[Blade of Demon Slayer] Half-Ghost

After burying the family members, the three embarked on the road to Sawu Mountain.

In fact, Rei Matsuma is not afraid of the sun, but in order to reassure Tanjiro, she wraps herself very tightly.

Wearing a tight soldier uniform and a black cloak printed with the same red and white symbol as Tanjiro's earrings, the left eye is covered with a bandage.

This suit of clothes was borrowed from a family when passing by that family.The cloak was made for her by Aunt Zhi before.

In order to take Nezuko with him, Tanjiro borrowed a broken bamboo basket, which was a bit small for the current Nezuko after repairing it.

In the end, it was Tanjiro who made her shrink, and it was just right to go in.Then they drove all night, trying to get there as soon as possible.

The two who became ghosts naturally had enough physical strength.The strong Tanjiro is still a human being, and he still needs to rest.

So when they passed by a house, they planned to stay overnight, but they smelled a strong smell of blood from that house.

The three of them ran towards that quickly.

When the door was opened, the three of them saw corpses all over the floor, and a huge monster was eating.

The monster said: "What's the matter, don't you know that this is my territory? How dare you hinder my meal, I will not spare you lightly."

Let him turn around, look at the three people who came forward, lick the blood on his fingers: "I always feel something is wrong?" Then he stood up: "Are you human?"

The moment Tanjiro took half a step back, the ghost quickly attacked him, and Tanjiro reacted quickly, slashing the ax across his neck, and blood spattered out.

The ghost clutched his neck and said, "Is it an axe? There are still two strokes. But this kind of minor injury will heal soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, the wound on the top of his head healed instantly: "Look, the bleeding has stopped."

Casting a glance at the attracted Nezuko, Ryo Matsuma blocked Oni's hand that was stretched towards Tanjirou, and then fought with it.

In the end, the ghost's head was directly chopped off by Ryo Matsuma with a tail, and then kicked viciously to the side tree by Nezuko, who was free from the temptation of appetite.

When Oni's hand was about to touch Matsuma Ling, Nezuko kicked him away again.

The ghost's head shouted to them: "Sure enough! Among the three of you, there is only one human being. No wonder it feels so strange." Then he roared: "How can ghosts act with humans?!"

[He was actually talking. 】 Tanjiro roared in his heart.

Immediately afterwards, the body of the ghost attacked them, and Ryo Matsuma and Nezuko fought against it.And the Oni's head took the opportunity to attack Tanjiro.

In the end, Rei Matsuma and Nezuko dismembered the Oni's body, and Tanjiro used his strong head to hit the Oni's head hard, and then threw the ax and the Oni's head away.The head of the ghost is fixed on the tree by an axe.

The three walked into the ghost's head, Tanjiro pulled out the dagger, his expression very tangled.

Seeing this, Matsuma Ling took the dagger from his hand, aimed at the ghost's head, and was about to stab it fiercely, but was held by the wrist during this time.

She turned her head to look at the man, only to see that he was wearing a big tengu mask, and said to herself, "That kind of thing, you can't kill him with a dagger."

[I didn't notice this person's footsteps just now, it seems that his identity is not simple, maybe he is...]

"Yes, how can I kill him?" Tanjiro asked beside him.

The man asked back: "Don't ask others, don't you know how to think?" Tanjiro was taken aback when he heard that, then lowered his head and thought.

Not long after, he turned his head and looked at the stone under the tree on one side, as if he wanted to smash the ghost's head with the stone.

He walked to the side of the tree, picked up a stone with both hands, and walked up to the ghost's head again, with a very hesitant look on his face.

Rei Matsuma guessed what Tanjiro was thinking at the moment, so she planned to do it herself, but was stopped by that person: "Sometimes it's better for him to make his own decisions, you can't be by his side all your life."

Hearing what the man said, Matsuma Ling stopped walking forward.But she didn't expect that Tanjiro would not make a decision until the sun rose the next day.

The ghost struggled, its ferocious expression frozen, and then turned into dust and disappeared.

Tanjiro was startled when he saw this, and then looked at Rei Matsuma worriedly, and he was relieved when he saw that she had put on her cloak long ago.Suddenly he thought of something, and his expression became flustered again.

Then he ran into the house, and found Nezuko in the corner, and he was completely relaxed.

He returned to the tree again, and Ling Matsuma looked at the mysterious man wearing the mask of a tengu.

The man turned his back to them, and said to them: "My name is Rinaki Sakinji, and you are the ones introduced by Tomioka Yoshiyuki, right?"

