Demon Slayer: The Second God Who Walks the Earth

It's all my fault... Everyone respects and loves Teacher Xingming so much, yet I almost caused his death... Waaah..."

Sayo covered her face and cried as she spoke. She also changed how she addressed Xingming. In the past, they had always called Xingming "teacher," but after learning what she had done, Sayo felt that she was no longer worthy to call Xingming that.

Now, due to her unstable emotions, she has unconsciously reverted to her previous form of address.

Upon hearing this, Chiba Yo roughly understood why Sayo was giving away wisteria sachets to passersby for free. It was most likely because she felt guilty about what she had done and wanted to atone for it.

Of course, this is also because she is a kind person.

Chiba Yo pulled Sayo's hand down and wiped away her tears, speaking softly:

"If you explain the situation clearly, Mr. Himejima will definitely forgive you. After all, it's not your fault. The main reason is that Kaigaku let the demon in."

Since it's a misunderstanding, clearing things up will resolve everything. Mr. Himejima is indeed in great pain because of this, but that's because he thought you deceived others and accused him of murder. If he knew the truth, he would be able to let go of his past burdens and find redemption.

After listening to Sayo's words, Chiba Yo felt that Gyomei's mental illness should be cured this time.

Upon hearing this, Sayo slightly raised her head, her tears wiped away by Chiba Yang, who then withdrew his hand.

After a moment of silence, Shadai thought it through and spoke:

"Thank you... You're right, I need to make things clear with Teacher Xingming."

Chiba Yo's words eased Sayo's guilt a little, and she cheered up again.

"Could you let me meet with Master Xingming?" Sayo asked Chiba Yang.

Chiba Yo had already thought about what to do about this. It wasn't realistic to take Sasuke directly to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters, since the location of the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters was a secret and couldn't be easily told to others.

If you want Gyomei and Sayo to meet, you need to tell Gyomei that they should meet in another place.

Besides that, there is another way. If Sayo is willing to join the Demon Slayer Corps, then there will be no problem. Although being a regular member of the Demon Slayer Corps is quite dangerous and may be difficult for an ordinary girl to handle, being a hidden member is still very suitable.

She wouldn't face any danger, and the treatment was pretty good, only slightly worse than a swordsman. If she became a member of the Hidden Team, her life would definitely be better than it is now.

Of course, it's up to Sayo to make the choice. If Sayo wants to be a swordsman, Chiba Yo will respect her decision.

Moreover, besides meeting in person, writing a letter can also clarify this matter.

To be honest, writing a letter would be the most appropriate method in reality. After all, as a Pillar, Gyomei has a lot to do every day, and it would be difficult for Chiba Yo to see him. Writing a letter would eliminate these concerns, and the crow could simply deliver the letter to Gyomei.

"It's not easy to meet Mr. Beiming Island. I'm not sure where he is now."

If you want to see him, I have two methods.

I can pass this message on to Mr. Xingming; you can arrange a place to meet.

Alternatively, you can join the organization that Mr. Beimingyu and I belong to. That would make it easier to meet Mr. Beimingyu, and our organization offers very good compensation.

However, both methods require a considerable amount of time. I think you could write a letter to Mr. Beimingyu to clarify the matter first, and then arrange a meeting later.

Chiba Yo answered Sayo.

“Our organization is called the Demon Slayer Corps. Our job is to slay demons. However, we have a hidden unit in the organization that is responsible for logistics, so we will not face any danger. The pay is also good. I think it is quite suitable for you.”

He then explained the Demon Slayer Corps to Sayo.

“If I can’t see Professor Xingming immediately, then I’ll write him a letter first. Also…” Sayo replied after hearing Chiba Yang’s words, then bowed to him somewhat apologetically and said:

"I'm sorry... I'd go anywhere if I could meet Gyomei-sensei, but I don't want to join the Demon Slayer Corps. I want to stay here..."

Over the course of three years, she had developed a deep bond with the people here, and she didn't want to leave.

Although she doesn't plan to join the Demon Slayer Corps, she will still continue to make wisteria flower sachets here and give them to passersby.

"It's alright. What you're doing here is also fighting against evil spirits. There's no need to apologize," Chiba Yo said with a smile, respecting her choice.

"Thank you..." Sayo was touched by Chiba Yo's understanding.

“Then you should start writing to Mr. Himejima now. I will also tell him that you want to meet him. If Mr. Himejima agrees to meet you, I will write to you later,” Chiba Yo said to Sayo with a smile.

Sayo nodded upon hearing this, then took out paper and pen from the room and began to write a letter. Chiba Yo turned his back and did not read the contents of the letter.

After a long time, Shadai finished writing the letter.

"I wrote down everything I wanted to say to Gyomei-sensei in this letter." Sayo folded the letter and handed it to Chiba Yo.

"I will deliver it to Mr. Himejima." Chiba Yo took the letter and carefully put it away.

