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

Yosuke, to express his gratitude for Kaori's companionship, quietly helps them, allowing them to live a carefree life.

However, as Kaori grew older, the number of times she came to the mountain decreased from five days a week at the beginning to one day a week, and finally to one day a month.

Finally, Kaori, with her aged body, arrived at the mountain.

"Kaori, don't come up the mountain next time. I'll come to see you." Yosuke noticed that Kaori's organs were aging and failing due to her age.

Kaori shook her head: "I know that Yosuke-nii doesn't like going to crowded places. That's good. I'm not coming down the mountain this time. My husband has passed away, and my children have started their own families and gone to live in big cities. I'm old and don't want to travel far away with my children. In my last days, I want to spend more time with you, Yosuke-nii."

Yosuke sighed: "You're getting old, Kaori."

The little girl who was once by my side has succumbed to the ravages of time and has become an old man on the verge of death.

Chapter 6 Evil Spirits

"Birth, aging, sickness, and death are the natural order of things. There's no need to be sad. I've met the person I love, we've gotten married, and I have a house full of children and grandchildren who are all quite successful. I'm already very content. What I'm worried about now is you, Brother Yangjie."

Yosuke looked at Kaori in surprise, not understanding what he had to worry about.

“If I leave, Brother Yangjie will have no one to keep you company. I don’t know why Brother Yangjie is cultivating so hard on this mountain, but there must be a reason, after all, Brother Yangjie is a god.”

Yosuke smiled wryly, "Kaori, I'm not some kind of god..."

“Is there any difference? I have noticed it. Even when I didn’t know, Brother Yangjie has been helping us. During the rainstorm, most of the houses in the village collapsed, but ours remained intact. When my child was sick, there was a large amount of herbs piled up at the door... I know that Brother Yangjie did all of this. To me, you are a god.”

Kaori looked grateful. There were many similar examples. Although she didn't see who did it, her sixth sense told her it was Yosuke.

A sudden impulse surged within Yosuke; he wanted to turn Kaori into a demon so she could stay by his side forever. But the next second, Yosuke rejected this idea.

Turning Kaori into a demon would only trample on the relationship between him and Kaori. Letting Kaori live happily to the end would be the best ending for their relationship.

In the final stage of her life, Kaori settled down in the mountains, cooking, washing clothes, and taking care of Yosuke.

But even companionship will eventually come to an end, and Kaori's life is about to come to a close.

The elderly Kaori lay dying in bed, with Yosuke by her side.

"I'm so sorry, Yosuke-nii, it seems that our time together is coming to an end," Kaori said apologetically.

"That's enough, that's enough, Kaori. I'm already very grateful to you." Yosuke stayed by Kaori's side, accompanying her on her final journey.

"Brother Yosuke, my husband is here to pick me up..." Kaori's cloudy eyes looked towards the door.

"I'm so sorry, Yuta. I should have come to see you sooner, but I wanted to say goodbye to Yosuke-nii properly in my final days~"

Yuta, standing at the door, looked at Kaori with a tolerant expression: "No need to apologize, it's what we should do. Lord Yosuke has helped us so much, and all we can do is accompany him. I hope Lord Yosuke won't blame us."

Kaori said considerately, "Yuta, Yosuke-nii won't blame us. He's so kind."

Kaori looked at Yosuke again, took out an earring from beside her pillow, which had a sun symbol on it.

"Brother Yangjie, you shine upon me like the sun. This earring is for you; I hope your light will never fade. Goodbye, Brother Yangjie, I'm leaving now..."

Kaori and Yuta disappeared hand in hand, while Kaori on the bed, with a smile on her face, died happily.

Looking at Kaori's corpse on the bed, Yosuke was lost in thought. He had forgotten how to cry. He was very sad inside, but he couldn't express it.

Yosuke took the earring from Kaori's hand, pierced a hole in her earlobe with his sharp fingernail, and put it on.

