Chapter 89 Tanjiro's Discovery.
"...Himejima?" The hidden person in charge of recording heard the words, the pen that was writing suddenly stopped, he looked up at Sayo, who was only twelve years old.
He remembered - the surname of Stone Hashira seems to be Himejima.
But...
"...Hmm!"
Sayo saw that the person in charge kept looking at her, she became more nervous, pursed her mouth, her hands behind her back, her body tense.
Her heart was in a mess, and at the same time, she regretted the words she had just said without thinking.
The person in charge was taken aback.
Stone Hashira... doesn't seem to be thin...
Thinking about it, he propped his chin with his pen, pondering and answering Sayo:
"A person with the surname Himejima... I see..."
"If there is a chance, I will submit an application."
Saying this, he handed over the identity paper with Sayo's name written on it:
"Of course." The person in charge only showed his eyes, the lower half of his face was covered by a black cloth, his eyes were hanging:
"Don't get your hopes up too high."
Sayo took the identity paper in a daze, looked at it in a daze.
Then she immediately reacted, pursed her small mouth, took a deep breath.
She bowed to the person in charge, shouting excitedly:
"Thank you!!"
The powerful sound wave seemed to blow the black cloth on the person's face, he stretched out his hand helplessly to signal Sayo to stop.
"I'm... I'm sorry!"
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Butterfly Mansion second floor.
"Amitabha..."
Tanjuro saw Himejima putting his hands together and constantly chanting Buddhist scriptures from afar.
After observing through the transparent world that his heartbeat was different from usual, he immediately thought of Kaigaku who had just passed him down the stairs.
- Did he run into Kaigaku?
In the original work, when Himejima had not joined the Demon Slayer Corps.
Kaigaku, in order to survive, led the demon into the temple where Himejima adopted orphans, and directly caused the death of all the children except a four-year-old girl named "Sayo".
Himejima desperately protected Sayo, the demon was beaten by him from night until the sun rose the next day, and finally turned into ashes - and there was no evidence to prove who killed the other children.
In the end, Himejima was wrongfully imprisoned, waiting for the death penalty.
If it weren't for the young Oyakata-sama to rescue Himejima from prison, then he would indeed - be dead now.
It can be said that Kaigaku is the culprit of all this.
Thinking of this.
Tanjuro let go of Nezuko and Tanjiro's hands, after telling Tanjiro to take care of Zenitsu.
He turned around and walked towards Himejima who was standing at the other end of the corridor.
Just as he was about to approach Himejima.
Himejima slightly raised his head and "looked" towards him.
Suddenly.
Click.
Tanjuro's advancing footsteps halted in place, he looked up at Himejima with some surprise.
If one were to say, Himejima's aura was like a heavy and steady rock before.
Now, his aura was getting closer and closer to Tanjuro's.
The reason for the closeness was only one.
Tanjuro extended his finger.
In Himejima's pale eyes, he placed his finger on his heart.
"Can you see it?" Tanjuro, with his transparent vision, pointed to his own heart that was constantly beating, and asked Himejima.
Himejima slightly Nodded, his hands clasped together:
"I can."
He raised his head.
In his mind, everything around him became transparent.
The Tanjuro in front of him also turned from outside to inside into a dense network of blood vessels, bright red muscles, skeleton, and organs.
Himejima's trip to this mansion was also for this.
Without waiting for him to ask a question.
Tanjuro first reached out and patted his shoulder, then smiled and said:
"It's quite surprising, isn't it?"
Saying this, he walked in front of Himejima, slightly raising his hand:
"Everything that is perceived has become transparent, and you can even clearly feel the flow and blockage of blood in the blood vessels."
"This is the 'transparent world' that can only be seen after exhausting all efforts to practice."
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Soon.
Tanjuro and Himejima, sitting on the chairs in the second-floor corridor.
The two started a topic from the "transparent world", and after some discussion.
"...Want to popularize among the members?"
Tanjuro looked at Himejima with tears streaming down his face, he nodded, pondering slightly.
Seeing this, Himejima spoke in a deep voice, slowly adding:
"Yes, this special perception ability allows me, a blind man, to see things in my mind and have a predictive ability for the battle situation. If it is popularized among the members..."
—Then the combat power of the Demon Slayer Corps would probably explode.
Saying this, Himejima suddenly thought of the current situation of the Demon Slayer Corps.
He suddenly realized.
Yes—if one could awaken the transparent world, someone would have opened it and reported to the Oyakata-sama long ago.
And so, the only one who possesses this ability is Tanjuro beside him, and he himself has just realized it and is still quite unfamiliar with it.
Mastering this ability... is actually quite difficult.
Just as Himejima's thoughts were gradually sinking.
"If ordinary members want to master it, I'm afraid it will take quite a long time."
Tanjuro raised his head, he thought for a moment, and explained:
"But."
Hearing the turn, Himejima was slightly stunned, he turned his head to look at Tanjuro.
The other's eyes were looking at the ceiling, smiling and turning back:
"If it's a Hashira, maybe through targeted training, they can see this transparent world in a short time."
"Hashira..." Himejima murmured softly, falling into thought.
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Kocho Shinobu's laboratory.
This place is located on the second floor of the Butterfly Mansion.
Creak...
The tightly closed door slowly opened.
Kocho Shinobu was holding a bottle of medicine, she poked her head out from behind the door, looking outside,
But unexpectedly saw Tanjiro's figure:
"Tanjiro?"
The called Tanjiro turned around, he was serious, leading his sister Nezuko.
Kocho Shinobu blinked:
"What are you doing here?"
"Kocho-san." Tanjiro called out, he looked at Nezuko beside him, also somewhat puzzled in response:
"Ah, father said something... Nezuko was handed over to me, to take care of the guy with yellow hair in the ward or something..."
He said, scratching his head, looking puzzled:
"...I don't know either."
Seeing this, Kocho Shinobu immediately remembered the sudden voice she had heard earlier, and she nodded her head in sudden realization.
Then, she turned to Tanjiro and asked:
"So...Tanjiro."
"Have you seen Tomioka-san?"
At this moment.
"Tomioka-san, he..." Nezuko, who was dizzy from Zenitsu's voice, regained her senses, she still spoke somewhat dazedly:
"It seems he has a new mission, he left in a hurry."
Hearing this.
A look of helplessness appeared on Kocho Shinobu's face, and the hand holding the medicine unconsciously tightened.
She sighed.
"He was told to stay put..."
Just then.
Tanjiro's gaze rested on Kocho Shinobu's fair forearm exposed outside the feather weave.
On it, there was a faintly purple needle hole.
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