Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

Master, do you still want that last meatball in your hand?

Seeing that Li Lei seemed to have lost his appetite for the last meatball in his hand, Xiao Wu quickly stepped forward and asked him.

Li Lei looked at the little crow drooling over the last meatball in his hand. The crow had already devoured the rest of its meatballs.

"No, you can have it!"

Li Lei casually handed the meat skewer with only one meatball left to Xiao Wu.

"Thank you, Master, quack!"

Upon hearing that Li Lei was giving him the last meatball, Xiao Wu snatched it away with delight. Seemingly afraid that Li Lei would change his mind, he immediately opened his mouth and ate the last meatball without hesitation.

Li Lei smiled knowingly as he watched Xiao Wu act as if he were guarding against a thief as soon as he got the meatballs.

Is this really necessary?

For the next half hour or so, Li Lei bought and ate whatever food he saw, but most of it ended up in Xiao Wu's stomach.

However, when it came to playing games, Li Lei ended up playing alone. Xiao Wu, watching Li Lei having so much fun, couldn't understand why.

"What's so fun about throwing rings and catching goldfish? I'd rather pluck the fur off other animals."

Just then, as Li Lei was having a great time playing ring toss, a fragrance mixed with the scent of wisteria blossoms suddenly wafted from behind him.

Upon smelling the aroma, Li Lei immediately felt his blood rushing through his body. Saliva involuntarily seeped into his mouth, and a feeling of hunger he had never experienced before, along with a slight dizziness, arose within him.

Li Lei was immediately alarmed when he noticed these symptoms.

"This is—rare blood!"

Although I have never seen anyone with rare blood, I know from my own memory that humans with rare blood are very nourishing to demons. However, they also have a great influence on demons.

Consuming a human with rare blood can rapidly increase one's strength, and can even allow a demon with an already exceptional talent for eating humans to break through its limitations and become even stronger.

In the original story, Kyogai, the sixth Lower Moon, was stripped of his status as the sixth Lower Moon by Muzan because his talent as a demon was too low and he could no longer eat more people to increase his strength.

In order to regain his place among the Twelve Demon Moons and gain Muzan Kibutsuji's trust, Kyōkai began searching for rare bloodlines to break through the limits of his demonic talent, but was ultimately killed by the protagonist Tanjirō.

Just as Li Lei was getting used to the effects of the rare blood on himself, the owner of the rare blood came to Li Lei's side.

"Hello, little brother! My name is Ten'i Moeka, may I stay here?"

Tenya Moka, who had come to Li Lei's side, smiled and said to Li Lei.

Li Lei suppressed his desire to devour flesh and blood, and looked up at Tianyi Mengxiang who had come to his side.

Her straight, long hair and stunningly beautiful face caught Li Lei's eye, and for a moment, he was stunned by what he saw.

"But...it's okay!"

Ten'i Moka looked at the shy, delicate, and adorable boy in front of her and immediately started to smile.

"Little brother, you look so cute right now!"

Li Lei was pleased with Tianyi Mengxiang's praise, but he knew he couldn't let his guard down at this moment.

After all, the scent of rare blood on Ten'i Moka's body was far too tempting to him, and he feared that if he relaxed even slightly, he would be unable to suppress his desire to devour her.

"Miss, what can I do for you?"

Li Lei forcibly suppressed his desire to devour it, and asked in a cold voice with a blank expression. However, his body still trembled slightly involuntarily.

Ten'i Moka looked at the boy who had been shy in front of her just moments before, but now seemed like a completely different person, asking her questions in a cold and ruthless voice.

"Are you alright? You seem to be feeling quite unwell. Is there something injured somewhere?"

Ten'i Moka asked Li Lei with great concern.

"No...it's okay, I'm...fine now!"

Li Lei answered haltingly.

Seeing the stubborn boy, Ten'i Moka took two steps forward and grabbed his arm.

"Don't try to tough it out anymore. I can tell you're not doing well. Luckily, my house is nearby. Come on! Let's go to my place first, and I'll find a doctor to take a look at you."

After saying that, Ten'i Moka pulled Li Lei towards her home.

Under the influence of rare blood, Li Lei's control over his own power began to become unbalanced.

In order not to hurt the kind-hearted Tenyi Moka, Li Lei did not put up the slightest resistance the whole time she was leading him home.

Little Crow, watching this scene from the side, was quite puzzled as to what its master was about to do. However, as an excellent little brother, Little Crow knew that no matter what its master was going to do next, it should not say anything and just follow along.

Soon, Li Lei was pulled to Tianyi Mengxiang's home by her hand. Tianyi Mengxiang's home was a large courtyard, and the courtyard was very beautiful.

At first glance, the most eye-catching feature of this beautiful courtyard is a wisteria tree that is five or six meters tall.

Looking at the scene before him, Li Lei was speechless. Xiao Wu said that the family that found the wisteria tree was just like this.

Good heavens, the only family in town with wisteria trees, and I just happened to run into them, and not only that, but they also had rare blood.

Inside the house in the courtyard, Ten'i Moka pulled Li Lei to lie down on her bed. She then propped herself up on the bed with one hand and clutched her heart with the other, breathing heavily.

Seeing that Tianyi Mengxiang looked uncomfortable, Li Lei, who was lying on the bed, immediately asked her for help.

"You yourself are ill, so why are you helping me? Do you know that helping me like this might not even bring you anything in return, and could even be dangerous!"

As Amako slowly caught her breath, she looked at the frail boy on the bed and smiled.

"I'm helping you not because I want anything in return. Besides, I'm helping you to repay the Demon Slayer Corps for saving my family and my life."

Ten'i Moeka glanced at the Nichirin Blade beside Li Lei and continued:

I originally wanted to join your Demon Slayer Corps, but because of my congenital heart condition, I can't be a swordsman. So I can only help you here in whatever way I can.

Li Lei looked at Tianyi Mengxiang in front of him and asked in a calm voice:

"Do you realize how dangerous your behavior was today?"

What danger is there?

Ten'i Moka asked in confusion.

"Silk Thread Blood Demon Art - Heavenly Net Binding"

Li Lei instantly unleashed the Blood Demon Technique on Tenyi Moka, and countless threads rapidly reached out from all directions to grab her.

Faced with Li Lei's sudden attack, Ten'i Moka was startled at first, but she quickly reacted and dodged each attack.

Seeing that Ten'i Moka had dodged his attack, Li Lei, who was standing to the side, was very surprised. He hadn't expected that such a beautiful girl would have such extraordinary skills.

However, Li Lei was somewhat surprised by this. After the initial surprise, he immediately controlled more silk threads to attack it.

Faced with the threads attacking from all directions once again, the prepared Ten'i Moka immediately used the Water Breathing technique she had learned. After using the breathing technique, Ten'i Moka nimbly dodged the dense threads one by one.

Dodging the silk threads, it moved as nimbly as a butterfly fluttering among flowers.

However, just as Amami Moka quickly dodged the threads attacking her, a sudden pain shot through her heart. Her breathing technique was immediately forced to stop.

Damn it! Why did my heart attack have to happen at this time?

The moment Li Lei saw Tianyi Mengxiang make a mistake, he acted without hesitation. Tianyi Mengxiang was immediately bound by threads flying in from all directions.

Looking at the bound Amane Moe, Li Lei walked up to her, his breathing quickening, and stroked her soft face, saying:

"This—is danger!"