[Blade of Demon Slayer] Half-Ghost

[The next day - outside the kitchen door]

Tanjiro walked slowly towards the direction of home, suddenly he smelled the smell of blood, his pupils constricted violently, and he ran towards home quickly.

When he ran to the front of the house and saw the family members lying in a pool of blood, he was stunned.

In the next second, he threw off the back basket, screaming in pain, and ran to their side.

"Mom! Nedouzi! Takeo! Liutai! Amao! Hanako! Xiao Ling!" No matter how he shouted, the few people would no longer respond to him as usual.

"What's wrong with you?! What's going on, what happened?!"

Then he checked a few people, and only Nezuko and Matsuma Ryo still had body temperature, so he tied Matsuma Ryo with a cloth strip in front of him, carrying Nezuko on his back.

Tanjiro's lungs are hurting now because he was running with the two of them on his back and sucked in too much cold air, but he still firmly believed and ran forward at a very fast speed.

Suddenly, Nezuko on his back began to struggle violently, roaring like a beast, and Tanjiro, unable to hold on, fell directly down the hillside with the other two.

Enduring the pain, he got up and looked around, looking for the figures of the two.Tanjiro first saw Rei Matsuma who was unconscious not far away, and hurried to her side, and helped her up: "Xiao Ling, how are you, are you okay?"

Seeing that she didn't respond, Tanjiro looked around and looked at Nezuko who was slowly walking towards them not far away, and he shouted: "Nezuko, are you okay?!"

"You don't have to walk, I'll carry you to the town!" After speaking, he picked up Song Jianling and placed her in front of a nearby tree, letting her lean against the nearby tree.

Then Tanjiro walked up to Nezuko and held her shoulders, and shouted worriedly, "Nezuko!"

Unexpectedly, Nezuko bit him at the next second, he quickly picked up the ax beside him to block it, and let her bite on the wooden stick.Nezuko's strength grew stronger and stronger, throwing him to the ground.

Seeing Nezuko's appearance at this time, Tanjiro was shocked.

[This, this is... a ghost! 】

Rei Matsuma on the side gradually regained consciousness, and saw Tanjiro being crushed under the demonized Nezuko, she quickly turned into a ghost and knocked Nezuko away, protecting Tanjiro behind her.

Seeing Nezuko's current appearance, Matsuma Ling felt very heartbroken, all because she hadn't awakened earlier, otherwise everyone wouldn't have died, and Nezuko wouldn't have become what it is now.

Tanjiro behind him looked at Ryo Matsuma's pointed black nails, and found that the dark nails had now turned into pure white.

【I remembered what Grandpa Saburo said, are Nezuko and Xiao Ling cannibals? 】

Immediately afterwards, I remembered the appearance of Nezuko when she was a child, and the appearance of getting along with Matsuma Ryo on weekdays.

【wrong!Nezuko and Ling are human! 】

Waking up from the memory, seeing the two confronting each other before him, Tanjirou thought in his heart.

【However, their smell is different than usual, but that's not what they did!Nezuko protected Liutai and Hanako under her body, and Xiaoling lay in a protective posture not far from her mother, with a big hole in her chest. 】

[Also, there is no blood on their hands and mouths now, and there is another smell. 】

At this time, Nezuko attacked in the direction where he and Matsuma Ryo were. Matsuma Ryo fought but kept paying attention not to hurt Nezuko.

Not long after, Matsuma Ling was very weak because of the previous battle, so he was pressed under Nezuko.

At this moment, the arm was bitten by Nezuko in order to resist, and blood flowed down. Seeing this, Tanjiro shouted: "Nezuko, don't hurt Xiaoling, she is our family!"

"Hold on, don't become a ghost! Come on Nezuko, hold back!"

Rei Matsuma shouted to Nezuko who was on her body: "Mame-chan, you have to work harder! Don't become a ghost, cheer up!" As if feeling the expectation of the two, Nezuko woke up, and his eyes flashed across the cheek It fell on Matsuma Ling's face.

Suddenly, Ling Matsuma saw a person behind Nezuko waving a knife at her, so she turned around and the knife cut off her hair.

Because of the aftershock of the knife, she slid aside holding Nezuko and slammed into a tree hard.Seeing this, Tanjiro ran over and helped the two of them up: "It's okay, Ling!"

"I'm fine." The wrist bitten by Nezuko has gradually healed.

The person who was going to chop Nezuko before asked Matsuma Ryo, "Why do you want to protect her?"

"She is my older sister, so of course I want to protect her." The man asked suspiciously, "So ghosts also have feelings? This feeling is really amazing."

The young man's face was purely curious, without any contempt, Matsuma Ling said in a low voice: "Even ghosts are transformed from humans, how can they have no feelings."

At this time, Nezuko struggled violently, apparently just regained consciousness for a moment.

"That kind of thing can't be called family anymore, am I right?"

Seeing the boy asking himself, Tanjiro retorted: "Don't call my family members things, it's impolite. No matter what they become, they are my family."

Seeing Tanjiro's stubbornness, the boy raised his sword and attacked them.Seeing this, Tanjiro bent down, trying to protect the two of them under his body, but was still caught by the boy.

He stood up and shouted to the young man not far away: "Let go of them, Nedouzi! Xiao Ling!" Then he was about to run in the direction of the young man, and the young man said softly: "Stop, don't stop!" move!"

