Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

Chapter 116 Discovery of a Yoshinori

In a house with its doors and windows tightly shut, Li Lei looked at the crow in his hand.

Did you hear what I said clearly?

Li Lei spoke to Crow, Xiao Wu's little brother.

"I heard you all clearly, Master. Tonight I will keep an eye on the sisters you mentioned, as you instructed. If anything major happens, I will notify you immediately through the parasitic flesh and blood you left in my body."

The crow in Li Lei's hand stood tall and proud, its gaze firm as it answered.

“Very good. As long as you do what I ask of you well, I will give you many benefits. Whether you want food, a female crow, or glittering gems, I will satisfy you.” Li Lei promised.

"I promise to complete the mission, Master."

At this moment, the crow in front of Li Lei raised its head even higher, and the colorful black feathers on its chest stood up even more proudly than before.

"Oh, and remember to bring a few more crows to observe together."

"It's the master!"

Upon receiving Li Lei's order, the crows immediately spread their wings and flew away after Li Lei opened the door.

The crow was summoned by Li Lei through Xiao Wu before he left, so that he could keep track of Kanae and Shinobu's whereabouts after he was gone.

He wanted to be able to know and rush to their aid immediately if they were in danger. Since he had traveled to Demon Slayer, met Kanae and Shinobu Kocho and become friends with them, he had to change their destined tragic future.

To change the possibility of their family being destroyed, their parents dying tragically at the hands of evil spirits, and their sisters dying at the hands of Upper Moon Two.

These kind-hearted women shouldn't have such a fate, so I must change their destiny and extend their future.

At this moment, Li Lei's eyes were fixed firmly on the window, looking directly at the afterglow of the sun. He had already made up his mind to regard Upper Moon Two as his greatest enemy.

……

In the quiet night sky, Li Lei flew towards the direction of Natian Spider Mountain.

Suddenly, a clearing more than 20 meters in diameter below the tall, dense forest caught Li Lei's attention. On the clearing, a person was practicing martial arts, his body covered with blue striped tattoos symbolizing sinners.

Li Lei stopped in mid-air, looked down, and touched his chin.

Upper Moon Three Akaza, what's he doing here? Shouldn't he be following Muzan's orders to find the Blue Spider Lily? How dare he slack off like this? Doesn't he care about his salary? Will he get his year-end bonus? Isn't he afraid Muzan will lay him off?

Okay, Muzan hasn't laid off any members yet, and even if he did, he wouldn't lay off the Upper Moons, so Akaza has nothing to fear. Of course, this doesn't include Nakime, who was killed by Muzan from afar shortly after rising to the Upper Moon, since she was weak and controlled by someone else.

The scene shifts to an alternate dimension, the Infinite City.

On a floating wooden platform, Narumi, who was playing the biwa, suddenly felt a chill down her spine and a wave of discomfort, and then sneezed.

Nakime frowned. As a demon, she couldn't get sick; someone must be talking badly about her behind her back. The thought instantly locked onto two demons in her mind: Upper Moon Two, Doma, and Lower Moon One, Rui. No other demon would be so idle.

Let's turn our attention back to Li Lei.

Akaza, who was diligently practicing and improving his martial arts, spotted Li Lei high in the sky. Upon closer inspection, he realized that Li Lei was the annoying brat who had successfully launched a positional battle against the Lower Moon 1 Ubume many years ago.

"This brat seems to be quite favored by Lord Muzan. Wait, this is troublesome. It seems this brat has discovered him."

Seeing Li Lei flying towards him, Akaza felt a headache coming on. This kid was just as good at "talking" as Upper Moon Two, and he really didn't want to run into him.

"Is Lord Akaza thinking of me? I am so touched. I never imagined that I was so important to Lord Akaza. I wish I could come to Lord Akaza's side right now to catch up and have a heart-to-heart talk."

The Upper Moon Two, Doma, whose location is unknown, uses his ranking advantage as a demon to remotely send harassing phone calls to Akaza.

"Doma, it's you again. How many times this month has this happened? Don't you get annoyed?" Akaza had no choice but to say impatiently, unable to deal with Doma's harassment.

"Lord Akaza, what are you saying? You and I are good friends. Why are you so annoying to talk to? Talking to you is one of the few happy things that happens to me. I'm overjoyed." Douma's cheerful voice came from afar into Akaza's mind.

"But I don't want to talk to you, Doma. Don't you know how annoying you are in my eyes? Now, don't bother me!"

Akaza spoke ill of Doma.

