Demon Slayer: The Second God Who Walks the Earth

Chiba Yo began teaching Genya how to use this breathing technique.

Before they knew it, night had fallen, and the once bustling flower street had become a battlefield.

The long belt slashed in all directions, attempting to completely shred the area.

There are so many! And the speed has increased too!

Tanjiro, gripping his Nichirin Blade, was startled by the approaching belt, but he did not back down. He tightened his grip on the Nichirin Blade and took a step forward.

"Hinokami Kagura - The Setting Sun Turns Around!"

Leaping into the air, Tanjiro's figure flipped in the air, his sword wreathed in flames as intense as the sun. He swung his sword horizontally, slicing through many belts in all directions. However, he still managed to cut through some belts.

Tanjiro, who was in mid-air, knew that he had not been able to cut all the belts, and turned his head in panic and worry to look at the street behind him.

About four houses were struck by the belt, and the parts of the buildings that were cut by the belt collapsed with a crash. The man that Tanjiro was protecting behind him was unharmed, and Tanjiro himself was also uninjured, but the residents along the street suffered.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

A woman looked terrified. The body of another woman next to her had been cut in two, and blood splattered on her face, staining the floor crimson.

"Help! Someone help me!"

A man was buried under the collapsed building. His legs had been severed, and blood was gushing from the cuts. His body was pinned down by a heavy pillar, and he was completely unable to move. At the rate of blood loss, he definitely wouldn't last much longer.

Tanjiro landed back on the ground, beads of sweat on his forehead. Although his physical strength was much better than before, and he was able to use Hinokami Kagura continuously, he was still quite exhausted from the battle.

"This...what's going on..."

The man behind Tanjiro trembled as he watched the scene unfold before him; he was so frightened that he could barely stand.

He originally just came out to scold the person making the noise after hearing the commotion outside, but he never expected to encounter something like this.

"Don't panic... I will definitely protect you. Let's find a place to hide first. If you have the strength, you can go and help the people who were just injured."

Tanjiro gripped his Nichirin Blade tightly, staring intently at Daki in front of him, while speaking to the man behind him.

"Hahaha, you ugly monster, weren't you feeling pretty smug just now? Now try and chop me up again! I'll cut you to pieces!"

Daki laughed and shouted at Tanjiro. She had been somewhat uncomfortable from being suppressed by Tanjiro's Sun Breathing. Now that all the belts had returned to their original forms, her strength had greatly increased. Even though she had received news from the returned belts that a Pillar was coming, she still planned to deal with Tanjiro first before dealing with the Pillar that had infiltrated.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be able to swallow that breath it just now.

"You ugly humans have no right to live! Let us all turn into corpses and rot!"

The belt flew again, and at the same time, it slashed towards Tanjiro...

Chapter 95 Dialogue

Daki's words constantly irritated Tanjiro's nerves, and her indifferent attitude towards life deeply angered him.

The veins on his forehead bulged as he gripped his Nichirin Blade and swung it out.

Flames erupted from the blade, severing the incredibly tough belt completely.

Fragments of the belt flew through the air, passing right before Tanjiro's eyes.

"Tanjiro, I have a general understanding of the origin of Hinokami Kagura."

At dusk, at the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters training grounds, training had just ended when Tanjiro was summoned by Chiba Yo, who spoke to him.

"During this mission, I accidentally learned some information about the past."

Several hundred years ago, a senior named Yoriichi Tsugikuni comprehended the original breathing technique, also known as Sun Breathing.

He used the Breath of the Sun to slay countless demons and nearly destroyed Muzan Kibutsuji.

Your Hinokami Kagura is exactly the same as the Sun Breathing technique of that senior Tsugikuni. Back then, senior Tsugikuni created the Thirteenth Form of Sun Breathing by combining those twelve sword techniques, and defeated Muzan in one blow.

I think the Hinokami Kagura that your family has passed down through generations is very likely the one that was taught to you by your senior, Tsugikuni.

"And you, who have inherited this legacy, will surely become as powerful as that senior, Tsugukuni..."

Memories of the past flooded his mind, while the screams of the injured echoed around him.

I'm sorry, Yang... I've let you down... As a fellow user of Sun Breathing, my strength is so weak... That senior Tsugikuni almost killed Muzan with Sun Breathing, and you became a Pillar in less than a month with Sun Breathing, slaying powerful demons and protecting countless humans.

Yet I couldn't even protect the people right beside me. During the mission on the Mugen Train, I could only watch Mr. Rengoku's back...

I may not be as strong as you or Tsugikuni-senpai; compared to you, my strength is so weak, but...

As human beings, there are times when we absolutely cannot back down!

There are still those heartless devils in the world who take people's lives ruthlessly, thinking it's their right and feeling no remorse whatsoever...

I absolutely will not...

With his feet on the ground, Tanjiro looked up at Daki standing on the rooftop, pushed off the ground with his right foot, and then flew into the air, arriving in front of Daki in an instant.

Let them run rampant!

The Nichirin Blade, enveloped in flames, slashed towards Daki's neck. Overwhelmed with rage, Tanjiro's eyes were bloodshot, turning a blood-red color. At that moment, he resembled a vengeful demon.

Wow, that's fast... a bit faster than before...

Daki was shocked. She hesitated for only a moment before the Nichirin Blade, wreathed in flames, was already close to her neck.

But after integrating all the belts into her body, Daki's strength was much greater than before. Seeing this, she fell backward, and the Nichirin Blade grazed her nose, the flames burning a strand of her hair.

"Damn it! Die!"

Furious, Daki kicked Tanjiro in the chest.

However, it underestimated Tanjiro's reaction speed. Before Daki's foot could even hit it, Tanjiro's left hand had already grabbed its calf.

"Ugly freak, let me go right now!"

