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

At this moment, the demons kneeling before Muzan were numerous. Enraged, he did not even spare his own subordinates. A large number of demons were devoured by the demon king's blood within them and exploded to their deaths.

"You bunch of useless trash! You can't even beat humans who have mastered a special breathing method. What use are you?!"

The surviving demons trembled in fear, too afraid to utter a sound.

Kibuy Muzan conceived the idea of ​​creating a powerful army of demons that could rival the Demon Slayer Corps and be under his control.

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Meanwhile, Yosuke, who was hiding from the sun in the valley, heard the system notification.

"Ding, the host has encountered Muzan and defeated him. Reward: one lottery draw."

"Start the lottery!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining the Blood Demon Art: Dark Entanglement."

Yosuke tried out his newly acquired Blood Demon Art, which could bind his opponent with blood like ropes, possessing excellent elasticity and toughness, rendering them unable to move.

As night fell, Yosuke, having left the valley, encountered Tamayo's pet, "Chacha".

Chacha is a calico cat with golden eyes. When Tamayo met Chacha, Chacha was already on the verge of death.

Tamayo imitated Yosuke's method of creating demon crows by injecting her blood into Chacha's body, thus turning Chacha into a demon.

"Cha Cha, what brings you here?"

Yosuke affectionately picked up Chacha. Yosuke, who loves cats extremely, is a true cat slave, and he dotes on Chacha.

Chacha meowed and stretched out her paw, pointing to the small backpack on her back.

Yosuke opened his small backpack and found a letter inside.

Yosuke opened it; it was a letter from Tamayo.

"Yosuke, I have already made contact with Yoriichi Tsugikuni and Kohei Ubuyashiki, the head of the Demon Slayer Corps. When you have time, you can come to Ise and I will introduce you to them."

Yosuke destroyed the letter, a smile playing on his lips: "Tamayo did a good job, it's finally here. The creator of the first breath, the sun breath, the nemesis of Kibuy Muzan, Yoriichi Tsugikuni!"

After petting Chacha for a while, Yosuke put it on the ground. Chacha meowed goodbye and then disappeared from Yosuke's sight.

Yosuke also embarked on his journey to Ise.

After a month-long journey, Yosuke finally arrived in the Ise region.

The Demon Slayer Corps' headquarters is located in the mountains of the Ise region.

As Yosuke stepped into a bamboo forest, a man suddenly appeared in front of him.

The man had black hair with red edges, wore a high ponytail, and had red irises. He wore a red haori with yellow clothing underneath and carried a samurai sword at his waist.

Yosuke noticed the man's earrings, and the man in front of him, even in the darkness, possessed an aura as powerful as the sun, which secretly startled Yosuke, and he recognized the man's identity.

"Yoichi Tsugikuni!"

When Yoriichi Tsugikuni first saw Yosuke, he sensed the demonic aura emanating from Yosuke and instantly understood that he was born to defeat this man.

Yoriichi drew his Nichirin Blade from his waist, unleashing his full power, ready to attack Yosuke in the next second.

Yosuke quickly said, "Wait!"

However, Yoriichi Tsugikuni completely ignored Yosuke's words and coldly questioned, "What do you take life for?!"

After saying that, Yoriichi Tsugikuni drew his sword and charged towards Yosuke.

"Sun Breathing? First Form? Waltz!"

Yosuke Tsugikuni unleashed an arc-shaped attack wreathed in flames.

Yosuke dodged to the side, and Yoriichi's attack missed its mark, just missing Yosuke's body.

Even after dodging Yoriichi's attack, Yosuke still felt a burning sensation on his skin.

Taking advantage of a lull in Yoriichi's attack, Yosuke quickly explained, "Hey, you little devil! Spare his life! I'm not that bastard, I'm his brother. Even though I'm a demon, I love life! I've never even killed a chicken!"

Yoriichi Tsugikuni completely ignored Yosuke's explanation: "You demon! Do you think I would believe your wicked words? Sun Breathing? Pick-up Form? Radiant Grace!"

Yosuke leaps into the sky, his Nichirin Blade wreathed in flames as intense as the sun, unleashing a spiraling slash from above as he attacks Yosuke.

Yosuke suddenly felt he might not be able to dodge the attack. "Blood Demon Art? Dark Entanglement!"

Countless drops of blood wove together a rope, binding and restraining Yoriichi Tsugikuni.

However, when Dark Enchanted touched Yoriichi's flames, it was instantly burned to ashes.

Yosuke was shocked. He had thought about Yoriichi Tsugikuni's fighting power countless times in his mind, but when he actually faced it, he realized how outrageous it was.

Are you a ghost or am I the ghost?!

Yang Jie dared not hold back any longer and used his trump card.

"Blood Demon Art? Blood Reincarnation!"

Yoriichi's Sun Breathing - Pick-up Form - Radiant Light struck Yosuke, but Yosuke's body exploded like a balloon, and blood scattered everywhere.

This is the Blood Demon Art that Yosuke obtained through the system after slaying countless evil spirits. It can instantly create a clone made of blood, while the original body teleports behind him. It is Yosuke's trump card for survival.

Originally, when facing Kibu Muzan, Yosuke planned to bind and control Kibu Muzan, and then use the Blood Demon Art: Blood Turn to escape the sunlight the moment the sun shone. However, Kibu Muzan also had many trump cards, and he escaped before he could use them.

Unexpectedly, when facing Yoriichi Tsugikuni, he was forced to use the Sun Breathing technique after only two moves.

However, Yoriichi Tsugikuni had no intention of giving Yosuke a chance to catch his breath, and the next attack followed one after another.

"Sun Breathing? Seventh Form? Yang Hua Sudden!"

