RNP Chapter 78 Natagumo Mountain
Chapter 78 Natagumo Mountain
"Nemuro—let's just patrol the outer perimeter of Spider Mountain and wait for reinforcements. There's no need for us to go in!"
Zenitsu, trembling, held onto Nezuko and looked at Spider Mountain in panic, the sound of "tap tap tap" echoing in his ears from the deep mountains.
Looking at the panicked Zenitsu, Mizuko didn't know how to comfort him.
Zenitsu has been very resistant ever since he received the news.
"Hey, you coward, are you scared?"
Inosuke put the boar head mask back on and looked at Zenitsu smugly.
"Who said I'm scared? I...I...I just wanted to wait for reinforcements to arrive so we could go in together. Besides, it's already dark!"
Zenitsu, despite his fear, forced himself to argue back in the face of Inosuke's provocation.
"Hahaha, only the weak live in groups."
Inosuke mocked Zenitsu, then looked at Nezuko and said loudly.
"Pink Bean, are you going or not? If you don't go, I'm going!"
Hearing Inosuke's incorrect name, Mizuko sighed helplessly, then looked at Zenitsu and asked with concern.
"Is Zenitsu still injured?"
Zenitsu listened to Nezuko's gentle voice, shook his head bitterly, and then looked at the wooden box on Nezuko's back and asked about it.
"Tanjiro, aren't you going to try and talk some sense into Nezuko?"
For a moment, all three of them turned their attention to the wooden box.
"I know Zenitsu is worried about Nezuko, and I am too, but in these mountains, I can smell ghosts and my companions calling for help. We can't abandon them."
Slowly, the wooden box behind Nezuko was opened, and Tanjiro stepped out of the box and spoke to Zenitsu.
Zenitsu looked at Tanjiro and Nezuko with a gentle smile, but also gave a wry smile.
"I didn't say I wouldn't do anything!"
Tanjiro smiled gently and shook his head. "I didn't say Zenitsu wouldn't abandon me. Besides, Zenitsu is a kind person; he wouldn't abandon others, especially not Nezuko!"
Tanjiro's last words made Zenitsu, who was initially terrified, immediately straighten up and come to Nezuko's side.
The expression that had been one of fear and on the verge of tears now became incredibly resolute.
"I will protect Nezuko!"
Hearing Zenitsu's words, Mameko was taken aback, then nodded with a slight blush.
"I believe Zenitsu can do it, and besides, Zenitsu has saved me many times!"
Upon hearing Nezuko's affirmative reply, Zenitsu's face turned bright red. Just as he was about to confirm, Inosuke impatiently interrupted him.
"Stop being so long-winded, you guys continue, I'm leaving!"
After saying that, he put his hands on his hips and walked into the mountains.
"Inosuke, wait a minute, let's go together!"
Tanjiro watched as Inosuke entered alone and quickly followed.
"Zenitsu, let's go too!"
Mizuko said something to Zenitsu and then chased after him.
Zenitsu smiled and followed.
However, from the moment they stepped into the Natagumo Mountain, everyone sensed the presence of danger.
Inosuke, who was walking at the front, suddenly stopped and looked around with his eyes under the hood.
There are so many ghosts here... I feel like there are eyes watching me from all directions!
Inosuke was certain in his mind that his exposed skin was also feeling the stinging sensation of being locked onto by danger.
As Tanjiro stepped inside, an incredibly strong odor assaulted his nostrils, almost suffocating him.
[Why...why is the smell here so strong? It's even stronger than the smell in Lower Moon Six!]
Tanjiro immediately covered his nose, and at that moment, all sorts of smells rushed into his nasal cavity.
Fear, blood, cries for help, killing—these smells lingered in Tanjiro's nostrils, refusing to dissipate.
The same applies to Mizuko; with her heightened senses, she even sensed that her surroundings had been taken over by demons.
[This place is indeed dangerous; I didn't expect to be surrounded so soon after entering!]
Mizuko looked at the trees and bushes shrouded in the night, where it seemed as if many evil spirits were watching them, ready to deliver a fatal blow from the darkness at any moment.
But what they didn't notice was that Zenitsu, who possessed extraordinary hearing, was completely terrified.
He was nearly scared to death. His exceptional hearing allowed him to clearly hear the heartbeats, teeth grinding, and footsteps of the evil spirits around him.
The sound, like a surround sound, swirled around his ears, no less intense than a demon whispering something to him while perched on his shoulder.
"You smell so good!"
[Mom!!!]
Soon, everyone except Zenitsu drew their Nichirin Blades and prepared.
Yi's assistant, wielding two swords, darted back and forth, glancing around at his boar head mask.
"Hmph, you guys hiding in the shadows, if you won't make a move, I will!"
Inosuke said fiercely, then charged off in one direction.
"Inosuke!"
Tanjiro saw Inosuke chasing after it alone, shouted, and followed after him. At that moment, he didn't forget to turn back and say something to Nezuko.
"Nezuko, you and Zenitsu, be careful and follow us!"
"Okay, brother!"
Mizuko nodded in response, and was about to reach out to pull Zenitsu beside her when her wrist suddenly tightened, as if it had been entangled by something.
Before she could even see clearly, a tremendous force suddenly came and yanked her away.
When?!
In mid-air, Mi Douzi looked down and saw an extremely thin silk thread wrapped around her wrist.
If it weren't for the pulling force and the reflection of the moonlight, she would never have discovered the thread.
Midouzi's face darkened, and he hurriedly turned to look at Zenitsu, shouting loudly.
"Zenitsu, watch out—!"
The shouts brought Zenitsu, who had been standing there in a daze, back to his senses.
He watched helplessly as the bean was pulled into the air by the silk thread, about to disappear into the darkness.
His expression changed drastically. Just as he was about to draw his sword to save her, a sudden, powerful tug came from his waist, and he was sent flying backward uncontrollably.
"Ah! There's a ghost!"
Zenitsu's screams echoed through the mountains and forests.
He didn't see anything behind him at all, but his body was forcibly pulled and sent flying.
The change happened so fast that he didn't have time to think. He only felt that his companions had disappeared from his sight in an instant.
The next second, Zenitsu's back slammed into a large tree, the force of which made his vision go black.
"Ouch! That hurts!"
He clutched his back, writhing in pain, and slowly stood up, his facial muscles contorted in agony.
"Nie Douzi Jiang is in danger! I have to... I have to go save her!"
He suddenly remembered that Mi Douzi had also been kidnapped, and he was about to take a step in a panic.
But the scene before him froze him in place, and the words that were about to come out were swallowed back down.
Before me lay a vast, flat plain, and above it, a wooden house stood eerily suspended in mid-air.