Demon Slayer: The Naruto Hashira is a pure villain!

"..." Yayoi sheathed her sword again. "Alright, there's a clump of grass over there. Go take care of it and come back quickly."

Zenitsu squeezed his legs together, looking a little awkward: "Senior sister, isn't there a restroom or something nearby?"

"Isn't it a bit too much to do it in broad daylight..."

Yayoi rolled her eyes at Zenitsu. "Where am I supposed to conjure up a toilet for you in this middle of nowhere?"

"If you can go, go; if you can't, just stay put and don't delay my journey."

Zenitsu decisively chose to have a new life experience over the option of his bladder exploding.

Zenitsu didn't say another word until they arrived in Asakusa.

Seeing that Yayoi was leading him to a crowded and bustling place, Zenitsu breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it wasn't some desolate wilderness where there was nowhere to run.

There shouldn't be any major danger in a place with so many people.

Zenitsu breathed a sigh of relief and obediently followed behind Yayoi while secretly stuffing cotton into his ears.

There are so many people...it's so noisy.

"Alright, this is fine."

"Huh?" Zenitsu stopped and looked around. It seemed that his senior sister had led him into an alley.

"Let's get to work." Yayoi reached out and pulled the cotton out of Zenitsu's ear, then casually tossed it into the nearby trash heap.

Zenitsu had a vague feeling that something was wrong. He swallowed hard and asked weakly, "Senior sister... what do you need me to do?"

Yayoi smiled like a competent slave owner, assigning tasks to her servants:

"Use your ears to help me find a location."

"How do we find it? Buildings don't talk." Zenitsu was very puzzled and couldn't understand Yayoi's words.

“No, he will,” Yayoi said with certainty.

"Just listen along the alleys around here, you'll hear the title 'Lord Tamayo' frequently."

"The distance..." Yayoi thought for a moment, then assessed Zenitsu's short legs, "Let's tentatively set your walking time at twenty minutes."

"Is that clear?"

Chapter 50: Generous when poor, stingy when rich

Zenitsu nodded as if he understood, and went to work under the blazing sun.

It's alright, but there are so many noises around, making it difficult to distinguish them.

"Old man! What do you mean by saying my betrothed is actually your illegitimate daughter?!"

Amidst the murmurs of "What should I cook for lunch today?", this argument, accompanied by the sounds of things being smashed, was particularly captivating.

Zenitsu stopped in his tracks out of curiosity and stood outside a courtyard wall, intently eating a melon.

"A discovery?" Yayoi, who was following behind Zenitsu, also stopped and looked at the building next to her with suspicion.

That can't be right, we haven't gone that far.

Zenitsu was enjoying his melon when Yayoi's sudden remark startled him, and he shook his head repeatedly.

"No...not yet."

Zenitsu didn't dare tell Yayoi about this gossip. If his senior sister found out he was slacking off, he would definitely get a beating!

Yayoi looked at the sky; it was already past noon.

"Stop, don't look anymore," Yayoi urgently told Zenitsu.

Zenitsu turned to look at Yayoi, wondering what kind of trouble she was up to this time.

"Let's go eat lunch first."

Wow! Has senior sister temporarily regained her conscience?!

My senior sister earns such a high salary now. She finally comes to the city, so she'll definitely take me to eat some expensive food, right?

Zenitsu looked at Yayoi with shining eyes, wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth, and asked, "Senior sister, senior sister! What are we going to eat?"

"Guess?" Yayoi said with a smile.

Okonomiyaki?

Yayoi shook her head. "No, that's not right."

That must mean I guessed too cheaply!

Zenitsu's eyes gleamed with even greater anticipation. "Sukiyaki!"

Yayoi shook her head again, waving her right index finger near her cheek. "If you can't guess the udon, you'll have to keep guessing~"

"...Udon...noodles?"

Zenitsu was led to a small stall by Yayoi with a blank expression. He watched Yayoi stingily order two bowls of the cheapest udon noodles, and sat down opposite Yayoi with a blank expression, watching Yayoi gulp them down.

