Demon Slayer: The Naruto Hashira is a pure villain!

Could the old man have gone bankrupt? Can't he even afford a piece of colored cloth anymore?

Kuwajima Jigoro angrily smacked Yayoi on the head with his cane, "What other color do you want? Last year it was yellow and green, the year before it was blue and red, and the year before that I even bought you the most expensive pink."

"I already made it clear to you, this is the last year I'm preparing a haori for you."

"Oh." Yayoi finished eating the peach in her hand and wiped all the juice off her hands onto the old man's favorite tea pet.

He stood up, put on his haori, and unceremoniously spread his hands towards Kuwashima Jigoro:

"Old man, let me use your Nichirin Blade."

"Don't you have one?"

"Yours has engravings, it looks cooler."

Kuwashima Jigoro remained silent for a full half minute.

Only after confirming that Yayoi genuinely intended to take the assessment seriously did she turn around and take the top Nichirin sword from the sword rack.

In front of Kuwashima Jigoro, Yayoi drew the sword a section out, glanced at the four large characters "惡鬼戅殺" (Demon Slayer) engraved on the blade, and then confidently tucked the sword into her waistband.

Kuwashima Jigoro, who witnessed the whole thing: "Are you doubting me?"

Yayoi answered without hesitation: "Yes."

With her back to Kuwashima Jigoro, Yayoi skillfully dodged the cane that was launched from behind.

LOL, you only managed to sneak up on me because I had a peach in my hand. Getting hit twice in one day, do you think I have any dignity left?

"I'm leaving now, old man, don't miss me too much."

"..."

Kuwashima Jigoro escorted Yayoi to the door, and before leaving, he gave her a worried reminder: "Be careful."

"I know, you annoying old man." Yayoi waved without turning her head.

The brothers Kaigaku and Zenitsu also saw Yayoi off.

Kaigaku: Great, I can finally have a few more days of peace.

Zenitsu heard Kaigaku's thoughts and turned to look at him. "Brother, will Sister be back in a few days?"

"I don't know, I just went there a few times before, but I come back every year."

Kaigaku belatedly realized what was happening and slowly turned his head to stare at Zenitsu with a sinister look.

"You little brat, did you listen to what I was thinking again?!"

"Waaah! Senior brother! I'll never do it again! Waaah..."

Chapter 2 Okay, I'm a human trafficker

Yayoi could walk this route from Momoyama all the way to Fujikasaneyama with her eyes closed.

Having walked back and forth six times, if I still can't remember the way, what's the difference between me and Inoue Jiro from the village down the mountain?

You ask who Inoue Jiro is? He's that idiot at the village entrance who hits people really hard.

"It's your turn again this year?"

Yayoi arrived early, before it got dark when she reached Fujikasayama.

The two men, who had been forcibly approached, exchanged a glance and saw helplessness in each other's eyes.

After exchanging glances, one of them, seemingly defeated, spoke up:

"Ah...yes, Miss Kuwashima, it's nice to see you again."

Alright, let's "favor" this unlucky guy then.

Yayoi politely took a peach from the bulging bundle on her back and handed it to the hermit.

"I'll switch with you. Get up, I'll let you sit on this chair for a while."

"..."

Yin looked at the extra peach in his hand and wondered if it had been poisoned.

Miss Kuwashima used to openly rob people, so why is she...becoming nicer this year?

"Will you exchange it or not? If not, give me back the peach."

That's it! This is the kind of girl from Sangdao!

The "bribed" Hidden stood up and gave his seat to Yayoi.

Without any psychological burden, Yayoi sat down gracefully and leaned back in her chair, observing the swordsmen who were arriving one after another.

These stupid guys are so dumb, I wonder how many of them will survive this year.

The groups of swordsmen also noticed Yayoi's group.

Two people dressed identically and wearing masks sat and stood, while a pretty girl sat on a chair next to them.

She looks quite harmless, making it hard not to linger your gaze on her.

"Are you looking after your father? Don't you know how presumptuous you are?"

"..."

The "lucky one" chosen by Yayoi silently looked away.

Before I was fully awake, the peach in the pretty girl's hand seemed to be talking.

Yayoi paid no attention to this little incident, her gaze drawn to the two masked swordsmen.

Hiss... Is this the apprentice of that unlucky old man that the old man was talking about?

One looked like a coward, and the other was wearing a mask so his face couldn't be seen.

He walks with an arrogant, cocky attitude, and... the way he talks to the timid little guy next to him.

It seems a bit too much of a hot-blooded act.

How did they end up together?

I don't understand.

Yayoi remembered what Kuwashima Jigoro had told her. After Hidden announced the assessment rules, which she had heard countless times, and declared the assessment to begin, she silently followed behind the two kids.

The first night.

Yayoi witnessed firsthand that cowardly brat get his eye slashed and fainted by a weakling.

Yayoi squatted on the tree, beginning to doubt how much of the old man's words were true.

Wasn't it said that Mr. Urokodaki was very skilled at teaching his apprentices? How could he let such a stupid brat participate in the selection?

No wonder more than a dozen disciples died at Tengxi Mountain.

Yayoi sighed. Well, since we're already here, we can't let the old man's good friend's beloved disciple die right under our noses, can we?

Otherwise, how can I go back and explain to the old man?

Just as Yayoi was about to jump down from the tree to rescue the silly little devil, she saw another little devil swiftly and decisively kill the devil with a single stroke.

That's more like it.

Yayoi nodded, then pulled her foot back and continued squatting on the tree, munching on a peach.

"Hehe...it's a living person..."

Just as the sound from the tree reached Yayoi's ears, a flash of lightning struck and the sound vanished.

"You jerk!" Yayoi looked at the peach with blood on her hand and suddenly felt a little nauseous.

Supporting the unconscious Giyu, Murata was startled by the flash of lightning. He turned around nervously, but there was nothing there, just complete darkness.

Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief and find a safe place to settle down with Yiyong on his back, someone suddenly greeted him from in front of him.

"Hi?"

"Oh my god!"

Murata cried out in surprise, nearly launching the Giyuu in his hand.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he realized that the person in front of him was a beautiful girl.

Thankfully, it wasn't a ghost.

How can this person appear and disappear so mysteriously? It's terrifying!

"Can you give me this brat?" Yayoi pointed to Giyuu, who was being held by Murata, and tried to reason with him in a gentle manner.

Murata sized up the smiling girl in front of him, unsure of her relationship with Giyuu.

"Do you know Giyuu?" Murata asked.

"Yes, I know him. I know his name is Giyuu." Yayoi lied without changing her expression, now bringing up the name Murata had mentioned.

"What's his last name?" Murata asked cautiously.

"..."

“Fine, I’m a human trafficker.” Yayoi shrugged, looking like she had been seen through by Murata and couldn’t do anything about it.

Murata held Giyu even tighter, glancing warily at Yayoi.

"Dude, you really believe that?"

Yayoi was so angry she laughed again.

You'd think this random passerby was stupid, but at least he knew to ask a couple more questions.

To say he's smart is an exaggeration; there are a few idiots who believe everything they hear, and their IQ probably isn't much higher than Inoue Jiro's.

"Alright, I'm not teasing you anymore. Where did the other kid go?"

"You mean Sabito? He said he was going to kill a demon." Murata told Yayoi what he knew without any suspicion.

"Alright, you just stay here and keep an eye on Giyu, don't wander off."

After Yayoi finished speaking, she turned around and disappeared from Murata's sight in the direction Sabito had left.

From the moment Yayoi appeared until her disappearance, Murata remained in a state of bewilderment.