Chapter 108: Dream Prophecy

Seven days had passed since the Swordsmith Village incident, and everyone from the Swordsmith Village had safely relocated to another base.

To prevent a similar situation from happening again, several empty villages were built.

In case any unexpected events occurred, they could immediately relocate to another base.

However, the brief peace was just the calm before the storm.

After that, Ubuyashiki Kagaya convened a Pillar meeting.

Because most of the Upper Rank demons had been beheaded, although Kibutsuji Muzan had no movement now, this indirectly indicated that a great storm might descend later.

For this reason, before that, he hoped to take advantage of the current brief peace to train the low-ranking swordsmen below the Pillar level.

Regarding this plan, everyone expressed their agreement.

And the content of the training was also very simple.

Pillar Zero-Zero:

Weight-bearing training to improve one's own strength.

Sound Pillar-Uzui Tengen:

Violent special training to improve one's own physical strength.

Love Pillar-Kanroji Mitsuri:

Flexibility training to improve one's own flexibility.

Mist Pillar-Tokito Muichiro:

Speed training to improve one's own speed.

Serpent Pillar-Iguro Obanai:

Sword technique training to correct one's own sword technique.

Wind Pillar-Shinazugawa Sanemi:

Attack training to improve one's own fierce attacks.

Stone Pillar-Himejima Gyomei:

Strengthening training to improve muscle strength.

Former Flame Pillar Rengoku Shinjuro, Flame Pillar Rengoku Kyojuro, and Water Pillar Tomioka Giyu were responsible for mutual sparring training between the other Pillars.

Insect Pillar Kochou Shinobu and Flower Pillar Kochou Kanae were responsible for drug research.

After all, some swordsmen were injured because they couldn't withstand the training, so they needed the two sisters' treatment.

However, just in the first stage, many people couldn't pass Pillar Zero's weight-bearing training and were injured.

There was no way; during training, Zero once again transformed into a devil instructor, making everyone who participated in his weight-bearing training complain endlessly.

Basically, wrists and ankles each had to bear 150 jin, and the back also had to carry 100 jin of weight, then run 5 laps around the Butterfly Mansion.

This was just the beginning; after the laps were finished, they still had to do 300 push-ups.

Once they couldn't reach Zero's level of satisfaction, did you see the whip in his hand?

The whip in his hand would lash out at them mercilessly, making them suffer unspeakably.

Beep—!!!

With the sound of a whistle, Zero held the whip and supervised everyone present.

"You guys, you're not even as good as Tanjiro and the other three! They can at least bear 1200 jin, but you can't even do 700 jin!"

"Hurry up! Whoever dares to fall behind, their training will be doubled! Until it's completed!"

Upon hearing that it would be doubled, everyone immediately accelerated, fearing they would become the last one...

After Ubuyashiki Kagaya learned of this, he let Zero come to the mansion for a talk.

"Zero, why don't you stop training them, I'm afraid my children..."

Zero sighed helplessly and said: "One more drop of sweat in training means one less drop of blood on the battlefield; this kind of training is already considered the lightest."

Ubuyashiki Kagaya smiled bitterly upon hearing this: "You're right, but if they can't even pass your stage, then let alone the subsequent Pillar-level training."

"Sigh~ alright, then I won't train them, it just so happens I can go spend more time with Kanae and Mitsuri, and by the way, go patrol the area to see if there are any remaining evil demons that haven't been cleared."

This also made Ubuyashiki Kagaya breathe a sigh of relief.

However, what Zero said next made the couple even more glad about their decision not to let Zero train the low-ranking swordsmen.

"I feel very relaxed bearing several thousand jin, why can't they stand it when they bear less than 1000 jin..."

Zero drank tea and said nonchalantly.

Ubuyashiki couple: You, who even dares to beat up Kibutsuji Muzan, can you compare with them?

Kibutsuji Muzan, far away in the Infinity Castle, suddenly sneezed, a chill running down his spine.

However, before Zero left, Ubuyashiki Kagaya handed him a letter.

"Zero, if you go to Asakusa, could you trouble yourself to deliver this letter to Tamayo?"

"Alright."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Seeing this, the two smiled knowingly.

Butterfly Mansion.

Tanjiro had suffered some injuries because of the battle in the Swordsmith Village, and some places were even fractured, so he was basically recuperating in the ward now.

After the incident in the Swordsmith Village, Shinazugawa Genya also became good friends with Tanjiro.

They opened their hearts to each other and chatted.

Zao Sect Kui Zhi, upon learning that Tanjiro had woken up, made a lot of delicious food and let Nezuko send it to Tanjiro.

