People in Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began with Demon Slayer

Chapter 4 Mikako and Takuto

Because he had been brutally tortured by Kibuyaku Muzan, Yosuke, who spent his days hiding in his room cultivating, was unaware that a storm was brewing outside, with many people gathering to take his life.

Yosuke formulated a strategic plan for the future, which can be summarized in one word: survival.

Yang Jie believed that as long as he could survive and develop, with the system at his disposal, he would eventually crush the scumbag boss.

Yosuke's current strategic goal is to develop, develop, and develop some more. Unless he becomes invincible, he will wait for Yoriichi Tsugikuni to be born, join forces with the world's top fighter, and send the scumbag boss to hell.

If they fail, they still have Tanjiro Kamado, that stubborn guy, as a backup plan—that's pretty reliable!

Yosuke wouldn't dare to act all high and mighty in front of that scoundrel Boss right now. What if the scoundrel Boss suddenly took a dislike to him and said something like, "This world doesn't need two Demon Kings"? Yosuke didn't think he could survive.

The key to success lies in adhering to the principle of "survival of the fittest".

Having finalized his plans for the future, Yosuke lay in bed, staring at the moon outside the window, unable to sleep.

As a ghost, he was wide awake at night, full of energy, but he would doze off during the day, his biological clock completely reversed.

Just as Yosuke's thoughts drifted into the distance, his keen hearing detected footsteps outside the house.

Because of himself and Muzan Kibutsuji, the surrounding houses were no longer inhabited, and the members of the Ubuyashiki family left the mansion.

Currently, only Yosuke and his mother, Mikako Ubuyashiki, live here.

Yosuke got up and opened the door. With his excellent eyesight, he saw his mother walking towards him in the distance, leaning on a cane and limping.

In an instant, Yosuke appeared beside Mikako, supporting her.

“Mother, you’re not fully recovered yet, how can you get out of bed? You need to rest.” Yang Jie’s words were filled with heartache for his mother.

Yosuke felt that his parents were too miserable. They were both good and kind people who were full of hope for the future, but their two sons were born with diseases. After finally being cured, they became ghosts. Their lives went up and down, and suddenly the comedy turned into a tragedy.

Mikako is only thirty years old, but she looks fifty, which is an understatement. Her temples are gray, her cheeks are sunken, and her dark circles are very severe, which makes Yosuke feel very sorry for her.

“Yosuke…don’t stay here any longer. A group of people have gathered outside and plan to kill you at dawn. Leave…” Looking at her youngest son, Mikako’s eyes were filled with self-reproach.

"Mother, let's leave together. Let's find a place where there are no people and live a good life."

Yosuke's only concern now is his mother.

Mikako smiled and shook her head: "I won't go with you, Yosuke. I... don't have many days left to live."

"Mother, if you drink my blood, you will live forever. Diseases will be no problem at all!" Yang Jie couldn't wait to cut open his palm with his fingernails so he could feed his mother's blood.

Mikako grasped Yosuke, who was trying to cut himself. Although her hands were weak, Yosuke felt an immense weight in them.

"Yosuke, I don't want immortality. Your father is still waiting for me to go with him. As his wife, I can't abandon him. So I'm sorry, please forgive my selfishness, Yosuke..."

Yosuke bit his lip and remained silent.

Mikako released Yosuke's hand and gently stroked his face.

"I really want to see what Yosuke will be like when he gets married and has children. I wonder what Yosuke's future wife will be like, but she must be gentle and virtuous. Yosuke, I'm sorry I can't accompany you anymore. I'm such a bad mother."

Immortality brings endless loneliness, Yosuke. You must stay true to yourself and not lose your humanity like your brother. Your essence is still human...

Mikako's voice grew weaker and weaker. Yosuke held Mikako in his arms. As a demon, Yosuke could sense that his mother's life was about to come to an end.

"Yo-suke, promise me you will stop your brother. We brought evil spirits into the world, so we have a responsibility to eradicate them. This is our responsibility and our sin."

"Mother..."

Yosuke wanted Mikako to stop talking, but Mikako gently shook her head.

"Yosuke, will you promise me?"

Yosuke's eyes were filled with tears, but she held back her tears because she didn't want her mother to see her weak side.

"I promise you, Mother, I will definitely rid the evil spirits!"

Mikako gently patted Yosuke's head with a look of relief, just as she had when Yosuke was still sick and lying in bed, with the same tenderness.

Mikako looked behind Yosuke, her eyes shining.

"Takuto, have you come to pick me up?"

In Mikako's view, Yosuke's father, Ubuyashiki Takuto, was standing behind Yosuke, looking at Mikako in Yosuke's arms with a smile on his face, so warm and so gentle.

"Mikako, I've come to pick you up."

Mikako's tears fell: "Takuto, I'm so sad. We've handed this heavy burden to Yosuke. Is this really the right thing to do?"

Ubuyashiki Takuto embraced Mikako: "Mikako, Yosuke is our child, and our pride. We will always be watching over him from heaven and blessing him. We should believe in him, shouldn't we?"

Mikako, nestled in Takuto's arms, looked at Yosuke with a smile: "Yes, Yosuke is our pride, and I will always believe in him."

"Mikako, let's go..."

Takuto held Mikako's hand as his figure gradually disappeared.

Yosuke stared blankly at his lifeless mother in his arms, a happy smile on her face, feeling an emptiness in his heart.

