[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-this-pillar-in-demon-slayer-is-extremely-strong-":3,"chapter-this-pillar-in-demon-slayer-is-extremely-strong--this-pillar-in-demon-slayer-is-extremely-strong--chapter-37":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","This Pillar in Demon Slayer Is Extremely Strong but Overly Cautious",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2335963,4566,"Chapter 37: Is Komaji an Upper Moon? Mitsuri","this-pillar-in-demon-slayer-is-extremely-strong--chapter-37",37,"\u003Cp>ZOOM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shadow flashed past, stirring up a cloud of dust, leaving only a gust of wind and sand in its wake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zero rode his motorcycle after days of travel and finally returned to his jurisdiction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped the motorcycle, retracted it into his [Nanospace], took out his scythe, and walked back to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters, clearing out any demons in his territory along the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saiguu Snow landed on Zero’s shoulder and began her life of laziness—no, correction, her life as a lazy raven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their master is either searching deep in the mountains or investigating hidden caves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if there are other fierce beasts inside, he makes them behave and not disturb him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once, while searching for demons at night, he entered a cave and found a giant black bear—but the bear didn’t dare resist, instead sitting quietly with several large meat buns balanced on its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the large gold brick engraved with the character “De” in Zero’s hand is truly very useful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And every time, he accurately locates the demons’ hiding places and finds them for a “friendly” chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even during the day, he can find demons and make them come out to enjoy a sunbath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it’s just like before—he doesn’t return to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters to take missions, because there’s no need.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demons never expected that after just a few peaceful days, they thought the god of death had left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zero had come back the same way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While hiding in secret places to avoid sunlight, waiting for nightfall to hunt humans and fill their bellies, they suddenly appeared under the sun and were roasted to death…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After clearing demons all day, Zero found a family with purple wisteria patterns carved on their gate and stayed overnight, continuing his journey the next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, he kept pondering a question he couldn’t solve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d only been away from his jurisdiction for a few days, yet so many demons had suddenly appeared!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just today alone, he eliminated nearly fifteen or sixteen demons, several of whom could use Blood Demon Arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could Kibutsuji Muzan really create demons that fast?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doesn’t he fear anemia?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Zero wondered—if Kibutsuji Muzan can shapeshift, then when he becomes a woman, does he also get his period?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he does get a period, does he use that blood—without wasting it—to create more demons?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then again, Kibutsuji Muzan has five brains and seven hearts—if he gets a stroke, does he get them all? Or if he gets heart disease, does he get them all too?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking it over, Zero couldn’t picture what that scene would look like. That idiot Kibutsuji Muzan probably just cuts off the damaged part and regenerates a new one—he’s the Demon King, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though his intelligence is questionable, and he’s extremely cruel and despicable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sigh… too bad this dimension has dimensional suppression—I can’t use antimatter weapons. Otherwise, with my peak power plus antimatter weapons, I’d really like to capture Kibutsuji Muzan, dissect him, and see what he’s made of!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a certain town, Kibutsuji Muzan, transformed into a woman, was accompanying her fat, greasy-faced husband when she suddenly sneezed out of nowhere, feeling a chill—as if something bad had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achoo~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on? I’m just one step away from becoming the perfect ultimate being—why did I sneeze?” Kibutsuji Muzan thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Midnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zero lay on the tatami, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strange memories kept surfacing in his mind—faint, unclear. He didn’t understand what these memories were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since arriving in this world and encountering certain events, these memories had occasionally appeared—he didn’t even know when they originated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t understand… didn’t comprehend…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat up, took out a notebook and pen, and recorded the legend told by the woodcutter, along with the three small graves he’d encountered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On a fresh page, he wrote 【Soryu Dojo】, then left space and wrote 【Kendo Dojo】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the three small graves, Zero