Confrontation

Daki hesitated again and again, but in the end, she did not tell Gyutaro what had happened. In her view, there was probably no point in saying it. Gyutaro might even think her memories had become confused.

Besides, if all of this was real, making time rewind was something beyond even her imagination. Perhaps only those gods and Buddhas who had never truly manifested in this world could accomplish such a thing.

A mess of thoughts flashed through Daki's mind before she finally said, "...The Demon Slayer Corps has tracked me down. A Hashira should be showing up soon."

Hearing that this was what Daki meant, Gyutaro immediately relaxed and grinned. "Don't worry. Nothing will happen with me here. If you can't handle it, your big brother will step in."

"Mm."

After brushing Gyutaro off with a few words and letting him fall asleep again, Daki returned to the Kyogoku House with her thoughts in turmoil.

For the rest of the night, everything that happened was almost exactly the same as in her memories.

Then, until the following evening, everything unfolded exactly the same way as well.

There was only one difference.

By evening, Feng Ye had not appeared.

"..."

Watching the sky outside grow completely dark, Daki took a deep breath and slowly sat up.

Something completely beyond her expectations had happened, leaving her mind in chaos all day.

With her thoughts in disarray,

she left her room.

She wandered aimlessly through the Kyogoku House.

Then,

a somewhat familiar scene appeared. Tanjiro, disguised as an "ugly woman," came running past with a basin in his arms. As he passed her, his whole body visibly stiffened, but he quickly ran away again.

Daki's gaze sharpened as she turned to look at Tanjiro's retreating figure.

"That brat..."

The last time they