Accidental Difference

First Half

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-3rd Person POV-

The night sky is a beautiful thing to witness for some people, the lighting of the stars, a spectacle only enjoyable then.

For others is simply an indicator that it's time to sleep, regain forces for another day.

For a reserved number of individuals however, it was the sign that it was time for their duties begin.

Tomioka Giyuu, the currently ranked Water Hashira had been assigned a mission on a remote town near the end of the Japanese Islands, a place where there were rumors of a strange figure who kidnapped men.

Up until today there were 23 recorded disappearances by the Corp of which 20 were labeled as dead already.

Slayers had been sent to the location before, yet had returned from their mission, bringing even worse ideas of the village to outsiders.

Now however, there was finally hope for the people of the village as The Demon slayer Corp had sent one of their best to put an end to the creature.

The town wasn't anything special, their housing was even considered to be delayed compared to most other places in the country and it was a place that mostly sustained itself from trading fish.

It was the coast where the demon was rumored to appear, the hideout of the creature being an old port no longer in use.

It took Tomioka a couple of hours to get that information out of the people, as none wanted to acknowledge to a stranger what was occurring and ruin their reputation as they were only aware of the weird creature, not of their endeavor that took lives, remaining in denial of the demon's existence and handiwork as they believed this could bring misfortune to the people.

For a town that lived of trading fish, being well known, and not having a tarnished name something like reputation is important, a reasoning that made it even more difficult for Tomioka.

Leaving the kidnapping to be blamed on other reasons.

Nevertheless, the Hashira eventually succeeded in learning of the place where the demon ran their hunts.

The man's breaths leaving little clouds of mist behind. "it's cold" the directions had led Giyuu towards solitaire beach where a port with a single ship that was haft crashed into the sand.

It looked really old too.

The breeze was strong in the beach, but for Tomioka it was a pretty pleasant feeling to have the wind from the sea. The surroundings too were beautiful.

Tomioka shook his head, now was not the time to admire the scenery, he could enjoy a peaceful moment after the demon is slain.

He didn't feel anything odd around him as he investigated the surrounding caves, the sense a demon slayer develops for danger wasn't giving him any kind of warning, so he continued making his way to the ship, hand in his katana and with his guard always up.

It was there he actually felt something threatening him, making him jump to his right to dodge what appeared to be a chain.

A glowing cyan chain.

(A blood demon art) his eyes followed the trajectory of the attack, leading him to where the deck of the ship was.

The demon wasn't on sight.

"Another one of you? How dull" the voice was incredibly sweet and harmonious despite the distain of the tone. "At least this time they had the decency to send someone attractive"