"Delicious!!!"
Upon hearing this, Mitsuri immediately perked up, a smile already gracing her tear-streaked face.
She then turned and saw Obanai holding a large bag of dango.
"Mr. Iguro, is this for me?"
Mitsuri scurried over to Obanai, pointing at the bag of dango in his hand and asking happily.
Although Musashi said it was for her, she still had to ask.
Seeing Mitsuri run over, Obanai immediately withdrew his gaze from Musashi, giving Musashi a look of approval before shifting his attention.
Originally, Obanai's favorability towards Musashi had increased significantly due to what happened at the last Hashira Meeting. However, after entering and seeing that scene just now, he even thought for a moment that Musashi had done that previously to make him drop his guard so he could make a move on Mitsuri, causing his favorability to instantly drop to zero and become negative infinity.
But then Musashi's subsequent actions caused his favorability towards Musashi to skyrocket again, even more than before.
Now, in Obanai's eyes, Musashi Moon second only to Mitsuri in terms of favorability among the Hashiras.
Of course, everyone knows who Moon last, besides that person himself.
Looking at Mitsuri, Obanai's gaze immediately softened.
"Yes, I happened to see a good dango shop on the way, so I brought some back for you to try," Obanai said gently to Mitsuri, opening the bag of dango in his hand and offering it to Mitsuri.
To be honest, the "accidental" component of what Obanai did was not very high.
"Thank you!"
Mitsuri thanked Obanai, then eagerly took out two skewers of dango from the bag and began to eat, biting off three dango in one go, and finishing both skewers in two bites.
"Is it delicious?"
Obanai asked Mitsuri softly, feeling a little nervous inside. He wasn't sure if what he bought would suit Mitsuri's taste.
However, his worry was truly unnecessary; with Mitsuri's appetite, there probably wasn't anything she wouldn't find delicious.
"Delicious!"
Um... can I have some more?"
Mitsuri replied, then blushed and asked Obanai in a small voice, thinking Obanai truly only meant for her to "try" them.
To be honest, after eating those two skewers of dango just now, she barely felt anything, only tasting the flavor.
"I don't like eating this, it's all for you," Obanai said, taking the opportunity to give all the dango in his hand to Mitsuri.
"Then I won't be polite!"
Mitsuri, hearing this, accepted them without reservation and began to eat happily, completely forgetting her recent sadness.
However, although she forgot, some people did not.
"Who made you cry just now?"
Obanai asked Mitsuri softly.
Musashi felt a sense of dread after hearing Obanai's words. He turned to look at Genya, as if he saw a giant "Danger" sign above his head. However, Genya was completely unaware at this moment, looking down and wondering if his brother would also come since so many Hashiras were here, feeling extremely nervous about it.
Mitsuri's carefree nature naturally didn't notice Obanai's current state. She spoke candidly: "That child with the scar on his face, when I saw him in the Swordsmith Village, I spoke to him but he ignored me. Just now, when I saw him, he also didn't greet me. I thought he disliked me..."
Mitsuri hadn't even finished speaking when Obanai's anger had already reached its peak.
"You're not a Hashira, are you? Why are you here?"
Obanai said, pointing at Genya and walking towards him, planning to find a suitable reason to teach Genya a lesson.
Seeing this, Musashi was about to speak up and explain to Obanai, but then he saw someone walk into the courtyard. After a quick calculation in his mind, he decided not to speak, and even wanted to add fuel to the fire.
Genya looked up after hearing Obanai's voice, still a bit slow to react.
"Are you talking about me?"
Genya asked, pointing at himself.
Kyojuro, who was next to Musashi, was about to speak up and explain to Obanai, but was stopped by Musashi. Kyojuro looked at Musashi in confusion. Although he didn't understand why he was doing this, he still chose to trust Musashi.
"The Demon Slayer Corps' overall quality has become so poor precisely because of weak and undisciplined Demon Slayers like you."
Obanai ignored Genya's words. After finding a suitable reason, he flashed in front of Genya and then extended his hand towards him.
"Mr. Iguro!"
Mitsuri also understood the seriousness of the situation at this moment and shouted, wanting Obanai to stop.
"Slap!"
Just then, a figure appeared in front of Genya and slapped Obanai's hand away.
"Iguro, what are you trying to do?"
A slightly irritable voice rang out. Obanai was very surprised to see the figure that appeared before him.
"Brother..."
Genya was also very shocked at this moment, but more than that, he was moved.
Looking at the back in front of him, he felt as if he had returned to the past, when Sanemi would always stand in front of him like this whenever he was bullied.
"Um... Mr. Iguro, actually, this is a misunderstanding. The reason Genya didn't answer Mitsuri-senpai is because he's not good at interacting with girls. He was too nervous to speak to her," Musashi explained to Obanai after achieving his goal.
Kyojuro, hearing Genya call out "Brother" at this moment, also roughly understood.
Sanemi, at this moment, felt something was off. As soon as he arrived, he saw Obanai seemingly about to attack Genya, and he felt that Obanai's anger was very strong, so he blocked Genya without much thought.
While it was true that he wanted Genya to leave the Demon Slayer Corps, he could not accept anyone other than himself bullying his younger brother, not even Obanai, who had the most compatible personality in the Demon Slayer Corps.
After hearing Musashi's explanation, Obanai turned to look at Mitsuri.
"That's right."
Mitsuri nodded and said.
"And Genya and the others are here at the Master's instruction," Musashi continued to explain to Obanai.
Hearing this, Obanai's anger immediately dissipated. Obanai had no ill will towards someone like Genya, who was completely inept at communicating with girls. At least such a person wouldn't have any physical contact with Mitsuri.
After understanding the reason for the situation, Obanai became interested in Sanemi's reaction and spoke to Sanemi: "I didn't expect you, Shinazugawa, to dote on your younger brother so much. Why didn't I hear you talk about him before? I remember you even said publicly that you didn't have a younger brother, didn't you?"
Sanemi also realized at this moment that he seemed to have been set up. Hearing Obanai's words, he felt a bit embarrassed and stood there not knowing what to say, caught in a dilemma.
If he acknowledged Genya now, not only would his previous words become a joke, but he would also be unable to make Genya leave the dangerous Demon Slayer Corps later. But if he didn't acknowledge him, his actions just now truly couldn't be explained.
"Hmph! I just can't stand you bullying a lower-ranking swordsman."
After a long silence, Sanemi finally blurted out this sentence.
"Pfft!"
Hearing Sanemi's words, Mitsuri couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing. All eyes in the room immediately focused on her...