"Nezuko! Rokkuta!" Kneeling in the snow, Tanjirou looked at his younger siblings, covered in blood, and found himself unable to breathe from the pain.
"What happened? What on earth happened?!" Turning to look at the entrance, Tanjirou was completely stunned.
Walking into the house, Takeo, Hanako, and his mother were all dead.
The series of blows directly caused him to collapse to the ground, his knees and hands covered in their blood.
His hollow eyes gazed at his closest relatives.
Where was Brother Yang Quan?
He wasn't anywhere to be seen, yet the scent of his blood was everywhere.
Brother Yang Quan was severely injured!
Tanjirou searched for Yoizumi's trace, only to find a large pool of blood and a severed arm not far from Nezuko.
He knew that with this amount of bleeding, Brother Yang Quan's chances of survival were slim.
Among everyone, only Nezuko still had body warmth.
Tanjirou carried her on his back, running quickly through the mountains.
The snow was thick, the air cold, and each breath brought a bone-chilling cold that stimulated his lungs, causing a stinging pain.
"Why did it turn out like this!"
"Was it a bear?"
"It's still a long way to the town, I need to go faster!"
"Big brother will save you, Nezuko!"
"I will never let you die!" Tears streamed down, blurring his vision, but Tanjirou dared not slow down.
He leaped over one fallen tree after another, not noticing that Nezuko on his back had moved.
Nezuko's violent movements caused Tanjirou to slip and fall to a lower spot, but fortunately, the thick snow ensured he was unharmed.
Getting up, he immediately looked for Nezuko, and seeing his sister standing not far away, Tanjirou ran to her.
"Don't stand up, big brother will carry you to town."
Nezuko suddenly lunged, pouncing on Tanjirou, attempting to bite him.
Using his axe to fend off her sharp fangs, Tanjirou saw the vertical pupils in her pink eyes and realized this was a demon!
The demons that Saburo-jii-san spoke of!
Was Nezuko a demon? No, she had been human since birth, but her scent was different from the usual Nezuko.
That wasn't her doing; she had fallen while protecting Rokkuta!
And!
There was another scent!
..."There was another scent in the house that day."
Tanjirou's voice was urgent as he said this, clenching his fists.
"What was it?" Yoizumi listened quietly.
"It was Kibutsuji Muzan! He did it!" Every time he thought of that name, Tanjirou's heart would be overwhelmed by intense hatred.
This culprit who destroyed his family, who turned Brother Yang Quan and Nezuko into demons, he would kill him with his own hands!
Kibutsuji Muzan... It seemed there was another reason to hunt demons.
Yoizumi already believed Tanjirou's words.
The familiarity he felt from the two of them wouldn't lie.
The one who made him lose his memory, lose his family, and brought so much suffering to the world.
Kibutsuji Muzan deserved to die!
Looking at the Demon Slayer Corps uniform on Tanjirou, Yoizumi had a question.
"You joined the Demon Slayer Corps, and you're carrying a demon.
Does the Demon Slayer Corps know about this?"
Tanjirou shook his head, "The only ones who know are Mr. Giyu Tomioka, the Water Hashira, and my trainer, Mr. Urokodaki."
As expected, the Demon Slayer Corps' attitude towards demons was still zero tolerance.
If it was exposed, all these people would be implicated.
"Where are you going next?"
"Me? I still have missions to do.
Oh, right! How about I take you, Brother Yang Quan, to meet Miss Tamayo?" Tanjirou clasped his hands together.
Brother Yang Quan also hadn't eaten humans, and he had lived alone for so long, so there must be some special aspects to him.
Perhaps Miss Tamayo would know something.
"Tamayo?" Yoizumi tilted his head.
"She is also a demon, but her goal, like ours, is to kill Kibutsuji Muzan."
Taking Yoizumi back to that alley, because of the illusion spell, they could only detect its presence nearby by scent, but couldn't accurately pinpoint its exact location.
Tanjirou jumped up and down, shouting as he did so.
"Mr. Yushiro! Miss Tamayo~!"
"Where are you?"
"Yushiro..."
"Shut up! You idiot, do you want everyone else to notice this place?" A young face suddenly appeared on the wood.
He had dark blue-black short hair, pale skin, uneven bangs, and the vertical pupils of a demon in his dark purple eyes.
He was also a demon, but without malice.
Looking at the half-head that popped out, Yoizumi wasn't overly surprised.
Demons always had all sorts of strange abilities.
Yushiro's face was foul.
Why was this person interrupting his and Lady Tamayo's private time again?
Looking at the unfamiliar person, Yushiro's expression turned cold.
This guy was a demon!
He turned to Tanjirou and said angrily:
"Why did you bring a strange demon here! Are you trying to harm us!"
"No, Brother Yang Quan is a good person... demon, he definitely doesn't mean to harm you."
Tanjirou stood between the two demons, preventing a fight.
"Who knows? He might be sent by Kibutsuji Muzan."
Yushiro stared intently at the calm-faced, golden-haired, blue-eyed demon before him.
If the other party made even the slightest move, he would immediately take Lady Tamayo and leave.
"Yushiro."
Tamayo emerged from the barrier, her light purple eyes sizing up Yoizumi.
She smiled faintly, then asked everyone to come inside to talk.
"Everyone, come inside.
This is not a good place to talk."
The group walked into the house, which was still in a dilapidated state from the previous battle.
They moved to a relatively clean area and knelt on the ground.
Yushiro still looked wary, staring intently at Yoizumi.
Tamayo gently reminded him, "Yushiro, you cannot be so rude."
"Lady Tamayo, but..."
With a glance from Tamayo, Yushiro reluctantly lowered his head, but still subtly glared at Yoizumi.
The female demon before him appeared to be around 25-30 years old.
Her black hair was entirely coiled up, making her look exceptionally gentle.
Her light purple eyes lacked the characteristic vertical pupils of a demon.
Her deep purple kimono was adorned with camellia flowers, exuding a serene beauty, though her expression always carried a hint of sorrow.
"Nice to meet you, I am Tamayo, just call me Tamayo."
Yushiro gritted his teeth and glared fiercely.
If he dared to call Lady Tamayo by her name, he would not let him off!
"Yoizumi."
"Miss Tamayo, Brother Yang Quan's situation is similar to my sister's, but he has completely lost his memory."
Tanjirou said this while preventing Nezuko from continuing to crawl around on the floor.
"Completely lost memory... Generally, demons who lose their memory mostly do so because they cannot bear demon blood and become monsters that only want to eat humans.
The other reason is having their memories directly drained, and the one who can do that..." Tamayo stroked Nezuko's head as she climbed onto her lap, letting her nuzzle her hand dependently, revealing a faint smile.
But as she finished speaking, her expression turned cold.
"The one who can do that is only Kibutsuji Muzan."
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