Kamado Tanjiro said, "We agreed to wait here, but I didn't see him."
Bai Ye said, "Then we'll leave him be. We'll meet here again tomorrow night."
Kamado Tanjiro nodded. "Okay."
Bai Ye said, "Then I'll be going!"
Bai Ye's figure flashed and reappeared on the street, then he strolled forward.
Bai Ye had no intention of going straight back to sleep; he planned to patrol the streets.
Demons were active at night, and the deeper into the night, the more likely one was to encounter them.
Moreover, the first half of the night in the pleasure district was too lively. In plain sight, it was inconvenient for demons to make a move unless they captured someone and the victim no longer wished to stay in the Yoshiwara, in which case they could only be abducted stealthily.
Therefore, late at night was the best time for demons to act.
The night was deep and quiet, with no one around.
If they didn't make a move now, when would they?
However, as Bai Ye walked forward, he encountered nothing unusual until...
A sharp female voice suddenly rang out from a side alley.
Bai Ye was stunned. Had they found them already? It couldn't be that easy, could it?
Bai Ye thought as he hurried towards the alley and saw a woman and a man entangled.
During their argument, the man's face showed impatience, and he pushed the woman to the ground.
The woman bit her lip and said, "We had a deal."
"You damn bitch, I'm going back on my word. What are you going to do about it?" the man sneered, spitting on the ground. "Stop bothering me, or I'll kill you."
The man walked towards the alley entrance as he spoke.
"What are you looking at?" The man brushed past Bai Ye, bumping his shoulder. "Haven't you seen someone get lucky? Or are you waiting for the next one?"
After saying this, the man chuckled and walked away.
Bai Ye looked at the man's retreating back, then at the woman.
Judging by their attire, neither of them seemed to be natives; they were likely chosen individuals.
Seeing the woman sobbing with her head down, Bai Ye could roughly guess what had happened.
There were many ways to survive on the world battlefield, but for the weak, the options were not many.
Don't assume that even the worst-case scenario offers a place to eke out an existence like neutral zones.
For some, they lacked the ability to even reach neutral zones.
Therefore, the most common method was to risk one's life, gambling it all. With good luck, they could obtain the capital to survive; with bad luck, they would die.
Alternatively, they could sell their dignity. As long as they were shameless and lowered themselves, living like dogs, while others feasted, they could survive on scraps.
And for women, using their bodies was not an unreasonable option.
After all, it was all they had left.
Bai Ye shook his head and intended to turn away.
He had seen enough of such things in his previous life.
She was just a woman trying to survive.
But at that moment, the woman seemed to have calmed herself, wiped away her tears, and slowly looked up.
Bai Ye suddenly stopped, his expression showing a hint of surprise.
The woman was beautiful, exceptionally beautiful.
Bai Ye even felt she was no less beautiful than the courtesan he had seen before. And because she had been crying, she exuded a vulnerable charm, utterly captivating.
But that was not why Bai Ye was surprised.
If beauty held value on the world battlefield, then in his previous life, all the chosen individuals who qualified for the central region wars should have been women.
What surprised Bai Ye was that the woman's appearance seemed familiar to him.
"Hua Zhixiao?"
Bai Ye truly hadn't expected to meet the future leader of one of the three major powers, the pleasure district's head, in this place.
"Yoshiwara, pleasure district..."
Bai Ye suddenly understood something.
Many people believed that the pleasure district was named after its leader, Hua Zhixiao.
Hua Zhixiao had named the district after her surname.
Now it seemed...
This woman...
Had she risen to prominence in this manner?
At the same time, Hua Zhixiao looked up and happened to meet Bai Ye's gaze. She quickly wiped away her tear marks and forced a smile.
"Handsome, I live just nearby." Hua Zhixiao stood up, deliberately pulling down her clothes a little. "If you're willing to help me, you can sleep at my place tonight. How about it?"
Bai Ye tilted his head, staring intently at Hua Zhixiao.
His gaze made Hua Zhixiao feel a bit frightened, and she couldn't help but take a half-step back.
Bai Ye suddenly spoke, "How do you want me to help you?"
Hua Zhixiao swallowed. "I won't ask for too much, just..."
Bai Ye suddenly raised his hand, making a silencing gesture to Hua Zhixiao.
"Wait for me."
The moment Bai Ye finished speaking...
*Zzzzt!*
Current surged through Bai Ye's body, and he suddenly vanished into thin air.
The previous man had already left the alley, humming a tune, looking very pleased with himself.
After all, that woman was quite yielding.
But at this very moment...
A hand suddenly landed on the man's shoulder.
The man was startled and turned around, only to see Bai Ye.
"It's you again?" The man glanced at Bai Ye and said, "What do you want... Ah..."
Before the man could finish speaking, Bai Ye suddenly reached out, grabbed the man's wrist, and twisted it forcefully, bending the man's hand completely backward.
The crisp sound of bone cracking indicated that the man's wrist bone had completely fractured.
The man clenched his left hand, trying to counterattack, but Bai Ye was clearly much faster than him.
*Crack!*
Bai Ye kicked the man's knee, shattering it.
Accompanied by the sound of the knee breaking, the man cried out and fell to the ground.
Bai Ye, however, showed no signs of stopping. He stepped on the man's other ankle, and the man screamed again as his ankle was brutally crushed by Bai Ye.
Bai Ye squatted down and grabbed the man's last arm. "Don't scream. It's not good to disturb people this late at night."
After speaking, Bai Ye pulled the man up by his arm and slowly walked forward, dragging the man along the ground.
On the other side, Hua Zhixiao stood at the alley entrance, looking around forlornly. Bai Ye's figure was nowhere to be seen.
Hua Zhixiao shook her head. It seemed he had left.
If he left, he left.
Someone who left directly was better than someone who took advantage and then left.
But at this moment...
A miserable whimper sounded from one end of the street.
Hua Zhixiao looked up, surprised, and saw Bai Ye appear, dragging the man from before behind him.
A vivid red bloodstain was left on the ground.
Bai Ye arrived in front of Hua Zhixiao and used his steel slime to condense a "Thunder Fang Wrath Beast" and threw it in front of her.
Bai Ye's expression was indifferent, and he looked at Hua Zhixiao. "Pick it up and kill him."