The Shining Light of the Demon Slayer Corps

Chapter 4

(Y/N) walked into the village and looked around, seeing people walking and living their daily lives. Some people were fishing, others were selling or buying food, and there were some kids playing with one another in the water.

(Y/N): You would think this village would be normal and not have any demons lurking around. (Sighs) I suppose I'll have to start looking and asking around for any strange things people may have seen since the demon won't be showing itself anytime soon until night.

(Y/N) then walked deeper into the village as he listened for anything of importance that could be said by the people. After a few minutes of walking, he finally heard something that caught his attention. 

Man 1: Can you believe what happened last night?

Woman: I can't, it's unbelievable. That many police officers disappearing without a trace.

Man 2: Not only that, but children have also begun to disappear as well. 

Woman 1: What could be happening?

Man 1: Who knows, but apparently people have mentioned hearing screams from that abandoned orphanage near the edge of the village for a few seconds, and then, it just goes quiet.

Man 2: Really!?

Man 1: Yes. It's no wonder many families are leaving. Especially the one with that little girl.

Woman 2: Wasn't the little girl-

(Y/N): Excuse me.

The two men and woman turned around and looked at (Y/N) who approached them with a friendly smile. 

(Y/N): Could you please point to me the direction of that abandoned orphanage?

The three looked at one another confused before nodding. A few minutes later (Y/N) could be seen standing in front of the abandoned orphanage. It was very old and had broken windows and the front door was missing. 

(Y/N): Hmm.

(Y/N) then walked inside and began to look around, seeing broken pieces of wood, glass, and rock everywhere. (Y/N) then saw some stairs leading up the second floor and walked towards them. As he entered the second floor, he saw old beds with dust and mold everywhere. There were also spider webs everywhere, what caught (Y/N)'s attention the most was the table with a lit candle on it. 

(Y/N): (That's not supposed to be there.)

(Y/N) walked over to the table and found a book next to the candle, alongside a human hand. (Y/N) picked up the book and began looking through the pages hoping to find any clues about the demon's whereabouts. Most of the pages were merely blank and left untouched, until he found one with blood on it. (Y/N) then flipped to the next page and there was a name written in blood.

(Y/N): Kari?

(Y/N) then flipped onto the next page and found the name Kari written all over it. He then flipped past multiple pages with blood seeing the same name written on each. After flipping past 50 pages, he finally found different names, however, they were only written once. 

(Y/N): Tomoa. Ruri. Haru. Fuji. Jiro. Ichiro. Asa. Akio. 

(Y/N) then found a page filled with words from the top all the way to the bottom. 

(Y/N): " June 7th. Such delicious humans live in this village. None of the other humans in the other villagers have made me feel so happy. Those other villagers were imperfect, disgusting, and merely trash. But this village, such a paradise. The way they squeal and squirm as I cut them piece by piece fills my heart with such love and joy. I enjoy stalking them from a far, this old building provides a great view of them walking. Tomoa, such a sweet kid, never saw me coming. Perhaps in his next life, he'll learn to stay with his parents. Ruri, such a determined young lady, wanting to help her struggling mother. A pity said mother now wonders the streets looking for her missing daughter. I'll make sure to visit her soon. "