Chapter 3 This is a Cosplay.

Chapter 3 This is a Cosplay.

Time gradually came to the afternoon.

On the open space in front of the wooden house.

"Mom, what is Dad doing?" Shigeru tugged at Kie's clothes corner, looking puzzled at Kamado Tanjuro, who was sitting on the corridor, thinking with his head down.

Kie smiled and pulled Shigeru away:

"Dad is thinking about something, don't disturb him, go help Takeo make a fire."

"Make a fire?"

Shigeru seemed a bit puzzled, he looked up at his mother, not understanding why they started to make a fire just after the snow had stopped.

...

At the corridor.

Tanjuro lowered his head, his hands crossed, his eyebrows furrowed.

Facing Muzan, Tanjuro's first reaction was — run.

It's not just him here, but also his wife and children.

It's impossible to stay, the result of staying is waiting for death.

But if the whole family runs away together, there is a possibility that Muzan will chase them all the way by following their breath.

The speed of a demon is much faster than that of a human.

Tanjuro didn't dare to gamble with his family's lives.

So.

He looked up at Shigeru and Rokuta, who were playing on the open space in front of the house, and Hanako and Nezuko, who were clapping their hands and laughing on the side.

Having experienced the torment of more than thirty years in Sekiro, he didn't want to experience the feeling of losing his family again.

Kamado Tanjuro planned to stay behind.

Even if, this is very likely to die.

But, it's better for him to die than for the whole family to be slaughtered.

And, when he was a Ninja "Wolf", he had already died enough.

In the world of "Demon Slayer", there exist man-eating demons led by the "Demon King" Kibutsuji Muzan.

They are scattered all over Japan, and their numbers are numerous.

Demons, their speed and strength far surpass ordinary people, and they can regenerate even if their limbs or heads are cut off.

When Ordinary people encounter them, they have only one way to die.

Unless you use a specific weapon to cut off the head, or be exposed to sunlight, it is impossible to completely kill the demon.

Among them, the strength of the Twelve Demon Moons is the most powerful.

The strength of the Demon Moons, if placed in the ancient Japan mythology, can also dominate one side as a big demon.

And the strength of the "Demon King" Kibutsuji Muzan is above all Demon Moons.

.....After all, the Twelve Demon Moons are just his subordinates that he created.

Kamado Tanjuro dares to assert.

With his current self alone, he can't survive a few breaths in Muzan's hands.

Beating Muzan head-on is simply impossible.

With my current body being so weak, I might manage a few decent slashes, but I'd collapse right after.

Even if my body were full of energy, the chance of escaping from Muzan is close to zero.

Let alone defeating him.

But..."

Demon King Muzan has a "weakness".

.....He is extremely timid...

.....Oh no, cautious.

This "caution" stems from the Warring States period.

The reason is.....

During the Warring States period, a human genius was born.

This genius is called Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

He was born with the ability to observe the operation of all things in the world - through the world.

Born with extremely strong physical fitness, and its representative - markings.

Born with extremely strong swordsmanship talent, the first time he held a sword as a child, he instantly defeated a warrior who had been on the battlefield for many years.

A special breathing rhythm at birth, which can compress a large amount of oxygen into the lungs at one time.

Allowing physical fitness leap of the breathing method - Sun Breathing.

And - only by gripping force can make the sword turn red and hot, a special skill that has a targeted effect on slashing demons - Scarlet sword.

Tanjuro thought of this, and suddenly fell silent in his heart.

Although he knew, but thinking carefully, he was still shocked by the horror of Tsugikuni Yoriichi's talent.

In his previous life, there was a word that could affectionately describe Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

- Cheater

Every trait on him seems to be born to target the existence of demons.

So much so that when he first met the Demon King, he could give the young and arrogant Demon King a double blow physically and psychologically.

Even if the Demon King finds himself underestimating the enemy, trying to split into more than 1,800 pieces of meat to escape.

Also in an instant, by Tsugikuni Yoriichi, who has a non-human reaction speed, cut more than 1,500 pieces with a sword.

Although the Demon King successfully escaped from Yoriichi's claws in the end, he never dared to show up again.

In the sixty years after Yoriichi was alive, Muzan never appeared in the human field of vision.

It was not until Yoriichi died that Muzan dared to gradually show up.

