Chapter 52 Meeting Yoriichi

"Yan Sheng?"

Don't call me, I want to die.

Iwakatsu forced himself to keep walking, even though he had already lost face, he still had to maintain his composure. He walked past the two without looking at them and stood in front of Doma, staring at him with dead fish eyes.

"Lord Kokushibo, are these two samurai gentlemen old acquaintances of yours?"

Doma asked with a smile as if he didn't understand, leaning an arm on Iwakatsu's shoulder, which annoyed Iwakatsu, who was only about 1.7 meters tall. He almost gritted his teeth and said.

"I don't know you, stay away from me."

Unfamiliar strangers

"Okay~".

Doma helplessly shrugged. He had noticed before that Iwakatsu seemed unlikely to kill him no matter what, which made him very curious, and he couldn't help but dart around the other's sanity.

Akimi Kawakami stared wide-eyed in disbelief, while Shujuro Rengoku's pupils dilated in shock. They knew that demons had all sorts of strange appearances and blood demon arts, but they had never imagined that they could change sex.

"Rock... Pfft."

Kawakami Akio couldn't help himself; his appearance made Rengoku Shujuro break out in a cold sweat. Sensing the increasingly dangerous atmosphere around them, Rengoku Shujuro began to wonder if choosing to go on a mission with him was a mistake. "If you looked like this in the past, even Iwakatsu would have killed you, let alone now that he doesn't even recognize you."

As Iwakatsu watched Kawakami Akio suppress his laughter, his hands involuntarily clenched, his black nails digging into his skin.

Hold it in. You don't know the other person yet, it's okay. As long as you're not embarrassed, it's the other person who will feel awkward.

Yan Sheng raised his eyes and glanced coldly at the two of them. While thinking not to get angry, he raised his hand, and the illusory crying god appeared in his hand.

"Breath of the Moon..."

"Lord Kokushibo, the sun is out now, we'll die if you keep doing this~."

With lightning-fast reflexes, Doma grabbed Iwakatsu's wrist and shook his head frantically. He felt that if he had been a second later, this man would have wanted everyone present to die with him.

Rengoku Shujuro was startled by this sudden change and didn't care about anything else. He grabbed Kawakami Akio and ran outside, feeling that if they didn't leave, they might really die.

"Xi Shoulang, ahhhhhh, my legs..."

Dragged along, Kawakami Akio bumped into things more than a dozen times in the stairwell before rushing out of the door amidst the shocked, confused, and bewildered gazes of the women around him.

Fortunately, the sun hadn't set yet. Rengoku Shujuro was in tears; he didn't want to go on missions with Kawakami Akio anymore.

"Doma..."

Yan Sheng turned his head, and six eyes appeared on his face, their golden pupils looking at him with hostility.

Doma immediately let go, not daring to provoke the other party any further. He put his hands behind his back and smiled as he changed the subject.

"Lord Kokushibo, please continue with your work. I have a few followers waiting for me, so I'll take my leave now."

After speaking, Douma quickly opened the wooden door that appeared at the back and arrived at his familiar place. He wasn't afraid; sometimes it was just more fun to pretend. He hummed a song and touched the skull that was placed there.

"Hey~ Lord Akaza..."

Akaza on the other side: What's wrong with you again? So annoying.

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"Xi Shoulang, my leg!"

"If we keep worrying about your bruised leg, we'll be dead!"

Rengoku Shujuro paid no attention to Kawakami Akio, who was howling behind him; his mind was a complete mess. He hadn't yet recovered from the news that Iwakatsu had turned into a woman.

"What should we do, Xi Shoulang?"

Kawakami Akio limped after Rengoku Shujuro, and he now realized that the demon they had been searching for so desperately in Yoshiwara was Tsugikuni Iwakatsu.

Good news, the ghost has been found. Bad news, we can't defeat it.

"Let's go back and meet up with the others first."

"Why is it Yan Sheng? I'll slaughter the rest of them."

"Come on, I knew you couldn't handle Upper Moon Five."

Rengoku Shujuro didn't believe Kawakami Akio's nonsense and dragged him into the room where the documents used to be kept.

