Chapter 49: 【Card Holder】, Another Special Reincarnator

Only after seeing the group return did Kochou Kanae finally set her anxious heart at ease.

"How did it go? Does the Left Minister believe that the death of the magistrate has nothing to do with the Ubuyashiki Clan?"

It was not that Kochou Kanae was heartless, but she felt that they, these Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen, had already burdened the Master too much.

The Master's family assets were being constantly encroached upon, making it increasingly difficult to support the Demon Slayer Corps, yet he had never once thought of giving up.

She also did not feel that the matter of "killing ghosts" was the Master's business alone; they, these swordsmen, did not come to kill ghosts just because the Master spent money.

Every one of them had essentially had their original happiness stolen away by Muzan and those ghosts.

They killed ghosts for the sake of revenge, and... to ensure no more people would suffer the same misfortune they had encountered.

This simple, empathetic sentiment was the starting point for the Kochou sisters, and she believed it was the starting point for most Demon Slayer swordsmen as well.

The Professor narrowed her eyes, thinking about how to broach the subject, but Bai Cangshu spoke directly.

"The Left Minister?"

"Heh, he is dead."

Kochou Kanae shuddered, looking at Bai Cangshu in disbelief, while Bai Cangshu merely spread his hands, watching this woman—whose strength was not exactly weak—with a hint of amusement.

"Miss Kochou, those people have already joined forces with the man-eating ghosts; even some high-ranking government officials have likely already turned into man-eating ghosts. Isn't it ridiculous that you are still thinking about how to explain yourself?"

Kochou Kanae frowned. If she were asked to kill a ghost, she naturally wouldn't bat an eye, but killing someone like the Left Minister...

"I must return to report this to the Master. There is simply too much involved in this; the one standing behind the Left Minister is very likely that person!"

Bai Cangshu did not understand this "submissiveness" ingrained in the Japanese, and he remained as matter-of-fact as ever.

"Hmm, Hirohito, right? I am planning to kill him too."

Hiss~ Hearing Bai Cangshu's words, Elizabeth and the Professor both gasped inwardly, feeling that "Tao Baibai" was a complete madman, as if he only had one choice when he spoke: kill, kill, and kill again.

Hirohito was the person who would inherit the throne of Japan in the future; he was no nobody. Such a person likely had many guards, and at this moment, with him cooperating with Kibutsuji Muzan, it was not impossible that Upper Rank ghosts or even Muzan himself were by his side.

How could he be so easy to kill? Kochou Kanae's pupils also constricted, her face turning pale. She was somewhat shocked by the terrifying mindset of this man of no small ability; he actually wanted to assassinate the Emperor's heir...

At this moment, a ray of sunlight just happened to light up the horizon; the night full of crises had finally come to an end.

【Main Mission 1: Survive until dawn, completed】

【Reward: 1000 Dimension Points】

Seeing this ray of sunlight, Kochou Kanae felt slightly better. She did not respond to Bai Cangshu's words, only stating that she needed to return to seek instructions from the Master, and then prepared to take her people away.

The Professor frowned. It was clear that this Tao Baibai's words had provoked Kochou Kanae. The kind-hearted 【Flower Hashira】 had not even invited them, her comrades-in-arms, to rest at the Butterfly Mansion, which was not a good result for their main mission.

Thus, she stepped forward and said with a smile, "Let's put Mr. Tao's words aside for a moment. Miss Kochou, we also have the heart to contribute to the extermination of ghosts..."

She knew that since the two people who had left had joined the 【Kibutsuji Muzan Faction】 first and even came to assassinate them, the choice for them to join the man-eating ghost faction had already been ruled out.

Those two had the intelligence advantage of joining first, and they must have already sold the information about the 【Blue Spider Lily】—the most valuable intelligence for Kibutsuji Muzan—for a high price.

For them to try to join now would be extremely difficult, and they would very likely be backstabbed.

