Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

In the still of the night, the silver moon shines brightly in the sky, a gentle breeze blows, and swaying shadows dance on the ground. Faint white shadows flash across the sky.

Upstream of the river east of the town, a seven- or eight-meter-tall mutated black bear sat on the riverbed, looking down at the ground, digging in the mud with its restless little hands!

"Master! How much longer until we arrive? Little Black is so bored!"

Little Black, digging at the soil with its paws, asked Li Lei, with whom it was communicating.

"Almost there! Just a moment longer!" Li Lei replied from the road.

"Oh! Okay, I'll wait a bit!"

As soon as Xiao Hei finished speaking, a loud bang came from the side, and dust billowed up. An unnamed figure emerged from the dust.

The visitor was none other than Li Lei, Xiao Hei's owner.

"Wow! So fast!" Xiao Hei exclaimed in shock upon seeing Li Lei.

Emerging from the dust, Li Lei dusted himself off and straightened his white kimono, which was adorned with a spiderweb pattern. He glanced at Xiao Hei beside him and smiled.

"Little Black! Long time no see! How have you been lately?"

Seeing the familiar figure and hearing the familiar voice, Xiao Hei felt overjoyed.

"Master! You've finally come! I've missed you so much! I..."

As he spoke, Xiao Hei rushed towards Li Lei, wanting to give him a big hug.

Seeing Xiao Hei rushing towards him to hug him, Li Lei dodged away instantly just as Xiao Hei was about to embrace him.

Seeing its owner avoid its embrace, Xiao Hei turned around, raised its arms, and wanted to give it another hug.

But Li Lei's agile movements still managed to dodge it. Looking at Li Lei, who wouldn't let her hug him, tears welled up in Xiao Hei's eyes.

"Master! (o﹏o?) Why won't you let Xiao Hei hug you?"

Li Lei dodged Xiao Hei's hug and glanced at Xiao Hei, who was seven or eight meters tall when he stood up.

I secretly said:

"Isn't that a rhetorical question? With your size, anyone who gets hugged by you would never see the sun again tomorrow."

"Even if I were a ghost, being hugged by you wouldn't kill me, but it would deform my body and dislocate my bones. I don't want to experience that kind of pain!"

Li Lei stepped forward, patted Xiao Hei's big black paw covered in black fur, and comforted it:

"Little Black! Don't be sad, look what delicious food your master brought you!"

As he spoke, Li Lei took out a large piece of cooked roast beef from his alternate dimension and handed it to Xiao Hei. He had bought it in the town before coming here.

"Delicious! Thank you, Master!"

Upon seeing the delicious food, Xiao Hei immediately forgot his sadness, snatched the grilled steak from Li Lei's hand, and began to eat it heartily.

Watching Xiao Hei devour its food, Li Lei took another piece of meat from the red tentacle that was handed to him from the entrance of the red vortex-shaped alternate dimension beside him.

"Eat slowly, Xiao Hei! I have more!" Li Lei said to Xiao Hei while holding the meat pie.

"Thank you, Master! You're so kind to Xiao Hei!" Xiao Hei said to Li Lei.

Half an hour later.

Looking at the empty alternate dimension, Li Lei thought to himself:

"They can eat so much! They bought enough food to feed an average person for several years, and it's all gone in no time! How are we supposed to raise them like this?"

"Master! Is there anything to eat? I'm full after eating a little more." Little Black, who was about 80% full, asked Li Lei with golden light in his eyes.

When asked the question, Li Lei glanced at the seven- or eight-meter-tall, gleaming-eyed Xiao Hei in front of him and began to ponder.

"I can't afford to keep it! I really can't afford to keep it! Should I release it back into the wild? No way! Releasing such a large creature would be too bad for the ecosystem."

"Besides, it's not easy to raise such a big one. It would be such a waste to release it back into the wild. If we release it, where will we find such a handsome and huge mount?"

"Master! What are you doing?"

Seeing Li Lei deep in thought, Xiao Hei, unsure of what to do, asked.

Li Lei, whose thoughts were interrupted by Xiao Hei, snapped out of his reverie and looked at Xiao Hei, who had asked him a question.

"How about we turn Little Black into a ghost? After all, ghosts don't starve."

Thinking of this, a very kind smile appeared on Li Lei's fair and clean face.

"Little Black! Do you want to become stronger?"

"Get stronger? Why should I get stronger!"

In response to Li Lei's question, Xiao Hei countered with a question of his own.

"Ah—! Little Black, think about it? If you become stronger, wouldn't it be easier to find food, and you can eat more? Wouldn't that be great!"

Li Lei tempted Xiao Hei.

"Really! That's great! Master, please make Xiao Hei stronger!" Hearing that becoming stronger would allow him to eat more, the ignorant Xiao Hei agreed to Li Lei's request.

"Alright! Since you've said so, Xiao Hei, then I'll begin!"

Before Xiao Hei could change his mind, Li Lei's right hand suddenly transformed into a sharp longsword, instantly piercing into Xiao Hei's body.

Feeling a sharp pain shooting through his kidneys, Xiao Hei trembled and looked down in disbelief at Li Lei, who had plunged the needle into his waist.

"Ah—! Master, I'm not doing this anymore! Little Black doesn't want to get stronger! Quickly pull the hand out of Little Black's waist!"

The pain caused Xiao Hei to struggle, but to no avail, because Li Lei, who was prepared, had already bound its limbs tightly with very strong red silk threads.

"Little Black! It's alright, it'll be over in a bit. You'll become a ghost soon!"

Unable to move, Xiao Hei suddenly felt something coming from Li Lei's hand, which was inserted into his body.

"What is this?" Xiao Hei asked in shock.

Instantly, under the influence of Muzan's demon blood, the cells in Xiao Hei's body began to transform into demons.

Seeing the changes beginning to occur in the small black creature, Li Lei continued to transfer Muzan's blood into it. He only stopped when he felt the transfer was nearly complete.

Watching Xiao Hei's body begin to convulse, Li Lei sat aside and waited for it to transform into a ghost.

Time passed second by second, and finally, an hour later, Xiao Hei successfully transformed into a ghost. This was also the first ghost Li Lei created, and the first animal ghost he created.

Looking at Xiao Hei, who had successfully turned into a ghost, Li Lei suddenly felt that this experience of creating a ghost was of extraordinary significance!