"Delicious! Boss, your skills are still amazing!" Yayoi gave the stall owner a thumbs up in a very exaggerated way, praising his skills without reservation.

"Wow! I knew someone would appreciate my skills!" The stall owner was so moved that he burst into tears, insisting on giving Yayoi an extra serving of smooth yam puree.

Even Zenitsu, who remained silent throughout, received an extra serving of mashed yam in his bowl.

Yes, it's free.

Zenitsu picked up his chopsticks, paused before reaching for the bowl of noodles, looked up at Yayoi who was enjoying her meal, and said, "Senior sister."

"Hmm?" Yayoi didn't even look up.

Are you bankrupt?

"Ok??"

To prove she wasn't bankrupt, Yayoi generously added a runny poached egg to Zenitsu's plate.

Zenitsu no longer had any expectations for the "staff meal" provided by Yayoi and resignedly finished the bowl of udon noodles in front of him.

Eat up, or you'll have nothing left.

Imagining myself eating expensive sukiyaki, this bowl of noodles actually tastes much better than the udon noodles cooked by my senior brother on Mount Momo.

After the meal, Yayoi did not continue to follow Zenitsu to find the "mysterious building".

"Go for it, Zenitsu! Your senior believes you can definitely complete the mission!"

Yayoi sat on a bench next to the stall and waved goodbye to Zenitsu.

Zenitsu turned and walked in another direction, kicking the pebbles under his feet in a very unpleasant mood.

Such a cheapskate! Even when eating udon noodles, he wouldn't go to a proper restaurant.

Why is my senior sister so stingy!

Like a lab rat that had just completed a maze experiment, Zenitsu wandered around this large residential area, enduring the strain on his eardrums from the noise, until he heard a series of unspoken words—almost as if "Tamayo-sama" were being used as commas—by a wall.

Lady Tamayo looks so charming when she's reading.

[Tamayo-sama's hands are so beautiful. I wish I could be the book she's reading right now, so she could look at me so intently. It would be so wonderful.]

[Lady Tamayo, look here!]

"Lady Tamayo! I have sorted and stored all the medicinal herbs!"

"Thank you for your hard work, Yushiro."

"It's what I should do, Lady Tamayo!"

It was the voice of a man and a woman.

But... I feel like those two people's voices sound a bit strange.

Zenitsu looked at the wall in front of him. It seemed to be a road wall. Surely there couldn't be a building built inside a wall, could there?

By bending down and pressing close to the wall, the sound became clearer.

It is indeed in this direction. Could it be... on the next street?

Zenitsu roughly remembered the location, turned right at the intersection ahead, and headed straight for the building on the other side of the wall.

Strangely, when they arrived at the building on the other side, they could no longer hear the voices of the two people.

Having failed to achieve his goal, Zenitsu returned to the spot where he first heard "Tamayo-sama".

"Lady Tamayo, it seems that Chachamaru has a problem with you. Shall we give it to someone else?"

"This……"

"Meow!"

"Chachamaru, you mustn't bully Yushiro."

"Lord Tamayo, look at it!"

I knocked on the wall, and it was indeed solid.

But the building behind the wall isn't...

Zenitsu scratched his head, somewhat puzzled.

Never mind, I'll go back and report to my senior sister first.

Zenitsu picked up a stone from the ground and left a mark on the wall before running back to Yayoi's side.

"What's wrong? You're panting so much." Yayoi asked, looking at Zenitsu who was covered in sweat.

Zenitsu, supporting himself on his knees, was panting heavily. "Senior sister... we found her."

"Where?" Yayoi stood up and stretched.

Sitting under this tree for so long has really worn my mother out.

Zenitsu couldn't describe it, so he could only jog along to lead the way for Yayoi.

The two, one large and one small, stood still in front of a stone wall.

"Zenitsu, you're not kidding me, are you?"