"That's how it is," Uzui Tengen said. "I'll send you over now."
"Then I'm free to roam?" Byakuya asked.
Uzui Tengen nodded, then cautioned, "Remember, you're still young, not suited for debauchery. Just look around a bit."
Byakuya rolled his eyes. Did he really need to be reminded?
It was a good thing he didn't have to go undercover in disguise. Although...
Was he a little disappointed?
Byakuya shivered and quickly went to wash off his makeup.
"I'm not a pervert, not a pervert, not a pervert..."
Important things needed to be said three times!
Meanwhile, Uzui Tengen took the three Kamado siblings and sent them to the suspicious location.
After washing his face, Byakuya stood on the second floor, looking down.
Although Byakuya didn't want to be a pervert, not being able to cross-dress undercover presented some problems. How would he handle the hidden quest?
Based on his experience in his previous life, if Byakuya's guess was correct, this mission was likely another chain of hidden quests.
The first step was to find the demon, but the word "find" was key. "Find" didn't necessarily mean "fight."
The second step was probably to rescue someone. Since Uzui Tengen had specifically mentioned missing undercover agents, they would likely need to save them.
The third step was definitely to kill the demon.
So, how could he find the demon?
Cross-dressing undercover would have made it easier to find the demon, but now that Byakuya had lost the qualification to cross-dress, he had to find another way.
The first method was to place his hope on the three Kamado siblings. If they found anything, he could rush over immediately.
The second method was to pose as a customer. Since he couldn't enter with undercover status, he would go as a customer.
However, Byakuya pulled out his money pouch and poured it out, only a few copper coins remained.
He'd seen plenty of freeloaders, but was freeloading on prostitutes too much...
"Damn it!" Byakuya grinned. "This is too troublesome. Why not just burn down the entire pleasure district?"
Just then...
"Oiran on parade!"
A shout came from the street, followed by the sound of music.
A group of sumptuously dressed servants, surrounding a woman, walked slowly down the street, accompanied by music.
As for the woman, she was beautiful, incredibly beautiful.
She wore a magnificent dress made of brocade, a golden headdress adorned her hair, and she possessed an impressively shapely figure and an extremely beautiful face.
That face alone could likely make any man mesmerized, lost in its allure, after just a few glances.
"An oiran?"
Byakuya glanced at her, then looked away.
For now, Byakuya couldn't think of any way to find the demon, so he could only put it aside for the moment and wait for Tanjiro Kamado to go undercover and see if he could find any useful information.
Soon, the night deepened.
The pleasure district was lively at night, but as midnight approached, it became incredibly quiet.
Only a few people still roamed the streets.
Most people had already retired indoors, officially beginning their sensual nightlife.
Byakuya checked the time and casually took out his gacha machine.
First pull, green.
Second pull, blue.
Byakuya sighed, another uneventful day. However, for the last pull, Byakuya used a fragment of a god stone to designate a gold gacha, which brought him a small surprise.
Dragon Slaying Saber (Weapon) (Gold): Approximately four feet long, weighing over a hundred catties. Its sharpness is unparalleled; it can cleave through anything. The legend says: Supreme in the martial world, the divine Saber Dragon Slaying, commands all under heaven, none dare disobey.
Effect...
A golden quality divine saber. The effect could be ignored for now. But it could be filled into the Gate of Babylon. After being devoured by the Iron Slime, it gained 52,000 growth points, only slightly less than the Xuanyuan Sword and the Southern Bright Fire Sword.
This was certainly good news. The Iron Slime was one step closer to red quality.
Then...
The Gate of Babylon was upgraded.
After inscribing thirty weapons, the Gate of Babylon's quality upgraded from green to blue.
Simultaneously, the number of weapons inscribed in the Gate of Babylon became 30/80.
He still needed to inscribe fifty more weapons for the Gate of Babylon to reach black quality.
However, the Gate of Babylon was a monumental project.
Judging by the current upgrade requirements, even reaching gold quality would likely require around three to four hundred weapons.
But the value of the Gate of Babylon lay in the "unlimited" weapon inscription. Simply upgrading it to gold quality was not enough.
Byakuya's goal was Gilgamesh, and judging by Gilgamesh's use of the Gate of Babylon in battle...
The weapons in the Gate of Babylon numbered at least two thousand!
Byakuya instantly felt the path ahead was long and arduous, with no end in sight...
Therefore, Byakuya casually closed the interface, deciding not to dwell on it.
Unlimited was a good thing, but it was also a bad thing.
Whether it was the Iron Slime or the Lightning-Lightning Fruit, there was always a tangible goal. But the Gate of Babylon had no clear objective; it was just about stuffing in weapons endlessly.
Thinking this, Byakuya put away the gacha machine, checked the time, and leaped out the window.
After landing on the rooftop, Byakuya spread his palm.
Zzzzt!
A spark of electricity appeared in his palm and quickly spread outwards in all directions. Countless sparks flickered in the night, appearing exceptionally dazzling.
As the electric field expanded, Byakuya's figure vanished without a trace, turning into lightning and streaking rapidly through the air.
Soon, Byakuya zipped across the rooftops, arriving at the roof of the Kyogoku House.
Tanjiro Kamado was already sitting on the roof. Seeing Byakuya appear, he waved a greeting.
Byakuya landed on the rooftop and asked, "Did you find anything?"
Tanjiro Kamado said with a guilty expression, "Because I was pretending to be a maid, I was constantly busy wiping the floor and serving tea. By the time I realized it, business had already ended."
At this moment, Zenitsu Agatsuma climbed onto the roof, looking exhausted and pained, and collapsed there.
Zenitsu Agatsuma groaned, "I'm exhausted!"
Byakuya said, "You were also busy with chores, so you didn't have time to investigate the demon?"
Zenitsu Agatsuma said, "I was forced to do chores, so I didn't have time to investigate the demon."
Good grief!
Tanjiro Kamado said, "However, in the Kyogoku House, at least I didn't smell any demon."
Byakuya asked curiously, "Can you smell demons?"
Tanjiro Kamado scratched his head. "It seems only I can? I'm quite familiar with the smell of demons."
Byakuya suddenly recalled, "Right, your sister is a demon."
Zenitsu Agatsuma immediately became excited, "Nezuko, ah, where is my Nezuko?"
Byakuya directly punched Zenitsu Agatsuma on the back of the head, knocking him out.
Tanjiro Kamado's sister, Nezuko, had also become a demon, and the reason Tanjiro Kamado joined the Demon Slayer Corps was to find a way to turn his sister back into a human.
After knocking out the clueless Zenitsu Agatsuma, Byakuya asked, "Where's Inosuke?"