The night is coming slowly, and looking into the distance is a quiet and dark forest. The darkness hidden in the forest seems to be able to swallow everything in. It seems that as long as you take another step over there, you can be suddenly stretched out by the darkness.

He was dragged by his hand into the abyss.

In this era when the sun rises and sets, people generally don’t stay out much at night. At this time, only the retro-style platform where Lai was standing had faint lights flickering, and it seemed that there was also

It is the only safe haven in the entire dark world.

Ley is now in Neon, a country that really existed in Ley's previous life, but this Neon seems to be very different from the Neon she knows.

Because this is not a country where otaku culture is prevalent and pornographic industries are prevalent. The emperor is still on the throne, the era name at this time is "Taisho", the year is still in the early twentieth century, and the prosperous second world where Rai once lived.

Compared with the eleventh century, this is already a time that can be recorded in history books a hundred years ago.

Five days ago, Rai was brought into this world by Ruby, and she came to a small village.

Rai's neat and decent outfit in Meteor Street has become a pitiable little beggar here. Moreover, Rai's body is only seven years old. It is also because of the lack of food and clothing in Meteor Street.

The bad body shape will further reduce Rai's age.

Under pressure, the villagers in this village suddenly thought of many bad things about her, and their eyes on her became more loving. They didn't mind the garbage-like smell emanating from Rai's body at all, and some well-meaning people even

Take her home and wash her.

After cleaning, they saw that Lai was a rare beauty. Some people were even excited to adopt Lai as their adopted daughter. Lai, who had been fed several kilograms of meat, was very moved by such a proposal, even though she was very excited.

They are small families struggling to make ends meet, but Rai, who hasn't met a normal person for a long time, just wants to live in this place for a few more years.

Unfortunately, Ruby kept urging her to leave to do the mission, so Rai could only bid farewell to these simple and kind villagers with tears in her eyes.

Now Rai is following the instructions given by Ruby, standing on the train platform, waiting for the train named "Infinity Train". Rai doesn't know what the specific mission is. Ruby riddles and refuses to say,

Just say that she will understand if you let her ride. This kind of tone is the most annoying to Rai.

The retro green train came rushing from the other side of the mountain. The locomotive erupted with steam from burning coal. Accompanied by the sound of the wheels rubbing against the rails, the speed of the infinite train slowed down and finally stopped at the station.

Down.

Lai pushed the small wooden box that was as high as her body onto the train. In this box were the daily necessities that Lai had raised from the village. They were very precious. In exchange, she also helped with a lot of farm work and used her limbs to do a lot of farm work.

Qu Lai harvest rice is particularly silky!

Ley gave the train ticket to the conductor, and then pushed the box forward to find a seat. The box blocked her line of sight, which was somewhat inconvenient. If possible, she would have preferred to hold the box above her head with one hand, but that was too impractical.

It's so eye-catching, keep a low profile, keep a low profile!

Lay, who kept a low profile to the end, pretended to be struggling while pushing a wooden box in order to act like a normal six-year-old girl.

"Need help?"

Overacting is another level of attention-grabbing.

The box in front of Rai was lifted up by a young man wearing a black uniform and a green tortoise shell feather. He had a saber hanging on his waist. He had a childish face, but there was a terrifying scar on his forehead. His face was expressionless.

With a smile as bright as spring breeze, he looks young, but he has a hidden demeanor of a swordsman.

"Let me help you!"

The boy was carrying the box as if he was asking himself a question. He seemed determined to help Rai, but he didn't mean to be offensive.

This boy gives people a different feeling from other passengers. If Mugen Train is regarded as an RPG copy, ordinary passengers are unrecognizable NPCs. This boy is as dazzling as an important character who can determine the direction of this copy.

"Thank you, big brother."

Rai decided in a second that he could stay with this boy who was easy to talk to at first sight, "My name is Rai, what's the big brother's name?"

"I am Kamado Tanjiro, please give me your advice, Rai."

Tanjiro Kamado showed a smile as warm as the sun. He was carrying a box on his back. Rai could feel the signs of creatures inside, "Is Big Brother a person?"

"No, I came with my partner..."

Midway through the story, Kamado Tanjiro was silent for a while, bending down and looking at Rai, "It's not very safe on the train, Rai, where is your family?"

Rai shook his head, "I came alone."

After a pause, Rai went on to add some words to supplement his own setting, "My family wanted to force me to do something I didn't want to do, so I ran away from home."

Suddenly, the way Kamado Tanjiro looked at her changed. He was struggling with whether the little girl's seemingly willful behavior was correct, and he unconsciously wondered whether there was something unspeakable behind it. But no matter what the truth was, Kamado Tanjiro

Jiro is not someone who will judge other people's behavior arbitrarily. His sense of propriety and his sense of justice in helping the weak also prevent him from just leaving a little girl on a "dangerous" train.

