"This is the place..."
Nino Nakano stood at the entrance of the orphanage.
Everything around her made those memories, which had become quite hazy, instantly clear again.
"This is the orphanage I used to come and play at when I was little!"
Nino Nakano excitedly said to Sakura Kuzeha!
The latter just maintained her gentle smile.
After confirming with Kuzeha at noon, she had already confirmed that the orphanage in Nino Nakano's memories should undoubtedly be their home!
"Has Nakano-san been looking for a long time?"
Sakura Kuzeha led the girl into the house while casually asking.
Nino Nakano nodded, hesitated for a moment, then bit her lip and shook her head.
When she was young, she indeed treasured this experience as a precious memory.
And as her mother's condition worsened, with various trivial matters manifesting in life, that memory became increasingly precious, almost becoming her source of relaxation and stress relief! The figure of the little boy, along with the stirrings of adolescence, also planted the seed of first love in the girl's heart!
It took root and sprouted in her heart, gradually growing into an indispensable tree!
When the girl could no longer contain her longing and wanted to search for that tree, but with Rena Nakano's condition showing no improvement, she roughly searched a few times before giving up.
Nino Nakano had even suspected that this orphanage and that figure might have disappeared in some disaster, but she never thought that this place would still be exactly the same as in her memories.
"He... that little boy who gave me the jade gourd, does he still live here?"
Nino Nakano took out her jade gourd, looking at Sakura Kuzeha, the girl's eyes filled with expectation and fear.
Sakura Kuzeha's lips curved slightly upward, saying with emotion.
"Actually, Nakano-san has met him before, but Nakano-san didn't recognize him!"
Hearing this, Nino Nakano was stunned for a moment.
Then she decisively refuted.
"Impossible, if I had seen him, I would definitely have recognized him immediately!"
Seeing such a determined Nino Nakano, a barely perceptible mischievous smile appeared on Sakura Kuzeha's lips.
"Then... does Nakano-san still remember Kuzeha?"
"Of course I remember, he is after all my mother's lifesaver..."
Nino Nakano's words stopped halfway as she suddenly realized something, those deep blue eyes slowly moving to Sakura Kuzeha.
"Kuzeha... Sakura Kuzeha... could it be..."
Kuzeha's handsome face appeared in her mind. She remembered that when she first saw Kuzeha's face and figure, she had felt a sense of familiarity. But due to her preconceived notions about his exorcist identity, plus being worried about Rena Nakano's condition, she hadn't thought much about it.
Sakura Kuzeha looked at the girl's changing expression and said with a smile.
"That's right, the little boy who gave Nakano-san the jade gourd is your mother Nakano-sensei's lifesaver, my brother, Kuzeha!"
Sobu High, Kendo Club.
Shinobu Kocho and Kanae Kocho looked at the clothing in their hands, their faces flushing red.
"This is the clothing you must wear when practicing swords at Sobu High?"
Shinobu Kocho looked up at Asuna Yuuki, disbelief floating in her beautiful eyes.
The gauze in her hands was thin as a cicada's wing. Although it covered the key parts, because of its thin material, it made one's imagination run wild!
In front of her, Asuna Yuuki was wearing a backless knit sweater, its style exactly the same as the one Yuki Suou had taken out in the student council room.
Compared to yesterday, Asuna Yuuki was much more natural.
However, under the gaze of the Kocho sisters, she was still somewhat embarrassed.
"Shinobu, the focus is on training. You won't care about the clothes once you start!"
Asuna Yuuki said somewhat guiltily.
In fact, when she was training yesterday, she was indeed completely absorbed and didn't pay attention to her embarrassing attire.
But when she got home and before going to sleep, thinking about wearing such alluring clothes with every movement potentially being seen by Kuzeha, that belated shyness almost filled the entire night.
Kanae Kocho nodded upon hearing this, her gentle face lighting up.
"Asuna is right, the focus is on training!"
