Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began When I Became Yoriichi's Sister

Hearing the sound, Yuko turned her head and saw a girl wearing a butterfly haori sitting in the corridor drinking flower tea, smiling at her.

The warm sunlight shone on Shinobu Kocho, making her colorful haori seem to radiate a strange light.

Yuko's eyes brightened slightly as she stepped forward: "Did Shinobu see the evil spirit that ran in?"

Since they are characters in her dream, she should have noticed them.

Butterfly replied with a smile, "No, I'm all alone here."

Upon hearing this, Yu Zi frowned slightly.

not there?

Are they still outside?

It shouldn't be like that; because Muzan stopped her, she was several minutes slower and missed speaking.

With that sleeping ghost's abilities, it shouldn't be unable to find its way here.

At that moment, Shinobu Kocho patted the floor beside her: "Ikuko, come this way."

Yuko declined, feeling embarrassed. "No, I have things to do."

"Is Yuko worried about that demon?" Butterfly chuckled. "I suppose it's with Mr. Yoriichi."

"Yoriichi?" Yu Ziwei was taken aback. "How do you know Yoriichi?"

She never seemed to mention her brother's name to Shinobu, and judging from her manner, she seemed quite familiar with Yoriichi...

What is she thinking? This is her dream. It's not impossible that Muzan could meet Yoriichi face to face and drink wisteria tea with him, let alone meet Yoriichi.

but……

Were these people driving Pati in her dream?

It was just something Yuko said casually, but she didn't expect to actually get a response from Shinobu Kocho.

She replied with a smile, "It's because Yuko wanted me to get to know Mr. Yoriichi that I got to know him."

"what?"

Why would she want Shinobu Kocho to meet Yoriichi?

My brother has been dead for hundreds of years, what's the point of you two knowing each other?

You can't exactly take it to the grave to introduce it, can you?

Yuko was speechless, so she simply followed Shinobu's lead and asked, "Where is Yoriichi?"

Shinobu Kocho smiled and said, "If you're looking for Yoriichi, then you've come in the wrong way."

"what?"

Yuko's lips twitched slightly. What happened to her dream?

It turns out that things don't always go as planned, and even following your instincts can lead to mistakes.

Shinobu Kocho patted the floor again: "Come sit down."

Unable to dissuade her, Yuko, convinced that she had already gone to the wrong place, sat down next to Shinobu Kocho.

"Don't worry, Mr. Yoriichi will be fine."

“Hmm.” Yuko wasn’t worried, not because Yoriichi was in her dream.

In fact, the Sleep Demon possesses the ability to manipulate dreams. Even if the Heavenly King himself were to appear, the Sleep Demon would still be the king within them.

Didn't you see that even Muzan was controlled by the Sleep Demon just now?

However, Yuko herself is a near-immortal being, so even if the Sleeping Demon has any tricks up its sleeve, they are ineffective against her.

The only way to completely eliminate her is to devour her.

What Yuko didn't know was that the unconscious edge of the dreamer's mind is a manifestation of the dreamer's subconscious, which even the Sleep Demon cannot control at will.

Shinobu poured her a cup of tea and said with a smile, "Have some flower tea."

Yu Ziwei was taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously took the tea.

After learning her true identity, Shinobu Kocho never invited her to eat human food again.

Seemingly understanding her doubts, Butterfly smiled and explained, "It's fine here, Yuuko can give it a try."

it's here?

Yu Zi seemed to understand something. She picked up the tea and took a small sip. A refreshing fragrance exploded in her mouth. It was a taste she had never experienced before.

Shinobu asked curiously, "How does it taste?"

"...It tastes very good."

As the saying goes, after a few meals of hunger, everything tastes delicious.

Yuko has completely forgotten what human food tastes like.

Her sense of smell was perfectly fine; she could still smell the aroma of the food, but what she called aroma might not be what a ghost would perceive.

All in all, it feels great to have my sense of taste restored.

Shinobu poured her another glass, gazing up at the sun in the sky: "The weather is really nice today."

It was as if Shinobu Kocho had simply invited her to bask in the sun, creating an exceptionally peaceful atmosphere.

Yuko couldn't help but glance to the side and saw Shinobu's delicate profile, the golden sunlight shining on her eyelashes, making them sparkle.

She seemed to remember.

She stayed in the Butterfly House because she felt it was quiet and peaceful there.

After Yoriichi's death, a huge weight was always pressing on her heart, making her feel depressed all the time and even making it difficult to breathe.

Is it loneliness, or a long and arduous journey?

She wasn't quite sure.

Later, when she met Tamayo, perhaps because she had met a friend with whom she was working hard, Ikuko's mood calmed down a lot.

After parting ways with Tamayo, that heavy feeling returned to my heart, and it still lingers to this day…

It seems that without realizing it, the knot in my heart has disappeared.

Yuko didn't think too much about it, simply assuming that she had arrived in the Taisho era, and with Tanjiro and the Nine Pillars of Taisho around, Muzan would definitely be defeated in this era, which is why her inner turmoil disappeared.

But it seems that's not the case.

Speaking of which, why is Shinobu here?

Why not someone else?

Tamayo, Tanjiro, Nezuko, why Shinobu of all people?

Is it because Ren is special to her?

Looking at Shinobu's profile, Yuko felt a strange sensation rising in her heart, and her soul seemed to flutter.

She opened her mouth: "Ren, could it be..."

Before Yuko could finish speaking, the surrounding space suddenly distorted, and the building began to collapse as if it were sand and gravel.

Looking up, even the sun appeared dim and began to crumble.

Yuko stood up in surprise: "What's this?"

Butterfly looked on with a smile: "It seems that Mr. Yoriichi has already dealt with the intruders."

"Yuko, you need to wake up."

The sudden change disrupted Yuko's thoughts; she hadn't expected that the person in her dream would actually possess the ability to ward off ghosts.

Seeing her surroundings rapidly becoming disjointed, Yuko finally remembered what she had wanted to ask earlier and looked anxiously at Shinobu Kocho.

"Ren, do you mean I've been mean to you..."

Suddenly, her vision was filled with a white light. Before Yuko regained consciousness, she only saw Butterfly move her lips with a forced smile, but she couldn't hear what she said.

……

The rumbling of the train filled my ears, and the dim lights gradually brightened.

Yuko tightened her grip on her Nichirin Blade and subconsciously looked around.

The human hand on the table was cleaved in two as if struck by the Breath of the Sun, disintegrating along the wound.

Yu Ziwei fell silent, never expecting that even a momentary daze could pull her into a dream.

This guy has indeed found his weakness.

Yuko didn't linger. After regaining her senses for a moment, she continued walking towards the train.

……

Meanwhile, a nightmare unfolds atop the locomotive.

"Well, I've finally become one with this train. As long as I can devour the two hundred people inside, I'll have the ability to reach the Upper Moon." Enmu stretched out his arms, enjoying the night's fierce wind. "Then I'll challenge those guys and become the new..."

Nightmare's high spirits suddenly froze. Just before Yuko returned, Nightmare finally received the will from her clone.

That woman... is not normal...