Chapter 56

"Xiao Banei, why do you consider yourself a sinner?"

"..."

Zero's question caused Iguro Obanai to fall into silence.

He touched the gauze on his face, recalling the various past events of the Iguro family...

In such a family, regardless of gender or age, everyone was a sinner, a piece of human trash! And having been born into such a family, how was he any different from them?

"None of your business!"

After saying this, he left directly without looking back.

Seeing this, Zero did not say anything more.

Everyone has experienced different things; only those who have lived through it themselves can understand the pain in their hearts.

Do not urge others to be kind if you have not experienced their suffering.

He would not go to console Iguro Obanai, nor would he say things like "let go of the past."

At most, he would just talk with him.

But it seemed that the hurdle in Iguro Obanai's heart... was very deep.

Moreover, Iguro Obanai's past reminded him of one thing, a matter he could never forget no matter what.

Zero once, at the age of 1500... killed 50 people!

Those people... were all his fellow comrades-in-arms!

He had killed them with his own hands!

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Returning to his mansion, he went to the room on the second floor.

Just as he was about to open the door, he heard other sounds coming from inside the room, and among them seemed to be a trace of pain.

Zero thought something had happened to Kanae and Mitsuri, so he hurriedly opened the door and rushed in.

"Kanae, Mitsuri, what... what... happened to you... eh... what happened here?"

Kanae and Mitsuri were both sitting on the bed, clutching their stomachs.

Their faces were pale, revealing expressions of pain; they looked very uncomfortable.

"Master, you're back."

"Xiao Yue, what happened to the two of them?"

"I don't know either; when I woke up, they had already become like this."

Looking at the two women on the bed, Zero stepped forward and asked with concern: "How are you two? Is something wrong with your bodies?"

Kanae was a bit embarrassed and replied: "I... I'm having... that..."

"That...? What is that?" Zero was a bit confused and directly activated the 【Analysis Glasses】 to analyze the two's physical condition.

【Analyzing... Analysis successful】

【Butterfly Kanae status: Menstrual period】

【Kanroji Mitsuri status: Menstrual period, endocrine disorder】

"Eh..."

Seeing the results, Zero understood what their situation was.

He didn't expect that both of their menstrual periods would fall on the same day; that really is a coincidence.

As for Mitsuri, because she often eats all kinds of sweets, she even likes to eat sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty snacks.

Coupled with her large appetite and habit of binge eating, her body developed an endocrine disorder.

The reason Xiao Yue didn't know about this situation is that she is a high-intelligence precision robot; it's normal that she wouldn't know.

"You two wait here for me for a moment."

Knowing the situation of his two girlfriends, Zero left the room and went to the kitchen downstairs, boiled some hot water, took out two hot water bottles and filled them with hot water, tested the temperature, and it was just right.

Zao Kui Zhi watched this series of operations by Zero, feeling a bit puzzled.

It wasn't until Xiao Yue told her that she understood what was going on.

At the same time, she felt moved in her heart that Zero really doted on his girlfriends.

After finishing all this, he took the two hot water bottles upstairs and instructed: "Put this on your stomachs. For these few days, you should temporarily avoid strenuous exercise. You can leave the patrolling of your areas to me."

"Especially you, Mitsuri, don't eat snacks for these few days. I will ask Aunt Kui Zhi to make some lighter food for you to eat."

Upon hearing that she couldn't eat snacks, Mitsuri's face immediately drooped, and she looked at Zero with a pleading expression.

She intended to use cuteness to get Zero to lift this restriction.

Seeing Mitsuri's look, Zero also felt a bit moved.

But he still hardened his heart and said firmly: "Don't look at me like that. It's useless to beg me; I have to be responsible for your physical health."

"Alright~"

Mitsuri knew that Zero was doing this for their own good, so she could only endure it for these few days.

However, her heart was filled with happiness and joy.

"Zero, wouldn't that be too tiring? The areas for the two of us..."

"There's nothing tiring or not tiring about it. You and Mitsuri should just rest well for these few days; this is my order!"

Seeing that she couldn't disobey Zero, Kanae had to comply with his wishes.

Moreover, Kanae herself was a doctor and was the one who understood her own condition best.

She had had menstrual periods before, but they had never been as intense as today.

The two women held the hot water bottles against their abdomens, and their bodies finally improved a little, with some color returning to their faces.

Seeing this, Zero felt slightly relieved, turned around, and left the room to go to the kitchen to prepare some things.

