Demon Slayer: The Naruto Hashira is a pure villain!

“Yes!” Kuwashima Jigoro nodded solemnly.

Seeing that there was no room for negotiation with his master, Zenitsu turned to Kaigaku for help, his eyes brimming with tears: "Brother, please be gentle later, don't really cut me down."

Forced to become a participant in the grandfather and grandson's script, Kaigaku held his Nichirin Blade in his hand, his temple veins throbbing.

I really wish I could just accidentally kill this crybaby, or retaliate by killing him myself.

It's better than putting on a monkey show here.

"Understood." Kaiyue gritted his teeth.

“That’s right, that’s the tone!” Kuwashima Jigoro was very pleased.

"..." Kaigaku was also at a loss.

I thought being taken in by Momoyama to learn martial arts meant I'd finally had a good life, but I never expected...

It would be more enjoyable to wander around.

As soon as Yayoi crossed the hill, she witnessed a grand spectacle unfolding between the grandfather, grandmother, and granddaughter.

Kaigaku sharpened his sword, his gaze fixed on Zenitsu, who, with tears streaming down his face, hid behind Kuwajima Jigoro, crying, "Grandpa, save me!"

While marveling at Zenitsu's quick learning ability, Kuwashima Jigoro delivered the lines he had prepared long ago.

“Even if your senior sister doesn’t often come back to Taoshan to see us, the group of elderly people living alone and left-behind children, we still can’t…”

While Kuwajima Jigoro was preparing his long speech, Zenitsu, while dodging Kaigaku's sword, circled around Kuwajima Jigoro like a king circling a pillar.

Zenitsu was terrified. Being able to hear his own thoughts, Zenitsu was certain that his senior was on the verge of a breakdown and genuinely wanted to kill him with a knife.

She genuinely asked her grandfather for help, but he mistook it for a dramatic performance. Who can she complain to?

Having no other choice, Zenitsu decisively abandoned his unreliable grandfather as his guardian angel and chose an even more unreliable one.

"Senior sister!!! Save me!!"

Just as he sprinted to Yayoi's side, Yayoi threw him to the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw.

"..."

The world is quiet.

Yayoi stepped onto Zenitsu's back and gestured with her chin at Kaigaku, who seemed to want to catch up: "What, you want to experience what it's like to fly too?"

Kaigaku shook his head with obvious satisfaction, put away his Nichirin Blade, and took three or four steps back.

"Alright, old man, stop reading. It's giving me a headache."

Kuwashima Jigoro, who was completely absorbed in his art, was choked by Yayoi's words, "Can't you show me some respect, you heartless brat?"

"I'm back now, aren't I? What, isn't that disrespectful enough?" Yayoi let go of Zenitsu's foot and grabbed him by the collar, pulling him up.

"Senior sister..."

Seeing Zenitsu about to cry again, Yayoi's threat came before her tears:

"Shut up! I'll beat you up if you cry again."

My senior sister never lies, at least not about saying she'd beat me up.

Zenitsu quickly stopped crying, covered his mouth with both hands, and shook his head.

"Come on, it's freezing outside. Let's go inside and talk about it."

It was only then that Kuwashima Jigoro noticed that Yayoi was only wearing her team uniform; she wasn't wearing a haori or anything like that.

Where's your haori?

Yayoi walked into the wooden house without turning her head. "Your clothes are worn out."

"..." This brat never tells the truth.

Kuwashima Jigoro was out of options, so he called his two obedient disciples to follow Yayoi.

Zenitsu, the "obedient disciple": "Brother, don't be angry~"

"Good disciple" Kaigaku: "Which eye of yours saw me angry?"

"..." Zenitsu remained silent, then guiltily looked away.

Kaigaku immediately understood, "You bastard, you've been eavesdropping again, haven't you?!"

"Waaah~ Senior brother, I was wrong."

As Kuwashima Jigoro walked, he sighed and began another round of lecturing, "You two, don't follow your senior sister's example. You must learn to respect your elders..."

After a while, when no one responded, he turned around and saw his obedient disciple grabbing another obedient disciple by the collar and lifting him into the air.

"Grandpa, save me!"

Seeing his obedient disciple, whose collar was being grabbed, trying to ask for help, Kuwashima Jigoro silently turned his head and continued walking towards the cabin.

