Who Gave Me My Name?

The charred pieces of wood looked somewhat familiar to him.

Suddenly Zenitsu Agatsuma shouted, "I understand!"

"Don't yell, it's scary, you know!"

The children glared at him, very unhappy with his overreaction.

Zenitsu Agatsuma shrank back, not daring to speak, like a wronged little wife.

Tanjiro stepped forward and asked, "Did you find anything?"

Zenitsu Agatsuma then stammered, "This place... was struck by lightning..."

"Lightning strike?"

Tanjiro looked at him in bewilderment. What kind of lightning could completely destroy such a large mansion? It was simply unbelievable.

"I'm not lying, I've seen this kind of scene before."

Zenitsu Agatsuma recalled, "I once saw lightning like this when I was training with my grandfather. The sky was filled with lightning that fell from the sky and destroyed everything on the ground."

"The scorch marks left on these pieces of wood were caused by lightning strikes, there's no doubt about it."

Yuxian seemed to be deep in thought. He felt as if he had seen such a scene before, and there was a special sense of familiarity about it.

While he was pondering this, the children made another discovery.

"Who!"

Little Jeanne, carrying her spear, slowly walked toward a large tree to the side, noticing the movement of someone behind the tree.

She cautiously and slowly approached, coming to the back of the big tree.

Wow! There's a wild boar here!

"You're the wild boar!"

"Master, the boar can talk!"

"I've already told you I'm not a wild boar!"

They walked over together and saw a hole in the tree behind the big tree, where a person was hiding.

He was shirtless, with two longswords riddled with nicks beside him, and most strikingly, he had a wild boar's head.

Inosuke Hashibira.

He huddled in the tree hollow, trembling, and even though Little Jeanne called him a wild boar, he had no intention of coming out.

"It's Nichirin Blade."

Tanjiro recognized Inosuke Hashibira to him.

He asked, "Why are you hiding here? Did you kill the ghost?"

Tanjiro asked this question, Inosuke immediately covered his ears with both hands, looking terrified.

"Don't ask me! Don't ask me!"

"How scary, how scary!"

Little Jeanne said with a look of disgust, "There isn't a single normal person in your Demon Slayer Corps. Look at him, he's gone mad."

"You're the idiot!"

Despite still being terrified, Inosuke immediately retorted when he heard Little Jeanne's words.

"What exactly happened?" Tanjiro pressed.

Perhaps it was Tanjiro's status Demon Slayer Corps that gave him a sense of trust, Inosuke finally slowly crawled out of the tree hole. Looking at the destroyed samurai mansion before him, he said:

"That person was terrifying. She destroyed the entire mansion with just one sword strike. There was thunder everywhere, and it was deafening."

Tanjiro asked, "Did you see that person? Could it be the Thunder Hashira) of the Demon Slayer Corps?"

Zenitsu Agatsuma quickly said, "It's not the Thunder Hashira. The Demon Slayer Corps doesn't have Thunder Hashira."

He uses the Thunder Breathing, and his grandfather was a former Sound Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, so he was quite knowledgeable about this.

Yuxian asked, "What does she look like?"

Inosuke glanced at Yuxian and said, "She is a very beautiful female warrior, wearing samurai armor, and has long hair that trails on the ground."

"She always had a smile on her face, she kept smiling, even when she drew her sword to attack."

"Why are you hiding? Did she find you?" Tanjiro didn't understand why Inosuke was hiding. Since he was a samurai who came to kill demons, he wasn't an enemy.

"She found me and wanted to take me away, saying I was her child." At this point, Inosuke became completely distraught and started trembling.

"I don't have a mother at all; I grew up in the mountains."

"I hid in the tree hole and refused to come out. When she saw that I wouldn't go with her, she looked a little sad."

"Then she left sometime later."

Yuxian and Mash exchanged a glance; they both guessed who had leveled the place.

The only female warrior who could possess such power of lightning is Minamoto no Raikō.

Moreover, her personality and appearance match Inosuke's description perfectly; there's no mistake.

Yuxian asked anxiously, "Where did she go? How long has she been gone?"

If time is short, it might still be possible to catch up now.

Inosuke Hashibira said blankly, "I fell asleep later, and I don't know when she left, probably last night."

Aren't you scared? How can you still fall asleep? Yuxian looked at Inosuke Hashibira speechlessly.

A whole day has passed since last night, Yuxian was somewhat disappointed that he had unfortunately missed Minamoto no Raikō.

However, now that we have received news of Minamoto no Raikō, finding her is only a matter of time.

Judging from her coming to destroy this samurai mansion, it seems that Minamoto no Raikō is carrying out an extermination of demons.

