Chapter 78: Discovering Aoki
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One day, two days... seven days passed in a flash.
Aoki looked up at the sky. The light gray clouds covered the sky, and raindrops like cow hair fell from the sky, filling the air with a faint fragrance of soil. It was raining. Judging from the weather conditions, it should rain for the next three days. The day with the strongest sunshine this year had passed. The blue spider lily had not bloomed.
"It seems we can only wait until next year," Aoki stood up. Because he was mentally prepared, he was not particularly disappointed. He had not wasted these days. Since the blue spider lily only blooms during the day, he ran around at night and practiced "space mark shuttle." After seven days, he could use it freely and had placed several more space marks.
Aoki took one last look at the weed-like blue spider lily and prepared to leave. Moving them was never an option. The blue spider lily has extremely high requirements for its growth environment. There may be only a few of them in the whole world, making transplantation almost impossible. If nothing else affected them, according to the original plot, these blue flowers would not be destroyed within two hundred years, so there was no need to move them.
"Mr. Aomura! Mr. Aomura! Mr. Aomura!"
A familiar shout came from outside the flower field, and Aoki turned to look. A pair of boys and girls were standing outside the flower field, waving at him with sunny and innocent smiles. It was Tanjiro and Nezuko. This was the third time Tanjiro had come in the past seven days. He said that because of the money, the family's life was no longer tight, and they wanted to teach him the Hinokami Kagura as soon as possible. This was what Aoki mainly did during the day over the past week.
So far, the results were not very optimistic. Despite his control over his body, he did not feel any effect after seven days. Of course, it might also be that he was not suitable for the Breathing of the Sun.
Aoki walked outside and soon reunited with the Kamado siblings.
Tanjiro asked, "Mr. Aomura, are you ready to leave?"
Aoki replied, "Yes, the strongest sunshine this year has passed, and the blue spider lily has not bloomed. We can only wait until next year."
Nezuko looked up at him, her eyes curving into crescents. "It's just right. We went down the mountain yesterday to buy a lot of food. Mr. Aomura, please stay for dinner!"
The three of them walked back while chatting and returned to Tanjiro's hut in the evening.
Aoki declined the Kamado family's request to stay for dinner.
Kie Kamado said, "Mr. Aomura, are you in such a hurry to leave? It's not safe in the mountains at night. Why don't you wait until dawn before going down the mountain!"
"No, I have something urgent to do and must leave immediately," Aoki said. "But don't worry, ma'am. I will come to disturb you often in the future. I hope you won't be annoyed then."
He also had to learn the Hinokami Kagura and would definitely deal with Tanjiro's family often in the future. However, he was not lying when he said he had something important to do. He wanted to send the blood of Tanjiro's family to Miss Tamayo and let her study it. He also wanted to leave space marks everywhere as teleportation points. Additionally, he needed to discuss with Ubuyashiki Kagaya how to use "space mark shuttle" to kill demons quickly. In short, he had many important tasks to complete.
If the blue spider lily did not have a fixed blooming time, he would not have stayed here for so long.
Kie Kamado smiled, "How could it be? You are welcome to come anytime."
Aoki waved at Nezuko. "Mr. Aomura," Nezuko trotted over.
Aoki took out a jade token. On one side, silver lines outlined a complex diamond pattern, which looked beautiful and mysterious.
"This is a talisman I made myself. I give it to you. You must wear it and smash it if you encounter danger."
"Thank you, Mr. Aomura," Nezuko said, taking it with both hands, her face flushed.
Aoki waved at them and turned away. The Kamado family watched him leave. After Aoki's back disappeared, they swarmed around Nezuko.
"Sister, what did Mr. Aomura give you? Let me see it!"
"Wow! This is so beautiful."
"I want to see it too! I want to see it too!"
Nezuko looked nervous. "Be careful, don't break it!"
Kie Kamado looked at her with a smile. "Mr. Aomura seems to really like Nezuko."
She didn't think much about it. First, the age gap between the two was too big. Second, Mr. Aomura was not only good to her eldest daughter but was also particularly close to her eldest son and eldest daughter.
"Yes!" Tanjiro smiled.
Kie shouted, "Okay, stop playing. Get ready to eat, there's a lot of meat today!"
Hearing there was meat to eat, the little ones' attention was diverted, and they gathered around Kie. Because Tanjuro was in poor health, their family had always been in a difficult situation and rarely had meat.
Nezuko carefully put away the jade card, a smile appearing on her fair and pretty face.
"Nezuko, come and eat!" Tanjiro waved.
"I'll be right there!" Nezuko jumped over.
Aoki moved quickly, taking several meters in one step, and soon left Kumotori. Coming to the town he passed by before, it was still quiet, with no light. "I wanted to buy some wine."
Aoki showed a regretful expression and was about to leave when he suddenly stopped. Light rain was falling, and the night was particularly dark. However, relying on his excellent dark vision, he clearly saw a strange eyeball appear out of thin air on the streets of the town.
"What is this?"
Aoki felt a strong sense of déjà vu. The next moment, the eye turned around and happened to meet his gaze. The huge word "Six" in the middle of the eyeball was clearly visible.
"Is this, Nakime? Upper Six?"
Aoki's pupils shrank. Had Muzan promoted Nakime to the Upper Six? What was going on with the Demon Slayer Squad now? Couldn't they have been destroyed during his period of seclusion?
At the same time, in Infinity Castle, Nakime suddenly raised her head.
"Master Muzan, we found the defector!"
Muzan Kibutsuji, who was sitting calmly on the chair, stood up, and a powerful aura erupted from his body.
"Very good! Finally found it! Proceed according to the original plan!"
"Yes!" Nakime responded while playing her biwa.
Dang!
Thinking that the Demon Slayer Squad might have been destroyed, Aoki's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly dismissed this speculation. It wouldn't be difficult for the Demon Slayers to find him. If the team was really going to be wiped out, there was no way no one would notify him.
At that moment, a figure suddenly appeared. His body was covered in sinner tattoos, and he had pink hair and golden eyes.
"Akaza?" Aoki said in surprise.
"Defector!" Akaza rushed toward Aoki without any hesitation.
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