[Lord Demon Slayer: Hiiragi of Kuhara]

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"I'm sorry I can't give you much advice on sword skills, but you are a good young man with a sword." Kuhara Hiiragi said, pointing to Shimenawa not far away. You launch an attack, you just defend or fight back, and if you think it’s too bad, go out by yourself, and I won’t be too merciful when I’m in the circle.”

"Yes!"

These days are really desperate training for Tanjiro. For some reason, Kuhara Hiiragi always seems to think that he will attack more than defend, so he often counterattacks too hard.

"Sorry," Kuhara Hiiragi explained, "I'm used to it."

If it wasn't for the fact that the aura coming from him was not false, Tanjiro would almost have thought that this senior was just looking for a chance to beat him up.

But this training is more effective than expected. After half a year, Tanjiro has completely mastered the breathing method of the complete concentration.

One day, he came over and told Kuhara Hiiragi that he had split the boulder in two.

"Really, so you can participate in the final selection." Kuhara Hiiragi nodded without saying anything.

"But I think it's really necessary to carry out the special training to the end." The boy insisted.

At dusk that day, although it was still a little difficult to deal with, he blocked all of Kuhara Hiiragi's attacks with a knife, and faced the last palm that wanted to knock him out of the circle, he bumped into it in the latter's surprised eyes .

"...!"

Before Jiuyuan Hiiragi had time to understand his intentions, he heard a bang, followed by a pain in his palm. If it wasn't a ghost now, he might have something to do with the bones of his hand.

Is this a human head?He was a little worried about Tanjiro at first, but now he can only fall into deep thought.

"Are you okay?" The boy's forehead looked unscathed, "I used all my strength for the headbutt just now, but Mr. Hiiragi's palm technique is so powerful!"

No, I think you are more powerful who can hammer ghosts to the point of almost cracking your bones.

As Kuhara Hiiragi thought so, he saw the stick of incense burning on the side go out.

"Success!" Tanjirou said happily.

"You will definitely be able to pass." Kuhara Hiiragi said, the ghosts of Fuji Shishan could not move as fast as him, "But if you encounter unusual enemies, don't be obsessed with fighting and protect yourself."

Although he thought it was unlikely, he was not sure whether there would be a second hand ghost.

"Yes!" The young man wiped the sweat from his forehead and sheathed the knife, "Thank you very much!"

It was this kind of politeness to the point where he was not used to it.Kuhara Hiiragi thought silently.

"Well, did Hiiragi-san teach others before?"

Facing Tanjiro's sudden question, Kuhara Hiiragi was silent for a moment.

"Why are you asking this?"

"Sometimes there is a smell of nostalgia," Tanjiro replied, "like remembering someone."

Is nostalgia really something that can be smelled?Kuhara Hiiragi couldn't help thinking.

"Yes, but he probably wouldn't want to see me."

Although he also wanted to know how Inosuke was doing now, if the child knew that his master had become a ghost, he might not be able to accept it.

"Is there a quarrel?"

"No, it's more serious than that." He probably thought I was dead, Kuhara Hiiragi thought for a while, "Anyway, don't mention me after you become a member of the Demon Slayer Squad."

"I understand, but even though I don't know what happened." Tanjiro showed a puzzled look, "Why don't you explain it clearly?"

Kuhara Hiiragi choked for a moment, then turned his head, "Not yet."

"As long as you make it clear, you will be able to understand each other. It is not good to escape!"

Can we understand each other?

Even if he has a clear conscience about his state, seeing him like this, can those people who hate ghosts really accept it?Would it be better to think that he was dead?

Thinking of this, Kuhara Hiiragi nodded his head while looking at Tanjirou's eyes without a trace of haze.

Let's talk about it later.he thought silently.

Two days later, Tanjiro set off to participate in the final trial of Fujisayama.

In the dead of night, Kuhara Hiiragi stood outside the house, the starry sky was very bright tonight, and even his mood became clearer.

In the past six months, he has been out of the control of Guiwu Tsuji Muyou Guixue, can he move out of the scope of the spell now?Thinking of this, Kuhara Hiiragi took a few steps forward, trying to reach out his hand.

The fingertip touched the shimenawa rope, watched the rope shake slightly, and then continued to move forward, at the moment when it broke through the range of the spell——

"Do you know?" A voice sounded in my mind, with innocent and cruel malice, "The thousands of constellations you longed for disappeared hundreds of millions of years ago."

"...!"

Kuhara Hiiragi withdrew his hand suddenly, and then crawled on the ground covering his head as if he had been hit hard.

what happened?How is this going?

The endless evil thoughts belonging to Xiangshu flooded his mind in an instant like a wave accompanied by noisy voices, and his personality seemed to be just a small grain in front of this malice, as if it would be wiped out in the next second.

"Those with the ability to save the world?"

No also.

"The successor of the Taiwu clan?"

No also.

"A qualified friend?"

No also.

"Responsible master?"

No also.

"A human being with a clear conscience standing between heaven and earth?"

……

No also.

"Useless person, what value do you have if you betray your faith!"

The voice in my head laughed loudly, making harsh noises.

Only when the phase pivot is raging, you have the value of existence.Only when you are a descendant of Taiwu, you have the value of living.Only yesterday, only in the previous life, only in the dark abyss, only behind you, only when you wake up...

"Stop pretending, you really want to destroy something, right? How about just starting with the brother and sister? Let his sister fall into evil, and watch the moment when the trust between them is destroyed, haha, isn't it a wonderful thing ?"

"To shut up!"

Kuhara Hiiragi punched the ground violently.

"Get out of here."

