Defeated... and in such a disgraceful manner, the young steward quietly accompanied Roy, reviewing today's battle. The opponent was clearly far superior in both "Manifested Nen Amount" and understanding of "Nen".
Unfortunately, neither "Manifested Nen Amount" nor understanding of "Nen" can be compensated through diligent training or effort; these rely more on "talent"... Wutong couldn't help but feel a bit dejected, staring blankly at the ceiling and unable to come back to reality for a long time...
"What's wrong, are you feeling discouraged already?" At the right moment, Roy turned back, leaning against the chair with a smile.
The young steward felt the warmth in his gaze and said with a wry smile, "To be honest, young master, I do feel a bit discouraged."
"Especially upon realizing that no matter how hard I try, I might never catch up to them... this sense of despair is quite unpleasant..."
Roy nodded, "Razor is also one of the best among the 'Emission', besides my grandfather and father, almost no one can defeat him in 'Emission'."
"Young master, I never intended to compete with the grandmaster and master."
"Why not?" Roy looked seriously at the young steward, "Wutong, my expectations for you are not just about Razor."
Wutong: "..."
Could it be... should I... defeat the master?
"Young master, you really have confidence in me."
"It's you who don't believe in yourself." The young lord met the astonished eyes of the steward, didn't say more, simply said with deep meaning, "Take good care of your injuries, I'll solve the other problems for you."
At the right moment, he closed the notebook.
He walked to the window, looking at the dense night being illuminated by the neon lights, creating a world of light....
Roy squinted his eyes, gently stroked the curse mark on his hand, carefully calculated the time, it was also time to resolve Muzan, restoring a piece of brightness to Demon Slayer Corps.
"Dang..."
Ten o'clock in the evening.
The church located at the center of Sherry Street, North of Weebis, rang the Big Ben on time.
The young lord pointed with his back, controlled [Magnetic Force · Repulsion] to turn off the lights.
Silently admiring the night view of Weebis in the dark, he went to bed after a while, instructed Jinx to keep watch, placed his hands folded on his abdomen, and closed his eyes for sleep.
Not long after, as time ticked by...
Soft snoring echoed gently...
Roy entered the dream, walked along the vibrant passageways of dreams to the familiar Sea of Cognition.
Without stopping, he directly pushed open the door to Demon Slayer Corps and walked inside.
"Gaa~" A Kasugai Crow circled and appeared above his head, as he beckoned it, it spat out and dropped a letter.
[Kamado Eiichiro personally opened]
[It's been a few days since we last met, how are you?]
[I have already promised Rengoku, sincerely giving up the position of leader, please take charge of the Demon Slayer Corps, enhance the strengths of all Hashira, hoping to exterminate all Evil Ghosts, please don't refuse, let's discuss again]
[Ubuyashiki Kagaya, bow with respect.]
[Taisho Year 2, April 17.]
After finishing the letter, another Kasugai Crow flew over from a distance and delivered another letter... Roy glanced at it, it was from Kyojuro Rengoku,
Detailing the events that occurred at the Ubuyashiki Clan's residence during the two days of his absence.
Roy rubbed his right hand, a small flame appeared at his fingertips, burning it to ashes.
He summoned the dashboard and noted the "Potential disciple" Ubuyashiki Kagaya, loyalty displayed as "Absolute Loyalty," not without admiration... Able to use himself and his wife and daughter as bait, facing difficulties as a family, only leaving the young son and daughter to continue the Demon Slayer business, the man's determination and resolve to remove the family curse, to kill Kibutsuji Muzan, are so intense... seemingly even more intense than Roy imagined!
Directly relinquishing the "Seat of Power", for some and even most of those in power, definitely, is more uncomfortable than killing them!
"The Demon Slayer Corps still need you to take command, I have no intention of taking the leader's position."
In the morning, the morning sun began to rise, a red sun about to appear... After receiving the letter, the young man casually wrote a reply, then showed the "Wind Breathing," rode the breeze, coordinated with the Great Success "Dark Step" leisurely along the way using [En] to kill a few hidden Evil Ghosts, gained ten points of Life Energy... Before noon, he arrived again at the place covered by wisteria flowers.
