Various feelings

"I'm telling you, there's a demon at our place!!" kage yelled at tanjiro, kuki, and taiyo

At the moment, they were on a roof, doing their daily meetup.

"It's a thing like this! Like this" inosuke said as he waved his arms around

"No...yeah, that's um...just wait a second." tanjiro said

"Like this! Do you understand this?!" Inosuke continued to wave his hands around.

"Look, uzui, netsu, and shizen will be here soon for our reports, so…" kuki said

"Like this! I know what they're like!"

"Inosuke, it's hopeless, they don't understand you" hoshi said

"Zenitsu, shizen and netsu arent coming…" uzui said

This guy's good!

He doesn't make a sound.

He didn't even disturb the air

"What do you mean they aren't coming?' taiyo asked

"I think I've put you guys in real danger…I wanted to help my wives, but that led me to make bad choices. Now they're missing. I haven't heard from them since last night. You 6 leave the hanamachi. You're not up to this. If there's an upper rank demon here, you can't handle it. When someone disappears, we must count them as dead. From now on I'll operate alone...i think i killed a hashira... "

"No, uzui! We--!" kage started

"There's no shame in this. To survive means victory. Don't squander this chance…"

"WAIT!"

But uzui disappeared.

"..."

"Maybe he didn't trust us because we're the lowest rank?" tanjiro asked

"We're four up from the bottom. We've gained ranks. We're kanoe now" kuki said.

"Huh?!" tanjiro yelled

Everyone but Tanjiro held out their hands.

"Show your rank" they all said

Then they made a fist.

Then the kanji for kanoe appeared.

"On wisteria mountain, they tickled your hand, right?" inosuke asked

"I remember the tickling, but I was so tired...I didn't know about this!" tanjiro yelled

Kage patted Tanjiro's back.

"Cheer up!" he said

"Right. Sorry. There's no time for this. As soon as night falls, i'll meet you guys at house ogimoto. Wait until then. It's dangerous to act alone."

"But...we're not alone-" hoshi started

"Today we're gonna finish investigating house tokito."

"WHY?! I'M TELLING YOU THERE'S A DEMON AT OUR PLACE! COME NOW! YOU REALLY ARE STUPID!" inosuke yelled as he hit tanjiro

"You don't understand!" Tanjiro yelled.

"Huh?"

"Uzui is outside our houses at night, right? Ow! Ow! But zenitsu, netsu and shizen disappeared and the demon at your place stays hidden. Ouch! Hey...stop hitting me! There must be a secret passage inside the building."

Taiyo grabbed inosuke's arm

"Passage?" he asked

"Yeah...the demon isnt coming and going...so it might be someone working there. If the demon is working at the house...it must be good at pretending to be human...and must be careful to kill people so that no one notices."

"You're not wrong...blood stains won't come out easily. Hiding a murder is hard work" hoshi said

"This is a town. That's very convenient for demons. But there are still many inconvenient things. If you try and get things done during the day, people get suspicious. I think...that Netsu, Zenitsu, Shizen and Uzui's wives are all still alive. And I'm acting on that belief. I want to rescue them. I want you all to do the same...and I definitely don't want you all to die! Got it?" tanjiro said

"Everything you said...i was just going to say the same thing!" inosuke smiled

…

SHF

"Excuse us, koinatsu...we apologize for the impropriety...but we are leaving house tokito. Would you please pass this on to the master and the others this payment for meals while we were in their care?" kuki said

He slid an envelope on the table.

"Why are you all dressed that way?" koinatsu asked

"We apologize for the deception, but though we dressed like girls, we're really boys." taiyo said

"Yes...I knew that. With those bodies and voices of yours...i knew…"

"Y-you did…" tanjiro asked

"I could tell from the start that you all were boys. I just wondered what you were doing here."

"..."

She found us out

"You have some kind of mission, right? Is it true that you're worried about suma?"

"Yes! Of course! That's all true! And we still hope to save those who have disappeared!" kuki yelled

Then koinatsu smiled

"Thank you...i admit, I'm relieved. You see...I'm leaving town tomorrow, too."

"Oh, you are?! I'm glad to hear that!"

"There's a man willing to take someone like me for his wife. I'm truly happy. But… I'm deeply worried for everyone I'm going to leave behind. I was afraid I'd never know the answer to the mysteries here in house tokito."

"That's only natural...please, don't worry! Please keep smiling."

"I guess I'll never know what brought you all here…"

The three boys had already left.

Just as they were headed to house ogimoto, tanjiro stopped.

"Wait...what's that? A faint sweet smell…" tanjiro said

"What?" taiyo and kuki asked

"A demon!! And it's close!!" he yelled