Shinjuro Rengoku's eyes widened.
Deep red hair, a mark on his forehead, and Hanafuda Earrings bearing a sun design on his ears.
And... Sun Breathing!
It matched the account in the Flame Hashira's Book exactly!
Shinjuro Rengoku stared blankly at him, opening his mouth but not knowing what to say.
"You..."
Lin Yoriichi looked up at Shinjuro Rengoku, who stood frozen in place, and a somewhat ill-timed thought struck him-
Shinjuro Rengoku and his sons, Kyojuro Rengoku and Senjuro Rengoku, not only had similar names but looked remarkably alike, too.
No wonder the former Lower Rank Two, Hairo, had mistaken Kyojuro Rengoku for his father.
Setting that thought aside, Lin Yoriichi smiled.
"Just call me Yoriichi."
"Please forgive me for visiting unannounced."
Kyojuro Rengoku had indeed not invited him over.
He had actually come at Kagaya Ubuyashiki's request.
Lin Yoriichi had already told Kagaya Ubuyashiki about his plan to crack the Infinity Castle and try to pay Muzan Kibutsuji a little house call.
Under the present circumstances, Kagaya Ubuyashiki no longer needed to use himself as bait as he had in the original story.
Nor did the Demon Slayer Corps' Hashira need to contend with demons frequently in their respective territories.
Thus, Kagaya Ubuyashiki had finally relented and agreed to have swordsmen protect his Mansion.
However, he still did not want any serving Hashira assigned to guard duty.
That made the retired Shinjuro Rengoku the best candidate without question.
"You... what are you doing here?"
"And your name... I've seen it in the Flame Hashira's Book..."
At that, Shinjuro Rengoku seemed to come back to his senses and began asking questions in succession.
But when he turned his head, he saw his younger son looking their way.
Shinjuro Rengoku immediately stopped that line of conversation and frowned instead.
"Senjuro, go