Therefore, whether it was the Elizabeth and Vincent duo or the straw-hat-wearing Liu Qi, none of them opposed the Professor's words.

Hearing this, Kochou Kanae also revealed a smile.

"It is naturally an excellent thing to have more people fighting against the man-eating ghosts at a time like this, but I must report to the Master before I can give you an answer." She glanced at Bai Cangshu again; his unique skill of killing ghosts with his bare hands made her envious, but it was a pity that this person's way of thinking was truly too terrifying.

After Kochou Kanae left, the group rested nearby. This place was not far from Heianjingcheng, making it convenient for them to observe the subsequent reactions to the assassination of the Left Minister last night.

Because man-eating ghosts could not appear during the day, they had considerable confidence in facing ordinary plot characters with inferior weapons.

Bai Cangshu found a place to sit down on his own, closed his eyes, and continued to breathe in and out; the Ripple Breathing was allowing his injuries to recover bit by bit.

Minor ones, such as the place where his left hand had been cut by a sharp blade, were now almost healed.

The others sorted out their own injuries; because every Reincarnator had their own secrets, they kept a significant distance from one another.

The Professor's injury was likely the most serious among them; Bai Cangshu had seen that the sword strike had nearly sliced open her chest.

But somehow, her condition actually looked quite good at the moment.

This woman, wearing black-rimmed glasses, walked up to Bai Cangshu.

Seeing Bai Cangshu open his eyes, she immediately spread her hands to signal she had no hostility.

"Mr. Tao Baibai, you should also know that the possibility of us joining the Kibutsuji Muzan Faction now is low. Why did you still provoke Kochou Kanae?"

"It doesn't matter if we don't tell her about our side mission. As long as we successfully join the Demon Slayer Corps faction and farm Reputation, with your strength, obtaining an A Rating at the end is very possible."

Bai Cangshu closed his eyes again, noncommittal toward the Professor's words.

The Professor pursed her lips. She knew that this "Tao Baibai" actually looked down on her a bit, and because she had let slip the origin of his 【Ripple Breathing】 at the time, she was in the wrong first.

She closed her eyes, and a strange wave spread out. Bai Cangshu opened his eyes; he had indeed felt something, but that feeling was very magical, something he had never experienced before, as if something intangible had brushed across his skin.

The Professor took off her black-rimmed glasses, and Bai Cangshu only then noticed that this woman's eyes were emitting a faint luster.

"Mr. Tao Baibai, I think you must be a Special Reincarnator."

She suppressed the fear in her heart and laid out what she had seen.

"I saw it. After you killed that Reincarnator, you obtained a scarlet drop. Theoretically, such a thing should absolutely not happen in a cooperative mission world. The only explanation is that you are not an ordinary Reincarnator."

"You are a member of the 【Card Holder】s!"

At this, Bai Cangshu truly looked at this "Professor," who claimed to be very knowledgeable about mission worlds and the Reincarnation Space, with new eyes; the other party seemed to indeed possess many secrets.

And right now, the other party was taking the initiative to reveal these secrets; there must be something she needed his help with.

Bai Cangshu's eyes flickered, and he revealed a smile.

"Miss Professor, you guessed right, so let me guess as well."

"I think your main mission must be completely different from ours."

"That is why you took the initiative to probe whether the missions of the rest of us were to survive until dawn at the start of the mission."

"The abnormality in the difficulty of this mission is not because I am too strong or because I am a Special Reincarnator. The reason this world's difficulty has surged is—a Special Reincarnator has triggered a Special Trial in this world!"

The Professor's pupils constricted, and she subconsciously took half a step back, but immediately realized her reaction had exposed the answer.

She could only pretend to be calm and continue the conversation.

"Not bad, I am a new Reincarnator discovered by 【Blue Sky】, and at the same time, I am also a 【Card Holder】. This mission world is a Special Trial that I opened."

(End of this chapter)