Naruto's Journey to Training

southwest

In a village next to the town.

In a simple house, on a slightly shabby bed, two almost identical girls were lying.

The two girls, one has long hair and the other short hair. The girl with long hair has a more mature and graceful figure, while the girl with short hair is a little petite. She is curled up in the arms of the girl with long hair. The two of them are hugging each other and falling into deep sleep.

The long-haired girl is none other than the current Demon Slayer Corps, Kanae Kocho.

As for the short-haired girl, she is her younger sister and the future Insect Pillar, Shinobu Kocho.

Just when the only sounds in the room were two long breaths, a thudding sound suddenly occurred in the room.

Kanae slowly opened her eyes and sat up from her deep sleep. However, her movement also woke up Shinobu Kocho who was curled up in her arms.

The two women looked towards the window almost at the same time.

Kanae gently touched her sister's soft hair, stood up and walked to the window, quickly opened the window, and saw a black crow standing in front of her.

Without waiting for Kanae to ask any questions, Crow spoke out the instructions in human language.

"In a small town 20 miles southwest of you, an upper-rank demon has appeared and is fighting with others. The lord orders you to investigate the situation. Do not fight rashly. Protect yourself first."

After hearing the instructions from the crow, Kanae and Kocho Shinobu both showed different expressions.

There was shock in Kanae's eyes. She didn't expect that someone would fight the Upper Moon Demon alone, while there was an indelible worry in Shinobu Kocho's eyes.

After all, she knew how dangerous the Upper Moon Demons were. She let her sister go alone in such a dangerous situation. If she was not careful, she would never see her sister again.

That is an upper-rank demon, a being that no Demon Slayer Corps has been able to kill in hundreds of years. However, no one knows how many pillars of the Demon Slayer Corps have died at their hands.

After the crow flew away, Shinobu Kocho spoke without hesitation.

"Sister! I'll go with you!"

However, Kanae shook her head without even thinking about it.

"No, you stay here and wait for me. I'm only going to gather intelligence and won't participate in the battle of the Upper Ranks!"

After saying that, Kanae walked quickly forward and gently touched her sister's head, as if to soothe her anxiety.

"Sister, you must promise me that you will never participate in the battle!"

Shinobu Kocho stood up almost eagerly and shouted at Kanae who was about to turn around and leave.

Kanae turned around and smiled gently at her sister, telling her not to worry.

Then it quickly disappeared into the night.

Shinobu Kocho watched her sister leave, and her feeling more and more uneasy. She paced back and forth in the room. She really hoped that she could see her sister's familiar figure as soon as she turned around.

Kanae kept moving forward, almost at the fastest speed. She was afraid that if she arrived too late, the person who fought against the Upper Moon might have died. With her there, maybe the two of them could work together to have a chance of escaping.

As for telling Shinobu Kocho that she would not participate in the battle, those were purely words to comfort her sister. She is the pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps. If even she is full of fear of the Upper Moon Demons and dares not fight, then how can the Demon Slayer Corps kill demons in the future? She might as well go home and take care of her children and raise pigs.

But she would not rush over rashly. It would be better to see the situation clearly before making plans.

The sound of "Boom boom boom!" continued to ring out on the edge of the town.

Countless ordinary residents who heard the sound of fierce fighting were trembling and hiding in their homes. They didn’t know what was happening, and they just prayed that such sounds would be as far away from them as possible.

When Kanae arrived not far from the location.

Taking advantage of the moonlight, she saw large patches of gray fog rising in the town.

Suddenly, a fiery red figure fell out from the gray fog, and before he could steady himself, a flash of a knife passed by.

The fiery red figure was split into two halves, and when the fiery red figure fell to the ground, the body squirmed and quickly returned to its original shape.

However, just as the fiery red figure turned around, there was another flash of knife light, and an arm flew high into the air.

The silver-white knife light never stopped, and the red-haired figure on the ground had almost no ability to fight back and could only resist passively.

This scene was reflected in Kanae's eyes, and she was indescribably shocked. What did she see? One of the upper-rank evil spirits was being beaten.

And the other party... At this moment Kanae was suddenly stuck, because she found that the figure flashing back and forth, she did not feel the existence of the other party's breathing method at all.

If her perception was correct, the other party relied entirely on pure flesh.

Kanae's pupils continued to dilate and her mouth opened slightly.

"How is this possible, unless the other party is also a ghost!"

But she quickly shook her head, because she was sure that the other person was a human, even though she couldn't see the figure clearly now.

But that fleeting breath, that kind of vitality of a young girl, could never be a ghost.

Kanae cautiously began to approach the battlefield.

At this time, Akaza had been completely beaten by Shinkomo and had lost his temper.

Originally, he wanted to wait for the woman opposite him to feel the flaws of human beings.

In other words, wait until she is exhausted, and then use facts to sell her the advantages of being a ghost and the disadvantages that humans cannot avoid.

But after fighting for such a long time, he did not see any signs of exhaustion in the woman. Not only that, the woman's swordsmanship seemed to be improving, and the sword techniques she used were becoming more and more concise and efficient.

At first he still had time to talk to the woman, but now he found that he could no longer predict where the woman would attack him.

He could only use all his energy on the battle. His eyes moved rapidly and he observed his surroundings. Akaza's nerves were almost stretched to the limit.

The next moment, a chill appeared on his neck, and Akaza almost subconsciously covered his neck with both hands.

However, the imagined attack did not come. Instead, a thin blood mark appeared on his eye and his body began to tilt.

Akaza was quick to act and immediately supported himself by the broken wall next to him, straightened his body, and waited for his wound to heal quickly.

However, there was another flash of knife light, and his head began to tilt. At this moment, Akaza lost all the pleasure of fighting with a strong man.

Some are just frustrated, yes, frustrated! Now he is either holding his neck or his body, and he can't fight back at all.

He was almost fed up with this kind of fighting style where he could only take a beating but not fight back. The kind of fight he wanted was a fight where he met his worthy opponent and had a good time, not a fight where he couldn't even see anyone's shadow.

At this time, Kanae, who was getting closer and closer to the battle position, finally understood what was going on.

The swordsmanship used by the blurry girl was the purest swordsmanship, and her sword was also an ordinary sword, not a Nichirin sword.

So even though the upper-rank demon in the middle has been completely suppressed, he is still able to maneuver around.

But it was precisely these things that made Kanae feel frightened. She didn't know what kind of swordsmanship it was, or how the girl could do this.

He can actually defeat the top three upper-rank evil spirits.

You know, the closer she got to the battlefield, the more she could feel how terrifying the evil ghost's full-strength momentum was among the swords and shadows. She was so terrified that she had no confidence that she could defeat her.

But even such a ghost was extremely funny at the moment, yes, funny. He was either holding his head or his waist, not to mention fighting back. It felt like his body would be torn into pieces as soon as he let go.

"You can't kill me! I will wait until you are exhausted, until you have no more strength left, and then I will make you beg me to turn you into a ghost!"

Akaza, who had been feeling depressed for a long time, finally couldn't help but vent loudly.

However, what greeted him was still the sword flashing without hesitation, which made him shut up instantly.