"I will die soon. Please promise to marry me before I die!"
"I have no one else to rely on except you. Please marry me!"
"Please, please, I can't marry you. I won't be able to die peacefully..."
On the road in the middle of the field, a yellow-haired boy was kneeling spinelessly in front of a young girl, his hands tightly grasping the hem of the girl's skirt, tears and snot running down his face. He held on to the girl's hands and clothes and refused to let go, looking as embarrassed as he could be.
It's also thanks to the fact that this is Japan, and it was the Taisho period. If it happened in later China, not only would the yellow-haired boy not grab someone's clothes and not let go, but if he wore hollow shoes on the subway he would be falsely accused of having a miniature camera installed in his shoes and secretly filming people. He would have to apologize to the girl and would be socially disgraced.
The girl at the side was annoyed by the boy in front of her. She pushed the boy's face with both hands in resistance and screamed loudly: "Don't come over here, who are you? Don't come close to me!"
After listening to Sparrow's story, Tanjiro stepped forward, grabbed the yellow-haired boy by the collar, and roared: "What are you doing in the middle of the road? Look at his reluctant look, don't cause trouble for him! Also, please don't make Sparrow feel troubled!"
When Zenitsu Agatsuma saw the Demon Slayer Corps uniform under Tanjiro's Ichimatsu pattern feather ornament, he immediately recognized Tanjiro's identity, and remembered that the swordsman in front of him was a colleague of his and had passed the selection.
"It's you. You were the one in the final selection..."
"I don't know anyone like you. I don't know you!"
"Ah, we met at the final trial. You must have a memory problem!"
"I'm dreaming..."
After a moment of silence, Tanjiro let go of Zenitsu and turned to comfort the frightened girl next to him.
Seeing that his marriage partner was leaving, Zenitsu was naturally unhappy and yelled at Tanjiro to mind his own business.
It would have been better if Zenitsu hadn't shouted, but after he shouted, the girl was immediately angered, and she slapped him repeatedly, leaving Zenitsu's face full of palm prints.
Only then did Pu Xin Nan Shan Yi understand that the other person was not talking to him because he was handsome, spoke nicely, had an attractive voice, etc., and certainly not because he wanted to marry him.
The girl left angrily, leaving Tanjiro and Zenitsu in the middle of the road.
"Why? Why do you want to mess things up? My business has nothing to do with you, right?"
Zenitsu started roaring mode and scolded Tanjiro fiercely, which made Tanjiro look disgusted.
"I said, what's the matter?"
Nobita walked up and patted Tanjiro on the shoulder, then walked around from behind Tanjiro to the front.
It would have been fine if he didn't come out. As soon as he came out, Zenitsu pointed his finger at Nobita and started to complain: "It's you, it's all your fault, you have to take responsibility!"
Tanjiro: "???"
Nobita: "???"
Zenitsu yelled, "It's all your fault. If you hadn't set up that mock trial for me to pass, I wouldn't have been dragged by my grandfather to the final trial, and I wouldn't have survived a week in that mountain full of ghosts with nothing to eat or drink. I wouldn't have become a member of the Demon Slayer Corps now, and I can't even get married now. You have to take responsibility for me, you bastard!"
Nobita: "..."
Zenitsu said spinelessly, "Listen carefully, I will die soon, in the next job. I am very, very weak, so don't underestimate what I say. Before I get married, you! And you who broke up my marriage, both of you must protect me!"
Tanjiro patted his chest and said, "My name is Tanjiro Kamado, and his name is Nobi Nobita!"
Zenitsu screamed, "Really? I'm so sorry, my name is my wife Zenitsu, you must help me, Tanjiro, Nobita!"
Tanjiro was very confused and asked: "Zenitsu, how can I help you? Why do you want to become a swordsman? Why do you want to embarrass yourself here?"
Upon hearing Tanjiro asking about his past, Zenitsu shouted, "You're really talking too much. Listen carefully. I was tricked by a woman into borrowing a lot of money. The old man who helped me pay the money back happened to be a cultivator. Exercising every day is like being tortured in hell. It would be better to die. I was taken by the old man to some mock exam room built by this guy, and I had to live with ghosts for three days..."
Zenitsu pointed at Nobita next to him and told the story of how he and Nobita met.
