Chapter 3: Beheading the Lower Moon, Butterfly Sisters

"Little doll, now, it's just you and me left!"

"Damn brat, insulting me like this, looking for death, Blood Demon Art: Maple Leaf Blade!" In an instant, a pile of maple leaves was fired from Hairo's hands, just like a ninja's kunai. Anything touched by these maple leaves was pierced.

Ding ding ding~

Zero used one of the type fours to chop off all the maple leaf blades, then kicked hard and rushed towards Hairo. After all, Zero has lived for dozens of centuries. In the galaxy, he not only had to patrol everywhere but also often fought with void insects or other species that invaded and destroyed the Space-Time Gate. His experience was not something Hairo could compare with.

"So fast! Who is this guy? Not wearing the Demon Slayer Corps clothes, could it be a Pillar?!"

"Pfft!" Hairo's head was instantly cut off.

Although he beheaded Hairo, Zero did not relax his vigilance. The analysis glasses showed the words "Target not dead". He instantly thought of the Blood Demon Art called Substitute Clone in the analysis result just now, so he sensed the surroundings at all times.

……

At the same time, two beautiful girls were rushing to the small village.

Both of them were wearing butterfly haori jackets, just like two butterflies dancing.

One of them was particularly eye-catching, with long black hair, purple eyes, wearing a colorful butterfly-patterned haori, purple butterfly hair clips with purple-red edges on both sides of her hair, and an exquisite face.

The other was black-haired and purple-eyed, with purple hair tips, slightly shorter hair, and also had a butterfly hair clip on the back of her head. Both of them had two swords hanging from their waists.

"Sister, according to the information sent by the Kasugai Crow, there are demons in the small village ahead, and they are suspected to be Lower Moon demons, and there are two of them."

"Ah la, is little Shinobu afraid? It's okay, Sister, I will protect you well, after all, I am a Pillar!"

"Sister, what are you saying, I mean if they are really two Lower Moon demons, that small village probably..."

"Sigh, little Shinobu, you say if humans and demons could live together well, how good would that be!"

"Sister..."

"Arrived, eh? What is that?" The two girls who arrived at the small village saw a strange person with four black and red long boxes on his back, and next to him were more than a dozen strange things flying.

"Sister, what is that? Also, he alone dares to fight demons! Sister, why aren't you talking?"

"Little Shinobu, look at the eyes of those two demons."

"Hmm? That is... Lower Moon demon?! Sister, let's help him quickly!"

"Don't rush, let's watch first, and he is very strong! Eh, that demon was clearly beheaded, why didn't it die?"

"Sister, could it be because that person didn't take a Nichirin sword, so he couldn't kill it?"

"No, I can feel that his sword is also not simple and can also kill demons. It should be that the demon he just beheaded is not the real body."

"Ah la, little Shinobu, look, he seems to have found that demon! What an amazing sensing ability."

……

"Activate infrared scan! Check target: Hairo"

The analysis glasses started scanning the surroundings.

【Scanning... Scan successful, target found three meters to the right.】

"Let's see where you can run this time!"

"Not good! Blood Demon Art: Withering!" After Hairo realized he was discovered, he immediately used his Blood Demon Art.

Suddenly, all the animals and plants around lost their vitality and began to wither. But all this was in vain.

"How is it possible? How did he find me? I clearly concealed my breath, why could he still find me? Why is my Blood Demon Art ineffective against him? What is that around him?" Hairo felt very angry and fearful.

Zero had already thought that he would definitely use this move. Unknowingly, he took out a small metal piece—quantum shield—from the nano-space and stuck it on his chest, forming an egg-shaped shield that protected Zero's whole body. Naturally, Hairo's Blood Demon Art was ineffective.

"It doesn't matter, even if the Blood Demon Art is ineffective against him, it doesn't matter if he beheads me. He doesn't have a Nichirin sword. Even if I am beheaded, I will recover and escape as soon as he leaves..." Hairo was thinking in his heart, when a light flashed.

Pfft...

"What's going on? That's my body?! Why can't I recover? It hurts, this burning sensation!" The beheaded Hairo's head fell to the ground and saw his own body. At the same time, he felt very terrified, he actually couldn't recover.

"Ah~! You damn guy, what did you do to me?! Why can't I recover?! What did you do?!" Hairo's head roared angrily on the ground.

"You want to know why? I won't tell you! Bleh~" Zero stuck out his index finger, pulled down his lower eyelid, made a face at Hairo's head on the ground, and rushed to Xiao Yue's side.

