I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

"The weak have no right to choose whether to plunder or be plundered!"

"Want to cure your sister? Find your enemy?"

"Ridiculous! Absurd—!"

Giyu Tomioka, looking "angry," stared at the dazed Tanjiro and said:

"The weak have no right to choose. Even if they use all their strength, they can only be suppressed by the strong! And the method to cure your sister is probably only known by those evil spirits. But! I don't think those evil spirits will listen to your prayers and will."

As Kanroji Mitsuri watched the projected image, she unconsciously covered her blushing cheeks and said to Tomioka Giyu on the screen:

"Tomioka-kun looks so handsome!"

Obanai Iguro, who was standing to the side, was stunned for a moment after hearing Mitsuri Kanroji's words. Then, as if he had thought of something, he looked at Giyu Tomioka with an expression as if he were looking at a love rival. Giyu Tomioka was also puzzled by Obanai Iguro's inexplicable "hostility".

Was there anything wrong with what I said?

Chapter 471 [Showing Demon Slayer to the Demon Slayer Corps (Part 3)]

In the following plot, Giyu Tomioka, who has kidnapped Nezuko, tells Tanjiro, holding his Nichirin Blade, that he will not listen to his requests. He also says things like, "Why didn't you use your axe? Why did you expose your back to me?" and "This is how your mistakes led to the loss of your sister; it's as if you came here to kill my sister."

In the next scene, everyone saw what Giyu Tomioka was thinking.

Don't cry, don't despair, this is not what you should be doing right now.

I know you've been devastated. Your family was murdered, and your sister became a cannibal. It must be incredibly painful... You must want to scream it out, right? I know all that.

If I had arrived half a day earlier, your family might not have been killed, but there is no magic in the world that can turn back time.

Seeing this, Shinobu Kocho looked at Giyu Tomioka with a teasing expression and said:

"Oh my, I never expected Tomioka-kun to be so kind~"

Upon hearing Shinobu's words, Giyu Tomioka turned away with a blank expression. Although he seemed to disdain talking to Shinobu, he was actually incredibly shy inside. After all, Giyu Tomioka was not good at expressing his feelings, which meant that the Pillars' impression of him was only superficial.

But to their surprise, Giyu Tomioka turned out to be a seemingly cold but actually warm-hearted good boy.

This slightly improved the impression of Giyu Tomioka among the Pillars present.

Meanwhile, Kanroji Mitsuri, once again swooning over her crush, couldn't help but think to herself as she looked at Tomioka Giyuu on the projection screen:

Wow... Tomioka-kun, who's cold on the outside but warm on the inside, this character design sounds amazing...

When Obanai Iguro saw Mitsuri Kanroji swooning over Giyu Tomioka on the screen, he immediately stared at Giyu Tomioka, who was not far away, like a rattlesnake, as if he were looking at an enemy.

Giyu Tomioka, who was being stared at by Obanai Iguro, was also confused. Why was he being targeted by Obanai Iguro again?

Did I say something to upset him on the projected image?

Yoshiyuki Tomioka expressed his doubts about this.

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In the following episode, in order to encourage Tanjiro to make up his mind for his sister, Giyu Tomioka picked up his Nichirin Blade and stabbed Nezuko.

When Tanjiro saw his sister being stabbed, he yelled at Giyu Tomioka to stop, and at the same time, he pulled a stone out of the snow and threw it at Giyu Tomioka.

Giyu Tomioka used the hilt of his Nichirin Blade to block the stone thrown by Tanjiro.

After throwing the first stone, Tanjiro immediately ran around Giyu Tomioka. Before getting behind a tree, Tanjiro, wielding an axe, threw another stone at Giyu Tomioka. Giyu Tomioka simply tilted his head to dodge Tanjiro's second stone attack.

When Giyu Tomioka came to his senses, he saw Tanjiro charging towards him as if he were holding an axe.

Seeing Tanjiro's emotionally driven attack, Giyu Tomioka angrily called him stupid.

The Pillars present shook their heads in regret at Tanjiro's emotionally driven attack, after all, a Pillar's strength was not something a kid with little combat experience could defeat in such a way.

The scene that followed was exactly as they expected: Tanjiro was mercilessly slammed to the ground with the hilt of his sword by the enraged Giyu Tomioka, and then passed out.

However, in the scene, Giyu Tomioka suddenly noticed that the axe that should have been in Tanjiro's hand was nowhere to be seen, and Giyu Tomioka also showed a look of surprise for a moment.

The pillars present were also puzzled by the disappearance of the axe. Why did the axe suddenly vanish?