"This despicable guy lied to me that if I survived, I would get a ticket to the oiran, and I could kiss and hug the oiran and enjoy her services. But the oiran was indeed an oiran, but she was pregnant and had to change her ways. He lied to me that I was chased by ghosts for three days and three nights. Give me back my excitement and expectations, you bastard!"
"I finally passed the mock trial and thought I wouldn't have to take part in the final trial. But the old man told me that the mock trial was just the beginning and there was a final trial to come. On the day of the final trial, I thought I would die in the final selection, but I survived by chance. There are no traces of ghosts on Tengxi Mountain anymore, so now every day is like living in hell!"
"Oh, this is so terrible, so terrible, so terrible! I will definitely be eaten by ghosts, and my brain will be sucked out of my ears alive by ghosts!"
"I don't want it, I don't want it, I don't want it~~~~Please help me!"
Zenitsu let out a shrill scream, which even startled the birds in the distant woods.
Seeing Zenitsu like this, Tanjiro looked at Nobita for help.
Of course Nobita knew how to control Zenitsu, so he rummaged around in his arms and took out a handkerchief. He loosened his fingers and the handkerchief fell lightly to the ground.
At the same time, Nobita shouted hypocritically: "Hey, why is there a handkerchief used by an oiran to wipe her sweat here? Whose is it?"
"Mine, it's mine!"
Zenitsu, who had just been busy asking for help, slid to Nobita's feet and caught the handkerchief that was about to fall to the ground. He held the handkerchief and smelled the fragrance on it, showing a satisfied expression.
Seeing Zenitsu, who was begging for help one second ago, turning into a pervert the next, Tanjiro's expression became even more disgusted. He felt that this swordsman was not the same kind of person as himself and was really too mean.
Nobita came up to Zenitsu and asked, "Does it smell good?"
Zenitsu nodded repeatedly: "It smells good, very good, especially good, it smells like peach blossoms."
Nobita then asked, "Do you want to meet the oiran herself?"
Upon hearing this, Zenitsu stood up and looked at Nobita, and asked casually: "Another pregnant oiran? Or an oiran who gave birth to a child?"
Thinking of the experience that Nobita had cheated him, Zenitsu felt that the handkerchief was no longer fragrant. Who knew where this guy Nobita got the handkerchief of the former courtesan?
Having been fooled once, he will definitely not be fooled a second time!
Nobita walked up to Zenitsu, looked him up and down, and said, "Zenitsu, have you ever completed a mission? Have you ever received a salary from the Demon Slayer Corps?"
Hearing Nobita's question, Zenitsu shook his head: "No, I don't understand what Juutarou said, and I was afraid that those ghosts would eat me, so I never went on the mission..."
"Look, this is your own fault, Zenitsu." Nobita acted like a senior and said, "If you complete the mission, you will know that our business is very profitable. The minimum is five yen. You can go to a brothel and find an oiran to drink and perform with you for only three yen. If you complete a mission, the money you get can allow you to find an oiran to spend the night with you..."
"Really...really?"
A light of desire shone in Zenitsu's eyes.
As for this kid Zenitsu, there are actually only a few things he likes: playing cards, eel rice and flower girls. Since he is not popular with women and can hear people whispering, he is always disliked by girls. Otherwise, he would not have been tricked by a girl into selling his body and was taken back by Kuwajima Jigoro to be a swordsman.
The reason why Zenitsu longs for Hana Girl is because he wants to have a home. Abandoned by his parents since childhood, he has never experienced the warmth of a family. Otherwise, after being picked up by Kuwajima Jigoro, he would not have regarded the old man as his grandfather and Gion as his brother.
Now Zenitsu is looking for a girl to marry, hoping to start his own family and experience the warmth among family members. Unfortunately, it turns out that Zenitsu took it for granted.
"Okay, Zenitsu, just hang out with us. We'll help you fight demons, make sure you make money, and then take you to find beautiful courtesans who are too expensive for ordinary people to afford. Let those courtesans play Sugoroku with you every day, feed you eel rice, and even..."
Nobita squatted in front of Zenitsu, patted the boy's shoulder, and signaled the yellow-haired boy with his eyebrows.
Zenitsu grabbed Nobita's hand and asked sincerely, "Are you sure, godfather? Grandpa once told me that you are my master. Although I don't understand what he means, I believe you because it's what grandpa said. Godfather, is this true?"
