In the woods, a man put the cut branches into a frame, then he lifted the bamboo basket, weighed it, and said to the young boy who had been following him, "It's a bit heavy, change it I will recite it, Tanjiro."

The boy with the same hair color as the man was unhappy, "I told you I will recite it today, father, don't count your words!"

Tanjiro tugged at the man's sleeve, and the man was forced to bend down. When the man wanted to refuse, his son's eyes came into his sight.

Zamon Tanjuro knew that he was seriously ill, and his health was getting worse day by day. His wife saw his weakness and kept trying to persuade Tanjuro to reduce the number of times he went out to do physical work.

The original twice a day went to the mountain to cut firewood, but now it has become once a day. With the tacit consent of his mother, the eldest son, who was just 11 years old, followed his father's pace of going to the mountain.

The eldest son lacked strength, and it was difficult for him to chop off branches and roots with an axe, so Tanjiro followed his father and picked up some dead wood branches that fell off naturally.

Zaomen's family lives on the mountain and sells carbon for a living.In summer, although the amount of carbon sold will decrease due to the hot weather, after all, every family needs to burn fire for cooking, and most of the villages at the bottom of the mountain are old customers of Zaomen Family. Willing to sell charcoal here.

Therefore, relying on selling carbon to maintain the basic life of the family is barely enough.

But that's about it.

Whether it is to go to the city to see a doctor, or to hire a doctor at the bottom of the mountain, the money spent is not a small burden on the family.

And Tanjuro knew that his illness probably couldn't be cured.

But I can’t change it now... The thin man lifted the big bamboo basket and helped the eldest son to carry it. Seeing Tanjirou struggling to stand up, Tanjuro smiled, "Can I change it?"

Gritting his teeth, he was able to carry the big bamboo basket full of branches. In addition, the big bamboo basket was almost as tall as Tanjiro himself. He had to bend down and move the bamboo basket up to barely move forward.

"No, question, question." Gritting his teeth and replying to his father, Tanjiro took the first shaky first step.

Seeing his son's slightly funny steps, this time it was Tanjuro who was following behind his son. Seeing that Tanjirou walked less than ten steps, he suddenly became unstable. Tanjuro quickly stabilized the big bamboo basket, and by the way The son who was about to fall.

"Then please ask Tanjiro to be the main force, and my father will put a little force behind to support it." Seeing Tanjiro's trembling feet, Tanjuro couldn't help but

Vigorously even through most of the bamboo basket.

"En...en!" Tanjiro, who had exhausted his strength in just ten steps, was walking with all his might, not noticing that the bamboo basket was suddenly much clearer.

Walking behind his son, feeling Tanjiro's staggering steps, Tanjuro silently adjusted his breathing, and moved his gaze down to the bottom of his ears—there was a pair of sun wheel earrings hanging there.

Can't change, he can't say goodbye to this world so quickly.

Not only is I sorry for Kuizhi and the children, but the pair of earrings and the breathing method have not been passed on...

......

"Mr. Tomioka, Mr. Yuri, are you distracted again?" The night-time ghost killing team drifted through the forest like the wind, except for the sound of footsteps on branches that appeared every few seconds, there were almost no other superfluous sounds.

Of course, this refers to the state before Butterfly Ninja made a sound two seconds ago.

Giyuu and Yuri's blue eyes were dotted with black and starlight in the night sky, but what they said later was very contrary to these beautiful eyes.

The ponytailed man in crimson feathers said, "Butterfly, keep quiet while you're marching."

Both of them are first-class players, and there are no special circumstances. They must obey the assignment of Langzhu, even... after this mission, Yuri will not be Zhuzhu.

This in turn involves the "Balrog" crusade mission a week ago.

In Butterfly Ninja’s memory——

When the first pillars arrived at Zhiyan Mountain, the building was empty, and the Yanmo was nowhere to be seen, but unexpectedly met Xiaxian Zhiwu.With five pillars assembled, it would have been easy to kill a Xiaxian, but one of the pillars "instigated rebellion" on the spot and protected the ghost.

"...I won't take a shot at Yu."

Witnessed by Si Nizhu and the four A-level players, Lang Zhu put down the knife to the ghost.

Miki and a foreigner named Mikhail who came later brought incredible information: Oni Wu Tsuji was caught.

Compared with the upper string, the lower string seems not worth mentioning; and compared with the King of Ghosts, the upper string seems to be no longer worthy of attention.

Under Miki's request, Langzhu's protection, and the requests of Yanshan residents, Xia Xianwu was "let go" by the ghost killing team.Kanae, the leader of the team, quickly sent a letter to the lord, reporting these incidents to Yoya Yashiki.

It was not the members of the Ghost Killing Team who caught the King of Ghosts. Miki was unwilling to hand over the King of Ghosts to the Ghost Killing Team, but handed it over to Mikhail, whose enemy and friend were unknown.

For a moment, Sato and Yiyong didn't know whether they should be on the side of the savior or the ghost killing team, so they didn't open their mouths to express their opinions

, fell into silence.

The Zhus naturally wouldn't let an "ordinary person" take away the ghost king, but the three accompanying He Hui said that Miki was right and stood with Miki.

