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

Chapter 240 1 There must be some mistake somewhere.

Giyu Tomioka's residence.

Tanjiro looked at Giyu Tomioka with his beady eyes and a simple, honest expression.

Yoshiyuki Tomioka's eye twitched almost imperceptibly. He closed his eyes and began to meditate, not intending to pay any attention to him.

Tanjiro tilted his head and leaned slightly forward.

……

Tanjiro stretched his neck forward.

……

Tanjiro...

Giyu Tomioka couldn't help but open his eyes.

Seeing this, Tanjiro asked with delight, "Giyu-san, are you awake?"

No, he didn't sleep at all.

No, no, he can't even meditate properly.

Giyu Tomioka stared at him expressionlessly: "What exactly do you want?"

"I'd like to invite you to participate in special training." Tanjiro said sincerely, "I'd like to ask you to train me."

Giyu Tomioka replied calmly, "No."

"Why? I smell anger emanating from you. What are you angry about?" Tanjiro's straightforward expression made Giyu Tomioka feel no dislike at all. "Is it because I disturbed your rest?"

I hope you understand.

Giyu Tomioka muttered to himself, then said indifferently, "I'm annoyed that you haven't mastered Water Breathing to its fullest extent."

"You must become a water column."

Tanjiro scratched his head in a flustered manner: "I'm really sorry, but I've also talked to Master Urokodaki. It seems that changing the breathing technique you're using or creating a new one isn't that unusual."

"Especially the Water Breathing technique, which is based on the basic skills, so there are many derived breathing techniques."

"Furthermore, Miss Yuko said that my physique seems to be more suited to the training of Sun Breathing."

Even before he participated in the final selection, Ms. Yuko had already discussed this matter with Master Urokodaki.

In fact, the members of the Demon Slayer Corps don't care whether their swordsmanship is recognized by others. As long as they can better slay demons, it doesn't matter if their breathing techniques and sword forms are replaced.

But Tanjiro clearly misunderstood Giyu's meaning.

“That’s not what I meant,” Giyu Tomioka said calmly. “Now that the Water Pillar is absent, someone must become the Water Pillar as soon as possible.”

Tanjiro was taken aback: "The Water Pillar is absent?"

"Isn't Mr. Yiyong here?"

Throughout the centuries-long history of the Demon Slayer Corps, the Water Pillar and the Flame Pillar have almost always been present in every generation.

In response, Giyu simply said calmly, "I am not a water column."

Tanjiro couldn't help but show a worried expression.

He could smell a very sad aura about Mr. Yiyong.

What's wrong?

"Go back now." Yi Yong stood up, making a gesture as if to leave.

Since you're not leaving, then I'll leave, okay?

Even after he had said all that, Tanjiro remained seated, motionless.

Giyu Tomioka: "..."

“Go back,” he repeated.

Tanjiro said confidently, "Yes! I understand!"

Yoshiyuki Tomioka breathed a sigh of relief; he finally understood.

however……

Tanjiro remained seated, looking at him with a very sincere gaze.

What do you mean?

Perhaps sensing the confusion on Giyuu's face, Tanjiro confidently declared, "Don't worry, Giyuu-san, I will not leave you!"

Just as Miss Yuko said.

Giyu Tomioka: "???"

Seeing that Giyu Tomioka did not refute him, Tanjiro felt a sense of relief.

Just as Ms. Yuko said, Mr. Yiyong's words should be taken in reverse.

Letting him go back was actually a way of not wanting him to leave...

boom! ! !

The gate was tightly shut, and Tanjiro's wise expression remained frozen on his face.

One... He must have made a mistake somewhere.

……

"Pfft~"

In the Butterfly Mansion corridor, Ikuko nearly spat out her flower tea after listening to Tanjiro persuade Giyu.

Tanjiro: "...Didn't you say that we should just take Giyu-san's words as sarcasm?"

Yu Zi choked twice, then looked at him with a wry smile: "I didn't mean to be mean."

Tanjiro: "But those are unpleasant words."

Yu Zi rolled her eyes: "Is it bad enough to just ask you to leave that place?"

Tanjiro's lips twitched slightly as he thought, "By the way, Miss Yuuko, what does it mean that Mr. Giyuu said he's not the Water Pillar?"

"Not a water column?" Yuko frowned.

She couldn't quite remember the development of the plot and characters, and there wasn't much information about Giyuu recorded in her notebook. Master Urokodaki didn't talk much about Giyuu either.

All I know is that Yiyong is a cold-faced but warm-hearted person who doesn't know how to talk.

As for why he felt he wasn't a water column, Yuko wasn't quite sure either.

This probably means that Giyu feels he is not worthy of being called the Water Pillar.

It must be related to something from the past, and when it comes to Giyuu, the only thing she can think of is Sabito, who wears a disaster-averting mask.

He seemed to be in the same cohort as Giyu, and then he died in the final selection.

If she had to put it into words, Yuko could only connect it to this, but she couldn't understand Giyuu's thoughts.

Yuko shook her head: "Sorry, I'm not too sure either."

"If you want to know, you can ask Kanae; she probably knows something."

As the most popular female member of the Demon Slayer Corps, Kanae can get along well with anyone.

"I see." Tanjiro said with a hint of regret.

Just then, a raven flew in from a distance.

"Miss Yuko, Lord Tamayo requests your presence."

It was a kasuri crow given to Tamayo by Kagaya Ubuyashiki for communication.

Because they were demons, it wasn't so convenient for her and Yushiro to go out looking for people, and not everyone in the Demon Slayer Corps was without complaints about them.

Aside from the Pillars, few swordsmen knew of their existence.

Just like there are still many swordsmen who don't know her identity, they only know that there is a female swordsman whose swordsmanship is comparable to that of the Pillar living in the Butterfly Mansion.

Is Tamayo looking for her?

“I’ll go right away.” Yuko nodded and turned to Tanjiro, saying, “Giyu isn’t good at communicating with people. If you keep bothering him, he’ll probably lose patience soon.”

Tanjiro scratched his head: "Really?"

Yu Zi smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Anyway, keep it up, young man."

Tanjiro paused for a moment: "Did Miss Ikuko get some inspiration from Giyu-san's sword design?"

"Hmm? Why do you say that?" Yu Zi asked, slightly puzzled.

Tanjiro gestured a couple of times: "Because, Miss Ikuko seems to be quite relaxed."

He had felt anxious and worried ever since he smelled Yuko's scent.

That feeling is gone now.

Yu Zi paused for a moment, then, thinking about what happened yesterday, she coughed twice, her face slightly flushed, and said, "It's nothing."

He smelled the scent of a lie.

Tanjiro scratched his head, not wanting to pursue the matter of Miss Yuuko's lie.