[Lord Demon Slayer: Hiiragi of Kuhara]

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Taiwu Hiiragi was originally not surnamed Taiwu. He used to have a more memorable and common surname, but the moment he took over the hilt of Fuyu's sword, his name became the continuation of Taiwu's inheritance. The original surname Just like the original himself, he became unimportant.

As a descendant of Taiwu, he must expel Xiangshu, practice martial arts to protect the people, and make the world peaceful as soon as possible.

So he practiced and studied all day long, and smelted medicines. If he encountered a bottleneck, he would wander around the world, killing enemies and practicing, no matter the cold or heat, he never stopped.

According to his only friend who was willing to endure his dull face and followed him everywhere, Taiwu Hiiragi really didn't live like a human being.

What he said was correct, because he regarded himself as a tool, a weapon, a knife that was always aimed at Xiangshu.The surname Taiwu turned him into a gear and put him into a huge machine. Even if he wanted to stop, he was restrained and unable to get out.

The friend later died in Jianzhong. He blocked the counterattack by Xiangshu's incarnation for Taiwu Hiiragi, and his whole body was almost cut in two.

There is something I have always wanted to tell you, but only now are you willing to listen.My friend was dying and said that the sea bream in Fuzhou is really delicious. If you don’t try it, your life will be in vain.

I know, I'll go when it's over.Taiwu Hiiragi asked his answer to follow his friend's words as much as possible.

But the friend showed a look of disappointment when he heard the words.

He asked: Hiiragi, when will all this end?

Taiwu Hiiragi looked at his friend who died after saying this, and was silent for a while, then answered in his heart, very quickly.

Soon I'll let it end.

That winter, a new tomb was erected in the desolate Ancient Sword Tomb.When Taiwu Hiiragi turned to leave, for a moment he felt so sad that he could ooze blood while breathing, but the next moment that emotion disappeared, leaving only a slight anxiety.

Xiangshu will invade those who are immersed in sorrow, turning them into monsters that are neither human nor ghost.

So he can't be sad.

Snowflakes fell on his shoulders, and the next moment they vanished into nothingness.

If only I were buried when I die.Taiwu Hiiragi, who was only in his early twenties back then, thought so, but after that, countless battles and trials washed his sword and heart, and even this little hope was gone.

A few years passed in the blink of an eye.

Taiwu and the last incarnation of Xiangshu started a decisive battle at dusk. After a long night, when the last remnant star was swallowed up at dawn, the immortal body of the blood boy he practiced with his mind and Xiangshu died together.

The century-old chain that had bound the world was finally broken.

On that day, all the relatives in the world dissipated, and those who fell into evil regained their senses. No one would be punished for sorrow, and no one needed to worry about their relatives suddenly turning into monsters.

People thanked God joyfully, and some people spontaneously went to Taiwu Village to worship.

But no one knows that in the remote and deserted Sword Tomb, there is a person who is waiting to die.

Taiwu Hiiragi did not bring any assistants or fellow disciples on this trip, nor did he even accept apprentices.He cut off all his back roads, but not to motivate himself to destroy the phase hub, but to prevent the next Taiwu Hiiragi from appearing in the world.It's good if you win, if you lose, just wait for someone who is destined to pick up the hilt of Fu Yu's sword.

At this time, the sky was getting brighter, and it seemed that he was the only one left in the vast loneliness. At the last moment, he somehow remembered that when he passed through Guizhou on a certain road, his friend looked at the sweet-scented osmanthus trees that passed by him, as if Sing poetry with feeling.

The most difficult thing is to stay in the world.

Taiwu Hiiragi didn't feel anything at the time, but when he thought about it now, the corners of his eyes felt inexplicably hot.

And then, I don't know anything.

……

"From now on, he will be your junior."

The moment his consciousness came back, Taiwu Hiiragi felt a hand pat on his shoulder.That hand was warm and generous, but he had never been treated so kindly before, so he could only freeze in place.

What is this place?What is the person who tapped him on the shoulder talking about?Does junior refer to him?

Taiwu Hiiragi fell into confusion due to the sudden situation.

"What's your name?"

The girl with clear and clear eyes like jasper stepped forward to talk to him, even if she didn't get a response, she seemed to understand it, and continued:

"My name is Mako, and he is Takinoshin." Mako pointed at the young man with a wrinkled face, and then smiled lightly, "We will be in the same family from now on, please give me more advice."

"..."

Zuo Rinaki sensed Taiwu Hiiragi's tense and bewildered breath for the last time, as if he had just experienced the pain of losing his mother, so he didn't think much about it.

After a while, Taiwu Hiiragi finally understood the situation.

There is a monster called ghost in this country. Ghosts like to eat people, and they will become stronger after eating people. Unless their necks are cut off with special knives or exposed to sunlight, they cannot be killed anyway.

This is even harder to deal with than Xiangshu.

And the original owner of his body, ten years old this year, was also adopted by Master Linlong because he had no relatives and became an orphan after the ghost killed his mother.

He flipped open a handkerchief on his body, and the corner of the handkerchief was delicately embroidered with the words "Jiuyuan Ayuki", obviously a female name, and it should be a relic of his mother.

Taiwu Hiiragi put away the handkerchief, and in the next second he heard someone next to him say, "Don't keep silent, brat! Can you even talk?"

He turned his head to look, and it was Tanuki Shin.

You obviously don't look two years older than me.Taiwu Hiiragi thought to himself, still calm on the surface, he looked at Tanuki Shinobu's messy short dark gray hair and a scar across the bridge of his nose for a while, then looked away.

"Hey, I say you!"

"It's fine, Takinoshin, he might just be tired."

