The next morning, when Tanjiro returned from Grandpa Saburo's house at the foot of the mountain,
"The smell of blood..." As he neared his home, Tanjiro's nose twitched faintly, and his expression grew uneasy.
He had no time to rest. Panting heavily, he ran up the mountain.
The front door was open...
From far away, Tanjiro could already see the open doorway, and his unease deepened.
It wasn't until he saw the figure lying in front of the door that he realized blood had flowed out across the threshold, staining the snow red.
"Ah~" Tanjiro's expression instantly filled with terror. His pupils trembled violently, and although he wanted to scream, the sound caught in his throat.
He hurried forward and knelt helplessly in front of Nezuko.
"Nezuko, what happened to you?"
"What happened here?! What happened?!"
After a long while, his terrified expression stiffened, and he hurriedly looked inside the house.
"Mom! Takeo! Delia! Shigeru! Rokuta!"
Tanjiro frantically searched the entire house.
No...
There was no one anywhere...
Where had everyone gone...
Calm down. Calm down...
Nezuko was still breathing. She could still be saved... Everyone else might still be alive too. At the very least, he had to save Nezuko first...
It had to be said that Tanjiro truly had a gift for making decisions in such a short time.
He carried Nezuko on his back and ran toward the foot of the mountain.
Yuko emerged from the woods and silently followed him.
This was the incident in which Tanjiro encountered Giyu, and the beginning of the Demon Slayer Corps accepting Nezuko. Yuko did not want to change it.
If she had not agreed to Nezuko yesterday, she would have brought the entire Kamado family down the mountain, then found Tanjiro, who was selling charcoal in town, and settled