Only Nezuko seemed somewhat afraid to come to the Butterfly Mansion...

Tanjiro ate the delicious food his mother made while chatting with Goto, a member of the Kakushi.

He felt in his heart that if this kind of life could continue, how good that would be.

Unfortunately, as long as Kibutsuji Muzan was not eradicated, there would never be peaceful days.

"But having said that, you've been in a coma for seven days, is it really okay to eat so much food now that you're awake?"

Goto looked somewhat worriedly at Tanjiro, who was gorging himself there.

"It's no problem (chew, chew)! Miss Kanroji said (chew, chew), to eat more (chew, chew), this is good for the body."

Goto felt that Tanjiro was also starting to develop in a strange direction.

"Cough, cough... water... water!" Having eaten too much, Tanjiro almost choked.

"You really did eat too much!!" Seeing this, Goto hurriedly brought him a glass of water to soothe his throat.

Just at this moment, the ward door opened, and Haganezuka Hotaru appeared in the ward with a brand-new Nichirin Sword.

"Mr. Haganezuka, you're here! You're okay... uh... uh..." Tanjiro saw Haganezuka Hotaru's expression and instantly went silent, not daring to speak.

He saw that there seemed to be many vengeful spirits floating around Haganezuka Hotaru.

Staring at Tanjiro with a face full of anger.

Coming to Tanjiro, Goto brought him a chair to sit on.

The atmosphere was terrifyingly quiet.

After a long while, Haganezuka Hotaru handed the sword in his hand to Tanjiro and said: "This is... the fifth sword! If I see you break the sword, I will kill you!"

Tanjiro was so scared by Haganezuka Hotaru's momentum that he didn't dare to have any rebuttal and hurriedly swore: "I will definitely protect this sword well, and I will absolutely not break it again!"

Haganezuka Hotaru didn't quite believe it; if swearing were useful, the previous four swords wouldn't have been lost or broken.

He pointed his finger angrily at Tanjiro's face and scolded: "You'd better remember what you said! That person hasn't broken my sword to this day, yet you've broken four!"

"And you must always remember one thing, from now on, you must keep sending me Mitarashi Dango until you die!"

Tanjiro hurriedly agreed: "Yes, Mr. Haganezuka, I will send them!"

Finally, Haganezuka Hotaru calmed down and said: "Draw the sword and take a look."

"Oh, okay, Mr. Haganezuka."

Tanjiro sat on the hospital bed and slowly drew the Nichirin Sword.

Holding it in his hand, the entire blade gradually turned black, still as black as before, only the depth of the jet-black luster was deeper.

The tsuba position also had a 【Destroy】 character carved on it.

"The character 【Destroy】..."

"The swordsmith who forged this sword did so to destroy all evil demons; he didn't carve his own name or any other sword inscription, only that one character."

"That sword... the Pillar rank system was born, and only the Pillar's Nichirin Sword will have the characters 【Evil Demon Destruction】 carved on it."

Haganezuka Hotaru explained.

"I see, what a powerful sword..."

Before Haganezuka Hotaru left, he warned Tanjiro again not to break the sword again.

Night, Tokyo Asakusa.

Zero looked at the scene in front of him, and past events emerged in his mind one by one.

Time flew, and he didn't expect that more than three years had passed in the blink of an eye.

Subsequently, he found Tamayo's villa, took advantage of no one paying attention, walked through the wall, and entered the villa's backyard.

Tamayo, who was on the second floor, saw Zero from the window, her eyes revealing joy, and she quickly went downstairs to welcome Zero.

"Zero, long time no see!"

"Yes, long time no see."

"Come into my room and let's chat."

"Then I'll disturb you."

Yushiro sensed that his Blood Demon Art had been triggered and immediately ran downstairs to the backyard, but he didn't expect Tamayo to have already arrived in the backyard first.

The person who came was also someone who made him somewhat afraid but also helpless.

Finally, he turned around silently to prepare tea and snacks to entertain him.

Arriving at Tamayo's room.

Zero sat on the sofa, and Chachamaru also ran over at this time, lying on Zero's lap.

Tamayo sat opposite him and smiled: "What's the matter with coming here this time?"

"There is indeed one thing." Zero took the envelope from his bosom, handed it to Tamayo, and said: "This is what the head of the Demon Slayer Corps asked me to give to you."

Tamayo took the envelope and took out the letter to check.

