The Concealment Technique, making you unable to see!

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Noticing “Dororo” blocked once again, Hyakki, feeling disheartened, conceded defeat. He wanted to keep seeing the life flames of “Dororo,” not the life flames of small animals.

Dazai proudly shook the stray cat in his hand, the price being scratched by the cat’s claws.

“Hiss!”

Later on.

Dazai finished off the remaining sausage and bread.

Who said he could only eat dog food? Once he got serious, he wouldn’t even spare the cat’s food!

On the way back, Dazai and Hyakki followed the river again. Dazai, with keen interest, gazed at the river and uttered words that would terrify ordinary people: “The recent turmoil in Yokohama is too great, with many deaths. It seems like you could see corpses if you looked closely…” He stuck out his tongue, “Ew, getting shot and then drowned is too painful. It’s better to just take a bullet to the temple.”

He suddenly looked towards the afternoon sky, speaking to himself as if chatting with someone.

“I wonder if it’s because of an Ability user’s influence, but there seems to be a new urban legend in Heijima River, where monsters grab people’s feet by the river and pull them into the water… The victims often have their internal organs missing…”

As soon as he finished speaking, Hyakki walking beside Dazai began to slow down.

However, he continued to walk, following Dazai.

At the same time, there were dragging marks appearing on the moist soil by the riverbank, and something was stirring the surface of the water. Dazai dreamily remarked, “Do you think it could be a mermaid? Or perhaps a river demon residing in the river?”

【… An evil creature.】

Hyakki’s line of sight shifted from the “Dororo” in front of him to below.

Moist handprints appeared on his feet.

Hyakki, radiating the power of a demon, was like a beacon in the darkness. The crimson flames on his body were sinister and weak, emitting an enticing aura of “food,” as if constantly whispering: Eat this person, devour the immense power within him, and they will become incredibly strong.

In this modern world where demons hid, and spiritual energy was scarce, slaughter attracted creatures of darkness from afar.

The newly arrived kappa in Heijima River had crimson eyes fixed on the two figures walking along the riverbank. The one walking faster was cluelessly discussing it, while the slower one seemed like a delectable treat.

As long as… they ate both of them…

Ate…

The kappa lurked in the muddy Heijima River, exerting force continuously, trying to drag the black-haired youth into the water. But instead, Hyakki didn’t fall into the river; rather, he ended up dragging the kappa along.

It leapt onto the shore!

Its frog-like limbs wrapped around the legs of Baigui Wan.

“It appeared.”

A ripple called “hunting” emerged in the heart of Baigui Wan.

In that instant, Dazai turned around, taking two steps back abruptly. Baigui Wan drew his sword, his tied-up long hair forming straight black lines as his killing intent surged like water from an icy spring. With a swift motion, he swung his sword towards the connection point between his feet and the river’s surface!

The unseen sword energy seemed to exist in the air, fierce and ferocious, tearing through invisible enemies!

This wasn’t an onmyoji.

Nor was it a spiritual ability user exorcising demons.

The slayer, merely a human teenager unable to see, hear, or speak. Dazai felt as if he had witnessed the breaking of worldly norms, unable to look away.

“It’s impossible!!!”

The scream of the Kappa was like a burst of water waves, causing Dazai to cover his buzzing ears.

Beneath the splashing curtain of water, Baigui Wan retracted his sword, water droplets clinging to his face. The blade flowed with a translucent and eerie liquid, dripping slowly down — the blood of the Kappa spilled during Baigui Wan’s night stroll.

Its body was severed, vanishing by the riverbank.

In its dying moments, it was filled with terror.

This power… wasn’t spiritual energy… yet it was even more sinister than the mischievous demons…

“So weak.”

Baigui Wan had slain the first monster in two months, feeling unsatisfied. In his eyes, there was no spectacular battle; he simply split the red flames of life in half, and the flames dissipated into thin air.

Dazai approached, touching the transparent liquid with his fingertips, causing it to vanish even faster.

In the blink of an eye, the Kappa went from having no remains to having no evidence of its existence.

“What is this?” Dazai sniffed his fingertips, detecting the lingering fishy smell of river water, which made him nauseous. “Wow, it’s so dirty. Whatever’s in the Leibo River, it definitely isn’t mermaids!”

Baigui Wan couldn’t smell these odors. Like completing a mundane task, he cleaned the blood of the monster from his sword, sheathing it, and the cold killing intent emitted towards the monster vanished along with it.

The “puppet” remained quiet and obedient, showing no signs of the heroic feat of slaying a monster just moments ago with the body of an ordinary person.

Dazai wiped his fingertips clean, casting a meaningful glance at him.

“I’ve noticed.”

You’ve killed many… countless… unnamed things.