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Banana's single eye showed confusion as he looked around, and upon seeing people, he quickly hid behind Kisaragi Rin.
"What is this?"
Yukinoshita Yukino was full of questions.
After a moment of thought, Kisaragi Rin grabbed Banana, who was hiding behind him, and said, "Uh, my employee?"
"Boss, what should I do?"
Banana spoke, and the mechanical voice made both of their expressions even stranger.
"Night watch."
"I am only a Workshop assistant; I should not participate in matters outside of the Workshop."
Banana mechanically replied to Kisaragi Rin.
That's right, after the hard work in Tokoname City, Kisaragi Rin had already removed the 'intern' prefix for him; now he was a formal assistant.
"Then don't you want to leave your assistant position and become a formal staff member?"
Kisaragi Rin once again tempted him with a position.
Banana's brain spun rapidly, white smoke even coming from the edge of his single eye, and finally, he silently flew towards the door.
It was obvious he agreed.
"This Banana doesn't seem very smart. Can he really do a good job on night watch?"
Hachiman Hikigaya muttered quietly.
Then he saw Banana turn his eye and stare intently at him.
"I'm so sorry!"
Hachiman Hikigaya immediately chose to apologize.
"Since we have this, uh, Banana on night watch, let's rest quickly. Tomorrow we still need to find a way to track down the Demon Slayer Corps."
Even though the night watch issue was resolved, Yukinoshita Yukino felt even more tired.
"I must complete the Phase One mission tomorrow."
Yukinoshita Yukino thought to herself.
...
Late at night, the tranquility of the small town was broken.
A figure sat up from the bed, secretly got off, and opened the door.
By the moonlight, it could be seen that it was the daughter-in-law of the family.
Immediately after, the grandson, the son, and even the little boy who was the grandfather, all came out one after another.
After a low-voiced argument, the four decided to set off together.
However, they did not notice that although there were only four people, there were five sets of footsteps.
Kisaragi Rin, wearing a red hood, followed them unhurriedly, watching with interest the sweat constantly appearing on their foreheads.
The five arrived at the center of the small town, where a solitary Japanese mansion stood, surrounded by darkness, with only the mansion itself brightly lit.
Looking towards the mansion, its walls were covered with cobwebs; it was clear that this was the dwelling of Lower Moon Five.
The son stepped forward and handed silver coins to the two guards respectively, then said with a fawning smile, "I found clues about the Demon Slayer Corps here. Please inform your superior."
"Wait here."
One of the guards reluctantly walked into the building.
After a while, that guard returned and led them to a separate building.
Then, without saying anything, he directly retreated, clearly not intending to go in with them.
The four looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
Finally, the youngest grandfather, unable to contain his impatience, stepped forward and pushed open the door.
"Sir, we have found clues about the Demon Slayer Corps."
The four did not dare to look much; as soon as they entered the room, they immediately knelt on the ground, explaining their reason for coming.
A white-haired woman sat in a high position, propping her cheek, looking at the four with vacant eyes.
She wore a white kimono, her eyebrows were green, and strange red dots were painted on her face.
She was the "Mother" Spider of Lower Moon Five.
"So what do you want?" "Mother" Spider looked at them with empty eyes.
The breathing of the four quickened considerably. Before anyone else could speak, the grandson, looking at his wrinkled face, excitedly raised his head and said tremblingly, "Sir, I want to become your family."
"Family?" "Mother" Spider looked at him blankly, without a trace of expression on her face, like an empty shell.
Several spiders crawled onto his body, spitting out silvery-white silk that pierced his various joints.
"Mother" Spider manipulated him to stand up and face her directly.
"Sir, I will definitely be a qualified family member, sir."
The grandson's voice trembled. He tried to kneel again but found his body already controlled by the silk, no longer obeying him.
"Mother" Spider slowly walked down the platform. Her white kimono paired with her graceful figure looked extraordinarily beautiful, forming a stark contrast with the atmosphere of fear.
"If you become my family, then what about your original family?"
Silk twitched at "Mother" Spider's fingertips, connecting to his body, continuing to control him.
"Ugh ugh..."
His hands tightly clenched his throat, wanting to stop but uncontrollably increasing the pressure, emitting suffocated whimpers.
Fear and despair filled his eyes. The others were too scared to breathe, their bodies trembling constantly, beginning to regret coming to see the Demon they called "not cruel."
"Mother" Spider continued to control the spiders to crawl onto the bodies of the remaining three.
"What is his status in the family?" "Mother" Spider's voice was low and hoarse.
"He is the grandson," the grandfather replied tremblingly.
"Parents must protect their children, older siblings must protect their younger siblings. No matter what happens, they must risk their lives to protect them."
"Why didn't you protect him well?"
As if questioning, the silk wrapped around the necks of the three, hoisting them into the air.
In just a moment, they stopped struggling and lost their life force.
Looking at the four corpses, "Mother" Spider instead showed confusion.
They're clearly all dead, so why can I still hear a heartbeat?
And it's so close.
Where is he?
The next moment, "Mother" Spider's vision blurred, a wave of dizziness.
It wasn't until her head hit the ground and she saw her inverted body that "Mother" Spider suddenly realized.
He was right behind her.
"It's a pity I don't have gentle sword techniques."
Kisaragi Rin put away his samurai sword, the Golden Light on the blade gradually dissipating.
In this world's setting, Demons have extremely strong self-healing abilities. There are only two ways to kill a Demon.
One is exposure to sunlight; Demons cannot touch sunlight. Even the Demon Progenitor would turn to ash if directly exposed to sunlight.
The other method is to use a nichirin blade containing Scarlet Crimson Iron Sand to cut off the Demon's head.
This special iron ore can absorb sunlight, and a nichirin blade forged from this ore will also gain the power to restrain Demons. The neck is the Demon's weakness; by cutting off a Demon's head with a nichirin blade, most Demons can be killed.
It was night now, and Kisaragi Rin didn't have a nichirin blade, but he had the Golden Light Technique.
The Golden Light Technique was inherently supreme Yang and supreme rigidity, restraining all evil and Evil things. Although it couldn't provide absolute rule-based restraint against Demons like sunlight, it was still on the same level as a nichirin blade.
With her head cut off, she was sure to die.
Watching for so long, of course, wasn't to wait for this Demon to kill that family.
Kisaragi Rin just wanted to observe her abilities and see if there were any differences from the original plot.
What if he rushed out and found this was a high-martial world? That would be a huge joke.
Facts proved that although the world view changed significantly, the combat power level was no different from the original work, at least "Mother" Spider had not become stronger.
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