Demon Slayer: The Forest Pillar

"There are evil spirits in the village of Kawakita Town, Nishikawa Prefecture! Please ask the Pillar-level swordsman Moriki Shinichi to go and support! Gah!"

In the room, the originally closed eyes of different colors suddenly opened!

On the carriage to Nishikawa Prefecture, Shinichi happily teased the chubby Madoka. Now he can no longer be called little Madoka, because under the "care" of the members of the Anbu Canteen, Madoka's body swelled like a balloon.

Now he is no longer like a Shiba Inu, and has a tendency to evolve into another species (pig).

Shinichi has also completely given up on asking Madoka to lose weight. It doesn't matter. Just be a little fatter, as long as Madoka is happy.

"Mori Shinichi, there is no explanation for this mission, and it seems that no powerful evil spirits have been encountered. Why do you need your support? Aren't the Pillar-level swordsmen usually very busy?" Beside Shinichi, Shinobu Kocho asked in confusion.

During this period of time, Shinobu Kocho was completely bound to Shinichi. This has almost become a consensus in the Demon Slayer Corps. What do you want to find Mori Pillar-sama but can't find him? Go to the Butterfly House and ask the Butterfly Ninja team. She must know where the Morihashira-sama is.

Hearing Butterfly Ninja's question, Shinichi quickly caught up with Enji's tail, and then slowly explained: "Of course I don't have time at ordinary times, but there are always accidents. The situation in Kawakita Town is a bit special, and the information I got is more detailed than you.

There are not only evil spirits there, but the most important thing is that the abducted humans are also special. According to the description of the survivors, the evil spirit seems to only abduct the elderly or those in poor health, and rarely attacks other humans.

We all know that evil spirits who eat people generally tend to prefer women and children, and then young and middle-aged people, but an evil spirit that only eats the elderly is very strange. It is unlikely that ordinary evil spirits have this habit. I took the initiative to apply to come here to investigate."

After listening to this, Butterfly Ninja understood, nodded, and continued to study the information in her hand.

With the sunlight shining into the carriage, Shinichi rubbed Enji's head while looking at Kocho Shinobu, "The serious expression of Shinobu in the sunlight is really cute..." Shinichi stared at Kocho Shinobu's delicate face and thought involuntarily.

But then he quickly reacted, shook his head, and muttered softly: "No! Morimu Shinichi, what are you thinking about? Can you be serious? But... Shinobu is really cute..."

"Shinichi Mu, what are you mumbling about?" Kocho Shinobu frowned his thin eyebrows and looked at Shinichi in confusion.

Shinichi almost blurted out that you look cute, but in the end he held it back in time with his extreme reaction, which can be regarded as preserving the image of Mori Pillar.

"Nothing, I said that although Enji is getting fatter and fatter like a pig, he is still very cute."

Enji:? ? Innocently caught in the crossfire, is there still justice; isn't this bullying an honest dog that can't speak? Who is the dog after all?

Shinobu Kocho looked at the fat Enji lying in front of Shinichi, who suddenly looked aggrieved for some reason. Her nose twitched slightly, "Is that so? I think Shinichi, you should urge Enji to lose more weight. A normal Shiba Inu shouldn't be so fat. It's very unhealthy."

"Really? Then why did you feed your goldfish so fat? Like a meatball."

"That's different! Goldfish have to be chubby to look good. If you can't bear it, just give Enji to your sister. No, your sister will definitely be reluctant to let him go. You give Enji to me, and I will definitely make him lose weight!" Shinobu Kocho said confidently with one hand on her waist and one hand pointing at Enji.

The clever Enji widened his eyes and immediately looked at his master. As a result, Shinichi's eyes really flashed a little heartbeat.

Enji: It's hot!

Talking and laughing all the way, Shinichi and Shinobu Kocho soon arrived in Ishikawa Prefecture by carriage. After getting off the carriage, Shinichi's wide green haori slightly covered the two different lengths of the sun blades hanging around his waist.

Shinobu Kocho also wore a short white haori, covering the Nichirin sword on her waist, which was lighter and thinner than that of the general team members.

Under the haori, the two wore similar black Demon Slayer Corps uniforms. Such an outfit still attracted many curious eyes when they walked into Kawakita Town, Ishikawa Prefecture.

After all, Kawakita Town is different from other open big cities. In this somewhat conservative place, it is rare to see the more avant-garde outfits of the Demon Slayer Corps.

Soon, Shinichi and Shinobu Kocho came to the village where the intelligence said that there were evil spirits. In order to collect information about the evil spirits, Shinichi and Shinobu Kocho split into two groups, respectively to inquire about the situation of the evil spirits and to inquire about the families whose elderly people were kidnapped.

This village called Jiping Village is very closed and rarely interacts with the outside world. Basically, every household is a farmer, livingLife is also very simple, and the most advanced technology may be the electric lights that only a few families have. In a trance, it feels like walking into an ancient village a hundred years ago.

Originally, it was thought that collecting intelligence should not be difficult, but what surprised the two was that the local people, as well as the families whose elderly were kidnapped, did not seem to take this matter very seriously.

There was even a family that rudely drove Shinichi out of the house when Shinichi came to ask about it, leaving a sentence "Don't mind your own business! This is our own business! Outsiders, don't come to bother! Be careful that Prajna will find you who is in the way!" After that, Shinichi was severely turned away.

The inexplicable scene made Shinichi confused, but although Shinichi had no gains here, Kocho Shinobu on the other side gained a lot.

In a family, a middle-aged man who had lost his father in his seventies told Kocho Shinobu a story in grief.

It turned out that since hundreds of years ago, a legend had been circulating in their Jiping Village, saying that as long as the elderly in the family were over 70 years old, they would become man-eating Prajna, that is, evil ghosts.

In order to prevent such things from happening, the village has had a tradition of driving the elderly who are about to turn 70 years old out of their homes or throwing them into the mountains to fend for themselves for hundreds of years.

"This is a shameful and ignorant custom! How can this be done?!" Kocho Shinobu was very angry.

But the middle-aged man also smiled bitterly and said, "Who said it's not? But why do people do this? There is only one reason from ancient times to the present, poverty! There is not enough food to feed people, let alone the elderly who have no labor force?"

In fact, this was originally just a legend. In the past hundred years, with the improvement of productivity, there was enough food to eat, and with the government's control, this bad habit gradually disappeared. However, who would have thought that there would be a storm again in the recent period of time.

Kocho Shinobu looked at the bitter-faced man and quickly asked, "What happened?"

"Prajna really appeared."