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The Red Light District

The Red Light District is called the Flower District because, as the name implies, this part of the city is shaped like a flower. The prostitutes living here were either living in poverty or sold out due to loans. Although they bear a lot of hardships, in exchange they are guaranteed the necessities of life.

The streets were bustling with people as it was early into the night and people were walking around to either get some 'entertainment' or 'experiences'.

"These are some ugly girls…" A woman said, kneeled in her house as she looked at the 4 girls that were standing side by side. Each of them had an exaggerated amount of makeup on their face. Of course, these were Hiroto, Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke respectively who were currently in disguise.

"Not at our place…" The woman said, declining to take these girls under her establishment. "We just bought a new girl a few days ago, so I'm sorry."

The man next to her spoke up, "Well, one should be okay."

"Then I will entrust one to you. Sorry, ma'am." A woman stood behind the 4 spoke up. Compared to the 4, she somehow managed to pull off dressed as a woman with white hair. Of course, this was Uzui, who was also in disguise.

When Uzui and Hiroto were wrestling to put on his costume, Hiroto turned the tables and also made Uzui wear a woman's disguise.

'Damn, how the hell can that creep pull it off.' Hiroto thought to himself, giving the stank eye to Uzui.

"Then we'll take the one in the middle. She seems so honest." The man said, pointing to Tanjiro.

"I'll work as hard as I can!" Sumiko *cough* Tanjiro said, entering the establishment.

"Tsk. You guys are so worthless. I can only sell you guys for cheap." Uzui said as they walked continued on.

"Shut up you. I bet you love dressing boys up into girls." Hiroto said back to him in spite.

"Why you!" Uzui retorted, about to hit Hiroto.

"Hey! There's like, a bunch of people gathering around there!" Inosuke shouted, pointing to a large gathering of people in front of them.

Uzui turned and said, "Ahh, it's an 'Oiran Parade'."

In the middle of the group, there was an elegant and beautiful woman who was being escorted by various people around her.

"It's 'Koinatsu Oiran' from the 'Tokito House'. She's the highest-ranked prostitute and is going to greet one of her customers. In any case, she is flamboyant. She has a bunch of people following her." Uzui said.

"WIFE?! IS THAT YOUR WIFE?!" Zenitsu shouted at Uzui. Is that beauty your wife?! She's too much!! Are all three of you your wives beautiful?!"

*donk* Uzui punched Zenitsu and shouted at him, "She's not my wife!! You can tell because their names are on the 'Lists'!!"

Inosuke was picking his ear, with a woman standing behind him staring intensely at the back of his head. "She's walking slow. If she was in the mountains, she'd be dead right away." Inosuke said.

"Excuse me, ma'am." The woman behind Inosuke spoke up towards Uzui. "I'd like to take this girl in. That okay? I'm part of the 'Ogimoto House'... my eyes don't deceive me."

Uzui clapped his hands and said in a high pitched voice. "Oh, you're from the Ogimoto House! Well, thanks for your patronage."

The woman paid Uzui and led Inosuke away. Zenitsu waved towards him and said, "Be well, Inoko."

"So, we just have to get sold to the last house then, the 'Kyogoku House'," Hiroto said towards Uzui.

"Yea, hopefully, they'd be willing to buy you, even if it's for dirt cheap prices," Uzui said.

'I'm dressed up as a girl, I'm not sure If I should be offended or not.' Hiroto thought as they walked towards the next house.

Arriving at the entrance of the Kyogoku House, Uzui decided to take off the makeup, claiming that by using his 'flamboyant' looks, he can sell both Hiroto and Zenitsu to the 'Kyogoku House'.

Walking in, they met a middle-aged woman who was tending the front, and upon seeing Uzui's… flamboyant looks blushed.

"Good evening, ma'am. I was wondering if you would like to buy these two wonderful girls here? The blond one here is super nice, and the red-haired girl is great at singing and entertaining her guests. She has a great voice. You can just take them both and make them do anything. Even if they clean the bathrooms. This one's just a random good for nothing." Uzui said, slapping Zenitsu's head.