Nobita grabbed Zenitsu's hand and nodded, "Yes, Baozhen!"
Tanjiro looked at Zenitsu who was inexplicably angry and was somewhat confused. The yellow-haired boy was clearly terrified just now, and he was full of the aura of fear and terror. Why did he become like this now?
Also, what were they talking about? Why did they play Sugoroku with the oiran? Can't they eat the eel rice by themselves? Why did they both stop talking when they talked about the last thing?
The honest boy Tanjiro didn't quite understand what the two were talking about, but thinking that his demon-slaying team had gained a new companion was also something to be happy about.
Just like that, the three of them formed a team and set off, ready to complete the mission.
Just like before, Tanjiro rode the tricycle, while Nobita, Zenitsu and Nezuko sat in the cargo box, and they traveled together.
However, Zenitsu clearly heard the heartbeat of the evil spirit belonging to Nezuko in the box. He didn't say anything, but deliberately sat next to Nobita, separating himself from Nezuko's wooden box.
Nobita patted Zenitsu's shoulder and comforted him, "Don't be afraid, Zenitsu. The person in here is my fiancée, Tanjiro's sister, and your master's wife. She has a disease and cannot see the sun, so she can only stay in the wooden box."
Shanyi: "..."
"By the way, Zenitsu, I may have to trouble you a lot on this mission."
Nobita's words gave Zenitsu a bad feeling.
"What...what happened?" Zenitsu turned his head tremblingly and looked at Nobita.
"Oh, it's like this, Tanjiro and I just had a fight with three demons last night, and something went wrong with Tanjiro." Nobita pointed at Tanjiro, "His internal organs were injured, and he needs to rest for a while. His Nichirin sword was shattered by the Upper Rank, so his combat effectiveness has dropped by half. As for me, as you can see, it's more difficult to kill demons without the Nichirin sword, so..."
Nobita is also speechless about Tanjiro's innate ability to break swords. Throughout the entire plot, only Tanjiro's Nichirin Sword has been replaced one after another. It is a sword that is naturally able to restrain the Nichirin Sword. Once the Nichirin Sword falls into his hands, it is either broken or thrown away. Few of them can be preserved.
Tanjiro, who was riding a bicycle, turned around and gave Zenitsu an apologetic smile, and whispered: "I'm sorry, Zenitsu, my internal organs are injured, and it hurts when I use breathing techniques, so I'll trouble you from now on..."
How could Zenitsu not understand at this time that he was on a pirate ship, or even a ghost ship that was more terrifying than a pirate ship? He screamed, "Ah, no, how can the injured Tanjiro protect me? How can a small bean sprout kill a ghost without a Nichirin sword? Ah, why should I team up with you guys like this, help~~~"
Snapped!
Nobita slapped Zenitsu on the back of the head with his backhand, knocking the yellow-haired boy unconscious on the spot. In an instant, the entire tricycle became quiet.
Chapter 355: Inosuke appears and the main characters gather
Following the smell of rotting flesh and blood in the air, Tanjiro slowed down the tricycle, passed through the woods, and came to a house.
The house in front of him looked ordinary and there was nothing special about it, but Tanjiro could smell blood and a foul odor coming from the house. It was the smell of a corpse.
"babble……"
A yellow-haired boy who pretended to be knocked unconscious suddenly stiffened, his whole body was shaking, and he even began to quietly move towards the edge of the truck bed.
"Nobita, Zenitsu, we're here."
Tanjiro parked the car, walked to the front of the truck, put the wooden box containing Nezuko on his back, and prepared to wake up Zenitsu.
Tanjiro's sensitive sense of smell allows him to easily tell whether someone is truly unconscious or just pretending to be asleep, but the gentle Tanjiro will not expose someone's lies, but chooses to pretend not to know.
But Zenitsu Agatsuma had already made up his mind to continue pretending to be asleep. As long as he continued to pretend to be asleep, no one would force him to kill demons.
Gululu~
Someone's stomach had already told it all. There was no way he could pretend to be asleep any longer. He could only yawn and slowly sit up from the bowl.
Agatsuma Zenitsu gave Nobita and Tanjiro an embarrassed smile and said, "Um, I just woke up, is there anything to eat?"
