Chapter 4: Encountering Upper Moon Two. Fighting Doma. Saving Kanae Kocho

"Respected lord, please rest here tonight, if you have anything, you can order me at any time." Matsui Kuju said.

Zero: "Okay, thank you!"

Then, Matsui Kuju closed the door, not disturbing Zero and Xiao Yue's rest time.

Inside the house.

Zero lay in the quilt, while Xiao Yue was lying on Zero's chest, supporting her chin with both hands, her legs shaking constantly.

"Master, are you going to join that so-called Demon Slayer Corps organization?"

"Let's see the situation later, and I always feel that things are not that simple! Anyway, I will see the situation later."

"If possible, joining is not necessarily a bad thing, and we can collect more information about this world, maybe we can find a way back."

"Hmm, Master, Xiao Yue will always accompany you."

"Thank you Xiao Yue, rest early." Zero reached out and touched Xiao Yue's head.

"Master, good night!"

"Good night."

……

Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters.

Kanae Kocho and Shinobu Kocho spent a whole night rushing back to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters to meet the Master and tell him everything they encountered.

"Is that so? A white-haired boy with extremely strong strength beheaded two Lower Moon evil demons without learning breathing techniques, and has many mysterious weapons on him!"

"Yes, Master, I think if he is willing to join the Demon Slayer Corps, then for the Demon Slayer Corps, he will definitely be a powerful swordsman."

"What is the name of that white-haired boy?"

"His name is Zero, and he also has a sister named Xiao Yue. She is a very magical little doll, can talk, and is also a very powerful person." Kanae Kocho replied.

"So that's it, then, Kanae, you handle this matter. If he is willing to join, that is naturally the best. If he is not willing, then you must not force him. If possible, I hope to meet him, this white-haired boy who beheaded Lower Moon evil demons, I also really want to know what kind of person he is."

"Yes, Master."

……

After resting for a night, Zero said goodbye to the head of the Wisteria Flower family, Matsui Kuju, and came to a village.

But strangely, the people here don't seem to go out much, and even if they do, there are only a few people.

"Strange, logically speaking, this village should have at least 80 or 90 people, why are there so few people going out? It's daytime now, I always feel that something is wrong with the situation?"

"Master, why don't we wait until night to come out and check? Maybe we can find the answer we want at night."

"That's all we can do, and my intuition tells me that something big seems to be happening in this village tonight?!"

"Don't worry Master, you still have Xiao Yue! Even if something big happens, Xiao Yue will solve it with you." Xiao Yue said while sitting on Zero's shoulder.

"You, but thank you Xiao Yue."

"Hmm hmm!"

……

After Kanae Kocho told the Master about the matter, she spent a day the next day coming to the Wisteria Flower family, but was told by Matsui Kuju that Zero had already left a day ago. Kanae Kocho just wanted to ask where Zero went, when a Kasugai Crow flew over and told her that demons were suspected to appear in the northwest direction.

The so-called Kasugai Crow is a crow raised by the Ubuyashiki clan, used for communication between swordsmen and the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters.

The northwest is exactly the area under Kanae Kocho's jurisdiction. Hearing the report from the Kasugai Crow, she simply gave up looking for Zero for the time being, and beheading evil demons was the most important thing, so as not to let others be harmed by evil demons.

However, what Kanae Kocho didn't know was that the evil demon she encountered this time made her have a narrow escape from death.

……

Night fell.

Zero and Xiao Yue investigated this village for three days and found that it turned out that for some reason, girls had been disappearing in this village recently, especially young and beautiful girls. As for the reason, it was because of the followers of the Paradise Faith.

The so-called Paradise Faith is those who claim to have received God's will to save these suffering people. They are the apostles of the Son of God, and the leader of the Paradise Faith is the Son of God, who is said to be able to hear God's words.

"Salvation? Son of God? Hehe, these people who claim to be God's apostles are really interesting! I want to see what the so-called Son of God is about?! Xiao Yue, let's go, go check what this so-called Paradise Faith is?"

"Yes, Master."

In the process of Zero and Xiao Yue's action, they suddenly felt that the atmosphere around them was getting more and more wrong, and a trace of coldness actually appeared in the air.

"Master, it's not right around here."

"I also felt it, Xiao Yue, scan and see what's going on."

"Yes, activate scan... Scan successful."

"Master, a battle seems to have occurred on the outskirts of the village, someone is fighting an evil demon! And the coldness in the air is the Blood Demon Art of that evil demon."

"Blood Demon Art?! To be able to produce a trace of coldness here, that evil demon must be very powerful! Let's go over and see quickly."

"Yes, Master."

