Demon Slayer: The Second God Who Walks the Earth

Chiba Yo was momentarily baffled by this guy's behavior. It was clearly this blond-haired boy who killed the two demons, yet he acted as if he knew nothing about it.

Moreover, judging from his ability to easily kill two ghosts, surviving here for seven days should not be a difficult task.

"You killed those two ghosts yourself, it has nothing to do with me." Chiba Yang pulled his arm out of the blond boy's arms and told him the truth.

Upon hearing Chiba Yang's words, the blond-haired boy temporarily stopped shouting, looked at Chiba Yang with tears on his face, and appeared to disbelieve him.

"I don't care, I'm going to follow you." The blond-haired boy was now certain that it was Chiba Yang who had killed the two demons.

"Whatever, come along if you want." Seeing this, Chiba Yang didn't say anything more and let him have his way.

The blond-haired boy was overjoyed when he heard Chiba Yang agree.

"Great! My name is Zenitsu Agatsuma, what's yours?"

“Chiba Yo,” Chiba Yo replied.

After saying that, he chose a direction and began to search for the other ghosts on the mountain.

Zenitsu saw this and quickly followed.

"Yang, where do we go now? Shouldn't we find a place to hide and wait until dawn before going out to find food?"

Zenitsu asked Chiba Yo with some curiosity.

“Go find the ghost, and then kill it,” Chiba Yo replied.

Zenitsu stopped in his tracks upon hearing this, and laughed incredulously, saying, "Hahaha, you must be joking. I didn't expect you to be so humorous."

"Of course I'm not joking. We're all here to participate in this final selection to join the Demon Slayer Corps, aren't we? And isn't the Demon Slayer Corps' purpose to kill demons?" Chiba Yo turned to Zenitsu with some confusion and asked in return.

Zenitsu, seeing that Chiba Yo didn't seem to be joking, became a little anxious and earnestly advised, "But we're not members of the Demon Slayer Corps yet. The mission for this final selection is just to survive here for seven days. There's absolutely no need for us to hunt demons, right?"

Those who want to join the Demon Slayer Corps are generally people who have been persecuted by demons. They have an extremely strong hatred for demons and are determined to exterminate all demons in the world, which is why they join the Demon Slayer Corps.

However, there are some exceptions. Zenitsu was burdened with huge debts, and after the former Naruhashi saw his talent and helped him pay off his debts, he was taken in as a disciple. Later, at the Naruhashi's request, he came to participate in the Final Selection and joined the Demon Slayer Corps.

Having never seen a demon before, his hatred for demons probably wasn't that intense, which might be part of the reason he was able to accept Nezuko, who was a demon, so quickly.

For him, this final selection might just be a test from Grandpa Sangdao. As long as he can pass it, that's fine. It's not surprising that he has such thoughts.

"If you're scared, find somewhere to hide. I'll wipe out all the ghosts on this mountain."

Chiba Yo remained unmoved by Zenitsu's persuasion and turned to run in the direction he had chosen.

Zenitsu was incredibly conflicted as he watched Chiba Yo's figure gradually disappear into the distance, but in the end, he made up his mind.

"Wait for me, Yang!"

Zenitsu shouted and chased after Chiba Yo...

"Yang, if any ghosts appear, you must protect me! I'm very weak; any ghost could kill me. If you don't protect me, I'll definitely die here!"

Chiba Yo walked through the forest searching for traces of demons, with Zenitsu following behind, tugging at his sleeve and chattering incessantly. Zenitsu had already said similar things at least ten times in this short period of time. Chiba Yo found it hard to connect the current Chiba Yo with the person who had just killed two demons with a single strike.

At first, Chiba Yo would comfort him and say he would protect him, but now he doesn't want to talk to him at all.

As the two walked together, Zenitsu's ears suddenly twitched, and then he suddenly pointed in a direction and screamed in terror.

"Ah!!! There's a ghost over there!"

Upon hearing his shout, Chiba Yo immediately looked in the direction he was pointing, but he did not find any trace of the ghost.

"Where?" Chiba Yo asked.

"I heard it, it's about two hundred meters ahead!" Zenitsu replied confidently, tugging at Chiba Yo's sleeve.

Chiba Yo chose to believe Zenitsu's words, drew his Nichirin Blade, and ran in the direction Zenitsu pointed.

"Wait for me!" Zenitsu said, and quickly followed after him.

