Demon Slayer: My breathing technique went awry after Nezuko pushed me down.

"Therefore, please believe me! I will explain to everyone that my breathing method is derived from your water breathing!"

"The source of the Breath of Color is you! It is you, Urokodaki Sakonji!"

"In the future! Wherever my name, Shirakawa Yu, appears, your name, Urokodaki Sakonji, will surely be there too! Flying! Beside! Me!"

He spoke excitedly, his eyes sparkling as he looked at Urokodaki expectantly.

Now, the master should feel a little better, right?

Urokodaki was also looking at him.

There was no expression on that aged face.

The emptiness in his eyes slowly turned into...

Dead ashes.

Utterly dead.

Then, Urokodaki's lips moved, and he uttered a few words:

"To...bring...me...glory...?"

Shirakawa Yu nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, yes! I definitely will—"

He hadn't finished speaking.

Urokodaki's eyes slowly closed.

His body fell backward.

"Pfft."

Lying flat on its back with limbs outstretched, it looked like a broken rag doll.

It stopped moving.

Bai Chuanyu: "!!!"

Urokodaki: "......"

"Master? Master!"

Shirakawa Yu squatted down and poked his cheek.

"Don't lie down here, the ground is cold."

no response.

He checked her breathing.

Thankfully... he's breathing.

Is this...so happy...that he fell asleep?

It doesn't seem like it.

Why does it sound like...she's fainted from anger?

Shirakawa Yu's lips twitched.

He looked up at the sky.

Crows flew by, cawing loudly.

Look at the ground again.

The once majestic water column, my own master, lies upright, his expression serene...

Chapter 12 Shirakawa Yu: I feel like I'm being ostracized!

With the moon and stars few, a dark figure stumbled back to the cabin on Misty Mountain under the moonlight.

"Huff...huff...I, I'm back...Nezuko!" Tanjiro appeared in the doorway, panting heavily, leaning against the door frame.

"Shirakawa Yu, you didn't do anything to my sister, did you?!"

His face and body were covered in mud and sweat, clearly having undergone a brutal ordeal, but his eyes remained sharp (only referring to Shirakawa Yu).

Then he saw the scene inside the house:

His younger sister, Nezuko, was sleeping peacefully in the corner.

Shirakawa Yu squatted in the middle of the room, cooking dinner.

And that seemingly dignified and powerful breeder, Mr. Urokodaki... was wearing a tengu mask, lying stiffly on the ground, like a peaceful corpse.

Tanjiro: "???"

A huge question mark slowly appeared above his head.

"Haku, Shirakawa Yu..." Tanjiro's voice trembled slightly, "What...did you do to Urokodaki-san?"

Could it be that this guy had designs on his sister, was discovered and stopped by Mr. Urokodaki, and then killed her?

Bai Chuanyu raised his head, revealing an incredibly sunny and innocent smile, "Oh, my brother-in-law is back? You passed the test? Congratulations!"

"I'll cook you dinner again!"

Shirakawa Yu gestured with his chin to the boiling soup pot on the firewood, then looked at the Scaled Waterfall on the ground with an incredibly sincere expression.

"As for Master... don't worry, I didn't do anything to him. He practices Water Breathing, so he's probably just lying on the ground absorbing moisture."

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moisture!?

Absorbs moisture! ? ?

Can you even speak human language?!

Tanjiro went forward to check on Urokodaki's condition without saying a word.

Before his hand could even touch the tengu mask, Urokodaki impatiently slapped it away.

"Leave me alone."

Tanjiro:〒▽〒

He looked at Bai Chuanyu, who shrugged and said, "You know, it's not that I don't care about him, it's that he won't let me."

The gentle Tanjiro was still worried and asked softly again, "Mr. Urokodaki? Are you alright?"

The Scaled Waterfall remained motionless.

The tengu mask faces the ceiling, as if gazing into the void, contemplating life, or... contemplating whether to clean house.

Tanjiro grew anxious, glaring at Shirakawa Yu, "What the hell are you—"

"Alright, stop arguing..."

A soft groan came from under the mask, as if annoyed by the noise.

Tanjiro immediately leaned closer: "Mr. Urokodaki!"

Urokodaki did not answer.

He raised his right hand very slowly and covered the forehead of his Tengu mask.

Then, just when Tanjiro thought everything was alright, Urokodaki suddenly murmured to himself in a fleeting, ethereal voice, as if his soul had left his body:

"...his reputation was ruined in his later years..."

"...Disgraced..."

"...That bastard Jigoro will definitely write a letter...covered with 'hahahaha'..."

"...What kind of incubation facility is this...?"

"...Why don't we hide our identities and grow sweet potatoes now..."

Tanjiro: "???"

No, I haven't even learned anything yet! You're already changing careers?

He couldn't understand what Urokodaki was saying at all, but he was deeply shocked.

He turned to look at Shirakawa Yu, his eyes demanding: What inhumane thing did you do to this highly respected senior?!

Shirakawa Yu blinked, leaned closer, and squatted down on the other side of Urokodaki, her tone full of "concern," "Master, don't lie on the ground, it's cold. Come, let me help you up, and have some hot soup?"

"Get out of the way!" Urokodaki refused to help and expressed his disgust for the culprit.

He propped himself up on the floor and sat up, his movements somewhat stiff.

The tengu mask turned towards Shirakawa Yu, and even though his expression was not visible, one could still feel the palpable despair in his gaze.

"You..." Urokodaki's voice was squeezed out from between his teeth, "What exactly is going on with your breathing technique?"

Bai Chuanyu looked obediently at her master: "Master, didn't you already notice? It's just... I feel more connected when I'm around girls?"

"Is that what you call 'having feelings'?!" Urokodaki's voice suddenly rose, startling Tanjiro who was standing next to him.

"That's what you call...that's what you call..."

He was so angry he couldn't find the right word for a moment, and after a long pause, he blurted out, "It's called being indecent!"

"Master, you can't say that." Shirakawa Yu scratched his head.

"See? The effect is pretty good, isn't it? I can kill ghosts now, and I even created my own moves. The process and method... don't matter, as long as the result is just!"

"Justice my foot!" Urokodaki almost jumped up. "Killing demons is a serious matter! It's a battle where you risk your life! It's not... not some child's play where you can just run around in circles with a girl!"

Although Tanjiro didn't fully understand what they were arguing about, this siscon immediately grasped the key phrase, "circling around the girl?"

He immediately became alert. "Shirakawa Yu! Are you trying to make a move on my sister again?!"

“How can you call it ‘scheming’?” Shirakawa Yu turned to Tanjiro, his expression serious.

"I did it to protect Nezuko, and to better utilize my power to slay demons!"

"Master just confirmed it too. When I'm next to Nezuko, my breathing is smoother and my moves are more powerful!"

"What does this mean? It means that Nezuko and I are a perfect match! We complement each other perfectly!"

"Perfect match my foot!" Tanjiro's forehead veins bulged. "My sister doesn't need your 'achievements'! Your staying away from her is the best protection you can give her!"