Zero and Xiao Yue immediately rushed to the outskirts of the village. When they arrived, they found a girl fighting an evil demon. And that girl Zero and Xiao Yue had both seen, it was Kanae Kocho.

That evil demon, with white oak hair color, seven-colored eyes. His head was like blood splashed, and his face always showed a carefree smile.

Seeing that Kanae Kocho was in a bad situation, Zero immediately took out the dark alloy annihilation cannon sniper from the nano-space and fired a shot at the evil demon.

"Boom!"

With a loud cannon sound, an annihilation cannon sniper bullet shot out and hit the evil demon.

The evil demon felt that the bullet possessed a powerful threatening force approaching him, and immediately used his iron fan to block it.

But he didn't expect that the bullet exploded, blowing up one of the iron fans in his hand, and the power of the explosion even injured half of his head, and the impact force produced by the bullet also forced him to retreat several meters away.

Seeing this, Zero immediately rushed to Kanae Kocho and used his analysis glasses to analyze the data of the evil demon in front of him.

【Analysis complete.】

【Name: Doma (Ice Demon)】

【Identity: Twelve Kizuki Upper Moon Two】

【Other identity: Leader of the Paradise Faith.】

【Superior: Demon King—Muzan Kibutsuji】

【Age: 200 years old】

【Weapon: Iron Fan】

【Blood Demon Art: Lotus Ice, Vine Lotus, Withered Garden Hanging Snow, Frozen Clouds, Cold White Princess, Profound Winter Ice Pillar, Crystalline Child, Mist Ice. Sleeping Lotus Bodhisattva.】

【Note: The ice mist produced by Doma's attack contains ice poison, which will cause alveolar damage and death if inhaled. Skin contact will make people's movements become sluggish.】

【Suggestion: Use long-range weapons for attacks, or use the burning effect generated by adding energy crystals to behead him. Please pay attention to Doma's attacks containing ice poison at any time.】

After spending three seconds reading the analysis data of the analysis glasses, Zero looked at Kanae Kocho who fell to the ground. The state shown by the analysis glasses was 【Seriously injured, alveolar damage, on the verge of death】.

Then he took out a quantum shield from the nano-space, added energy crystals, and stuck it on Kanae Kocho's chest to protect her, while he took out a gas mask and put it on.

"Buzz buzz buzz~" The destroyer small drones flew out from the void.

"Xiao Yue, you protect Kanae Kocho here, leave the rest to me."

"Understood, activate combat mode, drone control transfer successful!"

"Cough cough... Zero, you... be careful... cough cough, he is an Upper Moon demon, his... attack has ice poison, cannot be inhaled..." Kanae Kocho reminded with the severe pain in her lungs.

"I know, you stay there and don't move!"

Doma recovered from the explosion impact just now, looked at his shattered iron fan, and the strange weapon in the hands of the person wearing a mask in front of him, and felt very curious.

Zero also saw the numbers in Doma's eyes, with the word "Upper Moon" engraved on the left eye and the word "Two" on the right eye. While observing Doma's movements, he used his analysis glasses to analyze the effect of Doma's Blood Demon Art.

"Oh my! What a powerful weapon! It actually broke my iron fan! And hurt me! Na na, what kind of weapon is this? Can you tell me? Are you also a Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps? Can you tell me your name?" Doma recovered from his injuries in a moment, and kept smiling and chattering at Zero.

"Really long-winded." Zero thought to himself, but his hands didn't stop for a moment.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

He fired three shots in a row. Doma had already learned the power of this bullet just now, and immediately swung the remaining fan in his hand to use Blood Demon Art to block.

"Blood Demon Art. Crystalline Child." Doma used ice crystals to create five ice puppets.

Zero knew through the analysis of the analysis glasses just now that these are ice puppets created by Doma that can fight independently, and the appearance is Doma's own appearance. Although the puppet volume is small, the combat effectiveness is not bad, and it can even use Blood Demon Art with the same intensity as the original.

Five ice crystal puppets blocked the three bullets and were blown to pieces. The remaining two ice crystal puppets quickly attacked Zero, and Zero also reacted. In an instant, two cross dark alloy floating cannons appeared in front of Zero to block the ice crystal puppets.

"Dong~ Dong~"

The two ice crystal puppets hit the two cross dark alloy floating cannons that appeared from the void, wanting to attack from another direction, but were always blocked.

Zero quickly put away the dark alloy annihilation cannon sniper and changed to dark alloy type four. Although the annihilation cannon sniper has strong destructive power, the only disadvantage is that it takes 1.5 seconds of energy storage time to fire a shot. Although 1.5 seconds is not particularly much, sometimes it becomes the key to turning the situation around because of these 1.5 seconds.

