Dramatic Blade

21st century, modern Tokyo,

The story begins with a declining phone call.

"Hey?"

Asahikawa was tidying up the workroom for a while, when he saw the call from the editor without any surprise, he pressed the answer button.

"Is it Mr. Asahikawa? I have already received the finished manuscript. The editor-in-chief wants me to persuade you... Are you really not considering renewing the contract? Not if you just want to take a break necessary……"

The person on the other end of the phone tilted his head and smiled: "Ah, but I plan to take a long break this time. After all, it is still difficult to transform the comic style I am good at. I want to reconsider some things."

"What are you talking about, Mr. Asahikawa, publishing comics of different styles is what a magazine should do. This reason will not be accepted by the editor-in-chief."

"... Then wait a few minutes for me to think of a new reason?"

"Please be serious, I really want to know this question too!"

Asahikawa was a cartoonist for a while, and recently he was thinking about the practical issue of whether he could move back to his hometown due to the recent leap in urban prices.

He has just finished his serialization in "Weekly youngjump", and the animation of his work has also successfully concluded. Apart from waiting for the final chapter booklet to be sold happily, he is already a retirement gesture ready to retire and return home.

However, for a pillar-level manga artist who suddenly decides to terminate the contract when the deadline expires, the magazine must desperately try to keep him, but unexpectedly, Asahikawa is like a rock for a while and refuses to let go. After the desperate period, seeing the last manuscript, the magazine will Only powerless curiosity remained.

Asahikawa thought for a while and asked, "Editor Yamada, how long have I been serializing manga in magazines?"

"From three years of Jump to four years of Young Jump, it's been seven years in total!"

When I got the answer, the cartoonist's tone became a little deeper: "Actually, I haven't contacted my family in the past eight years because of serial work, so this rest also has problems about my family. I hope you can understand."

The editor's voice became a little hesitant: "Here, the Asahikawa family... It's rare for you to mention things at home. It seems that you have made up your mind!"

If you search on the Internet, anyone can find that the Asahikawa family is a famous artist family. There are not many people, but there are many influential famous painters. There are also countless masterpieces of Western oil paintings, which are very famous in the art world, and the family members are very low-key, and they have always been covered with a veil of mystery to the outside world.

Therefore, when Editor Yamada heard about Asahikawa's house, he would subconsciously feel an invisible deterrent, and his tone naturally became less straightforward. Thinking about it, he also got the answer that the editor-in-chief wanted to know, so he had no choice but to walk away. Let's talk about the last scene.

It became.

Asahikawa felt happy for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's not like I won't draw anymore, Mr. Yamada, don't worry, you actually used honorific words for me again."

"I don't know why, but as long as the teacher's attitude is serious, people will unknowingly become cautious, so I wish you all the best in the future. If you have new works, please give us priority!"

"Of course!"

After hanging up the phone, Asahikawa walked around a pile of cardboard boxes on the ground, stood in front of the mirror, looked at himself in the mirror, and scratched his chin:

"So after six years of serialization, I still maintain the original appearance of going to the magazine with the storyboard, no matter how young I am, it should be suspicious.

"Although some people can maintain a baby face at the age of 30, I still have to reserve a few years to fade out. The sooner the end can start earlier!"

Asahikawa nodded in agreement for a moment, and continued to tidy up the workplace he had stayed in for seven years.

It is not the first time he has done this to find reasons to fade out of people's sight.

The answer is obvious, he is not a human being, but a ghost.

However, unlike many evil ghosts that can eat people, his history of becoming a ghost is very simple. He was rescued by a woman named Zhu Shi when he was dying. As a result, he was lucky and the operation to transform into a ghost was successful. Therefore, you only need a little blood and raw food to eat normally, and you will not be controlled by the creator of most evil spirits—it is said to be a man named Onimai Tsuji.

Later, he rejected Miss Zhu Shi's invitation to travel with him and decided to live his own life in Tokyo.

