Demon Slayer: The Naruto Hashira is a pure villain!

After leaving those words, Yayoi led Shizu away eastward little by little.

“Brother…” Shoumei looked at Genmi with some confusion.

Genmi held the sobbing Tiger in his arms and patted Jouye's back to comfort him.

Hearing Sumi's call, Genya pursed his lips, "Let's wait for my brother to come back."

Two alleys away, she heard a sound like a wild beast roaring coming from the direction of her home. Shimi, who had been searching for her mother all over the street, rushed home in a hurry.

The yard was a mess, and the door of the wooden house was lying on the ground in a sorry state, with a claw mark still visible on it.

The younger siblings all huddled by the door, but thankfully none of them were missing.

"Genya, what happened?" Sanemi asked Genya anxiously, noticing the faint smell of blood in the air.

When the pillar of support returned home, Xuanmi almost burst into tears.

"Brother...Mom has turned into a monster that wants to eat people."

"Yayoi-neechan saved us."

Shoumei, remembering what Yayoi had told her, quickly added, "Big brother, Yayoi took Mom away and said you should go to the woods east of town to find her."

Could the man-eating monster be the man-eating demon that the old folks have been talking about?

How could Mom have become that kind of thing?

Sanemi's mind was in complete disarray. "Genmi, you and Kotobuki keep an eye on Hiro and the others. Don't let them wander off. I'll be right back."

After giving his instructions, Sanemi hurried towards the eastern woods without stopping, fearing that if he was too late, he would miss seeing his mother one last time.

I spotted Yayoi leaning against a tree in the distance; her long, white-pink gradient hair was still striking.

Before he could catch his breath, Sanemi looked around but couldn't see Shizu.

Could it be...?

"Why are you making that 'I'm dying' face? If I really wanted to chop something down, would I have gone through all that trouble to move to this forest?"

"What's wrong? Is the feng shui here good?" Yayoi rolled her eyes speechlessly and pointed to the tree.

Sanemi looked up and saw his mother gagged and tied up, hanging from a tree.

"..."

Sanemi looked at her mother, who was still struggling, and then at Yayoi, who was standing under the tree with one sleeve rolled up and blood still oozing from her wound.

I thanked Yayoi somewhat awkwardly.

"Thank you my foot! I didn't call you here to hear your thanks. I wanted to discuss something with you, the one in charge of the household."

Good grief, so you're taking advantage of the fact that your mother has become a ghost and can't understand human speech to stop acting?

Despite having already witnessed only a small part of Yayoi's true nature, Sanemi still found it difficult to accept.

"What are you discussing?"

Chapter 29 is just a serious rant.

Yayoi straightened up, stumbled, and felt ants biting her legs.

"Hey, are you... alright?"

“I won’t die.” Yayoi took a step back, bracing herself against the tree with one hand to avoid being touched by Sanemi.

LOL, I've already decided to kidnap your mother, so owing you a favor would only make me feel more guilty, okay?

You wicked little white-haired devil, I will not let your scheme succeed!

Sanemi withdrew his hand, touched the tip of his nose, and asked again, "What exactly do you want me to do here?"

"Mrs. Shizu has become a ghost."

Yayoi started with a zero-frame combo and immediately followed up with her ultimate, leaving Sanemi somewhat bewildered.

Despite having mentally prepared himself on the way here, Sanemi still felt dizzy upon hearing those words from Yayoi's mouth.

Is there no way to turn Mom back into a human?

"No." Yayoi left Sanemi with no hope whatsoever.

Sanemi looked up at his mother, who was still struggling while hanging from the tree. Why did it have to be his mother...?

She's already so pitiful, why is God so unfair?

He craned his neck for a long time, until it was almost stiff, before looking down at Yayoi again: "What would you do?"

"I'm a swordsman in the Demon Slayer Corps. What do you think I would do if I encountered a demon?"

"Oh, I see." Sanemi lowered her eyes, her mood clearly somber. "You wanted me to see Mom one last time, right?"

Yayoi nodded and said frankly, "You can understand it that way too."

Her legs weren't so numb anymore. Yayoi stepped on the ground, the heels of her boots leaving dents in the earth.

"That's not what I want to discuss with you."

"That is?"

"Don't interrupt!" Yayoi had just finished reciting her prepared speech when Sanemi asked her question, and she forgot most of it.

I'm so excited because I can take Mom back to our base soon!

