Demon Slayer: I advise Wuzan to abandon evil and become a good person

We came to another city. Since this is a relatively prosperous area, there are more industries here.

Teruo Aoki spent some time inspecting, and by the time he finished, the sun had already set.

"Boss, how about I take you upstairs to listen to some music, and have dinner at the same time." One of the ghosts rubbed his hands and suggested.

"Hmm? What building? I won't go to the one in Flower Street."

"It's not that. It's a dance hall where people listen to music. I heard that a certain artist's music is very popular recently."

"Well, let's go there and take a look."

As night falls, people come and go on the streets, and the dim lights create a hazy atmosphere.

Men, women, young and old, dressed in traditional kimonos walked through the streets, and the sounds of people's footsteps and conversations intertwined.

The houses and shops on the street were arranged in an orderly manner. Teruo Aoki followed the ghost through the crowd and came to the door of a dance hall.

People passing by seemed to be afraid of this place, as if they were avoiding something.

The ghost pointed forward, "The boss is here."

"I'll go make the arrangements. Please wait."

After getting Aoki Teruo's consent, Gui went in and discussed with the manager, and finally successfully cleared the hall and booked it for today.

After leading Aoki Teruo to sit down, the ghost hurriedly said to the steward, "Quick, call out the pipa girl who has been playing the pipa so well recently."

"Yes, yes! Arrange it right away."

But after a moment, a woman wearing a bright kimono and with black hair walked up to the stage in front.

The meals were brought to the table one after another, and Teruo Aoki listened while eating.

Hey, why is he another key character in the plot?

The woman sat down slowly, took out the pipa, placed it in front of her, and began to play it softly.

The pleasant sound of the pipa rang out, and if you look closely you will find that the woman's hands playing the pipa are trembling slightly.

Of course, these details could not be hidden from Aoki Teruo's eyes, but he just thought it was the unique playing technique of the Biwa girl and didn't pay much attention to it.

"It's cold~"

With the end of the last note, it also indicated that the performance of the Pipa girl was over.

"You play well." Teruo Aoki clapped his hands encouragingly.

The Pipa girl on the stage put down her Pipa, bowed to the audience and said, "Thank you for your support."

Suddenly, Teruo Aoki seemed to sense something and hastily ended the trip.

After separating from his subordinate ghosts, Teruo Aoki walked towards a place with a purpose.

"Yue Yan, why are you here?"

Teruo Aoki stood on the courtyard wall of a house, looking down inside, overlooking the ghosts leisurely strolling below.

"I'm tired of staying in [Suying], so I'm going out for a walk. I can always run into you in any prosperous city."

Muzan was leaning on a lounge chair in the courtyard. His good mood of basking in the moonlight was interrupted. He looked up at Aoki Teruo with an expressionless face.

Knowing that he was not very popular with Muzan, Aoki Teruo pursed his lips, jumped down the wall without saying a word, came into the yard, and stood beside Muzan.

"The moon is pretty good today."

I thought I had resolved the embarrassment cleverly, but in fact it made it even more embarrassing.

Wuzan closed his eyes, "What are you doing here?"

“Inspecting the industry.”

"If someone didn't know, they would think you were chasing me on purpose! How many times has this happened?"

“…I don’t know.” I don’t remember.

Muzan slowly stood up and prepared to return to the room.

"Lord Aoki, Lord Muzan, why are you all here?"

Both of them were stunned and turned to look at the place where Teruo Aoki was standing just now.

"Ah! Yoriichi!" Muzan was frightened by Kokushibo's human disguise and quickly ran behind Aoki Teruo, sticking half of his head out.

"I thought I smelled it wrong, but it turns out to be real."

"...Lord Muzan? Why are you..."

Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, removed his disguise, and jumped down.

"..."

The two of them looked at each other in silence. Muzan pretended to be calm, put his hands behind his back, and slowly walked out.

His head was slightly raised, his eyes were staring at him sharply, his voice was cold and sharp.

"Kuroshibo, what are you doing here?!"

"My subordinates are here to fulfill the prayers of the believers."

Kokushibo had stayed in the basin long enough to hone his martial arts alone, so he prepared to go out for a walk and fulfill his duties as a samurai.

He also heard that there was a cult in the industry under [Suying] that needed to do some strange tasks, so he went to try it out when he had nothing to do.

After completing several tasks, he understood more things besides martial arts, and he just took on another task not long ago.

The mission is to investigate the missing persons cases in the area surrounding the dance hall in this city and to kill the murderer if possible.

"What prayer?" Teruo Aoki interrupted curiously.

"Someone is missing in the neighborhood, and the family of the missing person is a member of the church."

After that, both of them understood.

"Why don't we join in too?" Teruo Aoki took Muzan's hand and looked at Kokushibo excitedly.

Although he knew that this was done by an ordinary person, he was still very curious about what kind of person could kill several people without leaving any trace.

Muzan looked at the hand holding his and his ears turned slightly red.

You made the decision for me before I even asked? How could I refuse?!

Of course, Kokushibo would not refuse an order from his superior, "Of course."

So, the original task of one person became three people.

Muzan secretly complained in his heart, why does this scene look so much like the Demon Slayer Corps hunting demons together? ! Who wants to join you guys!!!

The two followed Kokushibo to the place where people went missing. "This is it. I heard that all the missing people disappeared around here."

Aoki Teruo was looking at the singing and dancing house not far away and thinking secretly. The scene of the pipa girl playing the pipa with trembling hands appeared in his mind.

He didn't know why he thought of this incident, but he always had a hunch that the missing people were closely related to the Pipa Girl.

Could it be that because I knew she was a key figure in the plot, I was a little paranoid?

"I heard that the first missing person was the husband of a pipa girl in the dance hall. Let's go ask her." Kokushibo said, pointing to the dance hall in front.

The first missing person, the Pipa girl, the husband, the key figure!

Connecting the dots, Aoki Teruo suddenly had a sense of enlightenment. The Pipa Girl was the murderer? She must be. He believed in his intuition.

So, he interrupted and said, "I think I know who the murderer is, but I still need to confirm it."

Muzan looked at him blankly, while Kokushibo had a look of admiration on his face.

As expected of Lord Aoki, he was able to find the murderer from just a few words.

"Let's wait for the Pipa girl to come out first."

After saying that, he forced the two of them to wait in the dark.

Not long after, the number of people around gradually decreased, the lights on both sides of the street were also turned off, and the Pipa girl finally came out of the dance hall.

Looking at the receding figure of the Pipa Girl, Aoki Teruo hurriedly asked the two to follow, and they arrived at a dark and deserted alley.

Suddenly, Aoki Teruo put his hand on the Biwa girl's shoulder, "Hello, I think we should talk."

The Pipa girl turned around in astonishment and saw the customer who had booked the entire venue for the evening and praised her for her beautiful playing, as well as two people following behind the customer whom she had never seen before.

"Guest...what are you doing?"