I will attack as a player!

Chapter 53 4 years

Sensations surged from Chu Wuji's body like a tide, instantly capturing the aura of Shinobu Kocho.

"There are so many people."

On the open ground behind the Butterfly Mansion, bedding was densely packed, and Hidden and the members of the Butterfly Mansion moved among it, taking care of the many wounded.

Most of them are muscle strain or sprains.

In the Butterfly Mansion not far away, Shinobu Kocho watched all this with an expressionless face, then turned and walked into the mansion, kneeling down in front of a Buddhist altar.

"Sister, please let me calm down..."

"Being unable to control my emotions means I'm not mature enough..."

"Is that what you think?" A sudden male voice rang out from behind: "Everyone has times when they can't control their emotions. Expressing emotions appropriately is something a mature person should do."

Shinobu Kocho turned around abruptly, her hand instinctively reaching for her waist, but she didn't find the familiar hilt of her sword.

She barely breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing who it was, followed by a hint of surprise: "Wuji-jun, you're finally back!"

Four years have passed since Chu Wuji said he was going back to his hometown. He left without leaving any way to contact him, so much so that Kocho Shinobu and the Lord once thought that Chu Wuji would never come back.

Now, at this most crucial moment, Chu Wuji has unexpectedly appeared here.

"Muki-kun has become even stronger after this battle. I couldn't even sense your presence." Shinobu Kocho quickly took out a cushion and placed it on the tatami in front of her, straightening her haori, which had become a little wrinkled from the panic.

After hesitating for a moment, Shinobu Kocho finally spoke and explained the whole story: "Even so, I still can't get over it after all this time."

The ghosts took so much from her life: first her parents, then her sister who depended on her, and then a series of colleagues, some familiar, some strangers...

Now, the master has not only revealed the location of the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters to a demon, but also wants him to cooperate with the demon in researching a potion.

"As a Pillar, I should put aside my personal emotions and make killing Muzan my ultimate goal."

"But you've already done very well, haven't you?" Chu Wuji readily agreed and sat down cross-legged, smiling as he looked at Kocho Shinobu, whose veins were bulging with anger.

"However, since Wuji-kun has returned, please allow me to convey to my lord that I would rather study pharmacology with humans than with demons." Shinobu Kocho breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to Chu Wuji.

"Don't think like that. My pharmacological knowledge isn't actually that strong. Perhaps I, as a doctor who is a demon, am better at finding the weaknesses of demons." Chu Wuji politely declined Shinobu's invitation.

If I told Shinobu Kocho now that I've become a demon, what kind of expression would she have?

They must be furious, right?

"..." Shinobu Kocho didn't answer, but clenched her fist tightly, and after a long time, she nodded with difficulty.

She wasn't unaware of this principle, but she subconsciously ignored it because of her aversion.

"By the way, I've been away for so long, I don't know what's happened on this land. Could you tell me about it?"

In fact, when Chu Wuji saw Shinobu Kocho standing in front of the Buddha altar and confessing, he already understood that the current timeline had most likely developed to the Pillar Training Arc.

Chu Wuji still remembered the original plot, but he had already made a lot of changes to it. Mizuko, who was supposed to become a demon, went to learn Water Breathing with Urokodaki Sakonji, while Tanjiro, who learned Water Breathing in the original story, became a demon.

Then the plot will definitely change a lot. Take the Sun Breathing technique, the golden finger passed down from Tanjiro's father in the original work, for example. As a woman, Nezuko naturally did not inherit it.

"A lot has indeed happened in these four years." As Chu Wuji changed the subject, Shinobu Kocho gradually withdrew from her anger.

"I wonder if you still remember the Kamado family that you saved four years ago? The eldest daughter, Nezuko, seems to have a talent for swordsmanship. She mastered Water Breathing after only half a year of studying with Mr. Urokodaki Sakonji and passed the swordsman test."

"On his first mission three years ago, he killed the newly promoted Lower Moon Six with the help of two other rookie swordsmen. Two years ago, he killed the Lower Moon Four on his own and became the second Water Pillar."

"And his older brother, Tanjiro, also mastered his own Blood Demon Art three years ago, a kind of flame that is particularly effective against demons..."

"At the same time, we also captured many demons and used the potion developed by Muzan to pry open their mouths. We discovered that the demons' lair was in an alternate dimension called the Infinity Castle, where everything was controlled by Muzan's maid, Nakime."

At this point, Shinobu Kocho's tone became somewhat heavy: "But just half a month ago, during a Lower Moon demon's attack on the Butterfly Mansion, the demon discovered Tanjiro's secret of being able to walk in sunlight."

"Muzan can see the outside world through the eyes of demons, and Tanjiro's secret must have been discovered by Muzan as well. Master believes that this means that the final battle between humans and demons is about to begin. Muzan will definitely search for Tanjiro's whereabouts relentlessly, so now I am ordering the Pillars to train the members of the Demon Slayer Corps."

"Everything is going as the lord expected. The number of times demons attack humans has become less, but they have begun to roam in large groups, causing harm to many members of the Demon Slayer Corps."

"The only problem is that, for some reason, neither the Twelve Demon Moons nor Muzan have shown any trace of themselves so far. Logically speaking, the Twelve Demon Moons should be the main force in the search..."

Listening to Shinobu Kocho's account, Chu Wuji gradually figured out what had happened over the past four years.

The deviation from the original work is not significant. Although the demon who can walk in sunlight has changed from Nezuko to Tanjiro, Muzan still manages to discover him.

The Sword Forging Village wasn't attacked this time; instead, the Butterfly House was attacked. Was it because they wanted to destroy the potion they had developed?

The information about the Infinity Castle was discovered in advance, and the demons began to act in groups. Does Muzan no longer care about the demons' rebellion?

The Lower Moon demons seem to have been rearranged and become stronger than in the original story, as if Muzan has gained some intelligence.

As for why Muzan doesn't show his face, it's probably because he was traumatized by the cut he made back then, so he's hiding in the Infinity Castle like a turtle.

But he hasn't shown up for four years, so why is Muzan still on guard against him?

That's quite cautious.

I just don't know why the Twelve Ghost Months have also stopped showing up.

Chu Wuji felt that Wuzan was probably holding back something big, or something huge.

Whether it's a large one or a huge lump depends entirely on whether Muzan has gained intelligence.

"In that case, take me to see your lord. I have some ideas."