Demon Slayer: Upper 0 seems to be a waste

Chapter 156: Surprise but No Joy

Some are happy and some are sad, which is probably the current scene, except that this time the ones who are happy are ghosts instead of humans.

Lin Guang squatted in the window frame, and the moonlight shone into the house from the gap above his head. The originally neat and clean house had become messy. Gorgeous long ribbons were spread all over the room, like a huge spider web, and the original owner of this house was at the center of the spider web.

Wrapped tightly with soft ribbons, it bound his hands and feet and covered his noisy mouth.

In fact, it was not noisy, it was just that Lin Guang didn't want to hear anything, and the woman wanted to say something, so she had to cover her mouth.

——One hour ago——

Hinazuru was sent to the lowest level brothel. It was neither unexpected nor unfortunate. After all, it didn't matter where she went, and she didn't expect the brothel owner to find a good place for a woman who was "seriously ill."

That greed drove her to be sold, but it was also because of that greed that she was able to escape the devil's lair.

The dilapidated house was covered in dust, but she didn't mind such an environment. Before joining the Demon Slayer Corps, she and they had all experienced worse. Such a residence and such indifferent treatment were not worth worrying about at all.

In contrast, she just began to anxiously look for paper and pen, wanting to record the recent events again and try to see if she could send it to Lord Tianyuan.

The pen dipped in ink had just touched the paper, and she hadn't written a complete name when she heard a rustling sound. Her alertness reached its peak in an instant. Hinazuru turned around quickly. There was no one in the room. It was obvious that the doors and windows were closed. She had checked and the floor was not hollow and the ceiling had no leaks. Where did the sound come from?

She asked herself in her heart, and looked around. The room was strangely quiet, as if the rustling sound just now was just an illusion.

But the next second the sound came again, and this time she was sure that the sound came from the pile of luggage she brought. Her hand touched her lower back, and there was a poisoned kunai hidden in her belt.

Silence. The moment the kunai flew out, something also flew out from there. It was so fast that she couldn't even see it with her eyes. The next second, she saw the source of the sound.

It was a silk ribbon. In an instant, the silk ribbon spread throughout the entire room, tightly binding her. Her hands and feet were tied, and even her waist was tightened. She subconsciously wanted to speak, so the next second the silk ribbon covered her mouth and was wrapped around her neck.

Like a threat.

The pattern on the ribbon was beautiful, but Hinazuru didn't care about that at the moment. She just felt that the pattern seemed familiar, as if she had seen it on someone else...

Who is it...

Her gaze dropped from the ceiling to the floor, where she landed on the kunai and the tattered cloth beside it. She remembered the cloth bag, the one Rin had given her. She also remembered that Warabihime had once worn a belt with this pattern.

Everything suddenly became clear. No wonder Princess Warabi didn't make things difficult for her when she knew she was leaving, and even deliberately let her go. No wonder Rin had always just been watching her timidly from afar, but suddenly came to talk to her today.

Damn it, why didn’t she realize earlier that there was something fishy about that gift?

If the ghost hiding here is really an upper-rank demon, he must have some unique abilities. It's really embarrassing that she didn't notice it at all.

But now is not the time to regret. What she needs to think about is how to escape and how to put herself in an advantageous position again, at least to avoid becoming a prisoner or a food reserve.

Her eyes fell on the kunai on the ground again. If only there was a way to get that thing...

"Wow—"

It was the sound of a wooden window being pushed open, and moonlight poured in from the window. Hinazuru's heart stopped beating for a moment. So, did that Warabihime guy catch up with her?

As her breathing became rapid, the intruder who opened the door revealed his true face. First, a small hand stretched in, then the head. Supported by the arms, the child gradually appeared and finally squatted on the windowsill.

Although her attire was very different from when she was at Kyogokuya, Hinazuru still recognized who the short hair and eyes belonged to.

Is it Rin?!

It's so dangerous here, why would this little girl come here! Let her leave quickly!

wrong.

If the gift was from her, if it originally belonged to Warabi...

So she came to check on Warabihime's condition...

With the incredible ribbon in front of him, such a ridiculous idea now seemed to be able to be organized more smoothly in his mind into a possibility whose truth or falsity was still to be determined.

As if to verify her guess, the child brought himself in from the window, but just squatted on the window frame, leaned on the frame, and looked at her with his head tilted.

Her face without any rouge or makeup looks more like a young child, but there is less softness between her eyebrows and eyes.

"Good evening, Miss Hinazuru."

It was a childish voice, familiar, but not exactly the same. It was said to be a little girl, but judging from the scene before her, the person leaning against the window frame and looking at her might be more like a boy.

but.

How could it be, how could Princess Warabi allow a boy to be around her...

"You probably have a lot of questions. Coincidentally, I have too, so let's talk about it."

As the other party waved his hand, the silk ribbon that had been covering her mouth loosened suddenly. However, Hinazuru, who had regained her ability to speak, did not shout anything to attract other people's attention. She looked at the boy in front of her and tried to make her voice calmer.

"Who are you? What do you want to know?"

"My name is Rinko, Rin for winter, light for night."

Lin Guang pointed at the moonlight as he spoke, his tone calm.

"As for what you want to know...I think you know better than me who those letters are for."

Silence, endless silence. Hinazuru couldn't possibly tell the truth. She wouldn't reveal a single word. Rinkou seemed to have guessed this possibility. He sat there, took a breath, and continued speaking slowly.

"Well, since you don't want to talk, I'll tell you what I know. I guess you're from the Demon Slayer Corps. Although I haven't seen many people like you, I can probably tell from your strength that the person contacting you is probably someone more powerful. There aren't many powerful people in the Demon Slayer Corps, so maybe it's one of the Pillars? I know some Pillars, but they don't have many women around them. That means they must be someone I don't know. To be honest, this is good news. I don't like fighting with people I know."

Rinko was still talking slowly, as if sharing a story with a friend, while Hinazuru was thinking. She was thinking about how to get out of this predicament, thinking about Rinko's identity, but at the same time, she was searching her mind. She felt that the name Rin was a little familiar. Rinko. Rinko.

This name seemed a little more familiar, but she couldn't remember it at the first time, which meant that this was not someone she knew. She must have only heard it once, but she remembered it once, which meant that a very important person gave this information.

Ghost. Rinko. Boy.

"That's really not grand. That Rengoku guy actually made friends with a demon, an upper-rank demon at that. It's said to be a little boy named Rinkou, with a very strange personality. Anyway, you all should be careful from now on."

She remembered that it was something that Lord Tianyuan mentioned to them after a meeting of the Pillars, but because it was only mentioned once, she temporarily forgot about it because of too many things to do later.

and so.

"You're a demon. Right? The upper rank one. Rinkou."

The boy stopped sharing his story because of her sudden opening. He tilted his head, seeming a little surprised and vaguely unhappy.

"I'm talking, and you're being a bit rude. But, yes, I'm Rinko, Upper Rank Zero."

As he spoke, the eyes transformed from human pupils into ghost eyes, glowing eyes with clear words engraved in them.