quietly:

"Brother Horitake, what should we do? Should we follow him?"

Horitake thought for a moment and made a prompt decision:

"No, we can't let them go to the mountains. The situation there is complicated and too dangerous. We should take advantage of the open terrain and bright light here to stop these children and ask about their situation.

Let's go!"

""Okay!"

With two swish sounds, Horitake and Mitsuri suddenly disappeared from the roof next to them. The next second, their figures suddenly appeared in front of the children. The sudden appearance of Horitake and Mitsuri scared the children, and they were all panicked!

Some children reacted in a panic, and their legs went weak when they saw the knives hanging on Horitake and Mitsuri's waists.

Some children were panicked and anxious, and in panic, they shouted to Horitake and Mitsuri:

"Who are you? Why are you stopping us?"

Hori looked at the children calmly, his tone indifferent:

"Late at night, a few sneaky kids didn't stay at home, but instead left town with backpacks on their backs to go into the mountains.

No matter how you think about it, it feels very wrong and very dangerous, right?

As a kind-hearted person passing by, of course I have to stop you."

Among them, the one with the worst temper was the one who just scolded the late kid. This kid had a fierce look in his eyes and a disgusting tone, and he scolded Horitake:

"What do you care about us!? You are a kind person passing by, and you suddenly appear to scare us. I think you are the suspicious ones!

Don't block our way! Get out of the way!"

This damn kid is really annoying, I really want to smash his head!

Horitake had a blank expression on his face, and retained his last bit of patience towards the child:

"I advise you not to go into the mountains at night. The forests at night are too dangerous. There are not only vicious beasts, but also... evil spirits that eat people!"

After Hori Gaku finished speaking, the faces of these children suddenly changed wildly, and they were extremely frightened. Some of the timid children's legs were shaking, and they wanted to turn around and run away.

Seeing their reactions, Hori Gaku and Mitsuri's hearts sank.

In the eyes of ordinary people, evil spirits that eat people are just rumors and legends, and they are not credible.

But looking at the reactions of these children, they obviously know the existence of evil spirits that eat people, and they may even have seen them with their own eyes.

In this case, things are not simple.

The child with a bad temper was also frightened by Hori Gaku's words. He had cold sweat on his head and had a terrible attitude towards Hori Gaku:

""What...what nonsense are you talking about! What man-eating evil ghost! ? I've never heard of it!

We are going into the mountains to do something important, and you two should not stop us!

If you don't get out of the way, I will...I will shout! I will shout that you are child traffickers! Let the adults around us come and beat you up!"

This damn brat!

Hori Gaku was furious, and his remaining patience was gone.

In this case, Hori Gaku didn't need to give these children face.

He untied the Wei Guang from his waist, and the Wei Guang remained in an unsheathed state, and swung forward.

If he didn't want to kill these children, Hori Gaku wouldn't be so cruel. He wanted to...

Hori Gaku used the unsheathed Wei Guang and the Gale Sword Technique to swing out a gust of wind.

This gust of wind was swift and elegant, and it blew over the children in a flash, causing no harm to their bodies, but it blew off all the scarves on their faces!

In this way, the faces of these children were revealed in front of Hori Gaku and Mitsuri.

No However, when she saw the faces of these children, Mitsuri gasped and covered her mouth in amazement. Even someone as calm as Horitake widened his eyes and wondered in his heart:

How could it be... like this! ?

Because the faces of these children were all horribly mutilated!

How were they horribly mutilated?

Born deformed?

No, it can be seen that they were acquired.

Each of these children had their faces cut apart by an unknown weapon, starting from the corners of the mouth on both sides and cutting all the way to the front of the ears, making their mouths grow bigger and longer, like snakes!

The scarf on their faces was blown away, exposing their faces.!

These children were suddenly faced with this, and they were all panicked and almost hysterical.

They were in a state of panic, as if they had encountered something extremely terrifying, just like a ghost that was about to be exposed to the sun, terrified and panicked!

Some children covered their faces and squatted on the ground, screaming hysterically; some children desperately chased the scarves blown down by the wind; some children covered their faces and cried loudly; some children faced Horitake, glared at him, and hated him like a demon.

The children were in all kinds of expressions, but they were all equally panicked and afraid.

Looking at this scene, looking at these children, Horitake was confused..

His first reaction was the Joker!

Yes, the Joker in Batman has a face like this.

But this situation obviously doesn't match this place, and Hori Gaku quickly thought of another person!

The Snake Pillar, Iguro Obanai.

The reason why he always wraps his face with bandages is because his face looks like this, and it is exactly the same as the cleft snake-shaped faces of these children!

What is going on! ? How could these children have similar experiences with Iguro Obanai? What have these children been through? What are they going to do so late at night? What is the relationship between Iguro Obanai and them?

All kinds of questions filled Hori Gaku's mind.