"I saw you were fast asleep, so I didn't wake you up."

The voice of Nintaki Sakonji rang in his ears, and Irumi turned around to see that the other party was taking out a neat and clean black and red cloud kimono from the closet.

"The smell of alcohol on your clothes is too strong, please change to this one." Nintaki Sajin placed the kimono in front of him and said: "There is clean water in the bucket outside the door. Please wash your body first before wearing it. "

After saying that, he turned around and went into the warehouse inside the house.

Illumi lowered his head and looked at the kimono in front of him. Put down with the kimono, there was also a Nichirin sword.

Walking out of the hut, there was a bucket of water outside with a wooden ladle floating on it.

"Wow..."

Yilumi grabbed a wooden ladle and scooped up a ladle of water. He closed his eyes and poured it on his head. His body was trembling with the stimulation of the cold water.

"Huh~"

I opened my eyes, took a deep breath, looked at the magnificent scenery at the foot of the mountain, and felt refreshed.

Just simply scrub your body and it will be done in three minutes.

Illumi returned to the house, put on the black red cloud kimono, reached behind her neck with both hands, grabbed the long hair of the shawl, gently lifted it, took it out of the kimono and draped it on her back.

I haven't had a haircut for half a year, and my short hair with bangs has turned into long, straight, black, shoulder-length hair.

At this time, Ningtaki Sakonji walked out of the warehouse and happened to see his long shawl hair. He opened the closet and took out a red rope.

"This is a hair tie. I prepared it for you two days ago."

Ningtaki Sato handed the red hairband to Illumi for the last time, and Illumi reached out to take it, lifted up her long hair with her left hand, and quickly tied the hairband three times around her hair with her right hand.

The hairstyle is tied into a single ponytail and paired with a black red cloud kimono, giving a dashing appearance.

"And this one." When Ilumi tied up her hairband, Rintagaki handed over another fox mask and said, "This is a disaster relief mask."

"I cast a spell on him to protect you from disaster."

"A mask to eliminate disasters..." Yilumi took the fox mask, raised the corner of his mouth, carefully observed the wisteria pattern on it, and put it on his face on the spot, "It's a very delicate pattern, the teacher has such skills."

"Of course, this is an old ancestral craft."

Lintaki said proudly, then raised his right hand and patted Illumi's shoulder heavily, looking deeply.

"Go, don't run around after passing the final selection, remember to come back."

"The swordsmith from the Knife Forging Village will send your Nichirin Sword here. If you can't be found by then, you will be in trouble."

"Yes." Illumi nodded solemnly, picked up the Nichirin sword that Rinaki Sakonji gave him and tied it to the left side of his waist, "Then, I'm going out, teacher."

"Well, please be safe."

Ningtaki Sakon patted his shoulder again and gave instructions.

The two of them went out one after another. Ilumi was carrying a sword at his waist, wearing a black kimono with red clouds and wooden clogs on his feet, like a wandering samurai.

Nintaki Sago stood at the door of the hut for the first time, watching from a distance as Irumi's back disappeared from the end of his field of vision.

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A month later, vines attacked the mountain.

The vines covered the foot of the mountain. Wearing a mask and a black kimono with red clouds, he stood out as he walked on the path covered with wisteria flowers.

"Da... da... da..."

Ilumi walked on the stone steps with wooden clogs, making crisp footsteps, like ringing bells, as she stepped up the steps step by step with her breathing.

When he finished walking up the steps and stepped onto the shrine on the mountainside.

The dozens of alternate members of the Demon Slayer Corps present in various attires all looked over and watched him slowly walk into the crowd.

He took a look and saw that there were thirty candidates for the Demon Slayer Squad here.

"The atmosphere is heavy and the air is stagnant."

Under the mask, Ilumi glanced around. Each of these Demon Slayer alternate members was filled with murderous auras and looked astonishingly powerful.

I just don't know how much of this momentum can be retained in front of the fierce ghost.

How much of the true strength can be shown.

Looking up at the sky, it's night now, and a waning crescent moon hangs under the night sky.

At this time, the ghosts on Tengxi Mountain have begun to move.

"Da... da..."

Suddenly, a crisp sound of footsteps sounded from the shrine, and two girls in purple kimonos appeared with lanterns. One had white hair, and the other had black hair. Each had a bouquet of wisteria flowers on their left and right hair, with stiff expressions.

"This is the same situation twenty years ago and twenty years later. The Ubuyashiki family really looked exactly the same when they were young."

Ilumi looked at the two kimono girls with stiff expressions that did not look like normal people, and complained in her heart.

"Thank you all for coming to participate in the final selection of the Demon Slayer Team tonight."

"In this Fujirai Mountain, the ghosts captured by the swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps are imprisoned."

Under the gaze of everyone, the two girls began to explain the situation of the vine attack in the mountain to the alternate team members.

"But the ghost can't leave."

"Because from the foothills to the mountainside."

"The wisteria flowers that ghosts hate bloom all year round."

"But in front of this, there will be no more wisteria flowers, and ghosts will appear."

"Surviving seven days here is the qualification for the final selection."

"Then, please go on your way."

After finishing speaking, the two girls in kimono bowed slightly to everyone present, as if saying goodbye.

The two girls in kimono moved out of the way, and the thirty alternate members present passed them one after another, stepping into the circle surrounded by wisteria flowers to participate in the final selection.

"Then we're going to start a killing spree."

The corners of Yilumi's mouth cracked under the mask, and he stepped past the two girls. He planned to kill all the ghosts in the mountain.

No, eat it all.

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The mountain is covered with vines and surrounded by wisteria flowers.

In a dark forest, a rickety figure ran desperately among the big branches, looking back from time to time with a frightened expression, as if some ferocious beast was chasing him.

"How could such a thing happen..."

"How could such a thing happen..."

"I've never heard of the Demon Slayer Corps letting ghosts in to kill and eat them~!"

This hunched ghost was muttering in his mouth as he ran for his life, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying.

"Click..."

Suddenly, the fleeing ghost accidentally stepped on a broken round branch, and his body tilted and fell to the ground.

"Crack!"

Seeing that he was about to fall to the ground, the ghost stretched out his right hand and slapped the ground hard. Using the force, his body bounced up. He quickly stepped on the tree trunk next to him and jumped into the distance.

"call out!"

But the moment he jumped up, a black shadow hit the ground, climbed up the tree trunk, and hit the ghost in the air.

"Pfft!"

The black shadow flashed, a broken leg flew up, and blood spurted out.

"Bang..."

The jumping ghost suddenly lost his balance and fell to the ground from mid-air.

"Da... da... da..."

Just as he was about to get up again, a crisp sound of footsteps sounded from the forest behind.

The evil ghost trembled all over, his eyes widened uncontrollably, and endless fear spread from his pupils.
Chapter completed!