"You damn guy, I will never let you go, I won't let you go even as a demon..." Then, the head and body dissipated together.

……

"Master, you're here! You don't know this guy is too cunning, he actually manipulated vines to create several puppets, and even turned the vines into his own appearance to play dead. I was almost fooled, otherwise, if I hadn't activated the scan in time, I would have really let her escape!"

Xiao Yue pointed to Rokuro, who was sitting on the ground using her hands to grab a few pieces of cloth to cover her key parts.

Zero turned his head and looked at Rokuro, who was surrounded by destroyer drones, and suddenly felt speechless!

At this time, Rokuro's appearance felt particularly seductive. Her clothes were torn to pieces by the destroyer drones Xiao Yue manipulated, leaving only a few pieces of cloth covering her key parts.

She could only use her hands to grab the remaining few pieces of cloth to cover herself and sit on the ground. Plus her petite and exquisite body, her face was red, and she showed a particularly shameful expression.

"I said Xiao Yue, how did you think of this? Although she is a demon, she is also a little girl!" Zero gently flicked Xiao Yue's head.

"Oh, sorry Master, Xiao Yue knows she was wrong!" Xiao Yue pouted and muttered. She thought to herself: "What, I even thought of this method. Sister Luo Li was right, Master is a big idiot, but Master actually blushed too, hee hee!"

"Sigh, forget it, forget it, send her on her way early!" Then he walked to Rokuro.

"Please let me go, as long as you are willing to let me go, I will do whatever you want!" Rokuro begged with tears in her eyes.

"Sorry, you have harmed lives, I cannot forgive you, and I cannot let you go! So, goodbye!"

Pfft~

Zero swung the sword in his hand and beheaded Rokuro, then inserted one of the type fours back into the scabbard box, watching Rokuro's head slowly dissipate.

"Master, you are too unappreciative of the beauty! Although she is a demon, she is also quite cute!"

Zero took back the destroyer drones into the nano-space, reached out his finger and gently tapped Xiao Yue's head, saying: "What do you know! These are no longer important. Now we should deal with another matter."

Xiao Yue: "That's right, those two people have been watching since they arrived just now, it's really time to find a way to solve it."

"The two hiding behind, you've been watching for so long, it's time to come out!" Zero turned and looked at the small forest behind him and said.

"Ah la, so I've been discovered!"

Then two girls walked out of the small forest.

"Hello little brother, let me introduce myself, my name is Shinobu Kocho, I am a Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps, this is my sister Shinobu Kocho."

Xiao Yue sat on Zero's shoulder and looked at the information her master sent her about the two girls in front of her.

【Name: Kanae Kocho—Female】

【Age: 17 years old】

【Demon Slayer Corps Pillar: Flower Pillar】

【Breathing Technique: Flower Breathing】

【Personal information: Optimistic, cheerful, gentle, and kind, often with a smile on her face. Talented, she does well in koto, flower arrangement, and tea ceremony.

Because demons were once the same kind of creatures as humans, she feels sympathy for demons. She believes that hunting demons is not only to save the people the demons want to kill but also to liberate the demons from the sorrowful cause and effect. Considered "excessively gentle" by the Stone Pillar, Gyomei Himejima, when she made a promise with her sister Shinobu Kocho to kill demons together, she was prepared to sacrifice herself to protect the happiness of others】

【Name: Shinobu Kocho—Female】

【Age: 16 years old】

【Demon Slayer Corps Swordsman: Grade Otsu】

【Breathing Technique: Insect Breathing】

【Serious, earnest, not good at laughing. Occasionally feels troubled by her lack of height. Wears conservative clothing, does not like exposed clothing.】

Zero's forehead had black lines, and he said with a smile that didn't reach his eyes: "Little brother? Little girl, I don't even know how many years older I am than you, and you call me little brother?"

"What do you mean? My sister and I worked hard to rush here to save you, and this is your attitude?" Shinobu Kocho said angrily.

"Do you think I need your help?"

"I... this... I I..." Shinobu Kocho looked at the situation, it was true that it didn't matter if they didn't save him, after all, they had the strength to behead Lower Moon demons.

Xiao Yue: "Master, your appearance really looks a bit..."

Zero sighed, helplessly said: "Sigh, forget it, I won't argue with you."

"Wow, what a cute little doll! And it can talk, what is your name?" Kanae Kocho covered her small mouth and exclaimed. Looking at Xiao Yue, it was like discovering a new continent.