Oh dear... what a misfortune for our family, how did we end up with three demon pills?

His cries for help were ignored, so Zenitsu chose to save himself.

"Senior brother, you're the best! I like you the most! Please put me down!"

"Shut up!" Kaigaku's ears turned bright red with anger at Zenitsu's shameless way of casually uttering his likes, and he gritted his teeth.

"If you dare wipe the tears from your palms onto my sleeve, I'll kill you!"

Zenitsu breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Kaigaku's threat.

Great, we're saved.

Now my senior brother doesn't want to beat me to death anymore.

As long as my senior brother doesn't find out that I've overheard his thoughts again, I'll be perfectly safe.

Sure enough, my senior brother has a cat-like personality; he's super easy to please.

"Senior brother, I like you the most."

"Shut up!"

Chapter 24 Experience Sharing Conference: How to Advance to Pillar-Level Swordsman in Six Months

"Speak, why did you call me back in such a hurry?"

"Nothing much. I just heard from Lord Kagaya that you're getting promoted to the Sound Pillar, and he wants you to come back to set an example for Kaigaku and Zenitsu, and also to encourage Zenitsu."

After hearing what Kuwashima Jigoro said, Yayoi had a look on her face that said, "Old man, you're drunk."

"No? My sister must have misheard me? Me? Make samples? For them?"

“Yes, I just want you to share your experience of becoming a Pillar in the past six months with them.” Kuwashima Jigoro didn’t see anything wrong with it. “I’m planning to have Kaigaku participate in the selection in a few years anyway.”

"Alright, old man, you told me to say that, so don't do anything later." Yayoi was trying to secure a get-out-of-jail-free card for herself in advance.

Kuwashima Jigoro was somewhat confused.

Yayoi waved to Kaigaku and Zenitsu, who were standing far away, and said, "Come closer, can you hear me from this far away?"

The two exchanged a glance and, in tacit agreement, took only one step forward.

"..."

"Fine, you two can do whatever you want."

Yayoi didn't make things difficult for the two honest kids and began to share her valuable "experience": "Ahem, about your slave master, how I was promoted to Pillar-level swordsman in half a year, that's quite a story."

"First of all, during the Fujikasayama selection, you must be observant and attentive to all directions..."

Kuwashima Jigoro couldn't stand it anymore and urged Yayoi, "Get to the point! Why don't you start from when you first began learning Thunder Breathing?"

“Oh right,” Yayoi said, looking inspired, “about learning Thunder Breathing…”

"..." Kuwashima Jigoro picked up the cane beside him.

Yayoi immediately changed her tune, "Anyway, for the final selection, just pick a really good swordsman to team up with, and then you can just sit back and wait to win."

"..."

Kaigaku, who had originally hoped to get some useful information from Yayoi, was speechless and turned to look at Kuwashima Jigoro.

Should I listen to you, Master?

Kuwashima Jigoro gave Kaigaku a look: Listen to her, what if what she says next is useful?

Oh.

"Then, after you become a Demon Slayer, you will complete the tasks assigned to you one by one."

Kuwashima Jigoro nodded in satisfaction. At least this brat could say something useful.

Satisfaction lasted no more than three seconds before Yayoi continued:

"Then you would dawdle and drag your feet on completing each mission, and after finishing, you would go to the Butterfly House to lie down for a few days and pretend to be sick, so that you could delay until half a year later."

"..."

"..."

Apart from Zenitsu, who was too young to know anything about the Demon Slayer Corps, both Kuwashima Jigoro and Kaigaku fell silent.

No, is that right?

"Um... Senior Sister, is this how you became a Pillar?" Kaigaku mustered up his courage and asked.

"No, it's not that easy." Yayoi looked Kaigaku up and down with a caring gaze as if he were an idiot.

Realizing that what Yayoi was about to say might be the most valuable information, Kaigaku didn't care about Yayoi's attitude at all.

It's been so many years, it's not the first time, we're used to it by now, okay?

Kuwajima Jigoro also gave Kaigaku an approving look. Good lad, you know how to ask questions. Your master didn't spoil you for nothing.

Yayoi leaned back and sat cross-legged on the chair.

"To become a pillar, you need one percent effort and ninety-nine percent luck."

"Mmm." Kaigaku nodded, agreeing with the old man's words—it was all about putting in the effort...

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