The shout carried across the street. Tanjiro stopped short, and when he turned around, he saw Tetsu no Sosuke.
A huge smile spread across his face. "Sosuke!!!"
Zenitsu Agatsuma and Inosuke heard him too, though their reactions were quite different.
Zenitsu looked nervous at once. As for Inosuke... well, there was no telling what expression he wore beneath that boar's head.
But from the way he kept tugging at Tanjiro, it was clear he wasn't particularly happy about this chance encounter.
Tetsu no Sosuke waved them over. Tanjiro hurried to him, delighted, while Zenitsu and Inosuke trailed behind like schoolchildren who had been caught misbehaving by their teacher.
"What are you doing here?" Tetsu no Sosuke asked, voicing the question on his mind.
Chapter 472: Arrival
As it turned out, they had happened to be passing through.
The three had just finished a Demon-slaying mission and were passing through the area. They had planned to visit Giyu Tomioka.
Instead, Tetsu no Sosuke had spotted the three youngsters on the street and called them over.
Tetsu no Sosuke was speechless for a moment. He couldn't help feeling that Tanjiro had a little too much time on his hands, though he knew Tanjiro had been through plenty lately.
Tanjiro had faced powerful enemies and fought until he was barely alive, but he had pulled through every time.
By now, he was gradually growing more mature... but his fondness for visiting people hadn't changed.
After a moment's thought, Tetsu no Sosuke took the three of them back to where he had been eating and ordered food for each of them.
Shinobu Kocho gave the three a puzzled look. "What are you doing here?"
"Don't ask again," Tetsu no Sosuke said. "Coincidence."
Shinobu's mouth twitched. What did he mean, don't ask again? When had