From Demon Slayer: Thunder Swordsman

"I haven't been out on a mission recently, so I don't know the specific situation."

"Oh, I understand." After saying this, Jiujo Tachibana didn't ask any more questions.

Until I saw an exquisite courtyard in front of me.

Maekawa Hirosuke finally breathed a sigh of relief, turned around, and enthusiastically introduced Kujo Tachibana:

"Look, Master Naruhira! This is your new residence!"

"How is it? Pretty, isn't it?"

Looking at the quiet and peaceful courtyard in front of him, Jiujo Ju nodded.

He was very satisfied with this yard.

In particular, the tall ginkgo tree planted in the middle of the courtyard is very similar to the ancestral home of the Kujo family where he had lived for more than ten years after coming to this world.

However, when he thought about the next few years and the rest of his life he would have to spend here, Kujo Tachibana couldn't help feeling a little sad.

The courtyard is fully stocked with furniture and daily necessities.

When Maekawa Hirosuke was leaving, he looked at Kujo Tachibana and said:

"Mururu-sama."

"Are you sure you don't need someone to take care of you?"

Jiujo Tachibana said jokingly:

"Really, no need. I'm used to living alone."

"Besides, I'm a pillar! Do I need someone to take care of me?"

Hirosuke Maekawa was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

"The ingredients you need for daily use will be delivered to you every three days."

"If you have any special requests, you can always ask the Crow to let us know."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

After sending him away, Jiujo Tachibana moved a chair out of the house, looked up at the ginkgo tree in the courtyard, and just sat there in a daze for the whole day.

Chapter 37 Five Thousand Years of Wisdom

The next day, early in the morning.

Jiujoju got up early and started jogging.

However, every time I run for a while, I have to rest for a while and take a few deep breaths.

Kujo Tachibana has been honing his skills for more than ten years, and with the breathing method - Changzhong, his strengthened body is not tired.

However, due to the damage to his lung organs, his right lung organs have basically stopped working.

As a result, he now suffers from insufficient oxygen supply whenever he does the slightest bit of exercise.

My hands and feet started to become weak, and my brain started to feel dizzy...

If his body is in this "lack of oxygen" condition for a long time, it will slowly begin to degenerate until death.

"Why did the lungs have to be injured?"

"Even if I have to break an arm or a leg, it's okay!!"

Jiujo Ju held his knees with his hands, breathing heavily, and making a series of "Hu...Hu..." sounds that would make people shudder.

It is so similar to the breathing of a dying person.

The warning his body sent to Kujo Tachibana forced him to stop.

However, when Kujo Tachibana thought about it, he realized that because of his actions, it was very likely that the human beings in this world would be dragged into the abyss of eternal darkness.

Jiujo Ju didn't dare to stop at all!

...

He must take his power back!

Do not!

He will become even stronger!

Until Muzan and Kokushibo are killed!

"breathe..."

Kujo Tachibana forced himself to adjust his breathing and used the Breathing of Thunder that he was already accustomed to.

The next second, a tearing pain came from the right lung. Jiujo Tachibana's eyes turned black and he fell to the ground.

-

"Lord!!"

Maekawa Hirosuke ran to the door of Ubuyashiki Yoya in a panic and shouted loudly.

"My lord, Master Mingzhu is dying!"

"Ms. Tamayo is currently rescuing Lord Myojuku!"

"What!" Ubuyashiki Kazuya hurried out of the house.

Looking at Maekawa Hirosuke, he asked anxiously, "What's going on?"

Maekawa Hirosuke lowered his head and said with sadness: "This morning, a team member found that Master Mingzhu was exercising on the side of the road."

"And then, not long after, Master Naruto fainted..."

Ubuyashiki Yoya's eyes narrowed. He had a hunch that Tachibana knew everything!

"Alas!" Ubuyashiki Yoya sighed. Although he knew that he couldn't hide this from Tachibana, he didn't expect Tachibana to know it so soon.

-

Jiujo Ju slowly opened his eyes and looked at the crowd in the room. The familiar scene from last time appeared in his eyes again.

With a wry smile, it was still the same house, the same bed, and he, Kujo Ju, was back again.

Seeing the awakened Kujo Tachibana, Tamayo breathed a sigh of relief and said in a complaining tone:

"Mr. Kujo, you really work hard."

"Have you ignored everything I, a doctor, said?"

