Demon Slayer: Tanjuro Kamado returns from Sekiro

Chapter 147 - I am the eldest son ()

late at night.

Butterfly House.

The second floor.

creak-

The wooden door slowly closed, making a squeezing sound.

"Okay, the box is safely on Miss Butterfly's table."

Tanjiro walked out of Butterfly House's office. He moved gently, as if celebrating a victory, raised his arms and clenched his fists:

"Big success!"

After all, in the absence of Butterfly Ninja and other pillars, he successfully controlled the situation in Butterfly House and arranged the personnel in an orderly manner.

One step closer to becoming an "adult" who can take care of his younger siblings!

Thinking of Yadouzi, Takeo and the others, Tanjiro couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.

This level of complacency, he believed, was necessary.

When Tanjiro turned around and was about to leave the corridor, he was suddenly startled.

"anyway…"

He looked back at Butterfly Ninja's office door, his eyes seemed a little confused, and he said to himself:

"Today...is so weird."

Tanjiro took two steps, couldn't help but stand still, turned around, and subconsciously looked at the dark sky outside the window:

"It's not just the absence of my father."

"Miss Butterfly, Miss Kamiki, and the other pillars who were there during the day haven't come back either."

He raised his head, put his hands full of sharpening marks on the edge of the window, and unconsciously squeezed hard:

"Everyone...are you okay?"

The trembling clear moon was reflected in the dark red eyes.

Although the cool night was calming, a strong uneasiness arose in his heart.

At this time.

Peng!

The door at the other end of the second floor was suddenly pushed open forcefully.

My wife Zenitsu's yellow hair poked out from behind the door. She glanced around and seemed to have spotted Tanjiro's figure in the corridor.

What followed was a long, tearful sigh that sounded like a sigh of relief:

"That's great, Tanjiro—!"

Tanjiro turned his head, but happened to look at my wife Zenitsu's hand pointing to the butterfly house door on the first floor.

"Listen to me, it's so scary! I'm the only one assigned to this ward!"

"It's super scary! My body is so stiff that I can't move!"

"And! There was a very strange movement just now. I have never heard such a sound before——"

My wife Zenitsu had tears hanging from the corners of his eyes. He cried and wiped the corners of his eyes with his burnt hands. His expression seemed a little frightened and he staggered over.

His ears twitched, he stood next to Tanjiro, stretched out his other hand, pointed to the door through the window, and babbled:

"Just now, the sound that made people's ears very uncomfortable kept ringing...ah!!"

"Coming-!!" Zenitsu was so frightened that he even forgot to cry. He jumped up suddenly, hugged Tanjiro's head, and screamed like a frightened cat:

"—There's something right at the gate!"

He shook Tanjiro's head violently and pointed at the door.

"Zenitsu! Come down quickly!" Tanjiro's head was held. He struggled to keep his balance and kept his eyes on the slightly moving door.

Butterfly House Gate.

creak...

The tightly locked door seemed to have been pushed in from the outside.

Sudden.

smell.

The tip of Tanjiro's nose twitched slightly.

! !

Tanjiro's pupils shrank suddenly, his hands began to tremble unconsciously, and cold sweat broke out along his spine.

He subconsciously took a step back.

The extremely familiar smell of blood.

I had never smelled the smell of blood for the second time since that night. It was so strong that my throat ached when I took a breath!

At this moment, it was filling his entire nasal cavity!

His breathing gradually became faster, and there was a slight numbness on the surface of his body.

Almost instantly, Tanjiro understood the identity of the ghost outside the door.

That snowy night, the ghost king wanted to sneak attack on their family.

——Oniwu Tsuji Muzan!

……

……

at the same time.

Ubuyashiki mansion.

Squeak - squeak -

Tiny insects hide among the grass blades, making a small chirping sound.

On the tatami.

"Ahem...hoah..."

Ubuya Shiki Yoya's face was pale, his eyes were tightly closed, and fine sweat made his hair stick to his forehead.

His trembling hands grasped the quilt beneath him.

"Yao Zai!"

Amane sat next to Yaoya Shiki, her brows furrowed. She wrung out the towel in her hand and wiped Yaoya's sweat with a slight trembling.

Slowly, Uyashiki's expression softened a lot.

"...I'm fine." He shook his head slightly, reached out to hold Tianyin's hand, his tone was low, and he breathed a sigh of relief:

"Everything is exactly as predicted in the dream..."

Ubuyashiki Yōya said, slowly opening his cloudy eyes:

"That's tonight."

Hearing this, Tianyin breathed a sigh of relief and sat back.