Soon everyone understood what was happening. The axe flying through the air flew towards Giyu Tomioka, who had just reacted. Giyu Tomioka, seeing this, quickly tilted his head to dodge the flying axe attack. With a thud, the axe chopped off several strands of Giyu Tomioka's hair and stuck them into the tree behind him.

Looking at the giant axe just centimeters away from him, Giyu Tomioka was filled with lingering fear. If he had been a second or two slower, his ear might have been chopped off.

The Pillars present were also very curious about the axe that suddenly appeared in the air. They clearly remembered that the axe should have been in Tanjiro's hand, so how did it appear in the air?

The Pillars then witnessed Tanjiro's actions. They watched as Tanjiro used a stone to distract Giyu Tomioka, then used the trees as cover to throw his axe into the air.

At the same time, Tanjiro deliberately struck a pose as if he wanted to chop someone with an axe to hide the fact that he didn't have an axe in his hand, in order to attract Giyu Tomioka's attention.

Uzui Tengen's eyes lit up when he saw Tanjiro's plan. To be honest, he didn't expect Tanjiro to be able to calmly think of a countermeasure under such circumstances. Uzui Tengen couldn't help but feel that the plan of this boy named Tanjiro was brilliant, although it was a little bit inferior to his own.

Meanwhile, Rengoku Kyojuro, who was standing to the side, also had a good opinion of Tanjiro's ability to think even under such circumstances. He said that if Tanjiro joined the Demon Slayer Corps, given enough training time, he might even become a Pillar.

What happened next surprised everyone. After seeing Tanjiro knocked unconscious on the ground, Nezuko suddenly broke free of Giyu Tomioka's restraints and kicked him far away. After realizing what was happening, Giyu Tomioka saw Nezuko rushing towards the unconscious Tanjiro.

Upon seeing this scene, Giyu Tomioka immediately became tense. Giyu Tomioka and the Pillars present in the scene couldn't help but worry about Tanjiro. However, the scene they were worried about was not shown. Instead, Nezuko stood by Tanjiro's side, glaring angrily at Giyu Tomioka.

This scene greatly surprised the Pillars present. It was unbelievable that a sister who had become a demon would protect her brother.

Chapter 472 [Showing Demon Slayer to the Demon Slayer Corps (Part 4)]

As Kagaya Ubuyashiki looked at Nezuko protecting her brother, he couldn't help but think of the letter that Sakonji Urokodaki had sent a few years ago. The letter had mentioned that Nezuko, who had become a demon, wouldn't eat people.

In the letter, Urokodaki Sakonji was also very surprised by Nezuko's current situation. To be honest, he had never seen anyone like Nezuko who could suppress her appetite after becoming a demon and use sleep to resist the urge to eat people and recover herself.

When Kagaya Ubuyashiki saw the scene in the letter, he couldn't help but think of two demons, Tamayo and Yushiro.

Although the two did not have a strong cannibalistic desire like ghosts, they still maintained a minimal level of eating, simply drinking blood and the like.

After all, Tamayo is a doctor, so she can come into contact with many patients and collect blood from them to make a living.

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In the next projected scene, Nezuko rushed towards Giyu Tomioka, but was knocked unconscious by Giyu's karate chop and fell to the ground. The following scene shows Giyu Tomioka asking Tanjiro to take his sister to see his master, Sakonji Urokodaki.

The Pillars, witnessing this scene, looked at Giyu Tomioka with surprise. There was no doubt that Giyu Tomioka's act of protecting Nezuko had violated the rules established by the Demon Slayer Corps.

Fortunately, Kagaya Ubuyashiki, who was standing nearby, explained the situation regarding Nezuko and Tanjiro to the Pillars. If Kagaya Ubuyashiki hadn't said anything, most of the Pillars present would probably have tied up Giyu Tomioka.

This also allowed Giyu Tomioka to escape the fate of being tied up like a prisoner.

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While most of the Pillars didn't agree with Nezuko and Tanjiro's decision, especially Gyomei Himejima, Sanemi Shinazugawa, Obanai Iguro, and Tengen Uzui, they were against keeping Nezuko alive. Shinobu Kocho, Mitsuri Kanroji, and Kyojuro Rengoku chose to observe Nezuko before making a decision, while Muichiro Tokito seemed to be completely out of touch, so he could be considered to have abstained.

Giyu Tomioka, on the other hand, chose to side with Nezuko and Tanjiro.

Ji Lin smiled and said regarding the pillars' choice:

"Although you made this decision, you agreed to temporarily observe Nezuko's condition in the future."

Hearing Ji Lin's words, everyone looked bewildered, while Shinobu Kocho, who seemed to have come to her senses, looked at Ji Lin with a puzzled expression and asked:

"Ah... Hime-rin, how did we agree to keep Nezuko in the future? Could you tell us?"

