Tanjiro followed the Demon out of the room. The bleak moonlight fell over him, making him shiver slightly. Thinking of what he was about to do, he clenched his teeth.
Although he hated the Jingi Group's second-in-command for setting his sights on his mother, and knew that these men were no good-most were villains who burned, killed, plundered, and committed every kind of evil-he still found it difficult to accept ending their lives just like that. Perhaps some of them had not done anything so terrible that they deserved such a cruel end.
For a moment, Tanjiro's mind was in turmoil.
Thud!
The Demon suddenly stopped, and Tanjiro, lost in thought, bumped into him before he could react.
"S-sorry."
Tanjiro gripped the axe handle and lowered his head, his voice trembling slightly.
Su Mu glanced back at Tanjiro, then pulled him into the darkness nearby. Kanao stayed close beside her uncle.
"S-sir..."
Tanjiro looked at Su Mu in confusion.
Su Mu narrowed his eyes toward the distance, then turned back to Tanjiro with a slight smile. "Looks like we won't have to go looking for them."
"What?"
Tanjiro was puzzled.
"They couldn't even wait one night. They already want revenge for what happened today."
Su Mu smiled at Tanjiro, looking at his hand clenched around the axe with a meaningful gleam in his eyes.
Tanjiro was not stupid. In fact, he was very clever. It was simply that his kind heart could not get past that hurdle. Hearing the Demon's words, he abruptly looked up toward the place the Demon had been watching.
By the moonlight, he saw a group of men heading their way. Almost every one of them carried a weapon, and they looked vicious.
Leading them was Hasegawa Tomo, the Jingi Group's second-in-command whom Su Mu had