"Blood Demon Art. Lotus Ice."

"Blood Demon Art. Vine Lotus."

The two ice crystal puppets used Blood Demon Art.

One swung the fan and sprinkled lotus-shaped ice crystals.

The other created several ice vines wrapped with ice lotuses, wanting to bind Zero with this.

But they were all blocked by the floating cannons.

Zero pulled out one and two of the dark alloy type four, added energy crystals, and instantly produced a burning sensation, slashing at the two ice crystal puppets.

The ice crystal puppets were instantly burned and melted, and Zero kicked hard with his right leg and rushed towards Doma.

"Blood Demon Art. Profound Winter Ice Pillar." Doma saw that his Crystalline Child couldn't stop this strange guy, so he used another Blood Demon Art.

Many ice cones appeared above Zero's head, but Zero didn't stop because of this, but continued to swing the one and two in his hands to slash at Doma.

"Da da da da da~"

Not far away, Xiao Yue, who was protecting Kanae Kocho, manipulated the destroyer small drones to smash those ice cones floating in mid-air.

The tacit understanding between Xiao Yue and Zero had already reached the point of heart-to-heart.

Doma also put away his playful attitude and began to get serious.

But how could Zero give him other opportunities? He rushed to Doma and kept swinging his weapon to slash, not intending to give Doma any chance to display.

"Ding, ding, ding!"

"Boom!"

The sword and fan kept colliding with each other, sparks flew, and Doma was also forced back step by step.

"Blood Demon Art. Vine Lotus."

In an instant, several ice vines appeared around Doma and attacked Zero. Zero quickly swung his weapon to cut off and melt all these ice vines.

However, while Zero was solving these ice vines, Doma also took the opportunity to attack quickly.

"Bang, bang".

The high-temperature bullets fired from the end of the cross dark alloy floating cannons behind Zero hit Doma. Having no choice, Doma could only use his fan to block.

Not far away, Kanae Kocho looked at the battle between Zero and Doma and felt incredible.

"That is an Upper Moon demon, he can actually fight him evenly, and even keep the upper hand and suppress the Upper Moon demon!" Kanae Kocho thought to herself, and then her eyes showed enthusiasm. If the Demon Slayer Corps had his addition, it would definitely be able to protect more people from being harmed by evil demons.

Then even if she died, she would have no regrets, just that she couldn't continue to walk with Shinobu.

"Clang!"

"Pfft!" "Pfft!"

One of Doma's hands and one of his feet were cut off. He felt that his hand and foot seemed to be suppressed and could not regenerate.

Zero continued to swing his weapon, this time the target was Doma's neck.

"Swish!"

Doma quickly jumped backward with his only remaining leg to dodge this blow, but a large opening was slashed from his shoulder to his stomach, and blood flowed continuously.

Zero saw that this blow of his was dodged, and there was no accident, and continued to attack.

Doma didn't know what was going on in his heart, and a sense of fear arose. He had no feelings since he was a child, and he didn't know what this sense of fear was. He only knew that once he was hit, he would die.

"Blood Demon Art. Mist Ice. Sleeping Lotus Bodhisattva!" This is Doma's ultimate move and his last trump card. He created an incomparably huge ice person, the appearance was just like a Bodhisattva sitting in meditation with hands together.

Just waving his hands had huge power, and at the same time, he could release a large area of poisonous ice mist.

But because it was hastily made to save his life when Doma was dying, the movements were not agile enough.

Zero held his weapon with both hands and quickly dodged the Bodhisattva's attack. Seeing this ice Bodhisattva in front of him, he didn't feel any accident, because he had already analyzed Doma's Blood Demon Art with his analysis glasses just now, and also knew that this was his trump card for saving his life.

"You think you can save your life like this? Really a naive little doll." After saying this, Zero inserted the one and two into the scabbard box, pulled away a short distance, and took out the dark alloy annihilation cannon sniper from the nano-space. Aimed at Doma protected inside the ice Bodhisattva.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

He fired several shots in a row. Even Doma's ice Bodhisattva couldn't withstand the explosion of the cannon sniper and had already begun to show many cracks.

"Hehe, still resisting, then try this! Implosion!" This is the ability Zero added when designing the dark alloy annihilation cannon sniper, which can gather energy and fire bullets with super high penetrating explosion damage.

"Boom!" A loud cannon sound rang out, producing a strong fluctuation spreading to the surroundings. Kanae Kocho not far away felt her eardrums hurt. If it weren't for the quantum shield protecting her, this vibration would have caused her injuries to worsen.

"Whoosh! Bang!"

