Tanjirou heard Musashi's confident tone and asked in shock, "Could it be that Musashi found Muzan's hiding place this time?"
Tanjirou was unaware of Tamayo's work in extracting Blood Demon Arts.
Musashi shook his head at the words.
"No, but the final battle with Muzan is coming soon. We just need to wait for the Master's arrangements."
Musashi didn't tell Tanjirou everything, only giving him this hint.
But even so, a huge wave surged in Tanjirou's heart.
At this moment, Musashi suddenly remembered another matter. His Kasugai Crow hadn't returned since it left him to deliver a message to Tanjirou, and Musashi didn't know where it had gone.
"Oh, Tanjirou, do you know where my Kasugai Crow went? It hasn't returned since I sent it to deliver a message to you," Musashi asked Tanjirou.
"…Huh?"
Tanjirou was still dazed by Musashi's words, pondering their meaning. He only snapped out of it when he heard Musashi's voice, not clearly hearing what Musashi had just said.
"I want to ask if you know where my Kasugai Crow went."
Seeing this, Musashi felt a bit helpless and had to repeat himself.
This time, Tanjirou heard clearly and replied truthfully, "It left immediately after delivering the message to me. I don't know where it went either.
However, if it hasn't returned to you, it might have gone straight back to headquarters. It will surely appear next time there's a mission."
Musashi thought about it and felt that it made sense.
"Caw, caw, caw, caw! This time my master killed an upper moon one! Do you know what upper moon one is? It's the strongest among the Upper Moons, second only to Muzan, understand? Upper Moon Four is nothing…"
At this moment, Musashi suddenly heard a familiar voice not far ahead.
This extremely proud voice made Musashi's face darken. He now knew where that guy was.
"I'm leaving first."
After telling Tanjirou, Musashi quickly walked forward, following the voice. In a short while, he entered the headquarters' main gate and saw two Kasugai Crows standing on the courtyard wall. One of them was his Kasugai Crow, and the other had extremely long eyelashes. Musashi remembered this seemed to be Muichiro's Kasugai Crow.
At this moment, his Crow was shouting with its head held high and chest puffed out, while Muichiro's Crow opposite it was trembling with anger.
Crow was gloating when it suddenly felt a gaze. It looked down and met Musashi's eyes.
!
Crow was so startled it almost lost its footing. Just then, the long-lashed Kasugai Crow opposite it suddenly pounced on it.
"I'm going to pluck all your feathers, you scoundrel!!"
The long-lashed Kasugai Crow bit onto one of Crow's feathers and pulled with all its might.
"Caw! Caw! Let go of me! It's really going to be pulled off!"
Crow flapped its wings in pain, struggling, but the long-lashed Kasugai Crow wouldn't let go.
"Caw!!!"
The next moment, accompanied by Crow's painful cry, one of its feathers was pulled off, and it finally managed to escape, flapping its wings and flying into the sky.
However, before it could be happy, a hand grabbed it.
"How many people have you told this to?" Musashi asked, looking at Crow in his hand.
"Caw! Caw! Master, don't worry, I definitely didn't say anything I shouldn't have!"
Crow quickly said, completely avoiding Musashi's previous question.
"I asked how many people you told about this. Don't change the subject," Musashi continued to ask, looking at it.
"This…"
Seeing it unable to speak for a long time, Musashi roughly understood.
Actually, this wasn't something that couldn't be said, but his own Kasugai Crow's completely unrestrained personality made Musashi a bit displeased.
But since the matter had already happened, Musashi couldn't say much more. He planned to go back and find a rope to tie Crow's mouth for a few days.
Walking along the road, Musashi realized he had underestimated Crow.
"Master Musashi, you are truly amazing! To be able to kill another Upper Moon in such a short time, and this time it was the strongest, upper moon one!
Judging by this, Muzan will definitely not be your opponent either!"
A Kakushi saw Musashi and excitedly came over to him, saying.
"I will work hard to kill him!"
Musashi smiled and politely responded.
After being pulled over and praised profusely, the Kakushi finally let Musashi go.
As a result, he hadn't walked two steps before he encountered another one.
"Master Musashi, I want to become your Tsuguko! I hope you can take me in. I also want to become as strong as you, and one day be able to defeat upper moon one!"
A young swordsman bowed deeply to Musashi and said loudly.
Musashi looked at the Kasugai Crow in his hand. Its eyes were somewhat evasive.
"Thank you for your trust, but I'm sorry, I don't have any plans to take on a Tsuguko for now."
Musashi smiled apologetically at the young man and said.
It wasn't that he didn't want to, but the final battle was coming soon, and taking a Tsuguko now wouldn't allow him to teach them anything substantial.
"Then… alright. I'll come ask you again when I have time." The young swordsman looked somewhat dejected as he left after hearing Musashi's refusal.
After the young man left, Musashi grabbed Crow with both hands and asked him incredulously, "You didn't tell everyone at headquarters about this, did you?"
The two people he encountered consecutively both knew that he had killed upper moon one, and these two were people Musashi didn't know at all. It was clear how widely this news had spread.
"Caw! Caw… pretty much…"
Crow admitted somewhat hesitantly. Before, when it stayed by Musashi's side, it barely spoke, having suppressed itself for quite some time. After Musashi sent it out, it became a bit unrestrained, telling almost every person at headquarters about Musashi killing upper moon one.
Musashi felt a bit speechless. Just then, Kyojuro walked towards him from ahead.
"Hahahaha! You did very well, Musashi! To think you even killed upper moon one! Very impressive!"
Kyojuro's bandages from last night were gone, but his left eye was still temporarily closed. During his recuperation at Swordsmith Village, his body had almost fully recovered, but the vision in his left eye was still not great. If he opened both eyes at the same time, the sight he saw would be clear on one side and blurry on the other, so he simply kept his left eye closed.
Musashi was not surprised to see Kyojuro appear. He had already guessed that Kyojuro and the others had likely returned when he saw Muichiro's Kasugai Crow earlier.