[Lord Demon Slayer: Hiiragi of Kuhara]

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In the thin air and deep mountains filled with thick fog, a lost boy approached a wooden house surrounded by strange spells. No matter how you look at it, this is a summer ghost story full of blood and horror.

But in fact, after a brief exchange, the strange talk turned into a royal talk.

His name is Kamado Tanjiro, and he is the new apprentice of Master Rinaki, so far he can understand it.

But they were all mentally prepared to run away after the other party screamed, but the boy in front of him communicated with him very normally.

Are people not afraid of ghosts now?Jiuyuan Hiiragi couldn't help thinking, and then he heard the boy in front of him ask belatedly: "Excuse me, are you a ghost?"

"What do you say?"

Kuhara Hiiragi pointed to the third eye on his forehead.

That eye is actually something that grows out as a phase pivot, but he is indeed a ghost, whether it is the paired fangs in his mouth or the darkened whites of his eyes, it all shows this fact.

Hearing this, Tanjiro couldn't help but look up at the bright sun in the sky.

"I'm not only a ghost, but also a phase pivot," Kuhara Hiiragi understood the doubts in his heart, and replied, "You can understand it as being possessed by a monster, and that kind of monster is immortal, so sunlight can't kill me. But as a price, I can only stay in a place surrounded by spells."

"The other ghosts..."

"I am the only one in the world," Jiuyuan Hiiragi said, "You can rest assured."

Kamado Tanjirou nodded with a half-understanding. Apart from the breath of ghosts, he did feel another abnormality from the young man in front of him.

what is it?It seems to carry a madness that will destroy people's hearts, but there is something soft and plain hidden under that package.

However, can only stay in the place surrounded by spells?

Tanjiro thought for a moment, stepped forward, and slipped under the Shimenawa rope.

"Hey you……"

The human boy took a few steps forward without fear, but the ghost couldn't help but retreat.

"Ah, I'm sorry," Tanjiro looked at him, his eyes were not cloudy, "I just think it's impolite to be so far away."

Kuhara Hiiragi frowned, "I'm a ghost." Why did someone deliberately go to the range of ghosts?

"Yes, I already know."

"Ghosts feed on humans."

"I know." But the young man in front of him didn't have the bloody smell of someone who had eaten it, and he didn't exude any malice towards himself, let alone——

"Master Rinaki will let you stay in Sagiri Mountain, so he must have his own reasons... I think so."

Just like he believes in Nezuko, does Master Rinaki also believe that the ghost in front of him will not eat people?

Thinking of this, Tanjirou couldn't wait to ask the question that he wanted to know for a long time——

"Do you know how to turn ghosts back into humans?"

Jiuyuan Hiiragi hadn't recovered from what he said just now, he was taken aback for a moment before answering, "I don't know."

He had never heard of a ghost turning back into a human.

"...That's it."

Looking at Tanjiro's obviously disappointed expression, he felt puzzled: "Why are you asking this?"

……

"So that's what happened."

The family members who were slaughtered overnight, the younger sister who remained sane after being turned into a ghost, and the older brother who aspires to become a ghost slayer from now on, hoping to turn the younger sister back into a human.

Such an overly cruel life, in today's world where evil spirits are raging, I don't know when it started, I feel numb when I hear such things.

But this situation is really bad. If it is someone else, after experiencing all this, there may be nothing left but hatred and pain in their hearts.

But at this moment, as the core of all living beings, Hiiragi Jiuyuan felt something instinctively—let alone make him fall into evil, the young man in front of him didn't even have the slightest room for erosion in his heart.

"Well, Mr. Hiiragi?" Tanjiro saw that he seemed to be in a daze, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?"

"You... no, it's nothing."

If he was able to possess such a mind at the age of fourteen or fifteen, if it was himself who was the heir of Taiwu before, he might not have been able to resist forcing the hilt of the sword into this boy's hand.

"But Nezuko has been in a coma for a long time." Thinking of this, Tanjiro showed a worried look, and then he looked at Kuhara Hiiragi, "Mr. Hiiragi, can ghosts be in such a state?"

If you have to say it, yes.

He himself is.

But he fell into a deep sleep in order to become a phase pivot. The situation of the girl named Nezuko was obviously different, so Kuhara Hiiragi lowered his head and thought for a while, "Ghosts don't die easily, maybe because they didn't eat people, she had to use Sleep to recharge your energy."

"That's it."

This conjecture is similar to what Master Ryodaki said, although the worry in his heart has not been reduced by half, Tanjirou can only nod helplessly.

"You can bring her here, this Taiwu's spell can suppress evil things," Jiuyuan Hiiragi suggested, "Maybe it will also have an effect on her."

This proposal made the boy's eyes shine.

"Is it really possible? Thank you very much!"

Kuhara Hiiragi looked at Tanjirou's clear eyes looking at him, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Aren't you afraid of me?"

"It was a little bit at first, but now I'm not afraid at all." Tanjiro said, and then suddenly thought of something, "Mr. Hiiragi said that you can't leave this place, so what will happen if you leave the range of the spell?"

what happens?Kuhara Hiiragi looked up at the clouds in the sky.

"I'm probably going to destroy the world," he finally said, half-jokingly.

Losing his mind and following his instincts would allow Xiangshu to invade this world, destroy people's hearts, and finally turn into a huge monster that is neither human nor ghost and emerges from the ground, which is probably the same as destroying the world.Although he is no longer confused about his own existence, he has to admit that he is now only a thin spell away from the monster that devours grief and resentment.

"...Really? But I don't think Hiiragi-san would do that kind of thing."

