Clang..."
A soft, rustling sound suddenly came from the wooden box Tanjiro was carrying, breaking the silence of the room.
Zenitsu sat bolt upright, his face pale and his eyes filled with terror. "Ah! Tanjiro, your sister... is she trying to come out? Is she going to come out and eat people? Will we be...?"
Tanjiro quickly reassured her, "It's alright, Zenitsu, Nezuko won't hurt us."
"What do you mean 'nothing'? That's a ghost! A man-eating ghost!"
Nezuko won't eat people!
"That's a ghost! Just because you say you won't eat it doesn't mean you won't."
Clang~
A crack was visible in the wooden crate.
Zenitsu jumped up immediately, "Hey! Hey! Hey! Isn't this box locked?"
Tanjiro soothed, " Zenitsu, don't be so loud. It's the middle of the night, you'll disturb others!"
Zenitsu said in horror, "Do you think I wanted this? It's all because of you..."
Clang~
The wooden crate was opened even wider, and a hand was already sticking out.
"Ah! They're out!"
Zenitsu shouted, no longer caring about blaming Tanjiro, and ran towards the closet.
Pushing open the closet, Zenitsu climbed inside, glancing back to see if the demon was following.
It would have been better if I hadn't looked. As soon as I did, Zenitsu's scream seemed to be paused, vanishing without a trace.
With Zenitsu's screams gone, the room fell silent.
Tanjiro looked at Nezuko, whose head had popped out, and gently called out, " Nezuko!"
Nezuko emerged completely from the box, stood on the ground, and her body slowly grew larger.
Zenitsu remained in the position of crawling into the cupboard, his mouth growing larger and larger as Nezuko's body grew.
Tanjiro introduced Nezuko to Zenitsu, saying, " Zenitsu, Nezuko is my..."
"Your sister?"
A deep voice sounded, Tanjiro couldn't help but turn to look at Zenitsu. Although he sensed that something was wrong, Tanjiro nodded.
"Um!"
" Tanjiro..." Zenitsu in a low voice, his head bowed.
"W-what's wrong?"
A few arcs of electricity crackled from Zenitsu's body. Zenitsu suddenly looked up, his wide-open eyes and bloodshot veins telling Tanjiro that Zenitsu was very angry.
"Who do you think you are?!" Zenitsu roared.
"Huh?" Tanjiro was a little confused.
"Wow, you've got such a lovely girl with you! You must be having a wonderful time every day traveling with such a cute girl, right?"
"No... no... that's not how it is!" Tanjiro protested.
You better apologize to me!
Do you know how serious I was when you were taking such a lovely girl sightseeing?
I'm risking my life fighting this demon!
And what about you?
How dare you bring such a cute girl with you on a mission!
What exactly happened to you...?
Zenitsu's cursing showed no signs of stopping, so Tanjiro could only hurriedly raise his hand and say:
" Zenitsu, calm down! What's wrong with you all of a sudden?"
However, Zenitsu showed no signs of calming down at all.
" The Demon Slayer Corps isn't a place you can just join with a casual attitude! People like you should be removed! Removed immediately!!"
Zenitsu had somehow acquired the Nichirin Blade.
"To be honest, I could have gotten married, but you stopped me from doing so."
exhausted!
The Nichirin Blade slowly emerged from its sheath, its entire blade covered in dense yellow electric crackles.
Zenitsu roared, "You deserve to die! People like you who look down on the Demon Slayer Corps should be eliminated immediately!"
" Zenitsu, calm down! Calm down!"
"No...!"
night.
Mountain trails.
Inosuke, hands on his hips, looked at Zenitsu, who was sitting on the ground Zenitsu, and said disdainfully:
"Hey! What is this guy doing? It's disgusting!"
"Can't you feel it? That mountain!" Zenitsu pointed into the distance.
Tanjiro and Inosuke looked ahead in the direction Zenitsu was pointing, and there was a large mountain in front of them on the path they were walking on.
Tanjiro turned around and said helplessly, "Even so, there's no point in you just sitting here!"
Inosuke exclaimed, "How disgusting!"
"I'm not disgusted, okay! I'm perfectly normal! You guys are the ones who are abnormal..." Zenitsu angrily defended himself.
Tanjiro suddenly turned serious and looked at the mountain that Zenitsu had just pointed to.
Noticing Tanjiro's change, Zenitsu asked tremblingly, "W-what's wrong?"
"This taste..."
Tanjiro muttered something solemnly, then took off running towards the mountain.
Seeing Inosuke quickly followed.
Seeing that the two had left, Zenitsu quickly stood up from the ground.
"Hey! Wait... no... wait for me! Don't leave me here alone!"
The three quickly ran to the foot of the mountain, where a figure lying on the ground caught their attention.
"Wearing the uniform, you're a member of the Demon Slayer Corps just like us!" Tanjiro said.
The arrival of the three also attracted the attention of the team member. The team member slowly looked up and couldn't help but feel a glimmer of hope in his eyes when he saw the three.
"Help... help..."
Before he could finish speaking, the team member paused, then lifted off the ground and flew into the forest.
"No... no... no!"
They were too far away to save him in time; his desperate cries echoed in their ears.
The scent of demons wafted down from the mountain, and Tanjiro's hands trembled uncontrollably; he had never smelled such a strong odor before.
"Should we... should we go back?" Zenitsu suggested.
Tanjiro slowly clenched his fists, stopping his hands from trembling any longer, and stared firmly at the mountain before him.
"No, I want to go!"
Inosuke glanced at Tanjiro, then swaggered out from behind Tanjiro, deliberately bumping into Tanjiro 'Tanjiro arm as he passed by.
"I'm going first! You all just follow behind me, trembling!"
Having said that, he rushed up the mountain first, and Tanjiro hurriedly followed.
In the mountains and forests.
A member of the Demon Slayer Corps, dressed in a uniform and sporting a middle-part hairstyle, was carefully walking through the forest.
Beads of cold sweat kept appearing on his face, then dripping down the curve of his cheeks.
Suddenly, the hairs on the right side of his face stood on end, and the team member turned his head instantly.
The action of drawing his sword stopped when he saw who it was.
"We're here to provide support. I'm Tanjiro Kamado, a Mizunoto swordsman!"
"Gui... Mizunoto? What are Mizunoto people doing here? It's pointless no matter how many Mizunoto people come! Why aren't the pillars coming..."
Bang!
The team member cried out in pain.
"Hey? Inosuke! Why did you hit him?"