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Chapter 60 - Search

"There, you're as good as new!"

Goku cast healing magic on the injured Demon Slayer Corps members, stabilizing their severely wounded bodies.

To maximize the puppets' strength, the demon disregarded whether attack movements violated body structure.

This resulted in many controlled Demon Slayer Corps members suffering extensive bone fractures and internal organ compression, sustaining severe injuries.

That's also why most of them lost consciousness.

Fortunately, they all practiced breathing techniques, making their bodies much stronger than ordinary people, which prevented them from dying instantly.

While Goku's healing magic couldn't completely cure them, it could stabilize their injuries.

As long as the injuries were stable, it wasn't a big problem.

Because Mita had said that the Demon Slayer Corps also had a specialized medical team.

As long as they weren't dead, after ten days to half a month of recuperation, they would be good hunters again.

As for the lightly injured members, Goku's healing magic restored them to their original state immediately.

However, a few had already died, and Goku could do nothing for them.

"Goku, who exactly are you?"

Watching Goku cast healing magic to save people, Mita couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He now understood that Goku was definitely not just an ordinary person with a naturally special physique.

But it didn't matter; at least Goku was on their side, and as long as he wasn't a demon, he was a friend and could join the Demon Slayer Corps.

"How could this happen?"

In the distance, the female demon suddenly realized that her connection with the little spiders had been severed, and she could no longer observe what was happening ahead through them, nor control the spiders there to spin webs for her, leaving her stunned.

Just then, another little boy with white hair and white skin walked down the mountain, stepping on spider silk, and arrived above her:

"Mom, did you win?"

"Rui?"

The female demon's body immediately trembled when she saw the boy, her face filled with terror.

"Did it take too long? If you don't hurry, I'll go tell father."

The boy's face was expressionless.

Upon hearing this, the female demon was scared half to death and quickly replied:

"I... I can, Mom can protect you, don't tell father, please don't tell father!"

The boy looked at the female demon with cold eyes, silent for two seconds:

"Then hurry up."

After speaking, he turned and left.

Seeing the boy leave, the female demon took a few deep breaths, temporarily suppressing the fear in her heart, then manipulated the spider silk in her hand and roared:

"Die, all of you die, if you don't die, I'll suffer terribly..."

That boy just now was not her child, but Rui, one of the Twelve Kizuki, the strongest demons, specifically Lower Rank Five.

Rui liked to play house and cared deeply about family bonds.

He believed that parents must protect their children, and older siblings must protect younger siblings, even if it meant risking their lives.

So he captured some demons, granted them power, and made them play the roles of his parents and siblings.

Any demon who did not abide by his rules for playing house would be cruelly abused by him.

Some would even be hung directly on trees, to be burned to death by the Sun when it rose the next day.

She was currently playing Rui's mother, and if she couldn't deal with these invaders, she would face severe punishment.

Thus, she no longer cared about anything else and directly controlled more puppets to charge towards the disconnected area.

The puppets on the periphery just now were the weakest ones.

Deep in the forest, she had also captured many stronger puppets, as well as the most powerful Puppet King.

Now he wanted all these puppets to attack together, to eliminate all those demon hunters in one go.

Only then could she escape Rui's punishment.

At the same time, three lowest-ranked Mizunoto teenagers, following the crow's command, also arrived at the foot of the mountain.

One had a scar on his head and carried a box on his back.

Another was shirtless, displaying perfect muscle lines, and wore a boar's head mask.

And there was one who was trembling all over, looking very scared.

However, after entering the forest, they took another fork in the road and encountered another demon guarding that path.

This demon played Rui's older brother in the family, possessing a human head and a spider's body.

His Blood Demon Art was poison; those afflicted by his poison would turn into human-headed spiders like him and fall under his control.

"Movement!"

Goku had just finished treating all the injured when he suddenly turned his head to look deep into the forest ahead.

A dozen Demon Slayer Corps members, holding nichirin blades, emerged from the darkness.

Behind these dozen Demon Slayer Corps members was a headless demon, three meters tall and covered in muscles.

"Even Yoshikawa and the others have become puppets!"

Mita looked at the dozen Demon Slayer Corps members, a horrified expression on his face.

"Could there be a Twelve Kizuki here?"

The Demon Slayer Corps members' strength is divided into eleven ranks; the highest is Hashira, followed by ten ranks: Kinoe, Kinoto, Hinoto, Hinoe, Tsuchinoto, Tsuchinoe, Kanoto, Kanoe, Mizunoto, and Mizunoe.

The members they had just rescued were all of the Kanoe, Mizunoto, and Mizunoe ranks.

The dozen members appearing now were at least Kanoto rank, like him, and the strongest even included experts of Tsuchinoto rank.

But so many experts had now become that demon's puppets.

Behind them was that giant headless puppet; the sheer oppressive presence just standing there made his body tremble slightly.

So he speculated that the demon controlling all of this was very likely one of the Twelve Kizuki.

"What is a Twelve Kizuki?"

Goku paid no attention to the newly appearing enemies; instead, he became interested in the Twelve Kizuki, which Mita so greatly feared.

Mita quickly explained:

"The first demon in the world is called Kibutsuji Muzan; he is the progenitor of demons and the most powerful demon.

Basically, most demons are transformed by Kibutsuji Muzan and are his servants.

Among these demons, the twelve most powerful are called the Twelve Kizuki.

The Twelve Kizuki are divided into Upper Ranks and Lower Ranks; only Hashira can pose a threat to them.

But to this day, Hashira have only managed to kill Lower Rank demons, and Hashira who encountered Upper Rank demons all died in the end."

"Kibutsuji Muzan, it seems he will be a good opponent!"

Goku decided that after sparring with the Hashira at the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters, he would go look for Kibutsuji Muzan and the Twelve Kizuki.

The Twelve Kizuki's names weren't known, making them hard to find.

But since Kibutsuji Muzan had a name, it would be easier.

A trip back to Hogwarts to borrow a magic owl from Hagrid should allow him to find Kibutsuji Muzan's location.

Hagrid had said that messenger owls are born with tracking magic.

No matter where the person is, as long as they haven't cast a spell to block tracking magic on themselves, the owl can find them.

Even across a country.

By then, he just needed to follow the owl, and he should be able to find Kibutsuji Muzan.

Killing Kibutsuji Muzan would prevent new demons from being born in this world, which would be a good deed.

"Fire Serpent, clear the way!"

Goku waved his hand, shooting out another Fire Serpent, intending to burn through the spider silk controlling the puppets.

However, this time it didn't succeed, as the puppets easily dodged the Fire Serpent.

After all, they were Geng-rank Demon Slayer Corps members, and their bodies were much stronger than the previous Demon Slayer Corps members.

Moreover, the Fire Serpent's speed wasn't fast to begin with, and the female demon controlling the puppets had also prepared in advance this time.

"Go help!"

Seeing that the Fire Serpent had no effect, Mita was about to call the remaining able-bodied Demon Slayer Corps members to help Goku fight.

But as he lifted his foot, he found that Goku was gone.

Immediately after, the dozen or so controlled Demon Slayer Corps members all collapsed to the ground.

"Uncle Mita, first take them aside to rest. After I deal with this guy, I'll help them heal."

Goku tossed aside the spider silk in his hand and stood opposite the last puppet.

Since the Fire Serpent had been dodged, he used a simpler and more brutal method: he directly went over and forcibly ripped all the spider silk connected to the puppets with his bare hands.

As for this last headless demon puppet, he thought it should have some strength and wanted to spar with it.

"Swish!"

The headless demon's hands, which had transformed into dual blades, swiftly slashed towards Goku's neck while he was speaking.

Goku ducked to evade the dual blades, stepped forward, grabbed the headless demon's arm, and delivered a powerful kick to its stomach.

A powerful explosion of air resounded.

The headless demon's two arms immediately tore apart, and its entire upper body was directly blown apart.

Then, it just collapsed.

"..."

Goku tilted his head, a hint of disappointment on his face.

He thought this headless demon should have been strong, but he didn't expect it to be so weak, breaking apart with one hit.

"So strong!"

The remaining conscious Demon Slayer Corps members in the back couldn't help but widen their eyes.

The sight of the headless demon being torn apart by hand clearly shocked them.

"Then let me see where your true body is?"

Discovering that the headless demon was just for show, Goku closed his eyes and began to use his ki to search for the real demon behind it.

"Found it!"

Opening his eyes, Goku quickly instructed Mita, then his figure flickered and disappeared from the spot.

"Mita-senpai, who is he?"

Seeing Goku disappear into thin air, the Demon Slayer Corps members were once again stunned. After a while, Murata, who was closest to Mita, asked curiously.

Mita put his hands behind his back and puffed out his chest:

"He might be the strongest Hashira our Demon Slayer Corps will ever have!"

On a giant rock not far away, seeing all her puppets destroyed and even her strongest puppet easily dealt with, the female demon's face showed a look of despair.