He heard the boy say that.

"Because Hiiragi-san's breath is very gentle."

"..."

Kuhara Hiiragi slightly opened his eyes wide, and then sighed inwardly.

It's not like I used to be closed to prevent depression like I did in my previous life, but after encountering all this, I can still have a gentle attitude towards everything, and even show a calm and pure look to myself who is a ghost. This is really...

Although he is very grateful, he doesn't want Tanjiro to suffer because he believes too much in the words of ghosts in the future.

"Do you know why Master Rinaki didn't let you come to my place?" Kuhara Hiiragi decided to do something.

"why?"

He lowered his voice, and at the same time stared at Tanjirou with the third eye on his forehead, and stretched out a hand with sharp fingertips, "Because the people who come to me, they have already..."

"Hiragi."

Suddenly Ryodaki Sakonji's voice sounded from the side.

"Leaving intact." Kuhara Hiiragi instantly looked away, looking at the old man who had already walked into the range of the spell, "Master Lintaki, long time no see."

"He is your younger brother." So there must be a limit to scaring people.

"Yes, I understand." Kuhara Hiiragi nodded.

"...?"

Can ghosts also become disciples of the trainer?After Tanjiro was stunned for a moment, he showed an expression of disbelief.

Rinaki Sakuchi did not answer his doubts this time, but asked Tanjiro to leave first to continue training, while he stayed to confirm the situation with Kuhara Hiiragi.

"How do you feel now?"

"Yes, it's the same as when I was a human being, except that I have more...senses." Kuhara Hiiragi replied truthfully, "As for the issue of cannibalism, I haven't felt any urge to attack humans yet, but I don't rule it out. What will happen after leaving the range of the spell, in short, I will solve the problem of ghost blood as soon as possible."

Lin Takizuo nodded again, and then said: "Nearly three years have passed."

"……what did you say?"

The wind from Mt. Sagiri quietly blew the charms on the shimenawa rope, rolling it up and putting it down gently.

Kuhara Hiiragi's mind was in a mess for a moment. Although he knew that he must have spent a lot of time in order to transform into Xiangshu, he didn't expect it to be three years, which means that Inosuke is almost 15 years old?No, compared to this...

"How is everyone doing?"

He looked at the old man wearing the tengu mask.

Although three years is short, in today's world, it is enough for anything to happen.

But fortunately, Rinaki Zuo Jinci told him after a while of silence, maybe because the ghost king had appeared in the past few years and needed to cover up his whereabouts, the ghost's actions were somewhat restrained.

"People are dying every day, but the people you know well, they should all be alive."

still alive.

In other words, no matter whether we meet or apologize, there is still a chance.

Kuhara Hiiragi breathed a sigh of relief.

The days after that became exactly the same. After Tanjiro sent Nezuko to the range of the spell, he simply moved here because he was worried about his sister.Kuhara Hiiragi is either trying to find a way to get rid of the ghost blood's control little by little every day, or giving Tanjirou a little guidance on his practice.

"I see, you haven't mastered the breathing of the complete concentration yet," he observed Tanjiro who was making a swinging movement, "Can't cut through rocks?"

"Yes... but Master Rinaki already said that there is nothing left to teach me."

That's easy.

"Since your goal is to become a ghost slayer, then try to fight with ghosts."

"Eh?" Tanjiro was stunned for a moment, but found that Kuhara Hiiragi's figure had disappeared in front of him, "Mr. Hiiragi?"

Where did you go?

Wait, this breath coming from above...!

The boy's scalp was numb, and he jumped back suddenly, and then he heard a bang on the ground in front of him, and the place where he was hit was already cracked inch by inch.

Do you want to kill me! ?Tanjiro looked terrified.

But Jiuyuan Hiiragi didn't give him a chance to speak at all, and immediately hit him again.After a few rounds, Tanjiro had to retreat to a place outside Shimenawa in some embarrassment, so that Kuhara Hiiragi, who couldn't come out from inside, had to stop.

"please wait for a moment!"

"Do you only know how to hide?" Kuhara Hiiragi looked at the young man who hadn't drawn his sword out of its sheath for a long time, "You can't learn the full concentration breathing method without showing the will to die. Is your determination only at this level?"

"No!" Kamado Tanjiro looked into his eyes, "Because Hiiragi-san doesn't have a weapon, doesn't he?"

"Did you make a mistake?" Kuhara Hiiragi frowned and looked at him, "I'm not human, and your knife can't do anything to me at all."

Now even if his neck is chopped off by the Sun Wheel Knife, he won't die, let alone just an ordinary asshole.

"But Mr. Hiiragi is not an enemy," Tanjiro said with firm eyes, "I think it's very rude to practice against you with a real sword and bare hands!" Not good - he thought so.

Jiuyuan Hiiragi looked into his eyes, sighed a little, and then picked a leaf from a nearby tree.

"There is now."

Leaves?Before he had time to think about it, watching Kuhara Hiiragi throw the leaf towards him, Tanjiro subconsciously blocked it with a knife, and his arm went numb in the next second.

"Chong!"

The leaf hit the metal and made a sound like iron stone.

...he was wrong.

All the existences in Sagiri Mountain are probably unreasonably strong.

The author has something to say:

After reading the comments after the last chapter, my mood has changed like this——

box?That's for beautiful girls like Nezuko, how could Hiiragi...

?why do you want a box too

? ?Why do so many people want boxes

(Some indescribable brain supplement and psychological changes)

Hiiragi, what kind of box do you want?

So if the cp becomes a box at the end of this article, it’s all your fault (??? No way)

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