Demon Slayer: Upper 0 seems to be a waste

Chapter 187 Practical Lesson

Rinko was taken out of the Infinite Castle by Kokushibo, it's been a long time.

It was so long that Lin Guang didn't know how long it had been since he faced the free air.

To be honest, he had no idea how long he had been trapped in Infinite City. It was a place without sun or moon, with no clocks on the walls or even an hourglass on the table. How many days? Weeks? Months? Even years?

It seemed that all the speculations were unreasonable yet possible. After all, he never had a clear impression of the passage of time. Time would not leave any trace on him, and it was difficult for him to see evidence of time flowing every minute and every second from Naruto or Kokushibo.

Not to mention the Infinite City that changes with every breath.

Besides, keeping track of time is meaningless for ghosts. After all, they don’t need to go to bed or eat on time.

Every day in Infinite Castle was filled with training, endless training. After training, it was time to play games with Kokushibo. They would sometimes chat for a few words, but most of the time they would just be silent. Then he would sit with Naruto. Most of the time, he would play the piano and Naruto would correct him or teach him new ones. Occasionally, Naruto would play a couple of songs for him.

Such days are boring, but fulfilling. Ordinary and stable days are not something Lin Guang can get used to, at least not before. But after experiencing too many things and facing the complicated current situation, he doesn't know what to do is right, so he only focuses on the things in front of him and spends each boring day like this.

I couldn't accept a boring life before, but now I seem to be able to get used to it.

Lin Guang wasn't sure whether this was progress or regression, just like when Kokushibo told him that he decided to take him out for a walk, he didn't know whether it was good or bad.

He looks forward to change, but is also afraid of it, because change usually means bad things. Muzan is right, what we should strive for is constancy, and only stable eternity can truly satisfy people.

So he naively thought that this coming out would not be a good thing.

Until he really touched the ground again, the floor under his feet was no longer wooden, but rough ground with stones. The hard sand was not soft, and it could even be said to be a bit rough on the feet, but Lingguang did not hate it.

He looked up and saw the forest before him. Looking upwards, through the layers of trees, he could see the shadow of the moon between the branches.

As he breathed, his nostrils were filled with the smell of grass and trees, the fishy smell of soil, the fragrance of flowers, and the slightly astringent taste of the unripe fruits on the trees. All these things that represented fresh life relaxed Lin Guang's bones and flesh.

His lungs filled with air that belonged to this world, and he was beginning to feel that being out was a good thing.

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Of course, Kokushibo would not just bring him out to get some fresh air, but it is not ruled out that this is indeed one of the reasons. However, the dominant factor that could convince Muzan to leave that absolutely safe area would definitely not be this.

So Rinkou was not surprised when the big hand grabbed her collar and threw her onto the road where the Demon Slayer Corps was patrolling. This was also an experience she hadn't had in a long time. The last time someone did this was Akaza.

Rinko didn't know how Kokushibo was able to accurately find a team of Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen every time. Maybe it was due to his experience, or maybe it was simply that Kokushibo was luckier than him.

Practice is the best way to test the results of training.

In the day-to-day game of chase and escape with Kokushibo, all Rinkou could gain was endless frustration. But it was not until the person standing in front of him was a human that he realized that his training was indeed reflected. He did not deliberately hide it, but until his palm touched the other person's back, no one noticed that there was a little tail behind them.

It's like playing some terrible game, and the price is death.

This does sound scary.

"Isn't it ineffective to use people like this as training?"

Kokushibo allowed the boy to lie on his shoulders, which was not polite and would make him lose some of his dignity, but there was no one here now, and accepting the closeness of the young and tolerating the young's insolence was also one of his duties as a superior, so he did not pull the other person off immediately.

"Step by step."

Kokushibo's answers were always concise, and he didn't care whether Rinkou could understand what these words meant together.

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Rinkou did understand the meaning of that sentence, so he accepted Kokushibo's arrangement - to fight some weak swordsmen.

As expected, such a battle did not bring any combat gains, but Lingguang still gained something, and he was very happy, very happy.

Because he likes the feeling of being outside. The numb days cannot really bury his heart that yearns for freedom and the unknown. It is only temporarily buried in the dust. When he sets foot on this land again, the starlight illuminates that dim corner.

It was like a bird locked in a cage whose cage was finally opened after a long time. When he ran freely on the ground, he remembered that he actually had a pair of wings that could not be trapped by the cage.

Lin Guang was easy to guess, especially at times like this. The boy's movements were quick and agile, even more agile than when he was training with him.

This is the consequence of letting Akaza take care of a child. Even a calm child like Rinkou is affected by emotions and external things, but Kokushibo just watches, without deliberately exposing it or trying to stop it.

As long as the result is not affected, he doesn't really care whether Lingguang can get pleasure from this relatively boring process, or whether he will like this process more because of the pleasure.

Just like the new training method he developed, Rinkou didn't like it, but it didn't matter. He thought it was more effective and useful for Rinkou, so he didn't care about Rinkou's mood or feedback, and just insisted on this training method.

Just like the current situation, it was an unexpected gain for Rinko to be able to have fun from it, but even if the other party did not like this boring step-by-step testing process, Kokushibo would not allow Rinko to give up or delay.

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But it is not true to say that such indulgence comes without cost.

Broken limbs were scattered all over the ground, the head was far away from the body, and the bloodstains on the ground hardly looked like traces that could be left by humans.

The instigator of all this only realized what he had done when the battle was over and he fell to the ground.

But fortunately, they didn't need to deal with such a scene, so when Kokushibo came over, he only glanced around habitually to confirm that no one was left alive. However, in such a situation, it was indeed difficult to leave any survivors...

So he just gently stroked Lin Guang's head, expressing his approval of his performance, and then let the other party hold his hand and take him to find a new opponent.