"Lord Akaza, are you unhappy? Oh! I see, it's because of Lower Moon One. I just saw him in your eyes. I didn't expect Lord Akaza to be so lucky to meet him."

"I can't find him anywhere. I'm so envious of Lord Akaza, it's even a little jealous. Since Lord Akaza wants to spend time with Rui, let's talk later."

Doma's voice slowly faded from Akaza's mind, and Akaza, feeling the disconnect from Doma, calmed down considerably. Next, there was the matter of Riku's arrival.

Akaza was fairly accepting of this, since he didn't really dislike Rui, who was the Lower Moon One, except for the fact that Rui's words made him feel uncomfortable.

As Li Lei drew closer, Akaza prepared himself mentally, resisting Li Lei's verbal attacks with strong willpower, constantly reminding himself to treat it as a test of his mental strength.

Finally, just as Akaza was ready, Li Lei slowly flapped his white wings and came to stand before him.

Li Lei flapped his wings and landed in front of Yiwozuo. The wind that accompanied him blew the withered leaves and weeds on the ground.

Even the crimson blouse of Upper Moon Three, Yiwozusa, was not spared, whipping wildly in the strong wind brought by Li Lei, as if it would be blown away at any moment.

"Hi—Good evening, Upper Moon Three Akaza-sama! It's so nice to meet you here."

"Tired, why aren't you looking for someone to eat with at this hour? What are you doing here? Don't tell me you're planning to start a bloody battle with me." Akaza looked at Li Lei calmly.

"Lord Akaza, look at what you're saying. With your meager strength, you might be able to bully the Lower Moons, but how could you dare to launch a battle of wits against you, the Upper Moon?" Li Lei raised his hand to indicate his innocence.

Akaza: "..."

So, your fight with Upper Moon Six Gyutaro was like this: you were the one dominating him the whole time. Were you just letting him win? Don't be ridiculous.

And look how terrified Daki is of you! You said Dongjue was too afraid to go west, it was so bad I couldn't bear to watch. You've bullied Daki like this, don't tell me Gyutaro doesn't know.

Given Gyutaro's sister complex, there are only two reasons why he wouldn't dare to attack you: either Muzan wouldn't allow it, or you're much stronger than him, and he's afraid you'll launch a bloody battle of swapped positions.

Akaza was still amazed by Li Lei's growth in strength when he thought about this information. This Lower Moon One, who was favored by Muzan, had such a high talent for being a demon. He had already possessed the strength of an Upper Moon after more than ten years as a demon.

Even Upper Moon Two Doma is probably not growing as fast as him now. Thinking of this, Akaza couldn't help but think more highly of Li Rui.

"Tired. Since you're not here to challenge me, what do you want from me? You don't want to learn my boxing techniques, do you?"

"King Akaza, the Upper Moon Three, is so strong. It's an honor for me to learn from you." Hearing Akaza's words, Li Lei's eyes lit up unexpectedly, and he immediately followed up with his desire to learn.

"Wait, you really want to learn martial arts from me?" Akaza looked at Li Lei in disbelief. "As a demon who can become stronger by eating people, how could you have the idea that learning martial arts from me would be a slow way to become stronger?"

"I saw how powerful your martial arts were when you were practicing from high above, and I was so impressed that I want to learn from you," Li Lei said earnestly.

Akaza: →_→ "I think you only want to learn it because you think it's fun,"

~(￣▽￣～)~

"Lord Akaza, you're overthinking it. I genuinely wanted to fight you, not because I saw you throwing punches so impressively from high above."

Akaza looked disgusted at Li Lei's explanation and said, "No, you said it on purpose."

There was no other way; Li Lei wanted to learn Akaza, so he had to bite the bullet and teach him, since Li Lei was favored by Lord Muzan.

Although Lord Muzan hasn't given me the task of teaching Rui, the Lower Moon One, if I dare not teach him, Lord Muzan will definitely give me... more tasks. Then I'll have to do all sorts of things myself, and forget about having a vacation.

The thought of all this gave Akaza a headache. After much agonizing thought, Akaza decided that he would definitely choose a secluded place to cultivate in the future.

"Okay, I'll teach you!" Akaza agreed resolutely, frowning.

"Thank you, Akaza-sama."

Looking at Li Lei's smiling face, Akaza, who had a worried expression, never expected things to develop this way.

Akaza admitted that he had been practicing his boxing skills in the wild when Li Lei discovered him, and promised not to repeat the mistake.