So, they are all Yoizumi-nii's family?
It's truly wonderful to find family.
However, given the current situation, it might take a lot of effort for them to be accepted by everyone in the Demon Slayer Corps.
Shinobu retracted her water flask, her eyelashes lowered in thought.
"Don't speak such boring nonsense."
"And sheltering family is only right."
"I won't believe it."
The Serpent Pillar, Obanai Iguro, leaned against a tree trunk, a white snake coiled around his neck flicking its tongue, his finger pointing at Tanjirou on the ground.
"Ah, ah, this poor child is possessed by a demon."
"Quickly kill him and put him out of his misery."
The Stone Pillar, Gyomei Himejima, clasped his hands together, a string of red prayer beads in his grasp. A scar marked his forehead, and despite his large physique, he was shedding tears.
"Um... I have a question. I don't think Kagaya Ubuyashiki wouldn't know about this. Is it really okay to act on our own?" Kanroji Mitsuri said softly.
Everyone fell silent for a moment. Tanjirou, seeing this, continued to loudly declare, "Yoizumi-nii and Nezuko can fight alongside me! As Demon Slayer Corps members, we will fight to protect humans!"
"Hey, hey! Something interesting seems to be happening!"
"Is that idiot carrying a demon the one?" A scarred, white-haired man with a ferocious expression raised a wooden box with one hand.
His vicious gaze fixed on Tanjirou, he demanded harshly, "What exactly are you planning?!"
A Kakushi Members anxiously tried to dissuade him from behind, "This will make things very difficult for me, Sanemi Shinazugawa, please put down that box!"
Shinobu stood up from the ground, a rare lack of a smile on her face, and looked at Sanemi Shinazugawa with a stern expression.
"Sanemi Shinazugawa, please do not act on your own."
Sanemi Shinazugawa completely ignored her, drawing his dark blue nichirin blade from his side. Tanjirou's eyes widened, and he abruptly stood up, rushing towards Sanemi Shinazugawa.
"Anyone who harms my family! Whether they're a Pillar or anything else, I won't let them off!"
Giyu Tomioka, standing further away, finally spoke sharply,
"Stop! Kagaya Ubuyashiki is about to arrive!"
The motion of preparing to stab the wooden box with his blade paused. It was this moment of hesitation that Tanjirou seized, leaping up and delivering a powerful headbutt to Sanemi Shinazugawa's head, causing blood to gush from his nose as he fell to the ground.
Shielding the wooden box with his body, Tanjirou angrily shouted,
"If you can't even distinguish between good and evil demons, then don't be a Pillar!"
"Bastard!"
"I'm going to kill you!" Sanemi Shinazugawa got up, re-gripped his nichirin blade, and held it horizontally in front of Tanjirou, his expression growing even more ferocious.
At this critical moment...
"Kagaya Ubuyashiki has arrived."
"You've all come."
Everyone's gaze turned towards the house, where a figure slowly appeared: short black hair reaching his shoulders, and a shocking, deep purple, crisscrossing scar that spread from his forehead across half of his face.
Yet, his face was extraordinarily calm.
A gentle face, a gentle voice.
Is this person Kagaya Ubuyashiki?
Tanjirou stared blankly at the person inside, when suddenly his head was heavily pressed down, forcing it against the ground.
So fast!
When he saw everyone kneeling on one knee, greeting Kagaya Ubuyashiki, even Sanemi Shinazugawa did the same, a stark contrast to his previous violence, showing only respect and adoration for Kagaya Ubuyashiki.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki was supported by two young girls as he came before everyone. He looked up, feeling the dazzling sunlight.
"It's a beautiful day today, isn't the sky very blue?"
"I am pleased to hold this semi-annual Pillar Meeting without any changes in our members."
"It would be wonderful if you, Kagaya Ubuyashiki, are in good health. I sincerely wish you even greater well-being."
Hearing this, Kagaya Ubuyashiki smiled faintly, his lifeless gaze following the voice towards Sanemi's direction.
