It was now the second day since they had returned to the base. Tanjiro and Nezuko's trial would take place at noon, and Ye Chen was ready to set out.
Once Tanjiro and Nezuko were settled, he could start working on some things to use against Demons.
What Ye Chen found a little unbearable, however, was that several troublemakers had come to raise a racket at his base first thing in the morning-especially a certain yellow mouse.
"Senior~ Promise me you'll protect my wife and my brother-in-law~"
"Zenitsu, don't say things like that! I'm not your brother-in-law, and Nezuko isn't your wife!"
"Tanjiro~ You're such a good person~"
"Wh-what? Wait, Zenitsu, don't come any closer..."
"Hah hah hah! Sleepy Pill and Wide-Head Taro, are you two playing Demon tag?!"
"They're even louder than I expected..." Ye Chen watched the noisy bunch. Having read the original story, he had known what to expect, but they were still unbearably rowdy.
"Enough, Pikachu. Stop pestering Tanjiro." Ye Chen once again grabbed Zenitsu Agatsuma as he chased Tanjiro around. They had only fought Demons yesterday, and now they were already making this much noise. Who could put up with that?
"Se-nior~ You caught me~" To Ye Chen's surprise, being caught did nothing to quiet Zenitsu Agatsuma down. Instead, he looked over with another peculiar smile.
"Huh? Wait, Pikachu, what's with that look? It's disgusting. Rein it in!"
"Pikachu~ That's right, I'm Pikachu! Pika pika chu~"
"I told you to stop flirting with everyone!!"
"Ow! Senior, I'm sorry!"
Ye Chen could no longer stand this flirtatious pest. Rather than waste more words on him, he punched him in the head, finally making Zenitsu Agatsuma behave a little.
Sure enough, fists were reason. Beating reason into people was the most effective approach.
Hmm? Perhaps there was