Although the train was very fast, much faster than a galloping horse, it still had stops and stops along the way. By the time it arrived in Kumamoto, it was already nine o'clock in the evening.

"Little brother Genichiro, it seems it's time for us to say goodbye."

Outside the train station, Butterfly Kanae stood tall, holding a food box given to her by Genichiro in her left hand. Inside was the Hagi mochi she had reserved for her companion, and her right hand held a Nichirin sword wrapped in cloth.

Under the street lamp, her figure was slender, and the butterfly patterns on the feather fabric danced in the wind, like blooming winter cherry blossoms in the light snow.

"Maybe we will meet again."

Genichiro knew that this would happen sooner or later, after all, the purpose of both of them was to save people.

It's just that Genichiro only saved one person.

And she went to save everyone.

If he wasn't worried that Butterfly Kanae wouldn't reveal any information to him due to the rules of the Demon Slayer Corps, he would have simply confessed and followed shamelessly.

"If I can take a train with you back to Tokyo, then it is indeed possible. The few hours I spent with you, Ichiro, were really enjoyable."

Butterfly Kanae said with a smile, suddenly focusing on Genichiro's belt.

"You were sitting there all the time, so I didn't notice it. Genichiro is wearing such plain clothes, but his belt is so gorgeous that it's dazzling. You can tell that it was a girl who chose it, right?"

Genichiro looked embarrassed.

He is a superstitious person, and since Fern Ji said that the material of this belt is a specialty of her hometown and can bring good luck to travelers, he put it on with an attitude of preferring to believe it.

I just didn't expect the pattern to be so gorgeous.

What is embroidered on it is actually the complete story of "The Tale of Bamboo". Even the expressions of the characters are very detailed. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a work of art.

It can be seen that this is indeed a thoughtful gift.

"Really, does Genichiro already have a childhood sweetheart? I originally thought that if I had the chance, I would let my sister get to know you, the eldest son of a wealthy family."

"Hahaha, your expression is so cute, I was just kidding."

"Okay, the person who came to pick me up has arrived. I'll take my leave now. Thank you for the snacks."

Genichiro followed her gaze and saw a girl wearing a black uniform hidden in her coat standing not far away. Judging from her body shape, she should be a good hidden soldier who is not good at fighting.

After the butterfly Kanae completely disappeared from Genichiro's sight, he walked into the darkness around the corner.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

After the four paper figures landed on the ground, they immediately turned into three Chibei Ranbo troopers wearing red bamboo hats, and a gray-clothed Eagle trooper group.

"Sir Genichiro." x4.

"You should know the general situation and what I am going to do this time."

"Among the three of you, two of you are separated from each other and go to Oita County to find a place called Fujisei Mountain. Find out how many ghosts there are and how many members of the ghost killing team are stationed there. After you are done, go back directly.

Go to the confectionery shop in Yoshiwara, Tokyo, and return to Shinichi Sase."

The summoned person will automatically know many of the contents in Genichiro's mind that are called common sense, so there is no need for him to explain anything.

Although the combat power of the Ranpo Zhong is not very high in the game, and they are killed randomly by the Tengu and the people of the Iron Cannon Fortress, they have jumping abilities and assassination techniques that even wolves cannot match.

With their short stature and strange abilities, they are good at conducting espionage activities.

If the ghosts at Fujisei Mountain are weak, it must be that with their abilities, at least escaping from there won't be difficult.

"There is only one person left, so rush to Xinshangquan Village immediately to investigate the recent disappearance of tourists there. Be careful not to be discovered by the Demon Slayer Squad, just know where they are staying. That woman is very powerful, don't cause any trouble.

Her attention."

After all, with the terrifying appearance of Luanbo Zhong, who is as inhuman as a short sweet potato, once discovered, it is probably easy to be treated as a ghost and dealt with.

"As for the Eagles, you first find a suitable set of clothes, go to this address to get the Sun Blade, and then follow me as a servant. Tomorrow, we will go to that village as tourists."

"Yes."x4.

The next morning.

"I've already said that I've never met the people you're talking about, so why can't you understand what they're saying?"

"How can you let my family do business when I disappear and disappear all the time?"

