Chapter 74
Ji Qingfeng hid naked in the woods, recalling the previous battle with Kokushibo
‘Muzan probably didn't expect that I could survive after being beheaded.’
‘After waking up, I didn't see the body either. It must have been taken away by Kokushibo.
Ji Qingfeng couldn't help but sneer. Muzan was actually so afraid of Tsugakuin Yoriichi.
He took away his body but not his head.
He thought he would be guarded this time.
‘I need to hide for a while, so I can take this opportunity to help other pillars train and improve their strength. '
Just when Ji Qingfeng was thinking about the plan.
Rengoku Kyojuro and Tanjiro also saw other pillars rushing here from afar.
Coming towards them, in the front.
It was Shinobu Kocho.
Her face was full of anxiety at this moment. She saw from afar that Ji Qingfeng was not among Rengoku Kyojuro and the others.
Shinobu Kocho's heart suddenly tightened.
After the two sides met, the air fell silent, and the pillars behind Shinobu Kocho remained silent.
Rengoku Kyojuro lowered his head, not daring to look at Shinobu Kocho.
Tanjiro and Hashibira Inosuke were crying silently.
Shinobu Kocho smiled, with tears in her eyes.
"Did he go back to the Demon Slayer Corps first?"
Shinobu Kocho's voice was gentle, but her tone was unquestionable as she looked at Rengoku Kyojuro and the others with expectation.
Silence.
Shinobu Kocho slightly raised her head, closed her eyes, and shed two lines of tears.
Then she took a deep breath and said with a choked voice:"Can...can you take me to see it?"
She didn't say what to see, but everyone understood that Shinobu Kocho wanted to collect the body for Ji Qingfeng.
Rengoku Kyojuro didn't answer, turned around in silence and went back to the previous battlefield.
There was no conversation along the way, and everyone followed Rengoku Kyojuro to the dilapidated battlefield.
Touching the large bloodstains on the ground, Shinobu Kocho's mind was blank, and her heart was filled with hatred.
"Could you tell me what happened?"
"Why?"
This world is so cruel to me!
My parents, sister, lover, and important people have been taken away by demons one after another. Shinobu Kocho hates this absurd world.
"After I received this mission"
Rengoku Kyojuro began to narrate the mission in a low voice.
After he finished, all the pillars showed admiration and regret on their faces.
One person facing three upper-rank demons!!
The three strongest ones!!
If he was given some more time to grow...
The Rock Pillar, Water Pillar, and Sound Pillar who came over were all sighing in their hearts.
Only Shinobu Kocho completely collapsed after hearing that Ji Qingfeng had risked his life to kill Douma.
"Ahhhh!!"
A heart-wrenching cry sounded and reached the ears of Ji Qingfeng who was meditating in the woods.
"It seems like, is it Shinobu's voice?"
Looking down at his naked body, Ji Qingfeng walked cautiously towards the edge of the woods.
Listening to the crying outside the bushes, Ji Qingfeng carefully pulled the bushes aside and looked into the distance.
"It's really them."
Ji Qingfeng felt particularly distressed by Kocho Shinobu's shrill cry.
He wanted to tell them that he was not dead, but he couldn't speak because he was naked.
After hesitating for a while,
Ji Qingfeng picked up some gravel on the ground and threw it at Kocho Shinobu.
Pah, pah, pah.
The people behind Kocho Shinobu looked at the stone that bounced a few times on the ground in confusion, and looked in the direction of Ji Qingfeng.
Ji Qingfeng, who was hiding in the bushes, saw that the stone he threw did not attract Kocho Shinobu's attention, but attracted the attention of others, so he quickly hid back.
""Why are you crying?"
He didn't want to let the other pillars know that he was still alive. He had to let the news of his death spread.
If it wasn't for the fact that Kocho Shinobu was crying so hard that made him feel so distressed, he actually didn't want to tell Kocho Shinobu.
"I'll go check it out!" Tomioka Giyuu said expressionlessly, then ran towards Ji Qingfeng.
‘Damn, don't come over here!! '
Ji Qingfeng cursed inwardly when he noticed Tomioka Giyu's action, and hurriedly took off the sun earrings that Kocho Shinobu gave him.
He threw them in the direction of Kocho Shinobu.
With a sound of breaking through the air, the earrings flew towards Kocho Shinobu at an extremely fast speed.
Snap.
Kocho Shinobu, who was filled with grief, felt something hit her head. She turned her head suddenly and looked in the direction of Ji Qingfeng with a murderous look.
But she saw nothing.
Just as she was about to get up and go to find out what was going on, she caught sight of the sun earrings on the ground from the corner of her eye.
‘thisThis is it!
Kocho Shinobu's face changed, and she immediately grasped the earring tightly in her hand.
The grief and hatred in her heart were instantly dispersed by this special hidden weapon.
Kocho Shinobu recognized the sun earring in an instant. It was a gift she gave to Ji Qingfeng.
He should have been wearing it all the time, so how could it be...
It was daytime now, so it couldn't be a ghost leading her there.
Besides, it hadn't been long since Ji Qingfeng's death, so it was impossible for someone to have taken the pair of sun earrings.
She looked at Tanjiro inadvertently.
‘His earrings were still there.
Suddenly, she thought of a possibility.
Then she was a little confused. If he was not dead, why didn't he come out?
She couldn't figure it out, but Shinobu Kocho felt that he must have his own reasons.
""Mr. Tomioka, I'll go take a look!"
Tomioka Giyuu wanted to say something, but after seeing the sad look on Shinobu Kocho's face, he stood there silently.
Shinobu Kocho felt relieved when she saw this, and quickly ran towards the woods.
‘Phew~ Well done, Shinobu, you have such a good understanding.
Ji Qingfeng waved his fist slightly with a little excitement.
‘Damn it, I was almost seen naked by Tomioka Giyuu.
If I was really seen naked by Tomioka Giyuu or those other men, I would be really dead.
Soon, Shinobu Kocho came to the woods with a somewhat uneasy mood.
"Qingfeng Jun!"
After seeing Ji Qingfeng, Butterfly held back her tears and threw herself into his arms.
She once again experienced the feeling of losing and regaining, this feeling of ups and downs.
"Shinobu, I'm fine, don't worry."
Ji Qingfeng gently stroked Butterfly Shinobu's back and said softly.
""Hiss~ Ouch~ What are you doing~"
Suddenly, Ji Qingfeng felt his chest being bitten hard.
"If you scare me, I will bite you! I will bite you to death!"
Kocho Shinobu blushed and snorted,"AndDon't you want this thing anymore?"
"Don’t, don’t break it. What if it breaks?"
"You don't need it anymore?"
Ji Qingfeng took a breath of cold air in pain.
