on the streets.

"What the hell is this time? There are actually three pillars here. ”

"I don't know, Ghost King...?"

Hearing this, the man who was speaking was stunned for a moment, and then looked at his companion next to him incredulously:

"What is the Ghost King doing in Flower Street?"

A few swordsmen standing on the roof, vigilant and around, secretly poked and poked in the direction of Tanjuro and the three, and talked in a low voice.

More and more swordsmen from other classes stood by and watched.

Suddenly, the entire dilapidated street was surrounded by people.

"It's... Miscellaneous... Who are you..."

The proprietress had a dull expression, she turned her head in a daze, looked at the surroundings and gradually ran around, and began to sweep the ruins around to rescue the wounded.

"Just now... What the hell is going on...? ”

"Relax." Goto patted the proprietress on the shoulder lightly, without explaining, he knew that once it was explained, it would be very troublesome:

"We are official people, please trust me."

This is a lie.

He just gently took the girl and Yuzi from the proprietress and prepared to place them on the ground for examination.

Smack!

A pitch-black revolver fell out of the proprietress drooping sleeve, and the sound fell to the ground crisply.

The revolver flicked on the ground, and the black muzzle of the gun was aimed at Goto, and he raised his brow in fright.

Cold sweat ran down his forehead.

- It's dangerous.

Goto looked at the proprietress with a choked gaze.

……

Soon.

“… Nailed it. ”

Goto wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, he looked at the proprietress in front of him who had sat down and fallen asleep due to excessive nervousness, and Tamako, who had been bandaged and unconscious, and turned to look around.

Companions are struggling to search for the wounded in the rubble.

Suddenly, he took a closer look and found the three Tanjuro standing not far away.

The frowning brow relaxed:

“… Lord Tomioka! ”

He stretched out his hand and waved it and shouted, and then ran over with small steps.

Tomioka was stunned when he was called, and he turned his head and looked in the direction of Goto.

"It's been a long time, Tomioka-sama, Umi-sama-"

Goto raised his head and nodded at the two of them, then his gaze moved to Tanjuro on the side, and for a moment, his expression became extremely surprised:

"-Mr. Kamato?!"

But the look of surprise only lasted for a moment.

During this time, he has been out on a mission, and he hasn't even returned to the butterfly house for a long time.

But...

Goto still looked at Tanjuro in surprise.

Mr. Kamato, who was still very weak before, has been...

His gaze panned slightly, observing the flat expressions of Ummy and Tomioka.

- Is it a column?

Goto remembered the soft pink glow he had seen, which he later double-checked with Mitsuichi and found that it was not a hallucination.

Looking at Tanjuro's healthy appearance, Goto was happy for him from the bottom of his heart.

After a slight fluctuation in his heart, he nodded towards Tanjuro:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the hidden troops and swordsmen have arrived, you can leave and repair."

"Nope." Yu Marrow Tianyuan casually put the scimitar on his shoulder, his voice was relatively high, and his eyes observed the surroundings:

"The three of us will stay here until dawn, and there may still be winding around the neighborhood."

As he spoke, his brow furrowed.

That guy's [You're a Ninja Too]... What exactly does that mean.

"There's still the upper winding..."Hearing this, Goto raised his head, his pupils shrank slightly, and then nodded: "... I understand. ”

Just as he was about to turn away and continue to help the rest of the team.

Smack.

"Goto."

Tanjuro stretched out a hand and gently patted Goto's turnaround shoulder.

Goto turned his head suspiciously and looked at Tanjuro, who was smiling.

"Say hello to your friend on my behalf." Tanjuro smiled, his voice soft, and he said slowly:

"I haven't had time to thank you for what happened last time."

Although it was not clear at the time, in a later conversation with Tanjiro, he also understood Goto and Yoichi's efforts and self-blame when trying to save himself.

The names of the two were also learned from Tanjiro - it was the scale of the house they carried Tanjiro to the house.

Hearing Tanjuro's words, Goto was stunned for a moment.

- Friend... Charge one?

Goto's eyes reflected Tanjuro's smile, and the face hidden under the black cloth couldn't see the expression, he just nodded vigorously again:

"Hmm!"

"I will."

……

Soon.

There was a glimmer of light at the end of the sky, and the clouds were pierced by a slowly rising light, and the golden morning sun was set at the edge of the clouds.

It's dawn.

From last night to now, the traces of Tong Mo have appeared that time.

After waiting until the sky was completely bright, Tanjuro and the three parted ways in place.

Yoshiyoshi Tomioka and Tengen Umichi want to return to the area they were in charge of.

