Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

Under the silvery moonlight, Li Lei closed the gate outside the courtyard, looked at the house he had lived in for more than two months, and a look of determination flashed in his eyes.

In the past two months, I have gained a clear understanding of this era. Sometimes, the human heart is more terrifying than ghosts.

People from the same village would offer their fellow villagers to be eaten by demons for money, and innocent children could be used as tools to make money. Most samurai were also cowards who bullied the weak and feared the strong.

Cannibalism is more common and more abhorrent than cannibalism. In this island nation, Li Lei has seen mostly sinful people, ugly faces, and cowardly Japanese devils who bully the weak and fear the strong. This place will become an abyss of evil in the future.

Li Lei didn't want to see that kind of thing happen, so he decided to do everything he could to become stronger. Only the strong could do whatever they wanted.

"It's time to become stronger. I can no longer improve my control and application of Blood Demon Arts in a short time. Only by hunting can I become stronger."

Li Lei secretly decided that the dangers he would face would also increase, and he was already mentally prepared.

In the darkness, Li Lei walks along the path leading away from the village, heading towards a place with even more demons, where his encounters with the Demon Slayer Corps are inevitable!

Soon, as Li Lei walked away, the village disappeared from sight.

In a remote mountain village, the lights were on even though it was late at night. Li Lei was puzzled and decided to go in and take a look.

As Li Lei got closer to the mountain village, the noisy commotion from within reached his ears.

Upon entering the small mountain village, I saw a dozen or so people gathered in a courtyard beside the village, seemingly arguing about something.

Seeing the people arguing fiercely, he asked the onlookers, "Friend, what's your name?"

"My name is Harada Yoshio."

"What are Harada Yoshio-san and the others arguing about?"

When asked the question, Yoshio Harada looked at the black-haired boy who had asked him; the boy had delicate features.

However, his face was pale, and his thin frame made him look frail.

Harada Yoshio replied to him:

“A Shinsengumi samurai came to the village, and he took a fancy to Takahashi Yuko, the daughter of the Takahashi family in the village, and wanted her to serve him.”

Kaito Takahashi knew that most of the Shinsengumi members were not good people and did not want his daughter to suffer.

However, the villagers, fearing the wrath of the Shinsengumi samurai, came to persuade Takahashi Kaito, but their persuasion was no different from oppression.

"Oh! Isn't Harada Yoshio from this village?"

Li Lei asked in confusion.

Harada Yoshio replied, "No, I am a traveler who is staying here for the night."

Just as Harada Yoshio answered, the arguing villagers suddenly fell silent. Li Lei and Harada Yoshio both looked at the now quiet villagers, whose faces showed a hint of fear.

The object of their fear was a 1.8-meter-tall samurai dressed in black, wielding a Japanese katana.

The samurai approached Takahashi Kaito and kicked him in the face, knocking him to the ground. Takahashi Yuko, standing to the side, watched this scene, at a loss for what to do.

The villagers standing by were too afraid of the warriors to step forward and stop them.

After kicking Takahashi Kaito over, the samurai did not stop. With a sharp sound, he drew his katana.

The samurai's eyes were filled with murderous intent as he spoke to Takahashi Kaito:

"It's your good fortune that I've taken a liking to your daughter, how dare you disagree! If I don't teach you a lesson, where will my authority be?"

Katsuoka Shigeo raised his katana with both hands, but stopped abruptly just as he was about to cut off Takahashi Kaito's right hand.

With a loud thud, Shigeo Katsuoka's head suddenly hit the ground.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

Yuko Takahashi's screams echoed in the darkness. As Shigeo Katsuoka's headless body fell to the ground, the surrounding villagers ran away in panic.

Harada Yoshio, who was with Li Lei, has long since disappeared.

Li Lei walked to the body of Katsuoka Shigeo, picked up the samurai sword, and thanked nature for its bounty.

"Although I killed the person, it doesn't conflict with finding the katana. I'm happy (the person????) killed the bad guy and also picked up an unclaimed katana."

Li Lei looked at Katsuoka Shigeo's corpse and searched his body to see if there were any unclaimed items.

"Hmm! 20 yen unclaimed and some useless junk."

Leave the money, throw away the junk, and then go back to wandering around.

Li Lei stood up, took his samurai sword and 20 yen, and left.

The father and daughter, who had been startled, came to their senses. Takahashi Kaito said to Takahashi Yuko, "Yuko, let's go home quickly, pack our money, and leave this place."

The father and daughter then packed up their money at home and left. When the villagers, who had come to their senses the next day, tried to find them, it was too late.

The villagers could only dispose of the samurai's body and pretend that he had never been to the village, and the village returned to its former tranquility.

On a dark and windy night, Li Lei wandered around with his samurai sword. Suddenly, Li Lei's eyes were fixed firmly on the "roadblock" in front of him.

