Gyutaro and Ume were born on the banks of the Rashomon River, the lowest rung of the entertainment district.
On the banks of the Rashomon River lives a group of children who only waste money on food. Here, children are only seen as big trouble. Gyutaro experienced several crises just from birth, and even after he was born, he was often beaten and scolded by his mother.
His defining characteristics are his thin physique and ugly appearance.
He was nicknamed "idiot," "coward," and "trash."
It was commonplace for him to be verbally abused and pelted with pebbles. Yet, this inhuman life failed to defeat Gyutaro, because when he had no idea what the meaning of life was, he saw the "sun".
Mei, his sister.
Unlike Gyutaro, Mei displayed exceptional beauty from a young age, making many adults feel inferior to her.
Seeing Mei, whom everyone envied, Gyutaro's inferiority complex vanished. In order to give his sister a better life, he began to use his fighting skills, which he had discovered by chance, to work as a debt collector. At the same time, for the first time, he felt proud of his frighteningly ugly appearance.
Just when Gyutaro thought everything was going to get better, the "sun" in his heart dimmed.
Mei, who works at a brothel, is not averse to any kind of interaction with men, but everyone has their Achilles' heel, and for Mei, her Achilles' heel is her own brother.
One day, a samurai insulted Gyutaro with extremely vulgar words. Ume could not tolerate it. She gritted her teeth, picked up her hairpin, and blinded the samurai's left eye. As a result, Ume was the target of the samurai's revenge.
He tied Mei up and burned her at the stake. When Gifutaro arrived, Mei was lying on the ground, her face burned beyond recognition, barely alive.
Gyutaro looked at his sister, who was on the verge of death, on the ground. His whole body trembled. Mei lay on the ground, her body trembling slightly as she lay dying.
She was in pain, she was scared.
Gyutaro rushed forward and embraced his dying sister, the beautiful scene that had finally appeared in his heart gradually vanishing.
"No...no...no...don't take her away! You haven't given me anything, yet you still want to take her away! I won't forgive you! I won't forgive you...restore my sister!!!"
Gyutaro held Mei, whose face was burned beyond recognition, and looked up to the heavens to plead his case. At that moment, the samurai appeared from behind him and suddenly stabbed him in the back.
"It must be him."
"Yes, thank you so much, Samurai. That man was extremely ruthless. He kept hurting people when we asked him to collect debts, and he hasn't listened to any advice lately. It's a pity that Mei died, but if I find another beautiful child, I will introduce him to you."
The conversation between the samurai and the brothel owner reached the ears of Gyutaro, who had been wounded by the samurai. Gyutaro got up from the ground and, as if possessed by a demon, killed the two men.
But what good is it if the samurai dies?
My sister... will she be able to come back?
He picked up Mei, who was barely breathing, and walked step by step down the dimly lit street. There was no one on the street, and even if there were, no one would offer him a helping hand.
At this time, he encountered Doma, who was then Upper Moon Six and now Upper Moon Two.
Under Doma's interference, Gyutaro and Ume became demons. Having lost most of their human memories, they quickly advanced to become the current Upper Moon Six.
In the real world, the two who had regained their memories looked at each other. Daki... Mei also calmed down and realized how hurtful her brother's words had been.
Unfortunately, the demon's body couldn't support their conversation for long. Mei opened her mouth, about to say something, when her head turned to dust in the disintegration. Gyutaro's pupils trembled, and he too only lasted a few more seconds before turning to dust like Daki.
Looking at the two demons turned to dust, Chika fell into deep thought. Despite how fierce and decisive she was in her fight, she actually liked these two demons quite a bit among the six Upper Moons. She had even been moved to tears by their memories when she watched the anime.
Unfortunately, there's nothing she can do about it.
Unlike other works, Demon Slayer's villains don't devour countless humans and commit heinous crimes. They can't be easily redeemed with a simple excuse like in some other works. All Chika can do for them is send them to hell as soon as possible so they can wash away their sins.
Chika let out a breath. For her, the storyline of the Entertainment District arc was just a transition, mainly to train Tanjiro and the others and help them grow.
Sound Pillar Uzui Tengen has successfully made waves, and the ease with which he resolved the situation left Tengen himself feeling somewhat unsatisfied. He crossed his arms and wondered if describing this battle as spectacular was a bit of a stretch.
But there's nothing we can do about it. Compared to Gyutaro's side, Chinatsu's side has an off-the-charts fighting power. If their opponents were Kamiya or Kamiya, it would be fine, but it's really difficult for Gyutaro and Daki to fight them.
Chika felt a little smug thinking about how they had so easily swept up such a long stretch of plot in the Flower Street arc, but then she remembered the Demon King of the Infinite City and her face immediately fell.
Stay calm and don't get carried away.
Chika reached out and covered her chest with one hand, breathing in and out in a cycle two or three times.
Great, I've calmed down.
"It's getting late, let's go back."
Chika looked up at the sky and guessed that it would be another one or two hours before dawn. If they set off now to run back to headquarters, they could probably arrive before noon.
Having achieved their two main objectives in coming to the entertainment district, Tengen naturally said that there was no problem setting off now, as he still had plenty of energy. Tanjiro and the others also said that they were fine with it, which made Daki and Gyutaro even more awkward.
Everyone dusted themselves off, preparing to return to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters, but Chika felt like she had forgotten something.
She subconsciously reached out and touched her body, and after rummaging around for a while, she took out two money pouches, one for the money she received from selling Inosuke and the other for the money she received from selling Tanjiro.
After thinking for a moment, Chika tossed the two money pouches into Tanjiro and Inosuke's hands.
"If you want to return it, then return it secretly. Of course, you can also choose not to return it, after all, we genuinely helped them eliminate a security risk and found a bunch of missing persons..."
Chika suddenly froze as she spoke, remembering one thing and then recalling another thing she had previously forgotten.
There are still a lot of girls lying in that underground cave of Daki. In the original work, the red-light district was turned into ruins. These girls must have been dealt with by [Hidden]. Regardless of how they dealt with it in the original work, Chika felt that [Hidden] probably couldn't handle the situation now. After thinking about it, they decided that they should take charge of the emergency treatment themselves.
early morning.
For the residents of Flower Street who are active at night, dawn does not mean they have to get up. The residents here generally get up late, but because of the riots last night, some residents could not sleep and had to wake up and go out for a stroll.
But staying at home was fine, but when they opened the door and looked outside, they were instantly stunned.
One by one, the missing girls lay on the street outside, each with their hands on their abdomens, looking utterly peaceful, as if they had ascended to heaven.
Within an hour of the girls being discovered, police and medical teams arrived at the scene one after another, confirming that the girls were still alive and only weak, with no signs of illness or abuse.
After the girls gradually awoke, none of them could remember what had happened. This was all thanks to Daki's swift action; the captured girls were imprisoned in her silk ribbons before they could even react.
Subsequently, the Flower Street incident, like the Mugen Train shutdown and explosion, became an extremely famous urban legend that continued into the future.
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