Demon Slayer: The Second God Who Walks the Earth

Moreover, she believes that the marks are not easy to appear, and she just needs to find a way to treat the permanent damage to the organs caused by the marks before they appear in Xingming.

"The next one to awaken my markings will definitely be the magnificent me. When that time comes, I will show you my magnificent markings in a magnificent way." Tianyuan said, striking a magnificent pose.

“I’m fine.” Sanemi agreed to Shinobu’s request.

The other pillars also agreed. Although Yi Yong didn't say anything, he nodded. He didn't dare to say anything more now.

After Chiba Yo said at the last Pillar Meeting that his behavior would make more people dislike him, he started to try to communicate more with others and deepen his relationships.

Although he never thought he could stand shoulder to shoulder with the other pillars and integrate into their group, he still didn't want to be disliked by others.

Therefore, he said a few more words this time, hoping to improve his relationship with Sanemi, who seemed to have the worst relationship with him. However, instead of achieving the desired effect, he angered Sanemi.

This situation left Giyu feeling somewhat frustrated, and he also couldn't understand where he had gone wrong.

It seems Shinazugawa, like me, doesn't like communicating with others... If that's the case, then he probably didn't dislike me before. As long as things stay the same, it should be fine... It seems Chiba's explanation is completely unreliable... And the butterfly...

Giyu glanced at Sanemi and thought to himself.

"Alright, that concludes this meeting. Thank you all for your hard work, especially Kyojuro and Shinobu," Kagaya said with a gentle smile.

“This is what we should do!” Kyojuro said loudly upon hearing this.

“Mr. Rengoku is right, this is what we should do,” Shinobu Kocho said with a smile.

As the meeting ended and everyone got up to leave the ward, Chiba Yang, who was closest to the door, opened it. A boy who looked remarkably like Kyojuro appeared behind the door; Chiba Yang had seen this boy before.

"I...I'm sorry, I...I just wanted to visit my elder brother," Senjurou said very reservedly.

"It's alright, please come in."

Kagaya, who was inside the room, spoke first, before Chiba Yo.

Chiba Yo smiled and stepped aside to let Senjuro in.

"Thank you." The lord and Chiba Yo's actions made Chijuro less reserved, and he thanked them before entering the ward.

"It's been a long time, Senjuro. You seem to have grown quite a bit taller." Mitsuri said happily when she saw Senjuro. She had visited Kyojuro's house before, so she naturally knew Senjuro.

"Kanroji-neechan." Chiba Yo and Kanroji Mitsuri, whom he knew, eased Chijuro's tension considerably. He smiled and responded to Mitsuri, then jogged over to Kyojuro's bedside.

"Brother, are you alright? Are your injuries serious? How are you recovering?" Senjuro asked Kyojuro with concern.

“I’m recovering very well now! Don’t worry! Did Father send you?” Kyojuro answered Senjuro with a smile, his heart filled with anticipation as he asked the question.

Senjuro lowered his head after hearing Kyojuro's question.

Everyone else in the ward who witnessed this quietly left, giving the two brothers space.

At this moment, only the brothers Kyojuro and Senjuro remained in the room.

"I ran away on my own. My father wouldn't let me visit you..." Senjuro answered truthfully, somewhat sadly.

"Is that so..." Upon hearing this, Kyojuro's expectant expression dimmed, but it quickly returned to its sunny and optimistic state...

Chapter 64 Alcoholism / Kaigaku and Gyomei

"Why go visit him? It's because he overestimated himself and couldn't recognize his own abilities that he ended up like this! A person's talent is determined at birth. He was clearly a useless person like me, yet he always tried to be strong! It's only natural that he was seriously injured!"

At the Rengoku family mansion, Rengoku Makijuro sat in the courtyard, picked up a sake jug, and took several large gulps.

The spicy sensation flowed down my throat and into my stomach, making me feel dizzy and nauseous, and all the pain was relieved at that moment.

"But Father, my elder brother..."

Senjuro was very worried about Kyojuro, thinking that if he could visit him with his father, Kyojuro would be very happy and his condition would improve faster.

The sake jug slammed onto the floor with a dull thud, interrupting Senjuro's unfinished words. Terrified by Makijuro, Senjuro dared not utter another word.

"Stop talking nonsense to me! I'm not going to visit him, and you're not allowed to either! If you understand, get back here now!" Makijuro shouted fiercely without turning around to look at Senjuro.

