Demon Slayer: Tanjiro becomes a ghost, Nezuko becomes a pillar!

Chapter 70 Inosuke's Persistence

Tanjiro helped Nezuko up, and a sorrowful scent filled his nostrils.

He slowly turned his head to look, and Xia Yue Lu's head slowly turned into ashes and dissipated little by little.

Mizuko also sensed sadness, fear, and final regret in Lower Moon Riku's eyes.

"Although I don't know what you've been through, I still hope that in your next life you can be a better person!"

Tanjiro spoke gently to the dissipating head of Lower Moon Six.

【Thanks!】

A scent of gratitude wafted out, and Lower Moon Riku's body and head completely dissipated in the manor.

Tanjiro twitched his nose and a faint smile appeared on his face before looking at Nezuko.

"Nie Douzi, are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?"

Midouzi's right ear was slightly damaged, but fortunately he could still hear with his left ear, and he shook his head.

"Everything is fine except for the ears... Oh right, Zenitsu..."

Speaking of Zenitsu, Nezuko immediately thought of how Zenitsu's ears were almost bleeding profusely, which must have been affected by the Lower Moon Six Blood Demon Art.

Tanjiro immediately remembered as well, but just as the two of them were about to check on Zenitsu's injuries...

They both instantly sensed danger behind them.

The two dodged to the left and right almost simultaneously, and the next second, the spot where they had just been standing was cleaved in two by two Nichirin swords.

Nezuko stared at Inosuke in astonishment, somewhat confused, but when she saw Inosuke look at Tanjiro, she instantly understood.

Oh no, Inosuke thinks his brother is a ghost!

After Tanjiro recognized Inosuke, he remembered what they had said back then.

"Hey, that ghost is dangerous, let's kill it first!"

What? What did you say?

Because Inosuke had taken full brunt of Lower Moon Six's sonic attack, all he could see at that moment was Tanjiro anxiously speaking to him, seemingly trying to signal something.

Tanjiro finally realized what was happening, and gritted his teeth as he anxiously looked at Lower Moon Six, who was about to unleash his Blood Demon Art, and Inosuke, who was entangled with him.

He quickly used one hand to hold the Nichirin Blade and block Inosuke's attack, while the other hand kept gesturing to kill the Lower Moon Sixth.

Inosuke, watching Tanjiro gesturing incessantly to his name, was a little confused and couldn't help but think to himself, "Is this demon an idiot?!"

However, he quickly deciphered some of the meaning from Tanjiro's lip movements—

They'll probably join forces to take down Lower Moon Six first, and then have a final showdown with themselves.

Inosuke also sensed the danger of Lower Moon Six's next attack.

So he simply turned his head away from Tanjiro and raised his twin swords to slash at Lower Moon Six's arms.

Let's go back to the present—

While dodging Inosuke's attacks, Tanjiro looked helplessly at Nezuko, who was constantly trying to persuade Inosuke from behind.

【Nie Douzi, he can't hear now!】

"Inosuke, that's not a demon, that's my brother, he won't hurt you!"

Nezuko could only follow behind Inosuke, calling out to him incessantly.

"Red-haired brat, take this!"

Inosuke couldn't hear Nezuko's voice at all and kept swinging his twin swords at Tanjiro.

In an instant, chaos erupted in the manor. Tanjiro ran frantically ahead, Inosuke chased after him with a roar, and Nezuko was caught in the middle, stamping her feet in frustration.

Just as they were chasing and dodging, the three children in a corner of the manor heard the noise, lifted Tanjiro's haori, and looked at them.

The three of them sensed the presence of the three children and stopped in their tracks.

The child whom Tanjiro saved was holding a haori and looking at Tanjiro, as if confirming something.

Tanjiro, seeing this, also revealed a harmless smile.

"Don't be afraid, the evil spirits have been driven away by us, you... ah!"

Tanjiro was speaking gently when he was suddenly kicked in the back and sent flying.

"ah--!"

"Kids, don't be afraid, I'll kill all those evil spirits right now!"

Inosuke kicked Tanjiro away, then, wearing a boar's head mask and carrying a sword on his shoulder, arrogantly addressed the three children.

When the three children saw Inosuke wearing a boar headgear, they thought they had encountered another ferocious beast and huddled together in fright.

Just as Inosuke saw them in shock and confusion, Nezuko hit him hard on the head from behind.

"You're scaring these children, Inosuke!"

Midouzi was clearly standing up for her brother, so she threw an exceptionally hard punch.

"What are you doing, Hana-chan!"

"That's my brother, not a ghost. Besides, you're scaring the child by bringing this!"

"What did you say? You're all talk and no action!"

"I……"

"What?"

The three children hid in the corner, watching a beautiful older sister teach a wild boar a lesson. They glanced at her curiously for a few moments, but soon turned their attention to Tanjiro, who had come to their side.

Looking at Tanjiro's slightly protruding fangs, a hint of fear appeared on her face.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I won't hurt you!"

Seeing their fear, Tanjiro stopped and gently knelt down to explain.

"Hey, you evil spirit, stay away from the child..."

"Stop fooling around, Inosuke!"

"Hua Douzi, what are you doing? Don't get in my way while I'm saving people!"

Mizuko was speechless upon hearing Inosuke's words, but she knew that Inosuke wasn't a bad person at heart and didn't know her brother's stance, so she could only pull him towards Zenitsu's direction.

"Hua Douzi, do you want to settle things with me? Fine, this great one..."

"Shut up!"

As the sound faded into the distance, the children felt a sense of security and slowly raised their heads to look at Tanjiro in front of them.

"Brother, who are you...?"

"Hmm... Never mind me for now. Do you still know where your home is?"

Tanjiro knew that his identity as a demon was not suitable for repeating the story to these children who had encountered demons, so he changed the subject and asked a different question.

Meanwhile, Inosuke could only sit cross-legged on the ground, resentfully watching Tanjiro talk to the children, and then turn to look at Nezuko, who kept calling for Zenitsu.

"Why aren't they saying anything, just talking!"

Inosuke's voice came out muffledly from inside the boar head mask, and then he looked at Nezuko and Tanjiro.

"Hana-zuko and the red-haired demon are both very powerful. I'm going to have a duel with them in a bit!"

After a while, Tanjiro put on his haori and came to Nezuko's side, carrying one of the injured children.

"How's Mi Douzi?"

"The situation is not good; the breathing is very weak, and there is blood all over the ears!"

After examining Wan Yi's condition, Mi Douzi frowned and said...

Tanjiro looked at Zenitsu with a solemn expression, but the child in his arms spoke up.

"I know an old woman in a village who knows how to treat illnesses..."