"Thank you, Sanemi."
"Before the meeting begins, I have something to explain."
"Yoizumi and Nezuko are recognized by me, and I hope everyone can accept them."
As expected, this was met with strong opposition from most of the Pillars.
"Bring out the letter."
The white-haired, purple-eyed girl took a letter from her bosom.
The general meaning was that if Nezuko were to eat a human, then the former Pillar Sakonji Urokodaki, as well as Giyu Tomioka and Tanjirou, would commit seppuku.
However, Sanemi Shinazugawa still could not accept it.
"If you want to die, then die! That doesn't count as a guarantee at all!"
"Yes, as he said, once a human is eaten, it cannot be undone!"
"Indeed," Kagaya Ubuyashiki nodded.
"Then!"
"There's no guarantee they won't attack humans, but there's also no proof that they will."
"It's a fact that they haven't eaten a human for two years. Nezuko already has three people vouching for her."
"As for Yoizumi, he has successfully killed Lower Moon Four, Lower Moon Five, and various other demons."
Yoizumi actually killed a Lower Moon demon? Shinobu was a little surprised. She hadn't expected him to have done so much in such a short time since they last parted.
"Here are the handprints of all the villagers from Xiao Xi Village."
"They are all willing to vouch for Yoizumi."
Kagaya Ubuyashiki produced a page full of handprints and displayed it before the Pillars.
Everyone's astonished gazes lingered on the paper. To have received so many people's guarantees, how did this demon manage it?
"And I have one more thing to tell you."
"Tanjirou once encountered Kibutsuji Muzan."
This sentence was like a drop of water into hot oil, causing an uncontrollable reaction.
The Pillars eagerly questioned Tanjirou for information about Kibutsuji Muzan, even Tokito Muichiro, the Mist Pillar, who was frequently spaced out, looked at Tanjirou.
"You fought him?"
Tanjirou was shaken by Sanemi Shinazugawa, who was grabbing his head.
So dizzy... Kagaya Ubuyashiki placed a finger to his lips, and everyone immediately quieted down.
"Muzan is pursuing Tanjirou."
"While it might just be to silence him, this is the first time I've caught his tail, and I don't want to let go."
"No! Humans are one thing, but demons are not!" Sanemi Shinazugawa remained unyielding.
"All this time, with what great conviction have we, the Demon Slayer Corps, fought?"
"How many people have sacrificed their lives! I cannot agree."
Sanemi Shinazugawa slashed his arm with his nichirin blade, then stomped on the wooden box, blood dripping onto it.
"Kagaya Ubuyashiki, I will prove it!"
"Hey, demon! It's time to eat, come and get it!"
Blood seeped through the cracks of the box and into it, and a sound of suppressed pain came from within.
Sanemi Shinazugawa's blood is a rare blood type among rare blood types. Can Yoizumi and Nezuko resist the temptation?
Shinobu's gaze was fixed on this scene. Although she wanted to stop it, if they successfully resisted the temptation, then it would prove that they wouldn't attack humans.
Please, you must endure.
"Sanemi, demons don't come out in the sun," the Serpent Pillar reminded him.
"Kagaya Ubuyashiki, I apologize for my rudeness!" Sanemi Shinazugawa carried the wooden box and jumped into a corner of the room.
His nichirin blade was about to be plunged into the box when a bamboo skewer shot through the wooden door, which Sanemi Shinazugawa blocked with his blade, making a "clang!" sound.
His gaze turned in that direction, and a small figure emerged from the dark room, its sapphire eyes chillingly fixed on Sanemi Shinazugawa.
"Take your foot off the box."
Little Yoizumi held a skewer of tricolor dango in one hand, his lips still stained with brown sugar syrup.
Judging by Yoizumi's current appearance alone, he held no intimidation, but the oppressive aura emanating from him, both internally and externally, still made it clear to everyone.
He is a demon.
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