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

Tanjiro stood there, terrified and furious: "What do we do? What do we do? I can only protect two carriages at most by myself. Any more and I can't guarantee their safety! Rengoku, Zenitsu, Inosuke! There's no time to sleep now! Wake up! I'm begging you! Nezuko! Protect those who are still sleeping!"

Just as Tanjiro was at a loss, Inosuke broke through the top of the carriage and arrived at the roof of the Mugen Train.

Tanjiro called out to Inosuke in surprise, "Inosuke! There's nowhere safe on this train anymore! We have to protect those who are sleeping! The whole train has been turned into demons!"

At this moment, the flesh and blood of Nightmare seeped into the carriage, and countless tentacles attacked the sleeping people.

"Just as I expected! I truly deserve the title of boss!" Inosuke leaped back into the carriage, "Beast Breathing? Fifth Form? Frenzied Tear!"

Inosuke severed countless tentacles in an instant.

"I will save everyone! Kneel down and praise me! I, Hashibira Inosuke, have arrived!"

Nezuko was also protecting everyone in the carriage, but there were too many tentacles to protect everyone. In a moment of carelessness, Nezuko was bound by two tentacles.

"Thunder Breathing? First Form? Thunderclap Flash!"

A bolt of lightning pierced through several carriages, and in the blink of an eye, all of Nezuko's tentacles had been severed, and Zenitsu, who was still asleep, appeared in front of Nezuko.

At this moment, Kyojuro Rengoku also woke up from his dream. Looking at the mess, his expression did not change, but he was extremely angry inside.

"I never expected things to turn out this way while I was dozing off. It's truly unexpected. As a pillar, I've been so disgraceful. I just want to dig a hole and crawl into it!"

Kyojuro Rengoku drew his Nichirin Blade, and with a flash of movement, countless fiery slashes covered the carriages he passed through, instantly destroying Enmu's tentacles.

Just as Tanjiro was wondering if it was a demon's attack, Kyojuro Rengoku had already arrived in front of Tanjiro.

"Kamado boy! Listen to me, I'll protect the last five carriages, the blond boy and Kamado sister will protect the remaining three, and you and the pig-headed boy will keep an eye on those three carriages while searching for the demon's neck!"

Tanjiro was about to tell Kyojuro Rengoku that the demon had merged with the Mugen Train, but Kyojuro Rengoku interrupted him.

"No matter what form it takes, if it's a ghost, it will definitely have a neck!"

After giving his instructions, Rengoku Kyojuro vanished instantly.

Tanjiro hurriedly called out to Inosuke to find the demon's neck, but Inosuke had already located Enmu's neck using Beast Breathing - Seventh Form - Spatial Perception.

Inosuke arrived at the coal storage area at the front of the cart and was about to swing his sword when he was bound by countless tentacles.

"Water Breathing? Land Form? Twisting Whirlpool!"

Tanjiro arrived just in time and severed all the tentacles binding Inosuke.

The Infinite Train let out a piercing scream.

Chapter 73: The Appearance of Upper Moon Three

After severing the tentacles, Tanjiro asked Inosuke, "Inosuke, are you alright?!"

Feeling he had lost face in front of his underling, Inosuke retorted, "I wasn't saved by you!"

"I know!" Tanjiro crouched down, sensing the strong scent of demons directly beneath him.

Tanjiro cut through the steel plate and found a bone, specifically a bone from the neck area.

"Water Breathing? Eighth Form? Water Teapot!"

Tanjiro immediately unleashed a fierce downward slash, aiming for the demon's neck.

However, flesh and blood suddenly grew around the bones, blocking Tanjiro's attack.

Then the flesh and blood spread endlessly, forming a bowl-shaped disc.

Just as Tanjiro and Inosuke were about to rush into the bowl-shaped disc, tentacles rose from the ground, each covered with countless eyes.

"Blood Demon Art? Forced Fainting and Hypnosis? Eye!"