After witnessing Asuna Yuuki's progress yesterday, the Kocho sisters couldn't sit still.
That evening, they contacted Kuzeha through Asuna Yuuki.
They were ready to learn Kuzeha's breathing technique!
Their condition was that after eliminating Muzan Kibutsuji, the Kocho sisters would serve Kuzeha loyally!
They couldn't represent the Demon Slayer Corps, they only had their own will!
Improve their strength, eliminate Muzan Kibutsuji, and prevent the tragedy that befell their family from happening to others in the future!
For Kuzeha, teaching one person was teaching, teaching three people was also teaching.
In comparison, one flower, no matter how beautiful, was somewhat monotonous, but three flowers blooming together could be dazzling and refreshing!
Kuzeha had no reason to refuse!
Just then, Saeko Busujima's voice came from the side.
"Actually, I think the clothes you're wearing are quite nice too."
Shinobu Kocho's eyes immediately lit up, nodding in agreement, then heard Saeko Busujima's next sentence.
"It's just that the black lining is a bit tacky. If you only wore the butterfly haori, it would definitely look great!"
The Kocho sisters looked down at their Demon Slayer Corps uniforms, their expressions freezing.
So Saeko Busujima meant for them to take off their uniforms and only wear the haori...
What difference would that make from wearing nothing?
Even those key two points and line wouldn't be covered.
Shinobu Kocho imagined that scene, and her face, which still carried some heroic spirit, immediately flushed red.
"Let's just wear this outfit!"
In comparison, Shinobu Kocho felt that the outfit in front of her was instantly acceptable!
Shortly after they changed clothes, Kuzeha arrived.
Looking at the four women before him, each with their own unique charm and appeal, Kuzeha's eyes flashed with a strange expression.
At some point, wearing this kind of outfit for kendo practice at the club had somehow become an open rule.
When Kuzeha's gaze swept over them, the Kocho sisters felt not only their faces but also the large areas of exposed tender skin become hot and flushed.
"Kuzeha-san!"
Kanae Kocho managed to greet Kuzeha with a relatively generous posture.
Shinobu Kocho was more reserved.
Her strong personality made her not want Kuzeha to notice the shyness in her maiden heart, so she maintained a stern expression.
But the uncontrollable blush spread across her fair face, creating a feeling of wanting to resist but secretly welcoming it.
Seeing this, Kuzeha felt his sadistic soul reawaken!
He had an irresistible urge to discipline her!
"Then let's start directly!"
Kuzeha cleared his throat and got straight to the point!
This made Kanae Kocho and Shinobu Kocho breathe a slight sigh of relief.
They were already looking forward to the amazing sword practice experience that Asuna Yuuki had described!
*Smack!*
"Kanae, your waist is swaying too much!"
*Smack!*
"Shinobu, pay attention to your breathing rhythm!"
*Smack! Smack!*
"Shinobu, your hip power is insufficient!"
The sound of wooden swords hitting tender flesh continuously echoed in the dojo.
For the Kocho sisters, Kuzeha used a different approach!
Not only guiding and expanding their sword techniques, but also correcting many problems in their fundamentals!
Undoubtedly, the Kocho sisters were among these women the ones with the richest actual combat experience!
After being trained by the Demon Slayer Corps for just a year or two, they were thrown into the ranks to hunt demons!
It could be said that their sword techniques were completely honed through actual combat bit by bit!
This was the fastest method of improvement!
But similarly, this quick sword training from the Demon Slayer Corps also led to their unstable fundamentals!
Once their sword techniques reached a bottleneck, it became difficult to improve further!
So Kuzeha was preparing to strengthen both women's foundations.
With the three-fold teaching enhancement of "传道授业" (imparting knowledge), he didn't need to worry about slowing down progress!
This gave Kanae Kocho and Shinobu Kocho a very wonderful feeling.