Sure enough, after advancing about two hundred meters, Chiba Yo saw the demon that Zenitsu had mentioned.

creak, creak...

A giant demon, two heads taller than a normal person, was squatting on the ground gnawing on something. By the moonlight, Chiba Yo could see what it was gnawing on: a leg.

There was a corpse on the ground in front of it, holding a Nichirin Blade, its neck broken.

The blood-red scene reminded Chiba Yo of the tragedy that had befallen his village.

Zenitsu arrived at this time, but upon seeing the scene before him, he was unable to utter a sound.

"You creatures shouldn't even exist in this world," Chiba Yang said angrily, then charged forward, sword raised.

Upon hearing the commotion, the giant demon turned around and raised its powerful right arm to strike Chiba Yang.

However, its movements were exactly what Chiba Yang had anticipated. In an instant, Chiba Yang unleashed two slashes, one severing the giant demon's arm and the other slicing across its neck.

"Wow...so strong..."

Zenitsu looked on with admiration after watching Chiba Yo instantly kill a demon twice his size.

The giant demon's body gradually turned to ashes. Chiba Yo sheathed his Nichirin Blade and walked towards the corpse on the ground. Looking at the mutilated body, he slowly clasped his hands together.

After silently offering a prayer, Chiba Yo whittled a piece of broken wood on the ground into the shape of a shovel and then began digging in the ground.

"I'll help too."

Zenitsu came over when he saw this. Although he was a little scared of the corpses on the ground, he did not back down.

"Mm." Chiba Yo turned to Zenitsu and smiled.

Should we sympathize with them in Chapter 8?

After burying the swordsman, Chiba Yo continued his search on Mount Fujikasa with Zenitsu.

"Can you hear the voices of other ghosts nearby?" Chiba Yo asked Zenitsu as they walked.

From what had just happened, he had learned that Zenitsu possessed superhuman hearing, and sometimes he could even distinguish ghosts by sound.

Zenitsu shook his head upon hearing this.

Suddenly, a swordsman ran out of the jungle ahead looking flustered, glancing back every now and then.

"Quickly open!"

Upon seeing Chiba Yo and the others, the swordsman shouted, then pushed them aside and continued running forward.

As the swordsman ran past, Chiba Yo heard him mutter, "A demon that ate fifty people actually appeared! How could we possibly handle this kind of guy!"

"Fifty...fifty people! Yang, you don't still want to fight this ghost, do you? This ghost has eaten fifty people! It's not like the ghost that only ate two or three people before. Its strength must be terrifying. Let's get away from here! Look!"

Zenitsu naturally heard the swordsman's words, and a look of fear instantly appeared on his face. He then spoke up to persuade Chiba Yo.

"Let's go." Chiba Yo said and ran towards the place where the swordsman had just fled, completely ignoring Zenitsu's advice.

"Ah—I knew it! Wait for me, Yang!" Zenitsu yelled, scratching his head hard, but in the end he still followed.

Passing through the dense trees, all Chiba Yo could see was a giant green hand turning to ashes. Judging from the size of the hand, one could tell how terrifying the demon was.

They've already been eliminated; it must have been that boy who did it.

Chiba Yang stopped and looked at the red-haired boy who was sheathing his Nichirin Blade next to the giant hand.

However, to Chiba Yo's surprise, the red-haired boy actually walked over and grasped the giant hand, then closed his eyes and pressed his forehead against the back of the giant hand as if in prayer.

"Hey, what are you doing? Feeling sorry for the ghost?" Chiba Yang was furious at the scene before him. The ghost had harmed so many people and destroyed so many homes. What was there to feel sorry for about such a creature?

After hearing Chiba Yang's voice, the red-haired boy turned his head. Chiba Yang saw the wound on his forehead and the pitying expression on his face.

“These demons were once human too,” Tanjiro said to Chiba Yo.

At this point, the Hand Demon's last remaining hand had also turned to ashes.

"But after they became ghosts, they harmed countless people and destroyed countless homes. The ghost you just sympathized with has also eaten quite a few people, hasn't it?" Chiba Yang still couldn't understand the behavior of the boy in front of him.

“I know that, so I didn’t hesitate when I killed it, but they probably didn’t become demons voluntarily. They were victims too. I smelled sadness on it,” Tanjiro explained to Chiba Yo.

