Demon Slayer: Tanjuro Kamado returns from Sekiro

Chapter 5 - Ghost Dance Tsuji no misery
"... righteous courage?"

"...for one night...?"

Lin Taki Zuo paused when he heard the words last time, he looked at Kui Zhi in front of him, and the five children following behind.

He was silent for a while.

—five children, even one very young.

——Looking at the mud marks on his body, he should have been walking for a while.

——Although the clothes on his body were stained with mud, they were not worn out, and he did not carry any other items.

—Going out in a hurry?

——But... there is no ghost breath on his body.

at the same time.

Takeo, Shigeru, and Mizuko, who were standing opposite Rin Taki Zuo Kinji, were also watching him secretly.

Scared, scared me to death!

Zao Menmao was covered in cold sweat. He touched his chest and took a deep breath. He was standing next to his mother just now.

His expression was a little weak.

The old grandpa in front of him appeared with a "shua!"!
quietly!It's still dark now!
Also wearing a red tengu mask!
Terrifying!

Mao looked at Ryotaki Zuo Jinji in panic, and subconsciously moved closer to his mother.

Compared to Shigeru, Takeo is a bit more stable.

——If you throw away the cold sweat from his palms.

Yadouko looked at Rinaki left Kinji with a little surprise.

Zaomen Kuizhi's expression gradually became serious, she was a little nervous at the moment.

Now that Zuo Rinaki, whom her husband spoke of, actually appeared for the first time, then...

What is the danger on the mountain...

Tanjuro…

Kui Zhi clenched her hands tightly.

After a while.

Ryotaki Zuo's eyes, which were hidden under the mask for the last time, lowered slightly.

He could smell the air around him.

He raised his head and looked at Kuizhi at the kitchen door.

— Panicked, uneasy.

— is the smell of lying.

— It wasn’t Giyuu who asked them to come.

He looked at Kuizhi quietly.

After thinking for a moment, Zuo Rinaki waved his hands at Aoizhi and the others for the first time:

"Come with me."

Although he could sense that Kui Zhi was lying, he also sensed that Kui Zhi was not a bad person, so Lin Taki didn't touch Kui Zhi.

Turning around, he sighed softly.

Yiyong this kid.

"Thank you very much!" Kuizhi from Zaomen bowed slightly, and Mao who was next to him hurriedly nodded his thanks after seeing this.

……

Time passed slowly, and before I knew it, it was already night.

Kitchen door home.

Down the mountain.

"It's already so late."

Tanjiro Kamado was walking slowly in the snow with an empty bamboo basket on his back, heading up the mountain, and he was talking to himself with a smile:

“It would be great to sell them all.”

creak...

At this time.

There is a small house by the road leading to the mountain.

A figure appeared by the window, shouting towards Tanjirou's back:

"Hey! Tanjiro!"

"Are you going back to the mountain? It's too dangerous!"

"Come back, it's too late, come and live at my house."

……

……

In a town not far away.

creak...

A black leather shoe stepped on the snow.

"...Well, all the way from Asakusa to here."

The white trousers were very slim, and the person who came was wearing a black suit jacket and a white top hat.

The black suit, with subtle but gorgeous textures, was clearly expensive.

He stretched out his hand and slightly supported the brim of his top hat. The pale skin made the blue veins on the back of his hand clearly visible.

The snow fell on the back of his hand, but it didn't melt.

The plum red pupils observed the deserted snowy streets, and the voice was low and strange:
"Let's end the experiment here..."

He raised his head, feeling the human breath in the town, and frowned slightly.

On the previous road, humans living in towns and villages have been experimented by him.

—Don't talk about overcoming the sun.

—not even a single surviving individual without exception.

There was a trace of sullenness on his face hidden under the shadow of the top hat, and the tip of his nose moved slightly, feeling the breath around him.

——The smell is the same as I have seen before, and the humans who want to come to this town are also the same.

——Very fragile.

Humans are very weak, given a little blood, the cells will collapse, turning into a pool of rotten flesh mixed with blood.

Weak.

"Tsk."

He didn't intend to continue wasting his blood here.

Walking slowly, his eyes fell on a mountain outside the town.

Plum red pupils looked towards the direction of the mountain top.

Rarely, a hint of interest appeared in the man's pupils.

Those who live on top of the mountain...

He remembered, what kind of knife was used by that group of lingering ghost killers?

It seems that it was also forged with ore from the top of the mountain?

Then, people who live on the top of the mountain all year round, will it be different...

The man's spirit of experimentation seems to be exhausted, and now he is simply looking for a reason for his own entertainment.

……

……

the other side.

Narrow Mist.

In the next hut to the left of Rinaki.

"Huh..." Zuo Rinaki blew out the candle for the first time, and he looked back at the sleeping children, his expression was blocked by the mask of the tengu.

A few lively children can torment him quite a lot.

Thinking of this, he stood up and walked towards the door.

step out the door.

creak...

The wooden door behind him was slowly closed by Zuo Rinaki for the second time.

Outside.

Kuizhi at the kitchen door was facing away from the hut, looking up at the moon in the sky.

"What's the matter?" Zuo Zuo looked at Kuizhi who called him out for the first time: "The children are already asleep, and it's getting late."

Kui Zhi turned around and thanked Lin Taki.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Ryodaki."

Zaomen Kuizhi bowed slightly, her tone was a little hasty, she straightened her back with a serious expression, and frankly said:

"Actually, I didn't know that swordsman surnamed Tomioka, I lied."

"...I know." Zuo Rinaki's voice came from under the mask for the next time, it seemed a little dull, obviously he was suddenly choked by Aoi Zhi's words.

He felt very strange.

Zuo Jinci originally thought that Kuizhi came to him because he had heard the name of Yiyong in order to avoid his enemies.

——After all, Yoshiyuki is a straightforward child.

——As long as people ask, they will say something like 'I am Giyu Tomioka from the Demon Slayer Squad'.

As if seeing Rinaki's doubts, Aoizhi continued:

"...my husband told me there was danger on the mountain where we lived and he had to stay."

"He asked me to find Mr. Ryotaki and tell Tomioka Yoshiyuki's name."

"He said he didn't have time to explain. After telling you like this, you will tell me what happened."

Zaomen Kuizhi stared straight at the second red tengu mask near Lintaki, and said a long sentence in one breath, panting slightly, obviously agitated:
"I'm sorry." She swallowed subconsciously, looking at Lin Taki with anxious eyes:
"Could you please tell me what's going on?"

- This is the truth.

Lin Taki could sense it for the last time.

The situation—seems to be different from what I thought...

After listening to Kuizhi's words, Rinaki Zuojin looked at Xiang Kuizhi in a daze for the first time, and instead of answering her question, he raised another question in a serious tone:
"...I will clear up your doubts, but not before."

"Madam Zaomen, please tell me first."

"Your husband, no, where is the mountain where you live?"

(End of this chapter)