"Yes..." After a long silence and internal struggle, Senjuro still didn't dare to argue with Makijuro and turned to go back to his room.

As Senjuro's footsteps faded into the distance, Makijuro took another large gulp of sake...

In the afternoon, hearing that there was no sound outside, Senjuro guessed that Makijuro had fallen asleep drunk and carefully left the room.

On the steps of the courtyard, Makijuro was indeed lying diagonally on the wooden floor, with an empty sake bottle beside him, snoring.

Seeing this, Senjuro tiptoed out, trying his best not to make a sound, afraid of waking Makijuro.

Thankfully, my father wasn't awakened...

As he descended the steps into the courtyard, Senjuro turned and glanced at Makijuro, whose eyes were tightly closed, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Just then, a gentle breeze blew by, and the broom leaning against the fence in the courtyard suddenly fell to the ground with a loud thud.

Senjuro was terrified and quickly turned to look at Makijuro lying down, only to find that he had just turned over, smacked his lips a couple of times, and started snoring again.

Gently patting his chest, Senjuro's heart settled down, and he continued to walk cautiously out of the courtyard.

A few minutes later, Senjuro finally stepped out of the Rengoku Mansion area, glanced back at Makijuro with a slightly apologetic look, and then turned and left...

Shortly after Senjuro left, Makijuro, who was lying on the floor, opened his eyes, looked in the direction Senjuro had left for a while, and then got up and went back to his room.

The photos of her simmering in the fire in the room still preserve her appearance from when she was alive.

Looking at the photo, Maki Juro felt a pang of bitterness in his heart.

As Chiba Yo left the ward, he felt a little down. Although it was good that the drawbacks of the markings might be resolved, the scene he saw as he left the ward made him feel unhappy.

"Xiaoyang, can I check your physical condition in a while?" Shinobu Kocho suddenly said to Chiba Yang as they walked down the street.

She then added, “As the first person to awaken the marks, and since the marks won’t disappear, I think you should be able to provide some clues on how to treat the drawbacks of the marks.”

"No problem." After hearing Shinobu's words, Chiba Yo stopped overthinking and nodded in agreement.

Since it concerns Kyojuro's lifespan, Chiba Yo is naturally very willing to help.

In the corridor, none of the nine pillars spoke much. Chiba Yo looked at Himejima Gyomei in front of him and suddenly remembered something.

"Mr. Beiming Island, a swordsman came to me a couple of days ago seeking guidance, but because I also had to help my teacher instruct three other swordsmen, I didn't have much time, so I recommended you to him."

Has he come to see you in the two days since you came back?

Chiba Yo asked Xingming.

This was the first time someone had proactively sought his guidance. Although he didn't have time to provide guidance, he still wanted to help the swordsman.

"Ah, is that so? No swordsmen have come to see me these past two days. What's the name of this swordsman you're talking about? How talented is he? If he's talented, it wouldn't hurt to take him in as my heir." Xingming turned to Qianye Yang with tears in his eyes and asked.

"I remember his name is Kaigaku. I don't know about his talent yet. Mr. Himejima can test him later, but if he doesn't come to you, then forget it."

Chiba Yo replied.

Looking at Sanemi beside him, Chiba Yo abandoned his idea of ​​asking Gyomei about Genmi's situation.

Xingming suddenly stopped after hearing Qianye Yang's words.

"Mr. Beiming Island?" Chiba Yo called out with some confusion.

Xingming didn't hear a word Chiba Yang said after that; his attention was entirely focused on the name Chiba Yang had mentioned.

"You said... his name is Kaiyue?"

Xingming stopped and turned to Qianye Yang, his voice filled with anger, for he was very familiar with this name.

"Yes, that's what he said at the time. Does Mr. Beimingjima know him?"

Gyomei's reaction made Chiba Yo think that he seemed to know the swordsman named Kaigaku.

“Of course I know him…” Xingming replied, suppressing his anger.

Gyomei knew every child in the temple intimately. He still remembered each of their names and the events of that night. The child who ignored warnings and returned at night, even extinguishing the wisteria incense burner in the temple, was named Kaigaku.

"Butterfly, can I talk to Chiba for a while?" Gyomei asked Shinobu Kocho, since Shinobu and Chiba Yo had just made an appointment to check the mark.

"It's alright, we can check the marks later."

Sensing Gyomei's emotions, Shinobu Kocho agreed.

Chiba Yo also sensed something was wrong and left with Gyomei.

Xingming led Qianye Yang to a relatively quiet place.

