[Lord Demon Slayer: Hiiragi of Kuhara]

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The sun has risen, shining on the unknown mansion surrounded by wisterias.

This is a constantly moving hiding place that has not been detected by ghosts for thousands of years. It is the confidant place for human beings to fight against ghosts. Place.

Kuhara Hiiragi silently looked at the young man in front of him with short black shoulder-length hair and a warm smile. He had a handsome appearance, only the scar on his forehead that spread like a curse indicated abnormality, or rather, a curse.

Yuya Ubuyashiki, who is obviously not a few years older than him, but has long been responsible for the entire ghost killing team, and can even be said to be the future existence of the entire human race.

"Good morning, my lord, may you be in good health."

Butterfly Kanae knelt on one knee in the courtyard and respectfully saluted that person.

Jiuyuan Hiiragi followed her example and knelt down on one knee. He needed to show the corresponding etiquette in front of the lord, not to mention that he had been directly and indirectly favored by this person for a long time, and he admired the dedication of the Ubuyashiki clan from the bottom of his heart.

"Good morning, Kanae, the weather is really nice today." Yuya Ubuyashiki said to her, "Kihara Hiiragi is also an excellent demon slayer, just let me meet him alone."

"No, it is our duty to protect the Lord Master."

Although her personality is so gentle that she has sympathy for ghosts, Butterfly Kanae will not let down her vigilance when faced with major events.

"Thank you very much," Yuya Ubuyashiki thanked her, then turned his gaze to Kuhara Hiiragi who was a little at a loss in the face of this scene, "Please don't be nervous, Hiiragi (ひいらぎ), do you mind if I call you that?"

His voice was peaceful and quiet, with a reassuring atmosphere, Kuhara Hiiragi shook his head hesitantly, and at the same time he was a little puzzled why the lord of the Demon Slayer Squad met him.

"You have been in a coma for the past few days. It is great to see you safe and sound now."

Kuhara Hiiragi was already ready to obey orders, but at this moment he heard the sudden concern, and was stunned for a moment.

"...Thank you." He bowed his head.

Kanae next to him looked at him and smiled.

"In the past year, a total of 28 ghosts have been killed, and I almost killed the three of the lower strings alone. I made the correct judgment so that there was no casualty in Dayue Mountain. You are an excellent ghost slaying team. It will not be long before you can Reached the pillar level." Yoya Ubuyashiki said quietly, "But I have to say sorry."

"Before I figure out one thing, I can only raise your level to Grade A, otherwise it will only push you and the people around you into a more dangerous situation. I hope you can understand."

Butterfly Kanae next to her reacted: "It refers to the ghost of the third of the strings, why are you so persistent in killing him?"

When she went to Dayue Mountain, she found that Xiaxian Zhisan's whereabouts were very strange.

It didn't start from the farmhouses and houses, but was in the mountains, ready to fight the enemy, as if it knew that Hiiragi Kuhara would appear there to fight with it, and it didn't leave the battle until it was seriously injured and ran to eat people.

Yuya Ubuyashiki nodded: "Or, why did 'Onimai Tsuji Mumi' kill you. Hiiragi, do you have any clues?"

Jiuyuan Hiiragi shook his head: "I don't have any memories before I was ten years old, at least I have never come into contact with Oni Wu Tsuji Mumi after that, so I don't think there is anything in me that needs him to send Twelve Oni Moon to kill my mouth .”

If there is anything special about me, it is only the descendant of Taiwu.

But he doesn't think that the identity of Taiwu's successor will pose any threat to Guiwu Tsuji Wumi. On the one hand, no one in this world should know about Taiwu's inheritance; moreover, Taiwu's power has no effect on ghosts, no matter what he wants In martial arts, you must cooperate with the sun wheel knife to kill ghosts.

But what the lord said is correct, in the eyes of Oni Wu Tsuji, he has probably been poisoned and killed by the three of the strings, so he will not deliberately pursue him.

If he became a well-known pillar at this time, the cruel and suspicious ghost king might even intensify his raids, which would only bring more troubles to the ghost killing team, which is still weak and still in its growth stage.

