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

The era has now entered the Taisho era, and towns have a modern feel, with trams standing across the streets, towering buildings, and streetlights everywhere, making the city bright even at night.

Yosuke walked down the street, marveling at how quickly times had changed.

Suddenly, a hand landed on Yosuke's shoulder, and Yosuke turned his head in confusion.

A boy wearing a Demon Slayer Corps uniform, with deep red hair and red eyes, a scar on his left forehead, and earrings, was looking at Yosuke in fear.

Looking at the boy before him, Yosuke was equally astonished: "Kamado...Tanjiro?"

Tanjiro Kamado stared at Yosuke in disbelief, not understanding why Yosuke knew his name.

Before Yosuke could say anything, Kamado Tanjiro revealed his shiny forehead and rammed into Yosuke hard.

With a loud "bang," Yosuke's forehead collided with Tanjiro Kamado's forehead, and the passersby looked at Yosuke and Tanjiro Kamado in confusion.

Tanjiro Kamado collapsed to the ground, clutching his forehead, and instinctively muttered, "So hard..."

Then, Tanjiro Kamado flipped off the ground, drew his Nichirin Blade from his waist, and roared angrily, "Kimubi Muzan, I will definitely kill you right here!"

Yosuke couldn't help but roll his eyes. He really was a stubborn kid; he'd headbutt someone at the slightest provocation.

A growing crowd gathered, even attracting the attention of nearby patrol guards: "Young man, put down your knife!"

Tanjiro Kamado shouted angrily, "Please don't come any closer! It's dangerous here! Evacuate the crowd immediately!"

Yosuke gripped the sword that Kamado Tanjiro was pointing at him and activated the Blood Demon Art: Deprivation of the Five Senses.

In an instant, everyone around went black and lost all their senses, including Tanjiro Kamado.

When Tanjiro Kamado regained his senses, he found himself in a dark alley, and the Nichirin Blade he had been holding was now in Yosuke's hands.

Yosuke looked at Tanjiro Kamado's sun-shaped earrings and said with great nostalgia, "I've finally met you, Tanjiro."

Tanjiro Kamado ignored Yosuke and tried to rush over to take the Nichirin Blade from Yosuke's hand, but Yosuke subdued him instantly and pinned him to the ground, though Tanjiro Kamado continued to struggle.

"You've chosen the wrong person. I'm not Kibuy Muzan. Calm down a bit. Don't you have a unique sense of smell that allows you to discern people's emotions through scent?"

As Tanjiro Kamado struggled, in addition to smelling the demon king's aura on Yosuke, he also smelled a warm and reassuring scent. This scent could not possibly belong to Muzan Kibutsuji, who had eaten countless people. Moreover, the scent of other demons who had eaten people all had a foul stench, which meant that he had mistaken the person for someone else.

Tanjiro Kamado gradually calmed down, but the demon king's scent on Yosuke was undeniable. Looking at Yosuke with a bewildered expression, Tanjiro asked, "Who...who are you?!"

"Ubuyashiki Yosuke".

Chapter 54 Reencounter with Tamayo

When Yosuke said his name, Tanjiro Kamado was stunned.

After Tanjiro officially joined the Demon Slayer Corps, the name Ubuyashiki Yosuke was mentioned prominently by the Demon Slayer Corps. As a demon, he was a demon who had been slaying demons all along. Even the current leaders of the Demon Slayer Corps' medical institution, Kanae Kocho and Shinobu Kocho, were his disciples.

Furthermore, the Demon Slayer Corps now has an order that if they encounter Yosuke Ubuyashiki, they must not engage in conflict with him and must treat him with the highest honors of the Demon Slayer Corps.

Realizing he had mistaken someone for someone else and done something wrong, Tanjiro Kamado's face could no longer remain expressionless and gradually became distorted.

"I'm so sorry, I mistook you for someone else!"

Yosuke returned the Nichirin Blade to Tanjiro Kamado: "Where is your sister Nezuko?"

