"This smell.... It's a demon!"
Swish!
The black Nichirin Longsword was instantly unsheathed.
Tanjiro didn't hesitate at all, immediately rushing in front of Nezuko and Tamayo, joining Yushiro to firmly protect the two.
After Shinichi crushed that colorful hand ball, Lee who had been quiet all along, suddenly raised her head.
Her gray eyes flashed with intense killing intent, and an extremely cold aura instantly spread out from Lee as the center.
...
In the open area, the demons Susamaru and Yahaba were originally preparing to take Tanjiro's head to Muzan to complete their task.
But before the smiles on their faces could fade, a chilling aura locked onto the two of them.
That terrifying presence nearly scared them to death, but it disappeared in just a brief moment, making Susamaru and Yahaba wondering if they had hallucinated.
...
Inside the room, Tanjiro and Yushiro, who were on high alert, both shuddered.
But before they could understand what happened, that cold aura vanished.
The ferocity in Lee's eyes gradually dissipated, replaced by a hint of confusion.
Those two outside seemed a bit weak...
If Muzan knew that Tamayo and Lee were here, he should have sent at least Upper Rank demons, right?
What was the deal with those two small fries outside?
Not only was Lee confused, Shinichi was also surprised.
At first, he thought Muzan had discovered them too, but as Lee had thought, without an Upper Rank, they wouldn't be a match for Lee or him at all.
Which meant the targets of those two demons outside were someone else?
Shinichi turned his head to look at Tanjiro holding his Nichirin Sword, and the earrings on Tanjiro's ears.
He recalled what Tamayo had said earlier - Tanjiro's family might be related to the strongest first generation demon slayers, Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
Thinking of the story of Muzan and Yoriichi Tsugikuni, Shinichi roughly understood what was happening.
"Tanjiro!" Shinichi's voice startled Tanjiro, who instinctively turned to look at him.
"Shinichi-senpai?! What's happening? It seems we've been discovered by demons!"
"Watch out!"
Before Shinichi could reply, three hand balls suddenly crashed into the room, completely shattering the already damaged walls.
Through the gap and the rising dust, two blurry figures could be vaguely seen in the open area outside the room.
The three hand balls that crashed into the room seemed to come alive, bouncing off the remaining intact walls and hurtling towards everyone.
Tanjiro gritted his teeth, his Nichirin Sword moving rapidly.
"Water Breathing, Fourth Form: Striking Tide!"
Countless flashes of blue water light formed a wide water screen, trying to block the attacks of the hand balls.
But every time those powerful hand balls collided with Tanjiro's Nichirin Sword, it made his hand ache terribly.
The hand balls were really strong!
In fact, Tanjiro could have avoided these hand balls, but considering Tamayo was tightly holding Nezuko behind him, Tanjiro gritted his teeth and desperately tried to stop the bombardment of the hand balls.
On the other side, Yushiro wasn't faring well either.
He was a demon not skilled in combat, with Blood Demon Art more suited for support.
Now standing in front of Tamayo, he was relying purely on his demon combat instincts and immortal body to endure the attack.
Snap!
A crisp sound rang out.
Lee who had drawn her dagger, turned back in surprise to see Shinichi firmly gripping her wrist and shaking his head.
"What are you doing? Let me go deal with those two little bugs outside," Lee said in confusion.
But Shinichi's expression became serious.
He shook his head again and looked towards Tanjiro, then called out loudly.
"Tanjiro! Don't get trapped in the room. The space is too small here, you can't use your full strength. I'll protect Nezuko and Tamayo-san. You go outside and find a chance to defeat those demons!"
Hearing this, Tanjiro's previously panicked heart immediately calmed down a bit.
'That's right! Shinichi-senpai was still here. A Hashira could definitely protect Nezuko and Tamayo-san!'
In his excitement, the naive Tanjiro didn't think about why a Hashira wouldn't personally go slay the demons, but instead let him, a mere Mizunoto, fight the demons.
"Water Breathing, Seventh Form: Drop Ripple Thrust !"
With his heart settled, Tanjiro quickly found an opportunity.
His Nichirin Sword thrust out sharply, fiercely piercing through two hand balls in an instant.
The other hand ball was also caught and torn apart by Yushiro at the cost of one of his arms.
"Shinichi-senpai! I leave Nezuko and Tamayo-san to you!" Tanjiro shouted without looking back, then rushed out of the room without thinking, charging straight towards the two demons in the open area with his sword.
Lee put away her dagger at this point and looked at Shinichi in surprise, softly saying.
"So you want to let this child practice? Good idea, but I must say, this child is still just a low-level demonslayer. Those two (Susamaru and Yahaba) may be weak, but they're not something a demonslayer of his level can handle, right?"
Shinichi stood up, patting the dust off his haori, and said calmly.
"I know what I'm doing. Tanjiro sometimes brings surprises. Besides, there aren't just two small fries outside. There's also a bigger fish with more weight."
"Oh no! Nezuko!"
Tamayo suddenly cried out.
Nezuko had suddenly broken free from her embrace and was toddling towards Tanjiro on her short legs.
Tamayo couldn't stop her and could only turn her anxious gaze towards Yushiro.
"Yushiro, please protect Nezuko and Tanjiro!"
"Ugh!" Yushiro's eyebrows immediately knotted.
He was soooo unwilling, but seeing Tamayo's watery eyes and pleading tone - damn it!
Who could withstand such a sight?!
Yushiro glanced at Lee, gritting his teeth as he said, "Help me protect Tamayo-sama!"
With that, he also rushed towards the battlefield where Tanjiro was fighting the two demons.
Shinichi chuckled lightly, patting Lee's shoulder.
"The capable have more work. I leave this to you. I need to go meet the big fish hiding behind."
Swish!
Before Lee could replied, Shinichi's figure vanished from the spot.
The afterimage of blue-green light was particularly eye-catching in the night, like a shooting star, streaking straight towards the distance.
.....
At the same time, a huge figure hidden in a dark corner suddenly stood up.
A hoarse, rough voice suddenly rang out, "This is impossible!? To discover me from so far away Something's not right!"
"Gah gah~~ Demon Slayer Corps!" Another shrill, piercing voice followed.
However, before the two voices could say anything more, a Nichirin short sword wrapped in blue-green flowing light came hurtling towards the dark corner, its whistling descent sounding like an eagle's cry!
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