【Respected Miss Tamayo, hello.】

【I am Ubuyashiki Kagaya, the 97th head of the Demon Slayer Corps. I entrust Zero to be my messenger, sincerely inviting you, and earnestly requesting you to come to the Demon Slayer Corps to think of a way to deal with Kibutsuji Muzan together.】

【Within the Demon Slayer Corps, there are also children who are proficient in demon physiology and medicine, and I hope you can agree.】

【Zero will protect you all the way; his status in the Demon Slayer Corps is second only to me, and I believe he will not let anyone harm you.】

【Ubuyashiki Kagaya_Personal.】

Yushiro placed the tea and snacks in front of Zero and finally stood obediently behind Tamayo.

Tamayo fell into deep thought after reading the letter's content.

Zero didn't disturb her either, stroking the cat while quietly waiting for Tamayo's reply.

After a long while, Tamayo finally spoke: "Inviting me, who is a demon, to the Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters, is this really appropriate?"

"There's nothing appropriate or inappropriate; times have changed, don't use that kind of thinking from the past to look at the modern era; overly pedantic thinking will only make people stop moving forward."

"Sigh... please give me some time, I need to think carefully."

"Mm, okay, I'll wait here."

Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters.

Ubuyashiki Kagaya, who was resting, suddenly woke up from his sleep.

Ubuyashiki Amane, seeing this, asked with concern: "Kagaya, what's wrong? Did you dream of something again?"

Ubuyashiki Kagaya wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said: "There will be an extraterrestrial visitor more powerful than Kibutsuji Muzan descending upon the Demon Slayer Corps..."

Subsequently, Ubuyashiki Kagaya told Ubuyashiki Amane about his dream prophecy.

He dreamed that there was a very huge steel giant bird, never seen before, descending from the sky, descending upon the sky of the Demon Slayer Corps.

And, seven fully armed people, five men and two women, as powerful as Zero, walked out from the body of the steel giant bird.

They all exuded the same aura as Zero and the killing intent of having experienced many battles!

The fierce momentum on their bodies, even if just seen in a dream, would make one shudder!

I'm afraid that even if there were more Kibutsuji Muzans, they would be unable to contend!

The dream prophecy ended here, and Ubuyashiki Kagaya didn't know whether those seven people were enemies or friends?

Ubuyashiki Amane, upon hearing this, also began to worry; if they weren't enemies, it would be fine, but if they were enemies, then...

"It's okay, Amane, I believe those extraterrestrial visitors are at least not enemies."

"Mm, I understand, I believe you."

After several hours of consideration, Tamayo finally made up her mind to go to the Demon Slayer Corps.

Not for anything else, exterminating Muzan was the only revenge goal in her heart, and also the long-cherished wish she had insisted on until now.

"I agree to go to the Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters with you."

"Is that so? In that case, I will escort you."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome, besides, I also want to thank you for letting Nezuko turn back into a human."

"Isn't this what we agreed on at the beginning? A fair trade."

"Yes, a fair trade."

"Zero, can I ask one thing?"

"Go ahead."

Tamayo glanced at Yushiro.

Yushiro understood and left Tamayo's room, waiting outside the door.

Tamayo calmed down the nervousness in her heart and asked: "Zero, may I ask... do you... have... have..."

"Have what?" Zero was somewhat puzzled, seeing Tamayo like this for the first time.

How should he put it?

It was like a girl who had just fallen in love, looking very shy.

"I... just... do you have..." After talking for a long time, Tamayo couldn't say anything.

One hand was tightly clutching her collar.

Zero:???

So, what on earth did she have?

Tamayo's expression now was just like when Kanae confessed to him...

Could it be...

Impossible, this is absolutely impossible... right...

He and Tamayo were just partners and pen pals.

Moreover, there was no emotional intersection between him and Tamayo.

So Zero directly rejected the idea that Tamayo liked him.

Although she was also very beautiful, just like a sunny, understanding big sister next door.

If it were in his world, the people chasing her would probably be lined up for several streets, or maybe even lined up across several dimensional worlds.

But after all, she was a widow, although it was said that she was no longer one.

However, she also had her own unique charm, and she was indeed quite attractive.

Plus her tragic past, there was a thought that made people want to protect her.

But this couldn't blame Tamayo, after all, Zero had a special temperament and charm, always able to give people a full sense of security.

Let alone people, even female demons would be inexplicably attracted.

Wasn't the original Daki also attracted and made somewhat excited?

(Zero: I mess with demons, but I don't mess with demons.)

"Miss Tamayo, if there's nothing else, please prepare as soon as possible, I will escort you to the Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters."

"Ah... okay... okay..."

Tamayo sighed and left silently, going to prepare first.

Looking at Tamayo's departing back, Zero breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, he had thought too much, and fortunately, he had thought too much, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. ===== CHAPTER 109 =====