Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

Oishi Yoshinobu slowly walked out of a two-story attic, his Nichirin Blade tightly gripping his hand, and came to the street in front of the attic.

He wondered to himself, what was going on? Why was this town completely deserted?

Suddenly, Yoshinobu Oishi realized that the streets he was on were different from the ones he had just come from.

Oishi Yoshinobu said with a serious expression, "It seems I'm being targeted by a ghost."

Just then, a little girl with a panicked expression ran out from a corner of the street, as if something was chasing her. Upon seeing Yoshinobu Oishi, she ran towards him as if she had seen hope.

Yoshinobu Oishi looked at the panicked little girl and noticed a demon chasing after her from behind.

Without a second thought, Yoshinobu Oishi sprang into action, rushing towards the little girl. Just as he was about to reach her, he suddenly realized something was amiss. He immediately unleashed his fastest movement technique, Water Breathing Third Form – Ryu Ryu Mai.

Oishi Yoshinobu quickly dodged. But he was already too close; the little girl and the demon transformed into countless flying leaves and attacked him rapidly.

While quickly dodging the attack, Oishi Yoshinobu also swiftly slashed at the attacks he couldn't avoid with his Nichirin Blade.

—Crackling sound

The sounds of Nichirin Blades slashing and chopping filled the air, and after the attack, Oishi Yoshinobu was injured in multiple places.

A moment later, another figure ran out from the corner of the street, begging Yoshinobu Oishi for help.

However, Yoshinobu Oishi did not fall for the trick again. Seeing that Yoshinobu Oishi was no longer fooled, the figure instantly transformed into flying leaves and attacked Yoshinobu Oishi once more.

This time, Yoshinobu Oishi was prepared and was not injured again. However, countless flying leaves were emerging from the corners of the street, attacking Yoshinobu Oishi.

Oishi Yoshinobu took a deep breath with a solemn expression, and immediately used the full-body water breathing technique with a determined look in his eyes.

"—The Third Form of Flowing Dance"

"—Type 9 Water Flow Spray - Chaos"

Oishi Yoshinobu quickly used Water Breathing, employing the fastest movement technique to dodge the flying leaf attack.

What follows is Yoshinobu Oishi's long battle against the evil spirits lurking in the shadows.

Oishi Ryōshin thought to himself, "This is bad. This evil spirit is draining my strength. I can't let this continue. I have to find a way to locate the evil spirit."

……

Meanwhile, Li Lei and his two underlings encountered the legendary "ghost wall," but this ghost wall works on humans and non-flying animals, but it doesn't work on Li Lei, who is a ghost, and Xiao Wu, who can fly!

Little Wu, perched on Li Lei's shoulder, cautiously surveyed the surroundings: "Master, how many times have we been trapped in this ghost wall? It's never going to end!"

Xiao Hei walked calmly beside Li Lei, paying no attention to the changes around him.

When Xiao Wu asked him a question, Li Lei calmly looked ahead and said, "Just consider it a free haunted house experience."

"Little Wu, you can fly. Go find Oishi Yoshinobu, who came in first! Once you find him, use the parasitic flesh and blood inside your body to notify me."

"Yes, Master! Mission accomplished!"

Li Lei suddenly gave orders to Xiao Wu because the parasitic tree that was traveling underground had discovered an underground cave in the center of his town.

The cave was filled with townspeople bewitched by the demon's blood demon magic. Their heads were all wrapped in leaves formed by the demon's blood demon magic, putting them into a state of suspended animation.

Li Lei stood still, waiting for Xiao Wu to find the message from Daishi Liangxin.

Little Black, sitting to the side, did nothing. "Boss, have you forgotten about me?" ┐(′(エ)｀)┌

At this moment, Li Lei suddenly looked to his right and muttered to himself.

"coming!"

"Xiao Hei, you stay here and wait. I'm leaving now."

As soon as Li Lei finished speaking, he activated the Blood Demon Technique he controlled—Weight Stacking—and stacked his own weight onto the earth.

Then, with a powerful leap, Li Lei took off from the spot, and after a few jumps, he was nowhere to be seen.

Xiao Hei: "..."

Little Black slowly squatted down on the ground and drew circles on it with its paws (( T_T)＼〇

On the other side, Xiao Wu stood in the black corner, watching Oishi Yoshinobu, who was locked in a fierce battle with a large pile of flying leaves.

Clearly, the live broadcast had already been sent to Li Lei, while Xiao Wu remained motionless in the corner, acting as a nobody.

Suddenly, a figure descended from the sky, landing right in the center of the battlefield, causing Oishi Yoshinobu and the leaves fluttering in the air to stop fighting. The newcomer was Li Lei, who had fallen from the sky after jumping too high.

Li Lei stood up, dusted himself off, and smiled at Oishi Yoshinobu beside him.

