Demon Slayer: Upper 0 seems to be a waste

If the appearance of Ji Nu and Cola surprised Lin Guang, then seeing the mouse-like Hantengou, that surprise and astonishment were completely replaced by curiosity. He stretched out his hand, and the moment his collar was grabbed, Hantengou screamed in surprise.

"what!"

The high-pitched and piercing scream undoubtedly attracted the two people beside the pile of corpses in an instant. One pair of eyes was sharp and the other was playful. The gazes of the two pairs of eyes were too obvious, forcing Lin Guang to temporarily divert his attention and look over.

"Ah, it turns out there's a little kid hiding here."

Coke put one hand on his waist and held a fan in the other, which he restlessly weighed on his shoulder. He squinted his eyes lazily and looked at him with an undisguised smile on his face. The rising ending tone and loud intonation of his voice, every word he uttered expressed the other person's happy mood.

"Although I'd love to introduce myself....but maybe I can give it some time to think about it?"

Lin Guang's gaze shifted to the shadow approaching not far away. Kele followed his gaze, but then looked away after only a glance. The hand that was at his waist was freed and pointed at him.

"Please keep an eye on him for us—otherwise I'll break your arms and legs and tear off your head and send you out to bask in the sun—"

It was a threat, no doubt about it. Even though the tone was ridiculously cheerful, it was still a threat.

"I will."

Lin Guang quickly agreed, and before being noticed by the new ghost hunters, he was watched by two pairs of eyes, holding Hantengou in his palm and disappeared into the darkness.

"You really want to kill me now! You just ran away! And left me to those ghost hunters!"

It was clearly a time when they should have quietly hidden themselves away, but the rat-sized old man was still muttering incessantly in his palms. Lin Guang leaned against the tree trunk, responding to every word with great patience.

"No, it's just that I'm weak. If the ghost hunters find me, I'll be a burden. So I hid immediately to avoid causing you any trouble. And the ghost hunters couldn't kill you, right? After all, you're an Upper Four. I don't even have the number of Lower Ones in my eyes..."

Of course, Hantengou would not believe his explanation, and Lin Guang did not expect such a stubborn old man to change his mind easily. He just used his free hand to support his chin and watch the battle in the distance. Under the flash of swords was the failure of mankind.

Most of the time, there is no suspense in the battle between ghosts and humans.

Humans are too fragile. Their bones can be easily broken and their flesh can be easily cut. All injuries cannot be recovered in a short time. Even if the injuries are not fatal, they will die from bleeding or infection if left untreated. There are too many options for death and too many paths to death, so many that it is difficult to find a way for them to survive in front of ghosts.

"I thought they were the real Upper Four, but you're here... So is this your blood demon art? If their heads are chopped off, will you die? Or will they die if your head is chopped off?"

Lingguang tilted his head and poked Hantengou's little horn, asking curiously.

"! Do you want me to die?! I knew you had bad intentions! I'm just a helpless and fragile old man, but you, a bad boy, have been thinking about killing me!"

Hantengu has his own logic. Basically, the whole world wants him dead. That whole world, of course, includes Rinko. Even though Rinko is clearly and universally acknowledged to be weak, Hantengu still firmly believes it's all just a facade (Akaza would be practically keeling over at that, Rinko is sure of it).

So, it was expected that the inquiry would yield no results. Lin Guang let Hantengou chatter in his hand, and just kept his promise and held him in his arms, promising that he would hide with him.

Although he had only hidden himself before, Hantengou was good at hiding, so even if he brought the other person with him, he should not be noticed by others.

No conclusion has been reached here, but there have been results over there.

Coke staggered while holding a human arm, then kicked the head at his feet away, and angrily threw away the human blood on the staff. When the eyes swept over, they met Lin Guang's.

"I thought I was hiding pretty well... How frustrating. I'm pretty good at hide-and-seek."

Lingguang protected Hantengou in front of him, jumped down from the tree lightly, landed on the ground silently, and took three or two steps over the bushes and landed on the messy battlefield.

"He's totally fine."

When the angry eyes swept over, Lingguang withdrew his palm and showed the other party the little old man sitting in his palm.

"Well done, little one."

His arms were thrown somewhere unknown, and his large hands came down and slapped his head, each blow making a cracking sound on Lin Guang's fragile neck.

"Rinko."

"Ok?"

Cola tilted his head and raised an eyebrow at him.

"My name is Rinko."

Lin Guang took advantage of his curiosity to raise his head and finally got a close look at the two of them. One of them had a frown on his face, while the other had a smile on his lips, just like their names.

One is unhappy. And one is very happy.

"It doesn't matter what you call me. You just look this small. It's okay to be a little kid. You need to eat more to grow taller."

If he was simply in a good mood just now, then Coke, who was joking with him now, looked like he was really amused.

"You are still somewhat useful."

Everything is always relative, some people are happy, some people are not. This sentence mainly refers to Ji Nu, those eyes looked completely angry when they stared at him, and Lin Guang seemed to not understand why Hantengou thought he would hurt him, and also did not understand why Ji Nu was angry with him.

"If that's a compliment, I'm honored."

Lin Guang responded in this way.

"Don't be so harsh on the little kid. He's only this young. He's already doing his best to achieve this."

This is to comfort him, this is to comfort him, Lin Guang thought to himself when his ribs were broken by that hand.

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"So what's your relationship? A family of three? Are those two your sons?"

There was a brief moment of silence, so quiet that Rinkou could even hear the ghost's heartbeat.

"What are you talking about!"

"Even though he's just a kid, this is so funny—"

"You! What nonsense are you talking about!"

Three different voices, coming from three different people, all expressed the same surprise at Lin Guang's bold guess.

"Ah, because you two look a lot alike. The horns, the head, the features, the hair, they're all alike, and Hantengou looks noticeably older."

Lin Guang reached out and touched the corner of the cola, then pointed at the angry head, and finally pointed at the small Hantengou.

"Ah, I haven't been this happy in a long time. You're so bold, little one. We're not 'father and son', we're 'doppelgangers'."

Cola also reached out and tapped Rinko's head, but the force was completely different. Even a light touch was enough to make Rinko's head sway.

"I really don't know what's in that head of yours. Did you throw away your head when you became a ghost?"

The iron rings of the staff collided with each other, making a crisp vibration sound. Lingguang had no doubt that if he continued to speak a few more words in the wrong direction, the iron staff would pierce his neck and silence him.

"So. Not father and son. It's me. Essentially, one person?"

"Cool, it seems the little kid's head hasn't been completely thrown away yet."

Unlike Ji Nu and Hantengou's resistance to him, Cola showed more tolerance and closeness, a bit like Douma and a bit like Akaza, but actually different from them.

But to be honest, Coke was a bit too enthusiastic.

The action of grabbing the shoulders twisted his neck and broke his arm. While trying to restore his arm to its normal position, he used his unbroken hand to straighten his head.

"It's something to celebrate, right?"

But if I had to choose, compared to Ji Nu or Hanten Gou, I think Coke is more popular.