"The memory of the past will never disappear, it's just that I can't remember it for a while." Yoya Ubuyashiki said, "Although you may feel dislocated about your identity now, please believe that you will remember it one day."

"……Yes."

For a moment, Jiuyuan Hiiragi felt that his words meant something, but this thought only passed in his heart for a moment, and then disappeared.

He retorted in his heart that it was not my memory, and it was impossible to recall it, but the words of Yoya Miyayashiki gave him an inexplicable sense of conviction.

"Omi Tsuji wants to kill you. In turn, this persistence is a good opportunity for the Demon Slayer Team, but there are not enough pillar-level members at this time, and we need to recharge our batteries." Said Yashiki Yoya. , "Before then, I may have to bury you."

"I have no objection to your arrangement." He said, "Whether I become Zhu will not affect my completion of the task of killing ghosts, let alone, I still do not meet Zhu's standards."

Yuya Ubuyashiki was pleased with his non-competition for fame and fortune. He could feel that this 14-year-old boy really didn't care about becoming a pillar, but he was a little puzzled about the next sentence: "Why?"

"The sword skill I gave the third heavy blow of the lower string is not the breathing method, but just my personal sword skill with the Japanese sword," Kuhara Hiiragi said frankly, "In other words, my understanding of the breathing method is really not enough. The point of teaching others."

"I see." Yuya Ubuyashiki nodded, "But teaching others is not just about teaching breathing."

"Xiaoren's breathing method is slightly different from mine. Although it is mainly the breath of flowers, she seems to have developed other breaths recently." Butterfly Kanae added with a smile, her words were full of words for her sister. "So don't belittle Jiuyuan, as long as you can protect others, whether you use the breathing method is not the most important thing."

Kuhara Hiiragi looked at her, nodded half-understood, "I understand."

"Fighting ghosts is not something that can be accomplished in one generation. I admit that you have the strength to become a pillar, so I also hope that you can pass on your power."

Kuhara Hiiragi raised his head, looked at Yoya Ubuyashiki's eyes that were not hazy, indifferent, and then showed a thoughtful expression.

He finally found that he seemed to think things too simply.

In the previous life, it took only four or five generations from the beginning of the Xiangshu invasion to being terminated by him, but ghosts are a problem that has plagued human beings for thousands of years in this life.

It won't work if you don't try your best.

Thinking of this, his face changed, and he turned to seriously consider the matter of accepting apprentices.

"It seems that you already have someone to adopt as a stepson?" Yoya Miyayashiki smiled, "That would be the best."

After returning to Butterfly House, Kuhara Hiiragi wrote another letter to Inosuke, wanting to tell him that he was planning to go to Mount Dayue to find him, but after specifying the location, Shinya refused to go there for him.

"why?"

"Lunch." Raven's reticence was exactly the same as his master's, and even worse.

Kuhara Hiiragi understood, the last time he asked the letter crow to deliver a letter, Inosuke almost caught the letter crow for lunch.

He decided to wait for the injury to heal completely and then run on his own.

"Do you already have someone to teach?" During the recovery training one day, Butterfly Kanae remembered the words of the lord and asked Kuhara Hiiragi, "The child who brought us to find you that day?"

Kuhara Hiiragi realized that she was talking about Inosuke, so she nodded, "His name is Zuihei Inosuke."

Although he was a little irritable at ordinary times, he could trust Inosuke, after all, the kid saved his life.And most importantly, Inosuke's special physique and extremely high talent should be able to comprehend his own breathing method while inheriting his own martial arts.

"He is indeed a good boy." Thinking of the face under Inosuke's hood she saw when she killed the third of the strings, Kanae couldn't help sighing, "Although I think Shinobu is cuter, but I have to admit that the child is really cute ah."

Then she saw that Jiuyuan Hiiragi was silent, and the hand waving the knife stopped, with disbelief in her eyes.

"What's wrong? The breathing in the whole episode is messed up."

Kuhara Hiiragi had never seen Inosuke's face, he could only think of the boar hood.

Why would Kanae compare the wild boar headgear with her sister?

"...That, isn't it cute?"

"Of course," Butterfly Chanae said with a smile, "let alone a boy."

