Chapter 9. Bad news. Part 2.

We demon slayers are members of an organization that is not officially recognized by the government. We can't walk around with a sword in plain sight. And exposing the sword can cause panic. So back on one of my first missions, I bought a guitar case and carry my swords in it. But only if there are a lot of people around me. In other cases, I prefer to wear swords on my belt.

At the moment, I was in the Asakusa district of Tokyo, which is famous for its bad reputation as the "entertainment district". But as much as I'd like to confirm the rumors among the slayers about the skill of the Oirans here, my body isn't old enough to go to the brothels yet. So I was content to see such sights as the Renkaku Tower. And I must say that the tower had such a loud name as "reaching the heavens" quite deservedly. Of course, it is incomparable with the skyscrapers that will be built in the future, but in today's Japan, it was not equal.

After visiting the tower, I headed to the noisiest sixth block of Asakusa, where the movie theater was located, where, according to Uzuko, people had recently started disappearing. The organization sent several swordsmen there, but none of them returned. So they decided to send me. The most promising swordsman among the demon slayers. Yes, I have a lot of modesty.

Along the way, I occasionally met passing cars, from which, even despite the sense of smell blocked by auto-suggestion, I could smell the unpleasant smell of exhaust gases. And everything that smelled bad instinctively made me dislike it. And the fact that at the present time the car can afford only zazhravshiesya moneybags this very dislike only increased. In short, I disliked cars.

When I finally got to the right place, I had to wait in a long queue to buy a ticket. And it completely ruined my mood. Damn demon. I'll chop them into pieces.

But inside the movie theater, no matter how I searched, the demon was not visible. Although my gut told me that he was somewhere nearby. Based on this, I concluded that he was hiding with the help of the demonic blood technique. So I had no choice but to wait. And towards the end of the film, the demon deigned to show himself. He climbed straight out of the wall and reached for the woman in the back row. The demon looked like a skinny old man with numerous horns on his bald head. It will be superfluous to say anything more about it, since…

"Asura Breath-First Style: Dissecting the Demon of the Underworld»

... armed with my blades, I make a powerful lunge and in the blink of an eye, I am next to the demon and deliver a cross-shaped blow. Instant kill. Although I didn't expect anything else. After all, I finally managed to complete my own style, which I called ... Asura Breath.

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After I managed to escape from the movie theater, which was full of screaming and panicking people, my way lay to the Ubuyashiki estate, as Uzuko brought a message saying that there would be a meeting of the pillars soon and I should attend it. And I knew why I was called. After all, the tiger pillar had recently died. And he needs a replacement.

I just recently turned twelve years old, and I have reached the highest rank – Kinoe. That is, there is no one better than me for the place of the pillar. And the fact that I have a different breath does not matter. Of course, if the pillar had a successor, he would have taken his place. But what is not, is not.

And as I made my way to the meeting of the pillars, I wondered what I would be called. The pillar is given a nickname based on the breath it possesses. That is, in the future, I will be called ... the pillar of asura? Eh. I knew that the pretentious name would come back to me. But my inner otaku couldn't resist. Asuras are demons, titans, gods, demigods, anti-gods, giants, and other equally powerful beings. It's different in different religions. But the point is the same. The Asuras are damn strong. And I hope to be the same…