According to the 【Menstrual Period Precautions】 prompted on the 【Analysis Glasses】, he prepared some brown sugar water and hot milk in the kitchen.

But considering Mitsuri, the little foodie, he also prepared several extra portions of red date and lotus seed soup.

Takeo and the others poked their little heads out from the kitchen doorway, looking curiously at the busy Zero.

The overflowing fragrance made them unable to help but swallow their saliva.

Zero had long sensed their presence, smiled slightly, and said: "You guys, what are you still standing there for? Come over and help."

The four children, Takeo included, walked in, scratching their heads in embarrassment.

"Brother Zero, what are you making? It smells so delicious." Hanako was full of curiosity.

"This is red date and lotus seed soup for conditioning the body and replenishing nutrition. Could you please help carry these five portions to the table in the living room and call your mother to eat together?"

"Thank you, Brother Zero!" the four children thanked him in unison...

He loaded several portions of brown sugar water and red date and lotus seed soup onto a large tray and carried them upstairs.

Mitsuri had smelled the fragrance long ago and couldn't wait to pick up a bowl and start eating.

Kanae, on the other hand, quietly held a bowl of brown sugar water and drank it spoonful by spoonful.

"Mitsuri, eat slowly. If it's not enough, I'll go make more for you."

"Kanae, you should eat more too."

Afterward, Zero wrote down some precautions, handed them to Xiao Yue, and entrusted her and Zao Kui Zhi to help take care of Kanae and Mitsuri.

After doing all this, Zero organized his equipment, preparing to set off for patrol tomorrow.

……

Half a month later.

In a certain cave, Zero tightly gripped an evil demon's neck with one hand and loudly questioned: "Where exactly is Kibutsuji Muzan? Answer me!"

The evil demon was being choked by the neck, its eyes rolled back, and it couldn't speak at all.

Seeing that the evil demon still refused to speak, he directly dragged it by the neck to the cave entrance.

He threw the evil demon into the sunlight to be scorched.

Before dying, the evil demon roared with great resentment: "You're choking my neck, how can I..."

Before the words were finished, it had already been scorched into ashes.

"Do I need a reason to want to kill you?"

Zero said this sentence with particular righteousness.

After dealing with the matter here, he retrieved the large gold brick in his hand back into the 【Nano Space】.

Before leaving, he glanced at the black bear inside the cave entrance behind him and said: "Single bear!"

Pfft!

This sentence was like a sharp sword piercing the black bear's body.

The black bear felt as if its heart had suffered ten thousand points of critical damage.

A second time, this was the second time this human had said this about it.

It wished it could beat this human in front of it.

But it simply couldn't do it...

Consequently, the black bear decided to leave this place and go somewhere else!

Under the scorching sun, it found a lush, leafy tree to take a nap for a while.

Just then, three Kasugai Crows flew from the sky in the distance and landed on the tree trunk.

One was Zero's Kasugai Crow, and the other two were Kanae's and Mitsuri's Kasugai Crows.

Kasugai Crow 【Yan】 and Kasugai Crow 【Li】.

Both were female crows.

The two women were worried that Zero would be too busy patrolling their areas for them alone, so they asked their own Kasugai Crows to accompany him and convey information.

"Xue, Yan, Li, how is the situation in the areas?"

Xue: "Master, in your area, there is no longer any news of evil demons. A very small number of evil demons, unable to endure, ran out into the sun during the day and were scorched to death."

Yan: "Reporting to Pillar Zero, the situation in Flower Pillar's area is the same; there are no evil demons appearing for the time being."

Li: "The situation in Love Pillar's area is also the same; those evil demons have all run to other areas."

"Eh..." Listening to the answers of the three Kasugai Crows, the corner of Zero's eye twitched slightly.

"Could it be that these evil demons packed their luggage and moved away overnight... they really don't respect my Demon Slayer profession; this is the how many-th time already..."

The three Kasugai Crows on the tree trunk also shook their heads in a very human-like manner.

Kasugai Crow Xue was fine; she was already used to this kind of slacking off.

But Kasugai Crow Yan and Kasugai Crow Li didn't think so.

Over the past half month, they had prepared themselves to run around everywhere.

They never expected that in the end, it was just slacking off!

The mission hadn't even been conveyed to Zero's hands, and the evil demons were already gone.

They even saw Zero, in order to save time, personally go to find the evil demons' hiding places even during the day.

