Escape from the pursuit of Upper Rank 2

"Hmmm… Another Demon Slayer?"

Doma shifted his gaze from Kanae to the young man who just asked.

The young man had white hair, he wore the standard Demon Slayer Corps outfit and a white Haori as his hair color matched the snow perfectly this winter.

"For a Mizunoto rank Demon Slayer like you to appear directly in front of me, your courage deserves appreciation." Doma said with a friendly smile.

If it weren't for the fact that his pupils had Upper Rank 2 written on them, he was one of the Twelve Demon Moons and one of the strongest.

"But you're a man, it's a shame I only eat women's flesh." Doma said lightly as if eating human flesh like a human consuming beef.

Rio always wore an indifferent expression, but only he himself knew his instincts warned him not to fight with others and run as far from here as possible.

"Cough Cough… Why are you here! Don't you see this Demon is Upper Rank 2, you are no match for him, get out of here quickly."

Seeing that the person who had come wasn't Hashira, Kanae was a bit disappointed. But even so she ordered the other party to leave as soon as possible.

"I ask again, is there anyone named Kocho Kanae?" Rio repeated his question.

"Hey woman, is the person this young man is looking for you?"

Doma turned to look at Kanae who was trying to stand up.

Kanae looked at the young man in front of her, she didn't know why this young man knew his name and why he was looking for her.

"I'm Kocho Kanae, Flower Hashira, are you satisfied? Get out of here quickly, don't mind me." Kanae replied starting Total Concentration Breathing to reduce the bleeding.

Ignoring Kanae's warning, Rio put his left hand on the hilt of the sword and made a pose ready to draw the sword.

"Want to fight? No problem, I'll play around a bit before eating."

Lifting the fan to cover his mouth, Doma gave a condescending look.

"What are you doing, don't mind me, go!"

Kanae felt this young man was too reckless, she was even a Hashira defeated by Doma easily, now Mizunoto rank Demon Slayer challenging the Twelve Demon Moons?

Rio concentrated on inhaling oxygen into his lungs, he used Total Concentration Breathing from the start. Because he knew he wouldn't survive this situation if he didn't do everything he could.

"Come on, how long can you last compared to a Hashira."

Doma spread his arms without preparing any defense at all, this shows the arrogance of the strong looking down on the weak.

He didn't even bother Rio with his technique, Doma would give his opponent despair as he easily destroyed his opponent's technique.

"Thunder Breathing, Ichi no kata: Hekireki Issen (First Form: Thunderclap and Flash)."

*DHUAR*

Like the sound of thunder in the sky, Rio's figure darted past Doma who always wore a smiling face.

"Eh? Escape?"

Doma thought the other party would attack him, especially when he saw the stances the other party was preparing to surrender. He didn't expect the other party to pass by and immediately take Kanae away.

When he turned around, Kanae's figure behind him had disappeared. In addition, the figure of the white-haired youth has been very far from Doma, he only saw the figure of the other party getting further and further away.

"So your real goal is to save Hashira. Not bad, you managed to trick me and take that Hashira away."

"But...."

There was a vein on Doma's forehead, his eyes became very sharp. The previous friendly smile had disappeared and was replaced with ferocity.

"Don't think you can run away from me that easily!"

*BOOM*

Doma stomped his feet on the ground, his figure was like a plane taking off causing the surrounding snow to scatter and caught up with Rio who was holding Kanae in his arms.

Rio continued to run as hard as he could without daring to slow down for a second, because if he slowed down even a little, he would soon be overtaken by Doma.

"Cough Cough… You're a Thunder Breathing user?"

Kanae's coughing blood stained Demon Slayer Rio's uniform, but he didn't care about that and kept running like his life was at stake.

"Put me down, with my wounds now, I am only a burden to you. Even though you use Thunder Breathing which is known to have the fastest speed, it is very difficult to escape from the Twelve Demon Moons."

"If it's just you, there's still a chance of escaping, but if you take me, you'll be caught."

Kanae continued to persuade Rio to leave her and run away alone.

"Not bad, you're the fastest Demon Slayer I've ever met besides Hashira Thunder." Doma's voice was clearly heard from behind.

Suddenly from the ground appeared a spike of ice in the shape of a giant spike that was very sharp towards Rio.

"Watch out!" Kanae shouted warning.

Without needing to tell Kanae, Rio had already received a warning from <Danger Detection>, without needing to look back, he dodged all the ice spikes.

"Hehhh… You can dodge that without looking directly… Not bad kid." Doma was not bothered his attack failed.

There was no change in expression on Rio's face as if he didn't notice Doma's attack, but in his heart he was complaining.

(What the hell was that? Controlling ice? Did this Demon eat the Hie Hie no Mi or drink the Teigu Demon Extract?)

(This is only the first world, but this world has a very powerful existence like this. The Reincarnation Room must be crazy to put novice players into this world)

Rio and the other 99 players were just ordinary people with no supernatural powers in the real world. Telling them to face Demons who possessed various kinds of supernatural powers relying solely on martial arts, would cost them their lives.

Even though Rio complained, it was only limited to venting his frustration. Knowing there was no point in dwelling on the matter, he increased his speed away from Doma.

Kanae who was in Rio's arms was amazed by her speed and tenacity to not give up.

If replaced by another Mizunoto rank Demon Slayer, Kanae was sure that person would abandon her without a second thought and run away alone.

"What's your name?"

Kanae hugged Rio's neck tighter so as not to fall.

"Is this a good time to ask for names." replied Rio who was constantly dodging the ice spikes that appeared from the ground.

Kanae didn't mind the other party's rude behavior, she said softly:

"Listen carefully, the demon chasing us is Doma, one of the Twelve Demon Moons and he is also an Upper Rank 2."

"Doma possesses the Blood Demon Art that can generate ice from his flesh and blood and can spawn it anywhere in his surroundings, as well as manipulate it at will, allowing him to unleash extremely powerful ice techniques."

Kanae gave all the information she knew about Doma.

"Especially now that it's winter, there's snow everywhere. It's like Doma's playground, there's no way the two of us can survive if it continues like this."

"The best solution you should be to go alone and pass this valuable information to the Demon Slayer Corps."

There wasn't much information regarding the Twelve Demon Moons, especially the Upper Rank Demons. In the past 100 years, the Demon Slayer Corps had several times eradicated Lower Rank Demons. Unfortunately none of the Upper Rank Demons were exterminated, instead there were many Hashira who died at the hands of the Upper Rank Demons.

It was because of this that information regarding the abilities of an Upper Rank Demon was extremely valuable to the Demon Slayer Corps.

The reason Kanae knew of Doma's abilities, was because Doma himself was showing off his abilities in front of Kanae.

Doma wasn't worried about his ability information being leaked because none of the Demon Slayers came back alive when they met him. It is also for this reason that he likes to brag about his ability to discourage his opponents.

Rio answered against Kanae's suggestion without a second thought.

"I refuse!"