It can be seen that Muzan is indeed very "cautious".

This "caution" is worth using.

Tanjuro lowered his head and thought about the cards he currently has.

In his youth, he practiced the dance of Kagura every day, and finally reached the "supreme realm"

- Through the world.

This is one.

In the "Lone Wolf" world, a special mark was born.

- Markings.

It is the ferocious dark red markings on the left forehead.

The appearance of the markings represents that the physical fitness will soar.

Tanjuro can clearly perceive that as long as he wants, it seems that he can show the markings on his left forehead at any time.

This will make his heart rate accelerate to over 200, his body temperature reach 39 degrees, and in return, his combat effectiveness will be greatly improved.

Under normal circumstances, on the left side of Tanjuro's forehead, it is just a common burn scar.

Markings, this is the second.

Three is, and is currently Tanjuro's biggest card.

The Kamado family has been passed down from generation to generation, offering the dance of Kagura to the God of Fire - the Hinokami Kagura.

Kamado Tanjuro now knows better than anyone what this so-called dance is.

— Breath of the Sun.

— And the corresponding thirteen sword forms.

Because the Breath of the Sun was too domineering, no human swordsman at the time could inherit the mantle of Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

But there were many people who had recorded and witnessed it, but these records were found and destroyed one by one by Muzan after Yoriichi's death.

Except for one person — the ancestor of the Kamado family, Kamado Sumiyoshi.

Sumiyoshi and Yoriichi were good friends.

Yoriichi also gave his two sun earrings to Sumiyoshi.

After Sumiyoshi watched Yoriichi perform the thirteen sword forms of the Breath of the Sun once, he deeply imprinted it in his mind.

And it was compiled into the Hinokami Kagura dance, renamed as the Fire God Kagura, and passed down from generation to generation with the earrings.

And now, Kamado Tanjuro has been dancing the "Hinokami Kagura" for nearly thirty years.

The rhythm of the breath and the essentials of the movements are all familiar to him.

Yoriichi's earrings are also hanging on his ears.

"Clap!"

Kamado Tanjuro clapped his hands, straightened his body, and slowly stood up.

After a calm thought, the confidence in his heart.

Is much stronger than before.

Facing Muzan, it is not necessary to defeat him head-on.

Creak... creak...

He took two steps forward and walked into the snow.

Slowly closed his eyes

"Inhale—" Kamado Tanjuro took a deep breath, muscle memory made his breathing rhythm gradually match the breathing rhythm of the Fire God Kagura.

As a large amount of oxygen was compressed into the lungs, Kamado Tanjuro's body temperature gradually rose, and his heartbeat also began to accelerate.

"Hiss—!"

Like the sound of water being evaporated by high temperature, Kamado Tanjuro slightly opened his mouth, and a hot white gas drifted out from the corner of his mouth.

It turned into white steam in the cold snow, and slowly drifted with the wind.

At this moment, on his left forehead.

A dark red fierce pattern emerged on the surface of the skin, covering the shallow burn marks.

The two sun-patterned earrings swayed slightly in the cold wind.

His deep red hair was tied into a high ponytail, hanging behind his head.

Kamado Tanjuro opened his eyes, and his deep red pupils calmly looked into the distance.

What Tsugikuni Yoriichi had, he also had.

He doesn't need to have substantial strength, what Tanjuro wants now is just appearance.

Patterns, earrings, pupil color, hair...

At this moment, he seems to be no different from Yoriichi in his impression, except for his clothes and complexion.

There is still a... crimson sword.

Thinking like this, he turned around and walked back into the room.

He reached out and touched his bed.

Click!

A black katana was pulled out from the bedding by him.

Kamado Tanjuro lowered his head and looked at the samurai sword.

Click!

With a slight force on his wrist, the katana was unsheathed, revealing a black sword.

The glossy sword reflected Kamado Tanjuro's expressionless face.

— This is Kusabimaru.

— The ninja "Wolf"'s sidearm.

Perhaps when he woke up, he was holding Kusabimaru tightly in his hand, so this sword also came along.

It's just right, he thought.

He turned his head and looked outside the house, in the direction of the charcoal kiln.

He poked his head out and asked:

"Takeo, is the fire ready?"

Whether the charcoal dad is born with patterns is controversial, so some secondary creations have been made.