Xiaxianwu and Yanshan people are of course on the same front as Miki - after all, according to Miki's reservation, Lei can survive.

If the stalemate continues, there will inevitably be a big battle.

In the end, Yuzhu came forward and accepted their proposal temporarily on behalf of the ghost killing team, but the final answer of the ghost killing team was to wait for the reply from the lord.

As for why you don't propose to negotiate peace with the lord in person, let's not talk about whether the pillars of the ghost killing team are willing to bring these irrelevant people into the headquarters, which will be detrimental to the safety of the lord...Everyone in Yanshan and He Hui himself Don't bother to waste time.

In the case of equal force, making peace is often very easy to accept.

A few days later, in a letter from Yuya Ubuyashiki, he agreed with Miki's approach, and the Demon Slayer Squad took a step back and hurried back to the headquarters for discussion.

Through the secret divination technique passed down in Mrs. Tianyin's family, the lord judged that: Oni Wu Tsuji Mumi was indeed restricted in his activities.

The number of ghosts will no longer increase, and their next task is to expel and kill the remaining evil ghosts.

And Langzhu also accepted the ruling at the Zhuhe meeting——

Immediately quit the Ghost Killing Squad.

"I accept the trial without any complaints." Yuri folded the Japanese sword made for him by the swordsmith village in front of him, and said to Yaoya Shiki: "But, please allow me...to complete the ghost killing The team's last mission."

This task was carried out by his little crow when he was in Kyoto, because Yuri rushed from Kyoto to Yanshan due to his personal willfulness, and did not carry out it.

"I will exchange all the property I got after joining the Ghost Killing Squad—mansion, money, team uniforms, knives..." There was silence in the room, and no one responded to Yuri's last request.

The 17-year-old boy lowered his head without any resistance.

In the eye sockets that were still able to see, Yoya Miyashiki saw the child saluting him.

"Get up, Yuri." Regardless of those insignificant properties, the ghosts that Yuri killed for the people in recent years are enough to lower his fault this time.

But the Ghost Killing Squad didn't say that the merits should be paid for.

Regardless of the reason, as long as there is an inevitable conflict with the position of the Ghost Slayer Team, the debate will not stop.

"We are very grateful for your contribution. You don't have to leave anything...Take it, Yuri." Moving his eyes down, Yuya Ubuyashiki looked at the knife in front of Langzhu.

"Even if you are no longer a swordsman of the Ghost Killing Squad, you are still an out-and-out ghost hunter."

Warm like a holiday, soft like the wind, "Same as your brother."

The secrets all over the entire Japanese island may have already inquired about Mikhail's information, and perhaps the lord in front of Yuri has already known all the secrets.

But he didn't ask anything.

"Go, you will have a better future."

He acquiesced to Yuri's request.

......

"Yuri, Yuri, just ahead!"

The sky has gradually darkened, and the last twilight has disappeared from the top of the mountain, and the forest has only been plunged into darkness.

The little crow flapped its wings, and dug out the information stuffed in a few days ago from its little brain.

In this mountain, ghosts appeared.

The little crow's voice was not as loud as usual, and it also knew that ghosts should not find them.

His blue eyes froze, and Yuri's unique aura surged up, and he calmly ordered: "Be careful."

Butterfly Shinobu and Tomioka Yoshiyuki who also received this task nodded and silently conveyed the message.

......

"Huh, huh, ha..." The boy's panting came from the mountain, followed by the worried words of an adult man, "Can we continue, don't force yourself, Tanjiro."

"I, I'm fine!" Although the steps were small and the frequency was slow, Tanjiro never stopped.Carrying a full bamboo basket on his back, he crossed the mountain step by step.

"...It's getting dark." Tanjuro's eyes glanced at the grass for no reason, and the rustling sound came to his ears.

"Father, what did you say?"

Tanjiro, who was walking with his head down, could no longer see his surroundings clearly, and he just followed the route home from memory.

"Tanjirou." The man's voice was steady, and his breathing was melodious and long.

"Yes...huh?!"

"Grit your teeth." Tanjuro picked up his son together with the bamboo basket on his back, and quickly fled from the spot.

Boom!

The moment they ran away, a huge pit appeared in vain where they were before.

Tanjiro, who was wrapped in his father's arms, was a little dazed for a moment, obviously his brain hadn't turned around.

"...It's a beast in the mountains." Tanjuro hugged his son with one hand, covered his ears with the other hand, and pressed the little boy into his arms, "Don't look, don't listen."

Between the nostrils is the smell of father's clothes and fabrics, with a smell of dead wood... But the "beast" behind his father is different from any animal he has ever smelled.

Is it a beast that only comes out at night?

Speaking of which... the family never goes out at night, only when they go up the mountain to cut firewood and pick up branches.

At that time, my father would rush home before the sun went down.

I don't know if it's "the one who doesn't know is fearless" or his father's flat tone. Even though he is running away now, his breathing is steady and stable, without any anxiety or fear... Even with Tanjiro, There is really no negative emotion.

"That is, what beast?"

Like a wild boar?

No, wild boars don't have such a strong smell of blood.

That is the wolf?

But why do wolves smell so much of humans...

The author has something to say: You are a cannon fodder kid ()

or:

It's a wild boar——Ijisuke

It's a wolf - Yuri

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