thought for a moment, drew a line under 【Soryu Dojo】, and wrote 【Master: Keizō】; below that, two more lines: 【Daughter: Rensetsu】 and 【Disciple: Komaji】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he drew two more lines from Rensetsu and Komaji’s names and wrote 【Couple】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wrote this because, based on the woodcutter’s legend and the names on two of the three graves, he made an inference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suspected the young man in the woodcutter’s legend was Komaji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After witnessing his master and lover poisoned to death, Komaji rushed barehanded to the 【Kendo Dojo】 and slaughtered everyone…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, he returned to the 【Soryu Dojo】, buried his master and Rensetsu in the forest, and vanished without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the grave marked 【Father: Yozō】—if his guess was right, it was Komaji’s father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the legend didn’t mention Komaji’s father being poisoned—so he likely died of old age or illness, or perhaps even by suicide?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But whichever it was, it was bad for Komaji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then his gaze fell on 【Kendo Dojo】; below it, he drew a line and wrote 【Poisoned Others, Brought About Own Destruction】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But… did Komaji really disappear?” Zero wondered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flipped to the page about 【Kibutsuji Muzan】 and 【Twelve Demon Moons】, then back to the previous page, made many deductions, and arrived at the most plausible conclusion: Komaji became a demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This deduction might seem absurd to Zero, but it wasn’t impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zero imagined a hypothesis: After Komaji killed everyone in the 【Kendo Dojo】 barehanded, he buried his master and fiancée, then left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this time, Kibutsuji Muzan heard of the incident, grew curious, came to investigate, and happened upon Komaji, whose will had shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of interest, and because Komaji’s strength far surpassed ordinary humans—and Kibutsuji Muzan needed powerful subordinates—he turned him into a demon…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Edo period… that’s hundreds of years before the Taisho era. If my guess is right, his human strength plus centuries as a demon would make him an Upper Moon!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But this is still just my speculation… if it’s true, which Upper Moon would Komaji be?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze wandered over the words 【Upper Moon】 in his notebook, the pen tip hovering above them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upper Moon Five is dead, Upper Moon Two is Douma, Upper Moon One is Kokushibo—only Upper Moon Three, Upper Moon Four, and Upper Moon Six remain…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Upper Moon Six… that can’t be it. Komaji’s human strength was already far beyond others; as a demon with centuries of accumulation, his power must exceed that…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Upper Moon Four… possible, but probably not enough… then…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Zero’s gaze settled on 【Upper Moon Three】. Speculation was speculation—only time and a future encounter would reveal the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sigh… I hope I’m wrong. As a human, he already didn’t know where to go—what would he do as a demon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After days of travel, Zero returned to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters. As he prepared to head to his residence, he encountered someone unexpected: the Love Hashira, Kanroji Mitsuri.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lovestruck, adorable girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah! Mr. Zero, long time no see!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Long time no see, little Mitsuri.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Zero call her “little Mitsuri,” she blushed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He called me little Mitsuri! Does he really…?” Kanroji Mitsuri recalled past events and instantly imagined scenes in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face grew hotter; she unconsciously covered it and blurted out: “Mr. Zero, no no no~ I’m not ready yet~ Hehe~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zero stared at Kanroji Mitsuri muttering to herself, a dozen question marks floating above his head…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What does “not ready” mean? And what’s “hehe”? Is she imagining something weird?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little Mitsuri, what’s wrong? Why are you so hot?” Zero noticed her body was burning, drenched in sweat, and didn’t understand what was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahh? N-no… I’m… I’m fine… it’s just… just…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Strange, why is your face so red? Are you unwell?” Zero extended his right hand and placed it on Kanroji Mitsuri’s head to check her temperature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holy hell—he could probably crack an egg on her head and it’d turn into a fried egg!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to Kanroji Mitsuri, this act was clearly concern—she even started steaming…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He… he… he’s caring for me? Does Mr. Zero really like me? What do I do?! What do I do?! I-I… how should I tell him? Maybe… tie him up and take him home… no no, better yet—take him home to meet my parents?!” Kanroji Mitsuri had already planned her future, even thinking about how to trick… no, bring Zero home to introduce him to her parents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little Mitsuri? Little Mitsuri?” Zero noticed Kanroji Mitsuri seemed off and kept calling her name; she finally snapped out of her fantasy and hurriedly said: “Ah?! Sorry sorry, I was just thinking how to trick you…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she finished, she clapped her hand over her mouth and shook her head, insisting she hadn’t said anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zero: ?