- It's been a long time since the last Penetration training to manage their own missions.

And Tanjuro.

He wanted to go back to the Butterfly House and digest the memory first.

……

Butterfly House.

in the courtyard.

"Ho!"

Tanjiro was standing tall, wearing a green and black plaid shirt, his sharpened hand gripping the hilt tightly.

And with a hard blow, waving in the courtyard.

Swish!

Swish!

His dark red eyes revealed determination, he gritted his teeth, and the corners of his mouth slightly overflowed with white steam.

- Muichiro and Ichiro have already gone on a mission.

- I've been practicing with them, but I'm still stuck here.

Swish!

The wooden knife sliced through the air, leaving a faint trail in midair.

Tanjiro opened his mouth and exhaled a puff of white vapor, and under his raised brow was an incomparably determined gaze.

- That's not going to work!

Thinking back to how his father had been going out recently, Tanjiro was faintly worried.

"Uh-huh!"

Suddenly, an extremely loud voice came from under the eaves next to him.

Purgatory Kyojuro was sitting in the corridor with his arms crossed and his waist straight, looking at Tanjiro who was practicing swordsmanship with blazing eyes:

"Stove Gate Boy! Raise your arms a little higher! ”

"Yes!!" Hearing this, Tanjiro closed his eyes vigorously and shouted in the same voice, "I will try!" ”

Swish!

He strained his arms, and the blade swung in a perfect semicircle in midair.

"That's it!"

Kyojuro's voice resounded in the butterfly house.

Side.

“… That big brother owl..."

"It's so loud!" My wife Seonyi was in a cold sweat, and he hid around the corner behind Kyojurou in Purgatory, looking at Takeo and Shigeru.

He has a very keen sense of hearing, and when he stays next to Kyojuro in Purgatory, he feels like his head is about to explode.

The reason why he's still here-

Zenyi looked at Tanjiro in the courtyard.

- Tanjiro Kamado, with a voice that is so gentle that it makes you want to die.

Miss Shinobu left Butterfly House with Aoi Kanzaki, who had just joined Butterfly House, and a few hermitages to purchase medicine from a nearby town.

She chose the nearest purgatory house and asked Xingjurou to come to the butterfly house to temporarily ensure the safety of the butterfly house.

"Very exquisite swordsmanship!"

Purgatory Kyojurou put his hands on his knees, stood up, and strolled into the courtyard wearing only a black uniform, staring at Tanjiro with big eyes:

"Did Mr. Tanjuro teach you?"

"No... That's right..."Tanjiro stopped wielding his wooden knife, gasping for breath and wiping the sweat from his forehead as he prepared to answer Kyojuro's question.

In the afterglow, I caught a glimpse of Tanjuro walking from the door.

“… Father! He turned his head in surprise.

When Kyojuro heard this, he subconsciously looked at Tanjiro's line of sight.

After glancing at Tanjuro, who was in the dust and ran all the way back, he nodded:

"Mr. Kamato! Did the mission succeed? ”

Trample.

"Well, it went well." Tanjuro slowly approached, and he smiled back, his eyes resting on the eldest son who was panting.

Leaning down, he reached out and touched Tanjiro's head, wiped the sweat that flowed down his cheeks for him, and said:

"Don't push yourself, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it."

"I see!" Tanjiro echoed.

Tanjuro straightened up and glanced around casually, observing Rokuta and Hanako who were playing on the second floor through the view.

After making sure that the children and Aoi were still there, his heart calmed down.

But looking around, he didn't find any trace of Brother Shi Tou and the only Lang.

Subconsciously asked:

"What about Arichiro?"

"Ahh Tanjiro looked up, he smiled, stretched out his hand and explained:

"Wuichiro and they went on a mission, Uncle Shi Tou seemed a little uneasy, and he also went with him."

……

……

Somewhere on a hill.

"Karma! Ichiro! Muichiro! ”

The crow flapped its wings and circled in the sky, urging the two sweaty brothers below:

"Hurry up! Hurry up! ”

"Hurry to the mission location before sunset!"

"Climb over this hill again! There it is! Karma! ”

Below.

In the woods.

The golden sunlight shines through the cracks in the lush woods.

Muichiro leaned weakly under the tree, sweating profusely, panting heavily, and looking up at the sky in disbelief:

"And a mountain?!"

He tugged at the collar of his black uniform to dissipate the heat, and shouted with a dejected face:

"Why! Ah——!!h ”

Arichiro walked ahead, he slammed his mouth, it was already hot, he turned his head and shouted angrily at his brother:

"It's noisy!"

"Hurry up!"

