"The Blue Blade is quite good. Look at the purity of the color. Chinatsu, you might even surpass Tomioka in your future mastery of Water Breathing."
Urokodaki was only putting things mildly. Giyu Tomioka believed that he was not as talented as Sabito, while Chinatsu and Tanjiro were even more talented than Sabito.
However, Giyu Tomioka created the eleventh form of Water Breathing, which is also a manifestation of Giyu Tomioka's talent. He is worthy of the title of the strongest water pillar in hundreds of years.
Chinatsu, who was listening to Urokodaki's words, really wanted to complain about his use of the word "purity." Did he not know that the color of a Nichirin Blade could be differentiated by purity? This reminded her of the Baki movie set right in front of her.
The strongest creature on Earth: Your purity is too low!
Chika: Get lost, you're on the wrong set!
Chika shook her head violently, gripping the Nichirin Blade in her hand, carefully feeling and observing it.
Um... I have to say, this blue is really beautiful.
Suddenly, the cawing of crows came from outside the wooden house. A few seconds later, the crow flew into the wooden house from outside. Just as the crow was about to land, it sensed Qianxia's presence, stopped abruptly in mid-air, and flapped its wings to create distance between itself and Qianxia.
"Tanjiro! Chinatsu! I'm delivering orders! Head to the village in the northwest. Girls are disappearing there! Every night, girls disappear. Find the hidden demons and defeat them. Please be careful. This is your first mission as members of the Demon Slayer Corps!"
After saying this, the crow flapped its wings and immediately turned around and flew out of the window. Since Chinatsu did not have a messenger crow, Tanjiro's crow had to deliver the command as well, which was a team-up mode for sharing the mission.
"Sister, our work has arrived!"
"Well, let's try to finish this quickly."
Chinatsu sheathed her Nichirin Blade again. She didn't remember this part of the mission very clearly because what made her interested in Demon Slayer was the "Spider Mountain Arc." The earlier part of the story was relatively thin. Chinatsu only remembered that it was about a demon who knew Blood Demon Art and liked to eat young girls.
But that's not a problem. That demon isn't that strong. Tanjiro could easily solo it, let alone in a two-person team mode... oh no, Nezuko is with him too, so it's a three-person team mode.
At this moment, in a different room than where Chinatsu and Tanjiro were, Nezuko, with her superhuman hearing, overheard their conversation.
She clenched her fists, lowered her head, and encouraged herself, even though she was feeling a little sleepy.
As Chinatsu and Tanjiro stood up, seemingly preparing to leave, Urokodaki coughed lightly and said calmly, "There is a specially made wooden box in the room on the left. It is lighter and sturdier than ordinary wooden boxes. You can use this wooden box to store some things."
Since Steelzuka is present, it's best to avoid revealing that Nezuko is a demon if possible.
Chinatsu and Tanjiro nodded and immediately understood Urokodaki's meaning. After going to the room on the left to get the wooden box, Nezuko shrunk her body, grabbed a training wooden sword, and slipped into the box. Tanjiro carried the box on his back and prepared to leave.
Chinatsu/Tanjiro: Then let's set off!
Fifteen days later, they left Urokodaki's wooden house again, and Urokodaki stood outside the house watching them leave.
Please take good care of yourself!
After the two left Urokodaki's sight, Chika thought it over and over and finally reached out and drew her blue Nichirin Blade from its sheath.
"Sister, why did you suddenly draw your sword?!"
Tanjiro hurriedly looked around nervously, because they had just come down from the mountain and were not far from a populated town.
The timeline of Demon Slayer is set in the "Taisho" era, which was before the Showa era. In this era, it was forbidden for samurai to carry swords. If an ordinary person saw such a sharp Nichirin Blade, it would definitely cause considerable panic.
"Don't worry, I just want to do an experiment. It'll be over soon, and no one will see." Chika looked at the Nichirin Blade with blue ripples in her hand. During her time down the mountain, Chika had thought long and hard and finally came up with a strange possibility, and now Chika was going to test it.
Chinatsu and Tanjiro maintained a state of complete concentration with low-consumption Water Breathing throughout the day, but at this moment Chinatsu stopped the Water Breathing technique and entered the Hinokami Kagura breathing state.
Her previously calm body suddenly felt her blood boiling, and her body temperature rose noticeably by one degree. The blue Nichirin Blade in Chika's hand first sent a stinging pain through her palm, and then the color of the blade changed.
From bottom to top, the blue blade turned black. Chinatsu gripped the Nichirin Blade and used a move called "Round Dance" on the spot. The power it displayed was much greater than Chinatsu and Tanjiro had imagined.
"Sister, your knife has become just like mine!"
"Just as I guessed, my blade can change color according to my breathing technique. Now that's a true color-changing blade." Chika nodded in satisfaction.
As long as fate doesn't lock her down to Water Breathing, that's fine. After all, who would use Water Breathing when they can use Hinokami Kagura to deal damage later on? Chinatsu is still waiting for the future to replicate Yoriichi Tsugikuni in front of Muzan.
"What do you take life for?!"
Chinatsu couldn't help but blurt out, while Tanjiro beside her looked on with a puzzled expression. What...what about life...what?
Qianxia coughed awkwardly and waved her hand to indicate that he shouldn't worry about it.
"Let's continue, and try to finish this quickly."
"Um!"
The two made their way to a populated town, though it wasn't their destination. However, walking through the town greatly helped Chika understand this era; the Taisho era before the Showa was not as backward as she had imagined.
Indeed, trains existed in the Taisho era, and armed forces were armed with firearms. In the final battle, the Demon Slayer Corps leader even used a large amount of gunpowder to detonate at a single point, causing considerable damage to the Demon King Muzan at close range.
Chinatsu and Tanjiro traveled through town after town, finally arriving at the town mentioned in the Crow River Newspaper.
Upon arriving in the town, Tanjiro, with his enhanced senses after achieving full concentration and a sense of smell surpassing that of a dog, immediately sensed the town's "extraordinary" nature.
"It smells like a ghost."
Tanjiro frowned slightly. Although the smells were mixed, it wasn't difficult for him to determine the location in his current state.
"Alright, Tanjiro, let's go!"
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