Zenitsu's question went unanswered as he noticed that both Nobita and Tanjiro's eyes were fixed behind him.
Following the two people's gaze, Zenitsu turned his head and saw a brother and sister, one big and one small, under the shade of the trees. The brother looked to be about ten years old, or maybe even younger, and the sister looked to be only seven or eight years old, both of them were not very old.
The brother and sister hugged each other and looked at Nobita, Tanjiro and the others with fear on their faces. They were so scared that they couldn't even speak.
It was Tanjiro who took the initiative to step forward and say hello, and used Juutarou, Zenitsu's sparrow, to bring the brother and sister closer together and understand what had happened.
There were two siblings, the older brother was named Zhengyi and the younger sister was named Teruko. They came to look for their older brother Qing who was captured by an evil ghost. However, because they were timid, they did not dare to rush in to save him. They could only hide outside the house, not knowing what to do.
"You two haven't eaten yet, right? It's still early, let's all come and eat something."
Nobita came out from the side, and like a magic trick, he took out a box of eel rice from his arms, and then took out a small fan and fanned the brother and sister in front of him.
When a breeze blew, the smell of eel rice sauce drifted in front of Zhengyi and his sister, and their stomachs were growling with hunger.
"Brother, let's...let's not eat it."
Zhengyi was still a little cautious and did not agree directly.
Tanjiro, who was standing by, saw that Nobita was so unruly, so he pulled Nobita's sleeve and said, "Nobita, isn't it time to eat now? We'd better go and save people first. I'm afraid it will be too late..."
Tanjiro didn't continue speaking in front of Shoichi and Teruko.
Nobita put the eel rice in Tanjiro's hand and explained: "After eating, you will have the strength to save people. I don't believe that you can't smell how many ghosts are in there with your sense of smell."
Nobita's eyes of perspective could see clearly that there were more than ten evil ghosts in the big house in front of him, which were completely different from the three ghosts in the original plot.
In addition, the situation in this house is also somewhat complicated. The rooms inside are all duplicated, but the layout of the two rooms is opposite, like a house pulled out of a mirror.
So this house looks like there is only one big room, but in fact there are two big rooms inside. There must be a ghost with spatial attributes.
"But Nobita, shouldn't we go and save more people? If we waste time eating and fail to save Shoichi and their brother, I... I really don't know how to face them!" Tanjiro clenched his fists tightly. He knew very well the pain of losing a loved one.
It is precisely because he had lost something before that Tanjiro does not want others to lose their loved ones like himself.
"Eat when I tell you to. I've used the Transparent World to check out the situation inside. Their brother is still alive, okay? If you really have time to talk nonsense to me, why don't you eat quickly and then go in and kill the demons." Nobita took out two boxes of eel rice from his arms, "Shoichi, Teruko, after you two finish your meal, I will take you to find your brother. I promise to rescue your brother. How about it?"
Zhengyi thought for a while, held his sister's hand, exchanged glances with her, and nodded: "Okay, I promise you!"
After saying that, Masaichi pulled his sister Teruko, took the eel rice and chopsticks from Nobita's hand, sat on the ground and started eating, and even coughed because of choking. It was Nobita who brought them tea in time. After drinking the tea, the brother and sister felt much better.
"What do you mean?" Nobita's eyes fell on Tanjiro, the meaning was self-evident.
Both Shoichi and Teruko agreed, and Tanjiro had no way of persuading the two children from going to save people. Besides, the two children were indeed hungry. Since their brother was taken away last night until now noon, they had not eaten a grain of rice or a drop of water.
"I'll finish my meal as soon as possible!"
Tanjiro held the eel rice, sat on the ground, and swallowed the eel rice in big mouthfuls.
"Um...um...Master Nobita, where is my meal?"
A little yellow-haired boy stretched out his hand weakly and looked at others eating so happily. Then he remembered that he had not eaten much either. Moreover, Tanjiro and the others were eating his favorite eel rice. He felt like he was about to starve to death.
Nobita took out a box of eel rice from his arms like a magic trick, but did not give it to Zenitsu. He smiled and said, "Will you come in with us? If you go in, you will have food to eat. If you don't go in, you won't have food to eat. Have you decided?"
Zenitsu: "!!!"
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