After traveling through Demon Slayer, is it possible to survive?

Mao Shi.

The sun began to show its full appearance, rising from the east and hanging high in the sky. I was still sitting on the box like a child, and the sun did not shine on me.

At this moment, I am in a large house. Looking around, I find that the windows and doors are all closed tightly, not letting in a single ray of sunlight.

There were several sliding doors in front of me, and each door was thickened, as if it was done on purpose.

I glanced to the side and saw a wooden box in the corner of the wall, Nezuko's box.

I held my face in my hands and looked ahead with a dazed look. "So boring, they didn't even give me anything to eat."

Boom boom boom!

Suddenly, there were regular knocks on the door, and then the door opened.

A young man with flesh-colored medium-length hair appeared in front of me. I could clearly see horizontal lines in his silver pupils. What was noticeable was that there was a scar on the right corner of his mouth that extended all the way to his cheek.

One of the Nine Pillars, the Water Pillar, Lintaki-Santu.

"Mr. Yunchuan, your meeting is about to begin, please..." Having said this, Xuantu suddenly stopped, and the look in his eyes when he looked at me seemed increasingly strange, and he even blinked a few times and looked forward.

But he returned to normal after a moment, walked forward, knelt on one knee, squinted at me, made his line of sight horizontal, reached forward and handed me a pitch-black umbrella, and spoke again with a smile on his face.

"Please follow me to the courtyard."

I reached out to take the umbrella and looked at him thoughtfully, with more surprise in my eyes.

[“Although Santo is quite powerful, can Tsugikoku Yoriichi really rest assured? Aren’t you afraid that I will run away?”]

With this in mind, I calculated in my head that it took about five hours to get from Nada Spider Mountain to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters, and one hour to go down the mountain.

On the way, for some reason, Tsugumi Yuichiro passed the box to someone else, and this person passed it to another person from somewhere unknown. Everyone's pace and speed, even the speed of their running, were different, as if it was intentional.

But these are not worth noting. What is important is that since so many people have been replaced, it means that Jigoku Yuichi has been out of observation for almost three hours.

"..."

[“Forget it, let’s not think about this for now. Next, I should go meet the 97th successor to the Demon Slayer Corps.”]

I opened the umbrella and took a look. The fabric was very thick and the outer layer was painted black. It didn't feel like cloth when I touched it, but like a solid. The handle and the bracket that supported the umbrella fabric were all black.

Seeing this, Sane stood up and walked to Nezuko's wooden box, holding the straps with both hands and gently pulled it up.

I followed Xuantu to a courtyard. The space inside was very large and the ground was paved with pebbles, covering the entire ground of the courtyard.

It is worth noting that there are several lotus ponds around, with fish swimming around. There are also trees, flowers, and... wisteria trees planted on the side.

The smell in the air, ah...

The moment I entered, I glanced around and didn't see anyone. It was unusually quiet except for a few birds chirping.

"Are we here too early?" murmured Xuantu.

Just at this moment, a door inside the courtyard in front opened, and my attention was attracted to it. The smell was strange, yet familiar, as if I had smelled it once a long time ago, but only now smelled it.

As for the appearance, let's just say this.

He has long yellow hair, with some of the edges of his hair being red, and has thick black eyebrows. His eyes are piercing. He wears a brown Demon Slayer Corps uniform and a haori with a flame pattern on the end.

If it were simpler...

Yellow-haired owl.

At this moment, I also saw clearly the face of the figure. In an instant, my memory seemed to be opened and my body shook involuntarily. To be honest, I was very excited at this moment.

One of the Nine Pillars, the Flame Pillar, Purgatory Kyojuro.

Although I am very excited at this moment, after all, Rengoku Kyojuro is the character that makes me feel the most regretful when reading comics, but I cannot show it too much at this time, after all, we are on different sides.

"Cat...Owl?" I pretended to be surprised and said what I wanted to say most.

Hearing this, Xuntu on the side was stunned for a moment. He looked down at me, then looked up at Rengoku Kyojuro, recalling those words in his mind.

Instantly, Xuantu turned his head, covered his mouth with his hands, tried his best to hold back his laughter, and said in a vague tone, "Pfft... Indeed, Mr. Purgatory really does... look a bit like him."

Inside the courtyard, Kyojuro felt that he was being watched the moment he pushed open the door. After looking around, he found me and Santo in front of the main entrance, but his eyes were not on me.

"Shan Rabbit!!"

With a loud shout, Kyojuro came quickly in front of Santo, and his speed was so fast that it brought a comfortable breeze.

"Long time no see, cat...Mr. Purgatory." Xuantu stopped laughing, but responded with a smile.

I just stood there and watched them talking to each other.

The arrival of Rengoku Kyojuro was like a starting point. I could clearly hear that more people were coming. Judging from the heaviness and frequency of their footsteps, I could roughly infer that there were more than six people.

[Author: In order to avoid using too many numbers, I will just briefly mention the name.]

Tomioka Giyu, Uzui Tengen, Iguro Obanai, Kanroji Miri, Kocho Kanae, Kocho Shinobu, Tokito Muichiro, Tokito Ichiro. Basically, except for Tsugukuni Yoriichi, Beimei Yumei, and Fushigawa Minami, no one was there.

[Author: Let me tell you here that this meeting can be said to be initiated around the protagonist. Although it can be regarded as a gathering of all the pillars, it is not a true meeting of all the pillars. People who are related to the protagonist can come to this meeting. Of course, this setting is added by me. "]

"What? What!? Stop surrounding me!"

At this time, among the people who arrived, except Iguro Obanai, Kanroji Mitsuri, and Kocho Kanae, everyone else surrounded me. At this moment, I suddenly felt that the umbrella in my hand was useless, because they surrounded me so tightly that no light could penetrate.

Except for Kyojuro and Santo, who were still chatting there.

"Wow~ small and lovely, Xiaochuanchuan~" Wuichiro was the closest to me. He put his arms around my waist from behind and rubbed his face against mine, as if I was a very soft and fragrant pillow.

Although the rest of the people also surrounded me, they were not as aggressive as Wuyilang. By the way, there was one person nearby, but he did not come forward. At this time, he was clenching his fists, frowning with unwillingness in his eyes.

Who is that person? Please don't read the next paragraph and try to guess.

You should all have guessed it, that person is...

There is no Togashi Giyu who is hated.

It should be the isolated Tomioka Giyu.

At this moment, Yiyong wanted to squeeze in, throw Wuyilang away, and take his place. But he was just thinking about it, and he estimated that he couldn't squeeze in, so he could only watch there.

[“I really want to hug my brother who looks like a little kid.”] Giyuu muttered.

I was very annoyed at this point. I originally used the child's appearance to avoid more sunlight exposure, as a safeguard. But I never thought it would be like this.

[“…This child’s appearance should be used less frequently in the future.”]