First Encounter with a Demon

Su Chen still wore a smile. "You remember the place Giyu Tomioka mentioned, right? You can only protect your sister properly by going there."

Tanjiro's gaze was resolute. "I'll definitely go."

As he spoke, he pulled Nezuko along in a certain direction. Su Chen naturally followed as well.

Tanjiro was a kindhearted person, so he was hardly wary of Su Chen. Before long, the two of them began chatting.

During their conversation, they inevitably exchanged names.

However, Su Chen did not give his real name. Instead, he used "Chen Tian."

"Chen Tian?"

Tanjiro found it somewhat strange. No matter how he looked at it, the name seemed off. This world was Sakura Country, which made the name Chen Tian seem especially odd.

Su Chen casually came up with an excuse. "My parents chose it at random."

"By the way, demons are afraid of sunlight."

"Before dawn, you need to hide your sister. Otherwise, once Nezuko encounters sunlight, she'll probably die very quickly."

What!

Tanjiro was instantly horrified. He knew very little about demons at this point and naturally had no idea that something like this could happen.

Su Chen had seen the original story, so he naturally knew that Nezuko could grow larger or smaller.

He suggested making a wooden box, and Tanjiro readily accepted the idea.

The two of them soon made a wooden box without much trouble.

"Nezuko, why don't you try going inside?"

Nezuko's figure gradually shrank, and she then slipped directly into the wooden box. Worried that sunlight might seep inside, Tanjiro wrapped the entire box in cloth.

As for Mount Sagiri, Tanjiro had no idea where it was, so he relied on asking for directions as they traveled.

"Mount Sagiri? You just need to cross over that mountain."

On the way, a middle-aged woman looked