"Because you're with the Demon Slayer Corps!"
"People in the Demon Slayer Corps aren't born wanting to kill demons." Tetsu no Sosuke shook his head. "That reason doesn't hold up."
"Because you can do it!"
Yuichiro was furious. "Is that reason good enough? You can help us, so why won't you?"
"That's a good reason!"
Tetsu no Sosuke smiled. "But it could put me in danger. What do you think?"
"..."
Yuichiro had no answer. He suddenly realized Tetsu no Sosuke's words carried another meaning.
Tetsu no Sosuke smiled faintly and said nothing more. Instead, he watched Muichiro's movements inside the house grow steadily more ragged. "We all want this world to be a better place, don't we?"
Before Yuichiro could answer, Tetsu no Sosuke leaped through the window.
Muichiro was sent flying again. This time, though, he landed neither against a hard wall nor on the floor, but in Tetsu no Sosuke's hand.
Tetsu no Sosuke caught Muichiro and set him on the floor.
Muichiro looked up, dazed. "Iron Pillar."
"Don't call me that, and we can still be friends." Tetsu no Sosuke's face darkened.
The demon across from them was dumbfounded. "Why did you come back? I waited so long. I... I..."
He seemed to grow angry, his voice turning shrill.
Muichiro's expression changed. "Iron Pillar, watch out!!!"
Then the demon, furious beyond words, turned and ran.
Tetsu no Sosuke looked back at Muichiro, puzzled. "Watch out for what?"
"..."
Muichiro was speechless. Why was he running?
Hadn't he been vicious just a moment ago?
Hadn't he wanted to eat them?
Hadn't he just been beating Muichiro up?
After roaring like that, he just fucking ran?
What kind of demon did that?
Once those questions had flashed through Muichiro's mind, he hurriedly said, "He's getting away."
"I'm not