[You killed Ping Ye and gained 5 dimensional points]
[Milestone: Ogre (Rare) progress updated. Current: 1/1000]
"Ah! Run!"
A few farmers holding muskets, seeing Bai Cangshu slowly pull his completely embedded lower leg from Ping Ye's chest, were terrified and fled in panic.
Bai Cangshu didn't pursue them. He just wanted to tell these people one thing: if you shoot at me, be prepared to be killed by me. This kind of thing can't be resolved with a simple apology for a mistake and a bow.
When Bai Cangshu returned to Kyoto, the "riot" in Kyoto had already been quelled. For those powerful clans who had cultivated in Kyoto for hundreds of years, taking control of this city was effortless.
Bai Cangshu immediately received treatment and bandaging from a physician.
However, Bai Cangshu's right hand suffered devastating damage. The bones were twisted and shattered, and a significant amount of flesh was also scraped off. This was an injury they couldn't resolve.
Even Bai Cangshu himself didn't use healing medicine or the remaining scroll of [Medical Ninjutsu Scroll] on this kind of completely incurable injury.
During this time, Professor and Liu Qi returned once and informed Bai Cangshu that the entire Demon Slayer Corps had been mobilized and were preparing to search every inch around Kyoto to find Kibutsuji Muzan's whereabouts.
Furthermore, they had already joined forces with prestigious families like Tsuchimikado to strictly screen household registrations. Every household had to keep their lights on brightly at night for the next few days.
This was to prevent Kibutsuji Muzan from having the opportunity to eat people to replenish his strength and heal his injuries.
Bai Cangshu didn't have any objections. That afternoon, he saw Gyomei Himejima and several other Pillar-level Swordsmen.
With the cooperation of the local powerful clans, these powerful Demon Slayer Swordsmen began searching house by house.
Many hidden Ogres were killed.
However, Bai Cangshu didn't cooperate with their actions. On the contrary, Bai Cangshu always seemed quite detached. Not only did he refuse Butterfly Kanae's offer to help him heal, but he also refused Gyomei Himejima's suggestion to act together.
Bai Cangshu sat in an exquisite residence. The owner of the residence was an official under Yuhito, who had died in the morning's riot.
Bai Cangshu sat in the courtyard, watching everyone's fervent efforts to find Kibutsuji Muzan's whereabouts. He indifferently closed the courtyard gate.
This action made the other Reincarnators who had been secretly observing Bai Cangshu breathe a sigh of relief.
In fact, ever since "Tao Bai Bai" returned to Kyoto City, Elizabeth and Professor had been in a state of tension. They had been acting near the Demon Slayer Corps, seemingly to pursue Kibutsuji Muzan.
But in reality, they were trying to... avoid danger.
As for the source of the danger, it was clearly their former strongest teammate - "Tao Bai Bai" himself.
Facing Kibutsuji Muzan and several Upper Moons, although the few people knew that "Tao Bai Bai" had used the advantage of the terrain and the daytime sunlight, and [Ripple Breathing] was one of the most counter-effective abilities against Ogres.
Under those circumstances, a [Paper]-level Reincarnator, driven by sufficient courage, did indeed possess the ability to kill a [Bing]-level Ogre beyond their level.
But...
If a [Paper]-level Reincarnator were to face Kibutsuji Muzan, the world BOSS, and the top few Upper Moons simultaneously, it would basically be a dead end.
The scene of "Tao Bai Bai" appearing alone with the heads of the two strongest Upper Moons truly chilled the few people.
Because the words that [Hunter] shouted loudly before he died were actually heard by the few of them.
The information that "Tao Bai Bai is a special Reincarnator" has become a consensus within this temporary cooperative team.
And the identity of a special Reincarnator is information far more important than a Reincarnator's ability and background.
This led to the current quite awkward atmosphere within this temporary team.
The few people were afraid that "Tao Bai Bai" would assassinate them in the remaining time. Professor even knew that "Tao Bai Bai" was likely a special Reincarnator of the [Great Sin System], which made her even more uneasy.
She even had the idea of settling the main quest early and leaving this world.
But this mission was his [Special Trial] to begin with, and he didn't want the completion rate to be too low, so he had to invite the Demon Slayer Corps, hoping to use the plot characters to restrain the injured "Tao Bai Bai."
"Speaking of which, where's Vincent?"
Seeing Bai Cangshu close the courtyard gate, looking like he wasn't going to interact with them, Professor relaxed her focus and then noticed that Vincent, who had stayed with the Demon Slayer Corps, hadn't arrived with the main Demon Slayer Corps force.
In this operation, because one person was needed to monitor whether the Upper Moon was drawn away that night, Elizabeth and Vincent, who possessed [Team Space], decided to split up.
Then, they would use the convenience of the team space to contact each other remotely.
Hearing Professor's words, Elizabeth also frowned.
"Vincent said he triggered a solo mission and needed to stay there to continue completing the mission."
Elizabeth felt a little confused in her heart, because she had gained a lot here, obtaining multiple singularities, and Vincent was actually not tempted.
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What kind of hidden mission could make him give up the potential singularity rewards...
In fact, Butterfly Kanae told her that Vincent only found them on the first night and had almost no contact with the Demon Slayer Corpsafterward.
She hid the doubts in her heart and only said on her face,
"It doesn't matter if he doesn't come. Now the remaining mess is just some small tasks. We just need to cooperate with the Demon Slayer Corps to suppress Muzan's Space."
"Even if we can't kill Muzan, as long as it can't come out and cause trouble again, our main quest completion rate will definitely be very high."
Professor seemed not to notice the gloom on Elizabeth's face and turned to leave.
The high-pressure search policy of everyone was maintained for an entire day and would continue for the next few weeks.
Knowing that Nakime, who could use spatial transfer, was dead, everyone firmly believed that Kibutsuji Muzan could only escape by using the cover of night or Hantengu's ability.
As night fell, the Demon Slayer Corps members began to take over from the Onmyoji who had lost their spellcasting abilities, patrolling all over Kyoto. Everyone carried special fireworks, which would be activated upon encountering an Ogre.
A curfew was imposed in Kyoto tonight, and the usual prosperity instantly turned into silence.
Everyone was waiting for the screams that might erupt.
But the night passed, and nothing happened.
This continued for two consecutive weeks. Just as the Demon Slayer Corps also began to believe that Kibutsuji Muzan had escaped Kyoto through some means.
In the darkness of the night, Bai Cangshu sat by the edge of the pit under the silver moon. A faint killing intent emanated from this pit, where Bai Cangshu and several Upper Moons had fought to the death.
"Kibutsuji Muzan, how afraid are you that you've been lurking here for so many days, not daring to come up and see me?"
"The deal I offered you is still valid. Give me Miss Nakime's ability, and I can grant you the thing you've been dreaming of."
Bai Cangshu looked down at the pit, a look of unrestrained joy on his face.