The value of my existence is not up to you to judge.The remaining happiness of others cannot allow you to trample on it at will.

Even if this body is no longer human, no longer Taiwu, at least one heart is still awake.

He concentrated on his breathing, and after a while, maybe because he returned to the range of the spell, or maybe because of his will, the voice let out a few unwilling laughs, and then gradually disappeared.

It turned out that becoming a Xiangshu would be so painful, and he seemed to understand a little bit why the Xiangshu avatar in his previous life wanted to destroy the world at all costs.

Because if this malice cannot be stopped, it is better to let everything...

"Huh, huh?"

"?"

Someone put his hand on his head and patted it lightly twice.

Kuhara Hiiragi froze for a moment, then stood up from the ground.

"Nezuko?...Are you awake?"

"call!"

Under the moonlight, the girl in the pink kimono opened her eyes wide and slightly tilted her head at him, biting a bamboo flail.

Is this comforting him?

Although I don't know why, I always feel a weird feeling of being treated as a junior, but Kuhara Hiiragi thanked him anyway.

"Thank you," he patted the dust on his body, and then remembered something, "If you want to ask about Tanjiro, your brother just left, and he went out to participate in the selection for the Demon Slayer Squad."

"Well!"

"You said you want to kill ghosts with your brother?" Maybe because they are both ghosts, Kuhara Hiiragi quickly understood her meaning inexplicably.

Master Lin Taki usually hints to Nezuko, so that the girl who has been turned into a ghost seems to regard human beings as family members, and the evil spirits who harm others as enemies.

"Ugh! Huh!" The girl suddenly clenched her fists, then raised her legs and swung them into the air.

It turned out to be the case.

"You said that you saw my kung fu in a daze before, and you want to learn it?" Kuhara Hiiragi thought for a while, then nodded, "Yes, some moves are indeed better than humans when used by ghosts." Ghosts are trustworthy, so they are prepared not to hide their secrets, and teach according to their heart.

So, a few days later, when Kamado Tanjiro returned to Sagiri Mountain facing the moonlight with tired steps, what greeted him was not his sister's hug, but a loud bang and a sudden rise from the mountain. of dust.

"Huh!?" He looked at Ryotaki Zuokinji in horror, "What happened, Master Ryotaki!"

Is it an attack?Or did someone plant mines in the mountains?

Master Linlong stood with his hands behind his back, and said in a helpless tone, "That's your sister."

Tanjiro showed a look of incomprehension.

"As long as you are safe and sound, go and have a look."

"Ah, yes!"

So the boy put down his luggage and ran to the mountains quickly, and then he heard Jiuyuan Hiiragi's voice.

"Very good, Nezuko, this move is called killing while walking."

"call!"

Immediately afterwards, there was another terrifying bang, and the earth and rocks were thrown into the air. When the dust fell to the ground, Tanjiro finally saw the two figures in the mountain.Kuhara Hiiragi was looking admiringly at the ground where Nezuko had kicked out one big hole after another, while the girl jumped twice on the spot with some pride.

It was obviously a terrifying scene, but it seemed to be joyful and harmonious.

"What are you teaching Nezuko, Hiiragi-san!"

Tanjiro rushed over, carefully scrutinizing his sister who had been asleep for two years and finally woke up, tears flashed in his eyes, "Great, it's really great that you woke up."

"Hoohoo."

The girl hugged her brother and patted his back tenderly.

"Congratulations on passing the final selection, Tanjiro." Kuhara Hiiragi said from the side, "Nezuko is very powerful, Xue Yujia...I mean those moves that are suitable for ghosts, she can learn them almost once." Maybe too With the effect of my spell, even if she is a ghost, she can successfully restore these exercises.

"Really? That's amazing, Nezuko." Tanjiro put his hand on his sister's head, and said with a smile, "This way, you don't have to worry if you encounter danger."

"Hmm!" The girl nodded, then jumped up and down towards a giant tree that had been broken in the middle, raised her leg and took a step forward.

What is this for?

"She wants to show you how she kicked this tree down."

Facing Tanjiro's confused eyes, Kuhara Hiiragi explained.

"Eh?" Tanjiro was stunned for a moment, and then hurried forward to stop his younger sister who was about to continue tearing down the mountain, "No, no, no need for Nezuko! It's done! It's too close to the place where Master Ryodaki lives... …Wait a moment."

He suddenly realized something, and looked at Kuhara Hiiragi beside him.

"Can you come out of the spell?"

"That's right." Kuhara Hiiragi pointed to the haori on his body, and under the moonlight, Tanjiro noticed that there were dense red-patterned charms on a white background, which seemed to be sewn on with needles and threads.

"At the moment, I can only move freely in this way." He said, "Tomorrow I will leave Sagiri Mountain. Be careful about everything, and you can ask Master Lintaki about other things."

"I understand, Mr. Hiiragi, please be safe."

Ah, even if you take a step forward, the journey is full of unknowns.Even with cautious eyes, everything in this world is still blurred, but facing the young man with such clear eyes, Kuhara Hiiragi inexplicably raised his confidence.

"... Tanjiro."

"Yes?"

"I'll also look for a way to turn back into a human." He said with some firmness in his tone, "Nezuko will definitely be able to turn back into a human too."

The author has something to say:

Let Nezuko learn to 'kill while walking' is what I wanted to do from before I wrote this article.

My dream came true (Peace).

Oh yes, even if she loses her identity as Taiwu, the kung fu that Ah Zhong has learned will not disappear.

Otherwise, I really can't write about the loss of martial arts.

ps: Wait for the box, there will be, I will make one in the future.

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