Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

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what?

Doma stared in shock at the red shield that had suddenly appeared before him, a shield made of countless thin red lines that had blocked his attack.

"What do you mean by 'tired'? She's my prey."

Looking at the defensive shield made of thin threads, Douma, who already knew who had come, said unhappily.

The shield dissipated into thin lines, revealing Li Lei and Kanae behind it.

“She is my friend, not your prey. I’m taking her away now.”

Li Lei carefully controlled Kanae's injuries and turned to the child model.

"Friends? Sigh—do you know how tiring it is for a demon to be friends with a swordsman who slays demons? What are you talking about? She is a Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps, someone that Lord Muzan ordered to be killed."

"What you're doing is disobeying Lord Muzan's orders. Even if you're favored by him, you won't have an easy time going back."

The child model said in a sarcastic tone.

"None of your business is my business."

As Li Lei spoke, he picked up Kanae and turned to leave.

Tongmo watched Li Lei leave without making any attempt to stop him. It was none of his business if Lei wanted to make a mistake.

"Doma, I now order you to kill that female Demon Slayer swordsman and bring Rui back to me."

Muzan, who was watching all this from a distance through Doma's eyes, could no longer sit still and immediately gave Doma an order.

Upon hearing Muzan's command in his mind, Doma instantly changed his expression and looked at Li Lei with a smile.

"Yes, Lord Muzan! I guarantee I will complete the mission."

A flash of blue light, and Doma, following Muzan's orders, thrust his golden iron fan towards Kanae, who was in Li Lei's arms. His speed was far greater than that of the former Upper Moon Five, Gyokko.

"Doma, you're asking for it!"

Upon sensing the attack, Li Lei instantly flew into a rage and immediately reached out to block Douma's sharp iron fan. Then, a dozen extremely fast hardened needles erupted from his palm and pierced towards Douma.

Tong Mo used his iron fan to knock away the needles, and as he moved forward again, he suddenly discovered that Li Lei had already flown into the air.

"Blood Demon Art: Rain of a Thousand Needles"

Upon reaching the air, Li Lei embraced Kanae with his right hand and pointed to the sky with his left. Immediately, more than a dozen red vortexes, each five meters in diameter, appeared in the sky, neatly aligned with Doma.

Numerous sharp needles, hardened from the thickness of an index finger, emerged from the vortex.

"Seriously?! When did you get this ability?"

Doma couldn't believe his eyes. This kid had gotten stronger again in a short time. His growth rate was too fast.

"You die!"

Li Lei ignored Doma and launched an attack. Countless sharp needles shot down from the vortex above Doma's head like a torrential rain, instantly turning Doma and the shrine he was in into a beehive.

The smoke and dust raised by the attack filled the ground. When the smoke and dust cleared, Douma, who had been hit by several needles, hid under the giant ice bodhisattva.

Crackling sounds echoed from the houses of the surrounding shrines, and finally, at a certain moment, the houses affected by Li Lei's attack collapsed instantly.

"Cough cough cough, so much dust."

The child model pulled out the sharp needles from her body, fanned herself with the iron fan in her hand, brushed off the dust, and straightened her clothes as if nothing had happened.

"Your attack is no good. Look, I didn't suffer any actual damage."

Doma was quite smug. He knew that battles between demons, except when the difference in strength was too great and the opponent could be easily killed, would all turn into a war of attrition if the difference in strength was not too great.

He had plenty of time, but the Demon Slayer Corps woman he had injured with his chilling aura was a different story. He would have completed half of his mission by simply holding off Lord Rui Muzan.

Seeing that Doma seemed completely unaffected, Li Lei waved his hand again, and the vortex reflection projected from the sky onto the ground instantly expanded. Black spheres formed by the shadows emerged from them, and dozens of them surrounded Doma in a circle.

"Ah! What is this thing? It looks a bit like Pero's Blood Demon Art."

"burst!"

At Li Lei's command, the black sphere surrounding Tongmo exploded instantly, and light and heat immediately enveloped Tongmo.

Doma: "Oh no (T_T) This black ball is filled with gunpowder."

The moment he saw the firelight, Doma immediately understood and his expression changed. Then, the fireball, accompanied by a powerful shockwave, flickered and spread out with the firelight.

Li Lei, who caused this scene, realized that Kanae's injuries were serious and immediately took her and ran away.

As the flames subsided, Doma, whose face had been blasted beyond recognition, immediately regained his body and quickly looked around, searching for Li Lei's figure.

But the sky was empty all around, and there was no sign of Li Lei.

"They've already run away? I haven't even made a move yet."

Douma was very displeased with Li Lei's action of attacking and running away.

"Doma, you piece of trash! As Upper Moon Two, you let Rei run away. You really disappoint me."

Muzan, watching all this from afar through Doma's eyes, angrily began to launch a personal attack on Doma, making him sound utterly worthless.

"Yes, yes, you're right, sir. Should I still go after him?"

Domo: 乁[?????]ㄏ

Doma nodded repeatedly in approval of Muzan's denigration.

Muzan: (ー`′ー) Damn it, it's no use cursing this bastard.

Muzan felt like all his verbal attacks were hitting cotton.

"Sayurara, Muzan-sama, are you still there?"

After a while, Doma, who hadn't heard Muzan speak, started muttering to himself.

However, Muzan found it troublesome and had already blocked the child models.

"What a frustrating day. These wind-up arms are completely useless."

Muzan walked along a deserted path at night, grumbling to himself, surrounded by towering trees.

Just then, a streak of fire appeared on the hillside in the distance.

"Oh—there are still people living in this godforsaken place. But it's good that he's hungry. Let's go get some dinner to fill his stomach now."

Muzan aimed at the direction of the smoke and walked towards it...

In Tanjiro Kamado's home, Tanjuro's wife, Aoi Kamado, who is also Tanjiro's mother, is starting a fire to cook a delicious meal for her husband and children, unaware that danger is approaching.