Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

"Another day of fruitless inquiries. After a busy day, we still haven't found any information about the person our lord is looking for."

The two Class C Demon Slayers looked dejected. Their master had given them far too little information about finding the missing person, thanks to the fact that their captain, the Stone Pillar, had provided them with so little information.

Aside from the portrait of the person they were looking for, there was no other information about him. The dozen or so swordsmen of around rank C who received the mission with them were all puzzled.

Since there are already portraits, why is there no other information? There was also a very stern warning that if any information about the person in the portrait is discovered, no action should be taken and it should be reported immediately.

The mission was strange in every way, and they even assigned two Pillars as captains to their team, which made the two of them wonder if the person they were asked to find was an Upper Moon demon from the Twelve Demon Moons.

"Hello—hey everyone, what are you looking for? Can you help me out?"

Li Lei, who had silently appeared behind them, patted the two Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen on the shoulders and suddenly asked a question.

"Ah—ghost!"

Li Lei's actions startled the two men instantly. In a panic, they immediately vanished from Li Lei's location and turned around to see who it was.

They were shocked when they saw it – it was the very person they were looking for.

That's it, their luck is "too good". They skipped the information gathering process and went straight to the result when searching for information about the person in the painting.

"Hey—you guys are so rude! Do I look like a ghost?"

Li Lei said, feigning anger.

Hearing Li Lei's words, the two were hesitant for a moment. The boy had no ghostly aura and his body was just like a normal person's. He looked frail and weak, except that he resembled the person in the painting they had seen.

The two exchanged a glance. Had they mistaken him? Was this boy not the person they were looking for?

Never mind, let's get this message out first. Just as the two of them gathered their Kasugai crows, intending to send a message to their captain...

"Hehe, you guessed right."

The boy's voice came again, and the two who heard it felt as if the sky had fallen.

?(?–?)?It’s over!

Upon hearing Li Lei's words, the two ravens immediately realized something was wrong and tried to take off, but Li Lei would not let them fly away.

Just as the two ravens spread their wings, Li Lei gave them a single glance, and the two ravens went limp and immediately fainted.

"Holy crap—what kind of ability is that?" Seeing Li Lei take down their raven with just a glance, the two men felt their hair stand on end.

Their eyes trembled as they looked at Li Lei, clearly too frightened to draw their swords against him.

In contrast, Li Lei walked towards the two with a calm and relaxed demeanor, completely unconcerned about the Nichirin Blade they were carrying, which could kill demons, and showing no regard for them as Class C swordsmen.

As Li Lei approached, the two men retreated in fear, but as they retreated, they found that their bodies stopped uncontrollably.

The hand holding the Nichirin Blade also sheathed it under an unknown force, a bizarre event that intensified the fear of the two.

If someone were standing nearby with keen eyesight, they could see that the two people, who were not in control of their own bodies, were connected by many transparent threads, like puppets being manipulated by others.

Seeing the two people he could no longer control and unable to retreat, Li Lei quickly walked up to them.

“Your companions have been frequently seen around this area lately, as if they are looking for something. I’m very curious about what it could be that warrants the Demon Slayer Corps mobilizing so many people.”

You should know what you're looking for, right? Can you tell me?

Li Lei gestured with his hands as he spoke.

"You...you can't possibly find out!"

"We won't tell."

Despite being terrified, the two members of the Demon Slayer Corps remained silent, even at the cost of their lives.

"Ugh! This is so troublesome. I didn't want to use force in the first place, so why are you forcing me? Well then, I won't hold back."

Seeing that neither of them wanted to reveal their secrets, Li Lei didn't bother asking any more questions and immediately took action.

"Blood Demon Art - Eye of Memory Exchange,"

Li Lei used his Blood Demon Art to forcibly read the memories of the two people.

As Li Lei's eyes glowed red, the two people who saw him instantly lost their sparkle. Saliva uncontrollably dribbled from the corners of their mouths, and their bodies went limp, looking completely broken.

Ten minutes later—

"Oh—so that's how it is. What you were looking for was yourself."

After obtaining the memories of what he was looking for, Li Lei began to erase the memories of the two people related to him.

Another ten minutes later—

"Ah—finally all deleted."

Li Lei breathed a sigh of relief after erasing the memories the two people had of him.

He couldn't help but think to himself, "As expected, the Blood Demon Technique of Changing the Eye of Memory is no longer as effective."

It works for ordinary people or regular Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen, but it's not so effective against Demon Slayer Corps members of rank B or higher.