Has she seen many girls wearing wild boar headgear?

Kuhara Hiiragi fell into deep thought, he felt that the times had really changed.

A few days later, Kuhara Hiiragi, who had fully recovered, put on the patched dark feathers, bid farewell to the people in Choya, and set off again to Mt. Otake, Okutama County, Tokyo Prefecture.

The traces of Dayue Mountain's last toss are still obvious, but after the diseased leaf died, the plants it created with the blood ghost technique have long since disappeared, and the poison in the mountain water was also dissolved by the people in the butterfly house, and everything recovered Calm.

I just feel sorry for Mr. Xiaoming, who has to plant the fields again.

Jiuyuan Hiiragi went straight up the mountain without disturbing the farmers working in the field. He walked lightly in the woods looking for the kid wearing a wild boar hood, and finally found him in a tree.

"Inosuke." He said.

Then he saw what later generations called the rocket lift-off.

"Why is there no movement at all!" Zuihei Inosuke who returned to the ground raised his hands in protest, and kept kicking his legs with both feet, "Are you a monster!?"

"No." Kuhara Hiiragi didn't hide, and felt that it didn't hurt much anyway, so he let him kick, "Sorry, I scared you."

"Who is scared!"

A child who grew up in the deep mountains is very sensitive to murderous intent, but conversely, it is difficult for him to detect people who have no murderous intent, especially Kuhara Hiiragi, who is as quiet as a tree.

Looking at Inosuke who was jumping, Kuhara Hiiragi suddenly remembered what Butterfly Kanae said, and suddenly felt a little bit of agreement in his heart.

It's really cute when you get used to it.

He coughed lightly, and then said seriously: "Inosuke, do you want to learn the skills of killing ghosts from me?"

Inosuke stopped kicking people, seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then said a little uncomfortably: "Why are you talking about this all of a sudden? Is there any benefit in killing ghosts?"

"You can become stronger and protect others." Jiuyuan Hiiragi thought for a while, "For example, the old man who taught you how to read."

Inosuke's attitude seemed to be a little loose, but he still didn't answer.

"That's right," Kuhara Hiiragi realized that the child in front of him was actually only seven years old, and patted Inosuke's head thoughtfully, "Maybe it's too early for you to learn this, I'll come back in a few years." you."

"Huh!?" Inosuke slapped his hand away, "Who are you saying it's too early for! See, I'll learn everything right now, and let you become a stepping stone for me to become stronger. I'm the strongest!"

Kuhara Hiiragi didn't understand why Inosuke suddenly changed his mind, but since the kid agreed to learn how to kill ghosts from him, he was also very happy.

He stretched out his hand, feeling that since he wanted to teach others, he couldn't be too indifferent, so he tried to raise the corner of his mouth.

"I don't have much experience in accepting apprentices, but please give me more advice."

A gust of wind blew over Mt. Dayake, curling up the leaves and the boy's black hair. Inosuke looked at Kuhara Hiiragi, and didn't speak for a long time, but he couldn't see any expression from the hood.

After a long time, Inosuke said, "I won't call you master."

Jiuyuan Hiiragi thought about it, and felt that he didn't care much about this: "Okay."

Then the hand he stretched out directly grabbed Inosuke's hand and shook it.

Inosuke was at a loss: "Kihara, are you going to wrestle with me?"

"This is called a handshake, and it's a way of expressing friendship." Kuhara Hiiragi let go of his hand, "And my name is Kuhara Hiiragi, not Kihara."

Inosuke snorted, muttering that I know, but Kuhara Hiiragi knew in his heart that he would still be inaccurate next time.

He turned around and walked down the mountain: "Since you want to learn how to kill ghosts with me, you can't stay on Dayue Mountain forever. It's too late to regret it now."

Then Jiuyuan Hiiragi heard the child behind him yelling who would regret it, and trotted all the way to follow.

The author has something to say:

During the Zhuhe meeting, the protagonist seems to call Zhuzhu directly by his name, and regards the swordsman as his own child, so here he also directly calls the protagonist and Kanae's names.

Thanks for the silly grenade!Thanks to the ink lotus and lotus seed landmines!

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