He would drag them out, hold a large gold brick, and ask questions, and the question asked was always "Where is Kibutsuji Muzan?"

If the answer wasn't satisfactory, the large gold brick would greet the evil demon's head.

Sometimes he would even lead the three of them to play around and eat some snacks.

Kasugai Crow Xue told the two of them that this was just daily life, and they would get used to it.

"Forget it, never mind these."

"Xue, Yan, Li, regarding the matter of the 【Wan Shi Paradise Sect】 I asked you to look for before, is there any news now?"

Xue and Li shook their heads, indicating they hadn't found anything.

"Pillar Zero, I found some clues, but it's not very clear specifically. Going straight from the southeast direction, about two hundred kilometers away from here, there seems to be a sect leader there."

Kasugai Crow Yan informed Zero of the clues she had found.

"A sect leader, huh... although the possibility is not high, let's go take a look."

"Thank you for your hard work, Yan."

"Additionally, Yan, Li, you two fly back to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters first and help me tell Kanae and Mitsuri that I will return a few days late. Xue, you also go back with them first and tell Xiao Yue that after my business this time is finished, I will take her out to play."

Kasugai Crow Xue was a bit uneasy and insisted on going with Zero; she was afraid that Zero would be like last time.

Yan and Li were the same.

"Don't worry, this time I'm just going to investigate intelligence, rest assured."

Seeing this, the three Kasugai Crows could only compromise and fly back to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters first.

While the three Kasugai Crows flew away, Zero took out some of his equipment and put in 【Energy Crystals】 for emergencies.

Just in case, to ensure everything was foolproof, he also put his mecha into the 【Energy Crystals】 for storage.

After doing all this, he finally felt a little relieved.

"Doma, hehe... I hope it's really you! The harm Kanae suffered a few years ago, I will pay you back double!"

When saying this, Zero's eyes revealed a playful yet piercing look.

It was as if he wouldn't be able to dispel the hatred in his heart unless he tortured Doma to death!

Immediately, he took out the 【Dark Alloy Motorcycle】 and started his journey, heading toward the southeast direction, which was the location Kasugai Crow Yan mentioned.

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Night.

After a day of riding, he finally arrived at his destination.

This was a town, the scale of which could be said to be standard, and it looked quite prosperous.

After getting off the bike, he retrieved the motorcycle back into the 【Nano Space】 and walked the remaining short distance.

Walking on the street, he looked around.

The hawking of street stall owners, the playful sounds of children, and even some merchants traveling here.

Everything here seemed no different from usual, but in Zero's heart, there was an indescribable strangeness.

Not thinking too much, he directly found a hotel to stay in temporarily.

When paying the hotel owner the check-in fee, the owner's look seemed a bit strange.

It was like the look of someone who had set their sights on prey.

After paying the check-in fee, the owner led Zero to his room.

"This guest, did you just arrive here?" the owner asked.

"Yes, just arrived here for travel."

"Is that so? Then would you like to join the Paradise Sect? Even if you don't join, it's fine; you can just learn about it!"

"No need, I'm just staying here for a few days and then leaving."

"Don't be like that, this guest, our Wan Shi Paradise Sect's sect leader is amazing! He is the Son of God and can hear the voices of the gods..."

"Sorry, I need to rest."

"Alright then, please, please..."

After the owner left, he went downstairs, called his subordinates, and said: "Keep an eye on that guest from just now; he is very unusual! That kind of attire, he's either rich or noble! If that doesn't work, selling him to the pleasure district can also earn a lot of money!"

"Yes!"

Just as the owner and his subordinates were talking, a 【Destroyer Small Drone】 in stealth mode recorded everything.

Afterward, taking advantage of the gap when the two of them left, it flew back to the guest room where Zero was.

Through the 【Analysis Glasses】, he saw everything.

Everything was indeed as he had thought; there was something fishy.

"Hehe, as expected, not good stuff! Forget it, anyway, tomorrow is Doma's doomsday! I'll let you off for now."

"If you dare to continue provoking me... I don't mind making you disappear from this world!"

Immediately, he released all the small drones from the 【Nano Space】, activated stealth mode, and flew out the window.

Before taking action, Zero needed to figure out everything around him to make foolproof preparations for tomorrow's plan.

"Wan Shi Paradise Sect... during the time I met Doma a few years ago, Xiao Yue and I seemed to have heard of this..."

【Search: Wan Shi Paradise Sect】

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