"Tanjiro...you've gained weight."
Seeing Tanjiro stuck in the crack in the floor, Chinatsu tilted her head back slightly, her eyes filled with a sense of utter speechlessness amidst her nonchalant attitude.
"Although I have indeed eaten a lot recently, I haven't stopped exercising!" Tanjiro vehemently denied the possibility that Chinatsu said he had gained weight.
Of course, Chika was just saying that.
There was a very crisp cracking sound coming from the floor just now; it must have broken because the floor was too old.
The Kamado family's wooden house was already quite old, and it had been ravaged by Muzan three years ago. On her way home, Chika had considered the possibility of returning to find the house collapsed and reduced to ruins.
Tanjiro stretched out his hands to support himself on the floor beside him, intending to use the leverage to climb up through the crack in the floorboards. However, as Tanjiro exerted force, the floorboards on both sides of his hands broke as well.
Tanjiro was stunned for a moment, and then with a cry of "Ah!!!", he fell completely to the ground below the wooden house floor.
Now, Chinatsu and Nezuko couldn't just stand there and watch the spectacle. The two quickly ran into the house, and as soon as they entered, the floorboards made a series of startling "crack! crack!" sounds.
This house really needs renovation or even rebuilding...
Chinatsu walked to the big hole where Tanjiro had fallen. To be honest, Chinatsu never imagined that there was a space under her floor... Was it a basement?
Just as Chika was thinking and about to call out to Tanjiro, Tanjiro's arm suddenly shot up from the dark hole with a "whoosh!" and he was holding a very old and yellowed book in his hand.
"Sister! There's a box down there, and this is inside!"
"Um?"
Chinatsu reached out and took the small notebook from Tanjiro's hand, which looked like it could turn to ash at any moment. Even though Chinatsu hadn't opened it yet, it was enough to make her think.
Could this little notebook contain... a treasure?
Holding this little notebook, Chinatsu felt like her story channel was about to switch to the One Piece section.
Unable to suppress her curiosity, after Tanjiro successfully climbed out of the hole, she gently opened the small notebook under the gaze of the three.
Well... reality tells Chika that she was overthinking it.
This little yellowed notebook records the techniques and points to note for each form of "Hinokami Kagura," making it a beginner's guide to "Hinokami Kagura."
This must have been recorded by our ancestor, Kamado Tanji, or one of his ancestors from several generations ago, as a backup hidden energy source to prevent a generation from failing to master the technology due to talent or accidents, thus creating a gap in the technology.
Just like the Rengoku family, after Rengoku Kyojuro became despondent, he stopped teaching his son Kyojuro the Breath of Flame. Kyojuro then taught himself the Breath of Flame using the incomplete scrolls in his family's collection.
However, judging from the dustiness of this notebook, it's likely that none of the generations of descendants of the stove family ever used it.
Although passing down the Hinokami Kagura from generation to generation without interruption is a very difficult task, the Kamado family still managed to accomplish this mission.
Chika gently closed the tattered book in her hand and exhaled.
The mission of the Kitchen Family... is complete.
“This was left to us by our ancestors. We should keep it safe and it can be passed down as a family heirloom.”
As Chika spoke, she handed the book back to Tanjiro. Tanjiro took the book, nodded blankly, and jumped back into the hole, putting the book back into the box.
It's late at night now, and although the wooden cabin is dilapidated, it's the only place I can sleep for the night.
Is this a haunted house?
Chika and the others didn't care about that. Would the spirits of their family members harm them? In fact, they would be even happier if they could see the spirits.
The next day, early morning.
With the "crack! crack!" sounds, the three of them, especially those in Tanjiro's room, didn't sleep very comfortably.
For a normal person, when they are tired enough, they can fall asleep even if the surrounding noise is loud. Unfortunately, for Tanjiro, who has mastered the "Century of the Middle", his energy is in a very delicate state.
I can't sleep... I can't sleep... I can't sleep...
When Chinatsu emerged from the house yawning, Tanjiro remained staring intently at the hole-filled ceiling above him.
This allowed Tanjiro, who had never stayed up late before, to successfully unlock the advanced achievement [staying up late for three consecutive nights].
In contrast, Chika was full of energy and spirit. She stretched her arms out in front of her house, glanced at the dilapidated wooden house, said goodbye to Tanjiro and Nezuko, and went down the mountain to buy some timber.
A small town at the foot of the mountain, a timber shop.
As Chika entered the store, the owner, who had been lounging in a recliner as if enjoying the cool air, merely glanced at her before leaping up from the recliner as if on fire.
"The eldest daughter of the Kamado family? It's been a long time. No... I don't think I've seen anyone from your family in ages. Did you move and then move back?"
The timber shop owner sized up Chika as she walked into the shop. Although he hadn't seen Chika many times, he could clearly sense that the Chika of the past was definitely not like this.
Of course, he wouldn't doubt that she wasn't Chika.
As mentioned earlier, Chika is a famous beauty of this generation, and many people have proposed marriage to the Kamado family.
As for Chika, she didn't know the owner of the lumber shop. She had inherited almost all of her memories, so there was only one answer: the lumber shop owner was... a random passerby whose name she didn't need to remember.
Qianxia looked at the timber merchant and said calmly, "Our house has been in disrepair for many years, so we are planning to renovate or even rebuild it. We need a lot of timber. Do you have any recommendations regarding timber?"
Upon hearing that Qianxia needed renovations or even rebuilding, the timber merchant's eyes lit up instantly, because this was a big business opportunity.
Although he had some doubts about whether the Kamado family could come up with so much money all at once, they were acquaintances after all, so the lumber shop owner smiled and led Chinatsu into the open space at the back of the lumber shop.
In the open space behind the shop, there were large quantities and various kinds of high-quality timber. The timber merchant smiled and walked to one of the piles of timber, gently patted it, and said, "This timber is the best we have here. It's not only sturdy but also has a faint fragrance. However, it's quite expensive..."
Before the timber merchant could finish speaking, Qianxia pulled out a large wad of banknotes from her pocket. The timber merchant's mouth formed an "O" shape, and his eyes instantly went blank.
However, the financial impact alone would have been one thing, but after paying for the timber and transportation, Chika turned around and came to the pile of timber. With a light grab, she easily lifted the thick and long piece of timber with one hand.
"Oh, it's really solid, not bad!"
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