The moonlight slanted into the room from the courtyard, and under the backlight only the dark figures of the two leaning against each other could be seen.

"Only two pillars...can really handle it..."

Tianyin's hesitant voice sounded in the darkness.

She believed in the choice Uyashiki made, but there was still concern in her heart.

"-Believe them."

Ubuyashiki Yōya's gentle and convincing voice followed closely, and his smile seemed to be visible even in the darkness.

Hearing this, Tianyin was startled for a moment, then nodded with a smile and said no more words. Although the Ubuyashiki clan has a short life curse.

But it was also a blessing in disguise.

Gained the ability to foresee the future in dreams.

Although the future we see is extremely short-lived and often only fragments, they are still extremely critical scenes.

The huge amount of money needed to run the Demon Slayer Corps also comes from this.

And Utsuya Shiki Yaoya has been there since a few days ago.

He already knew in his dream that Wu Mei had arrived at Butterfly House today.

He also told the news to the only two people who did not participate in the crusade against Shangxian Yi that day——

...

Butterfly House.

roof.

under the moonlight.

Two figures, one tall and one short, stood here, seemingly waiting for a long time.

Click.

"coming."

The red-haired swordsman shook his hair slightly, his red eyes moved, and he stared at the door below, stepping on the raised tiles.

Wow——!

He lifted up the flame-patterned haori, revealing the hilt underneath.

Flame Pillar - Purgatory Makijuro.

"Amitabha."

Beside him, the tall figure nodded slightly, whispered a Buddhist chant, and held the steel chain tightly in his hand.

Two lines of clear tears flowed under the white eyes:

"Don't be impatient."

"Our job is just to... stall for time."

Swish!Swish!

The huge meteor hammer connected by the steel chain rotated in circles under the waving of his arms.

Rock Pillar - Ming Ming Island travels to the underworld.

……

……

Two people under the roof.

The second floor.

"Hey! Tanjiro! Wait for me!"

My wife, Zenitsu, stretched out her hand and looked at Tanjiro running towards the stairs with a frightened look on her face: "Why are you running all of a sudden?!"

He watched in great horror as Tanjiro ran further and further ahead.

front.

Da da da! !

"...What should I do? The current situation is..."

Tanjiro ran quickly through the corridor, breathing rapidly, looking through the window on the side of the corridor and looking at the courtyard door anxiously.

Why did Wu Mei come here——

——There is no time to think about such problems now!

How to do!

With the rapid flash of thoughts in his brain, the flow of time seems to have slowed down.

Think fast! Tanjiro!

He gritted his teeth and his body tensed unconsciously due to nervousness.

——Now, what can be done!

Snapped!

He casually picked up the Nichirin sword of the injured swordsman standing beside the corridor.

And shouted behind him:

"Zenitsu!"

"Huh?" Zenitsu, who was chasing him behind him, was stunned for a moment.

Tanjiro turned his head and shouted very urgently:

"You go notify everyone! Evacuate the wounded! I'll buy time!"

Take a deep breath:

"quick!"

He stomped on the ground!

Creak——!

There was a harsh sound of the soles of feet rubbing against the floor.

Tanjiro clenched the Nichirin sword in his hand, protected his head with his arms, and jumped out of the window!

Peng!

The glass shattered by the impact suddenly scattered in mid-air, reflecting the dazzling moonlight.

In Tanjiro's vision.

The current butterfly room is full of wounded people, as well as some hidden team members responsible for logistics.

All the pillars have gone out, and their father has not returned yet.

Even the Tokito brothers are going on missions!

There is no fighting power that can fight against ghosts!

Not to mention Wu Ke!

In an emergency, this was the best solution he could think of.

Peng!

dusty.

Tanjiro landed heavily on the ground in the courtyard. He squatted slightly with his legs, shook off the broken glass from his body, and then slowly stood up.

click!

Holding the handle of the Sun Lun Knife with both hands, he stood up with the sharp blade outlined in the moonlight and pointed it at the door where the smell came from.

The corners of his mouth opened, and white hot steam overflowed.

Don't be timid!

His eyes were extremely determined.

After constant practice and being taught step by step by Tanjuro.

Tanjiro's Breath of the Sun.

Although it has never been in actual combat.

But he is already perfect.

……

Outside the gate.

Click——!

The wooden door suspended in mid-air slowly opened.

"Is this right here?"

Wu Mei slowly poked half of his head out of it, revealing only two scarlet eyes. His eyes scanned the butterfly house in front of him very cautiously:

"Where the blue flowers of the other side are."

There seemed to be some residual traces of mud at the corners of his mouth.

(End of this chapter)