Chapter 160 - Improvement (2/2)

Or... there is a traitor...”

Nik's brows twitched while a deep sigh escaped his lips.

”Tell me one thing honestly, Shigure... you once explained to me about the pillars... those elite demon slayers...

When compared to you, how strong are they?”

”Same.”

Shigure replied in one word while Nik nodded. With a living example of a pillar, the top most demon slayers of the organisation present in front of him, Nik also had a comprehensive idea about his own strength.

”What about the Village Leader?”

Nik continued before a frown finally touched her lightning-shaped brows as she shook her head.

”Uncle... he is a Cultivator of Shinobi... every Cultivator is mysterious and has lived long enough to outclass any present pillar...”

'Sakonji is really awesome, huh... but... I cannot stay here forever...'

Nik had to gain as many partners as he could before the time of 20 days apocalypse so that he has enough confidence for his survival. If not...

Then he would have to leave earlier than planned.

And deep down, he had another speculation within his mind.

Hosts.

If Nik, as a demon slayer, was tasked with hunting the demons, then what is there to stop other hosts to join the side of demons and hunt down their enemies?

Just like the reports from the Kasugai crow pointed out, there was no sign of demon activity. That only meant that the attacker would be a human.

But the shinobis didn't easily believe this thought for they were protecting humanity from the demons. So, they only concluded that the Demon is either extremely smart or too strong.

”Shigure... aren't you bored while staying here all the time?”

Nik asked with a happy smile, to which, she shook her head and muttered.

”It doesn't matter to me...”

”I see... how about you help me get the permission to scout the area at night and I will let you observe... my technique?”

Nik threw the bait and the adorable Shigure instantly gobbled it up and without even answering, disappeared from his sight, leaving Nik alone with his world-class breakfast and only returned with a victorious smirk after a few minutes.

”Show me.”

She immediately stated while Nik nodded and sat cross-legged before conjuring waves around his body after deactivating his breathing technique, making Shigure's eyes go wide.

”Even better...”

She muttered while Nik looked at her curiously.

”You have seen this before?”

He questioned her with a surprised expression while she nodded and traced the thin sword slung across her back and spoke softly.

”My father... created winds...”

”Then...” Nik frowned while understanding Nik's confusion, Shigure finally uttered.

”He was... attacked by Muzan... and the six former upper moons...”

Of course, Nik did not know about the upper moons, but he did know about Muzan, the most famous personality within this world, the creator of demons aka the big dog of this world.

”Former.. you mean...”

Nik continued softly while Shigure nodded.

”Five Upper moons were killed... before they were replaced by Muzan once again...”

”And you know this because?”

Nik pursued while Shigure flinched for a moment before sitting in front of him and sighing softly.

”I was hidden... I watched... everything...”

”Must've been hard...”

Nik muttered before looking at Shigure and continuing softly.

”I don't know if it will work... but if you teach me the breath of wind, I might be able to create wind myself.”

Shigure's body trembled for a moment while a look of excitement flashed across her face as she readily nodded and immediately started imparting the breath of wind. Either way, many higher-ranked demon slayers have the copies of the basic Elemental breathing technique, so it wasn't something important to Shigure.

But if she could see the wind getting formed right in front of her...

That would be even better.