After so many years, their sword techniques, which would be considered master-level by ordinary people, were now being treated by Kuzeha as beginners having their fundamental deficiencies corrected!
Especially when Kuzeha's wooden sword fell on them with neither too light nor too heavy force, the faint pain accompanied by Kuzeha's guidance entered their ears.
As if some essence was also flowing into their bodies through this!
In almost an instant, they experienced enlightenment and began to integrate their knowledge!
This exhilarating progress made them instantly addicted to this feeling.
At the same time, they realized why Asuna Yuuki could improve so rapidly under Kuzeha's guidance!
Even Shinobu Kocho began to look at the wooden sword in Kuzeha's hand with anticipation.
Waiting for the moment it would fall on her.
After all, each time represented another step forward for her...
"...Shinobu, you... should be alright, right?"
Noticing the expectation in Shinobu Kocho's beautiful eyes, Kuzeha couldn't help but ask.
He somehow felt that while her sword skills weren't improving much, Shinobu Kocho's preferences were about to be developed?
"No problem, Kuzeha-san, please freely whip... I mean, guide me!"
Shinobu Kocho cleared her throat and said eagerly.
Seeing this, Asuna Yuuki was slightly stunned, feeling inexplicably anxious.
Wait, you were just being shy and reserved, how did your attitude change so quickly?
She pulled down her backless sweater that barely covered her hips and stepped forward.
"Kuzeha-kun, it's my turn..."
In Sora Kasugano's room.
When Sakura Kuzeha returned, she had wanted to go out to greet her.
But she keenly noticed the girl who was with Sakura Kuzeha.
Pink long hair, white over-knee socks, and most eye-catching was her ordinary school uniform shirt that was worn to show off an indecent figure!
Sora Kasugano looked down at herself without self-pity.
"Is she Sakura's close friend?"
Sora Kasugano thought to herself.
After all, a woman that Sakura Kuzeha would bring home should have an unusual relationship with her, right?
But Sora Kasugano didn't act rashly, hiding in her room and listening to their conversation.
And soon she constructed Nino Nakano's identity: a stupid woman who had the fortune to meet Kuzeha when she was young, said she had been thinking about Kuzeha all along, but when she met Kuzeha, she didn't even recognize him!
"This kind of stupid woman only has a good figure, she poses no threat at all!"
Sora Kasugano thought to herself.
However, what annoyed her was that after confirming Kuzeha's identity, Nino Nakano actually "stayed" at their house and wouldn't leave!
She seemed to want to wait for Kuzeha to return, having some words she wanted to say to him personally!
"Troublesome woman!"
If this woman wasn't brought back by Sakura Kuzeha, she would have already gone out and kicked her out!
"When Kuzeha comes back later, I'll rush out and catch her off guard!"
Sora Kasugano said huffily.
Then she refocused her attention on her gal game.
More than half an hour later.
Sora Kasugano heard Kuzeha's voice.
In an instant, she put down her game controller.
She opened her room door.
Just as she stepped out of her room, she simultaneously saw Nino Nakano in the living room stand up abruptly, looking at Kuzeha with shocked eyes.
"Nakano-san, when did you come over?"
Kuzeha asked curiously, his gaze drifting to Sakura Kuzeha beside him.
Before the latter could speak, Nino Nakano, who had been staring at Kuzeha in a daze, took a deep breath.
"Kuzeha-kun, I'm sorry for not recognizing you immediately..."
"Actually, I've been missing you all this time. The photos, building blocks, and toys from back then, I've kept them all..."
Seeming afraid that Kuzeha wouldn't believe her, Nino Nakano gestured anxiously as she explained.
Then she noticed that there was no blame in Kuzeha's eyes.
He was just looking at her with gentle eyes.
Exactly like in her memories, unchanged!
The girl's heartstrings were suddenly struck hard.
"There's something I wanted to say to you a long time ago!"
Almost without thinking, she said.
"I like you!"
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