In the Buddhist hall, under the dim candlelight.

Next to several bloody corpses, a figure with a ferocious face squatted. He grabbed the hand of one of them and put it to his mouth. There was still blood and flesh at the corner of his mouth that he had not had time to swallow.

"What are you doing?"

The ghost turned around in confusion when he heard the door open behind him, "This is my territory!"

But when he turned around and saw Tanjiro, the expression on his face gradually changed from confusion to confusion.

"Wait...you're human?"

He looked at Tanjiro in confusion. Just now, he clearly smelled the scent of a ghost, but when he turned around, he saw a human?

Who cares! Kill the delicious food delivered to your door first!

His face suddenly turned ferocious, and he rushed towards Tanjiro, who was stunned.

Tanjiro finally came to his senses as he watched the evil spirit rushing towards him.

"This is... a man-eating ghost!"

Without hesitation, he took out the ax from his waist and struck it on the head of the ghost that was coming towards him.

"puff--"

Blood spattered from the ghost's neck, and the evil ghost ducked away in surprise.

This boy is obviously not a swordsman of the Demon Slayer Corps, but he can draw an ax and kill him without hesitation?

"It took a while~" He wiped the blood on his neck.

The wound healed so quickly! Is this a ghost? Tanjiro was surprised to see that the wound on the ghost's neck had healed where the blood had been wiped off.

Although he had heard of the legend of "man-eating ghosts", Tanjiro had no idea what kind of existence "ghosts" were. The mysterious man only told him not to let Nezuko be exposed to the sun.

Tanjiro held the ax in his hand and looked at the ghost twisting his neck warily in front of him. Unexpectedly, he actually used the ax to chop the ghost's neck without causing any effective damage. If it were an ordinary person, this would be considered a serious injury!

"It's just a broken axe, don't be too arrogant, human!"

The ghost wiped the sticky blood on his neck and looked at Tanjiro in front of him with a grin.

Through the attack just now, he had completely understood the details of the human being in front of him.

He was just an ordinary human boy. The ax in his hand was made of ordinary metal and could not kill him at all.

Then there’s nothing to be afraid of!

"Whoosh——"

Thinking of this, the ghost pounced towards Tanjiro again.

Tanjiro raised the ax in his hand and wanted to fight back, but the ghost suddenly erupted so fast that he couldn't react at all.

"boom--"

The evil spirit threw Tanjiro to the ground and stretched out his hand to hold down the arm holding the axe.

"Is there no way to go? Human!"

The ghost smiled playfully as he looked at the human being pressed beneath him.

Human power is simply unable to compete with him, and it is simply too easy to restrict this human's actions.

"Don't ever think of hitting me with this broken ax again. Go to hell, human being!"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and grabbed Tanjiro's neck, as if he wanted to directly break Tanjiro's neck.

"Huhu..."

The sound of rapid breathing came from Nezuko's small mouth holding the bamboo tube.

The smell of human flesh and blood made her body as a ghost begin to have an instinctive hunger response. The three corpses lying in the Buddhist hall deeply attracted her attention.

Her hands were tightly grasping her thighs, as if she was struggling, and sweat was pouring from her forehead.

"boom--"

Hearing the sound of fighting behind him, Nezuko suddenly seemed to react.

She resisted the bloodthirsty impulse and turned her head to look at her brother who had been fighting ghosts for a long time.

"Protect brother..."

Nezuko only had this thought in her mind at the moment, and for some reason she suppressed her instinctive impulse as a ghost.

"Damn it..." Tanjiro fell to the ground and struggled desperately.

His right hand holding the ax was restrained by the ghost, and the strength of his left hand alone was unable to resist the ghost's arm grabbing toward his neck.

The power gap between humans and ghosts was too big. He once again realized his own weakness. Even if he tried his best, he could not shake the evil ghost in front of him at all.

Just when Tanjiro felt that he was about to despair, a howling wind suddenly came.

"boom--"

He stared dumbfounded at the scene happening in front of him.

Nezuko, who was running from the side, raised his leg and kicked the demon's head away from him.

The body of the ghost whose head was kicked off stagnated, and he finally broke free from the restraints.

"Nezuko..."

Tanjiro looked at his sister in surprise, Nezuko actually had such a powerful power...

At this moment, he realized deeply that his sister had really turned into a ghost.

He had obviously sworn to that man that he would protect his sister and find a way to turn her back into a human...but now he was actually being protected by Nezuko.

"This won't work... I have to become stronger!"

Just when Tanjiro was in a daze, the body of the ghost whose head was kicked off moved, and he swung his sharp claws towards Tanjiro's head. The sharp claws on his fingertips could undoubtedly penetrate his head.

"Not dead yet?"

Tanjiro looked at the scene in front of him in surprise.

Unexpectedly, a creature like a ghost can still move with its body and head separated!

No...can't avoid it!

Although he tried his best to move his body to avoid the claw, he was still too slow.

"boom--"

Nezuko next to her raised her leg again, struck the body with a kick and kicked it away.

"!!"

So strong! One kick to the head and another kick to the body.

Tanjiro was greatly shocked when he looked at Nezuko, who was expressionless and looked like the God of War next to him.

"Damn, damn, damn it!"

The ghost's head was kicked to the ground and roared angrily at Nezuko, "Hey, hey, hey! What do you mean? As a ghost, why do you want to help humans!? If you want to distribute food, wait until I kill him!"

However, Nezuko did not answer his question, she just let out a threatening whimper from the bamboo tube tied in front of Tanjiro.

"you……"

Seeing Nezuko as a ghost actually protecting humans, veins popped up on the ghost's head, "What is going on? Why do you, a ghost, mix with humans?"

He couldn't understand Nezuko's behavior at all. According to common sense, fighting between ghosts is meaningless. Even if they are fighting for food, humans should be killed first and then duel slowly. This is the first time he has met a ghost who can protect humans.

, simply ridiculous!

"No matter! This kid can't run away anyway, so I'll teach you a lesson first!"

Along with the roar of the head, the headless body that fell on the ground stood up strangely and rushed towards Nezuko.

"!!"

Tanjiro looked at the scene in front of him in surprise.

What kind of creature is a ghost? Why can it still talk when its head falls on the ground, and even move separately!? I should have asked that gentleman before I knew it!

"stop!"

Seeing the headless body rushing towards Nezuko, Tanjiro anxiously raised his ax with both hands and stepped forward to stop it, but as soon as he took a step forward, he smelled a malicious smell coming from behind him.

Without any time to think, he quickly turned around and swung the ax behind him.

"Click——"

The sharp teeth bit the edge of the axe.

Tanjiro was surprised to see two strong arms growing out of the head that originally fell on the ground.

The ghost's head relied on these two arms to move behind him and attack him. Not only that, the ghost's hair also seemed very strange. It actually wrapped itself around the ax he held in both hands, as if it wanted to

Take the weapon from his hands!

"This is so abnormal. What kind of life is it that can actually grow arms on its head?"
To be continued...