"What little doll, I am Master's... Mmm mmm~" Xiao Yue hadn't finished speaking when she was held in Zero's hand and her mouth was covered.

"Her name is Xiao Yue, she is my sister, because of special reasons, I made her small!" At the same time, he sent information to Xiao Yue through brain waves: 【Xiao Yue, don't talk for now, so they don't ask questions and cause a lot of trouble.】

【I understand Master.】 Xiao Yue also responded.

"Do you have anything to do? If not, I'm leaving!" After saying this, he took back the dark alloy type four into the nano-space and prepared to leave.

Seeing the boy in front of him take back his weapons out of thin air, he felt surprised again.

Seeing Zero was about to leave, she stepped forward and called him, "Wait a minute, I do have something to talk to you about, also, you haven't told me your name yet."

"My name is Zero, if you have anything to say, just say it."

Shinobu Kocho: "Zero, what a strange name, I've never seen a name with only one character!"

"Little Shinobu, you can't be so impolite."

"Then I'll just call you Zero."

Kanae Kocho took a deep breath and asked: "Zero, would you like to join the Demon Slayer Corps?"

Kanae Kocho knew very well that Zero's combat power was very strong, he could behead Lower Moon demons alone, plus those strange items he had.

If he joined the Demon Slayer Corps, he would definitely be a strong help in the future, and he had just beheaded two Lower Moon demons, enough to become a Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps.

Zero: "What kind of organization is the Demon Slayer Corps?"

During this time, the information he collected, besides demons, also included information about the Demon Slayer Corps, but the relevant information was a bit small, only knowing that the Demon Slayer Corps was an organization specifically fighting evil demons.

"The Demon Slayer Corps is an organization specifically fighting evil demons at night to protect people, but it has not been recognized by the government, and joining the Demon Slayer Corps, you can get many benefits, and at the same time, you will also shoulder more responsibilities."

"So that's it, but let's talk about it later. I'm tired, I want to rest! Xiao Yue, find out where there is a place to rest nearby!"

"Wait a minute, Zero, I can take you to the place you want to rest! I just hope you can consider what I just said."

"Alright! Then I'll trouble you, Miss Kanae!"

"Just call me Kanae!"

……

"This is the Wisteria Flower Family, you can rest here tonight, they will help you arrange things later! As for me, I have to return to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters to tell the Master about what happened tonight, so I won't stay."

Kanae Kocho and Shinobu Kocho brought Zero and Xiao Yue to a place nearby engraved with the Wisteria Flower pattern.

"Wisteria Flower Family? What is that?"

"People of the Wisteria Flower Family were once saved by swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps. For this reason, they engraved their homes with the Wisteria Flower pattern and planted Wisteria Flower trees around them.

As long as a demon-slaying swordsman from the Demon Slayer Corps arrives, they are willing to provide help unconditionally." Kanae Kocho explained.

Zero: "So that's it."

"Respected demon-slaying lords, I am the head of this Wisteria Flower family, Matsui Kuju, please follow me into the house for a meal, and later I will prepare a room for you to rest."

"Okay, thank you!"

……

After saying goodbye to Zero, Kanae Kocho and Shinobu Kocho left the Wisteria Flower family, preparing to return to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters to tell the Master about what they encountered tonight.

"Sister, are we just leaving like this? Wouldn't it be better to bring him directly back to the Demon Slayer Corps?" Shinobu Kocho couldn't help but curiously ask Kanae Kocho on the way back.

Kanae Kocho: "Hmm, let's return to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters first and tell the Master about this, and let the Master decide. I believe he will join the Demon Slayer Corps."

Shinobu Kocho: "Yes, he is so powerful, he solved two Lower Moon demons alone, but there is one thing very strange, I didn't feel him using any breathing technique."

"But that is exactly what makes him powerful, isn't it?! Beheading Lower Moon demons without using breathing techniques, plus those strange things he has.

If he is willing to join the Demon Slayer Corps, I believe it won't be long before the Demon Slayer Corps can add another Pillar."

Kanae Kocho recalled Zero's weapons and the small doll beside him that could talk, and felt very surprised. If the Demon Slayer Corps had his addition, it would definitely add another strong help.

Actually, Kanae Kocho didn't say one thing in her heart, she could feel that Zero was definitely not an ordinary person, I'm afraid that even the strongest Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps might not be his opponent. This was a woman's sixth sense.

…… ===== CHAPTER 4 =====