Demon Slayer: I am a Demon.

"For your brother, the only thing that kept him alive after everything that happened was his endless hatred for ghosts and his desire to protect your happiness. He hoped that you would find a woman you love, get married, have children, and live a happy life like an ordinary person."

Even if it means beating you half to death, I will stop you from becoming a demon hunter in order to protect your happiness.

But your brother wants to kill even more ghosts.

Even if only a head is left, bite through the ghost's throat. As far as your brother is concerned, nothing else matters.

And this is what your brother, the current 'Wind Pillar', would probably be thinking, right?

After Su Mu finished speaking, Shinazugawa Genya stood there almost in a daze.

Su Mu stepped forward again and patted him on the shoulder: "So, now, do you still want to walk the path of ghost hunting?"

He looked at Genya Shinazugawa: "This is the path your dear brother doesn't want you to take."

The boy closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and at that moment, he could almost picture his brother's lonely figure.

After a long while, Shinazugawa Genya finally opened his eyes, his gaze becoming incredibly resolute at that moment.

"I will continue on the path of ghost hunting."

"Are you sure?"

Su Mu looked at Shinazugawa Genya: "Even if it means eating demons, something almost unacceptable, are you willing to do?"

"willing."

"Even if your brother finds out and beats you half to death, breaks your legs, are you still going to walk this path of ghost hunting?"

"willing."

Shinazugawa Genya raised his head: "Even if my brother beats me half to death, or even if my brother kills me, I will still walk the path of demon hunting."

As he spoke, he said earnestly, "As the younger brother, I will never let my older brother suffer the pain he once endured, the pain of witnessing our mother kill and eat our younger brother and sister."

"To bear the pain of killing one's mother who has fallen into demonhood."

As he spoke, Shinazugawa Genya clenched his fist:

"We must never let my brother bear all this pain and sorrow alone again."

"This is something my brother and I should have shared."

Su Mu smiled as he looked at Shinazugawa Genya's state. In the original history, Genya felt guilty and thought his brother would never forgive him.

Sanemi Shinazugawa, the "Wind Pillar" and the older brother, believed that avoiding and showing his dislike for his younger brother would make him give up hunting demons, and thought it didn't matter whether his younger brother disliked his older brother or not.

Two people who clearly love each other deeply and want each other to be happy keep doing things that hurt each other.

If they meet again, the younger brother, who now understands everything about his older brother, will not let the tragedy repeat itself, right?

They probably won't do things that hurt each other like before.

They both clearly wanted the other to be happy!

Chapter 171: Once turned into a ghost, there is no longer any hope of redemption.

The pitch-black night

A full moon hung high in the sky, its soft light illuminating the man's resolute face, making the three long, deep scars on his face stand out clearly.

The man lowered his body, and the moonlight fell on the white haori with the black character '殺' written on his back.

"Wind's Breath. Unleashed Form. Rise Amidst the Dust and Sand."

A deep, murderous voice echoed through the night sky.

The lowered body launched a swift and powerful attack, like a sandstorm sweeping across the sky.

The sharp blade flashed like a whirlwind, easily slicing through the ghost's neck.

As his body landed on the ground, the two strands of hair that the man had left on his forehead fell in the wind, and his white haori fluttered behind him.

Slowly, I stood up and watched the ghost clutching its throat. Its scarlet eyes were filled with fear, yet even that couldn't stop the passing of life.

Even the most immortal demons cannot escape death once their necks are severed by a Nichirin Blade.

Watching the demon die and smelling the foul stench that began to emanate from the air, the rage in Shinazugawa Sanemi's eyes seemed to dissipate somewhat at this moment.

He lowered his head, looking at the Nichirin Blade in his hand.

The feeling of a blade severing a demon's neck...

This feeling... is truly wonderful.

The endless hatred for the demon can only be slightly relieved at the moment the blade cuts through the demon's neck, but the day when his own happiness was destroyed is still unforgettable in his mind.

The mother was turned into that 'human-eating' ghost.

Even so, he still believed in his dear mother and refused to believe that his mother, now a ghost, would really harm the son and daughter she once loved.

until……

Mother kills her younger brother and sister in front of her.