"Oh no, Nezuko!" Tanjiro Kamado suddenly realized that he had been too shocked to remember leaving his sister at a mobile noodle stall.

Tanjiro Kamado ignored Yosuke in front of him and rushed towards Nezuko.

When Yosuke arrived, he saw Tanjiro holding two bowls of udon noodles and stuffing them into his mouth.

After finishing both bowls of noodles in one go, he thanked the bald-headed owner with a strong voice, saying, "Thank you for the meal! It was delicious!"

The bald boss, with a triumphant expression, said arrogantly, "Good that you understand! Good that you understand! Thank you for your patronage!"

When Tanjiro was about to leave with Nezuko, Nezuko stared blankly in Yosuke's direction. After seeing Yosuke, Tanjiro pulled Nezuko to Yosuke's side.

“Excuse me, Mr. Yosuke, this is my younger sister, Nezuko Kamado.”

Nezuko did not show any hostility towards Yosuke; on the contrary, she stared at Yosuke with great curiosity.

Yosuke raised a finger and touched Nezuko's forehead, sensing her physical condition.

Tanjiro immediately tensed up, afraid that Yosuke would hurt Nezuko because she was a demon, but he couldn't smell any sign of Yosuke wanting to harm Nezuko. He could only wring his hands helplessly.

"Did she suppress her demonic instincts through her own will...? Moreover, Muzan's blood did not continue to erode Nezuko. There was a warm and burning power within Nezuko's body that resisted Muzan's blood and transformed Nezuko's body."

Yosuke sensed a warm, burning power within Nezuko's body, very similar to the power of Sun Breathing.

In other words, the Sun Breathing technique that Yoriichi Tsugikuni taught Tanjiro's ancestor, Tanjiro, may have, through continuous transmission, formed a special power in the bloodline of his descendants, with the power of the sun surging within their blood.

This might be the key to Nezuko overcoming sunlight even as a demon in the future.

"Yoriichi, your will has been passed down perfectly even after a century."

Nezuko tilted her head, looking at Yosuke with confusion. Tanjiro asked worriedly, "Mr. Yosuke, Nezuko...?"

"Nezuko is alright, and she's working very hard, suppressing her instincts with her own willpower."

Tanjiro breathed a sigh of relief and patted Nezuko's head: "That was really great, Nezuko."

Tanjiro noticed that Yosuke's earring on his right ear was almost identical to the sun ring earring on his own ear.

"Mr. Yosuke, your earrings..."

Yosuke stroked the earring on his right ear: "This earring was given to me by someone very important to me."

After saying that, Yosuke took off the earring and placed it in Nezuko's hand: "Now I'm giving it to Nezuko."

Tanjiro panicked immediately and hurriedly refused, saying, "How can this be?! This was given to Mr. Yosuke by someone important to him, which means that these earrings are very important to Mr. Yosuke and carry special memories. We cannot accept them."

"Back then, the person who gave me these earrings said they hoped the sunshine in my heart would never go out. Now I want to give these earrings and these words to you and Nezuko."

The road ahead will be difficult for you and Nezuko, but I hope the light in your hearts will never go out.

Tanjiro looked at the Sun Ring Earring in Nezuko's hand. It was completely undamaged, which meant that Yosuke had always kept the earring very carefully.

"We will, Mr. Yosuke!"

Tanjiro carefully placed the earring on Nezuko's right ear and warned her, "Nezuko, you must cherish this earring."

Nezuko, whose intelligence was only at the level of a toddler, could not understand Tanjiro's words. Feeling uncomfortable, Nezuko tugged hard at the earring that Tanjiro had put on her right ear.

Tanjiro jumped in fright: "Nezuko, don't pull it so hard, it'll break!"

Seeing Tanjiro so excited, Nezuko took her hand off her ear and grabbed Tanjiro's sleeve.

After carefully inspecting the earrings, Tanjiro breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank goodness... they're not broken..."

Suddenly, Tanjiro smelled the scent of two demons, while Yosuke also sensed a familiar aura.

