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

Chapter 76 Headquarters Conflict!

And so the group began their journey down the mountain.

Giyu Tomioka walked at the front, expressionless and silent.

Shirakawa Yu walked in the middle, carrying a wooden box containing Nezuko on his back, with half of a tree trunk containing two female demons floating in front of him.

Shinobu Kocho walked beside him, chatting with him with a smile.

Tanjiro walked at the back, glancing ahead every now and then with a complicated expression.

"Senior Brother's face was cold, as if he was unhappy, but then again, he didn't seem unhappy... Miss Ren kept smiling, but she seemed very sad... Senior Brother also seemed a little uneasy and excited..."

I looked around for a moment, wondering how Inosuke was doing.

And Zenitsu, didn't my senior brother say he also went into the mountains?

Although someone is in charge of finishing up, I'm still not entirely comfortable with it, so I'd better ask around!

Ask Kanao, isn't she in charge of logistics...?

Hey?

correct!

What about Kanao?

Tanjiro looked around several times and realized that Kanao had disappeared sometime during the night.

Just then, Shirakawa Yu's voice came from ahead.

"Tanjiro!"

"Huh? Yes!"

"I asked Kanao to check on Zenitsu and Inosuke. Would you like to come along and see them too?"

Tanjiro was taken aback, then quickly replied.

"Go! I want to go!"

The hidden team not far away...

"Inosuke! You died a terrible death!!!"

A golden retriever was lying on the ground, crying bitterly.

Tears streaming down my face...

"Go in peace, I will definitely... make Tanjiro avenge you."

The person lying in front of him had a boar's head mask askew to one side, revealing a delicate face that resembled Sleeping Beauty.

It was Inosuke, whose voice was rough but whose face resembled that of a little girl.

At this moment, his body was wrapped in bandages, with large patches of blood seeping through them, and his legs were firmly fixed in place by wooden boards.

"Don't worry, he's not dead yet."

Upon hearing this voice, Zenitsu was startled and then slowly looked up.

His face was filled with an almost tangible, dark resentment.

"Tsk~ He's not dead... What a pity, someone like him who abandons his comrades on the roadside—"

Zenitsu leaped up, grabbed the collar of the person behind him, and roared furiously, "They deserve to die!!!"

Knowing that Zenitsu was venting (acting cute), Tanjiro didn't say anything, but just tilted his head back slightly to avoid the spittle.

Goodwill, on the other hand, became more and more agitated as he spoke, and started crying and shouting as if he had lost control of his tears.

"And you!!! Tanjiro!!! Waaaaaah~~~~ Do you know what I've been through since you all left?!"

"Spider!!! A giant spider!!! A spider with a human head!!!"

"Waaaaah~~~ And your senior brother~~~ He's so scary~~~ It's too much~~~ Waaaaah~~~"

Seeing Zenitsu weeping uncontrollably, Tanjiro chuckled and winced in pain.

Zenitsu then noticed that Tanjiro also had many bandages on his body.

He quickly put his hand down, his expression instantly switching to one of concern.

"Is your injury... serious?"

Tanjiro smiled gently, "It's nothing serious, my senior brother arrived just in time."

"Senior...Brother..." Zenitsu's lips twitched, clearly still resentful about being abandoned by Shirakawa Yu.

But then his eyes lit up and he suddenly smiled ingratiatingly.

"Speaking of which, Tanjiro, you never said your sister was that pretty~"

Upon hearing this, Tanjiro was startled.

I almost went up and covered his well-intentioned mouth.

He looked around nervously, and only after confirming that his senior brother wasn't there did he sigh and slowly speak.

"Zenitsu, you mustn't say things like that when my senior brother is around."

He whispered in Zenitsu's ear, "My senior brother is so petty~"

Just then, he suddenly felt a chill down his back, as if a gaze was watching him.

Tanjiro shuddered and turned around stiffly.

Good news, it's not my senior.

The bad news is Kanao.

Just as Tanjiro was awkwardly at a loss for words to prevent Kanao from reporting him.

Zenitsu's eyes lit up!

He slid in and got right in front of Kanao.

"Beautiful girl—ah!!!"

Before he could finish speaking, Zenitsu was kicked to the ground by Tanjiro.

Before Zenitsu could react, Tanjiro was already on top of him, covering his mouth tightly.

"Waaaaah~!!"

"If you don't want to die, don't speak. This is also your senior brother's... cough... good friend~"

Hearing Tanjiro mention this 'good friend' identity in a somewhat ambiguous tone...

Kanao blushed slightly, a hint of excitement and a satisfied smile on her face, and quietly left.

Tanjiro breathed a sigh of relief and released his grip.

God knows what would have happened if Zenitsu had done that thing again, proposing to every pretty girl he saw.

Will my senior brother come over and chop him into eighteen pieces?

"Huff...huff...huff..." Zenitsu gasped for breath, while questioning him indignantly.

"No way! Tanjiro, just how many girlfriends does your senior brother have?!"

"How many? Let me count them!"

Watching Tanjiro stretch out his fingers and count them one by one, he realized he couldn't count them all on one hand.

Zenitsu was so jealous that his plasmolysis occurred!

"Why?!" (Screams)

Tanjiro looked around and, making sure Kanao wasn't there either, got up and dusted off his legs.

"Why should you just ignore it? You can't learn it anyway. Just remember this one thing."

"My senior brother is good in every way. He doesn't compete or fight for other things, and he rarely gets angry."

His expression was extremely serious. "But when it comes to girls... he's extremely! extremely!! extremely petty!!!"

Zenitsu: "...So fickle?"

Tanjiro nodded, "That's how much of a womanizer I am!"

Zenitsu: "What about your sister?"

Tanjiro shook his head, looking melancholy. "I don't know. Let's just take it one step at a time."

"Anyway, now I have to get Nezuko's permission even if I want to hug her..."

As he spoke, Tanjiro muttered under his breath, still somewhat resentful, "I don't know how things got to this point..."

Zenitsu: "..."

An older brother needs permission to hug his younger sister; how possessive must that person be?!

......

The sky gradually brightened.

Morning light filters through the treetops and falls on the mountain path.

The group finally emerged from Natagumo Mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, the second batch of support personnel for the Demon Slayer Corps arrived.

Their expressions became quite interesting when they saw the group of people who came out, especially when they saw the huge wooden box floating in the air.

But no one spoke.

Because Giyu Tomioka and Shinobu Kocho were walking in front.

With the two pillars personally leading the team, who would dare to say a word?

Tanjiro and Shanyi also caught up with the group.

Alongside them was Inosuke, who was being carried by the two men, wrapped up like a dumpling, and remained unconscious.

When Shan Yi saw Shirakawa Yu with his arm around Kanao's shoulder, chatting and laughing side by side with Kocho Shinobu.

When he learned that the other person was carrying Nezuko on their back and had two newly acquired maids in a wooden box in front of them.