"Then do you want to come with me? Rai."

Kamado Tanjiro asked: "Stay with me until you reach your destination."

"OK."

Rai replied without hesitation.

Rai followed Tanjiro Kamado like a little tail and met his so-called partners, a boy with yellow hair, a pig, and... a spirited owl?

It feels more and more wrong...

The owl who was looking for food felt the eyes on him, and his eyes fell on the little girl who was sitting obediently opposite him. His round and bright eyes looked at Ley without even blinking.

With a blink, this tacit understanding seemed to be playing a game where whoever blinked first would lose, which made Rai look away in discomfort.

"Hey, do you want to eat?"

The other party spoke first. He pushed some of the stacked bento boxes in front of Lai, gave a thumbs up, and said loudly: "Sweet potato bento boxes, super delicious!"

Rai only felt that it was so hot. This man named "Purgatory Anjuro" was as passionate as a burning flame, which was really hard to resist.

"Thanks."

Ley took a lunch. She was not very hungry yet and was thinking about putting it in the box as a food reserve. But wouldn't it be impolite to do this in front of the giver?

"Children must eat well to grow well."

Purgatory Anjuro could tell at a glance that the little girl in front of him was too thin. She must have had a bad life before. For a moment, as the eldest son, he wanted to take care of her. His heart was ignited. He said in a very loud voice: "

It doesn’t matter how much you eat! Don’t be polite to me!”

Rai: ...Thank you, please just keep your voice down.

The fool who talks to himself and is nosy has always been the target of Rai's troubles.

Who is it?

Rai's eyes wandered between Kamado Tanjiro and Purgatory Anjurou. He always felt that these two people fit the characteristics of the male protagonist of a hot-blooded comic. And these two people were already talking to each other in front of Rai.

"Ghost" and "breathing method" were the words mentioned more frequently. Rai listened openly and chatted with Ruby in his mind.

Can't you give me more tips?

Rai took out a small hammer in his head and hit Ruby.

[Didn’t you already meet the main character? It’s enough to let the next thing develop as it goes. 】

Ruby cried and said, [I have emphasized many times that in addition to publishing tasks, all clues and developments about the tasks need to be experienced by the host itself. Some tasks even appear suddenly, and I only act as a reporter.

Actually, I don’t know more than you about its role.】

Humph! It’s really useless.

Rai snorted coldly and looked at the mission panel in front of her that only she could see.

The panel of the world - [Hunter] has been frozen. It is estimated that you can only look at it again after you go back. The world panel that is opened now is [Taisho]. In the mission panel with golden light below, the first one is——

One of the main tasks - destroy all the evil spirits.

This is the ultimate and possibly the most rewarding mission in the world.

The tasks below are all in a state of being unlocked.

It can be seen from the conversation between the two people just now that they did not shy away from suspicion in front of Rai - ghosts are their enemies, and the sabers on their waists are probably weapons used to fight ghosts, and since Rai's mission is to destroy ghosts

, then she is currently in the same camp as Kamado Tanjiro and the others.

I don’t know what the combat capabilities of creatures like “ghosts” are like, and whether they look scary or not.

Ley yawned, she was a little sleepy.

Kamado Tanjiro was still chatting with Purgatory Anjuro about breathing techniques. He turned his peripheral vision to the opposite side and saw that the little girl who was following him curled up on the chair like a kitten and fell asleep.

"Yeah! Asleep?"

Seeing this, Purgatory Anjuro gently covered the little girl's body with his flaming haori. The wide haori covered her body, making the girl's body appear smaller, like a newborn baby.

Like a cat, people unconsciously feel a sense of protectiveness.

——This is what Purgatory Anjuro thinks. He obviously looks like a passionate and heroic man like a flame, but looking at the sleeping face of the little girl, he looks very tender. The peaceful sleeping face of the cub always makes people feel very healing.

, with a loud voice, he was mumbling to himself at a very low volume: "It's so good..."

"Mr. Purgatory?"

"She's cute, isn't she?"

Purgatory Anjuro chuckled softly: "We can't let ghosts hurt her."

"That's right..."

Tanjiro Kamado also smiled when he understood, but this gentle smile was more or less lonely. Looking at Rai, it reminded him of his dead brothers and sisters, who should have been healthy.

They grew up, but their cruel fate deprived them of these rights and made their lives stay in that cold winter forever.

Absolutely! I won’t let those evil spirits go!

Thinking of his dead family members, Kamado Tanjiro clenched his fists angrily, his nails digging into his flesh. It wasn't until a large and warm hand was placed on top of his head that he was brought back from his sadness.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen."

Purgatory Anjuro promised his juniors: "As long as I am still here, I will not let anyone present die."

[Look at—the mission is released!]

At this time, Ruby's unusual mechanical voice sounded in Rai's mind, "We must prevent the death of Infernal Anjurou."
Chapter completed!