Before losing consciousness, Tanjiro reminded Inosuke: "Inosuke! Cut your own throat in your dream, and you'll wake up!"

Reminded by Tanjiro, the two of them awoke once again in their dream by severing their own necks the moment they fainted.

Tanjiro leaped into the bowl-shaped disc, and the moment he landed, he made eye contact with the eyes on the tentacles again, and then fainted once more.

However, every time Tanjiro cuts off a neck in his dream, he will subconsciously look into the eyes of the person he is looking at after waking up, and gradually he will be unable to distinguish between reality and dreams.

Just as Tanjiro was about to draw his sword and commit suicide, Inosuke stopped him in time.

"This is not a dream! It's reality! Don't fall into the trap! Otherwise, you'll only die a ridiculous death!"

Because Inosuke is wearing a hood, it's impossible to tell where his gaze is, so the Blood Demon Art is basically ineffective against him.

Suddenly, the train conductor of the Mugen Train appeared on the battlefield, wielding a hoe and roaring, "Don't disturb my sweet dream!" as he stabbed at Inosuke.

Tanjiro managed to shield the train conductor with his own body and then knocked him unconscious with a hand chop, but he was stabbed in the waist and blood flowed uncontrollably.

Immediately afterwards, due to their carelessness, Tanjiro and Inosuke were both struck by Enmu's Blood Demon Art and entered the dream world once again.

This dream was different from the previous ones.

In this dream, Tanjiro is in a battlefield, and many people are wearing Demon Slayer Corps uniforms.

Before Tanjiro stood Yosuke, covered in wounds, facing a group of humans. Behind them, a demon was bound by ropes woven from blood.

Although Tanjiro had never seen it before, his intuition told him that the demon bound by blood ropes was Kibu Muzan.

Tanjiro suddenly remembered that Enmu had said that Yosuke had killed more than a hundred people. He had thought it was fake before, but now the scene was right in front of him.

Kibuy Muzan is hiding behind humans; to kill him, you must first kill the humans in front of you.

Everyone behind Yosuke was trying to stop him from killing humans, and even Tanjiro couldn't help but want to stop Yosuke from swinging his sword.

However, after Yosuke said, "I will bear the responsibility for the lives of these hundred people and comfort their souls with my death," Tanjiro could no longer stop Yosuke.

Tanjiro sensed the sorrow and resolve in Yosuke's heart.

After Yosuke killed the human who stood in Muzan's way, Tanjiro noticed a tear glistening in Yosuke's eye.

The sorrowful atmosphere was so heavy that Tanjiro gradually found it difficult to breathe.

A torrent of insults filled the entire battlefield.

Despite the accusations from the crowd, Yosuke resolutely went to Muzan's side, pinned him to the ground, and waited with him for the sun to rise and for death to come.

"Please don't blame Mr. Yosuke, I beg you... Mr. Yosuke... he's carrying a heavy burden..."

Tanjiro knelt on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably, pleading repeatedly, but it was just a dream, and Tanjiro could not change what had already happened.

Despite Muzan's death, Yosuke, disheartened, abandoned his Nichirin Blade on the battlefield and disappeared.

Tanjiro arrived at Yosuke's abandoned Nichirin Blade, staring blankly at it. Sunlight streamed onto the nicked blade, a sight filled with such resentment...

"Perhaps I cannot reach the same level as Mr. Yosuke, but no one can question, insult, or criticize Mr. Yosuke's will!"

Tanjiro gripped the hilt of his Nichirin Blade, his eyes filled with unwavering resolve: "Even so, Yosuke-sensei never wavered, and I cannot waver, I cannot stop this tragic chain of events! I will break it!"

Tanjiro uses Yosuke's Nichirin Blade to commit suicide, waking up from his dream.

Upon waking, Tanjiro subconsciously touched the bloodstains on his forehead and, through his sense of smell, discovered that they were Nezuko's blood.

