Chapter 120 Traveling together

"Are you kidding me? You can understand bird language? Really?!"

"Um."

Tanjiro Kamado nodded amidst the strange looks from the two men.

You're lying to me, aren't you?

Zenitsu Agatsuma, watching as Kasugai-rai, who was being held by Ichiro Tokito, suddenly shouted, "Spur the horse on! Spur the horse on! Tanjiro, Zenitsu, run together! And you, let go of me!"

"Aaaaaaah, the crow spoke! Aaaaaah!"

Zenitsu Agatsuma jumped back in fright and hid behind Tanjiro, clutching the wooden box and trembling. Ichiro clicked his tongue in displeasure and released his grip.

"Hurry up, hurry up—".

"Ugh, it's so noisy."

As Tokito Yuichiro spoke, he walked up to the two of them, followed by the constantly flying kasugai crow.

"Ah, wait for us!"

Tanjiro Kamado gave chase, and Zenitsu Agatsuma had no choice but to follow.

The three walked casually. Tokito Yuichiro, annoyed, walked through the woods and picked up his suitcase to examine it carefully.

"You're not from the Demon Slayer Corps, are you? Why are you traveling with us? Aren't you afraid?"

Zenitsu Agatsuma watched Ichiro Tokito's actions and asked curiously, "He doesn't want to do this job at all."

"I'm looking for my younger brother; he's with the Demon Slayer Corps."

Tokito Yuichiro wiped the dust off the box with his sleeve and spoke casually.

"It smells of blood, but it's a smell I've never smelled before."

"Hey, do you smell something? Did you guys hear anything? Looks like we'll be working together from now on."

Tanjiro Kamado looked up at the luxurious house nestled in the woods and frowned. Zenitsu Agatsuma came closer, looked at the house, and then at Tanjiro.

“This isn’t my job,” Tokito Ichiro said, stopping beside the tree and looking at the house. “There are three demons inside.”

"Huh?!"

The two turned to look at Tokito Ichiro in disbelief, but he simply shrugged and said, "I'm very sensitive to the aura of demons; I can usually sense it."

After saying that, Tokito Yuichiro leaned against the tree trunk and looked into the bushes.

"Of course, I can sense it even from people who aren't specially trained."

"ah--."

The girl, who was being held by the boy, was startled when she made eye contact with Tokito Ichiro and couldn't help but scream.

"child."

What happened to them?

Zenitsu Agatsuma was a little shaky. He watched Tanjiro walk up to him, and seeing the two children looking frightened, he carefully squatted down.

"Look, isn't the little sparrow in your palm cute?"

Tanjiro Kamado stretched out his hand, and a sparrow sang on it as two children watched. He slumped to the ground, his body relaxing, and tears streamed down his face involuntarily.

"What's wrong? Is that your house? Did something break into your home?"

"No...it's a monster. My brother was captured, and we were walking on the road..."

The boy spoke haltingly, and Tokito Ichiro frowned. He looked at the house and sensed an unsettling atmosphere beginning to stir within him.

"Can you hear that? It's so noisy, is that a drum?"

While Tanjiro comforted the two children, Zenitsu covered his ears and stared intently at the building. A strange drumbeat sounded, and a blood-covered figure was sent flying backward.

Tokito Ichiro released the suitcase he was holding, leaped up and caught the boy, landing steadily on the ground.

"Oh my god, are you alright?"

Tanjiro Kamado rushed over, looking worriedly at the boy in Ichiro's arms. The boy's eyes were half-open, and he was not fully conscious.

"Still alive, but seriously injured."

Tokito Yuichiro carefully put the person down and got up to walk into the house. Tanjiro, seeing this, quickly said to Zenitsu, "Zenitsu, let's go together."

Zenitsu Agatsuma trembled violently and shook his head, causing Tanjiro to frown.

"Now I finally understand why you can't get married. After all, no girl likes a piece of trash who hides behind her during a crisis."

Tokito Ichiro turned around, crossed his arms, and looked at her coldly, causing Zenitsu to burst into tears.

"I won't do that, I'll go anyway—".

Tanjiro Kamado placed the wooden box on his back in front of the two children and comforted them for a few words. Then he turned around and saw Zenitsu Agatsuma hugging Ichiro Tokito's waist and crying uncontrollably.

"Take back what you said right now!"

"You're so noisy! Don't smear your tears and snot all over my face, this outfit could buy two of you."

The three of them finally entered the house after making a ruckus. Zenitsu Agatsuma hid in the back, looking around nervously.

"You'll protect me, right? Waaaaaah—"

"Actually, the ribs and leg bones I broke during the last match haven't healed yet..."

"I'm not a member of the Demon Slayer Corps," Tanjiro Kamado said helplessly, startling Zenitsu, who turned to look at Yuichiro. Yuichiro raised an eyebrow, feigning deep thought, and said, "I'm not a member of the Demon Slayer Corps..."

"Ahhhhhh no! Ahh ...

Tanjiro Kamado was startled by Zenitsu's sudden reaction and frantically tried to calm him down. Just as one problem was about to arise, another arose as he noticed the two who had rushed in.

"You can't come in!"

"Because the older brother's suitcase was creaking."

Seeing the two of them looking scared and flustered, Tanjiro Kamado didn't have time to comfort Zenitsu.

"Even so, it shouldn't be left there. It's something more important than my life."

Tokito Ichiro looked up and sensed the spreading demonic energy. He then patted Tanjiro and Zenitsu on the head.

"Be careful, the house might move."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the sound of drums was heard, and the group was separated by the shaking house.

Tokito Ichiro looked at the completely different scene before, placed his hand on the Nichirin Blade hanging at his waist, closed his eyes, and carefully sensed the aura around him.

"Thump, thump thump".

As his surroundings changed, Tokito Ichiro opened his eyes and turned to run to the right. He quickly crossed the corridor, stopped in front of a door, and as he opened it, another door on the other side was also opened.

The boy didn't notice Tokito Ichiro behind him. He looked at Kamado Tanjiro, who had opened the door in front of him, and raised his hand to strike the drum in his hand.

"Snap."

Yuichiro Tokito rushed over and grabbed the hand that the other person was about to strike, tearing the drum off and holding it in his hand under the other person's terrified gaze.

"Give it back!"

The boy struggled to pounce, but was firmly held back by Ichiro.

"Brother Qing!"

The girl rushed towards him crying, which stopped Qingxiong from struggling, and he hugged her.

"Teruko——."

"You were so fast!"

As Kamado Tanjiro took out the medicine, he sighed, saying that he and the other person opened the door at the same time, but the other person stopped Kiyoshi's actions in the blink of an eye.

Have you calmed down yet?

Yuichiro Tokito looked at the boy being comforted by Tanjiro and asked him a question.

After being bandaged and comforted, Brother Qing calmed down and began to recount his experience.

"I was captured by a monster, and it wanted to eat me... Then other monsters appeared, and they started arguing and killing each other, seemingly arguing about who should eat me..."

The boy's face was extremely pale. He paused for a moment before continuing, "...Then a drum fell from that ghost's body. If you beat it, you can change the position of the room...and that's why I've been staying here until now."

Tokito Ichiro leaned closer to take a closer look at Kiyoshi, causing Kiyoshi to instinctively flinch, which struck him as odd.

"Rare blood?"

Tanjiro Kamado's first thought was this, and his words successfully made Ichiro turn to look at him.

What is rare blood?