Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

"I'm tired. Xiao Ren usually has a pretty good temper, but she gets angry easily when someone approaches me with ill intentions."

"She didn't know why what happened just now, which is why she mistook you for a bad person who approached me. I apologize to you on her behalf. Please don't be angry with her; she's actually a very nice person."

Kanae spoke to Li Lei in a gentle tone and with a smile.

Seeing Kanae's ever-warm smile, Li Lei's already good mood improved even more.

"With a gentle and kind older sister like you, Shinobu Kocho must be living a very good life."

"And she wasn't jealous of you at all, which shows that you sisters have a very good relationship."

Li Lei couldn't help but admire the familial bond between Kanae and Shinobu Kocho.

"Of course, do you need to tell me about my relationship with my sister? You liar."

Shinobu Kocho suddenly looked up and said confidently.

"Xiao Ren, don't say that. Lei isn't a liar. If you keep saying that, I'll get angry!"

"You're tired. Xiao Ren is often like this, don't take it to heart."

After giving Shinobu a serious lecture, Kanae immediately apologized sincerely to Li Lei.

"Haha, Kanae, your sister's personality is like a kitten, she's protecting you like a toy."

Looking at Shinobu Kocho, who had lowered her head after being told off by Kanae, Li Lei teased from the side.

"Don't tease Shinobu anymore, or she'll get angry again."

Kanae said helplessly, "It seems that she was tired after delivering the medicine and then spent the whole time teasing her younger sister Shinobu."

"Haha, there's nothing I can do about it. Shinobu is just as cute and fun as a kitten, especially the kind of kitten that guards its food. It gets all pricked up when I tease it. I love that the most."

Li Lei smiled and said, then deliberately rubbed his hands together like a fly.

"Sister, look at him. He's bullying me from behind again. If you ask me, he's a bad guy, a liar, a piece of scum, and a worm. He must have ulterior motives for getting close to you. Sister, don't be friends with him anymore."

Shinobu Kocho angrily advised her older sister Kanae, saying that tonight it's either her or him, and one of them has to leave.

"And you brat, don't you dare call me Xiao Ren. Only older sisters can call me Xiao Ren. If you call me that again, I'll never forgive you."

"Yes, Shinobu, I understand, Shinobu." Li Lei nodded earnestly in reply.

"you……!"

"You bastard, I'll beat you to death."

(╬??Pan??)

"Sister, let me go! Let me kill him! He's so infuriating! If I don't kill him today, I'm not Shinobu Kocho!"

Shinobu Kocho, who was being held tightly by Kanae, bared her teeth and claws at Li Lei, swearing and almost ready to attack.

"Shinobu, calm down. As a girl, you can't be so rude," Kanae said, pulling Shinobu aside to persuade her. "I'm tired. If you keep teasing Shinobu like this, I won't consider you my friend anymore."

"No, no, I won't," Li Lei quickly replied. After all, if he continued down this path, he would offend the two sisters.

Finally, thanks to Kanae's tireless efforts, Shinobu Kocho gradually calmed down.

"Sister, look at him. He's a big bad guy, a giant human-shaped bug. He's obviously not a good person."

"Let's hurry home. Seeing him here makes me sad, and besides, Mom and Dad are getting impatient waiting at home."

After calming down, Shinobu Kocho said to her older sister, Kanae.

"Okay, Shinobu," Kanae replied to Shinobu.

"I'm tired. It's almost midnight now. If you can't find a place to stay, why don't you come to my house and rest for the night?"

"This is a good opportunity to have your father examine you, to see what illness you have, and whether it is curable."

Kanae spoke to Li Lei with concern, while Shinobu Kocho, standing beside her, looked displeased upon hearing her sister's words.

Faced with Kanae's invitation, Li Lei smiled and shook his head, indicating his refusal.

"Kanae, it's late at night, and I should go home too. I won't go to your place. It was nice meeting you and Shinobu."

Li Lei smiled and said to Kanae and Shinobu. After all, he was a demon and couldn't be exposed to sunlight. Going to a family of doctors like Kanae's would easily lead to them discovering he wasn't human.

Upon hearing that Li Lei wasn't going to her house, Shinobu Kocho immediately smiled, indicating that she had heard good news.

"Is that so? Then you must come to my house sometime. There might be a cure for your illness."

"By the way, my home is in the courtyard with butterfly patterns on the gate on the east side of the town," Kanae said with a smile, providing Li Lei with her address.

"Hmm—I understand, Kanae."

Li Lei nodded in reply.

"Oh right, Kanae, wait a minute, there's something I almost forgot. Here, take this."

Remembering something, Li Lei took out a handwritten booklet from his pocket and handed it to Kanae, telling her to keep it safe.

"This is?"

Kanae looked at the booklet with the title "Water Breathing Technique" on the cover that Li Lei had placed in her hand, and looked puzzled.

"This is a breathing technique that can strengthen your body. Keep it safe and practice it whenever you have time. It will be good for your future."

Li Lei smiled and said to Kanae, then glanced at Shinobu Kocho and chuckled, "By the way, you can learn Shinobu too!"

"This stuff of yours looks like it was written recently. It doesn't look like a breathing method for health preservation at all. I bet you just copied it from some book."

"I'm not going to learn that," Shinobu Kocho said disdainfully to Riku.

Li Lei smiled silently, gave Shinobu Kocho a meaningful look, and then glanced at Kanae Kocho before leaping onto the roof. He then disappeared after a few more leaps towards distant houses.

Seeing Li Lei disappear in a few leaps, Shinobu Kocho's mouth dropped open in astonishment.

"Sister, sister, he... he can't be a legendary ninja, can he?!"

Kanae, who had just come to her senses, pondered for a moment and replied when she heard her younger sister Shinobu's question.

"Probably so."

Hearing the reply she wanted, Shinobu's eyes lit up as she looked at the small notebook in Kanae's hand. (???)

"If I learn from him, will I be able to scale walls and leap across rooftops like him? I really want to learn right away!"

Kanae: "→_→"

"You just said you weren't going to learn! Now you've changed your mind."