"Liangxin-kun, are you alright?"

"Do I look alright? No, how did you get into this town? Don't you know it's dangerous here?"

"you……"

Oishi Yoshinobu, who had nearly a hundred wounds all over his body, was about to continue speaking when he sensed the unique aura of a demon emanating from Li Lei, and his heart sank.

Li Lei, seeing that Oishi Yoshinobu had stopped talking, smiled and said to him, "Yoshinobu-kun, did you figure it out?"

"That's right, I'm a demon! And a pretty strong one at that."

Oishi Yoshinobu stared at Li Lei with a dark expression. He couldn't understand how Li Lei could be a ghost, even though he had carefully observed him in the car.

Oishi Yoshinobu angrily pointed his Nichirin Blade at Li Lei, demanding, "Did you do the work on the missing villagers in the town, Tanaka Naoki?"

"Don't wrong a good ghost, Mr. Liangxin! The disappearances of the townspeople were the work of other evil spirits, and have absolutely nothing to do with me!"

"Oh my, oh my, where did this adorable little white-haired boy come from?! I thought you were a person just now! I was thinking it would be a shame to eat such a cute little boy."

At this moment, the wall beside them turned into flying leaves and scattered, and out walked a woman (ghost) with a good figure and a beautiful face. Most importantly, the words "Lower Moon Sixth Rank" were imprinted on her left eye. The newcomer was none other than Chiba Genhime, the Lower Moon Sixth Rank.

As Yoshinobu Oishi watched the Lower Moon Sixth of the Twelve Demon Moons emerge from the shadows, the pressure on him increased dramatically, and he unconsciously tightened his grip on the Nichirin Blade in his hand.

Oishi Yoshinobu thought to himself, "It seems I'm not going home today!"

Li Lei's eyes lit up as he looked at the female ghost who emerged from the darkness. He involuntarily took two steps forward and said to her, "Sister, you are so beautiful! Like a flower. The moment I saw you, I wanted to be with you."

"Little brother has such a sweet tongue, it's like it's been coated with honey."

"I mean it! The moment I saw my sister, I knew we would be together in the future."

"If you want to be with your sister so much, little brother, why don't you capture the demon hunter across from you and give him to your sister?"

"Really! If I bring him to my sister, will she stay with me?!"

"Really!" the female ghost smiled, her delicate face beaming.

Li Lei looked at Oishi Ryōshin with her big, watery eyes. "Ryōshin-san, could you...?"

Yoshinobu Oishi: "Dream on! You evil spirit."

"Alas!" Li Lei sighed, "I'm sorry to offend Lord Liangxin!"

"Silk Thread Blood Demon Technique - Heavenly Net!" Instantly, several large white nets flew out of Li Lei's hand, rapidly heading towards Oishi Yoshinobu.

As Yoshinobu Oishi watched the several large nets flying towards him, he quickly dodged them using Water Breathing. Those he couldn't dodge, he slashed at with his sword.

Li Lei looked at Oishi Yoshinobu, who had severed his large net, and then sent out several more large nets at him.

As Oishi Yoshinobu watched Li Lei use his Blood Demon Technique on him again, he thought to himself, "I can't keep wasting my energy like this. I need to finish this quickly."

"The Breath of Water: A Form of Life and Change"

Oishi Yoshinobu's figure spun and tumbled like flowing water as he charged towards Li Lei. With each spin and tumble, the power of his Nichirin Blade's strikes grew stronger.

Upon seeing this scene, Li Lei immediately turned around and ran quickly towards the Lower Horizon.

She ran while shouting in a panic, "Sister, help me!"

Soon Li Lei ran up behind Lower Moon Six, and Oishi Yoshinobu's Nichirin Blade followed closely behind, slashing down at Lower Moon Six.

Lower Moon Sixth Rank Chiba Genki instantly unleashed her Blood Demon Art—Thousand Leaf Flying Flowers. Instantly, countless phantom leaves rapidly formed in the air, rushing towards Oishi Yoshinobu like a long dragon.

Faced with this barrage of phantom leaves, Yoshinobu Oishi quickly unleashed "Water Call Level 3 - Flowing Dance".

Oishi Yoshinobu's figure moved swiftly like flowing water, dodging the phantom leaf attacks while continuously slashing with his Nichirin Blade.

Finally, Yoshiki Oishi used Water Breathing to dodge his Blood Demon Art - Thousand Leaf Blossoms.

However, Yoshinobu Oishi himself also had more than a dozen wounds.

Li Lei peeked out from behind Chiba Genki and, seeing Oishi Yoshinobu injured again, happily said to Chiba Genki:

"Sister is truly amazing, as expected of Lower Moon Six!"

"Little brother, you're so good at talking! You've made me so happy."