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

The chirping of birds echoed through the village at dawn, and Shinazugawa Genya groggily opened his eyes.

An unfamiliar ceiling...

"Uh~"

He propped himself up on the tatami mat with his elbows and tried to get up, but as soon as he moved, a sharp pain shot through the back of his neck.

"Sigh~"

Genya Shinazugawa gasped, his arm stiffening as he reached for the back of his head.

My neck hurts so much...

Shinazugawa Genya bared his teeth, his expression instantly contorting.

What happened last night?

Did he do anything?

Before his brain could complete the connection, a gray fur suddenly flashed in the corner of his eye.

Genya Shinazugawa glanced over instinctively and shrank back in fright.

A huge pig's head lay sprawled beside him, its wise blue eyes staring blankly at the ceiling.

“zZZZZ…”

"What? It was this guy..." Shinazugawa Genya couldn't breathe a sigh of relief. His mind instantly cleared, and his pupils contracted slightly.

Last night... it seems he went to peep with that bunch of idiots...

Nonsence!

No.

Last night, he seemed to have acted impulsively and charged at this guy.

……

and then?

Then what happened?

A look of confusion flashed in Shinazugawa Genya's eyes; his memory only remained of the two of them charging forward.

Wow...

The door was suddenly pulled open.

"Ah, Genya, you're awake." Tanjiro asked with delight, holding a plate full of rice balls. "How are you? Are you feeling alright?"

"My body?" Shinazugawa Genya moved his neck uncomfortably, his brows furrowed. "What exactly happened yesterday? I don't remember anything?"

"Huh?" Tanjiro was taken aback.

Oh no, could it be that Miss Yuko hit too hard and damaged her brain?

"That woman knocked us unconscious with one slash." Inosuke, who had gotten up and was squatting in front of the food tray, stuffing a rice ball into his mouth, replied indistinctly.

Shinazugawa Genya's expression was somewhat strange: "With a sword?"

Tanjiro held up one finger: "Whoa, didn't Miss Yuuko not draw her sword back then? She must have been fighting with her sword in its sheath, right?"

Although he was distracted by Zenitsu and didn't see how the two of them fell, since Inosuke said so, he must be right.

"Huh? You must be joking?" Shinazugawa Genya's expression was rather unpleasant; he had absolutely no memory of it.

His last memories were of that pig-headed man wielding his Nichirin Blade and charging forward before him.

If what these two guys said is true, then doesn't that mean that the woman took care of him the moment she defeated this pig-headed man?

Shinazugawa Genya looked at Inosuke, who was eating voraciously, with some suspicion and uncertainty.

Is this guy really not talking nonsense?

Tanjiro replied honestly, "I'm not talking nonsense, otherwise Genya wouldn't be lying here, right?"

Shinazugawa Genya: ...

Tanjiro glanced around: "By the way, hasn't Zenitsu returned yet?"

Isn't that blond guy a pervert?

Shinazugawa Genya glanced around the room. This wasn't his room. This guy and that blond guy must have brought him back last night.

While eating, Inosuke didn't forget to reply, "What happened to that guy?"

At this point, Tanjiro's lips twitched unnaturally: "Zenitsu... got caught by Shinobu."

"I've had diarrhea since last night, and I've probably been to the toilet seven or eight times already..."

Zenitsu was cut by Shinobu's Nichirin Blade and immediately collapsed. He has been suffering from stomach problems since he woke up in the middle of the night.

The wound wasn't deep, just a simple abrasion, but Miss Ren was a master of poisons, skilled at torturing both humans and ghosts.

When Tanjiro went to the kitchen to eat, Zenitsu was going to the toilet for the seventh time.

"That guy Shinobu... he's definitely most dangerous when he's laughing." Inosuke shuddered. So it was a good thing that Yuuko knocked them both out.

Tanjiro, embarrassed, said, "No... I think we were in the wrong."

"Genya, aren't you going to eat?" Tanjiro handed Genya a rice ball.

Genya Shinazugawa was in a daze at the moment and casually slapped Tanjiro's hand away.

Xuanmi's face turned ashen: "I still can't believe it."

Although my memory is a bit hazy, the pig's head must have been several meters away from me at the time.

Because he was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening and followed.

"Even a pillar couldn't achieve that distance."

At that distance... is it really possible to defeat both of them instantly without being detected while out of his sight?

He didn't think he was stronger than Zhu, but it was impossible for him not to notice anything unusual under those circumstances.

In his memory, Yuko had always stood still in the same spot.

Tanjiro opened his mouth but before he could speak, the door opened again, and a weak voice came through.

"I'm not lying... Miss Yuko... is really strong."

Tanjiro's face lit up with joy: "Zenitsu, you're back..."

Tanjiro's smile froze.

Oh dear, that's terrible...

Zenitsu Agasa was seen leaning against the door, his legs trembling, his hair disheveled and piled on top of his head, looking utterly dejected as if he hadn't eaten or slept for days.

Shinazugawa Genya glanced at him sideways: "Strong? Are you saying that woman is stronger than a Pillar?"

A pillar? Is it very strong?

You didn't see the Pillar being hung up and beaten by Yuko. Even the most cheerful Flame Pillar had some existential doubts halfway through, and unusually became listless for two days, even speaking less.

"Tanjiro is a Pillar, ask him." Zenitsu rolled his eyes listlessly, his face even more pale and exhausted than Genya Shinazugawa's.

He's now hesitant to even eat rice balls.

Shinazugawa Genya was taken aback: "Who is a Pillar?"

Zenitsu pointed expressionlessly at Tanjiro, who looked embarrassed.

The title of Pillar is definitely not something Tanjiro can be proud of.

Because he was too weak to be worthy of the title of Pillar.

"Huh? He's a Pillar?" Genya Shinazugawa's eyes widened. "Weren't we from the same class?"

Why are you the pillar?

Genya Shinazugawa, who had been training with Gyomei Himejima, could not accept that someone of his generation had become a Pillar before him.

"Heh." Zenitsu gave a pale laugh. "What's so special about that? That Mist Pillar, didn't he become a Pillar after only two months of wielding a sword?"

Moreover, if you had Tanjiro's luck and survived, you would also be a Pillar.

Consider that in less than a year since they became Demon Slayers, they encountered the Twelve Demon Moons, a series that most people might never experience in their entire lives.

Especially the waxing crescent moon, which other pillars might not encounter for several years or even decades.

They clashed with three of them at once, including Upper Moon One.

Just standing in front of him was a test of courage; even Zhu couldn't ignore that pressure.

At this point, there's really nothing that can really break Zenitsu.

Well, not counting the guy who became a Pillar after wielding a sword for two months.