"This is a one-time exception; there won't be a next time!"
Chika sighed helplessly, but although she said she would let Nezuko go, she didn't stop her attacks at all. Her hand chop was like striking a wooden fish, thumping and thumping on Nezuko's forehead, leaving Nezuko stunned.
Of course, Chinatsu wouldn't let Tanjiro off the hook either. Although she said she was worried about him and ran off without thinking, this is one thing and that is another.
Chinatsu turned to Tanjiro and Zenitsu and Inosuke behind him, and said, "Judging from your appearance, your training at the regular high school is progressing quite well. In that case, things should be getting easier for you lately, right? Would you mind adding a few more lessons?"
Zenitsu's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this, and an ominous premonition surged up. Just as he was about to say "No way~", Tanjiro quickly covered his mouth, and Inosuke immediately grabbed his throat.
"Haha, of course no problem! Zenitsu and Inosuke's regular training is almost over, and I want to increase my training volume too!" Tanjiro said with a laugh, covering Zenitsu's mouth.
"That's right, that's right, boss, just tell me what your plans are. I'll do anything and do anything to become stronger!" Inosuke said earnestly, with one arm around Zenitsu's throat and the other clenched into a fist.
"Very good! Very energetic!"
Chinatsu nodded in satisfaction, while Zenitsu remained silent, sobbing uncontrollably.
Can he still resist now?
It's obviously not going to work!
Zenitsu: Waaaaah, I'll do my best, I'll try my hardest, I'm going to crush you all!!!
In the following days, Tanjiro and the others underwent training that was "inhuman," especially Zenitsu and Inosuke. They had not yet fully mastered "Concentration Breathing," and while doing the new lessons assigned by Chinatsu, they also had to maintain full concentration breathing. It was really tough on them.
As for the extra training that Chika gave them, it was actually quite simple: grip strength training and pseudo-combat training.
It's one thing for the pillars to be so bad, but it's unrealistic to expect the three kids to master the art of hand-crafting the Crimson Blade in a short time. So, Chika is more focused on guiding them towards cooperating with each other to use friction to increase heat and activate the Crimson Blade.
While the three little ones were undergoing that inhumane training, Chinatsu was smiling as she and Nezuko were instructing her on Water Breathing from the other side.
"Water Breathing is the gentlest of all breathing techniques. Don't try to use brute force to use Water Breathing sword techniques. Water can create all things. Use Water Breathing sword techniques with your mind!"
"Okay! Yes, sister!"
Although Chinatsu isn't exactly a great teacher, if Water Breathing is scored out of 10, then the strongest Water Breathing user today is undoubtedly the Water Pillar, Giyu Tomioka. Next would be the former Water Pillar, Sakonji Urokodaki, but he's old now. If he were in his prime, he would get 9 points. The 1 point he lost is because he doesn't know the eleventh form of Water Breathing that Giyu Tomioka created.
Next up are Chinatsu and Tanjiro, who are both at 8 points.
The two, both rated 8, are more than capable of guiding Nezuko, a newbie who hasn't even fully mastered the Water Breathing sword technique.
Nezuko studied very hard because this was a completely different experience from the previous training where she could only stay in a dimly lit room. Enjoying the sunshine, Nezuko was in a good mood.
If a person has no desire to eat people and is not afraid of sunlight, then what is the difference between a "ghost" and a "human"?
The atmosphere on Chinatsu and Nezuko's side could be described as "warm," while the atmosphere just a dozen meters away was oppressively tense.
"I...I can't go on, I need to rest...rest for a while..." Zenitsu gasped for breath as he stopped his training and slowly made his way back indoors.
Before he could even get back inside, he tripped over a small pebble and fell to the ground with a "plop!" and passed out. Tanjiro and Inosuke, who were beside him, quickly put down their training and ran over to Zenitsu to help him up.
"Zenitsu! Zenitsu! You didn't..."
Before he could finish his shout, Zenitsu, who was lying on the ground, suddenly got up from the ground with his eyes closed, as if possessed by a ghost.
His aura underwent a dramatic change, becoming incredibly oppressive. His previously unskilled concentration technique now seemed perfectly natural.
"Shan...Shan Yi?"
Tanjiro and Inosuke both involuntarily took a half step back, swallowing hard in confusion.
A sense of danger?
Zenitsu got up from the ground and suddenly disappeared from their sight in the blink of an eye. They quickly turned their heads to look at the place where Zenitsu had been training and began doing training exercises at lightning speed.
"I'm going to crush you all... I'm going to crush you all... I'm going to crush you all..." He kept muttering this sentence while performing the training exercises at lightning speed.
Tanjiro and Inosuke were completely baffled by what they saw, but at least from this perspective, it seemed... everything should be alright?
The two breathed a sigh of relief, stretched their meridians, and resumed their training.
Although the training was tiring, it felt great to feel myself getting stronger!
Seeing the two of them continue training with smiles on their faces, Chinatsu felt somewhat gratified.
While it may seem satisfying to become stronger overnight and defeat a powerful enemy, isn't it even more satisfying to build a platform beneath your feet through your own relentless efforts, hard work, and sweat, and then cross cliffs that were previously insurmountable?
While instructing Nezuko on water breathing, Chinatsu also held her Nichirin Blade, continuously transferring the warmth of her palm into the blade to train her ability to sculpt a kagune.
It is through constant practice that one can become stronger and, in the future, heat up the Nichirin Blade to the point of becoming a Crimson Blade more quickly.
Chinatsu has now trained to the point where she can activate the Crimson Blade by focusing all her attention on warming up for just 5 seconds. This is fast, but Chinatsu feels that it is still far from enough.
Inside the small residence at the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters, everyone was training tirelessly until the Flame Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku, arrived.
He raised his arms and opened his mouth, wanting to greet Chinatsu in the yard, but before he could speak, he saw Nezuko next to Chinatsu.
A ghost...is practicing Water Breathing...under the sunlight?!
Kyojuro hesitated for a moment, then put his hands on his hips and let out a sigh with a smile.
"Chika, you really are... you've created another miracle!"
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