"Why did Iwakatsu have to become like that?"

As soon as he sat down, Kawakami Akio asked curiously. He thought for a moment and touched his nose.

It's strangely beautiful.

"Perhaps it's because the covered walkways here are all managed by women."

"Oh," Kawakami Akio actually had a lot more to say, but seeing that Rengoku Shujuro didn't seem to want to talk to him, he became sullen again. "What's wrong with you?"

"..."

Rengoku Shujuro really wanted to hit him.

After tidying up, the two realized that their other members were missing. After searching the entire store, they were certain that the others had run away.

"Damn, are they going to be in danger?"

"Calm down, they should be fine, but the sun is about to set, we need to find them quickly."

Seeing Kawakami Akio in such a hurry, Rengoku Shujuro grabbed his shoulder, and the two rushed out the door at lightning speed.

Perhaps it was because night had fallen, but there were more pedestrians on the street, and all sorts of prostitutes appeared in the wooden fenced-off areas of various shops, as if they were being viewed by visitors.

"How can you run so fast?"

Rengoku Shujuro chased after Kawakami Akio, running wildly against the flow of people. Sensing something was wrong, he sped up to catch up and asked.

"I sensed the presence of a ghost, and..."

With a serious expression, Kawakami Akio quickly made his way to the edge of the town. He sensed a fleeting heat, which, if he wasn't mistaken, belonged to Yoriichi Tsugikuni.

"Ouch! Ouch! It hurts so much!"

Sure enough, as the two approached, they witnessed a demon's neck being severed by sunlight. A samurai in a red haori was deftly sheathing his sword, his red eyes devoid of any expression. Behind him were the Demon Slayer Corps members the two were searching for.

"Tsugikuni Yoriichi".

Kawakami Akio's face instantly fell. He stepped forward, grabbed the other man's collar with both hands, and asked through gritted teeth.

What are you doing here?

Rengoku Shujuro frowned and pulled Kawakami Akio away. He nodded apologetically to Tsugikuni Yuki, then turned to look at Kawakami Akio speechlessly.

"Being a head shorter than someone else, grabbing their collar doesn't give you any real power."

"?"

Kawakami Akio looked at Rengoku Shujuro in disbelief; he was truly hurt.

"Yoriichi, have you traveled this far?"

Ignoring the resentful gaze of Kawakami Akio, Rengoku Shujuro began chatting with Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

"Yes, how have you been lately, Purgatory?"

Yoriichi Tsugikuni also answered Rengoku Shujuro at the right time. He hadn't changed much, but he seemed to have encountered something, and the aura around him was a bit gloomy.

"I'm not bad. The demons have been less active lately, probably because they've gone into hiding. It's probably because you almost killed Muzan."

"That was close. If it weren't for him, Iwakatsuya... mmm mmm."

Kawakami Akimi blurted out a few sarcastic remarks, but before he could finish, Rengoku Shujuro covered his mouth. Tsugikuni Yoriichi, of course, knew exactly what the other was trying to say, and his eyes darkened.

"It's my fault. If I hadn't been so incompetent, my elder brother wouldn't have become a ghost."

"Yoichi, don't listen to Akio's nonsense, this is not your fault."

Rengoku Shujuro felt helpless about his friend's constant shirking of responsibility, and could only offer words of comfort.

"I understand, Purgatory. I will find a way to find my brother. If you happen to meet him, please be sure to tell me."

Yoriichi Tsugikuni understood Rengoku Shujuro's good intentions. He didn't care what others thought of him; he had learned from his conversation with Tamayo that she was researching a potion that could turn demons back into humans. If possible, he also wanted his brother to return to his original form.

"Um, this..."

Speaking of this, Rengoku Shujuro recalled seeing Iwakatsu not long ago and felt embarrassed. Kawakami Akio also shut up and stopped talking.

"What happened, elder brother?"

Yoriichi Tsugikuni keenly noticed the unusual emotions between the two and asked them somewhat inappropriately.

"Or, well... we can take you there later, but we don't know if the other party is still there."