The woman blushed and said, "Why, of course, we can! We have room available to house these two lovely girls." She took out some money and paid Uzui.

"Thank you, ma'am. Be good now girls." Uzui gave a smile to Hiroto and Zenitsu before walking off. 'I'm going to kill him.' Hiroto thought as he stared at Uzui's back.

The woman grabbed Hiroto's and Zenitsu's shoulder before leading them away. "Alright, follow me! Hmm, let's get rid of your hairtail and let your hair loose." The woman said, reaching for Hiroto's ponytail.

Hiroto covered his head and said in a perfect falsetto voice. "It's alright ma'am. I can do that myself, no need to trouble you." His hair tie was gifted to him by Nezuko before his Muzan's attack, he wouldn't let just anybody touch or get near it.

Taking his hair tie off, his red and faint purplish hair flowed down and hung around his shoulders. The woman's eyes widened as she shouted in joy. "Haha! Look at how beautiful your hair is! Just from your hair alone, we can get you to become our next top attraction!"

Hiroto shuddered when he heard her words, before being escorted with Zenitsu away.

The two came into a room with a multitude of musical instruments laying around, as various sounds were being played on them by some of the establishment's women.

"Alright! We have two new girls with us! Introduce yourselves." The woman who guided them said to the rest in the room.

Zenitsu spoke up in a broken high pitched voice, "I'm Zeniko."

Hiroto spoke up is his, uncannily, falsetto and feminine tone, "I'm Himiko, please take care of us." They both bowed.

"Oh wow, her hair is so pretty!" *whisper* "Say, don't you think that blond girl is a bit too ugly?"

"Well, from what the seller told me, and I do have to say that he was quite good looking, I was told that Himiko has a great singing voice and can entertain guests well, so we can have her sing for us. As for Zeniko, well apparently she doesn't have any notable skills. So how about getting her to play one of the instruments." The woman said.

The woman beckoned Zeniko *cough* Zenitsu forward to a shamisen. "How about you try this?"

Zenitsu kneeled down and picked up the shamisen, not knowing how to properly hold it.

"Here, try and follow what I do." One of the girls on the side said to Zenitsu. She began playing a melody with her shamisen. Zenitsu's ears perked, he was able to completely hear how each note sounded and it's different pitches.

Zenitsu mimicked her actions and played some random notes at first, but then started to flawlessly play the same melody as the girl.

All of the girls had their eyes widened as they saw how she was a complete amateur and was able to play the same melody as the girl.

Zenitsu was then told to switch to the koto and proceeded to do the same after he finished listening to a girl play a melody from it first.

Zenitsu remembered back to when Uzui called him a good for nothing, and started to play the koto with more energy and violently as he scowled.

"Sh… she's really good with the shamisen."

"Yeah… She's overwhelming."

The girls around the room commented, seeing how intense Zenitsu was playing.

Just outside of the room, the woman that took them in was speaking to another woman with a pipe in her hand.

"Did you just take her in?" The woman with the pipe asked. "It seems she has good ears. She can play whatever she hears one time, whether on the shamisen or on the koto. Well, although she's ugly we'll take her in. I can see the fighting spirit in her, she wants revenge for the guy that sold her."

The woman next to her then asked, "We should see what she can do next." She pointed towards Himiko *cough* Hiroto.

"Himiko, since we were told that you have a good voice, try singing something for us." A girl from the side said.

"But, I don't know any songs to sing," Hiroto responded, in his falsetto voice.

"Here, sing this." A girl from the side handed him a page that had lyrics to a song.

Hiroto read and began to sing the song, stunning the people around him. Something that was kept secret to only a few people, was that Hiroto actually had a really good singing voice. Although he doesn't like to do it in front of others. As for how Uzui knew? He didn't. He was 100% bluffing.

Finishing the song quietly, Hiroto looked up from the page and was greeted by a round of applause.

"We hit the jackpot this time." The madam said. (Madam is the manager)

well, that was an interesting chapter... Don't judge me, it's not like I know how the red light district works...

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