Sanemi Shinazugawa already understood that the moment one falls into demonhood, there is no hope of redemption.

Even if that person is one's once beloved mother.

The moment she turned into a ghost, she was beyond redemption!

But at that time, I still harbored delusions.

If it had happened a little earlier, the younger brothers Hiroshi Shinazugawa, Koto Shinazugawa, and Naruya Shinazugawa, and the younger sisters Sadako Shinazugawa and Hisami Shinazugawa would still be alive.

Because he believed in his mother, who had fallen into demonhood, he caused the deaths of his younger brother and sister. It wasn't until his mother, who had also fallen into demonhood, lunged at his last remaining brother, Shinazugawa Genya, that he finally realized his mistake.

From the moment a mother who loved her child so much killed her beloved son with her own hands.

Sanemi Shinazugawa already understood that once he became a demon, everything was beyond redemption.

Once someone becomes a ghost, no matter how gentle they were before, they will turn into a monster that devours people. They... are beyond redemption!

You cannot trust anyone whose head has turned into a ghost.

Believing in these ghosts will only lead to a more tragic end, resulting in the same fate as oneself.

The only solution is to cut off the demon's head.

Once someone becomes a ghost, they must be killed.

Whether the ghost in front of you is your mother, your brother, or your sister, once it becomes a ghost, you should kill it without hesitation.

Ironically, some people still believe in ghosts, believing that ghosts can control their desires to devour people. If they could truly control such desires, then why did they personally end their mother's life after she had fallen into the form of a ghost?

That was his dear... mother!

His hand gripped the white hilt of the knife tightly, watching the demon's blood drip continuously from the tip of the blade.

I still can't forget my mother, who fell into demonhood.

That kind of pain, which felt like walking into hell, is still unforgettable to this day.

"M-sir, thank you... thank you."

A child carrying a baby emerged from the damaged house, his expression a mixture of fear, excitement, and gratitude.

"Thank you, sir, for saving my brother."

The child, holding the baby, bowed and thanked Shinazugawa Sanemi.

Sanemi Shinazugawa snapped out of his reverie and looked at the baby holding him, his gaze unconsciously falling on the infant.

"This is my younger brother. If it weren't for you, sir, he would have been eaten by that terrible ghost. I am truly... truly grateful to you, sir."

The child cried as he expressed his gratitude to Sanemi Shinazugawa.

"younger brother……"

Sanemi Shinazugawa's gaze unconsciously fell on the baby.

It's as if I'm seeing Genmi when he was still a baby.

Xuanmi was his first younger brother.

On the day he became a big brother, he timidly and gently held his baby brother's hand. His little brother, who was all red and wrinkled like a little monkey, hadn't even opened his eyes yet. At that moment, he couldn't help but smile.

A warm feeling filled my chest at that moment.

She wants to protect her younger brother, no matter when or where.

After that, other younger brothers and sisters were born.

He didn't know when it started, but his younger brother Xuanmi became his pillar. He and his brother once made a vow to work together to support their mother and protect their younger brother and sister.

Even so, to him, Genmi was still his youngest brother.

At the moment he killed his mother, who had fallen into demonhood, the surviving younger brother cried and cursed him as a murderer. Later, after learning the truth, that foolish younger brother should be feeling guilty about it now, right?

what……

"I never... I never even took this to heart!"

Shinazugawa Sanemi whispered.

"What……"

The child looked up at Sanemi Shinazugawa with some confusion.

The rare tenderness on Shinazugawa Sanemi's face vanished, replaced by cold indifference, as if he were a block of ice looking at the child.

Shinazugawa Sanemi ignored the child, turned around, and quickly left.

"Sir... I haven't thanked you yet, sir, I still don't know your name, the one who saved my brother and me..."

The child chased after the baby, but could not catch up no matter what. He could only see the figure gradually disappearing into the night. Under the moonlight, the black character '殺' on the white haori was so clear.

A gentle breeze was blowing.

The boy felt a chill and hugged his baby brother tightly. In his mind, he recalled the rare tenderness that the cold, icy man had shown when looking at his brother.

"Sir, you must have a younger brother as well."

The child whispered, "He must love his brother very much."

No one answered the boy's question; only the wind blew gently and drifted away into the distance.