The proprietress of a hot spring hotel pushed the butterfly Kanae out of the foyer very angrily. It was unimaginable that anyone could be irritated by such a gentle Kanae.

As for Kanae, who was a flower pillar, not only was she not annoyed, she even allowed the opponent to push her.

"I'm really sorry if I disturbed your hotel business."

Kanae's apology was very sincere, "It's just that my friends showed up here in the end, and now their whereabouts are unknown, which is really worrying..."

"Stop putting on makeup!"

The landlady showed an expression like "I've seen through you a long time ago", her face was full of anger, and her facial features were twisted together.

"You must be a reporter from another nearby village sent to discredit us?"

"I've said it many times, our Xinshangquan Village is not the only hot spring village with missing guests, why do you have to keep an eye on us!"

"Kurokawa in the south, Izumino in the north, which village has not lost a few people?!"

"This is in the mountains. Those rich people always feel that they are special and often go out for a walk alone. Is it weird to be picked up by animals in the mountains?"

"Besides, this is not the first time this has happened. If you still stay here and don't leave, I will call the police!"

After saying that, the landlady savagely closed the hotel door with a loud bang, leaving Kanae outside in the snow.

However, after closing the door, the proprietress restrained her anger and showed a thoughtful expression. Then she walked straight to the backyard and said to her son who was fetching water: "Stop fetching water now. Go and inform other people, tell them about those who are trying to smear our village."

The people are back again!"

The rural boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes also had a layer of anger in his eyes: "Really, do these people really hate us living a good life?"

"Sansuke!"

The landlady scolded, "You can get angry anytime you want, but inform others first to avoid the news being leaked!"

"I see!"

The young man threw down the bucket and left as if he had shouldered some mission.

On the roof, everyone in Luanbo showed thoughtful expressions after listening to the conversation between mother and son.

"Leaking the news...could it be another incident where ghosts and humans gather together?"

"Well... we have almost collected the information. It's time to go back and report to Genichiro-sama."

As he said that, he turned over and disappeared without a trace. It was as if he had never been there before.

On the other side, Kanae, who was kicked out, still showed no sign of anger, but her eyes were full of worry and sadness.

On the one hand, the whereabouts of the team members are still unknown.

On the other hand, the proprietress showed an indifferent attitude towards the missing persons, as if they didn't care as long as it didn't affect her business.

This stung Butterfly Kanae's tender heart that wanted to cut off all tragedies.

After bowing outside the door, she left and headed to the next hotel.

By noon, she had already visited almost the entire hot spring village, including more than a dozen hotels up and down the mountain, and asked about them one by one.

However, the caliber of almost every company is similar.

The only difference is that everyone loses their temper to varying degrees.

"None of the hotels have seen them? How is that possible?"

You know, before the team members disappeared, they must have stayed here for a few days.

Don't they usually live in hotels but in the wild?

But if the villagers were lying, why did they do this?

Butterfly Kanae wandered the streets of the village like this, hoping that the cold air would bring her some ideas.

She has always been unwilling to speculate on human beings with malicious intent, and she never thought that for some reason, the shops in the entire village had unified their tone.

However, at this moment, a medium-sized stone flew from a distance and was about to hit her back, but Kanae easily dodged it as if she had eyes on the back of her head.

"Under attack?"

Seeing the stone passing by her ear, Kanae subconsciously reached out to her waist, but then she remembered that she had left the knife in the hotel at the foot of the mountain for the convenience of walking in the countryside.

And when she thought that it was daytime and her attacker could not be a ghost, she felt relieved.

"That's her!"

A childish and loud voice sounded, and Kanae immediately turned around and found that it was a group of children of different ages, holding various "weapons" - sticks, poles and stones, charging towards her menacingly.

The leading child was the "Yamasuke" who was responsible for notifying the owners of various hotels.

However, he was so annoyed that he informed not only the adults, but also the children of various families.

They share the same hatred and are determined to drive out all the bad guys who smeared their village!

While Kanae was in a daze, she was surrounded by seven or eight boys holding wooden "weapons", while the girls held stones and stayed in the distance, looking ready to attack.

The division of labor is quite clear.
To be continued...