"Mako... tsk, I just thought he couldn't be bored like this, so I wanted him to say a word." Tanuki Shin touched the back of his head and complained with dissatisfaction, "Who knew that this kid is like a piece of wood! "

Taiwu Hiiragi, who has only made one friend or stuck to him because of the other party's stubbornness: ...

He felt that going on like this might lead to unnecessary misunderstandings, so he spoke up during dinner that day.

"Kuhara Hiiragi...the Hiiragi of the Hiiragi tree."

The surname Taiwu, let it stay in the previous life.

Master Ryotaki nodded and continued to eat. Makoto said with a smile that it was a good name, but Tanuki Shinoshin was different, he grinned.

"Hey, it's really a piece of wood!"

Then he was hit on the head by Lin Taki not lightly but not hard.

The next day, before full light, Kuhara Hiiragi woke up, and when he woke up, he saw Rinaki Zuojin sitting not far away for the first time.

It turned out that what happened yesterday was not a dream.Thinking this way, he realized that he was actually very afraid of turning back into the descendant of Taiwu who had nothing when he woke up.

Ryotaki Zuojinji naturally noticed that Kuhara Hiiragi had woken up, and also noticed the boy's reassuring aura after seeing him.

Still a child after all.

Through the mask, he glanced at Kuhara Hiiragi, then got up and walked outside the house.

The young man put on his clothes, and carefully avoided the sleeping Tanuki next to him—the sleeping place for the children was divided into two parts, the two boys slept together, and Mako lived on the other side as the only girl.

He walked into the slightly cold morning air, and looked up at the tengu mask of Rinaki Sakinji.

"Do you want revenge?"

"Think." He remembered the handkerchief on his body and said without hesitation.

"Then go wash up and come to me for training."

Kuhara Hiiragi nodded, as a person who had learned countless martial arts secret books in his previous life, he quickly adapted to the status of apprentice.

The first thing to practice is physical strength, physical fitness, then speed and flexibility, as well as nerve reaction speed, and the last is knife skills.

This process basically belongs to the same routine as his previous martial arts practice: first internal strength, then physical skills, and finally various weapon skills.

The method that Rinaki taught him seemed simple, but in fact it was very clever.Kuhara Hiiragi listened very carefully.

Although he has changed his body now, and there is no longer Fu Yu's sword hilt to give him a one-click load of martial arts skills, but it is not difficult to pick up those moves that have been used for integration.

What is more difficult is physical fitness.

"It's too slow! You are not allowed to rest at noon. First, take a bucket and run around the back mountain. Remember, the water must not be spilled."

"Yes." Kuhara Hiiragi nodded.

The descendant of Taiwu, who saved the world dignifiedly, was fined to run because he did push-ups too slowly.If this is said, it is estimated that it will become a joke that has been passed down through the ages.

He carried a bucket and ran around the back hill, where the trees were shady and verdant, so he wouldn't suffer from heatstroke.

Although sweat ran down his forehead and his breathing became short of breath, only his steps remained undisturbed.

"Ah, I found it." The girl's gentle voice sounded from the treetops above his head, "Jiuyuan-jun, the master told you to eat your lunch before continuing."

As soon as the words fell, Zhenmo, holding two wrapped rice balls, jumped down from the tree, his movements were light and crisp.

Jiuyuan thought for a while, stopped, and put the bucket aside.

He sat on the ground to eat rice balls, while Mamo picked a few small white flowers and made a wreath.

"The bucket still looks full, much better than Susumu Tanuki."

Tanuki no Shin?Kuhara Hiiragi expressed doubts with his eyes.

"The master told me that Tanuki Shinobu fell halfway, and almost all the water was spilled."

"..." As expected of him.

"Although the master scolded him, he was actually very happy because he didn't lie." Mako tilted his head and smiled, "There is a stream on the mountain, and Tanuki Shinobu didn't go to catch the water. Ah, because the master His nose is very sensitive, so he can tell whether it is the water in the original well."

"It's amazing." Kuhara Hiiragi sighed sincerely.

"Yes, Master Lintaki is the most powerful." The girl put the finished wreath on her head, and the end of her words drifted in the wind, "It would be great if I could be by his side forever."

These words were inexplicably sad, and Kuhara Hiiragi felt that he had better say something to Makoto, so he said, "It's very beautiful."

"Eh? Ah, thanks..."

"Hey!!!!"

Tanuki Shinobu saw this scene from a distance, and rushed towards him at an unbelievable speed, grabbed Kuhara Hiiragi by the collar and dragged him aside, while swaying, he said sullenly, "You bastard, take advantage of my absence It was a pleasure to get along with Makoto.”

"……Um."

"You still admit it?!" Tanuki Jin gritted his teeth and widened his eyes. He looked like an angry tanuki, "If you want to get close to Makoto, you have to step over my dead body first!"

Then he saw the corner of Kuhara Hiiragi's mouth move.

Is this... laughing?Are you still mocking him?

Kuhara Hiiragi felt wronged, it wasn't on purpose, but Tanuki Shinosumu's expression was really interesting.

This, "You talked to my sister, so you deserve to die." silly bro look.

Being pulled by the collar all the time is not an option.Kuhara Hiiragi thought about how he comforted children in his previous life, then reached out and patted Tanuki Shinobu on the head twice.

Mako, who was smiling at the side, seemed to hear Tanuki Susumu's rational disconnection.

"This kid is so infuriating!"

His shout startled the birds on the mountain, Lin Taki looked over from a distance for the first time, and shook his head helplessly.

The author has something to say:

Saito and Mako are definitely not in the same class, so I set it here that Mako came earlier, and the Tanuki no Shin boy is an original character, and was basically adopted together with Mako.

(In a way, I am a glass heart, basically reluctant to give out bento.)

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