Demon Slayer: The Demon King is actually a weak girl?!

Makijuro said in a steady tone: "I heard about your situation."

“…” Tanjiro stood even more still.

How come...he is not a celebrity, so what "deeds" can he have?

"Let me ask you..." Makijuro finally got to the point, "What is that 'God of Fire Kagura'? You don't have to repeat to me what you told Kyojuro, because I've already asked him about it, and he told me too. What I want to ask is about that girl..."

Thinking of the "girl" that Tanjiro has always carried around in a wooden box, Makijuro added, "I'm talking about the girl who just turned into a demon. Regarding your earrings and her strange behavior before, please tell me in detail without reservation..."

——After all, before the recent incident, that girl instigated Tomioka to produce a large number of earrings using the Sun Breathing Person, which is really worrying. Was it Muzan Kibutsuji who instructed her to do all this?

But what is the purpose of letting her do this?

It's really hard to figure out...

"..." Tanjiro calmed himself down and carefully recalled every detail about Xiao Wu.

"Xiao Wu, the God of Fire Kagura, my earrings..."

At that time, Xiao Wu was indeed wearing a pair of earrings specially made for her like his, and she did mention the Goddess of Fire Kagura repeatedly and wanted to teach her herself.

If the Fire God Kagura was the only "secret skill" that could compete with Muzan Kibutsuji back then, and if Xiao Wu was instructed by Muzan, then if she and I were to learn the Fire God Kagura, wouldn't that be...

The most important thing is that I have taught her everything I know...

Ah, this...

It was as if there was a revolving room in Tanjiro's head.

Did he... screw up?

The more Tanjiro thought about it, the more horrified he became.

Although he felt it was difficult to say it, being honest as he was, he still told Rengoku Makijuro everything.

"...I'm sorry, I didn't know that was the important Breath of the Sun, I thought it was just an ordinary family ritual dance... But!" He tried to save the situation, "I will make up for my mistake, I will definitely bring Xiao Wu back, and find a way to turn her back into a human!"

He guarantees it!

Rengoku Makijuro: "..."

"I will kill Muzan Kibutsuji too!"

"...No, you don't have that ability right now..."

The boy in front of him looked so ordinary, completely different from the description of the Sun Breathing user in the book.

But one thing is beyond doubt, that is, the user of Sun Breathing, who has never appeared from the past to the present, has now appeared.

Although his talent seems average, this boy seems to be hardworking enough, and this pair of earrings...

Makijuro recalled what was said in the book.

——These earrings definitely have a profound meaning.

Perhaps, the vision of the descendants of the person chosen by Tsugumi Yoshiichi is something that mediocre people cannot understand.

So he doesn't have to try to guess the genius's thoughts...

Having asked all the questions that needed to be asked, Makijuro asked Tanjiro to go out for training, while he himself stared at the inkstone on the table in a daze.

The Demon King went to great lengths to inquire about the usage of Sun Breathing, but he did not immediately kill Tanjiro. What was his intention?

Or is all this just because of the obstruction of that girl who looks like Ruhuo?

In short, all the information needs to be reported to the lord...

The remaining ink in the inkstone on the table has dried up, leaving a large crack.

……

Five days later, Kyojuro successfully released Tanjiro and the others.

Zenitsu cried with joy and almost burst into tears.

Tanjiro pointed at his nose uncertainly and asked, "Can I? Can I really?"

Kyojuro crossed his arms and nodded heavily. The scorching sun shone a strange light on the tips of his hair. "Hmm! I wanted to take you three as my stepchildren at first, but now that the lord has launched this training, it's not possible for the time being! If I have the chance in the future, I will take good care of you, hahahaha!" ~(?????)~

"Hahaha!" Inosuke laughed even more wildly than Kyojuro, "Great! From now on, when I come here, you are the master of the King of the Mountains, so I will call you 'Great Lion King'!"

"'Lion King'? What a domineering name, hahahaha!"

"Hahahaha!"

The two bold men laughed out loud.

Kyojuro laughed for a while, then suddenly stopped laughing and turned into a faint smile and said to Tanjiro: "Kamado boy, I didn't tell you before when we were on the Infinity Train. Your sister is also very hardworking as a demon. She has been doing her best to protect humans and fight demons. I recognize you."

Hearing this, a sour warmth surged in Tanjiro's chest, and Kyojuro in his eyes suddenly seemed to light up: "Brother Rengoku..."

Kyojuro still smiled: "Also. Xiaowu and Kanroji have a good relationship. They came to my house for a short training before. I can see that the girl has extraordinary willpower, and that time on the Infinite Train, no one was injured or killed on the entire train, which is also a good proof of this. So!"

He opened his eyes wide, bright and sharp like sunflowers, "I believe you! I also believe that you can bring her back, and even turn her back into a human!"

There are people who are willing to believe in such a tiny glimmer of hope. Tanjiro's tears welled up and burst out: "Really? Do you really believe that I can do it?"

"Yeah, I believe it."

"Brother Rengoku..." Tanjiro's tears were about to flow into the Shinano River. (◆Note 1)

After successfully gaining the approval of Kyojuro, Tanjiro, with everyone's expectations, went to the next stop with Zenitsu and Inosuke.

Shimizu's classroom.

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Tanjiro still has some coldness towards Fushigi Miyabi.

Although the other party is Xiaowu's master and can be said to be the person closest to Xiaowu in the entire Demon Slayer Corps, Tanjiro has heard about how they get along.

It's also because Xiaowu has a good temper and never gets angry no matter how he is bullied, so he can tolerate people like Mr. Busei again and again.

Tanjiro was having a lot of thoughts in his mind and hadn't figured out what attitude he should take towards this emotionally unstable Wind Pillar. Just as he walked to the edge of the fence wall surrounded by the evening glories, he saw a white and strong figure slowly walking towards him from the top of the bluestone steps in front.

"Hey, you kid!" Shimi, who was far away, had a fierce expression on his face and looked extremely angry. "I heard that Xiaowu had been staying with you before. What did you do to her?"

Tanjiro didn't have to prepare any reaction now, because at this moment, all he gave was his instinctive reaction under conditioned reflex: "I don't know!"

Tanjiro was also very angry.

He didn't understand why there are people crying thief in this world. "I heard that you dragged Xiao Wu outside before, causing her skin to turn red! Her skin is delicate, you can't treat her like this, don't you know!"

He was totally unwilling to be outdone.

Seeing this young boy being so arrogant, Shiya was furious: "Shut up!"

At this moment, a gentle and refined young voice suddenly came from a distance -

"You all shut up!"

The voice came out of nowhere, and Tanjiro and Shiya were stunned.

They looked towards the voice and asked in unison: "Who are you?"

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————I am the dividing line (n?_?)?━☆————

(Note 1: The Shinano River is the longest river in Japan.)