Tanjiro replied energetically: "Yes! My name is Kamado Tanjiro, and the one inside is my younger sister, and her name is Nezuko."

Waiting for Tanjirou to finish his introduction, Ryo Matsuma continued to introduce: "Hi, Rinaki-san, I am Ryo Matsuma, as you can see, I am a ghost now."

Ryotaki turned around, glanced at her, and said to Tanjiro, "Tanjiro, if your family eats someone, what should you do?"

Tanjiro was stunned when he heard the words, and then he was slapped by Rinaki: "The answer is too slow! Your biggest problem is indecision, and you couldn't kill the ghost until morning."

"Why didn't you answer the question just now? Because your consciousness is not enough."

"If your family members eat people, there are only two things you have to do. Kill your family members, and then commit seppuku. You must have this kind of awareness when you bring your family members who have turned into ghosts."

"But remember, this kind of thing must never happen. You can't let your family take the lives of innocent people, but this thing must never happen!"

Then he turned his head to look not far away, and asked Tanjiro, "Do you understand what I mean?"

"Understood!" Tanjirou answered seriously with a firm expression.

"Then from now on, let me see if you are qualified to become Ghost Slayer, right? Bring your sister and follow me."

Immediately afterwards, he turned his head to look at Matsuma Ling: "And you, as a ghost, you still have to protect your family, and you don't hesitate to take things that endanger your life. Let me see how far you can go for this."

He was running in front of him, followed by Ryo Matsuma, and Tanjirou carried Nezuko on his back, keeping them at a distance.

Why Matsuma Ryo didn't help?

By the time they ran to the house, it was almost evening.

Tanjiro panted and asked: "Why, how is it, do you approve of us?" Ryo Matsuma, who was breathing calmly, looked at Mr. Ryodaki, and things would not be that simple.

Immediately afterwards, Mr. Lin Taki said to them: "Come up the mountain with me now. After that, I will shoulder the responsibility of taking care of your family. And you need to pass this trial on the mountain."

The reason why Mr. Rinaki asked Matsuma Ryoya to go was because he noticed that as a ghost, she was not afraid of the sun, and even had a heartbeat, temperature, and need to breathe.

Perhaps, as a ghost, she can also pick up the sun wheel knife and kill ghosts with the body of a ghost.

The air became thinner, and Mr. Rinaki, who was walking in front, turned around and said to them, "Go back to the house at the foot of the mountain from here, this time I won't wait until dawn." He disappeared after speaking.

Looking at the confident Tanjiro, Ryo Matsuma sighed: "It won't be that simple." Tanjiro didn't know why, and ran towards the way he came.

Then he tripped over a rope and several stones hit him in the face.Matsuma Ling had time to stop, but she didn't make a move.

She hoped that because of these small pains, Tanjiro would understand that he should not only rely on enthusiasm, but also act cautiously.

When he fell into the trap, she went down to rescue him, and said to him lightly: "Now you understand what I mean."

"Well! This forest is full of traps. We need to be very careful not to ignore the potential danger because of the calm on the surface."

Rei Matsuma said lightly: "Tanjiro, it's not just as simple as a mechanism." After they ran for a long time, Tanjiro understood the meaning of what she said, and the air in the mountains became thinner and thinner.

If you don't hurry up, it will be difficult to survive, let alone rush to the house at the foot of the mountain.

He looked at the peaceful Matsuma Ling aside, closed his eyes to calm himself down and breathe steadily.

Looking at Tanjiro who understood the trick, Ryo Matsuma smiled and walked through the forest with him.Even if you fall and get injured, you will get up quickly and keep going.

After going through hardships, the two rushed back to the house at the foot of the mountain before the sun rose.

Seeing that the two were covered with scars, but the light in their eyes never went out, Mr. Rinaki smiled very relieved.

He thought of the letter Tomioka Yoshiyuki wrote to him, and the content contained in it.

[There is a young man who wants to become a ghost swordsman, and beside him is a family member who wants to protect him from harm even if he is a ghost. I let them go to you. ]

[He has enough guts to challenge me unarmed. ]

[His family was killed by ghosts, two younger sisters survived but were forced to become ghosts.I judge his two younger sisters will not attack humans. ]

[I can sense that the three of them are unusual. ]

[The young man's nose seems to be as sensitive as yours.Maybe he can make a breakthrough and inherit it.And the girl named Ling didn't seem to have completely turned into a ghost.Maybe she can bring something, something we didn't expect. ]

[So I implore this time, that you cultivate them. ]

[I know that this request is very difficult, I hope you can understand, please take care of your health. ]

In the next year and a half, the two of them embarked on a journey of transformation.