Yosuke could no longer hold back his tears, but he was not sad. He believed that his mother and father must be living happily together in heaven.

Chapter 5 Kaori

As dawn approached, Yosuke composed himself, used his blood to generate a pair of blood-red wings on his back, granting him the ability to fly, and carried Mikako's body into the sky, soaring into the distance.

As the sun rose, the Ubuyashiki family's assembled force, tasked with defeating Yosuke, marched into the mansion in a grand procession.

Upon entering Yosuke's room, they discovered that Yosuke had vanished without a trace, and no one knew where they had gone.

On a desolate mountain, Yosuke knelt before a grave with two names engraved on the tombstone.

[The Grave of Ubuyashiki Takuto]

[The Grave of Mikako Ubuyashiki]

As a demon, Yosuke has lost his sense of time, and rumors of demons eating people circulate in the nearby towns from time to time.

Yosuke knew that in order to stand in the sunlight and eliminate his fear that the sunlight might take his life, and to become an immortal demon king, Kibuy Muzan created a large number of demons in search of the blue spider lily that could make up for his own defects.

Yosuke settled down temporarily in this desolate mountain. Kibuyaku Muzan created a large number of demons, while he himself cunningly hid among the people. One must be strong to forge iron. Yosuke wanted to train himself here and wait for the chosen one to cut off the sins of the Ubuyashiki family.

Yosuke used his own blood to create his first demon, a crow.

He used the crows' vision to observe changes in the outside world, while he cultivated himself on the desolate mountain, occasionally going down the mountain to strike at the evil spirits nearby.

At the foot of the desolate mountain where Yosuke lived, there was a small village. The villagers gradually learned that there was a strange man on the mountain who spent his days cultivating at night.

It's fine for a while, but after a long time, Yosuke will also feel lonely and restless.

One day, a group of teenagers, curious about the strange man cutting down trees on the mountain, secretly went up the mountain and discovered that he was a handsome young man who was also very approachable.

Yosuke became friends with these boys, but time flew by, the boys grew into adults, while Yosuke remained unchanged. Everyone thought Yosuke was a ghost and stopped coming up the mountain.

After a period of self-doubt, Yosuke concluded that these people must be jealous of his ageless good looks!

Yosuke ignored those people and continued to immerse himself in training and slaying demons every day.

"Ding, host constitution detected as meeting standards. Reward: one lottery draw. Would you like to start the draw?"

Yosuke rubbed his hands excitedly: "Open! Open it now!"

"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have acquired the Blood Demon Art: Eye Concealment."

Yosuke immediately activated the Blood Demon Art: Eye Concealment, but found that he himself had not changed at all.

Frustrated, Yosuke thought he had lost the lottery, but one day, a little girl appeared.

The little girl's name is Kaori. Because the mountain was full of beautiful flowers, she wanted to go up the mountain to pick them, but she got lost and mistakenly came to Yosuke's little wooden house.

When Yosuke found Kaori, she was crying because she couldn't find her way home.

At this moment, Yosuke, refusing to believe in superstition, used the Blood Demon Art: Eye Concealment, thinking that his proficiency was insufficient.

But when he arrived in front of Kaori, she couldn't see him.

"Hey, kid."

Yosuke's sudden voice startled Kaori.

"Who...who's speaking?!"

Yosuke had a suspicion in his mind and jumped around in front of Kaori, but Kaori was completely unaware of it.

Yosuke was overjoyed. This Blood Demon Art? Eye Concealment was actually an invisibility technique!

Yosuke, overjoyed, let out a lewd laugh.

The laughter startled Kaori. Yosuke dispelled the Blood Demon Art and appeared in front of Kaori.

When Kaori saw Yosuke's face, she was no longer afraid and innocently asked, "Big brother, are you a god?"

Driven by his mischievous nature, Yosuke said fiercely, "No, I'm a demon who eats children!"

Yosuke didn't see Kaori's terrified expression; instead, Kaori giggled.

"Big brother, you're having so much fun!"

Unable to do anything about Kaori, Yosuke sent her back to the foot of the mountain, but surprisingly, Kaori came back up the mountain the next day.

"Kid, what are you doing here again?"

Kaori took out a flower wreath she had woven and handed it to Yosuke: "I came here to thank you for taking me down the mountain, and you must be lonely here all by yourself, so I'll keep you company~"

In this way, Yosuke and Kaori became acquainted, and Kaori would come to the mountain to accompany Yosuke at least five days a week.

Time flies, and Kaori has grown into a graceful young woman.

One day, unable to contain her curiosity, Kaori asked Yosuke by the campfire, "Yosuke-nii, why don't you ever grow old?"

Yosuke poked at the campfire, the flames reflecting on his face: "Because my brother is a cursed person, burdened with sins, a complete and utter demon."

Kaori retorted, a radiant smile spreading across her face: "No, such a gentle Yosuke-nii can't be a demon. You must be a god from heaven, sent to the mortal realm for trials!"

Kaori's smile healed Yosuke, filling him with renewed hope for tomorrow and anticipation for Kaori's arrival.

And so, the days went by, and Kaori met her husband, got married, and had a child.

When Kaori's child was born, Yosuke came to Kaori's side and held the newborn in his arms, carefully, afraid of hurting the child. Looking at the newborn crying loudly, a feeling of emotion welled up in his heart.

This is the torch passed down through generations of humanity...