"Mr. Kujo, I remind you again that you must never force yourself to use the breathing method again."

"Your lung organs are now barely able to maintain your daily exercise."

"If the place where you fainted wasn't close to me, I could have prepared your funeral by now."

Hearing what Dr. Tamayo said, Kujo Tachibana couldn't help but close his eyes with a very painful expression.

How could he not know these things?

However, since he couldn't use breathing techniques, what else could he rely on to undo the mistakes he had made?

"Tachibana, do you already know?" Ubuyashiki Yoya asked with pity as he looked at the white-haired boy on the hospital bed.

Jiujo Ju didn't dare to open his eyes to look at them, but just nodded slightly.

Ubuyashiki Yoya smiled gently and said:

"Ju, do you think that even if we don't say it on the surface, we are secretly blaming you in our hearts?"

"Blame you for not only failing to kill Kokushibo, but also bringing a new ghost king into the world?"

"And now you have no way to solve this problem, so you choose to escape in this suicidal way?"

"Tachibana, if you think so, then you underestimate the Demon Slayer Corps! You also underestimate me, Ubuyashiki Kōya!"

"Most importantly, you underestimate yourself!"

“It’s totally wrong!”

When he said this, Ubuyashiki Yoya's tone had become unusually stern!

"What do you think the Demon Slayer Corps is? And what is my Ubuyashiki family?"

"We can fight the evil spirits for a thousand years with our flesh and blood!"

"It's never about one-time courage. Even if our generation can't eliminate the evil spirits."

"Our will to destroy the evil spirits will also be passed on to the next generation, and the next generation, and they will eventually accomplish our common goal of thousands of years."

"Since the Demon Slayer Corps was founded a thousand years ago, we have faced low points countless times. At the most difficult time, the entire Demon Slayer Corps did not even have a single pillar-level member."

"But have the remaining swordsmen given up?"

"If they were like you, I'm afraid our Demon Slayer Corps would have disappeared in the long river of history!"

"Then let's just leave this world to the evil spirits!"

Kujo Tachibana opened his eyes and looked at Ubuyashiki Yoya with complicated eyes.

He had to admit that what Ubuyashiki Yoshiya said was quite inspiring.

But his situation is not quite the same...

Tachibana, who is aware of the future direction of the world, knows that their generation can accomplish the common goal of the Demon Slayer Corps for thousands of years.

But now, because of my own interference, the world has completely changed.

Can they still accomplish this goal in the future?

Even if it can be accomplished, will this future still be the future he remembers?

Or a more distant future?

How many innocent human lives and swordsmen's lives will be sacrificed in the process?

And all the extra hardships and dangers along the way, as well as the innocent souls who died, should be borne by him, Jiujo Ju!

Can he bear it?

Such a heavy sense of guilt is enough to crush anyone.

Kujo Tachibana's state of mind at this time was probably very similar to that of Tsugumi Yoriichi after he let Muzan escape.

Seeing Kujo Tachibana's expression darken again, Ubuyashiki Yoya frowned, thought for a moment, and then slowly said:

"Ju, do you know when the breathing method was born?"

"That was during the Warring States Period more than 300 years ago!"

"Then going back to the time before the Breathing Technique, didn't the members of our Demon Slayer Corps go out to kill evil spirits?"

"Ju, I'm not trying to deny the effectiveness of breathing techniques, but you have to know that it's human beings themselves who are powerful! Not some breathing technique."

"Just like the man who created the breathing method, Yoriichi Tsugikoku!"

"Since he was able to create a breathing method out of nothing, why can't you forge your own path?"

“Truly find your own power!”

Ubuyashiki Yoshiya's words were like a heavy hammer, hitting Kujo Tachibana's heart heavily.

Yes!

What is powerful is always human beings themselves, not the breathing method!

And he, Kujo Tachibana, is the only one in the world!

Human beings who carry two worlds, knowledge and culture.

By combining the wisdom of the two worlds, is it impossible to find a way to solve the problem he is facing now?

No! It must be possible!

He wants to truly find the power that belongs to him!

Chapter 38 A Different Way of Breathing

Looking at the intelligent young man in front of him, Kujo Tachibana expressed his gratitude sincerely:

"My Lord, thank you."

Seeing that Kujo Tachibana looked sincere, and even his eyes seemed to have regained some of their former vitality, Ubuyashiki Yoya finally felt relieved and began to instruct: