173 The Cruel Truth

The sky is gradually getting brighter.

When the sun rises from the sky, the nightmare night for the residents of the town is finally over.

The Yin members were running back and forth in the town, sometimes cleaning up the aftermath, sometimes rescuing the injured, making the whole town seem particularly noisy.

However, at this time, the town has truly become a post-disaster scene. There are either collapsed houses or messy ruins everywhere. There are even pools of blood stained everywhere, which is particularly dazzling under the sun.

Under such circumstances, the messenger crows were still flying around in the sky, sometimes flying outside the town, sometimes flying back, seeming to be contacting relevant personnel and sending out intelligence everywhere.

After such a big thing happened, the members of the Demon Slayer Corps who were performing tasks outside naturally rushed back, especially all the pillars, one by one, they all came back.

"Lord!"

"My lord!"

"I'm so glad you're okay!"

The pillars gathered in a clean house that had been temporarily tidied up, and knelt down on one knee towards Uyashiki Yoshiya, who was sitting at the head of the tatami-covered room.

When each Hashira entered the door, there was a lot of worry on their faces, including the previously taciturn Tomioka Giyu and the expressionless Tokitoru Muichiro. Until they saw Ubuya Shiki Yōya doing well, all the Hashira Only then did obvious relief appear on their faces.

"Just come back."

Ubuyashiki Yōya was supported by his wife and children. He sat there and looked at the Hashira kneeling in a row, with a gentle expression on his face as always.

However, at this time, after the pillars felt relieved, they all started to make trouble.

"I said, Purgatory, what's the matter with you?" Immortal Kawa Saneya took the lead in attacking Purgatory Kyōjuro who was kneeling next to Ubuya Shiki Yōya, and said: "Why is my lord still being threatened like this while you are here?"

"This is a dereliction of duty as a guard." Iguro Kobanai also said coldly to Purgatory Anjuro: "You are obviously by the lord's side, but you have become like this and caused the lord to be needlessly frightened. It is too ugly. ”

At this time, Purgatory Anjuro indeed looked very embarrassed, with bandages all over his body, and blood still seeping under his uniform, making this heroic and carefree man look extremely miserable.

"I'm speechless."

Purgatory Anjuro lowered his head and closed his eyes, as if he didn't intend to make any rebuttal.

Swordsmen of this era still adhered to Bushido. Since they swore allegiance to Ubuyashiki Yōya and called him their lord, then failing to protect him would be a dereliction of duty and a crime.

In this era, it is not unusual for the Purgatory Anjuro to be held accountable by the pillars.

Even Yusui Tianyuan said so.

"If I were a ninja, I would have to commit seppuku at this time." Yusui Tianyuan crossed his arms and said, "Do you need me to correct you? Although this is not very gorgeous!"

Faced with Yu Sui Tianyuan's unkind words, the pillars reacted one after another.

"……I have no opinion."

Tokitoru Muichiro actually said this coldly. It seems that Kasumashira, who looks very Sanmu, attaches great importance to the safety of Ubuyashiki Yōya and is angry that he has been reduced to such a situation.

"……I have nothing to say."

Tomioka Yoshiyuki closed his eyes and looked aloof from the incident.

"Although the loss of Flame Pillar is a major blow to the Demon Slayer Corps, with such a gaffe, it is inevitable that someone will take the blame."

Mingyu Xingming pronounced the Buddha's name with a sad look and tears streaming down his face.

"No, that's not the case, is it? Mr. Purgatory did nothing wrong, right? The master is also intact!"

Only Mitsuri Kanroji was very excited and spoke for Purgatory Anjuro, looking very flustered and nervous.

Among all the pillars present, who has the best relationship with Purgatory Anjuro, it must be Kanroji Mitsuri.

Because before becoming a pillar, even before developing the Breath of Love, Kanroji Mitsuri was the stepson of Purgatory Anjuro.

In other words, Kanroji Mitsuri is the apprentice of Purgatory Anjuro.

Therefore, Kanroji Mitsuri was able to use the Breath of Flame as the basis to develop and develop the Breath of Love as a breathing method derived from the Breath of Flame, and became one of the Nine Pillars in one fell swoop.

Now seeing that her master was about to be questioned and even reduced to the point of committing seppuku, Kanroji Mitsuri was naturally panicked.

Fortunately, Ubuyashiki Yōya spoke.

"Don't blame Xingjulang too much. No one would have thought that our place would be exposed. Xingjulang has already done a very good job."

Ubuyashiki Yōya spoke for Purgatory Anjuro.

"Lord." Immortal Sekawa Saneya said: "I have long felt that the guards around the lord are too weak. If something happens, your situation will become very dangerous. Please consider it carefully in the future. Assign a few more pillars around you to protect them."

"That's right." Yihei Xiaobane nodded the head of the white snake wrapped around his neck, and said sadly: "This incident is a lesson. We can't do it again."

