night.
The moonlight, like flowing water, gently caressed the entire world.
Wisteria House, a Japanese-style house gently entwined by Wisteria trees, appears even more rustic and warm under the caress of moonlight.
A dappled light filtered through the gaps in the paper window, casting shadows throughout the room.
Inosuke suddenly sat up in bed and looked around the room.
It's a very ordinary Japanese house, except that there are two futons laid out on the side, but no one is lying on them at the moment.
Where is this place?
Inosuke thought for a moment, then picked up the iconic Boar's Head that was lying to the side, skillfully put it on, and walked outside.
Not long after he left, Inosuke heard a somewhat familiar tone.
"A monster! Tanjiro! That old woman is a monster too! She walks silently and is incredibly fast!" Zenitsu's voice was filled with fear and exaggeration, clearly shocked by something.
Bang!
Tanjiro flicked Zenitsu on the head. " Zenitsu, you can't be so rude! They kindly took us in, how can you call them monsters!"
Zenitsu protested, somewhat aggrieved, "But that old woman was incredibly fast! She was moving at a speed that's not what an elderly person should be doing!"
"They're healthy; we should be happy for them!"
"Can..."
Zenitsu was about to say something when Inosuke, who had already moved to their side, interrupted him.
"Hey! You over there... you..."
Inosuke then realized that he didn't know the name of the Demon Slayer he had fought earlier that day, so he could only point at Tanjiro.
"Hey! I'm talking to you! Come and fight me! We haven't decided who's the winner yet!"
Huh? You're awake?
Zenitsu quickly hid behind Tanjiro, his gaze fixed on Inosuke.
This guy is really weird!
Wearing a Boar's Head is bad enough, but all he thinks about is fighting.
What's the point of fighting anyway?
Tanjiro sighed helplessly and said seriously, "My name isn't 'you,' it's Tanjiro Kamado!"
Inosuke pointed at Tanjiro, "I'll beat you with Menzao Tanshaoliang!"
Upon hearing Inosuke's words, Tanjiro bulged.
Who is that?!
That's you!
That's not me!
"That's you!"
"I already told you my name is Tanjiro Kamado!"
"That's right, Menzao Tanshaoliang!"
"You give me..."
During a lull in their argument, an elderly woman in a red kimono quietly appeared beside them.
Her hair was piled high in a bun, coiled into a large circle on her head, shimmering faintly in the moonlight.
"Demon Hunter, dinner is ready! Please come and have your meal!" The old woman smiled, her eyes revealing warmth and kindness.
Zenitsu then noticed the old woman's presence, his expression changed drastically, and like a startled deer Tanjiro Tanjiro, clutching his clothes tightly with both hands, his voice trembling as he said:
" Tanjiro, a demon! A demon has appeared again!!"
Just as Tanjiro was about to reprimand Zenitsu for his Zenitsu behavior, Inosuke interrupted.
"Huh? Who's this?"
Inosuke strode over to the old woman, curiously examining her. He even reached out and poked her neatly coiled hair, saying dismissively:
"Looks so weak, not worth my time at all!"
Compared to Zenitsu's verbal Zenitsu, Inosuke's current behavior is far more rude.
Tanjiro rushed over and slapped Inosuke's hand away, saying, "Show some manners!"
Seeing this, the old woman was not angry at all. Instead, she smiled and shook her head, "It's alright, demon hunters. Please come with me for your meal. The food won't taste good if it gets cold."
Upon hearing this, Tanjiro immediately bowed to the old woman, saying, "Thank you so much, Grandma."
The three followed the old lady to the place where they were going to eat.
During the meal, Tanjiro looked at Inosuke and asked, "Why is Inosuke in that room today?"
With food in his mouth, Inosuke mumbled, "Need you even ask? Of course I'm going on a mission, to kill demons!"
"So there really are ghosts in there?" Tanjiro asked.
Inosuke swallowed the food in his mouth and replied, "Ah... there are three demons!"
"Huh? Three?" Zenitsu was somewhat alarmed.
Tanjiro also somewhat surprised, "You killed all three of them?"
Inosuke became interested when this was mentioned, slowed down his eating pace slightly, and said smugly:
"That's right, I killed those three ghosts and they became my stepping stones! How about that, am I awesome?"
Here we go again! Zenitsu muttered to himself from the sidelines.
Tanjiro nodded seriously, "Yeah, that's really amazing!"
"Hahahaha... cough cough!"
Inosuke laughed so loudly that he choked on the food still in his mouth and couldn't help coughing.
"Slow down! Slow down!" Tanjiro laughed.
Zenitsu said, "Speaking of which, Tanjiro, your head is so hard! Inosuke fainted after you bumped into him, but you just shook your head and were fine!"
Tanjiro smiled sheepishly, "My head is naturally quite hard, and lately, because my training hasn't been going very well, and I've been getting hit by a senior a lot, it's probably gotten even harder."
Inosuke listened silently from the side.
Can being hit make your skull harder?
It seems that when I train with that guy later, I can let him tap my skull.
Dinner ended quickly, and the group lay down on their respective tatami mats.
"By the way, why did Inosuke join the Demon Slayer Corps?" Tanjiro asked.
"Huh?" Inosuke asked, puzzled.
Zenitsu said, "There must be some kind of reason, otherwise why would you join the Demon Slayer Corps for no reason?"
"Ah! This!" Inosuke recalled.
"Because members of the Demon Slayer Corps broke into my mountain, we negotiated a contest of strength."
If I beat him, I'll become the king of my mountain.
If I lose, he has to give me the knife!
In the end, I won against him, so his knife ended up in my hands!
Upon hearing this, Tanjiro Zenitsu's faces twisted slightly.
Although the team usually doesn't question the use of Nichirin Blade after they're given to the members, that doesn't mean they'd agree to let them be used as gambling Nichirin Blade!
The two seemed to have already witnessed Inosuke forcibly taking the teammate's knife.
"Then I heard about the existence of demons and the Final Selection from that person, so I went to participate and became a member of the Demon Slayer Corps!"
Upon hearing this, Tanjiro Zenitsu's faces twitched again.
This must be because the member whose sword was stolen was worried about being punished, so he introduced Inosuke to the Demon Slayer Corps, right?