Soon, Tanjiro followed the breath and found the place with the strongest breath.

He jumped off the high courtyard wall, pulled out the Sun Wheel Knife at his waist and observed the surrounding environment vigilantly.

"It should be that..."

The smell comes from here, with two scents, one is the foul smell from the ghost, and the other is the fragrance from the girl.

The mix of these two scents means that a ghost should have attacked an innocent girl.

Tanjiro frowned and looked for clues.

But no matter how carefully he observed, he could not see any traces left by the ghost.

"No trace was found around, but..."

Tanjiro turned his eyes to the ground.

If the ghost has left with his prey, the smell should be getting weaker and weaker, but these two smells have not weakened or disappeared, but are concentrated somewhere on the ground.

Tanjiro slowly raised the Hibiro knife, and the tip of the knife was facing down.

He wasn't sure if his guess was correct, but it was always worth a try.

The teacher once taught him about ghosts. It is said that stronger ghosts can know ghost blood skills, and the teacher has seen ghost blood skills that can sneak into the ground!

Tanjiro raised his knife and stabbed towards the place where the foul smell was emitted.

"ah!!!"

A scream came from the ground.

Immediately afterwards, the dark shadow began to spread, and a coma girl in a printed kimono gradually emerged from the ground in the shadow.

Seeing this, Tanjiro quickly reached out to pull up the sleeping girl.

With his strength, he should be able to lift the girl easily, but the resistance from below told him that something was pulling the girl and not letting go.

Tanjiro gritted his teeth and held the Hiran Knife with his other hand and stabbed it again.

"ah!"

Another scream came.

Tanjiro felt the girl in his hand suddenly lighten, and quickly picked her up and jumped up to the rear.

"Damn boy!"

Sure enough, it wasn't as Tanjiro expected.

A hideous ghost poked his head out of the shadow on the ground like swimming.

There were three sharp horns on his head, his hair was disheveled like a water ghost, half of his whole body was sunk into the ground, and there were healing wounds on his shoulders. It looked like he was left behind by Tanjiro's Hirohara Knife just now.

"It's indeed a ghost who knows ghost blood skills!"

Tanjiro protected the rescued girl with one hand and held the knife with the other hand and stared vigilantly at the evil ghost who only showed his body.

"Answer me! Where are the other girls you kidnapped?"

"Crack creak creak..."

A sharp teeth grinding sound came from the evil ghost's mouth. He stared at the arrogant human boy in front of him with anger, without saying a word.

Baby, boy! It's so hateful and arrogant. Why did I have to be questioned by this boy? I finally found a fresh prey, and was stabbed just now when I was about to enjoy it. Who should I ask for to reason?

The evil ghost is filled with resentment. Damn, damn! If you don’t eat it quickly, it will be nothing new!

Thinking of this, half of the evil ghost's body that was floating on the ground gradually sank into the ground, not to escape, but to find opportunities.

“…”

Tanjiro stared at the ground vigilantly. The ghost had completely penetrated the ground and could not see it, but the smell of stench still did not go away.

“Hu…hu…”

The violent gasps came from behind.

Kazumi, who was chasing Tanjiro all the way, saw the amazing scene just now. He had never thought that there was really an extraordinary creature like "ghost" in this world.

My whole body was a little stiff and I didn't know where to go.

"If I had known, I wouldn't have come here with this boy..."

"Mr. Kazumi!"

Tanjiro took advantage of the ghost's attack and quickly turned around and handed the girl in his arms to Kazumi's hand.

"Please hold this lady and stand behind me. I will definitely protect you!"

The atmosphere suddenly became quiet, and even the panting and humbler were so nervous that they dared not let out.

He took the girl in Tanjiro's arms stiffly, standing there in a daze, not daring to move at all.

Because the young man holding a long knife in front of him began to concentrate on feeling something after he handed over the girl to him, and he did not dare to disturb him at all.

"Where will the attack be taken?"

This ghost's ghost blood technique should be able to attack from the ground or wall as you wish.

Tanjiro twitched his nose slightly, searching for the stench that filled the air.

At this moment, his attention was extremely concentrated, because the enemy could launch an attack at any time when hiding in the dark, and he had to remain vigilant throughout the process to deal with it.

Suddenly, a strong smell of stench came from below.

"Here you come!"

Tanjiro's eyes narrowed, and he raised the Hiraha knife in his hand and was ready to deal with it.

"The breath of water, the shape of the veil..."

But when his sword skills were just halfway through, he found that something was wrong.

Three dark shadows spread on the ground, and three hideous faces burst out from the ground with their teeth and claws and rushed towards him.

"There are three!?"

Tanjiro's expression changed slightly, but he did not surrender.

The excellent physical fitness he has been tempered and the reflex nerves tempered through high-intensity stress resistance make him able to deal with it even when facing the three evil ghosts who are close at once.

The trajectory of his sword swing changed forcibly.

tread--

He raised his foot and stepped into the empty space among the three ghosts, and then his strength poured from his legs towards the raised Sun Wheel Knife.

"The breath of water, the eight-shaped shape, Takipot!"

The violent slash from top to bottom caused a storm like a waterfall falling from a high place.

"ah!"

A scream came, and the arms near Tanjiro were cut off by violent slashes. Although they could not kill the evil ghosts, the impact of the smashing would slap the three ghosts and suppress them.

The broken arm fell to the ground and sank as if it had fallen into the water. The three ghosts quickly escaped into the ground again.

Tanjiro frowned and continued to search for the ghost's aura.

The three ghosts that appeared just now had the same aura. The ghosts were not creatures that could live in groups, and it was impossible for them to happen that the three ghosts had the same smell. Then the ability of this ghost should not only escape to the ground, but also split!

"This is troublesome..."

Tanjiro had a headache. He didn't expect to receive such a difficult goal in the first mission. It would be fine if he was the only one, but now behind him is Mr. Kazumi and the unconscious girl.

It is not easy to deal with the sneak attacks of three ghosts while protecting two people.

"But if you can't even deal with this situation, how can you find out how to turn Nezuko back into a human?"

Tanjiro's eyes became firmer, he was not timid or hesitant, and his hand holding the knife was even more forceful.

"later!"

Tanjiro immediately turned around and waved his knife as he smelled the breath.

"puff--"

The blade slashed the ghost's shoulder and tore open half of the ghost's body.

Such injuries are fatal to humans, but the only weakness of ghosts is the neck.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the ghost immediately retracted back to the ground and moved towards the distance. The body that sank into the ground came and went freely on the ground like a fish, and soon rushed out of Tanjiro's attack range.

"hateful……"

Tanjiro gritted his teeth and felt a little regretful.

Cut it off.

I could only smell the approximate position and there were two people behind him who wanted to protect, which made him move a little away, otherwise this sword would be enough to kill a clone of the ghost.

"It's a kid!"

The evil ghost poked out his head and mouth cursed Tanjiro.
To be continued...