"Oh." Sanemi obediently shut her mouth, waiting for Yayoi to continue.

"I asked you about joining the Demon Slayer Corps six months ago. You need to give me an answer this time. I don't have time to keep asking you."

"Yes," Sanemi answered firmly. "Only a demon could turn Mom into a demon, right?"

"Well, to be precise, only the Demon King can do that," Yayoi kindly explained.

What should I do?

After deciding to join the Demon Slayer Corps, the action-oriented Sanemi immediately asked Yayoi for instructions, wishing he could immediately take up the post and go out hunting demons.

The fewer ghosts that live in this world, the safer Genya and the others will be.

Mother has already suffered a tragedy; we can't let Genmi and the others suffer the same fate...

"Well..." Yayoi had a bit of a headache.

The original plan was to bring Sanemi to my base, regardless of whether he had talent or not. I said he did, so I just found a tutor for him, let the kid learn something, and support him with a monthly salary.

But now... if I want to hide my mother in my own base, then I can't take Sanemi back with me.

"I need to find a teacher to teach me breathing techniques first, and then take the exam..." Yayoi muttered to herself, trying to organize her thoughts.

"Oh, right!" Yayoi's eyes lit up, and she clasped her hands together. "Go to the house in town with wisteria flowers printed on the door curtain. Tell them that Kuwajima Yayoi wants you to go. After that, find a swordsman named Kubino Masachika and ask him to introduce you to his apprentice."

Sanemi wrote them down one by one.

"Then?"

"After that, study hard under your tutelage. Once you've finished your studies, go to Fujikasayama to participate in the selection. If you pass the selection, you can join the Demon Slayer Corps."

Seeing that Yayoi had been rambling on for a while without any intention of drawing her sword, Sanemi stared at Yayoi for a long time before boldly speaking up: "You're not planning to kill my mother, are you?"

？ ！！

This kid can read minds like Zenitsu?!

Yayoi fell silent for a moment, nervously swallowed, and looked away from Sanemi.

"You child, how can you say such a thing..."

“That’s it,” Sanemi continued. “So what exactly do you want to do?”

Her usually sluggish mind was working at high speed at this moment, and wisps of white smoke almost rose from the top of Yayoi's head.

Suddenly, Yayoi came up with a brilliant excuse:

"Oh, I just wanted to let Mrs. Shizu shine one last time."

“Send her to Fujishima Mountain to serve as an NPC in the Fujishima Mountain selection process.”

"..." Sanemi didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Can I see my mother one last time? I want to be close to her," Sanemi made her final request.

Yayoi isn't some heartless villain. She was about to carry the mother away, but the eldest child wanted to see her one last time. That's reasonable, very reasonable.

"Wait."

Yayoi suddenly threw her Nichirin Blade, cutting the rope suspending Shizu, who fell straight down from the tree.

"mom!"

Just as Sanemi was about to reach out and take it, Yayoi tried to stop her, but failed.

After being transformed into a demon, Shizu completely lost her rationality. To her, Sanemi was just a more delicious snack, and she was drooling with envy.

The rope wasn't very strong to begin with, and during the fall, Shizu broke free of it and swung her claw at Sanemi.

Yayoi really did her best to save him; the claw that was originally aimed at Sanemi's neck only scratched Sanemi's face.

"Look how impatient you are! Didn't I tell you to wait? Can't you even understand human speech now?" Yayoi was furious at Sanemi's foolish behavior.

Yayoi pulled Sanemi behind her, then slipped behind Shizu and pinned her to the ground from behind.

Mom's in a little pain, please bear with it~

Yayoi silently apologized to Shizu in her heart, then chopped Shizu in the neck with a chop to the neck, and then caught the unconscious Shizu and laid him flat on the ground.

Originally, I didn't knock my mother unconscious so that Sanemi could see more clearly how a person would lose their mind after becoming a demon. I never expected that it would cause my grown son to be disfigured.

It's truly a sin, a sin...

Yayoi turned to look at Sanemi with a guilty conscience. Sanemi was still standing there, seemingly unable to recover from being attacked by her mother.

Ultimately, I couldn't accept that my mother, who loved me the most, would hurt me.

"Oh, you child, I've already told you, Mrs. Shizu has become a ghost, she doesn't recognize anyone now."

"Don't take it to heart, she didn't mean to..."

"You know what I'm going to say, okay?"