"Pfft!" Doma spat out a large mouthful of blood. The implosion bullet pierced through the ice Bodhisattva and instantly shattered into pieces! It also indirectly passed through Doma's body, blowing a large hole in his chest.

"So this is the feeling of death, really wonderful!" Doma, who had not yet recovered, fell to the ground and looked at Zero and said.

Just as Zero was about to continue firing to eliminate Doma, a sound of a zither rang out.

"Zheng!"

In an instant, a door appeared under the ground where Doma was, and saved Doma.

"Don't think about running!"

"Boom!"

Just as that door was about to close, he fired another shot, but it was already too late. That shot hit the ground and exploded, blowing a large pit in the ground.

"Cut, consider yourself lucky! Next time I see you, I will definitely tear you into pieces!" Zero said.

Then he took back all the weapons into the nano-space, took off his gas mask, came to Kanae Kocho, and took off the quantum shield.

"Zero, you... cough cough, sorry, it seems that my time is running out, please... tell my sister, I can't accompany her... to continue walking... cough cough."

"Also, please... please tell my sister... she looks cute when she smiles, I hope she... can live smiling... if possible, I also hope you... can join the Demon Slayer Corps... cough cough" Kanae Kocho felt that she couldn't survive, so she said her last words and thoughts.

"You'd better tell her these words yourself! Xiao Yue, check where there is a place to rest nearby, I want to treat her!"

"Master, we can go to the Wisteria Flower family, it's not far from here, about 20 kilometers away!" Xiao Yue replied.

"Fine, I know!" He took out the light energy aircraft from the nano-space and carried it on his back, added energy crystals, and spread his wings.

Kanae Kocho was already shocked to the point of not knowing what to say, looking at the wings Zero spread behind him, one black and one white, vivid and lifelike under the moonlight. It was as if the wings of an angel and a demon were combined together.

"Xiao Yue, I'll trouble you to stay in my pocket first! We have to hurry!" Zero pointed to the pocket on the left chest of his jacket, signaling Xiao Yue to stay there first.

"Okay Master!" Xiao Yue put herself into Zero's pocket, held the edge of the pocket with both hands, and revealed her head.

Zero held Kanae Kocho and flew to the Wisteria Flower family.

Kanae Kocho blushed to the root of her neck, not daring to look at Zero. Because she had never been held by another opposite sex, let alone a princess carry.

……

A few hours later, the sky began to slowly reveal a fish-belly white.

Shinobu Kocho received a support request from her sister's Kasugai Crow, her sister encountered an Upper Moon demon.

Upper Moon demon, every Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps who encountered an Upper Moon demon, without exception, none survived.

"Sister, hold on, wait for me!" Shinobu Kocho said.

When she arrived at the scene, she only found pits and bumps everywhere, a ground of ice chips and bloodstains, and the air was still filled with a smell of gunpowder.

But these were not what Shinobu Kocho cared about, she kept looking for her sister's figure all around, she believed her sister would not die!

Shinobu Kocho shouted while looking for her sister's figure.

"Sister, where are you? Sister! Sis..." While shouting, she saw a sword broken into two pieces on the ground not far away. She stepped forward to pick it up and check, and found it was her sister's Nichirin sword, but she didn't find her sister.

Looking at the Nichirin sword broken into two pieces in front of her, Shinobu Kocho felt an unwilling-to-believe fact in her heart.

"No... this... this is impossible?! This is impossible! Sister, where are you? Come out quickly, don't scare me! Woo woo... Sister..." Shinobu Kocho seemed unable to accept the fact in front of her, feeling that her sister should be seriously injured, so she couldn't respond to her.

"Why... why is this!!! Taking away my family is not enough, now taking away my sister too?!!! Woo woo woo..." Shinobu Kocho hugged the broken sword and knelt on the ground crying bitterly.

Then, another person from the Demon Slayer Corps arrived.

A giant man with a monk style, over two meters tall, with a very long scar on his forehead, blind in both eyes, wearing a brown cassock with the words "Namu Amida Butsu" written on it over his Demon Slayer Corps uniform.

He is the Stone Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps—Gyomei Himejima.

"Amida Butsu, even the Flower Pillar..."

"Himejima-san, my sister she..."

Gyomei Himejima didn't know how to persuade Shinobu Kocho, the Demon Slayer Corps losing a Pillar was a huge loss for them.

"Return to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters first to tell the Master about this, we will avenge the Flower Pillar! Amida Butsu." Gyomei Himejima said.

"I will personally end the evil demon who killed my sister and avenge my sister!" Shinobu Kocho said angrily.

……

Time returned to the night.