"It's all Rui's fault. It's because he came to scare me that I was in such a hurry."

Her mission given by Rui had failed, and she could imagine what kind of punishment she would receive in the end; she would definitely be hung on a wall and Goku-dried to death.

"Hey, ma'am, you're the demon who was controlling the puppets just now, right?"

Goku's voice suddenly rang out behind the female demon. Her body immediately trembled, and she quickly turned around.

"It's over, I'm going to die."

Seeing Goku had found her, the female demon knew she was finished.

Because her true body's combat ability wasn't strong; her strength relied entirely on her Blood Demon Art that could control puppets.

This boy in front of her could kill her strongest puppet with one blow, so he could naturally kill her easily.

"It seems it's you. I want to spar with you."

Goku assumed a fighting stance.

However, the female demon had no will to fight at this moment. She lowered her hands and murmured:

"Kill me. It's better to die. Death is liberation; then I can finally relax."

Seeing the female demon in a state of waiting for death, Goku was at a loss for what to do for a moment.

If the female demon resisted, he would kill her without hesitation.

Just now, quite a few Demon Slayer Corps members had died at the hands of this female demon.

But if the female demon didn't resist, it would be difficult. He couldn't just kill someone who had already surrendered, could he?

A martial artist shouldn't do that.

Flashing in front of the female demon, Goku placed his hand on her head, staring into her eyes, and began to cast the Legilimency spell.

He wanted to see the female demon's memories.

With his level of Legilimency, he shouldn't have been able to read memories deep within a person's brain.

But if that person offered no resistance at all, then it was a different story.

"How detestable!"

A moment later, Goku withdrew his hand, his face filled with anger.

The female demon was originally a girl from an ordinary family, who later married a husband who loved her very much.

She could have given birth to children and lived a happy and fulfilling life, but she unfortunately encountered Kibutsuji Muzan.

Kibutsuji Muzan turned the female demon into a demon.

After becoming a demon, the female demon lost most of her human memories and, out of instinct, killed and ate her beloved husband and the people of the entire village.

Later, she was discovered and hunted by the Demon Slayer Corps, fled to Mt. Natagumo, became Rui's mother, and began a miserable life dominated by Rui.

"I'll hand you over to the Demon Slayer Corps to deal with."

Goku looked at the female demon, extended his hand, and cast a Stupefy Curse at her, causing her to fall unconscious.

The female demon was pitiful, but after becoming a demon, her personality became twisted and perverse, and she did indeed kill and eat many innocent people, especially torturing and killing many Demon Slayer Corps members.

So he thought it was more appropriate to hand the female demon over to the Demon Slayer Corps to handle.

"Let me see what kind of strength Lower Rank Five has."

Teleporting back to Mita's side, Goku handed the female demon to Mita.

"This is the demon who was controlling things from behind. I'm leaving her to you all to deal with. I'm going to the mountaintop; there's a Lower Rank Five demon there."

"Lower Rank Five!!!"

Hearing Goku's words, Mita and the others immediately broke out in cold sweat.

Although they had speculated before, they didn't expect there to actually be a Twelve Kizuki demon on this mountain.

"Goku, don't be reckless. A Twelve Kizuki demon is not something we can handle. We'll wait here; a Hashira should arrive soon for support."

Seeing Goku about to go challenge the Lower Rank Five demon alone, Mita immediately stepped forward to persuade him.

Goku was indeed very strong and had many strange abilities, but he felt that compared to a true Hashira, he was still far inferior.

Naturally, he couldn't be a match for a Twelve Kizuki.

With such a major incident on Mt. Natagumo, he believed that headquarters would definitely send a Hashira for support.

So waiting for support here was the best option at the moment.

"You all rest well here. I'll be back soon."

Goku waved his hand, and his figure flashed as he rushed towards the mountaintop.

Seeing this, Mita gritted his teeth and said to all the Demon Slayer Corps members who could still fight:

"All Gui-rank members stay and take care of the injured. The rest follow me to the mountaintop for support."

He put down the unconscious female demon, then enhanced his strength with breathing techniques and, without hesitation, chopped off the female demon's head with a single slash.

On the other side, with Goku running at full speed, he quickly covered twenty kilometers and arrived in front of a house on the mountaintop.

And here, a fierce battle was taking place.

Three boys and one girl were fighting two demons, one tall and one short, while another demon stood leisurely by, watching the battle.

Through the previous female demon's memories, Goku knew that the demon standing leisurely was Rui, Lower Rank Five.

And the two demons, one tall and one short, were the father and older sister from the 'family' game.

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