"Does Mr. Xingming have some grudge against this swordsman?" Qianye Yang asked.

He had only met Kaigaku once and didn't know much about him.

“I used to be a monk in a temple, where I took in many homeless children, and Kaigaku was one of them,” Gyomei said.

Xingming's words surprised Qianye Yang. He thought Xingming didn't like children, but he didn't expect that Xingming had taken in so many children before.

"But because of one incident, almost all of these children died. One of the two surviving children was the one who started the incident, while the other child, who survived under my protection, accused me of killing these children..."

Xingming spoke calmly, but Qianye Yang could hear the heartache and disappointment in his words...

Chapter 65: Rebellion

Xingming's words gave Qianye Yang a guess, and what Xingming said next confirmed his guess.

"Kaigaku was the one who started that incident; he was the one who put the demon into the temple."

Looking back on that experience, Xingming can still feel deep pain and disappointment.

"No wonder he left in a hurry after I mentioned your name. I originally thought he was eager to become stronger and sought your guidance."

It seems he's avoiding you and doesn't dare to meet you.

At this moment, Chiba Yo also understood why Kaigaku had reacted that way back then.

"Can you tell me where he is now?" Xingming asked Qianye Yang.

Even if not for himself, he wanted to avenge the children who died tragically. Although they did not listen to him and stayed by his side, resulting in their deaths at the hands of the ghost, Xingming believed that they did so because they felt they could not protect him. After all, he had been starving for a long time and was not physically strong enough, so he did not look like someone who could give people a sense of security.

Chiba Yo shook his head upon hearing this and replied, "I don't know about that. This is also the first time I've met him. When he left, I thought he was going to find you, and I didn't pay attention to his movements after that."

He then added, "However, the lord must know, and since Kaigaku is now a swordsman in the Demon Slayer Corps, it would be more appropriate to inform the lord if we were to deal with him."

The lord will certainly not tolerate someone like him.

Chiba Yo has absolutely no goodwill towards Kaigaku. If that guy were to appear in front of him again, he would definitely teach him a lesson.

Chiba Yoya really didn't expect that someone who seemed so polite at the time would do such a thing.

“You’re right, I’ll go and tell the lord.” Xingming said, clasping his hands together.

"Thank you for telling me all this, Chiba."

Then, with tears in his eyes, Xingming thanked Qianye Yang.

"It's alright, keeping someone like that in the Demon Slayer Corps would be a disaster." Chiba Yang waved his hand, though he also felt a lot of disgust for Kaigaku.

Afterwards, Gyomei left for the Ubuyashiki mansion, while Chiba Yo went to the Choya to help Shinobu Kocho research a method to treat her scars.

Inside the Ubuyashiki residence, Gyomei told his lord about Kaigaku.

"Let's check this swordsman's information," Yaozai said to Amane beside him.

Upon hearing this, Tianyin got up and went into the study. After a while, she took out a document.

"Kaigaku joined the Demon Slayer Corps two years ago through the Final Selection. His trainer was the former Sound Pillar, Kuwajima Jigoro. He and his other disciple, Agatsuma Zenitsu, inherited the Thunder Breathing technique of the former Sound Pillar."

His past before joining the Demon Slayer Corps is unclear; according to the former Naruhashi, he was an orphan.

After becoming a Demon Slayer, he became arrogant and boastful, which is why almost no other swordsmen were willing to go on missions with him.

He recently returned to headquarters, but left before completing a full day, and his whereabouts are currently unknown.

Tenon informed Xingming about the information regarding Kaiyue.

“Gyomei, I believe in you, then and now. I will send the crows to recall this swordsman named Kaigaku. How you deal with him is up to you.” Kagaya said softly to Gyomei.

At the time, Gyomei was wrongly imprisoned, and the person who rescued him was a young Kagaya. Therefore, Kagaya was quite familiar with Gyomei's situation and was willing to believe what he said.

Xingming never expected that his lord would entrust him with this matter. Originally, he intended to tell his lord about the matter and then completely follow Yaozai's arrangements, but he did not expect that his lord would give him this power.

"Thank you for your trust, my lord. If he is truly dedicated to hunting down evil spirits and willing to repent and atone for the sins of the dead children, then I will only teach him a lesson."

Xingming knelt on one knee and sincerely addressed his lord.

Yaozai smiled upon hearing this, and then he instructed Tianyin to send out the raven.

Not long after, the crow found Kaigaku's whereabouts.