Yosuke buried Kaori's body next to his parents' graves and sat in front of the two tombstones for three days, lost in thought.

Although Kaori is gone, she has left a permanent mark on Yosuke's heart.

Yang Jie was no longer lonely or confused, because he knew that even if time passed, the memories in his mind would not disappear. He would always remember that there was a girl who had always been by his side, dispelling his loneliness.

Life returned to normal, and days, months, years, and ten years passed.

Yosuke learned from his crow that this place had changed from the Heian period to the Kamakura period.

One night, the villagers, covered in blood, came up the mountain to find Yosuke.

"My God, our village has been attacked by evil spirits! Please help us!"

The young man knelt on the ground, his head pressed against the earth, pleading with Yosuke.

Although the young man respectfully addressed the deity as "Great God," he was terrified because rumors circulated that the mountain dweller was not human, but a demon that was active at night and hibernating during the day. However, this demon was benevolent towards humans, so the village chief sent the young man, hoping that Yosuke could help the village.

"Lift your head up so I can see you." Yosuke's cool voice reached the young man's ears.

The young man shakily lifted his head, and Yosuke looked at the young man's face, memories flooding his mind.

Who is Koda Teru to you?

The young man answered honestly, "Kouda Teru is my grandfather, and I am his grandson, Koda Ryoichi."

Is he... still alive?

"Grandpa has been gone for three years."

"Really? So many years have passed..." Yosuke sighed, his mind filled with nostalgia.

When Koda Teru, who was still wearing open-crotch pants, came to play on the mountain, he happened to run into Yosuke, who was cutting down trees. The very outgoing Koda Teru volunteered to help Yosuke cut down trees.

Yosuke and this little brat became friends. Koda Teru would always steal alcohol from his house to drink, and he even stole his own chickens that laid eggs, secretly catching them to treat himself and Yosuke.

Twenty years later, Koda Teru had grown up and never came back. Now, decades later, Yosuke has almost forgotten what Koda Teru looks like.

Koda Ryoichi looked at Yosuke with a sense of incongruity. Yosuke looked about the same age as him, but spoke in a very old-fashioned manner.

Yosuke agreed to Koda Ryoichi's request and followed him to the village at the foot of the mountain.

The closer Yosuke got to the village, the stronger the smell of demons became.

After nearly a century, Yosuke's strength has increased significantly.

He is different from Muzan Kibutsuji. Muzan Kibutsuji became powerful by eating human flesh, and over the years, the number of people he has eaten may have reached an incalculable number.

But Yosuke is different. He doesn't need to use human flesh to become stronger. His strength will increase with the passage of time and through training. Although the progress is slow, Yosuke already has three hearts and two brains in his body.

Yosuke's strength may not be comparable to Muzan Kibutsuji, but Muzan Kibutsuji wanted to kill him, and Yosuke wanted to leave, so Yosuke couldn't stop him.

As for killing Kibuy Muzan, there was no other way but sunlight, but sunlight was also Yosuke's weakness.

In the end, Muzan Kibutsuji and Yosuke Kibutsuji are the same—twin brothers who took the same drug and became demons. The only difference is that one of them eats people, while the other doesn't.

Chapter 7 Slaying the Evil Demon

When Yosuke arrived in the village, chaos reigned everywhere. Limbs and torsos were scattered all over the ground, flames were burning the village, and cries for help could be heard from all directions.

When Koda Ryoichi saw this, he was terrified. He trembled all over and instinctively took a step back.

He never imagined that the village would turn out like this after he had only been gone for a short while.

Fear filled Koda Ryoichi's heart.

Yosuke ignored Koda Ryoichi beside him and walked straight into the village.

Following the scent of the evil spirit, Yosuke arrived at a warehouse where farm tools were stored.

A six-armed demon was gnawing on a corpse, its horrifying face covered in blood.

The demon also noticed Yosuke's demonic aura and warned him menacingly, "This is my cafeteria. Go eat somewhere else!"

