[Lord Demon Slayer: Hiiragi of Kuhara]

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"Are you going on a mission? Mr. Satoshi."

"Ah, I just received an order from my lord."

The 19-year-old Shuizhu turned around and looked at Butterfly Shinobu with a flat face behind him, "There are rumors that ghosts have appeared on the snow-capped mountains, let me rush there now."

Before Butterfly Chanae returned to the ranks of the pillars, the girl who was always by her sister's side also grew up at an astonishing speed, and she was no longer as irritable as before.Not long ago, during a mission, she put wisteria flower poison she prepared into the sword, poisoned the ghost of the string, and became the insect pillar of the ghost killing team.

It is said that the two sisters rarely had some conflicts because of this, but they reconciled on the same day.

"It's rare for Miss Ninja to come to me, what's the matter?"

"The selection results for this year's Demon Slayer Team have come out," Butterfly Shinobu replied, "There are still not many people joining the team, but this year, Zuhira Inosuke is one of them."

"...Really." Saito nodded and smiled, "Thank you for telling me."

Two years have passed.he thought silently.

I am already older than you.

……

Saito has never regretted beheading Kuhara Hiiragi who was about to turn into a ghost.

Although in those days, every time I think of the feeling when the knife cut the man's neck, I will clenched my fists. Whenever I think of the days with him, the anger and uncomfortable feelings are mixed together in my heart, which makes people feel nauseous. Still survived.

Killing the ghosts who long for death according to his wishes when he was a human being is good for everyone. It is the best result for Master Rinaki, the Demon Slayer Team, and Kuhara Hiiragi.

He knew in his heart that what he killed was not Jiuyuan Hiiragi, but a body that lost itself after becoming a ghost.

Just why.

The sky is cold, the snow is flying in the mountains, and the air that is too condensed makes breathing feel like being in icy water, causing tearing pain in the lungs.

"She's my sister!"

"My sister can't eat people!"

"Please, please don't kill Nezuko..."

When the temperature of the tears is taken away by the cold wind, it seems that the soul will also freeze together.

Ahhh...

Satoshi couldn't help but frowned when he saw the young man who was injured and fell to the ground, weeping and begging, and the oni who was making a protective gesture in front of the young man.

"stand up."

"Eh?"

"I'll make you stand up!" He said in a trembling voice, pointing the tip of the knife at the stunned young man, "Weak, slow, and being protected by my own sister is really disgusting! A guy like you is not man!"

His voice turned into frost, and before it melted, it reached the young man's ears.

Obviously the voice is so angry, but why is there a sad breath coming from the wind.

Pain, anger, like being torn open with long-healed scars.

"why?"

Why is it that your sister can regain her sanity, suppress her instinct to attack humans, and recognize you?

Why is A Hiiragi...

This thought only flashed in Satoshi's mind for a moment and then dissipated, but even so, he couldn't help but castigate himself who had such a weak idea, and seemed to want to deny everything, This anger towards himself has also intensified.

"If you are still a man, take up arms and try to defeat me and protect your last relative!"

As he spoke, he raised his knife forward.

Tanjirou Kamado gritted his teeth and stood up, picking up the axe.

……

When happiness disappears, it is always accompanied by the smell of blood.

Living with the family you love, being greeted by the family with the same smile, sitting around the dining table talking and laughing, watching the sun fall on the gray window lattice in winter.This kind of happiness, reincarnated as Kuhara Hiiragi, he once had.

But joy, once lost, is pain.

Misty night, strangers who visit suddenly, and a ten-year-old boy walking home with a bamboo basket on his back.

"Are you lost?"

Kuhara Hiiragi, who came back late, raised his head and looked at the person walking from the mountain. The person's face was pale, and he had a pair of magnificent red eyes, which were extremely cold under the moonlight, revealing a penetrating light.

"I'm not lost," the stranger smiled at him and asked, "What's your name?"

The boy didn't answer, and took a step back timidly.

"Don't be afraid, I know your name...Kiuhara Hiiragi, right?" The man made a thoughtful expression, stretched out his hand and gestured, "The last time I saw you, you were only this tall, and you were still curled up next to Ayuki , so you may not know me anymore."

"You know my mother?"

"Yes," he replied with a smile, while lowering the brim of his hat, with a soft and authentic tone, "She took something from me a few years ago, and I'm here to get it back, can you show me the way?"

So Jiuyuan Hiiragi, who was about to go home, nodded, and took the man to the house in the deep mountains.

The mother at the door waved after seeing him, "A Hiiragi, come back..."

Her voice stopped abruptly, as if she had seen something extremely terrifying, she took a breath and looked at the man behind the child in horror.

"You, what are you..."

"Thanks to Hiiragi for leading the way." The man smiled and raised his hand at the same time, "Long time no see, Miss Yayueji. I need to settle some accounts with you."

