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...The Beautiful Woman opened her mouth and quickly exhaled a large cloud of smoke, completely enveloping the entire warehouse.
This smoke could not only deprive enemies of their sight but also greatly enhance her speed and strength.
It allowed her to approach enemies silently and complete assassinations.
"Die!"
The Beautiful Woman stealthily appeared behind Little Goku, her fingernails extending and becoming harder than metal, quickly plunging towards Little Goku's heart.
However, just as her hand was about to touch Little Goku's body, Little Goku vanished before her.
Then she heard Little Goku's voice from behind her:
"Your speed has increased a bit, but you're still very weak."
In Little Goku's opinion, the Beautiful Woman's current speed was indeed much faster than before, but it was only comparable to Yamucha in his first World Martial Arts Tournament.
As for the smoke blocking his vision, it had no effect whatsoever.
Not to mention he could locate the Beautiful Woman by sensing her ki.
Even without sensing ki, relying on his powerful hearing and smell, he could easily pinpoint the Beautiful Woman's location in the smoke.
"How could you possibly find me!"
The Beautiful Woman turned her head to look at the boy behind her, feeling a great sense of unease.
She prepared to flee quickly, but Little Goku had already extended a hand, pointing it at the Beautiful Woman.
"Energy Wave!"
A powerful Energy Wave instantly blasted towards the Beautiful Woman. After the Energy Wave passed, the Beautiful Woman had completely vanished from the warehouse.
"It seems that as long as the body is completely destroyed, it cannot recover."
The Energy Wave was a simplified version of the Kamehameha he created during his year of training.
The full Kamehameha required gathering ki with both hands, while the simplified version could be performed with just one hand.
However, its power was much weaker than the full version.
"First, I'll return this child to his mother."
Holding the crying baby, Little Goku walked out through the hole he had blasted in the warehouse with the Energy Wave.
He didn't use Apparition to return directly with the baby but chose to walk.
Because the process of Apparition was like being squeezed in a rubber tube, which wasn't very comfortable.
The baby's body was too weak, and he was worried Apparition might harm the infant.
"Goku!"
Just then, Sanda's figure rapidly ran from a distance.
It turned out that after Little Goku disappeared, Sanda immediately jumped onto a nearby rooftop and began searching everywhere.
He had just heard movement to the west and rushed over to investigate, coincidentally seeing Little Goku emerge from the warehouse holding the baby.
"This child is...?"
"The baby that old lady on the street lost just now."
Little Goku explained:
"I found that demon, then killed it and rescued this baby. He hasn't been eaten by the demon yet."
"You found and killed that demon!"
Sanda's eyes widened instantly.
Little Goku didn't even have a nichirin blade, how could he kill a demon?
However, when he saw the large hole in the warehouse wall, he gradually began to understand.
Little Goku didn't have a nichirin blade, so he used the power of the Sun to kill the demon.
This made sense. Little Goku possessed superhuman strength from birth; he could lift a four to five hundred jin stone with one hand.
If the child-eating demon was of average strength, it was indeed possible for Little Goku to push it out of the warehouse with a sneak attack.
But to make such a large hole in the wall, it seemed Little Goku's strength was even greater than he had previously estimated.
"How did you find and kill it? And how did you suddenly disappear just now?"
Sanda took the baby from Little Goku's hands, and they walked together towards the center of the town.
Little Goku didn't hide anything about this either:
"I sensed its location, then I teleported over..."
"It was a demon that could use Blood Demon Art!"
After hearing this, sweat immediately broke out on Sanda's face.
Demons capable of Blood Demon Art were already considered elites among demons. In a one-on-one fight, he might not necessarily be an opponent for such a demon.
If he hadn't brought Little Goku along but had carried out the mission alone, then tonight, he would most likely have gone and never returned.
At the same time, the look in his eyes towards Little Goku became even more fervent.
Not only did this child have a special physique, but his sensory abilities were also very strong; he could even sense the demon's location.
Crucially, he had even mastered teleportation, which only demons could master.
Powerful demons all had their own Blood Demon Art, and he had heard of Blood Demon Art of the teleportation type.
However, Blood Demon Art could only be used by demons; he had never seen a human use it, not even the nine most powerful Pillars.
He felt that if Little Goku could be brought back to headquarters and trained properly, he might become the strongest Pillar in history.
After returning the baby to the mother, and amidst her tearful gratitude, Sanda took Little Goku and left the town.
However, they hadn't gone far when a pitch-black crow landed on his shoulder.
"Northeast direction, northeast direction, Mount Natagumo, Mount Natagumo, urgent mission, urgent mission..."
"Urgent mission, Goku. It seems we can't return to headquarters for now. We need to go to Mount Natagumo first."
Sanda's face showed a solemn expression.
Normally, Demon Slayer Corps members would have a period of rest after completing a mission before being assigned the next one.
After all, every battle with a demon was a fight to the death, and even if they won, the exhaustion was considerable.
At least for members of their rank, this was the case.
But now, he had just completed this mission, and the communication crow immediately told him to undertake the next mission, an urgent one at that.
It was clear that something significant must have happened at Mount Natagumo, which was why surrounding members needed to be urgently gathered to help.
"Then let's go to Mount Natagumo first."
Little Goku nodded.
After learning about demons from Sanda, he was no longer in a hurry to go to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters.
The strongest demon slayers in the Demon Slayer Corps were the Pillars, but even as Pillars, many had died at the hands of powerful demons.
This indicated that there were also very formidable experts among the demons.
If he went on a mission with Sanda and encountered a powerful demon, it would also be a good training experience.
"Let's eat first. We'll have the strength to fight after we eat!"
Although the urgent mission was urgent, eating was also very important. If they fought on an empty stomach and couldn't perform at their best, going to Mount Natagumo would be suicide.
So Sanda took Little Goku to the nearest restaurant for a meal before officially setting off for Mount Natagumo.
Of course, during lunch, he gained new insight into Little Goku's appetite.
It turned out that forty bowls of ramen were not Little Goku's limit.
As night fell, two figures, one large and one small, appeared at the foot of Mount Natagumo.
The large one was Sanda, and the small one was Little Goku.
"I have a bad feeling!"
Sanda looked at the dark forest ahead, a sudden fear of death welling up in his heart.
His intuition told him that powerful demons might be hidden in this mountain.
"I smell a strong presence."
Little Goku's feeling was the opposite of Sanda's; he vaguely felt that there seemed to be an expert in this mountain who could pique his interest somewhat...