"What I'm here for this time is just winding the string. What if Gui Wuqian Wuhan takes action himself?" Yusui Tianyuan also said matter-of-factly: "Although I really hope to have a gorgeous sex with Guiwu Qianwuxian." One game, but before that, the Lord’s safety must be ensured.”

"Agree."

Muichiro Tokitou nodded in agreement.

"I have no opinion."

Tomioka Giyuu said calmly.

"Please consider it, my lord."

Ming Yu Xingming put his hands together and cried out in tears.

"I-I agree too!"

Seeing that everyone had changed the topic and no longer held Purgatory Anjuro responsible, Kanroji Mitsuri immediately agreed.

Only Ubuya Shiki Yaoya shook his head and rejected Zhongzhu's proposal.

"I have already said that precious fighting power like Hashira should not be wasted on a dying person like me." Ubuyashiki Yaoya said gently: "If I die, there are plenty of people in Ubuyashiki's family who can replace me. , My sons and daughters are all excellent talents, but if you die, it will be a great loss to the Demon Slayer Corps. "

The pillars suddenly made a sound one after another.

"Please don't say that."

"Your life is the most precious thing to the Demon Slayer Squad."

"Losing you is the biggest loss to the Demon Slayer Corps."

“You should value yourself more.”

The pillars spoke out like this one by one, even Purgatory Anjuro was no exception, which shows that Ubuyashiki Yōya does have a high status in everyone's minds.

Ubuyashiki Yōya knew this very well, and looked at the pillars with increasingly gentle eyes, but he did not intend to change his mind.

"There is no need to mention the guard matter, but this place has indeed been exposed, and we must move to a safe place."

Saying this, Ubuyashiki Yōya turned to Purgatory Anjurou.

"Have everyone in the town made arrangements?"

Hearing this, Purgatory Xingjulang lowered his head and made a report.

"Yin has just reported that all the wounded have been rescued and the dead have been counted. Fortunately, the casualties are not serious."

While the Shangxians were attacking their own targets, the aquatic creatures summoned by Yuhu from his own pot were also attacking the town.

Those aquatic creatures were so powerful that ordinary Demon Slayer swordsmen couldn't do anything to them, resulting in a certain amount of casualties.

Fortunately, this is the headquarters of the Demon Slayer Corps, and there are swordsmen from the Demon Slayer Corps stationed there, including some higher-level swordsmen. There is no problem in dealing with a group of aquatic creatures that have been summoned to act as lower-level combatants.

Therefore, although there were casualties, they were not serious. In addition, Yu Hu was later decapitated by Li Ge and killed on the spot. These aquatic creatures disappeared with them and did not cause a series of subsequent troubles.

"Everyone who is safe and sound has arranged an evacuation route, and Yinhui will assist throughout the process. Only Butterfly, due to his severe injuries, has not only lost a certain ability to operate in Butterfly House, but may not be able to get out of bed and move around in a short period of time. "

Purgatory Anjuro reported everything clearly.

Among the members of the Demon Slayer Corps, only the Butterfly Ninja is currently absent.

Her injuries were so serious that as soon as the battle ended, she immediately lost consciousness and is still lying in bed unable to wake up.

"Did even Shinobu-san fall?"

Ganlu Temple Mitsuri's expression was sad.

The pillars also fell silent, and some even clenched their fists.

Regarding last night's attack, the process has been communicated to all the pillars through the eagle crow.

Therefore, the pillars already know what kind of disastrous defeat the Purgatory Anjuro and the Butterfly Ninja faced in the face of the rising of the Twelve Demon Moon.

Infernal Kyōjuro fought against Usousushiro alone, but was completely ravaged, and everyone was blown away. If he hadn't happened to fall into Utsuyashiki's house, he might have been killed by Usousō.

The Butterfly Ninja was seriously injured by the winding land and almost died. If the Fallen Princess didn't like to eat beautiful women and had the habit of storing beautiful women as food reserves, the Butterfly Ninja might have been eaten the moment he fell. If it fell, how could it be brought to Ubuyashiki's home by the fallen princess?

Although there were three incoming attacks, whether it was Purgatory Anjuro or the Butterfly Ninja, they all faced one attack alone and were not besieged.

As a result, both pillars failed miserably.

"Is the ghost of the upper string really that strong?"

The words Yusui Tianyuan muttered unconsciously were exactly what the pillars were thinking at this moment.

And this question was answered by Purgatory Anjuro.

"It's very strong." Purgatory Anjuro said with a rare calm face: "Even the last one in the upper string has the power to unilaterally suppress the pillar. If we fight alone with the upper string, most of us may not be able to fight back. ”

This cruel fact really tore apart the pride in many Zhu's hearts.

"Where is that guy?" Immortal Kawa Saneya opened his ferocious eyes and asked Purgatory Anjuro: "Where is the guy who can kill three strings with one sword?"

The pillars suddenly came back to their senses and looked at Purgatory Anjuro.

Mentioning that person, Purgatory Xingjulang's heavy expression also lightened a lot, and he said something.

"He was with Butterfly and said there was a way to recover her as soon as possible."