Demon Slayer: Upper 0 seems to be a waste

"It was given to me by a friend."

Lin Guang tilted his head in confusion and showed the small pot in his hand to Urokodaki.

Urokodaki hesitantly accepted the pot. At first glance, it looked like a simple decorative item, but they witnessed a wrapped sachet fall out of the pot. Urokodaki finally discovered the source of Rinkou's demonic aura.

It's that pot.

The small pot exudes the scent of a ghost, faint and vague, but real. It must be the product of blood vampire magic.

"What friend?"

Urokodaki asked quietly, trying to get more information about the ghost from Rinko. He rolled the small pot twice in his palm and tapped it twice, imitating Rinko's example, but the pot didn't respond at all. He tried tilting the pot again, but the small pot was just a small decoration in his hand, with no reaction and no result.

"A friend who is a little bit different, very unique, likes to make this kind of art. He said that as long as I carry this pot with me, he can find me, and he also said that if I am in danger, he will come to help."

There was no trace of lies on the boy's face, and he wasn't even nervous. He was obviously happy when he talked about his friend, with a smile on his face.

It seems like a ghost that is very good at hiding. After all, Rinko is still young, so it is not surprising if he can't recognize the ghost...

But he had clearly said before that he had encountered someone from the Purgatory family. The Purgatory family has been ghost hunters for generations, so they shouldn't be able to detect the presence of a ghost on the other person...

No, it’s hard to say. The smell on Lin Guang’s body is very faint. The ghost didn’t always follow him. Maybe they just met once and then left the pot behind.

Or was he targeted after that? Even after that, Rinkou was clearly wearing a wisteria sachet, so why was he still attracting ghosts? Could it be someone with a special physique? But carrying wisteria flowers around should have some effect. So, could it be that he had contact with Rinkou long before, and that's why he asked her to remove the sachet, perhaps demanding she discard it immediately, but she secretly left it behind as a disguise...

Rinko looked at Urokodaki, but the other party seemed to be completely immersed in his own world of thought. He didn't say a word as his head tilted back and forth, but just looked at the pot silently.

"A normal pot wouldn't be able to hold that thing...Rinkou."

Makomo subtly reminded Rinkou, trying to make him realize why Urokodaki was lost in thought.

Lin Guang realized it, but did not realize that it was dangerous. Instead, he happily introduced to the other party how magical the pot was. Although it was a small one, it could hold a lot of things. He put a lot of things in it along the way. But Zhengu's expression did not improve after hearing these words. Instead, he looked a little more troubled. His beautiful eyebrows were twisted together, and the expression on his face was a little embarrassed.

"Rinkou. The teacher said you smell like a demon... and that pot is not something a human could make."

Shinkomo gently pointed out the truth, and Rinko let out an "ah," then belatedly realized where the problem lay.

"Ah. So it's something made by a ghost..."

Zhengu nodded firmly as he looked at someone who had suddenly realized something.

“But it’s really useful.”

She hid her face again at Rinkou's affirmative tone.

"That's not the point, Rinko. That's something a ghost made. If you keep it with you, the ghost can easily find your location, which is very dangerous."

"But the ghost didn't hurt me."

Rinkou blinked, and Urokodaki observed silently. The scent coming from the boy showed no sign of deception. This meant that Rinkou had really seen the ghost and really accepted the gift, and the ghost had really never hurt the boy...

How could that be? This must be a mark. Without a doubt, the ghost could use it to find Rinko's location. Otherwise, the scent of the ghost wouldn't linger on this pot...

In comparison, Urokodaki would rather believe that it was not that the ghost had never hurt him, but that Rinkou's understanding of harm was wrong, or that the ghost was still waiting for the opportunity. Different ghosts have different preferences. Maybe this ghost is just planning to wait for Rinkou to grow up a little bit, and then eat the child when he likes the most.

"Anyway, this thing is dangerous. Especially for you."

Urokodaki gently stroked Rinkou's head. He could already imagine the first half of the life this poor child had experienced. He was born into a wealthy family, but in the end his family was broken up and he was left on the streets with no one to look after him. All he had was a "father" whom he firmly believed in. He was even willing to believe the lies of the evil spirit and cherish the malicious gift given by the evil spirit.

Rinko had no idea what Urokotaki was thinking, nor did he understand why he suddenly became relaxed from being on guard. He simply judged from his words and actions that he probably wasn't going to return the pot to him. Rinko looked at the other person's hand holding the pot, and spoke with some embarrassment.

"But there's something very important in there."

Urokodaki's hand stroked her short hair. His rough palm had a gentleness that was inconsistent with her appearance. The warmth from his palm made Rinkou's tone even lighter.

"Rinko. That's a ghost's thing. Ghosts are too dangerous for you right now."

Zhen Gu also tried to persuade her softly.

"Well, could you at least keep it instead of destroying it? I think maybe that ghost really doesn't mean me any harm."

Rinkou raised his head, his eyes filled with sincere pleading. Urokodaki could only sigh silently when he saw that face.

"I will keep it for you temporarily until you are strong enough to protect yourself, and then I will return the pot to you."

"The ability to protect yourself?"

This sounded different from the future that Rinkou had envisioned, and Urokodaki nodded at him.

"Perhaps you are certain that the ghost won't harm you, but when facing a predator, only when you are strong enough to defeat it can you say that you trust it won't attack you. Otherwise, this ignorant trust will not only kill you, but also those around you, Rinkou."

The boy raised his head and looked at him for a long time, then looked down at Zhengu who was still worried about him, and finally nodded.

"it is good."

"Then from today on, you will stay here. I will start to provide you with guidance just like I trained Zhengumo. You must at least learn to protect yourself."

Although it was different from the cohabitation life that Rinkou had originally envisioned, the good news was that they did live together?

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Behind the Scenes Theater

Yu Hu: You, boy, just gave the thing I gave you to a human being like that!!!

Rinko: He's worried about me too...

But in fact, I was secretly happy for a long time that the jade pot was said to be different and also praised as very unique.

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【tips：

Why didn't Master Urokodaki doubt Rinkou?

Firstly, Lin Guang's own characteristics are very good at hiding, and disguising himself as a human is no problem for him. From his appearance and aura, there are no flaws at all.

As for the smell, Tanjiro has a saying that the more people a demon eats, the more fishy he will smell, and the more powerful the demon is, the more obvious his smell will be. As for Rinko, he doesn't like to eat, and he doesn't eat much.

For example, Tamayo used to eat humans, but later ate less and mostly drank blood, so when Tanjiro smelled it, the smell would be different. Rinkou had been eating very little for hundreds of years, and then he overate (drank too much) and filled his stomach with his child so full that he didn't feel hungry for a long time, and therefore didn't eat for a long time. He didn't have any demon smell on him (Doma and Soraki thought Rinkou was delicious because the demon smell on him was very light, and because he would eat human food, his body smell was closer to that of a human, like a bug). So when Sakonji saw him, the first thing he smelled was actually the human smell, followed by the demon smell.

Moreover, Rinko has the blood demon art of Yuhu. Rinko's characteristic is to hide in the forest. His presence, which was not strong to begin with, is even less obvious with such a conspicuous bag as Yuhu (not).

Besides, demons of Rinkou's age are rare to find. Those of this age don't look like this, and those with this appearance don't have such a gentle and slow personality. It's a bit of an information gap, really. Just like when Tanjiro met Muzan, he was stunned to find the demon king living in disguise as a human. Even those who have been killing demons for years wouldn't have thought that a demon with the mark of an upper-rank demon in his eyes would wander around like an orphan.