Zero held Kanae Kocho and spent one minute flying to the Wisteria Flower family. Matsui Kuju saw the wings behind Zero and felt particularly shocked.

"You go and prepare a room for me quickly, I want to treat her. She is seriously injured, she will die if she is not treated!" Zero said commandingly.

Matsui Kuju then noticed the girl Zero was holding, and he also saw who this girl was, the Flower Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps, Kanae Kocho, but her situation now was very bad, her face was pale, and her body was covered in blood.

"What are you still stunned for? Hurry!"

"Ah yes yes, lord. Please follow me quickly!"

Under Matsui Kuju's guidance, they came to a room that had already been cleaned.

He put Kanae Kocho on the tatami, turned to Matsui Kuju and said: "Next I will treat her, you watch the door for me, don't let anyone disturb me!"

"Okay lord, what else do I need to prepare?"

"Nothing needs to be prepared, you just need to watch the door for me, don't let anyone disturb me!"

"Yes, lord, I understand!" Matsui Kuju said and turned away, closing the door to guard the entrance.

Zero squatted down and said to Kanae Kocho: "Kanae Kocho, next I will treat you, but there is one thing I must explain to you first, so you don't misunderstand."

"What is it, you say?" Kanae Kocho asked weakly lying on the tatami.

"That is, I need to take off all your clothes." After saying this, Zero felt the atmosphere was a bit awkward.

Kanae Kocho also felt very shy, her whole face was red.

"O... okay, you... you help me take them off! I don't have much strength now. Also, you can call me Kanae." After saying this, Kanae Kocho turned her face away and didn't dare to look at Zero.

"G... good!" Then Zero closed his eyes and used his arms to support her body to take off her haori, then unbuttoned her clothes; but in the process of taking them off, he touched other parts.

"Ah~?"

Zero: "???!!!"

"You... you'd better open your eyes and help me!" Recalling her scream just now, Kanae felt particularly shameful, as if she was doing something.

"But... that... that..."

"Now I am the wounded, you are the doctor. No need to worry so much, at worst, you treat me as a female doctor."

"...... Alright." Then Zero opened his eyes and helped Kanae take off her clothes.

After a while, looking at the naked Kanae Kocho in front of him, with white and tender skin that could be broken by a blow, strange pictures that he dared not imagine suddenly appeared in his mind.

Kanae Kocho covered her key parts with both hands, lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Zero. It was the first time she appeared naked in front of an opposite sex and was seen all over. But a strange emotion arose in her heart, and even her heartbeat was particularly fast.

Zero quickly shook his head, threw those thoughts out, and took out the treatment pod from the nano-space.

Kanae Kocho was shocked again by the white machine in front of her.

"This is the treatment pod I created, which can quickly treat the injuries on your body. Now I will put you in to treat the injuries on your body."

"Hmm!"

Then Zero opened the lid of the treatment pod, held Kanae Kocho up in a princess carry again, and put her into the treatment pod.

"Next, you sleep well inside, rest and recuperate, it won't be long before you recover. Don't worry, nothing will happen!"

"Hmm, thank you! Zero."

He closed the lid and saw Kanae Kocho inside through the glass on the lid.

Kanae Kocho also saw Zero outside through the glass and smiled slightly. This smile looked very healing.

Zero looked at the data on the display board of the treatment pod.

【Kanae Kocho: Seriously injured, frostbite, poisoned, alveolar damage】

【Treatment duration: 5 hours.】

【Required consumption: 60 energy crystals.】

Without saying a word, he added 60 energy crystals. Suddenly, the inside of the treatment pod emitted white light. Kanae Kocho felt that this light was very warm, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

After doing all this, Zero sat on the tatami, and Xiao Yue also flew out of his pocket.

"(???)? Master, how does it feel?"

"What how does it feel?"

"That is her figure! Even I looked and felt so beautiful! White and tender! Seen it, touched it... Ouch! So painful! Master, why are you hitting me?! " Xiao Yue was talking vigorously when she was flicked on the head by Zero.

"Who did you learn this from? Was it Luo Li who taught you while I was sleeping?"

"No... nothing like that, hee hee! Don't talk about this, Master, how do you feel about that evil demon's strength?" Xiao Yue quickly changed the subject, fearing that her master would give her another flick, although it didn't use any force.

"That evil demon's strength, if calculated according to the subordinates of the void insect mother body, can only be considered middle-to-lower level, and I can behead him. The pity is that I was suppressed by the interface in this world, and my strength can only exert half."

"Then what are the plans for next?" Xiao Yue asked while sitting on Zero's shoulder.

"Let's see later... while Kanae is still being treated, let's have a good rest first!"

"Hmm."

…… ===== CHAPTER 5 =====