As long as Yuxian continues to interact with demons, he will inevitably encounter Minamoto no Raikō somewhere.

Thinking about it that way, he wasn't in a big hurry anymore.

As darkness fell, we hadn't seen any places to stay on our way up, and it was too late to return now. It seemed we would have to camp out here tonight.

Fortunately, after being Minamoto no Raikō, there were no safety issues here.

This used to be a samurai residence, and it's quite spacious enough for everyone to spend the night here.

Yuxian led everyone to get busy and make some preparations for tonight's accommodation.

The children complained a bit, but they weren't particularly picky. They muttered a few words and helped everyone prepare.

Section 326, Chapter Thirteen: Who Named Me?

"Hey you, if you're not going to help, go hunting!"

Seeing that Inosuke Hashibira was standing by and not participating in setting up the temporary camp, the children instructed him.

"Huh? On what grounds?"

Inosuke is the kind of person who can spend the night anytime, anywhere. After all, he grew up in the mountains and can spend the night in trees. He has very low requirements for where he rests.

After thinking for a moment, he decided to Boar Rush into the forest and go hunting, just as the children had suggested.

The children are very hands-on; a few of them tinkered around and quickly set up a large tent.

They always carry tents with them, which Tanjiro and Zenitsu Agatsuma.

This is not just a place to make do for one night; it's more luxurious than a typical guesthouse.

Yuxian lit a campfire in the center of the campsite, and the feeling of camping immediately came to mind.

Spending the night in the wild like this once in a while is actually not bad.

Inosuke, being raised in the mountains, returned to the camp carrying a large wild boar in no time.

Yuxian and Mash took over the task, found a water source, and went to clean it up.

When they returned, they found Inosuke and Tanjiro confronting each other, and they even started fighting.

Yuxian asked, "What happened?"

"That guy actually tried to kill Nezuko, how wicked!"

The children shielded Nezuko behind them, glaring angrily at Inosuke.

It is now nighttime. After Nezuko took off her cloak, Inosuke discovered her identity as a demon, which led to this conflict.

Tanjiro, of course, refused, and he immediately started fighting with Inosuke, both of them ending up with bruises on their faces.

Why protect ghosts?

Inosuke questions Tanjiro, saying that in his eyes, any demon should be killed.

"That's my sister, I will never let her get hurt in the slightest."

Tanjiro will not back down on this matter and will not make any concessions.

He stood firmly in front of Inosuke, watching as the two were about to start fighting again.

Yuxian quickly stepped forward to mediate, "Stop fighting, everyone come and have some barbecue, then go to bed early after you finish eating."

Inosuke snorted, "I won't associate with demons."

He turned around and climbed up a tree to rest.

Yuxian had no choice but to ask everyone to prepare dinner first, as this kind of conflict could only be resolved slowly over time.

Nezuko's situation is somewhat special, and not everyone would understand it immediately, so Inosuke's reaction is not surprising.

Everyone was happily eating barbecue together, except for Inosuke, who lay alone on a tree branch far away, lost in thought.

"For you."

Jack appeared beside Inosuke without anyone noticing.

She handed one of the grilled pieces of meat to Inosuke, while she slowly tore off another piece with her other hand, her mouth greasy from the food.

Inosuke stared blankly at Jack, and seeing the kindness in her eyes, he did not refuse her kindness and reached out to take the grilled meat.

Why are you wearing a mask?

Jack saw Inosuke take off his mask and start eating grilled meat. His handsome face was very different from what he had imagined, and his eyes were full of curiosity.

Inosuke didn't say anything, just kept eating his grilled meat, his movements were quite rough.

Not getting an answer from Inosuke, Jack asked another question.

"Don't you really have a mother?"

From the very beginning, Jack remembered what Inosuke said; in her eyes, not having a mother was a very, very pitiful thing.

That's why she made a point of coming over to talk to Inosuke at this time.

Jack didn't seem to mind Inosuke's coldness, and continued talking to herself:

"Jack didn't have a mother before, but now Jack does."

"Jack is very happy now. Jack is very fortunate to have a mother."

She looked at Inosuke again, "Don't be sad, you will definitely find your mother too."

After saying these words, Jack finished eating the roasted meat in her hand. She leaped down from the tree branch and quickly returned to Yuxian's side, squatting down and staring intently at the meat that Yuxian was roasting.

Yuxian smiled at Jack and asked, "What did you say to him?"

"It's nothing." Jack shook his head and continued to stare at the roast meat in Yuxian's hand.

"Alright, here you go." Yuxian handed the grilled meat to Jack. "Eat slowly, be careful it's hot."

Jack nodded and began to eat with relish.