"Tasty!"
"Tasty!"
"Tasty!"
Rengoku Kyojuro sat upright in his seat, enjoying the food while constantly uttering loud praises.
Opposite him was a girl who was also wolfing down her sakura mochi.
"Hmm, Mr. Purgatory, you should try this sakura mochi! It's really delicious!"
Kanroji Mitsuri munched on a sakura mochi, a blissful smile on her face, typical of a foodie enjoying their favorite treat.
Kyōjurō took the sakura mochi, swallowed it in a few bites, and exclaimed, "It's really delicious! But I still prefer this Sweet Potato Cake! You should try some too!"
For foodies, sharing their favorite foods with others is a difficult thing, unless the other person is a very good friend.
As Kanroji Mitsuri's mentor in the Demon Slayer Corps, Rengoku Kyojuro and Mitsuri naturally had a good relationship.
Seeing how the two of them ate, Meikyō felt even hungrier.
"Boss! I'll have one of what those two ate too!"
"Alright! That'll be four yuan and seventy coins in total!"
Meikyō paused involuntarily as she reached for her wallet.
Yuan? Money?
After the Meiji Restoration, the country began to use the yen as the main currency unit, with one yen equal to one hundred sen. However, the value of the sen was too small, and it was abolished a few decades later.
But Meikyō was still carrying Silver Taels from the Naruto World...
"Hey kid, you're not broke, are you?"
The shopkeeper paused in his packing of Sweet Potato Cake, looking at Uchiha Meikyō.
"I'll pay!"
A strong, resonant voice rang out Rengoku Kyojuro straightened up and spoke loudly in their direction.
"There are no empty seats now, young man, why don't you come and dine with us!"
Kyōjurō's face broke into a bright smile, and his long eyebrows arched upwards.
"I'm so sorry to bother you! Thank you so much for your help, sir."
Meikyō, carrying a plate, sat down next to Rengoku Kyojuro with an apologetic expression.
"My name is Uchiha Meikyō, and I come from Konoha."
Meikyō gave a brief self-introduction.
"Konoha? I've never heard of that place! My name is Rengoku Kyojuro. Although my hair color is a bit strange, my father said it's because our ancestors loved eating fried shrimp so much that it turned out this color."
A hearty smile spread across Rengoku Kyojuro's face.
"My name is Kanroji Mitsuri. My hair color is because I ate 170 sakura mochi every day for eight months!"
Both Kanroji Mitsuri and Rengoku Kyojuro, master and apprentice, have very enthusiastic personalities.
"You all have very unique hair colors, so I think you must be very unique people too."
Meikyō picked up a cherry blossom mochi and put it in her mouth.
The sakura mochi here is indeed very good. Inside the glutinous rice skin that looks like cherry blossoms is sweet and sticky red bean paste, and it is wrapped in cherry blossom leaves with a cherry blossom fragrance. It has a perfect combination of color, aroma and taste.
"So... Mr. Gunbai, don't you think our hair color is strange?"
Kanroji Mitsuri asked cautiously.
Because of her large appetite, strong physique, and unusual hair color, she went on countless blind dates, all of which ended in failure.
Only in the Demon Slayer Corps would she not stand out, because there were other like-minded people there, such as Rengoku Kyojuro —he also ate a lot, was very strong, and had hair as red as flames.
"It's Uchiha... not Gunbai... never mind, just call me Meikyō."
Meikyō waved his hand helplessly.
The pronunciation of Uchiha in Japanese is indeed very similar to that of Gunbai.
"As for hair color, it doesn't really matter. After all, I know people with other hair colors. For example, my teacher has sky blue hair, and I've also seen people with blonde or white hair."
There are indeed many different hair colors in the Ninja World.
Dan Katō is sky blue, Tsunade, Minato Namikaze, and Yamanaka Inoichi gold, Hatake Father and Son, Jiraiya are white, and there are also red-haired members of the Uzumaki Clan.
Although it is somewhat rare, and some ignorant Ninja Academy students might laugh at it, any ninja with a bit of knowledge would find it to be a perfectly normal thing.
"Is that so? That's wonderful!"
Kanroji Mitsuri clenched her fists and rested her chin on them, smiling sweetly.
"Speaking of which, why did Mr. Meikyō run away from home alone? Doesn't he have a teacher or something? For Meikyō his age to go out alone, especially with a knife on him, is very dangerous!"
"Aren't you all carrying knives too?"
Meikyō glanced at the Nichirin Blade hanging at the waists of Rengoku Kyojuro and Kanroji Mitsuri.
He is only twelve years old now. Although he has been soaked in the Uchiha Clan's secret medicine since childhood to promote his physical development, he looks at most thirteen or fourteen years old.
"That's different. A long time ago, after the shogunate was overthrown, Sword Ban was issued. Unless you are a special person, you cannot carry a sword in public. Even if you are a samurai, Mr. Meikyō, you cannot carry a sword on the street."
Strictly speaking, it is illegal for the Demon Slayer Corps to carry a sword in public. However, all the rulers in power throughout history have been aware of the existence of demons and the Demon Slayer Corps, so as long as they are careful, nothing will happen.
"I am not a samurai, I am a ninja."
Meikyō smiled and shook her head.
"Oh! A ninja? I've heard that I have a very powerful senior who was also a ninja!"
After saying that, Rengoku Kyojuro stuffed Sweet Potato Cake into his mouth and shouted that it was delicious.
He was referring to the second oldest Pillar in the Demon Slayer Corps, the Sound Hashira Uzui Tengen, who comes from a ninja family and may be one of the last remaining ninjas in the world.
"Ninjas? Didn't we hear they disappeared years ago?"
After finishing speaking, Kanroji couldn't wait to pick up another sakura mochi.
After the Sengoku Period, when your village attacked our village, ended and the Edo Period began, the village gradually disappeared over the next three hundred years due to a long period of peace.
"Tasty!"
After finishing the last Sweet Potato Cake, Rengoku Kyojuro patted his belly contentedly and began to examine Uchiha Meikyō.
[He's young, but his aura is incredibly fierce; he's probably seen blood.]
Then, he turned his gaze to Meikyō's hands.
The calluses on his hands are from holding a knife for a long time. His fingers are long and slender, indicating great dexterity. He must have been a ninja and had undergone rigorous training since childhood.
[And the red and white Gunbai markings on that clothing... is that the Clan Crest of some ninja clan?]
Rengoku Kyojuro plans to visit the Sound Hashira after he returns home to see if he can recognize him.