Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began When I Became Yoriichi's Sister

The homeless man who had just urinated by the roadside had somehow caught up with her.

"Hey, where did you come from? I've never seen you before..."

The homeless man reached out his hand to her with an unfriendly expression, and it looked like he was about to pat her on the shoulder.

Just as Yu Zi was about to dodge, the homeless man suddenly stopped, paused in his speech, and stared wide-eyed at Yu Zi's chest with his drunken, dazed eyes.

"Hey, miss, are you lost?"

"Why would someone come to a place like this all by themselves?"

The stench of the homeless man, mixed with the foul smell of alcohol, reached Yuko's nose, making her feel dizzy.

"Would you like me to take you home?"

The other person spoke frivolously, even making a gesture as if to hug her, and reaching out with his groping hand.

Yuko lowered her eyelids slightly, turned her body slightly to dodge the homeless man's attack, and then stretched out her right foot.

With a loud thud, the homeless man was tripped and fell to the ground.

The homeless man's drunkenness was relieved by the pain from the fall, and he turned around and angrily rebuked him.

"Hey! You bitch..."

Yu Zi, expressionless, stomped on his face, knocking him to the ground.

On the ground, a suspicious liquid flowed down the road onto his face.

The nauseating smell, along with the excruciating pain of his head being pressed against the ground as if it were about to explode, instantly dispelled his drunkenness.

"Ah!!" the homeless man screamed, cursing viciously, "You damned bitch, I'll definitely..."

Yu Zi gradually increased the pressure on his feet. The homeless man struggled for a moment but found it was useless, so he quickly begged for mercy.

"I was wrong, I was wrong, miss, please be magnanimous."

Yu Zi's foot remained on his face, and she said calmly, without reducing the pressure, "I have a question for you."

The homeless man quickly said, "Please tell me, please tell me!"

"I heard there's been a missing girl around here, did you know?"

"I know, I know!"

"I heard it was done by a man-eating demon?"

The homeless man first begged for mercy, crying out, "Miss, I'm in so much pain!"

Yu Zi pulled her foot back, and the homeless man quickly got up, knelt on the ground, and rubbed his cheeks.

"That's too much trouble."

Yu Zi's cold voice sent a chill down his spine, and he hurriedly replied without even looking up.

"It's not a man-eating demon at all."

"Oh? What exactly happened?" Yu Zi narrowed her eyes. Although her senses were impaired due to the various mixed smells along the way, she had not been able to detect the presence of any evil spirits.

The homeless man dared not hide anything: "I don't know the specifics, I only know that their parents sent them away."

Where does that family live?

Yu Zi frowned slightly. Human trafficking?

In this era, there are indeed those who attribute human trafficking to supernatural forces, in order to deter those involved from pursuing the matter further.

Ikuko had also encountered a similar situation of filing a false report when she was in the Demon Slayer Corps.

Upon arriving at the scene, they discovered that the so-called evil spirits were actually false information spread by evil people to cover up their own actions.

In ancient times, it was very difficult to find people involved in human trafficking because news traveled too slowly.

Moreover, it was the family themselves who did it.

It's obvious that he sent his daughter away for money.

There are countless people in this era who would do such a thing, and even the government turns a blind eye.

There's no point in bringing him back; his parents won't acknowledge him and will only think you're meddling.

"Just turn left up ahead, that's the house with the stone table in front." The homeless man first pointed out a direction to Yuko, then asked hesitantly, "Um... can I go now?"

Yuko was lost in thought when she waved her hand without thinking.

She had no interest in dealing with such indecent behavior.

The homeless man scrambled away for a couple of steps, then suddenly noticed the stones by the roadside.

An idea suddenly popped into his head.

In the end, she's just a woman. He was just out of his mind and got tricked.

The homeless man's hatred deepened as he recalled the image of being trampled underfoot.

You lowly woman!

He picked up a stone from the roadside, quietly approached Yu Zi from behind, licked his lips, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes, and smashed the stone in his hand toward Yu Zi's head.

呲~

In mid-air, a jet-black line of blood shot up.

The homeless man stood there for a moment, then realized that the stone in his hand hadn't hit Yuko on the head, and waved his arm.

呲~

The gushing blood splattered from his arm onto his face, and the belated pain instantly overwhelmed his brain.

"what!!!"

The homeless man's loud screams drew the attention of other homeless people sleeping nearby.

When they realized it was a personal grudge, they quickly lowered their heads and became cowards, pretending they hadn't heard or seen anything.

After all, in a place like this, it wouldn't be surprising to find a corpse at any time.

Nobody paid any attention.

A few drops of blood slowly seeped into the snow-white blade.

That was a sword made of her flesh and blood, so naturally it could devour living beings.

Yuko raised the demon blade and placed it beside the man's neck.

The homeless man then noticed that the other man had two samurai swords tucked into his waistband.

Compared to life and death, the pain in my arm didn't seem so painful.

"Spare me, spare me..."

Yu Ziwei raised her head, and a glint of red light flashed in her eyes hidden in her pocket.

"roll!"

The homeless man was stunned for a moment when he saw the red light. After confirming in his mind that he was not seeing things, his expression immediately became somewhat distraught.

"Ghost!"

The homeless man lost his mind, a stench emanated from him, and he scrambled away into the distance.

Yuko wouldn't mind giving this kind of person a little punishment.

As for whether the other party, with his wealth, could survive after losing an arm, that was no longer important from the moment he picked up the stone.

Because of the other party's shouting, more and more people started paying attention to this place.

Although it's most likely not the work of evil spirits... but since we're already here, let's go check it out.

Yuko sighed inwardly, sheathed her demon blade, and headed in the direction the homeless man had pointed.

There is a stone table in front of the house.

Yu Zi turned the corner and saw it. There were still candles flickering inside, and noisy sounds coming from inside, like an argument.

Her eyes flickered slightly as she leaned to the side and listened slyly.

There appeared to be a man and a woman inside the room.

"How could you send Kyoko away without my permission, you bastard!" a grief-stricken female voice rang out.

"I'm doing this for Kyoko's own good, what do you know?!"

Upon hearing this, Yuko lowered her eyelids slightly. So it really was human trafficking?

I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do about it.

Yuko turned around and was about to leave.

"That sect is nothing but a bunch of swindlers! You're just pushing Kyoko into a fire pit!"

Yuko paused and stopped.