"Slaying ghosts is my job, including your family, of course."

"Wait! They didn't hurt anyone. There is another smell in my house that I have never smelled before. It should be that guy who killed...killed my family, not them!"

"Although I don't know why it became like this, but!"

The young man explained to him: "It's very simple. Their wounds touched the blood of ghosts, so they turned into ghosts. This is how the number of ogres increases."

Tanjiro took a step forward and retorted: "Neither Nezuko nor Xiaoling know how to eat people!"

"Thank you for being able to tell, if it wasn't for what you said just now that Xiao Ling saved you, I would have almost been eaten."

"No! Since Xiaoling recognized me, Nedouzi should also know me. I will not let her hurt anyone. I will definitely turn her back into a human being. I will definitely cure her. The same goes for Xiaoling!"

The boy replied softly: "It won't be cured. Once you become a ghost, you will never turn back into a human again."

Tanjiro spread his arms and said, "Then look for it! I will definitely find a way, so please don't kill them!"

Seeing that the boy didn't respond, he continued to promise: "I will find the murderer who killed my family, and I will solve everything."

The boy didn't listen to him at all, and raised his sword to kill them. Tanjiro panicked: "So! So... please don't take away my family anymore."

After speaking, Tanjirou knelt down and kowtowed to the boy.

Seeing him like this, Matsuma Ling wanted to break free from the young man's hand, but she was too weak now, but the young man's strength was too strong, she couldn't break free at all.

The young man seemed to be angry because of Tanjiro's behavior. He dropped Nezuko and pulled out the knife pinned to his waist, and shouted at Tanjiro, "Don't give the power of life and death to others!"

Tanjirou was startled, then looked up at him.The boy then yelled at him: "Don't be humble, kneel down and beg for mercy."

"If this is useful, your family members will not be killed. Even the power of life and death must be decided by others. It is ridiculous for a weak person like you to want to heal your family and find an enemy!"

"The weak have no rights and no choice. They can only obediently submit to the power of the strong! The ghost may know the way to heal your family, but! Don't think that the ghost will respect your will and wishes."

"Of course! I won't respect you either, this is the reality. Why were you held down by your sister just now, why do you need the protection of your family Xiao Ling."

"Because you are too cowardly, do you think that is protecting them?! Why didn't you swing the axe, why did you turn your back on me?!"

Speaking of this, the boy raised his knife and pointed at him: "It is because of your faults that your family will be taken away. For a person like you, you might as well die with your family."

Tanjiro heard the words and tears ran down his cheeks, Ryo Matsuma understood what the boy meant, so he didn't stop him.

Ling Matsuma could feel the aura of guilt coming from the young man.He should be guilty, if he had come earlier, Nezuko and I would not have been like this, our family members would not have been killed, and Tanjiro would not have to face this cruel reality.

Immediately afterwards, the boy raised the knife and was about to stab himself in the abdomen. Seeing this, Tanjiro wanted to stop him: "No!"

The boy didn't listen to his shout, and stabbed the knife hard into Matsuma Ryo's abdomen, and Tanjiro cried, "Don't—!" Then he threw the stone over, and then threw his ax in the air, and went around the front Tree, ran towards the boy pretending to hold an axe.

When Tanjiro approached the boy, he was knocked unconscious by the back of his knife, and Nezuko, who was restrained by the side, suddenly shrank his pupils when he saw this.

The ax thrown in the air slashed at the boy's head. The boy turned his head slightly to avoid it, with surprise in his eyes, and lowered his head to look at the unconscious Tanjiro.

Taking advantage of his unpreparedness, Matsuma Ling broke free from the boy's shackles and kicked him in the waist.The teenager didn't pay attention, so he had to take the kick, and then jumped long.

Rei Matsuma ran to Tanjiro's side and lifted his head to lean on her body. Nezuko also broke free from the rope and stood in front of the two of them.

Looking at the scene, the boy on the opposite side gradually widened his eyes, with an expression of disbelief.

Nezuko attacked in anger, and after a fierce fight, the young man knocked her unconscious with a knife in his hand, and then carried her to Ling Matsuma's side.

Put Nezuko beside her, and then retreat to the side of the tree to lean against.Matsuma Ling knew that he had no malicious intentions, so he left him alone.

Cover Tanjiro with the cloak he was wearing, then take off his coat and wrap it around Nezuko, then move the two of them to one side of the tree, lean on the tree by himself, and let the two of them lean on him.

Matsuma Ling, who was already very tired, gradually closed his eyes.The moment she fell asleep, the boy walked up to her, took a piece of clothing from somewhere, and covered her body.

Then he hung half of the bamboo tube in front of Nezuko's mouth, and told her not to bite.

When he was about to hang a bamboo tube for Ling Matsuma, the boy hesitated and finally didn't put it on for her.

Not long after, Tanjiro woke up, turned his head to look at Matsuma Ryo's delicate profile, and Nezuko leaning on Matsuma Ryo's other side, he smiled easily.

Suddenly came the boy's voice: "Are you awake?" Tanjiro subconsciously guarded in front of the two of them, the boy ignored his vigilance, and said indifferently: "Go to the foot of Sagiri Mountain and find an old man named Rintaki Sakonji. Just say Tomioka Yoshiyuki called you here."

"It's okay if the sun isn't out now, don't expose your family to the sun." After saying that, he disappeared with a "whoosh".