Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

Chapter 181 Two New Henchmen

Upon hearing this, Sabito and Makomo realized that this ghost couldn't out-argue them, so they immediately revealed their true forms and were about to attack.

Sabito Shinko quickly prepared to meet Li Lei's offensive, but the difference in strength was obvious, and they couldn't possibly stop him just by trying.

Li Lei instantly teleported between Sabito and Makomo, and flicked each of them on the head.

Sabito was speechless after being beaten, and Shinko held his head and was about to cry.

Sakoto: "That's it?"

Sabito felt that the ghost in front of him had a very strange personality and didn't seem like a ghost at all.

"Why did you hit my head again? Can't you hit me somewhere else?"

Makomo was almost in tears, rubbing her head and saying aggrievedly.

"Mmm—that feels great!"

After beating the two men, Li Lei felt great and didn't hold their rude behavior against him anymore.

Having had his fun and games, Li Lei felt it was time to get down to business.

Sabito and Makomo were still grumbling when they suddenly felt their room begin to change drastically. The hard floor began to soften, and the pure white walls turned from white to bright red. Then, the changing floor and walls began to writhe.

"What's going on? Why is this room moving?"

Feeling as if the surrounding walls had suddenly come to life, Sako felt a chill run down his spine, realizing that danger lurked everywhere around him.

Could this be the original state of this room?

Sabito couldn't believe his eyes. He suddenly realized that this demon had way too many Blood Demon Arts; this was completely different from what his master Urokodaki had described.

Could it be that all the knowledge about demons that Master Urokodaki taught them was wrong?

No! It must be that this ghost is special, or perhaps all ghosts have collectively evolved.

"Ugh, this...this...this is so disgusting!"

Feeling the constant wriggling sensation under her feet, Makomo was so frightened that she didn't know whether to move or stay still.

Makomo, a girl, had never seen anything like this before, and she felt like she was going to break down.

Even if she were faced with a mountain of knives and a sea of ​​fire, she would jump down without hesitation in order to leave this place.

Compared to Makomo's panicked appearance, Sabito seemed much calmer. Although he was also scared, he couldn't be cowardly as the senior apprentice.

Seeing that Makomo was terrified of her surroundings, Sabito used his uninjured hand to pull her over and carry her on his back, so that Makomo's body would not touch the writhing ground.

"Thank you, Sabito! You're a good person."

"It's alright, what can I do? I'm the senior brother."

As Makomo, perched on Sabito's back, felt the strange sensation under her feet disappear, she immediately expressed her heartfelt gratitude to Sabito. Then, she used both hands and feet to cling tightly to Sabito like an octopus, afraid of suddenly slipping off his back.

Li Lei: "Ah, that works too."

Looking at the two people pressed tightly together, chest to back, Li Lei felt he had learned something. Although it was unintentional, he seemed to have learned a useful posture from it.

"Hmm, I can try it later."

Li Lei nodded thoughtfully, as if he had thought of something.

"Damn it, what am I thinking about at a time like this? We need to get down to business."

When Li Lei came to his senses, he almost forgot about the important matter, but luckily he remembered it in time.

Seeing the ambiguous atmosphere between the two, Li Lei snapped his fingers. Immediately after the snap, several tentacles grew from the surrounding walls and separated to bind the two.

After doing all this, Li Lei walked forward with a mischievous grin on his face, rubbing his hands together.

"Hey hey hey."

Li Lei: (?w?)

Looking at the two separated by the tentacles, Li Lei had a smug look on his face.

锖Rabbit Mako: "...(＿＿)ノ｜"

"Holy crap, I got so excited I forgot this guy was still here."

Li Lei didn't care about their feelings at that moment. He raised his hand and gave each of them a "small gift," placing it directly into their hearts.

Watching Li Lei press the small, moving meatball directly into Sabito and his own bodies, Makomo felt utterly terrible.

Meanwhile, the tadpole's face was completely blackened.

The moving foreign object inside their heart told them that this thing looked like it could kill them.

"Hehe, can you two feel the little life inside you? That's right, it's just what you thought. Congratulations on becoming mothers."

"Haha, that's truly something to celebrate."

Li Lei smiled wickedly and sent his blessing. Then he controlled his tentacles to release Sabito and Makomo, and restored the surrounding walls and ground to their previous pristine white state.

"What exactly are you trying to do by doing this?"

Sako, who felt that her arm, which she had clearly severed, had been restored to its original state by the little life inside her, couldn't understand Li Lei's actions.

"Didn't I say before? Of course, you'll be my subordinates."

Hearing the puzzled look on the face of the rabbit, Li Lei smiled and said.

"You're dreaming. We won't help you kill anyone."

The rabbit replied firmly.

Li Lei: "Murder? Whom do you mean?"

Remembering that he hadn't said anything about asking them to kill for him, Li Lei suddenly realized that they seemed to have misunderstood what he had said.

"Isn't it?"

Makomo asked with a hint of doubt.

Seeing Sabito and Makomo's puzzled looks, Li Lei sighed. It turned out that he hadn't explained things clearly.

"I want you to be my subordinates so that you can kill ghosts with specific weapons, not people. Of course, I don't mind if you use them to kill people."

Li Lei explained carefully.

Upon hearing Li Lei's explanation, Qian Tu and Zhen Gu were even more confused.

A ghost actually asked them to kill other ghosts. Have they gone mad, or has the world changed?

It was as if his master Urokodaki had suddenly said to them after they had learned the breathing technique, "Alright, you have learned all the essentials of the Water Breathing that I have taught you. Now you can kill your master."

This sounds like a complete lie and illogical; who would believe it?

However, reality is often absurd. With Li Lei's patient explanation, Sabito and Makomo reluctantly accepted what Li Lei said.

Sabito: "Rei, are you saying that your family was harmed by Muzan, and that you were forcibly turned into a demon by Muzan, and that you are filled with hatred for Muzan?"

"Hmm—" Li Lei nodded with an innocent expression.

Makomo: "And you said that one day, Muzan encountered a terrifyingly strong human by accident, was severely injured and exploded, and escaped. That's when you broke free from his control."

"Yeah, right, right."

Li Lei nodded incessantly, like a chick pecking at rice.

Although Rui kept nodding, Sabito and Makomo didn't believe a single word he said.

The idea that a human could easily defeat Muzan sounds incredibly unbelievable.

There's nothing I can do; it seems I'm too tired to tell them the truth.

However, Lei actually said that if they were asked to kill ghosts, then they should kill ghosts properly, but only kill ghosts and not do any of the other requests.

Let's see when this devil reveals his true colors.

After discussing it with each other, Sabito and Makomo agreed to Li Lei's request.

Li Lei also gave them two replicas of the Nichirin Blade made from his own flesh and blood to kill demons; the blades were bright red, which looked very abnormal.

"This knife can kill ghosts?"

Sabito and Makomo were a little skeptical, but since this was the demon-slaying weapon designated by Li Lei, they could only try it out first.

After doing all this, Li Lei smiled and opened the door to the alternate dimension, letting Sabito and Makomo leave.

"By the way, don't even think about escaping, you two. I can locate what's inside your bodies."

Li Lei reminded Sabito and Makomo, who were leaving.

Upon hearing Li Lei's sudden remark, Sabito and Makomo paused, exchanged a glance, and then silently left Li Lei's alternate dimension.