Controlling the Butterfly Effect from Demon Slayer

Excuse me, what do you think of your first mission as a member of the Demon Slayer Corps?

Hori Gaku said that he had no feelings.

He really had no feelings. He felt that it was just a normal mission. He just had to kill a demon there and that was it. It was very simple!

It wasn't that Hori Gaku was being Versailles. Ever since he used his might to cut through the thunder and ever since his breathing method was upgraded to thunder breathing, Hori Gaku had some confidence.

If a demon below the upper rank of the Twelve Demon Moons meets me, they will all die!

The upper rank of the Twelve Demon Moons will also have to think carefully when they meet me.

Even if I am unlucky enough to meet Muzan Kibutsuji, I have the confidence to make Muzan suffer a loss!

There is no way. It's not that I look down on others. It's because I am really strong now.

With this idea in mind, Hori Gaku also carried the momentum of a strong man and the demeanor of a superior man in his every move.

After a while of rushing, Hori Gaku arrived at the Toma Town mentioned by the Crow that afternoon.

With a knife on his waist and a crow on his shoulder, Horitake walked in Toma Town, observing the situation in the town calmly.

He handed a berry to the crow, as if he was feeding his pet:

"Is this the town? It is said that ghosts haunt it?"

The crow nodded intelligently, took the berry with its beak, and rubbed Horitake's finger affectionately after eating it, as if licking a crow.

The crows are all trained and have high IQs. They also know that Horitake has a bright future, so of course they want to cling to Horitake as much as possible.

"Well, before it gets dark, let's investigate and ask the people in the town to see if we can get any useful information."

Hori Gaku randomly found a passerby, a middle-aged woman who was in a hurry:

"Hello, auntie, I have something to ask you."

"Huh? What's going on?"

"I would like to ask, has anything strange happened in Dongma Town recently?"

"Strange...strange thing?"

"For example, has anyone gone missing? Or has anyone heard any scary noises at night?"

After Hori Gaku asked this question, the lady's face suddenly became very ugly, as if she had encountered something very scary.

She quickly stepped back, waving her hands, and avoided the topic:

"I don't know! I don't know anything! Don't ask me!"

After saying that, he ran away immediately!

Hori Gaku didn't stop the aunt, but just looked at her back meaningfully.

Don't know anything? Are you kidding me? No, are you kidding me?

It seems that there is something abnormal in this town.

Hori Gaku continued to walk in Dongma Town, looking for the next passerby to ask.

There was an old man plowing the paddy field next to him, plowing very hard. Why not ask him? Hori

Gaku stood at the edge of the field and greeted him as cordially as possible:

""Hello, grandpa!"

The old man noticed that Horitake was waving, raised his bamboo hat, and looked at Horitake in confusion:

"ah?"

"Grandpa, I would like to ask, have you encountered any strange things in Dongma Town recently?"

"ah?"

"I want to ask, is there anyone missing in Dongma Town? Is there any crisis?" (Very loud)

"ah?"

"……"

Horitake stood helplessly at the edge of the field, silent.

Don't think I didn't see that you were playing dumb, you old man are really bad!

The old man put down his hoe, tilted his ear, and said loudly:

"I didn't hear what you just said."

"It's okay, just continue working."

""Okay."

The old man continued to plow the field, and his attitude towards plowing was so serious and focused that he almost forgot himself.

Horitake was furious.

Really... there are all kinds of people!

Forget it, I can just ask someone else.

Over there, there was an old man with a gloomy face, sitting under a tree by the roadside, thinking about something with a gloomy face. It's better to ask him. Men of this age are generally very reliable.

Walking up to the old man, Horitake bowed slightly:

"Hello uncle"

""Ah!?"

The man seemed to be suddenly awakened. He raised his head and saw the stranger. He stood up quickly and forced a smile that was uglier than crying:

""My dear guest, what can I do for you?"

Hori Gaku noticed with his keen observation that when the man asked him, he secretly glanced at the knife on his waist, and his eyes changed in that instant.

Because this moment was too short, Hori Gaku could not tell anything from the change in his eyes.

Hori Gaku had a hunch that he could get some information from this man.

Trying to be more friendly, Hori Gaku asked the man:

"Uncle, I am a traveler passing through Dongma Town. It is almost evening now and I want to stay overnight in Dongma Town.

However, I think the atmosphere in Dongma Town is not very good. What happened in the town? Is it suitable for me to stay here?"

The man hesitated for a moment, thought about it, and said to Horitake:

"Young man, I'm not trying to drive you away, it's because... a few days ago, a couple from the Morihara family in our town passed away, it's not auspicious, so you'd better not stay here."

Hori Yue smiled slightly, a couple from the Morihara family passed away, information +1

"What does it matter? What's unlucky about it? I'm just staying in Dongma Town for one night. It just happened that two people died, not many people died, right?"

While saying this, Hori Gaku calmly showed the man the knife on his waist.

Seeing the glorious blade, the man's eyes flashed with excitement, but he quickly suppressed this excitement and said to Hori Gaku calmly:

"Actually... In the past few months, many people in our town have died, and they are all couples. It's unlucky no matter how you think about it, right? So you'd better not stay overnight."

Many people have died, and they are all couples. Intelligence +2.

After hearing this, Horitake was"horrified" and said:

"Ah? Is there such a thing!? That's really unlucky!

Why did so many people die in a few months, and they died one family after another?

Could it be... there was some kind of plague!?"

The man's face began to turn pale, and he shook his head and said:

"You are wrong. It is not a plague, nor is it that families die one by one. It is that couples die one by one. Their children are all fine."

The couple died, but the children are fine. Intelligence +3

"How could such a thing happen? This is very strange. And the children who lost their parents are so pitiful. What are they going to do from now on?"

"These children……"

The man was about to continue talking about the child when he suddenly thought of something and shuddered. His face turned pale and he didn't dare to continue. He looked at Horitake awkwardly:

"These kids will find a way! They will find a way! They will find a way……"

The man seemed to be possessed, repeating this sentence over and over again, there will always be a way, there will always be a way, there will always be a way...

It seems that the focus seems to be on the child, intelligence +4.

Hori Gaku looked at the state of this man and knew that he could not ask any more questions.

"Daddy!"

Just as Hori Gaku was about to leave, a little child ran over and hugged the man, looking at Hori Gaku, a stranger, in horror.

The look in the child's eyes was wrong!

Although the child was shy, he was not so shy. Moreover, the look in the child's eyes was not only of fear, but also... hatred!?

It was really strange. This was the first time I met you, why did you hate me for no reason!?

At this moment, Hori Gaku realized that there was something wrong with the children in Toma Town!