Afterwards, Chiba Yo and Sayo returned to her stall together, where Zenitsu was still watching the stall for Sayo.

After saying their goodbyes, Chiba Yo left with Zenitsu.

After leaving the market, Chiba Yang called over his crow and tied the letter written by Sayo to the crow's leg.

"Deliver this letter to Mr. Iwasaki Himejima."

Chapter 80 Kuwashima Jigoro

Around noon, Chiba Yo and Zenitsu arrived at Momoyama.

The two walked uphill along the road, and Chiba Yang saw a charred tree by the roadside, which had now sprouted tender green shoots.

"This tree is really resilient," Chiba Yo exclaimed.

"I think I'm the one who's more resilient..." Zenitsu said unhappily, looking at the tree and recalling some unpleasant memories.

Zenitsu's hair was originally black, but one time, in order to escape Jigoro Kuwajima's training, he ran up this tree and refused to come down. As a result, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck the tree on a sunny day, and Zenitsu was also struck by the lightning, and his hair turned yellow from then on.

Of course, it's also possible that the lightning struck him, and the tree was just caught in the process.

"Huh?" Chiba Yo didn't quite understand what Zenitsu said and asked a question.

"It's nothing, let's keep going." Zenitsu naturally wouldn't tell anyone about his embarrassing past, so he chuckled and continued walking.

"Oh." Seeing this, Chiba Yo didn't ask any more questions.

As you walk along the road, a wooden house comes into view. In front of the house, an old man dressed in clothes similar to Zenitsu's are stretching his muscles.

The old man was slightly short, with white hair, scars on his face, and a wooden prosthesis on his right leg.

This must be Zenitsu's teacher, the former Sound Pillar, Mr. Kuwajima Jigoro.

Chiba Yo thought to himself.

"Grandpa!" Upon seeing the old man, Zenitsu called out happily and then ran joyfully towards him.

Hearing the sound, the old man noticed Seonil. As Seonil ran happily towards him, the old man picked up his cane from beside his feet and then swung it at Seonil, who was running towards him, with great speed.

"Master...ah!"

Zenitsu squinted with a smile on his face, but before he could finish speaking, he made intimate contact with his cane and was knocked to the ground.

"You stubborn brat! How did you manage to escape back here!"

Kuwajima Jigoro thought Zenitsu had run away because he couldn't stand the suffering of the Demon Slayer Corps, and shouted at him with a hint of disappointment.

"Uh, Kuwashima-senpai, Zenitsu just finished a mission with me, and since it was on his way, he thought he'd come back to visit you." At that moment, Chiba Yo also walked over and explained to Kuwashima Jigoro with some sympathy as he looked at Zenitsu lying on the ground.

From Kuwashima Jigoro's behavior, Chiba Yo could already tell what Zenitsu's state of mind was during his previous training.

Upon hearing Chiba Yo's words, Kuwashima Jigoro's expression changed from anger to blankness, his eyes turned as black as beans, and his cane fell to the ground.

Kuwajima Jigoro suddenly shouted, then bent down and picked up Zenitsu.

"Zenitsu, are you alright? I'm sorry, Grandpa misunderstood you."

Looking at Zenitsu, who was lying in his arms looking extremely aggrieved, Jigoro Kuwashima had an embarrassed and regretful expression on his face.

A dozen minutes later, the three of them entered and sat around the table.

After Kuwajima Jigoro comforted him for more than ten minutes, Zenitsu's emotions calmed down a lot, although his left cheek was still a little swollen.

“Yang, this is the Kuwajima-sensei I told you about before.” Zenitsu explained to Chiba Yang while rubbing his face, giving Kuwajima Jigoro a resentful look as he spoke.

Because of what had just happened, Kuwashima Jigoro was somewhat afraid to meet Zenitsu's gaze, and with sweat beading on his face, he casually looked away.

“Grandpa, he’s a friend I met in the Demon Slayer Corps. He’s the current Yang Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps, and his name is Chiba Yang.” He then introduced Chiba Yang to Kuwashima Jigoro.

"Senior Kuwashima." Chiba Yo greeted Kuwashima Jigoro with a smile.

"So you're the Demon Slayer Corps' once-in-a-century genius. Truly, heroes emerge from among the young."

After listening to Wan Yi's introduction, Kuwajima Jigoro looked at Chiba Yo and exclaimed in surprise.

Although he was no longer on the front lines of the Demon Slayer Corps, he was still very familiar with what was happening within the Corps. During this period, the name he heard most often from recent news about the Demon Slayer Corps was Chiba Yo.

He joined the Demon Slayer Corps and participated in the final selection just one week later, and almost single-handedly killed all the demons on Mount Fujikasaka.

Less than a month later, he encountered and killed Lower Moon Two, becoming the tenth Pillar who broke the limit on the number of Demon Slayer Corps members for the first time.

