Traveling with Indra

The magnificent brothels and buildings were decorated with lanterns everywhere, making it look like a city that never sleeps. Many girls stood upstairs, dressed gorgeously as if they had walked out of a painting, smiling and greeting the men passing by, trying to pull them upstairs.

"Wow!" Tanjiro and the other two were stunned. What a gorgeous place.

“So many beautiful ladies.”

"so many people."

Tanjiro sniffed the sudden change in the air. The strong disgust and hatred actually came from Mingluo? He turned his head worriedly and asked gently. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Ming Luo shook her head gently. This place was too disgusting. Especially the way these men selected the goods made her want to set fire to it. She couldn't save anyone, so what could she destroy?

Tanjiro didn't believe it. The closer she got, the stronger the smell of disgust became. "Well...if you don't like this place, uh..."

"I will adjust." Ming Luo sighed, pinched her brows and spoke. "I seem to hear the wails of countless women's resentment. This is a hell for women. Those who see the gorgeousness here... are all men."

The women here are sold as commodities. The moment they enter here, they are no longer human beings. They have to learn to serve men, please men, and take money from men's wallets to use for their bosses. Few men here are clean. If they have diseases, they will pass them on to other women. Women here often die of various diseases before they are 25 years old. Even if they become the most beautiful courtesan, their fate is not much better.

The innocent Tanjiro realized for the first time that there was such a terrible place in the world. He even subconsciously hugged the box behind him with his back hand.

Zenitsu, who likes to see pretty sisters, cried. The young ladies here are too miserable. "The owners of the shops are all bastards."

"..." Inosuke looked confused, he didn't understand at all.

Only Uzui Tengen didn't say anything. He was an adult and knew all about these things. If it were someone else, they would have started to scold him. Don't have too much sympathy for the girls before the mission, otherwise it will interfere with the mission.

But Ming Luo was a little weird, so he decided not to bother with women.

Several people entered their positions in a low-key manner. Tanjiro, Inosuke and Zenitsu entered the three buildings as handymen in order to find the wives of the Sound Pillar.

Ming Luo took the money to go to the girls for tea. If she couldn't afford the courtesan, she would go to the girls who lived nearby. While drinking tea and listening to music, she would also ask about their daily lives.

Any pillar could confirm whether there was a ghost in the courtesan's room from this distance, and the information was not unexpected. She added a little more, and thought it would be no big problem.

The girls here have been trained to be very docile. Ming Luo doesn't need to say anything, she can hear rhythmic voices and gentle Kyoto accents answering various questions.

For example, Mingluo came to see someone, but unexpectedly the person was missing.

"Do you dislike me?"

"I just don't want you to disappear next time." Ming Luo sighed softly. Many people were afraid that something bad would happen.

The red-dressed girl holding the tea bowl blushed, thinking that the boy was good at talking. She would not be fooled, nor would she be fooled by a man. Men are just...just...untrustworthy.

Ming Luo also knew that she couldn't get the truth about the disappearance from her, but she had already confirmed it when she passed by the oiran house. "I want to hear another song."

"Yes."

After the exciting shamisen music ended, Mingluo left a white pearl the size of a fingernail and handed her a flying knife. "If you encounter danger, use it to protect yourself and live well."

"Huh? Yes." The girl in red's cheeks turned even redder, and she nodded while holding the small flying knife.

[Ahhhh, he was afraid that I would be in danger, so he gave me a weapon to protect myself. ]

Mingluo returned to the shop with the rattan mark and wrote down a piece of gossip she had heard: during the day, there would be traces of cloth friction on the roof, under the ground, and in the walls.

A silent figure appeared behind him, his shadow blocked the light of the chandelier and fell on the snow-white rice paper. Seeing the content above, he pinched his chin and spoke. "Do you feel that it is a ghost moving?"

"We cannot rule out this possibility." Ming Luo paused with her finger holding the pen and continued to write the following information.

Kyogokuya Warabihime?

When Uzui Tengen saw these words, murderous intent flashed in his dark red eyes. He planned to combine the information obtained by Zenitsu to see if he could find the whereabouts of his wives before the war.

【I hope you are still alive. 】

Ming Luo finished writing on the paper and handed it to a snake next to her. The snake pillar Iguro Xiaobanei also came to carry out the mission this time. There was another pillar outside guarding the pass, for fear that other evil spirits would come to help.

Ubuyashiki is determined to kill an upper-rank, otherwise... if the pillars are defeated one by one like Rengoku Kyojuro, the strength of the Demon Slayer Corps will be greatly reduced.

"Follow me?" Ming Luo repeated the word, her eyes swaying with the dim chandelier, thinking about Ubuyashiki's thoughts.

My lord, do you think I have any hidden card?

However, as long as we don't get into an excessive superior-subordinate relationship, I don't mind this kind of temptation.

—Kyogokuya—

The courtesan, Princess Ware, sent away the guests and prepared to rest. She suddenly felt annoyed with those young bald boys. She had just killed the madam a few days ago. It was really uncomfortable that there was nothing interesting happening in these days.

[Brother…] I feel so uncomfortable and bored.

[Calm down, the ghost hunters will be here soon. ]

Princess Bracken is a twin ghost. She was born in the lowest class red-light district when she was young. Her mother died of illness and she was raised by her brother who loved her. Her brother was very powerful and could not be defeated in a fight. She loved her brother the most.

When she was 13 years old, a stupid samurai tried to bully her, so she blinded the samurai's eyes. Later, the bastard took revenge on her and burned her alive into a charcoal figure. If they hadn't met Muzan-sama, the two siblings would have lost everything.

Fern Princess narrowed her eyes, and her soft body drilled into the ground, passing through a small tunnel that was only wide enough for a human head, and continued to pass through the strata and came underground.

It was dark here without sunlight, but it couldn't block the ghost's sight. The rose-red ribbon was embroidered with butterflies and hung quietly in the cave, but it was surrounded by human bones.

A person can be seen at intervals. Only their heads and chests are exposed. They have their eyes closed and seem to be sleeping, without taking any deep breaths at all.

Fern Princess looked at the beautiful girls in the ribbons, choosing their dinner for today. Her yellow-green eyes were full of greedy appetite, as she loved eating the most.

How about having the most beautiful meal today to change your mood?

Or should I go for something a little more ordinary? Save the pretty one for last?