Controlling the Butterfly Effect from Demon Slayer

Once Hori Gaku got angry, his aura was really scary. At least these children couldn't resist Hori Gaku's aura and trembled.

However, it seemed difficult to make these children speak obediently just by intimidation.

Although one of the children was afraid, he still glared at Hori Gaku:

"You bastard! Don't force us! We don't want to say it!"

Horitake knocked the child unconscious with his scabbard and looked at the other children expressionlessly.

The other children were even more scared.

One child was already crying, and he was crying and anxious, waving his claws and teeth like crazy:

"Go away! You know nothing! Why do you interfere in our affairs? We will die if we continue like this!"

Another scabbard knocked this one unconscious, and Hori Gaku continued to look at the remaining children expressionlessly.

Mitsuri felt a little bit reluctant, and whispered to Hori Gaku:

"Brother Horitake, isn't this a bit too much?"

Horitake shook his head:

"No, these little devils have gradually become distorted in their psychology. Conventional means don't work on them, so we have to use unconventional means."

As he spoke, Horitake held the unsheathed Weiguang and looked at the children, seemingly considering which one to hit next:

"Tell me what's wrong with you guys, don't force me to continue."Just as the voice fell, another child turned around and ran away, trying to escape.

Horitake swung his scabbard and swung out a relatively blunt wind blade, which directly rolled up the fleeing child and knocked him unconscious!

No one dared to escape now.

Horitake held the power, his eyes becoming more and more impatient:

"I have several torture methods, which I guarantee will feel good when used and provide perfect after-sales service. Although it is a bit excessive to torture children, I will do the same if you piss me off.

By the way, there are quite a few of you left. I will interrogate you one by one and then see if your confessions are consistent. If they are not consistent,……"

Hori Gaku deliberately left the words unfinished, letting them imagine and scare themselves.

Of course, blindly threatening them would not work. Hori Gaku saw that these children were already desperate and were about to collapse. At this time, they needed to be given some hope.

Patting the scabbard, Hori Gaku said calmly:

"It seems that you all seem to have something to hide.

I can guess without you saying it, it's nothing more than ghosts threatening your lives, you think ghosts are much scarier than humans, right?

Sorry, sometimes, humans are scarier than ghosts, such as me.

The guy who is very scary in your eyes may not be a match for me.

I forgot to introduce myself. We are professionals in killing ghosts, swordsmen who specialize in killing ghosts.

Either tell us the truth obediently and let us follow the traces of the ghosts to kill them, or continue to live in the shadow of the ghosts, neither human nor ghost.

You choose."

Hori Gaku gave the choice to these children.

The children looked at each other, very hesitant, and couldn't make a choice for a while.

Finally, the oldest one among these children stood up tremblingly. He gritted his teeth and said to Hori Gaku:

"If...if I tell you the truth, will you let me go?"

Horitake said nonchalantly:

"We are professional ghost killers. My target is ghosts. Who cares whether you stay or go?"

The child was still worried. Facing Horitake, he was panicked and hesitant, but he also seemed to have some hope:

"You... can you really kill those monsters? No matter how they are killed, those monsters can recover quickly. They are immortal!"

Horitake gave the child a contemptuous look:

"Since they are immortal, why don’t they dare to come out during the day?"

The children were stumped by the question, and Hori continued to add more information:

"Ghosts are most afraid of sunlight. They will turn into ashes when bathed in sunlight. To put it bluntly, they are just sewer rats that dare to show off their power at night.

As for immortality, huh, it's just that their recovery ability is stronger.

If we cut their necks with our special swords, they will still die. What's more, it's not just the sunlight that restrains them.……"

As he spoke, purple lightning flashed on Horitake's body.

The purple lightning shone on Horitake's body, making Horitake look like a god or a demon, with majesty that could not be violated!

"Do you think those monsters you are afraid of can resist my thunder! ?"

It must be said that Horitake's purple lightning looks really good.

In terms of mystery, Horitake's purple lightning is much stronger than those damp and gloomy ghosts!

Thunder and lightning have been a mysterious power worshipped and yearned for by people since ancient times, and a mortal has mastered the power of God. How terrible must this person be!?

This is what these children thought when they saw Horitake flashing purple lightning.

Suddenly, the hope in these children's hearts increased greatly!

Even those immortal monsters can't resist the majesty of thunder!?

Finally, these children were shaken.

The oldest child gritted his teeth, his eyes were red, and tears were flowing. He could no longer bear the pain, and finally told everything he didn't want to face the most.

He knelt in front of Horitake with a plop, sobbing and crying:

"Please save us! We don't want to go through that again!"

Horitake said calmly with a blank expression on his face:

"Stand up and speak properly"

"Yes!"

Once one of them spoke up, the other children all spoke up, and they excitedly recounted their experiences one by one.

The oldest child stood up and mainly narrated the story, while the other children supplemented it.

This child, because of fear and excitement, was obviously confused, and his voice was trembling:

"The cannibal you are talking about should be the monsters we encountered"

"Wait a minute!" Hori interrupted him:"You mean those monsters, that is, you encountered more than one ghost?"

The oldest child thought about it and seemed to have no idea how to answer.

At this time, another child added:

"The main thing we encountered was just one ghost, but we also saw different ghosts."

Hori nodded and was about to ask where these ghosts were, but after thinking about it, he decided to start from the beginning:

"Okay, then, let's start from the beginning. Where are you from? Are you all from Kusatsu County?"

The children shook their heads:

"No, we are not from Kusatsu County, we come from several villages around Kusatsu County."

This answer was a little unexpected to Horitake, but it was reasonable. Horitake added the question:

"Are they all from the surrounding villages? Not a single one from Kusatsu County? Including the ones I knocked out?"

"Yes"

"Well, go on, you were staying in your own home in your own village, how could you encounter a ghost?"

Several children answered in unison:

"Normally we stay at home and don't go out unless necessary."

"But we also need to take responsibility for our family. I was out in the mountains chopping wood when I encountered a ghost and was taken away by the ghost."

"I was almost the same. I was caught by a ghost while collecting herbs."

"I am different from you. I am going to visit relatives in another village.……"

"I am more unlucky than you, because my home is at the edge of the village, and I was caught when I went out to pee at night."

Horitake frowned slightly:

"Some were chopping wood, some were collecting herbs, some were visiting relatives, some were peeing… Well, peeing was understandable, but did the rest of you go out at night? Who would go into the forest at night?"

When it came to this question, the children were even more distressed:

"We did leave the village during the day, but there were all kinds of accidents in the mountains, and sometimes we would be late to get back when it was dark."

"Well, accidents always take time, but why do ghosts only catch you and not eat you?"