When Yosuke saw the ugly demons driven by desire, a trace of pity involuntarily arose in his eyes.

This is the sin that comes from one's own family!

Seeing that Yosuke remained unmoved after being warned, the demon roared angrily, abandoned the food in its mouth, and howled at Yosuke, swinging its four clenched fists to smash him hard.

"Blood Demon Art? Shadow Wolf!"

Yosuke's shadow transformed into four shadow wolves, which rushed onto the demon and relentlessly tore at its flesh.

The demon, no longer arrogant, stared in shock at the shadow wolf on its body: "This is Blood Demon Art?!"

The demons were terrified. It is well known among demons that a demon with Blood Demon Art is one who has accepted and endured a large amount of Demon King blood from Muzan Kibutsuji, and then devoured a large amount of human flesh, in order to acquire Blood Demon Art and become extremely powerful.

Ordinary demons are no match for demons with Blood Demon Arts. The evil demon was afraid. It was just one of the many ordinary demons created by Muzan Kibutsuji. It did not have a large amount of Muzan Kibutsuji's blood in its body. Even if it ate a lot of people, there was a limit to how much its strength could increase.

Now, its strength has reached that limit, and eating people is only to satisfy its own appetite and the pleasure of having the power of life and death over humans.

The evil spirit lowered its head and pleaded, "We are all ghosts working for that lord, there is no need for us to fight each other. There are still many people in this village, they are all yours. I will leave immediately."

However, the shadow wolf continued to tear at the demon's flesh.

Even evil spirits have tempers. They are still ghosts, and they won't die except from sunlight. At most, their strength will decrease, and they can just eat a few more people.

"Damn it! It's useless, I'm a ghost too, even if you know blood demon magic you can't kill me..."

Before the demon could finish speaking, it was horrified to discover that the flesh torn apart by the shadow wolf had not healed.

"What...what's going on?!"

"First of all, I am not a demon created by Kibuyaku Muzan..."

The demon stared wide-eyed in disbelief: "How dare you address that lord by his name?!"

Yosuke commanded the Shadow Wolf to bite off the demon's tongue: "Don't interrupt others. Don't you have manners?"

"I am a Demon King just like Muzan Kibutsuji. In other words, for you low-level demons who were mass-produced, facing me should be the same as facing Muzan Kibutsuji. It's a suppression based on bloodline, understand?"

Seeing the demon's panicked expression, Yosuke understood that it still didn't understand.

"Honestly, how can you be so stupid? Let me put it bluntly: Kibu Muzan can kill you, so can I. Do you understand?"

The demon understood these words and, in terror, clung to the shadow wolf on its body, trying to escape.

However, the Shadow Wolf, like a persistent leech, gradually devoured the evil spirit.

Yosuke easily killed the demon, and the surviving humans around him looked at Yosuke in fear.

As soon as Yosuke took a step, the surrounding humans scattered and fled.

Exhausted, Yosuke sighed. He was the one who saved them...

Yosuke glanced at the mountain where he had lived for nearly a hundred years. It was no longer a suitable place to live; it was time to leave. He would visit his father, mother, and Kaori again when he had time...

Taking this opportunity, Yosuke returned to the Ubuyashiki mansion, only to find it deserted.

Yosuke's demon crows have been watching the Ubuyashiki clan because the birth of Kibuy Muzan and himself has cursed the bloodline of the Ubuyashiki clan, causing all their children to be weak and sickly and die soon after birth.

The Ubuyashiki clan nearly went extinct. In order to prevent their bloodline from dying out, the Ubuyashiki clan followed the advice of the shrine priest and married girls from the priest family generation after generation. Although this method ensured the continuation of their lineage, no one was able to live to the age of 30.

Now, in order to sever the curse on their bloodline, the Ubuyashiki family has found materials that absorb sunlight, namely "Gorilla Scarlet Sand Iron" and "Gorilla Scarlet Ore," and created weapons that can harm demons.