At the critical moment, Tamayo's voice appeared on the battlefield.

“Mr. Yoriichi, please wait a moment. Yosuke is right. He has never killed any humans. On the contrary, he has killed countless demons!”

The Nichirin Blade, which was about to pierce Yosuke's face, stopped. Yoriichi Tsugikuni looked at Tamayo with a puzzled expression.

Tamayo explained, "This is the Yosuke Ubuyashiki I introduced before. Although he is a demon king like that person, he still retains his human nature."

Tamayo then looked at Yosuke with a mocking expression: "Sorry, Yosuke, I didn't stop you immediately because I wanted to see Yoriichi's power. I didn't expect that you were no match for Yoriichi at all~"

The cunning Tamayo had always wanted to see Yosuke make a fool of himself, but she never had the chance. Now that she finally had one, how could she let it go?

Of course, Tamayo also wanted to see Yoriichi's strength. She hadn't expected Yoriichi to be so powerful, able to suppress Yosuke. A glimmer of hope shone in her eyes.

It turns out that Yosuke was right all along. With Yoriichi Tsugikuni's power, killing Muzan Kibutsuji is no longer a fantasy!

Yosuke rolled his eyes at Tamayo and said defiantly, "I still have many trump cards to play. It's not certain who will win or lose!"

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Chapter 12 The Connection Between Yosuke and Yoriichi Tsugikuni

With Tamayo's help, Yosuke and Yoriichi Tsugikuni sat down and started chatting in an izakaya (Japanese pub).

However, Yoriichi Tsugikuni felt a little awkward. He had never coexisted with a demon so peacefully before, let alone a demon king. It felt strange.

Yosuke also felt very uncomfortable. He could tell that Yoriichi Tsugikuni was a man of few words, and he didn't know what to say, especially since the two of them had just fought.

The atmosphere gradually became strange. Yosuke and Yoriichi looked at each other in silence.

"Pfft~"

Tamayo covered her mouth and laughed: "I say, the two of you right now really look like two people on a blind date, but too shy to speak."

Tamayo's teasing made Yosuke lose face, and he rolled his eyes at her: "Your analogy is truly disgusting~"

Tamayo suddenly noticed a small detail: "Speaking of which, Yosuke, your earrings are the same as Yoriichi's!"

Yosuke stroked the earring on his right ear. After a hundred years, because he had never taken it off, he had forgotten the design of his earring.

Yosuke took it off and carefully placed it in his palm. To his surprise, he found that it was exactly the same as Tamayo had said, just like Yoriichi Tsugikuni's earring.

"This was given to me by someone very important in my life."

Suddenly, Yoriichi Tsugikuni asked, "May I ask who gave you this earring?"

“Ah, her name is Kaori,” Yosuke replied.

Tamayo's gossipy nature was immediately ignited: "How come I've never heard you mention this before? Could it be that this was once your lover?"

Although she had known Yosuke for a long time, Tamayo had never heard Yosuke mention his past. In Tamayo's eyes, Yosuke seemed to be shrouded in mystery.

Yosuke shook his head, staring blankly at the earrings in his hand. The past was still vivid in his mind. A little girl followed behind him, calling him "Yosuke-nii-san".

Yosuke's lips involuntarily curled into a smile: "Kaori isn't my lover; in a way, she's family..."

Tamayo was taken aback. She'd never seen Yosuke smile so warmly before. Kaori must be very important to Yosuke...

"I see... What about Mr. Yoriichi?" Tamayo turned to ask Yoriichi Tsugikuni.

Yoriichi Tsugikuni stroked the earrings he was wearing: "Because I never spoke when I was a child, my mother thought I was deaf, so she prayed to the gods to warm my ears. My mother then made me a pair of earrings as amulets. I think the Kaori that Mr. Yosuke mentioned must be my great-grandmother."

Tamayo stared in astonishment, never expecting that Yosuke, the Demon King, would have a connection with Yoriichi Tsugikuni, the strongest fighter on the human side.

Yosuke also found it unbelievable; could such a coincidence really exist in this world?

Yoriichi Tsugikuni explained, "My family is a samurai family. According to the family records, my great-grandmother and great-grandfather once lived in a small village. Legend has it that there was a god who lived in the darkness but was as warm as the sun and helped my great-grandfather and great-grandmother through difficult natural disasters and man-made calamities."

As life gradually improved, my grandfather and his descendants moved to the city. Later, because they were appreciated by their lord on the battlefield, they were given the surname Jiguo, and thus the Jiguo clan came into being.

Legend has it that my great-grandmother, nearing the end of her life, chose to stay in the small village to repay the deity, spending the rest of her days with him. The pattern on my earrings is the family crest that Jiguo's family worships, in order to commemorate that deity.

According to the family genealogy of the Tsugukuni clan, my great-grandmother's name was Kaori, and my great-grandfather's name was Yuta.

Upon hearing the names Kaori and Yuta, Yosuke became certain that Yoriichi Tsugikuni was Kaori's descendant.

Yosuke couldn't help but sigh, "The connections in this world are truly wondrous."

Yoriichi Tsugikuni knelt before Yosuke, resting his head on the tatami mat, and sincerely thanked him, saying, "On behalf of the Tsugikuni clan, I thank Mr. Yosuke for the help he provided to my late grandmother and grandfather. Without you, there might not be the Tsugikuni clan today."

Yosuke quickly waved his hand and said, "Don't be like that. Speaking of which, Kaori has helped me a lot. By the way, Kaori's grave is on Mount Dewa in Numazu. If you can go and pay your respects to her, she would be very happy to see such outstanding descendants."

"I will."

Yoriichi Tsugikuni regained his calm expression.