"A Hiiragi!"

Jiuyuan Hiiragi didn't know what happened, he only had time to see his mother's hand stretched out to him suddenly, he was wondering, when he suddenly felt his eyes go dark.

Immediately afterwards, before even feeling the pain, the world suddenly disappeared.

he died.

In other words, he once stepped into the kingdom of death with half a foot.

But after that, the ghost king who failed to swallow the hilt of the sword dropped the hilt of Fuyu on the ground, allowing Jiuyuan Hiiragi's fingertips to touch the hilt, and also touched the entire destiny.

"He is Taiwu."

"Ah, this child was Taiwu in his previous life."

"The hilt of the sword will be taken away by the ghost, but Taiwu's power must not be handed over to the ghost. You should invite this person to be a fellow now."

The ancestors whispered, making the hilt of the sword that had been silent for thousands of years admit him.

So he came back to life, and while forgetting this life, he remembered the memory of the previous life, and became nothing again.

"Ghost dance Tsuji no miserable..."

Now as the true body of Xiangshu and also as a ghost, Kuhara Hiiragi stood in the light sunlight of Sagiri Mountain, secretly clenched his fists.

I will pay back these hatreds completely one day.

But now is not the time, now he has to stay here.

Taiwu's spell can not only suppress Xiangshu, but also suppress the blood of Oni Wu Tsuji in his body.Once he left the area surrounded by the spell, which was less than a dozen meters away, the ghost king would instantly know his existence, master his vision and even his thoughts, and everything would be in vain.

What we need to do now is to grow up as soon as possible, to get rid of the control of Oni Wu Tsuji as soon as possible, and to fully grasp the power of Xiangshu.

Kuhara Hiiragi calmed down, checked his things, and found that the Demon Slayer uniform he was wearing before had been replaced with a set of clean dark clothes.

The hilt of Fu Yu's sword was well stored by his side, but there was no response when he held it... There was no way to do it, after all, he was no longer Taiwu and would not receive any recognition.

He sighed a little, but still put it in his arms and put it away.

For him now, this sword hilt is not only a simple possession of Taiwu's inheritance, but also something that his mother Jiuyuan Yayueji fled to the deep mountains and desperately wanted to protect.

In addition to the hilt, he also has an ocarina with a wisteria pattern on his body.Not sure how it survived the fight, but it's just fine.

Kuhara Hiiragi brought the ocarina to his mouth and played a few notes casually.

The melodious sound of the ocarina passed through the forest, and he probably couldn't get out from the siege of the spell now, I wonder if it could reach Master Lintaki's ears.

At this time, on the other side of Sagiri Mountain.

"what!"

The boy who was training to avoid traps suddenly tripped over an obstacle, and he quickly rolled on the spot, avoiding the fate of falling into the hole full of sharp knives, but he also rolled down the hillside because of this.

"It hurts..."

After a while, the boy stood up with the help of a nearby tree, patting the fallen leaves and dust on his body.

What happened just now?He opened his eyes wide and panted.While identifying the smell of the trap, he suddenly heard a long flute sound, which made him stunned for a moment, and then he fell into the trap.

At the same time, there was a strange breath.Is it a ghost?Why are there ghosts in Sagiri Mountain? ...Although Nezuko is also a ghost.

"Don't approach the south side of the mountain." Master Linlong had told him when he first came here.

The south... the south is very close, what is there?

After thinking for a while, the boy, Tanjiro Kamado, shook his head.

Master Lin Taki should have his own reasons for telling him so, it's better to go back and ask first, and don't go there without authorization.

After making a decision in his mind, he checked the wounds on his body.Although there are some scratches, they are not serious. Let's go back to training quickly. He has been training in Sagiri Mountain for a year, but if he can't cut off that huge boulder, Master Rinaki will not let him join the Demon Killing Team. final selection.

But then again, where did he fall?

Thinking of this, Tanjiro quickly looked around, and suddenly heard the sound of the wind blowing leaves, like waves.

……wrong.

Tanjirou, who took a few steps forward, quickly realized that the sound did not come from the leaves.

I saw that the forest was covered with dense red-patterned charms on a white background, strung together with shimenawa, tied to the tree, and surrounded by layers around something in the middle.

'Come to see me. '

What is going on with this breath...

Whether it is love or meaning, it seems that everything in the world has disappeared.

'Come to see me. '

The breath of that thing just conveyed such emotions over and over again.

It doesn't look like a human or a ghost, like a sealed demon in a strange novel.

The author has something to say:

After thinking about it, I want Zhuzhu to join the team ahead of time, after all, he now knows the existence of the Ghost Killing Squad, so he doesn't need to catch some unlucky passer-by x.

But rest assured that the protagonist group will never be dismantled.

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