Demon Slayer: Tanjuro Kamado returns from Sekiro

Chapter 13 – Fear

inside the room.

Warm lights filled the bedroom.

Saburo was running around in the narrow corridor, looking for the charcoal that was always in Zaomen's house.

But due to long-term exhaustion, Saburo was exhausted, and his feet suddenly went weak.

flutter!
On the side, Tomioka Yoshiyong had sharp eyes and quick hands, and stretched out his hand to help Saburo who was about to fall to the ground.

After helping Sanlang to sit down, he took Sanlang's place and went to the corridor, looking for the remaining charcoal.

Saburo stared blankly at Tomioka Yoshiyuki who didn't say a word, but was busy in the room, looking for things with water.

— this child.

——It turned out to be a good boy!
next to.

"what……"

Tanjiro opened his eyes, he looked at the ceiling of his house, his head was a little dizzy.

"It's not good, I'm lying in the snow, I already have a fever." Goto felt the temperature of Tanjiro's forehead with his hand, frowning slightly:

"However, if it's just a fever, it's great."

"It's better than losing your life."

"Cough cough...cough!" Tanjiro coughed slightly, he felt dizzy, but still turned his head, looked at Goto, and asked in a weak tone:

"Father...Father, are you okay..." He stretched out his hand, unconsciously, trying to grab Goto.

Snapped.

Goto held Tanjiro's hand, nodded to him, and affirmed in a firm tone:

"Your father is just overtired and weak. He fell asleep and will be fine soon."

"Even the situation is more optimistic than you."

Hearing this, Tanjiro turned his head, breathed heavily, and spoke hoarsely:
"…Thanks."

He was silent for a while, then looked at Yoshiyuki Tomioka who was standing aside and was about to leave, and stopped him:

"Just now... I heard..."

Tanjiro looked at the back of Yoshiyuki Tomioka who had stopped, took a few deep breaths, and then said:

"What the hell are you talking about... ghosts?"

"Has our home... been attacked by ghosts?"

"My... mother, sister, brother, they..."

Yoshiyuki Tomioka stopped and stopped at the door of the bedroom.

After seeing the situation of Tanjuro and Tanjirou, he realized that it is impossible to find the ghost's trace from here in a short time.

He has other tasks on his body, so he can't waste time like this.

After hearing Tanjiro's hoarse voice, Tomioka Yoshiyuki turned around and looked at him with calm eyes:
"Ah."

He nodded, then turned his gaze to Goto, motioned for the other party to explain, then turned and left.

Outside the door, a strange voice came faintly.

"Karma! Karma!"

"Swordsman of the Demon Slayer Squad! Tomioka Yoshiyuki!"

"Order! Order!"

"Hurry up to the snowy mountains in the north!"

……

inside the house.

Goto watched the direction Tomioka Yoshiyuki left, and couldn't calm down for a long time.

This Shuizhu has a strange temper, but after getting along for a long time, Goto also discovered some clues.

Tomioka Yoshiyuki is just not very good at talking.

In fact, he is quite a gentle person at heart.

Looking back, Goto smiled helplessly at Tanjiro:

"Sorry, Mr. Tomioka is that kind of person, in fact, he is not bad at all."

"...Please don't be prejudiced against him, in that case..."

As Goto said, he suddenly remembered the embarrassing relationship between Yoshiyuki Tomioka and the other pillars, and touched the back of his head:
"...he is so pitiful."

Tanjiro panted, he glanced at the direction Tomioka Yoshiyuki left, his nose moved slightly, because of the fever, his sense of smell was a little desensitized.

But even so, Tanjiro could smell the suffocating sadness emanating from Tomioka Yoshiyuki.

—Ah... so sad.

Goto was sighing. When he lowered his head, he saw Tanjirou's tears gradually flowing from the corner of his eyes, and immediately became flustered:
"Wait! Why are you crying all of a sudden?!"

……

After a while.

Goto is sitting next to Tanjiro, telling him about "Ogre" and "Demon Killing Squad".

He raised a finger and told the story he had told countless times:

"The so-called 'ghost' is a kind of man-eating monster. They have amazing strength and vitality. Even if their limbs are broken or their stomachs are cut open, they can regenerate..."

……

……

"very scary!"

Takeo frowned, and listened attentively to the story about ghosts told by Rinaki Saku last time. He tightly held Shigeru's arm next to him:
"Then, don't ghosts never die!"

"Hands and feet can grow back!"

"That's not true." Zuo Jinci's tone was heavy and his voice was low: "When exposed to the sun, or beheaded by the sun wheel knife, the ghost will die."

"The ghost killing team uses these methods to fight and kill ghosts."

inside the room.

Takeo, Shigeru, Hanako, Midouzi, Liutai, and Aoizhi were walking around Rinaki Zuoji, listening to him talk about ghosts.

"Aren't you afraid?"

Zaomen Shigeru was silent at the side, but he suddenly made a sound, which immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the room.

Mao hesitated for a moment, he clenched his hands together in fear, raised his head to look at Rin Taki left, and continued:

"The members of the Ghost Killing Squad...are you not afraid of such a terrifying monster?"

"I...just listening, I feel so scared."

Rinaki Zuo lowered his head for the first time, looking at Mao's cautious appearance, he stretched out his hand and gently stroked the top of Mao's head:

"Fear."

He said firmly.

"Eh?" Immediately, almost all the children were stunned, they didn't expect Zuo Zuo to give this answer recently.

"Everyone will feel scared when encountering a ghost." Rinaki Sakonji continued:

"But even when you're afraid, you fight."

"Why?" Hanako asked, she was hugging Mi Douzi, shivering.

"Everyone fights for different reasons and beliefs."

"But most of them are because they have experienced the grief of losing those who cherish them."

The last time Ryodaki Zuo said this, his tone was calm:

"The beautiful things that I cherish as the most precious things will easily disappear under the attack of ghosts."

"I don't want others to have the same experience as myself, and I want to protect the weak, but only beauty."

"The content of this emotion will far exceed the fear of ghosts in my heart."

……

……

"Then...my father, is he also a swordsman of the Demon Slayer Squad?"

Tanjiro tried hard to raise his head, and looked at the unconscious Tanjuro beside him.

But Goto shook his head decisively, and pushed him back on the bed:
"I don't know, but I have no impression of your father."

"However, your father must be a master of keen perception, and he knows some people in the Ghost Killing Squad."

"With such a weak body, I was able to survive in front of the ghost and protect you." Goto looked back at Tanjuro Kamado, smacked his lips, and said:

"Great guy."

"Is that so..." Tanjiro lay back down.

……

……

"That's right." Lin Takizuo nodded to Zaomen Kuizhi for the last time, affirming Zaomen Kuizhi's thoughts:
"That's all that your husband didn't have time to explain."

"The location of your home was last night."

"Attacked by a ghost."

(End of this chapter)