Giyu Tomioka stood with a blank expression, about ten meters away from the main group, silently honing his swordsmanship. He paid no attention to this obvious act of not fitting in, because he knew one thing well.
"I... am not disliked."
Giyu Tomioka's breathing technique is the Water Breathing technique, one of the five basic breathing techniques, and it belongs to the type that develops in an all-round direction among the five basic techniques.
Water Breathing is also the easiest of the five basic breathing techniques to learn and practice, and most of the breathing swordsmen in the Demon Slayer Corps are holders of Water Breathing.
Giyu Tomioka calmly wielded his azure Nichirin Blade, repeatedly using his Water Breathing sword technique, a scene that contrasted sharply with the others engaged in fierce battles in pairs ten meters away.
Giyu Tomioka suddenly stopped, stood still, closed his eyes, and used his self-created sword technique, "Water Breathing - Eleventh Form - Nagi," with all his might.
At that moment, the circular area centered on him seemed to become a forbidden zone. This was Giyu Tomioka's strongest defensive technique, Water Breathing, which he created himself. In the original work, he used this move many times to block attacks from Upper Moon Three Akaza.
Giyu Tomioka doesn't actually need to close his eyes for this move; he's closing them now simply to further concentrate and see if he can optimize the move.
However, optimizing this move was no easy task. After pondering for a while, he failed and sighed helplessly. When he opened his eyes, a living person, Chika, appeared in front of him without him noticing.
"Hey~ I'm here to keep you company~"
Chinatsu smiled, placing one hand behind her back and waving the other at him. Tomioka Giyuu, looking at Chinatsu who had suddenly appeared before him and hearing her words, fell into a long silence.
When he broke out of his silence, he immediately showed a serious expression and said, "I was not disliked after all."
Chika's smile froze upon hearing this. She truly hadn't expected him to answer her like that, but it did indeed have a distinctly Tomioka Giyuu vibe.
Chinatsu coughed awkwardly. Although she was caught off guard, it only caught her somewhat off guard. Chinatsu indicated that she was about to start her "attack".
"Giyuu, you don't actually feel like you don't deserve to be with everyone, do you? Do you feel different from the others because of Sabito during the final selection?"
As Chika spoke these words, a slight change suddenly appeared on Giyu Tomioka's usually expressionless face.
"Did... Master Urokodaki tell you about this?" Giyuu Tomioka asked, bowing his head slightly.
Chinatsu didn't answer Tomioka Giyuu's question immediately. Instead, she deliberately remained silent for a while to give him time to think before smiling and saying, "No, Sabito told me this himself."
In that instant, Yoshiyuki Tomioka suddenly raised his head and looked at Chika with trembling eyes.
"What did you say…………"
"I said that Sabito told me himself."
"Impossible! Sabito... Sabito is dead!"
Yoshiyuki Tomioka raised his voice several notches as he waved his arm. His expression was very complicated. This was yet another difficult question that, if included in the reading comprehension section of the college entrance examination, would give test takers a real headache.
Sabito was a fellow student of Giyu Tomioka under Sakonji Urokodaki, and also his close friend.
The two honed their swordsmanship together and completed the training in splitting rocks assigned by their master Urokodaki. Upon graduating successfully, they received fox masks from Urokodaki and then went together to Mount Fujikasane to participate in the final selection.
During the final selection, Giyu Tomioka was injured by a demon who ambushed him and lost consciousness. Sabito arrived in time to save Giyu Tomioka and continued to run through the mountains to help other swordsmen who were injured by demons. He almost single-handedly wiped out all the demons of Fujikasa Mountain.
But in the final stage, he was almost exhausted when he encountered the Hand Demon who had been hiding in the Fujikasa Mountain for decades. Originally capable of killing the Hand Demon, Sabito was no match for the Hand Demon due to the exhaustion of his physical strength and the wear and tear on his Nichirin Blade. The Hand Demon crushed his head.
Thanks to his efforts, no one died in the final selection of his year except for himself. Even Giyu Tomioka, who did not kill a single demon, passed the test smoothly, which became the greatest pain in Giyu Tomioka's heart.
At Giyu Tomioka's emotional shout, the large group of people still training more than ten meters away couldn't help but turn their heads to look in their direction.
Why would Giyu Tomioka show such an expression?
This left everyone with puzzled expressions, but they weren't oblivious to the atmosphere. Even the Wind Pillar, Sanemi Shinazugawa, didn't go out of his way to cause trouble.
Anyway, with Chika there, it's impossible for a fight to break out.
Chinatsu remained calm in the face of Giyu Tomioka, who was losing control of his emotions.
What did Sabito tell her?
Of course not. In fact, Chika has never seen Sabito. She thought she would meet Sabito when she was training on Mount Urokodaki, but they never showed up. It's really funny.
Chinatsu thought to herself that she couldn't just shout at the air like a charlatan to make Sabito, this "ghost," appear.
Fortunately, it's alright that we didn't meet. Anyway, Chinatsu has already gained a basic understanding of Sabito and Giyu Tomioka's story through the book.
Chika believed that even if Sabito knew about her "making friends out of thin air" act, he would definitely not blame her!
However, seeing Giyu Tomioka's out-of-control state, Chinatsu realized that she might not be able to talk to him. She wasn't Naruto, and even Naruto's talk-no-jutsu would require him to use his fists to persuade Sasuke to come back.
Since Naruto uses his fists, then I'll...
Faced with the out-of-control Giyu Tomioka, Chinatsu's breathing suddenly changed. At the same time, Giyu Tomioka was stunned. He suddenly sensed a very strong aura from Chinatsu, and this aura was mixed with hostility and even... killing intent!
"What?!"
Giyu Tomioka immediately raised the Nichirin Blade he was holding with both hands to a vertical position and used his self-created sword technique, "Water Breathing - Eleventh Form - Nagi".
Just as Giyu Tomioka completed his defensive stance, Chinatsu also raised her Nichirin Blade and unleashed her swordsmanship.
It is neither the Water Breathing nor the Sun Breathing sword technique, but the third type of breathing sword technique that Chinatsu Shinya devoted herself to practicing for six or seven hours before barely reaching the beginner level.
Chinatsu raised her Nichirin Blade, which was gradually changing color, and unleashed a powerful attack. Three serrated sword energies rose from the ground, two of which passed through the left and right sides of Giyu Tomioka, while the middle one rushed straight towards Giyu Tomioka.
"Breath of the Moon - Seventh Form - Mirror of Calamity - Moon Reflection!"
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