After saying that, Senjuro turned and went back inside.
Shinjuro stiffened at those words, unable to speak for a long time. He instinctively started raising his sake flask to take a couple of swigs, but then remembered the message Kyojuro had asked Senjuro to deliver. His hand hovered in midair before falling back down.
Kyojuro...
After he had spent some time guiding the three boys through their training, demon-hunting missions began again. Tanjiro and Inosuke left Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters one after the other to carry out their assignments.
On the training grounds, Chiba Yo was instructing Zenitsu, the only one left, when two Kasugai Crows landed on the fence and began calling out.
One belonged to Chiba Yo, and the other came from Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters. Zenitsu's Chuntaro could not relay mission details.
"North-northeast! North-northeast! A demon lurks in a temple in the mountains! Chiba Yo, hurry there and destroy it!"
"North-northeast! North-northeast! A demon lurks in a cave! Zenitsu, hurry and slay the demon!"
Both Kasugai Crows shouted at once, leaving Chiba Yo's head in a jumble.
"Yo, our missions are in the same direction! Let me come with you!"
Zenitsu was pleasantly surprised by the Kasugai Crows' messages.
Watching Tanjiro and Inosuke leave on their missions one after the other, Zenitsu had been terrified at the thought that he, too, would eventually have to carry out a mission alone.
He had never expected his destination to lie in the same direction as Chiba Yo's, so naturally, he wanted to tag along.
"All right, but I won't interfere with your mission. You'll have to slay the demon yourself," Chiba Yo told Zenitsu.
All three boys had made great strides during their training, Zenitsu included, and Chiba Yo had seen it all. But one thing about Zenitsu