Tanjiro's words did not convince Chiba Yo. He also learned from Kyojuro that all the demons were created by a progenitor of demons called Kibutsuji Muzan. However, he felt that if these demons ate people, they were not innocent and deserved to go to hell.

His own experiences also made it impossible for him to feel any sympathy for ghosts.

"I can't understand it," Chiba Yo said, shaking his head.

Although he didn't agree with Tanjiro's sympathy for the demon, the latter had indeed killed the demon, so he couldn't say much more.

An untimely sound rang out beside me, and at the same time, the sky began to lighten with the first light of dawn.

"Yang, I'm so hungry, let's go find something to eat." Zenitsu tugged at Chiba Yang's sleeve and said weakly.

Chiba Yo looked up at the gradually brightening sky and replied, "Alright, after dawn, the demons should all be hiding, and we won't be able to continue hunting them."

Just as Chiba Yo was about to go find some food with Zenitsu, a voice called out to them from behind.

"Um... if you don't mind, I have a few sesame seed cakes here, let's eat together."

Chiba Yang turned his head, and the red-haired boy from before took out a few sesame cakes from his pocket and handed them to them with a smile.

"Really? Thank you so much!"

When Zenitsu saw the pancake in Tanjiro's hand, he immediately rushed over to him, grabbed one, and started eating it, chattering as he ate, "We were walking the whole night without a break, and I'm starving."

"That must have been hard work. If you're still hungry, I have more here," the red-haired boy said with a smile.

Then he picked up a sesame seed cake and handed it to Chiba Yang.

"Huh? Oh, thank you." Chiba Yang took the sesame seed cake in a daze, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Looking at the pancake in her hand and then at Tanjiro with a smile on his face, Chiba Yo's earlier dissatisfaction with Tanjiro's behavior vanished instantly.

What a gentle person. Chiba Yo thought to himself.

Zenitsu: "What's your name?"

Tanjiro: "Kamado Tanjiro, what about you?"

Zenitsu: "My name is Zenitsu Agasa. He is a friend I just met, named Yo Chiba."

Chiba Yo: "Let me bandage the wound on your forehead for you."

Tanjiro: "Thank you."

The three sat together, eating sesame seed cakes and chatting, and their friendship quickly blossomed.

For the next six days, Chiba Yo and the other two stayed together. With Zenitsu's hearing and Tanjiro's sense of smell, Chiba Yo's demon-hunting speed increased considerably. However, while hunting demons, he noticed that Tanjiro would always ask the demons how to turn them back into humans.

Although Chiba Yo had questions about this matter, he did not ask Tanjiro.

During this time, they also rescued many swordsmen who participated in the final selection. By the fifth day, Chiba Yo had cleared out all the demons on Mount Fujikasa, and they did not encounter a single demon for the next two nights.

The morning of the final selection

Chiba and his two companions walked out of the central area of ​​Fujikasayama and returned to the platform where they had been.

"Only half of the people are left..." Looking at the fact that there were far fewer people than when they arrived, Chiba Yo's mood became heavier.

He had been trying his best to hunt and kill demons as quickly as possible, but sometimes he still couldn't catch up. Most swordsmen were still afraid of demons, which prevented them from fully displaying their strength. And with Mount Fujikasake being so large, Chiba Yo was really overwhelmed.

However, what he didn't know was that the fact that so many people were left in the final selection was already an extremely absurd result.

Welcome back, everyone.

Congratulations on your safe return.

The two children remained standing in front of the torii gate, offering their congratulations to the surviving swordsmen.

Chapter 9 passed, respectively

"And then what? What should I do next? Where's the knife?"

Upon hearing what the two children said, a boy with a dark rooster-like hairstyle and a scar on his right cheek that extended to his nose impatiently spoke to them.

The two children ignored him and continued to speak to the surviving swordsmen: "The organization will prepare uniforms for you first, and after taking your measurements, we will embroider your ranks on the uniforms."

The team is divided into ten ranks: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and G. Everyone here is currently in the lowest rank, G.

"What about the knife?" the boy with the rooster-like haircut asked again.

"The organization will allow everyone to personally select their preferred steel today. After ten to fifteen days, your swords will be completed," the white-haired child replied.

He then continued, "In addition, we will immediately arrange your own personal crows."

After the white-haired child finished speaking, a flock of crows cawed and flew down from the sky, landing on the arms of the swordsmen. Chiba Yo received his own crow.