Demon Slayer: The Naruto Hashira is a pure villain!

"Both of them are," Fujiwara answered honestly.

Oh, right. Those two are so close they're practically inseparable. It doesn't make sense that one would be the first to ascend to the Water Column while the other remains a Rank A swordsman.

"Okay, I'll take these team uniforms to them for you."

"This..." Fujiwara was somewhat worried about Yayoi.

Having finally done a good deed, only to be doubted by this blind guy in front of her, Yayoi narrowed her eyes in annoyance:

"What? You don't believe me?"

"No, no." Fujiwara had no choice but to hand over the team uniform and tray to Yayoi, who was a "good person."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Lord Naruhashi."

With these items in hand, Yayoi walked towards the headquarters' accommodation area without looking back.

Sabito was so excited that he did a handstand in the house after both Yoshiyuki and Sabito were promoted to Water Pillars and were going to attend the Pillars Meeting tomorrow.

"Whoosh! I'm one step closer to becoming the strongest swordsman!"

Hearing a knock on the door, Sabito assumed it was Invisible coming to deliver his new team uniform. He did a backflip to his feet and pulled the door open.

"Hi~" Yayoi greeted him with a smile.

"Bang!" The door slammed shut.

That was terrifying! I encountered a ghost late at night.

The rabbit patted its chest to calm itself down.

"I advise you to open the door for me within three seconds!"

The sound may not be loud, but its deterrent effect is considerable.

The door opened instantly, as if it could sense something.

"Ugh, I didn't close the door just now. How could I do such a stupid thing?" Sabito lied through his teeth. "You know, there was a sudden gust of wind, and the door just closed by itself, you know?"

Yayoi didn't intend to argue with Sabito, and shoved the tray she was carrying into his hands. "Here, I'm bringing you and Giyu your new uniforms. Congratulations on your promotion to Pillar-level swordsmen!"

Sakura looked down at the team uniform in his hand in disbelief.

Has Yayoi Kuwashima changed her personality? Is this the kind of thing she would do?

"I'll also give you a promotion gift."

! !

The shock in the rabbit's heart was even greater, and it felt as if it was still in a dream.

This... isn't right? Shouldn't it be Yayoi congratulating me on my promotion and then asking me for a gift?

I've already prepared the hilt and blade for her.

Why aren't you acting according to the script?

"Yayoi...you...did something happen to you?"

"If you can't say anything nice, then shut up."

Okay, it's still Yayoi, she hasn't been possessed by a demon.

"Then... what is my gift?" Sabito asked hesitantly.

"Isn't it already in your hands?"

"...team uniform?"

"No, it's the tray you're holding."

Wow, that's a really unique gift.

Sakura wanted to laugh but was afraid that if she actually laughed out loud, the female devil would find fault with her.

"What? You don't like it?" Yayoi crossed her arms and looked at Sabito with a displeased expression, as if to say, "If you dare to say you don't like it, I'll beat you to death."

"No, I don't like any." Sabito was at a loss, and his smile was quite bitter.

"Okay, go deliver the team uniform to Yiyong, and don't come back."

"..."

Well, that's very much like Yayoi Kuwashima.

Chapter 43 My senior brother has a screw loose; just bear with him for now.

With the "promotion gift" given to him by Yayoi, Sabito was so moved that he was speechless and "voluntarily" gave up his room to "voluntarily" share his "joy" with Giyu.

"Courage and righteousness..."

Before he could even knock, Sabito simply called out "Giyuu!" from the doorway, and the door was opened.

Giyuu, who had just changed into his pajamas and was about to go to sleep, looked expressionlessly at Sabito, who was standing right in front of him, stammering and too embarrassed to speak. He sighed and moved aside from the doorway.

"Has your room been forcibly requisitioned by Yayoi again?"

"Shh—keep your voice down." Sabito held a tray in one hand and held the other hand in front of Giyu's mouth, glancing nervously at the door of his room.

Very well, the door wasn't open, and that female demon didn't hear anything.

"Giyuu, say less. If Yayoi hears you, you're in for a world of hurt."

"..." Giyuu didn't understand why Sabito was so afraid of Yayoi.

She's clearly a very principled person and never interferes too much with others.

Giyuu will never know that the reason he's never been beaten by Yayoi isn't because Yayoi had a change of heart and didn't hit Giyuu, who looks like a child.

There's no such thing as a peaceful and tranquil life...

It's just that Sabito, as his senior brother, has always been the one carrying the burden for him.