"If you're tired, you can take a break." The father walked behind the brothers, observing his surroundings to avoid being attacked by wild boars and other animals.

Hearing this, the crow hovering in the air was suddenly unhappy, and it quacked and shouted:

"Karma! The only lang! No way! ”

The crow's quacking is not over, suddenly!

On the other side of the woods.

“… It's noisy! ”

A muscular arm clutched a stone on the ground, and he was naked, aiming slightly at the crow in the sky.

Then.

Throw your arm hard!

Whoosh——!

The stone turned into a straight line and flew quickly towards the crow!

Then!

Bang!

"Poof!"

Hit the bull's-eye!

The crow was hit by the stone on its wings, choked suddenly, and the black feathers suddenly drifted apart, its eyes widened, and it fell to the ground weightlessly!

Seeing this, Muichiro on the ground hurriedly raised his head and stretched out his hands to try to catch the falling crows.

"Crow!"

Pounce forward!

Strike!

The crow landed in Muichiro's arms, foaming at the mouth, struggling to raise its wings, its dark eyes looking straight at the sky.

Something hoarse in his mouth.

Muichiro hurriedly put his ear close and listened carefully.

The crow's voice was low and intermittent:

"I..."

“… There are names..."

Then, with a tilt of its head, it passed out.

Just when Muichiro looked at the crow that fell in his arms and felt sad.

"What people!" Yuchiro stood in front of his younger brother, he reached out to protect Muichiro behind him, and shouted at a boulder in front of several people:

"Why did you sneak up on us!"

Smack.

"Ha——?" The muscular figure of the boy stood up from the boulder above, and he slowly lifted his inhuman-shaped head.

A dull and gruff voice came from under the boar's head:

"Sneak attack?"

Two long streaks of white steam came out of the boar's nostrils.

After seeing the appearance of the person who came, Arichiro frowned tightly.

It was a monster with a boar-like head and a naked upper body, but a humanoid body!

Is it a ghost?!

Arichiro stared at him with his eyes in his eyes, thinking quickly.

- No, there's sunshine on him, not a ghost.

That—

Subconsciously clenched the handle of the knife at his waist, Arichiro gritted his teeth and looked at the guy with the boar's head.

- What kind of monster is this?!

"What did you say?!"

The boar seemed quite indignant when he heard the words such as sneak attack, and he stood on top of the boulder, looking down at Shi Tou and the three of them:

"Break into my mountain! Dare you say that I was the one who attacked the sneak attack? ”

"No kidding!"

As he spoke, two long lines of white vapor spilled out.

Creak...

The muscles on his body slowly tensed, and he slowly squatted down, his leg muscles accumulating.

His eyes stopped on the knife on the waist of the two Shi Tou brothers, and the face hidden under the hood showed an excited expression:

"Remember, intruder."

"My name is Inosuke Kouhei."

Inosuke raised his head, and the two huge blue boar eyes looked in the direction of Arichiro, and shouted in a rough voice:

"—the king of this mountain!!"

The next moment!

Swish!

He kicked the ground with both feet!

The powerful dive from top to bottom almost made him approach Ichiro, who was holding the handle of the knife, almost instantly!

"Pigs are advancing ——!! by leap and bound" The mouth kept shouting!

Sneer——!

"Come and compare with me whose strength is greater!!"

Inosuke slid and sprinted, the dust kicked up, his abdomen tightened his core hard, and he shook his leg from one side and pumped it towards Arichiro!

Arichiro's eyes widened, and he looked at Inosuke approaching his side, and he was a little overwhelmed for a while.

Behind.

"Wow!!" Muichiro hugged the crow, his face turned blue, his eyes fixed on Inosuke, and he felt a little sick to his stomach.

- What happened?!

He shouted inwardly, overwhelmed.

Table tennis!

I watched my brother pull out the Hinawa knife and slash the boar monster with the back of the knife and leaned down to kick the ball of the foot.

- Why did you start fighting!

"Hey, hey, hahaha!!" Inosuke's rough laughter resounded through the mountains, and several birds fluttered their wings and shook the treetops and flew up.

……

Butterfly House.

Tanjuro sat quietly in the room on the second floor.

His eyes looked through the window with some worry, looking into the distance.

- I always feel that Brother Shi Tou will not go well this time.

He sighed.

I hope I'm thinking about it too much.

There was no one around.

Slowly immersed in his mind, his consciousness gradually darkened.

……

Long.

Tanjuro slowly opened his eyes.

The entrance is a familiar and unfamiliar courtyard.

- It was the yard behind his house.

(End of chapter)