_? Did she just say something weird?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Kanroji Mitsuri quickly spoke up: “I-I… I have a mission—I’ll go now…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shuowan ， Tayiliuyandipaole ， Shengpalingwuhuileshenme ！\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Kanroji Mitsuri’s figure shrink into the distance, Zero felt his brain couldn’t process what just happened—what exactly occurred?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was she saying? All I did was touch her head to check if she was sick—did she misunderstand something?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking it over, he still couldn’t figure it out, so he gave up and headed straight to his residence to see how Xiao Yue and the Kamado family were doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kanroji Mitsuri ran to a deserted corner, touched her burning face, recalled the earlier events, felt her cheeks flush again, and her heartbeat quickened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her reason for joining was simple: to find a husband who would spend his life with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But whenever she recalled her past matchmaking attempts and the cruel words those suitors had said, a pang of sorrow welled up inside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kanroji Mitsuri was born into a large family with five siblings; she was the eldest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From birth, her physique far surpassed ordinary humans—her muscle density was eight times that of a normal person; her slender frame concealed immense strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At just one year and two months old, Mitsuri could easily lift a 15-kilogram pickled vegetable stone, terrifying even her famously fearless mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, her appetite was enormous—nearly triple the combined intake of three sumo wrestlers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After eating too many sakura mochi, her hair turned pink and green; combined with her strength surpassing most men, suitors harshly rejected her, leaving her deeply wounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, she decided to conceal her true nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She deliberately suppressed her appetite, dyed her hair back to black with dye, and spun a web of lies to portray herself as frail and weak—yet somehow, she finally succeeded in matchmaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But despite finally finding someone willing to marry her, Mitsuri realized: happiness built on lies wasn’t what she wanted. Even if she ate too much, was too strong, and had weird hair color—that was her true self.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, her next matchmaking attempt ultimately ended in failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kanroji Mitsuji joined the Demon Slayer Corps in search of a boy who would accept her true self, hoping to find a husband stronger than herself who could protect her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After joining the Demon Slayer Corps, Kanroji Mitsuji was deceived by Maeda Masao, a perverted tailor under the “Hidden” division responsible for designing uniforms, and came to believe all female Demon Slayer uniforms were open-chested—until she saw Bug Pillar Butterfly Shinobu and realized she had been tricked…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, Mitsuji became the adopted daughter of Flame Pillar Rengoku Kyojuro, then independently developed a derivative breathing technique from Flame Breathing—Love Breathing—and swiftly became the Love Pillar…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Kanroji Mitsuji became a Pillar, Lord Ubuyashiki Kagaya personally comforted her upon learning of her past, urging her to take pride in her strength and ignore public opinion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From then on, Mitsuji no longer cared for others’ criticism and lived always optimistically and cheerfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Memories of her past surfaced in Kanroji Mitsuji’s mind, and she recalled her matchmaking encounters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miss Kanroji, someone like you could only marry a cow or a bear, wouldn’t you think?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, those words had pierced her heart like a sharp thorn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She feared the same thing would happen again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Will Mr. Zero care about my past? Will he care about a girl like me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kanroji Mitsuji kept thinking about this—her physique, her hair color, and her astonishingly huge appetite…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She then resolved that next time she met Zero, she would talk to him properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Zero, should I include Butterfly Kanae and Kanroji Mitsuji in this book? You decide—I’ll revise it later. Also, I’m preparing for surgery on my left eye; it sees everything in a grayish blur and is becoming hard to see clearly, so I may temporarily stop updating for a few days. Please understand.)\u003C\u002Fp>",2107,"2026-06-20T21:22:22.338Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","d02f6f69e3de60d434b3bc41dc05e6de6bea0ff125ae1042c91b9f2e7d7fbfd2","this-pillar-in-demon-slayer-is-extremely-strong--chapter-38","this-pillar-in-demon-slayer-is-extremely-strong--chapter-36",128,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-pillar-in-demon-slayer-is-extremely-strong--cover.jpg"]