His selfless teaching of the Crimson Blade, an ability to suppress the regeneration of demons, to the Demon Slayer Corps, greatly piqued Jigoro Kuwashima's interest in this unknown genius of the Demon Slayer Corps, and he also felt great respect for him.

Now that he had met Chiba Yo, who was also a friend of his apprentice Zenitsu, Kuwajima Jigoro was very happy.

"You flatter me, senior. I'm just an ordinary member of the Demon Slayer Corps," Chiba Yo said modestly, a little embarrassed by the praise.

Kuwajima Jigoro smiled upon hearing this, and then said to him, "You are being too modest. What I just said came from the Lord. I absolutely trust the Lord's judgment. If he can describe you like that, you must have many extraordinary qualities."

And I've also heard about your teacher, Kyojuro Rengoku, who fought to the death with the Upper Moons to protect all the humans on the train. You two, master and apprentice, are the backbone of our Demon Slayer Corps right now.

Zenitsu, you must…

Just as Kuwajima Jigoro was about to habitually tell Zenitsu to follow Chiba Yo's example, he saw Zenitsu's resentful and aggrieved eyes. Thinking of his previous actions, he immediately stopped himself.

"Ahem, Zenitsu is also working very hard. If he works even harder, he will definitely become a Pillar in the future."

Kuwashima Jigoro coughed twice, his right fist clenched to his mouth, changing what he originally intended to say as urging into a combination of encouragement, praise, and urging.

Why does praising me become an expression of hard work?

Zenitsu muttered something under his breath, but Kuwashima Jigoro pretended not to hear and didn't dare to reply.

“Indeed, Zenitsu has been working very hard lately, training diligently, and he can now hunt demons on his own. His current strength is quite impressive.” Chiba Yo nodded in agreement with Kuwajima Jigoro’s words.

Zenitsu felt much better after hearing Chiba Yo's words and nodded repeatedly, saying, "That's right."

"Hahaha, really? That's great!"

Kuwajima Jigoro blushed slightly upon hearing Chiba Yo's words. He was overjoyed and extremely proud to hear the current Pillar praising Zenitsu.

"To be honest, I put in a lot of effort when I was training Zenitsu. I set up countless traps to prevent him from escaping in the middle of the night, and I broke many ropes to catch him. It's really not easy for him to train so hard on his own now."

Speaking of training Zenitsu, Kuwashima Jigoro recalled the time when he trained Zenitsu. In addition to supervising his training, he also had to find ways to prevent Zenitsu from escaping every day, and he was quite strict with him for this.

Chapter 81 Zenitsu's Senior Brother

Many ropes were broken...

After hearing what Kuwajima Jigoro said, Chiba Yo looked at Zenitsu and thought to himself that it was really not easy for him to have survived until now.

Zenitsu recalled his life back then, how no matter how he tried to escape, he would always be discovered, caught in traps, tripped, and dragged away by ropes.

“Grandpa…” Zenitsu glanced at Kuwajima Jigoro.

"Ahem, let's not talk about that. It's time to eat now, I'll go cook, you two can stay and have a meal before you go back." Kuwashima Jigoro said, standing up and walking towards the kitchen. Then, remembering something, he turned back to the two and said:

"By the way, the peaches in the peach grove behind the mountain are ripe now. You can go and pick some, and take some with you to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters so the other swordsmen can have a taste."

Zenitsu, you take the guests there.

"Okay." Zenitsu nodded in agreement.

"Yang, let's go. The peaches here are delicious," Zenitsu said to Chiba Yang.

"Okay." Chiba Yo nodded and followed Zenitsu out of the house.

At their first meeting, Kuwashima Jigoro gave Chiba Yo the impression of being a warm, strict, and somewhat adorable person. His strictness was mainly evident in his description of Zenitsu's training sessions.

Besides, Chiba Yo could also sense that he cherished and cared for his apprentice very much. When Chiba Yo praised Zenitsu, he was genuinely happy and proud, just like when his own child got good grades and was praised in front of him.

He might have gone a bit too far.

Upon arriving at the back mountain, a large peach orchard appeared before Chiba Yang's eyes, with all the peaches on the trees being exceptionally large.

"Grandpa, he's really something. I came back to visit him so happily, and even brought him a gift, but I ended up getting hit by his cane for nothing. My face is still swollen." Zenitsu complained, rubbing his face. The left side of his face was swollen, making him look very much like the peaches here.

Chiba Yo didn't look at Zenitsu, afraid that he would burst out laughing if he did.

He didn't find it funny at first, but after arriving at this peach grove, he felt more and more like laughing.

“After all, Senior Kuwajima didn’t do it on purpose,” Chiba Yo said, suppressing a laugh.

"Sigh, I never imagined that in Grandpa's eyes I was someone who liked to run away," Zenitsu sighed.