Ji Lin was naturally willing to answer Shinobu's question, but she chose not to spoil it for the Pillars and instead told them to read the manga.

Curious about why he agreed to let Nezuko stay and observe, the manga's plot soon leads to the place where Urokodaki Sakonji and Tanjiro met.

In this scene, we see Tanjiro encountering a demon in a temple. Nezuko, upon seeing the human corpse, simply holds a bamboo tube in her mouth, remaining motionless and drooling, but does not pounce on it.

Later, during Tanjiro's fight with the demon, he helped Tanjiro kick off the demon's head. Then, with the cooperation of the two, they finally managed to control the demon. The most memorable scene for everyone was when Tanjiro hit the demon with his head, and they never expected that Tanjiro's head was so hard.

Then comes the story of Tanjiro meeting Sakonji Urokodaki.

After these events concluded, Tanjiro told Urokodaki Sakonji about his situation and hoped that Urokodaki Sakonji would take him as his apprentice.

Urokodaki Sakonji agreed to Tanjiro's request, but first he required Tanjiro to pass his trials before becoming his apprentice.

On the treacherous Mount Sagiri, Tanjiro barely made it through the trial, looking quite disheveled. After seeing Tanjiro pass the trial, Urokodaki Sakonji agreed to take Tanjiro as his apprentice.

After a year and a half of training, Urokodaki Sakonji brought Tanjiro to a boulder on the mountain and gave him a task: if he could cut the boulder without damaging his Nichirin Blade, he would allow him to participate in the Final Selection.

Seeing this scene, Giyuu Tomioka looked on with a nostalgic expression as he watched the plot on the projection screen. Long ago, as an apprentice, he had also had this training mission, but compared to his senior brothers and sisters, he was still far behind...

Soon, Tanjiro was stumped by the boulder in the projected image. Tanjiro tried to cut the boulder repeatedly but failed. Just when Tanjiro was in a state of distress, a boy wearing a fox mask appeared.

Seeing that familiar mask, Giyu Tomioka couldn't help but stand up and say:

"Qiang, Senior Brother Qian Tu?!"

Everyone present looked surprised at the astonished look on Tomioka Giyuu's face. It seemed that the masked boy on the projected screen was someone Tomioka Giyuu knew.

Uzui Tengen looked at Tomioka Giyuu, who had stood up, with a curious expression and asked:

"Hey, Tomioka, do you know that guy wearing the fox mask?"

Upon hearing Tengen Uzui's question, Giyu Tomioka nodded and said:

"Um... he's my fellow disciple, his name is Qin Tu, and he's also my good friend..."

After hearing Giyu Tomioka's answer, the Pillars present knew who this person named Sabito was, but why did they not seem to have heard of this person in the Demon Slayer Corps?

What Giyu Tomioka said next shocked everyone present.

"But... Sabito died during the final selection a few years ago... But why...?"

Upon hearing Tomioka Giyuu's words, Uzui Tengen struck a strange pose and said:

"Wait, according to Tomioka, this boy named Sabito died several years ago? But what's with Sabito appearing here?! Is he a ghost?!"

Chapter 473 [Showing Demon Slayer to the Demon Slayer Corps (Part 5)]

After hearing Yu Sui Tianyuan's question, the others were skeptical about the existence of ghosts. Ji Lin, looking unsure of what to say, addressed the group:

"Um... actually, the Sabito who appeared in front of Tanjiro was indeed a ghost."

Hearing Ji Lin's words, everyone was quite surprised. It was clear that Ji Lin's words were a bit hard for them to imagine. Tomioka Giyuu looked at Sabito on the screen and didn't know what to think.

To be honest, the fact that his senior brothers and sisters had become ghosts and remained with their master made Tomioka Giyuu very sad. Meanwhile, Kocho Shinobu, standing nearby, looked at Hime Rin curiously and asked:

"Sister Ji Lin, if this Sabito is a ghost, then why is Tanjiro able to see it?"

The people present were also very curious about Shinobu's question. After all, legends often say that humans cannot see ghosts. If that's the case, then why was Tanjiro able to see Sabito, who had already died?

Shinobu Kocho expressed her doubts about this, but if that were the case, would she be able to see her older sister?

Ji Lin also looked troubled when asked about Shinobu Kocho, saying:

"Hmm... I'm not quite sure about that either. As for why Tanjiro could see ghosts, I guess his family might have been priests in the past?"

Well... after all, Tanjiro's father did perform the Kagura Dance, a ritual dance to please the gods, even though Tanjiro's family sells charcoal...

But selling charcoal shouldn't stop Tanjiro's father from performing the ritual dance to worship the gods, right? (Of course, Himeko also knows that the dance is the Breath of the Sun.)