Daki shouted at Tanjiro, and all four of her belts slashed at his body at the same time, intending to cut him into pieces.

Sun Breathing Type III o Blazing Red Mirror

The Nichirin Blade was retracted to the side and then slashed forward, a deep red arc cleaving through all four belts before heading towards Daki's neck.

Seeing this, Daki panicked and struggled backward, narrowly avoiding Tanjiro's slash. However, a section of her leg was severed during the struggle and remained in Tanjiro's left hand.

Once away from Tanjiro, Daki's leg quickly regenerated; such an injury was nothing to her as an Upper Moon demon.

"Life that has passed away is destined never to return..."

Tanjiro slowly stood up, the tiles beneath his feet shattered by his immense force. He carried his Nichirin Blade on his shoulder in his right hand and held Daki's severed leg in his left. His eyes were bloodshot, and his veins bulged.

"A living person cannot be reborn like a ghost..."

A voice suppressing his anger rang out, and the screams around him made it impossible for Tanjiro to calm down. He entered a strange state where all the pain in his body seemed to disappear, and he could not feel it at all.

Hearing Tanjiro's words, Daki's veins bulged with anger, but at the same time she felt somewhat confused.

These words... seem familiar...

Touching her face, Daki felt a strange familiarity with these words.

"Why plunder? Why trample on life?"

Tanjiro threw down the severed leg in his left hand and looked at Daki, asking her a question.

Upon hearing these two sentences, Daki was surprised to find a memory that did not belong to her surfacing in her mind.

"What's so interesting? What's so funny? What do you value your life?"

A man who looked like a samurai had strange flame-shaped markings on his forehead and wore the same floral earrings as the boy in front of him.

The man stood in front of it, as if looking down at it.

This is... the person Lord Muzan said he wanted to get rid of last time...

Because they looked so alike, Daki mistook Yoriichi from her memories for Chiba Yoh at that moment.

Are these scenes... Lord Muzan's memories?

Why should we forget?

Why should we forget?

Two voices rang out from beside my ears and in my mind, overlapping each other.

Daki shook her head vigorously, trying to erase these images from her mind, leaving only Tanjiro's voice.

"Weren't you once a human being? You should have struggled with pain as well..."

Tanjiro said to Fallen Princess.

He couldn't understand why these creatures, who were once human, would now persecute humans without any sense of guilt.

However, Tanjiro was interrupted by Daki before he could finish speaking.

"You nagging is so annoying! Who even remembers those trivial things from before! I'm a ghost now, no matter how much you nag, it's none of my business!"

Ghosts don't age! They don't need to earn money to support themselves! They don't get sick! They don't die! They don't lose anything!

"And demons are both beautiful and powerful! Of course they can do whatever they want!!" Daki grinned and shouted at Tanjiro, unmoved by his words.

The little girl who was beaten and scolded, abandoned at birth, suffered from cold and hunger every day, and was eventually burned alive has been locked away in the deepest part of her memory.

She will go hungry, she will have no money to feed herself, she will get sick, she will die, she will lose her memory, her past...

Chapter 96 Awakening, Slaying the Upper Moon?

Humans are such weak creatures, they have nothing to do with me!

I am a ghost who feels no pain and never loses anything. Even if I was once human, given the choice, I would still be a ghost!

Daki looked at Tanjiro, then clenched her right fist and smashed the tile in front of her to pieces.

"I understand……"

Tanjiro's voice was calmer at this moment, as if the anger he had shown earlier had subsided.

He had come to understand that even if they had once been human, they had now become ghosts, losing their memories of being human and their humanity.

Due to their different experiences, the two have fundamentally different perceptions and are unable to communicate at all.

Tanjiro stopped trying to negotiate with Daki and charged towards her with his sword drawn.

Blood Demon Art: Eightfold Belt Slash!

Seeing Tanjiro charging towards it, after its previous experiences, it dared not be careless again. Eight belts appeared from behind it and slashed at Tanjiro at the same time.

The eight belts crossed downwards, completely blocking Tanjiro's escape routes.

My body, which was separated to dominate the entire red-light district, will greatly increase in speed once it is reunited.

Even if you were my equal before, you are no match for me now!

Daki thought to herself.

In its vision, the eight belts, as it intended, had already crossed and were about to slash down at Tanjiro, about to touch his head.

Just when Daki thought Tanjiro was about to be cut to pieces by her belt, a vortex-shaped fire slash was released in front of Tanjiro and gradually spread outwards.

Sun Breathing, Sixth Form: Scorching Bones and Blazing Sun!

The black Nichirin Blade sliced ​​through the surrounding belts with ease, the flames on the blade scorching the broken ends.

Daki painfully closed her eyes briefly; these belts were also part of her body.

The area that was slashed felt like it had been burned by flames, and it couldn't regenerate properly.

Daki was shocked, but Tanjiro didn't give her time to be shocked. The Nichirin Blade, wreathed in flames, swung and cut through her belt as it reached Daki, then brought down a single slash.

This time, the Nichirin Blade successfully struck Daki's neck, but it failed to sever it. The moment Tanjiro struck her, her neck transformed into a flexible belt, dissipating some of the force and preventing Tanjiro's attack from successfully cutting off her neck.

"How could you possibly... cut my neck!"

Daki shouted angrily, then clenched her right fist and attacked Tanjiro.

Humans do not possess the regenerative abilities of ghosts, so exchanging injuries with them is extremely unwise.

Tanjiro knew this, so he didn't fight back and jumped back to avoid the attack.

"You can't escape, you ugly brat!" After forcing Tanjiro back, the enraged Daki sprouted more belts from her back and attacked Tanjiro again.

There are more belts now, thirteen in total...

Tanjiro saw Daki's attack clearly.