Yayoi found it too troublesome to keep separate accounts for the two brothers, so she simply attributed the feud between the two inseparable brothers to the same person.

This is a major reason why Yayoi left Sabito with such a deep psychological scar.

Sometimes Sabito offends Yayoi and gets dragged to the dojo for a "sparring session," but more often than not, he gets dragged there and beaten up for doing nothing.

Under intense pressure, Sabito grew rapidly. Although he never managed to rise above his former status, he was now a formidable opponent for the Lower Moon.

Because the pattern of being beaten up was completely unpredictable, Sabito once thought that Yayoi was just a brute who had put all his talent into fists and feet, the kind who was unpredictable and had a bad temper.

In Giyuu's eyes, Yayoi had a strong sense of boundaries, but at this moment—

"Wow, a pink tsuba?" Yayoi saw the beautiful tsuba in an open box on Sabito's desk and liked it more and more the more she looked at it.

Where did this guy get such a beautiful tsuba? I've never seen one like it before.

Yayoi toyed with the tsuba (handguard) of her sword, turning it over and over in her hands, becoming more and more reluctant to put it down.

"Such a beautiful tsuba (handguard), it couldn't possibly be used by Sabito himself, could it? The legendary macho man should wear pink, right?"

Imagine Sabito wielding a pink tsuba, forging a pink sword, wearing a pink haori, and slaying demons...

The scene was too beautiful, so Yayoi abruptly stopped imagining it, hugged her arms and rubbed them up and down a few times to soothe the goosebumps that had appeared on her skin.

"Ugh~ How disgusting~"

Fine, to save the eyes of countless swordsmen, as the Demon Slayer Corps' Sound Pillar, I must prevent this from happening at its root.

Thinking this, Yayoi put the tsuba (handguard) into her pocket, feeling perfectly justified.

"Tsk, the box is empty, it doesn't look good." Yayoi had a rare moment of conscience and felt that she should at least leave something for Sabito.

Looking left and right, Sabito's room was completely empty, like a showroom.

Having nothing suitable, Yayoi found a corner of the floorboards along the wall, and with a flick of her Nichirin Blade, she pried a piece of the floorboards open.

With two quick strokes, he carved the words "Requisitioned by Yayoi Kuwajima" into the wooden board and placed it in the box.

Hmm...perfect.

Having received a super beautiful tsuba (handguard), Yayoi was in an extremely good mood. She pulled out a mattress from the wardrobe in the corner, layering it up to make the bed soft and cozy, ready to have a nice sleep.

Comfortable~

Meanwhile, in Giyu's room.

Giyuu, urged by Sabito to change into his new team uniform, stood in front of the mirror, somewhat bewildered by Sabito's incessant praise.

Try to see yourself in your new team uniform from Sabito's perspective...

The only difference between the new and old team uniforms seems to be the color of the buttons, right?

Where is it so obvious?

"Wow, Giyu looks so cool in this Pillar-level swordsman uniform."

"Look at him, what a spirited young man! If his master saw him, he'd be so happy he'd practically fly to heaven on the spot!"

"Oh my god, quick, put on your haori and let your senior brother see it too." Sabito said, handing over Giyu's red haori.

Giyu reluctantly accepted the haori, put it on, and showed it to Sabito.

Sabito exaggeratedly cupped her hands around her face, looking completely infatuated. "Wow~ I wonder which girl will end up with such a handsome Water Pillar. Just thinking about it makes me so jealous~"

Yi Yong opened and closed his mouth, unsure of what to say, and tried to rouse Qian Tu's conscience with a form of address: "Senior brother, I'm only fifteen years old this year. Isn't it too early to say these things now?"

"What do you mean 'early'? You can get engaged at sixteen, okay? Giyuu, don't be so old-fashioned." Sabito teased Giyuu by patting his shoulder with a grin.

Master is right, the rabbit is indeed not very bright.

Giyuu looked at Sabito with a hint of sympathy in his eyes, correcting Sabito's statement: "Only girls can get engaged at sixteen; boys have to be at least eighteen."

"Huh?" Sabito was taken aback, then nodded in agreement as if he suddenly realized: "Oh right, Giyuu has to be counted as a boy, so he does have to wait until he's eighteen."

"..."

"Sabito, do you have some kind of gender dysphoria?" Giyuu asked after a moment of silence.

"No," Sabito shook his head, denying it.

"Oh, so that's what Master said, a simple-minded person who doesn't work well."

"Aww~ Giyu, talking like that makes you seem so unlovable." Sabito's eyes immediately welled up with tears. "I still miss how you were when you were little, back then..."