"It's Lord Eiichiro."
"Report to the Lord, Lord Eiichiro has arrived!"
At the residence of the Ubuyashiki Clan,
Upon learning of Eiichiro's return, the Nine Hashira, in rare occurrence, gathered.
Ubuyashiki Kagaya was being supported by Ten'in, sitting by a heater, wrapped in a blanket, basking in the sun, as the curse gradually worsened, visibly his physique deteriorating day by day, even though spring had long passed and early summer had arrived, he still felt cold, shivering occasionally, fragile.
"Whoosh~" A gust of wind blew by, sweeping several wisteria petals...
As members of the "In" squad rolled and crawled excitedly, ending with a thud, they prostrated on the ground, loudly reporting...
Ubuyashiki Kagaya, accompanied by his wife Ten'in, daughters Hina and Niko, and... including Gyomei Himejima, Tomioka Giyu, Shinazugawa Sanemi, all the Hashira turned their gazes....
The place once pierced through by Roy with a hundred-meter-long sword wrapped in fiery flames, penetrating the courtyard wall, amid a few wisteria petals floating down, revealed a beach, a youth's flaming red hair swaying in the wind, under the midday sun, his lips bearing a smile as usual.
"Namu Amitabha Buddha..."
"Kamado Eiichiro, we meet again."
"Indeed,"
"Eiichiro..."
"Junior Brother."
In front of the corridor, accompanied by Gyomei Himejima softly chanting the Buddha name, the Hashira saluted.
Some nodded, some gazed, some smiled, some silently watched, this reunion, the Hashira's expressions varied, yet mostly... there was a slight complexity in their eyes.
"Plop~" Following Tomioka Giyu's gentle call of "Junior Brother," he briefly nodded at Roy, then Kyojuro Rengoku, positioned at the left forefront among the Hashira, his lower body, hand pressing the Nichirin Sword, suddenly knelt on one knee, devoutly declared, "Rengoku, pays respect to Lord Eiichiro."
The small courtyard suddenly fell silent, the complexity in everyone's gaze was palpable.
Roy unperturbedly took in everything, smiled and raised his hand, lifting the youth who seemed half a head taller than him, with a thought, opening the disciple dashboard,
[Disciple: Kyojuro Rengoku]
[Religion: Church of the Sun]
[Constitution: 17→51 (Ordinary person is 1)]
[Manifested Nen Amount: D (3446/10000) (Rating based on ant)]
[Potential Qi Amount: D+ (8741/10000)]
[Loyalty: 540/1000 (Absolute Loyalty)]
[Evaluation: Elite ant squad leader level, after practicing[Ren], awaken Nenryoku, can duel all the Upper Moons, not weaker than Upper Moon One · Kokushibo]
Constitution tripled...
"Praise the Sun, Rengoku, all your efforts are rewarded. Congratulations on progressing."
"Praise the Sun. All thanks to Lord Eiichiro." Kyojuro Rengoku stood up, gratefully looking at Roy.
Roy patted his shoulder, flipped his hand to take out a thin booklet from his bosom and presented it to him, "This is the 'Sun's' gift to you, hope you won't slack off, continue striving, and soon walk the path of the divine."
"Human" and "Nen" are different, for ordinary people, mastering Nenryoku means the Nen user is no different than "God."
The booklet included Roy's subsequent development experiences of [Ren] and [Hatsu], as well as related essences recorded in father Silva and grandfather Jager's notes,
Kyojuro Rengoku barely took it and only flipped two pages, immersing deeply, his "invested" and "enraptured" stance... made everyone envious.
Just by following Kamado Eiichiro, he acquired strength surpassing Gyomei Himejima, what's recorded in this thin booklet, possibly related to "Divine Power," or other formidable things?
Even Tokitou Muichirou, who lost his memory and appeared to be a "dull head," couldn't help but crane his neck to look....
A gentle cough, abruptly brought everyone back to their senses.
Ubuyashiki Kagaya, supported by Ten'in, struggled to stand up, in front of everyone present, bowing deeply to Roy, said, "Lord Eiichiro.... "