Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

Chapter 178 The Vanished Ghost

While the two were still in shock, Li Lei disappeared from their sight once again, giving them no chance to react.

Seeing this, Sabito and Makomo felt their scalps tingle; the difference in strength between the two sides was so great that they couldn't even sense it.

While Sabito and Makomo were searching for Li Lei, little did they know that Li Lei had already silently appeared behind them, observing the two with great interest.

At that moment, Sabito and Makomo felt a chill run down their spines, sensing an invisible pressure coming from behind. Clearly, Sabito and Makomo had already realized that Li Lei might be behind them.

Sabito and Makomo tried to put up a fight, but the difference in strength was obvious, and their counterattacks were ineffective in Li Lei's eyes.

Without their Nichirin Blades, Sabito and Makomo were easily grabbed by the back of their collars by Li Lei and thrown towards the opened entrance to the alternate dimension.

"Let's go."

Before they could react, Sabito and Makomo were thrown headfirst into the alternate dimension that Li Lei had already opened, following a perfect parabolic trajectory.

锖兔：(′°Δ°`)

True wild rice: (???)?

With a "plop," the moment Sabito and Makomo fell into the spatial entrance, Li Lei began to imitate the sound of a diver entering the water, providing voiceover for the two.

"Very good! Sabito and Makomo, the two athletes from the former Water Pillar Sakonji Urokodaki, have successfully completed their synchronized diving event."

"The coordination between Sakoto and Makomo was seamless, their movements were perfectly synchronized, and they entered the water without splashing a single drop."

The sole judge, Li Lei, stated that he had never seen such a perfect entry into the water and awarded it a perfect score of ten.

Then a golden, round glimmer appeared on the horizon, and the sun's rays rushed in from afar.

Upon discovering this, Li Lei regretfully abandoned his playful attitude and prepared to run away.

Goodbye, sun!

For some reason, Li Lei suddenly felt playful. He raised his middle finger at the sun in the sky, and then, just as the sunlight was about to hit him, he quickly jumped into the alternate dimension that had just opened behind him.

In the alternate dimension, Li Lei stared at his smoking right middle finger, speechless for a moment. He wondered if it was just his imagination, but the sunlight seemed to be hitting him at a sudden faster speed.

According to his calculations, his right hand shouldn't be exposed to sunlight, so what's going on?

Could it be that the sun in Demon Slayer is conscious? Or that there is a god in the sun, a god of this world?

But that doesn't make sense. If there really is a god, how could Muzan have survived until now? This god must be too weak.

Li Lei, who had known about these things for a long time, couldn't quite understand what kind of being the god in Demon Slayer was. The god never appeared in the original work; was it because he couldn't appear, or because he was incapable of doing so?

Looking at his now completely regenerated, clean and white right hand, Li Lei put aside his wild guesses and stopped thinking about it. As for the hidden background gods in Demon Slayer, it was best not to focus too much on them until he had successfully overcome his fear of sunlight.

Gods, no matter how weak, are far beyond his current reach. Li Lei didn't want to inadvertently attract them because of his curiosity.

Having transmigrated to this world, he's an unregistered individual, and being a demon, attracting the attention of gods in Demon Slayer is tantamount to suicide. Therefore, it's best for Li Lei to be cautious and discreet, at least until he overcomes the challenge of sunlight.

"Where—where is this?"

In the room that Li Lei had specially prepared for Sabito and Makomo, after checking that Makomo was alright, Sabito looked around with a puzzled expression. There wasn't a single wall like the white jade one, and his mind was full of questions. Even the pain from the broken arm he had suffered in the battle with the Hand Demon earlier didn't seem so intense anymore.

It was impossible to tell where that powerful ghost had taken them, given the completely enclosed white room with no gaps in the room.

At this moment, Makomo slowly got up and shook her head, feeling dizzy and very uncomfortable.

Fully conscious, Makomo didn't have time to look around; she immediately started checking her head for any disfigurement and her body for any injuries.

After the examination, it was found that apart from a slight dizziness in her head, there were no other injuries to her body, and Makomo breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness, your face is alright."

Makomo looked relieved.

After discovering that she had been thrown into a strange red vortex that suddenly appeared on the ground by that white-haired brat, Makomo was completely dazed and didn't even bother to adjust her body orientation before landing.

Makomo, who was unharmed, felt it was truly a miracle.

Little did Makomo know that if Li Lei hadn't temporarily changed the ground's firmness the moment her head hit the ground, she probably would have gotten a huge bump on her head.

When Li Lei sensed that Makomo was about to hit the ground headfirst, he was just as stunned as Makomo herself. Given Makomo's strength and the speed of that short freefall, she hadn't even reacted in time.

Sabito and Makomo, who had already woken up, began to carefully observe the enclosed room that had bound them. Sabito even used the Water Breathing Technique and punched the white wall with his good arm.

But the result wasn't good. The rabbit's hand was swollen, but the wall remained unchanged. If it were a small tree, it would probably have cracked.

"Are you alright, Sabito?!"

Seeing Sabito's slightly swollen fists behind his back, Makomo asked him with concern.

"It's nothing, my hands are just a little numb."

Sabito, fighting back tears, said, not wanting to appear foolish. The strength of the wall exceeded Sabito's understanding; the seemingly brittle white wall was as hard as steel.

Sarutoo regretted it a little; he should have been gentler. Both his hands hurt so much now.

Qintu: (T^T)

Seeing Sabito pretending to be fine, Makomo didn't say anything. She just tore off a strip of cloth from her clothes and carefully picked up Sabito's broken arm to start bandaging it.

Because of limited resources, the bandaging wasn't done very well, and Makomo felt somewhat guilty about it.

Sabito was very satisfied with Makomo's masterpiece.

Through the white, fleshy walls outside the room, Li Lei could sense that Makomo had finished bandaging Sabito's wounds. After waiting for a while, he opened the wall and went inside.

Sabito and Makomo immediately became alert upon seeing the white wall suddenly crack open in front of them.

Li Lei strolled in leisurely through the open wall with light steps, and greeted the two of them warmly.

"Hey, how are you two doing?"

"Hey, don't be so nervous, I'm not going to eat you."

"Being nervous won't help anyway, so I might as well relax."

Hearing Li Lei's words, Sabito and Makomo wanted to refute him. Who would believe a ghost that it wouldn't eat them?

Sabito and Makomo continued to watch Li Lei warily, fearing that Li Lei's movements would suddenly quicken.

"What do you want with us, bringing us to this godforsaken place? Is there some kind of conspiracy waiting for us?"

Qintu was the first to ask a question.

"Conspiracy? That's impossible. You're overthinking it."

"It's just a tiny idea of ​​mine. I just hope you can become my subordinates."

Li Lei waved his hand, indicating that they were overthinking it.

Upon hearing Li Lei's words, Sabito and Makomo felt a chill run down their spines, realizing that the demon in front of them wanted to turn them into demons as well. This was troublesome.

……

At the Demon Slayer Corps' trial grounds, those who had completed their trials awaited the arrival of the examiners, including Murata and Giyu, who was still unconscious.

The sun rose from the east, its golden rays shining upon the earth, and the morning sunlight dispelled the fear in everyone's hearts.