"Is it because Nezuko injected Yosuke's blood that I entered my dreams about Yosuke...?"

Meanwhile, Inosuke has also awakened from the dream thanks to Tanjiro's method.

Tanjiro stood up, his eyes resolute, and said to Inosuke, "Inosuke! Coordinate your breathing! We're going to cut the demon's neck, and then we'll launch a combo attack!"

Tanjiro and Inosuke leaped into the air at the same time, and countless tentacles attacked them relentlessly.

Tanjiro and Inosuke cooperated with each other to cut off the tentacles.

Countless eyes appeared again, and Inosuke rushed in front of Tanjiro: "Take this! Come on, stick close to me!"

Inosuke kept slashing at the eyes on the tentacles to help Tanjiro avoid being affected by them, and then charged forward into the depths without hesitation.

"Beast Breathing? Fang of Fury? Shattering Slash!"

Inosuke crossed the two swords together and struck the center of the bowl-shaped plate.

Under the powerful slash, the bones of Enmu's neck were once again exposed to Inosuke and Tanjiro's view.

"Father! Mr. Yosuke! Protect me! With this one strike! Sever the bones...!"

Tanjiro raised his Nichirin Blade in mid-air, and the white breath he exhaled using his breathing technique transformed into the shape of flames.

"Hinokami Kagura: Azure Heaven!"

Tanjiro unleashed a circular slash wreathed in flames from above, striking Enmu's bones.

A bloodcurdling scream echoed throughout the entire Infinite Train.

Enmu's neck was severed, and the train, out of control, began to shake violently, throwing the wounded Tanjiro off.

The nightmare's flesh and blood in all the carriages transformed into tentacles, which began to indiscriminately attack the passengers.

Zenitsu, Nezuko, and Kyojuro Rengoku relentlessly slashed at the tentacles, doing their utmost to protect the passengers' lives.

The train finally came to a stop, and Inosuke jumped off the Mugen Train and came to Tanjiro's side: "Are you alright?! Santaro! Is your stomach okay? The place where you were stabbed?!"

Tanjiro, enduring the excruciating pain in his abdomen, replied, "I'm fine... I have the medicine Shinobu Kocho gave me. I've already had the injection, and I'm much better now. Inosuke, hurry and save the others."

"I'll go! After all, I'm the boss! It's my request, after all!" Inosuke reluctantly returned to the Mugen Train and began treating the wounded.

The flesh and blood attached to the Infinite Train began to gradually dissipate as Nightmare's neck was severed.

Enmu stared at Tanjiro lying motionless on the ground, filled with resentment: "I actually lost? How could this be? How could this be? Damn it! It's all that brat's fault for breaking my technique, causing all this! It's all that kid's fault... At least we need to find a way to kill him!"

Enmu, using her still-present flesh and blood to create a hand, moved unwillingly step by step toward Tanjiro, but ultimately turned to ashes halfway there.

Although Tanjiro had been injected with the medicine, the pain from his wound still tugged at his nerves. Tanjiro used the breathing technique he learned at the Butterfly Mansion to suppress the pain.

"It seems you've already mastered the [normal] standard across the entire set, very impressive!"

Suddenly, Kyojuro Rengoku's face appeared in Tanjiro's field of vision.

"Mr. Purgatory, everyone..."

Rengoku Kyojuro smiled and said, "Everyone is alright! Although there are quite a few injured, none of them are in life-threatening danger! You don't need to push yourself, just get some rest!"

Just as Rengoku Kyojuro finished speaking, a sarcastic voice came from not far away.

"Heh... The Lower Moon is indeed a piece of trash, actually being killed by a brat who isn't even a Pillar."

Kyojuro Rengoku and Tanjiro both looked toward the direction from which the sound came.

A tsukumogami with the markings of Upper Moon Three on its eyes and dressed in white mourning clothes appeared in an open space not far away, coldly watching Rengoku Kyojuro and Tanjiro.

Upper Moon Three? Tsukumogami Appears!