One of them was absurdly large. The other, though not quite so enormous, was still tall and well-built. At least to Inosuke, they were definitely the sort who had never gone hungry.
By his simple logic, following these two would lead him to food.
Even Inosuke felt a little bad about always going to that kind family to ask for food.
So he followed these two new targets all the way.
Come to think of it, they really moved fast. They looked as though they were strolling along and chatting at leisure, yet Inosuke still nearly lost them.
Suddenly, the two stopped, and Inosuke instinctively hid behind a large tree.
With his years of experience hunting in the wild, there was no way those two could see him.
After a while, when he cautiously peeked out to check on them, he discovered that one of them had vanished.
He was certain he had heard no movement just now.
For a moment, Inosuke began looking around in a panic, but he could find no trace of that person.
To avoid exposing himself, he could only duck back behind the tree.
Then he discovered someone standing right in front of him.
"Waaah!"
With someone approaching him silently from behind, Inosuke instinctively cried out. His back pressed against the tree, he flailed and bared his teeth at Kanzaki Kumo.
"I am Inosuke Hashibira, master of these mountain woods! You who have recklessly trespassed on my territory, hand over your food, and I can overlook the offense you and your companion have committed."
He was clearly a boy around Tanjiro and the others' age, with features as delicate as a girl's, yet his voice was unusually gruff.
If one ignored his legs trembling with nerves and his quavering voice, it really did count as