For a variety of reasons.

Tanjuro Kamado decided to separate from his family first and go along with Tomioka Yoshiyu.

There are two reasons for this.

One.

Now I am bound to be targeted by no misery.

Now going to the Narrow Foggy Mountains to reunite with Aoi Zhi and them is undoubtedly luring the wolf into the house.

As long as you keep attracting the hatred of Wumi, your family is safe.

The second is the dragon cough.

In the world of wolves, whenever he really dies, and he doesn't have any "power to resurrect the dead" in his body.

They will be reborn in front of a statue called "Oni Buddha".

And this kind of rebirth is a new life that absorbs the life force of the living beings around it.

As a result, the person who has absorbed the life force will develop a disease that is difficult to treat.

- Dragon's cough.

People who suffer from dragon cough will slowly die in the pain of the disease due to the loss of life force.

Dragon cough is difficult to cure and requires an object called "Dragon Yin Dew Drop" to be cured.

In the Demon Slayer World, I don't know if there is such a thing.

But.

As long as you have the "power to resurrect the dead" and use the "power to resurrect" when you die, you will not absorb the life force of the creatures around you.

The way to get "Resurrection Force" is also very simple.

- Killing.

Killing to gain life force, instead of absorbing other people's life force when you die, is very... Plausible.

I've died once before.

It's just that that time I had a resurrection power in my body.

Therefore, they did not absorb the vitality of Tanjiro and Goto to resurrect.

A blessing in misfortune.

And this resurrection power that has been consumed, Tanjuro is not very clear how he obtained it.

Before you fall into a coma, you have no power to come back to life.

……

Foot.

Under a pine tree.

The snow was piled up on the branches and leaves of the pine trees, and the dark crows circled in the sky, and from time to time they shouted below:

"Karma!!"

In the shadow of the trees, two people were standing.

"In the end... How did you get there..."Tanjuro's crimson eyes lowered, and he put his hand against his chin, leaning against a boulder, with a thick layer of snow at his feet.

He muttered to himself, his mind thinking.

The clothes on his body have also changed, the previous yellow and black haori has been broken, and now he is wearing a dark red haori.

It is the clothes that Goto carries with him.

Yoshiyuki Tomioka was standing beside him, observing his surroundings before slowly locking his gaze on the wedge pill around Tanjuro's waist.

After hesitating for a while, he observed Tanjuro's eyes a little, and said hesitantly:

"Stove door."

When Tanjuro heard his name, he turned his head slightly, looked at Tomioka Yoshiyu with sleepy eyes, and waited for the other party's words:

"Huh?"

Tomioka Yoshiyoshi slowly stretched out his hand to Wedge Maru, and looked at Tanjuro, asking in a voice that did not question:

"This knife of yours... It's not a Nichiren knife. ”

"Can you kill ghosts?"

His questions came from the heart.

Hearing this, Tanjuro also looked down at his wedge pill and pulled it out of the scabbard:

Boom!

The pitch-black and smooth blade reflected Tanjuro's tired expression, and he was slightly stunned when he saw his expression clearly.

That's right.

The wedge pill is just a hard knife.

Before, it was able to hurt no misery, but purely because it was burned red, it became a knife.

But I can't burn a knife in the background for an hour before every time I go on the field.

Come to think of it.

Tanjuro Kamado looked sideways at Tomioka Yoshiyu, with a kind expression, a smile on his tired face, and a red high ponytail swaying slightly with the cold wind:

"Indeed—" he said softly.

"There's so much going on that my brain can't turn around."

As he spoke, Tanjuro nodded at Tomioka Yoshiyu, agreeing with the other party's idea.

“……？”

Tomioka's unwavering pupils reflected Tanjuro's smile, and he suddenly frowned and froze in place.

For some reason, Tomioka only felt a chill all over his body.

Creak... Creak...

He took two steps back, his foot bag squeaked on the snow, opened his mouth slightly, drooped the corners of his mouth, and looked at Tanjuro with a look of disgust.

Tomioka kept this expression, staring at Tanjuro.

Tanjuro Kamado's smile stiffened, and his forehead erupted.

He has always been good-tempered, but it was only yesterday that he was a little cold-tempered.

Just now, after noticing his cold and tired expression, he tried to recover his old mood.

Unexpectedly.

Tomioka is far more difficult to communicate than he imagined.

Taking a deep breath, Tanjuro sorted out his emotions for a while, and then.

"You."

Tanjuro Kamado's forehead was bruised, and he stretched out his hand to Tomioka Yoshiyoshi and said amazingly:

"I'm always hated!"

“！！” Tomioka's disgusted expression gradually became shocked, and he opened his mouth slightly, as if he was looking at Tanjuro Kamado with some contemplation.

Just when the two were at a stalemate.

"Karma!! Karma!! ”

In the sky, black crows circled down and swooped down towards Tomioka, shouting:

"Herald! Yoshiyoshi Tomioka!! ”

"Hurry up to the northern snowy mountains! Go quickly! ”

"Karma!!"

The crow sprinted at great speed, then flapped its wings and stopped the car just as it was about to crash into Tomioka.

But he still slammed a bird's beak on the top of Tomioka Yoshiyu's head, and kept shouting:

"Brave! Your Excellency has given an order! ”

“… I see, Kanzaburo. Tomioka raised his head, glanced at his crow, and nodded.

When the crow named Kuan Saburo heard this, he flapped his wings with confidence and flew high again:

"North! North ahead! ”

……

……

Since there are usually no evil spirits during the day.

Therefore, usually the members of the ghost killing team are in a state of rushing or tracking and investigating during the day.

Time passed slowly, and the dusk slowly came to an end.

The pitch-black night gradually rose from the other side of the sky, obscuring the dazzling daylight.

Northern snow-capped mountains.

There have always been rumors of evil ghosts hurting people in this area, but the ghost killing team has sent many members to investigate, but in the end, they have returned in vain.

After a series of wounding incidents, Yoshiyoshi Tomioka, one of the strongest combat forces of the Ghost Slayer Team, was dispatched here.

Prepare to eradicate the scourge here once and for all.

Night.

A small town under the snowy mountains.

The snow was up to the ankles, so there were few people on the streets.

……

……

Somewhere in a gloomy second-floor room.

"Roar ......!!"

The brown figure crouched on the ground with its back to the doorway, its head lowered, its shoulders shrugged, and the sound of small chewing was constantly heard.

"Goo-doo... Grunt...... "The sound of gulps echoing through the gloomy room.

Black-red, semi-congealed blood slowly flowed beneath the brown figure, spilling out in the direction of the door.

Suddenly.

It seems to have sensed something.

“… Well? As soon as the brown figure stopped chewing, he turned his head slightly, his hideous face facing the door, his scarlet pupils twitching rapidly.

In his hand, he was holding a foot that had been severed from the calf.

The hideous face, the dense green tendons that don't fit the human characteristics, and the disgusting horn that grows on the top of the head.

All indicate the identity of the brown figure.

"Ho cough...... Hah..."

in the corner of the room

A young man whose clothes had been soaked with blood and could not see his original color was leaning against the wall, sitting with his head bowed and half-lying on the floor.

His eyes were blank, half of his face was only black bloodstains, his mouth moaned unconsciously, and his hoarse voice was particularly terrifying in the silence:

"Ho ......"

“… Fast... Run..."

“…… Ghosts..."

He held a rudimentary pistol in his hand, his fingers twitching slightly, as if he had pulled the trigger with the last of his strength.

Bang!

With a flash of bright sparks, the whole room was illuminated.

The bullets spiraled and hit the "sandbags" stacked on top of each other in the corners of the room.

Then.

"Boom ——!!"