He gripped the knife hilt tightly with both hands, assuming an offensive stance. With a swift swing of his hands, the blade flashed and a loud bang resounded.

A small green tree was cut in half, and then Li Lei slowly sheathed his katana.

He said to the cut-off sapling, "How dare this little sapling grow taller than me? Cut it down."

"Starting over in the long run"

Three days have passed since the incident in the small village, and in those three days, I passed through another small town. The town was haunted! But the ghost had already been killed by the ghost hunter before I arrived.

I should have left a few days earlier! Look! The consequence of leaving a few days later is that even the "mini van" got ripped off ┐(￣ヘ￣)┌.

"Who is where?"

Li Lei suddenly looked at the big tree beside him.

At that moment, a man in his twenties jumped down from a nearby tree. He was wearing a black Demon Slayer Corps uniform, his black hair was flying in the wind, and he was holding a Nichirin Blade tightly in his hand.

Li Lei arrogantly asked, "Who are you? Why are you spying on me from the tree? Do you know who I am?"

As Li Lei spoke, he erratically swung his katana, saying, "See that katana in my hand? There are at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, dead souls on that blade."

Tanaka Naoki looked at the black-haired boy in front of him and was speechless (*￣(?)￣*).

"Whose little devil is this? Letting him out to destroy the flowers and plants so late at night without tying him up properly."

Naoki Tanaka asked Li Lei:

"You brat! What are you doing in this pitch-black forest so late at night instead of sleeping?"

Naoki Tanaka said to Li Lei, "Kid! Blah blah blah..."

“Of course it’s cultivation!” Li Lei replied.

"You haven't answered my question yet!"

Naoki Tanaka replied earnestly, "I was just resting in the tree when I happened to see you bullying the little saplings under the tree."

"Who bullied it? We'll have a fair duel."

Naoki Tanaka looked at the sapling that had been cut in two.

You mean this is a fair duel?

"How is it unfair? It's taller than me and I'm stronger than it. Let's have a one-on-one duel, where we'll determine who's better and who's worse, and we'll fight to the death."

"I've won now. If you think my victory was unfair, then I'll wait another twenty years and we'll settle it once and for all."

Naoki Tanaka sighed as he looked at Li Lei, who was defending himself.

"Alright, kid, stop destroying the saplings. Where do you live? I'll take them home."

"The direction your feet take is the road; where you are is home."

Li Lei replied in a naive tone.

"Kid! If you don't want to go home, just say so. Don't say things that don't make sense. Also, there's a very dangerous evil spirit running away in the forest."

"Wait, what did you just say?" Li Lei asked, his eyes shining.

"Just say you don't want to go home. There's no need for vague statements," Naoki Tanaka replied.

"Not this sentence, but the next sentence."

Naoki Tanaka repeated, "There is a fugitive demon in this forest, which is very dangerous."

"Yes, that's the sentence."

Li Lei asked excitedly: "You said there are ghosts in this forest?"

Looking at the delighted Li Lei, Tanaka Naoki replied, "That's right, but you..."

Naoki Tanaka muttered to himself, rubbing his face with one hand:

"Oh no, this brat will definitely follow us. It seems we have no choice but to capture this brat and take him back to a nearby village first, and then deal with this evil spirit."

Naoki Tanaka looked up at Li Lei beside him. "Where's everyone??"

Naoki Tanaka quickly looked around and spotted Li Lei about thirty meters ahead. He shouted, "Why did you run so far?"

“I just sensed that you have ill intentions towards me!” Li Lei shouted back.

Tanaka Naoki thought to himself, "This kid has such keen senses! No wonder he could spot me in the tree. But the difference in strength can't be bridged by such a short distance!"

Li Lei looked at Tanaka Naoki, who was chasing him rapidly, and turned to run. Li Lei ran ahead while Tanaka Naoki chased after him.

More than ten minutes later...

"This kid looks so frail, how come he runs so fast!"

Looking at Tanaka Naoki who was closely following behind him, Li Lei laughed inwardly, "A tiny human trying to outrun me in speed and endurance? You'll never run yourself to death."

Naoki Tanaka looked at the kid who couldn't catch up no matter what, and said helplessly, "Fine, I'll take you there!"

Upon hearing this, Li Lei stopped and waited for Tanaka Naoki to catch up. Soon, Tanaka Naoki arrived in front of Li Lei.

Naoki Tanaka said to Li Lei with a serious expression, "I can take you there, but you can only watch me kill demons from the sidelines."

"If the ghost chases after you or I am at a disadvantage in the fight with the ghost, you should run as far away as possible immediately. I will hold off the evil ghost, and you can escape with your speed."

“Yes! I will,” Li Lei replied.