His hometown is here, and he has no lofty aspirations. Before he became a ghost, he was a painter who planned to paint for the rest of his life. After the time entered the modern age, he kept pace with the times and became a cartoonist. It will fade out and reappear with a new identity, this time only a few years earlier.

He is familiar with this matter, and he can explain that the "Asahikawa" family understood by the outside world is actually himself!

As long as he continues to paint, the painter will never regress. He has a lot of time and believes that one day he will reach the realm he pursues.

As for family affairs and style transformation, although the reason given to the editor is the same, but the real reason is to fade out of sight, and there is another thing.

He will have a rather special guest today.

……

Kamado Tanjiro was very nervous and ran on the road, following the squawking crows in the sky to find the right way.

In fact, he has been a little confused these few days, because he is going to meet a ghost.

Kamado Tanjiro was originally a boy in a small rural town. One day he came home to find that his family members had been killed by ghosts, and only his younger sister, Nezuko, was affected by the ghost's blood and turned into a ghost.

Later, he took Nezuko to join the ghost killing team, wanting to avenge the ghost who killed his family.

Half a month ago, the fifth ghost of the last string was wiped out. "Twelve ghost moons" is the code name given by the ancestor of ghosts, Oniwu Tsuji, to the strongest twelve ghosts.

After eliminating the ghosts of the last five, the Demon Slayer Team discovered Nezuko's identity. Kamado Tanjiro originally thought that the Demon Slayer Team would reject them even if they had letters of recommendation from Mr. Giyu and Mr. Ryotaki.Because most of the swordsmen in the ghost killing team joined the ranks of hunting ghosts because their family members were killed by ghosts, they must hate ghosts very much, and he can understand the emotions of other swordsmen.

What's more, in the ghost killing team, no one can guarantee whether the current ghosts will eat people in the future.

But surprisingly, their brother and sister were not severely punished.

Tanjirou Kamado, who had doubts, asked straightforwardly, and the answer he got was that in the Demon Slayer Squad, there were also ghosts who cooperated with them.

This surprised Tanjiro Kamado.

In the next few days, because of Nezuko's existence, he was instilled with many impressions about the ghost who cooperated with the ghost killing team by many curious passing swordsmen.

"Hey, is it the same person as Yushirou who was rescued by Ms. Tsuyoshi, no, not a child?——a very dignified adult?"

The crow leading the way gave a squawk.

"Are you still a folklorist! That's great! ——Can, will you deal with monsters exclusively!?"

The crow leading the way quacked twice.

"Wait, isn't this a very famous manga artist, even in our countryside there are manga for sale!?"

The crow quacked three times:

"It's coming, it's coming, it's coming—"

Kamado Tanjiro became nervous and ran in front of the door, sweating profusely on his forehead.

What kind of person would the other party be...ah, what kind of ghost?Since it can be recognized by the Lord, it must not be that kind of hateful ghost full of blood, but that kind of very majestic and powerful adult full of knowledge!That's a different type from all pillar-level swordsmen!

Plus the gloom of ghosts!

Today is a cloudy day, and Kamado Tanjiro, who finalized the final image, let Nezuko come out of the box behind him and return to her original figure.

"Nezuko, you must be polite, we want to ask this senior to check on your condition!" Kamado Tanjiro urged.

Seeing his serious expression, Nezuko nodded abruptly: "Oh!"

The doorbell rang.

Chaorichuan opened the door for a moment, and saw a black figure in front of the door immediately pounced down and knocked on the threshold of his house with a "boom".

!! ?

Kamado Tanjiro took a deep breath, and the tiger landed on the ground and shouted: "Mr. Oni, hello——!!!"

Asahikawa Ichimo:! ! ! ? ? ?

Wait, he seemed to hear the sound of planks breaking.

Asahikawa's gaze slowly moved down for a moment, and he was horrified to see the crack in the floor extending to his feet.

Tall and mighty, full of knowledge, serious and dark...

Above the house, people only heard a scream:

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!"

"Yes, sorry!!!"