Tamayo, who looked like a Yamato Nadeshiko, stood not far away watching Yosuke and the other two.

Yosuke looked at Tamayo, and Tamayo looked at Yosuke.

"Long time no see, Tamayo."

"Long time no see, Yosuke."

The two met on the street like old friends who hadn't seen each other for days, exchanging a casual greeting.

Everything from the past has faded with time, and now the two meet again as acquaintances.

"Would you like to come over for a visit?" Tamayo invited.

Yosuke didn't refuse, but readily said, "Okay."

Tamayo looked at Tanjiro and Nezuko and invited them to come along as well.

Tamayo and Yosuke walked in front, while Yushiro and the Kamado siblings walked behind.

Yushiro stared intently at Yosuke's retreating figure with a face full of resentment, muttering to himself incessantly.

Tanjiro asked curiously, "Do you like that lady named Tamayo?"

Yushiro, who had been muttering to himself, suddenly blushed and was speechless.

Yushiro coughed arrogantly: "That's not true. More importantly, why would a human like you be with a demon, and an ugly woman at that?"

Tanjiro stood frozen in place as if struck by lightning. Ugly woman...who are you calling ugly?

Tanjiro suddenly looked at Nezuko, realizing that Yushiro was talking about her, and then angrily roared at Yushiro, "Nezuko can't possibly be ugly! Look closely at her face! Nezuko is a well-regarded beauty in town!"

Yushiro glanced at it indifferently, then turned and left: "I'm gone!"

"Of course I'm leaving! But Nezuko is definitely not ugly! It must be too dark. Take a closer look in a brighter place! Let's go over there!"

Tanjiro, holding Nezuko's hand, pointed to a bright spot not far away and continued to relentlessly pester Yushiro.

Chapter 55 Inheritance

Tamayo led the group to a dead end. Tamayo and Yosuke passed through a wall and disappeared into the dead end.

Tanjiro, who was still arguing with Yushiro that Nezuko was a beautiful woman, was stunned when he saw this scene: "Huh?! She's gone?!"

Yushiro urged impatiently, "Come in quickly while no one's around!"

Tanjiro pulled Nezuko through the wall and into a mansion. The curious Tanjiro looked around.

Yushiro warned Tanjiro grimly, "Listen carefully, whatever you do is irrelevant to me! But you absolutely cannot be disrespectful to that person!"

Tanjiro and Nezuko, led by Yushiro, entered Tamayo's mansion.

Tamayo and Yosuke had already sat down, and Tanjiro and Nezuko sat down next to Yosuke.

Tamayo noticed the sun-shaped earrings on Tanjiro and Nezuko's ears and smiled slightly: "It seems that Yoriichi and Yosuke have both found their successors."

Looking at Tanjiro and Nezuko beside him, Yosuke smiled and said, "The meaning of life lies in inheritance. Even if you live a long time, you still want someone who can inherit your will."

Tamayo couldn't help but exclaim, "You've changed a lot, Yosuke."

“From oil lamps and horse-drawn carriages to electric lights and trams, cities have changed so quickly, let alone people.” Yosuke looked at Yushiro, who was sitting next to Tamayo and looking at him with hostility: “Aren’t you the same? Now you also have someone with you.”

Tamayo looked tenderly at Yushiro beside her: "This child, Yushiro, found me when he was seriously ill, but his illness was already terminal and incurable. For those who suffer from terminal illnesses or are seriously injured, even if they become demons, I once tried to give them my blood to turn them into demons, hoping to save them, but I failed."

I gave my blood to Yushiro on a whim, and luckily it was successful. However, in the two hundred years since, I have only been able to make Yushiro the only one to become a demon.

I am currently searching for a way to turn demons back into humans, hoping that one day, Yushiro can live as a human again.

Yushiro looked at Tamayo with emotion: "Lady Tamayo..."

Tanjiro, incredulous, rubbed his forehead and asked in shock, "More than two hundred years... Miss Tamayo, how old are you?!"