The Demon Slayer Corps headquarters is located in a secluded location, comparable only to the Swordsmith Village among all of the Demon Slayer Corps' facilities.
Only senior swordsmen and the Demon Slayer Corps' support troops are allowed to operate within the headquarters. Chinatsu and the others, taking advantage of the opportunity to "defeat the Twelve Demon Moons" and "Nezuko is a demon," followed Giyu Tomioka and Shinobu Kocho to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters.
Upon arriving at headquarters, all the Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps appeared before them, their gazes fixed intently on Nezuko, especially the Wind Hashira, Sanemi Shinazugawa.
"What a ghost... not eating human flesh and drinking blood... what a joke!"
Shinazugawa gritted his teeth and said that if his lord hadn't given them instructions, he would have drawn his sword and killed Nezuko on the spot.
Most of the people who join the Demon Slayer Corps have a direct hatred for demons, and the Wind Pillar stands out among them.
He had three long scars on his face, and his hair was white like a hedgehog. He wore a white haori with the character "kill" on it.
Shinazugawa was born into an ordinary family with seven siblings, and he was the eldest son.
His father was a wicked man, and after his father was killed by his enemies, he took on the mission of protecting his family.
One day, his mother went out and did not return for a long time. He told his two sons to protect the rest of the family while he went out to look for her. However, he did not find his mother outside. When he returned home dejectedly, he saw his family being slaughtered by a ghost. He rushed forward and fought with the ghost.
The battle raged from night until dawn. As a faint light appeared, Shinazugawa finally saw the face of the demon he was fighting—it was his mother…
The mother, now a demon, gradually disappeared under the sunlight. The young second son, who arrived at the scene, saw this and assumed that Shinazugawa was the murderer.
During this battle, Shinazugawa suffered a mental breakdown and decided to embark on the path of exterminating demons. Although several years have passed, his hatred has not diminished at all, because he has witnessed more tragedies caused by demons while carrying out his missions.
Shinazugawa glared fiercely at Nezuko, who hid behind Chinatsu with her beady eyes. Chinatsu raised her head slightly to feel the brightness of the day and sensed that it should be getting light soon. She then told Nezuko to go back into the wooden box. Nezuko nodded and climbed back into the box, temporarily avoiding everyone's gaze.
Before the Hashira, they entered the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters.
The pillars present were:
"Flame Pillar" Kyojuro Rengoku.
"Sound Pillar" Jadeite Heavenly Origin.
"Kasumi Pillar" Tokito Muichiro.
"Love Pillar" Kanroji Mitsuri.
"Snake Pillar" Iguro Kobane.
"Wind Pillar" Sanemi Shinazugawa.
And beside Tanjiro Chinatsu are Giyu Tomioka, the "Water Pillar," and Shinobu Kocho, the "Insect Pillar."
The strongest members of the Demon Slayer Corps, second only to the first Hashira of the Sengoku period!
As they arrived at the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters, the Demon Slayer Corps' lord slowly emerged, a sight that startled Tanjiro.
"My lord!"
As was customary, the pillars bent over and knelt on one knee on the ground, and Chinatsu followed suit.
Kneeling on one knee is not the same as kneeling on both knees or a dogeza (a traditional Japanese kneeling posture). It is a form of etiquette to show respect to the other party. In the original work, Chinatsu did indeed respect the lord who brought Muzan into her home and tried to take Muzan down with him by using a large amount of gunpowder to explode.
Seeing everyone around him doing this, Tanjiro quickly followed suit. However, only two or three seconds after Tanjiro did this, his master told everyone to get up immediately.
"Everyone should know about Nezuko's situation by now. I hope everyone can trust Nezuko. The former Water Pillar sent me a letter, and both the former and current Water Pillars vouch for Nezuko with their lives."
When everyone heard that Yoshiyuki Tomioka had actually risked his life as collateral, they all turned to look at him, their faces filled with shock.
"My lord, I still can't trust her! Let me test her!" Shinazugawa gritted his teeth, drew his Nichirin Blade from its sheath, and lightly sliced his arm, creating a wound from which drops of blood flowed.
The blood of the Shinazugawa River is "rare blood." For a demon, one "rare blood" is equivalent to the nutrition of fifty ordinary people. The Shinazugawa River's blood is the "rareest blood" among "rare blood." Ordinary demons will become drunk and lose their rationality upon smelling this blood, Lower Moon demons will become delirious, and even Upper Moon demons will feel intoxicated.
As the drops of blood fell, Nezuko, inside the wooden box, unconsciously drooled.
"You bastard, give me the wooden crate!"
Shinazugawa waved his hand at Tanjiro, signaling him to give him the wooden box. He planned to use his own blood to lure Nezuko into attacking him, and if necessary, he even considered stabbing Nezuko twice to weaken her and make her crave blood even more.
But how could Tanjiro hand over Nezuko from the wooden box to Shinazugawa, given that he didn't have a good impression of Shinazugawa?
Just as Shinazugawa was trying to forcibly take the wooden box away, Chinatsu came up behind him and put her hand on his shoulder.
"Just use blood as bait, don't do anything else."
Chinatsu's strength was significantly higher than that of ordinary people, and this pinch clearly made Shinazugawa feel Chinatsu's power.
Shinazugawa's expression was subtle. He thought to himself that this power was almost comparable to that of the Love Pillar, who had eight times the muscle density. Were there so many muscular women these days?
"Immortality River, simply using blood to lure him will suffice. Everyone knows how special your blood is." The lord chimed in, watching this scene, which finally put Immortality River's little schemes aside. After all, although he had a bad temper, he respected the lord very much.
Tanjiro then placed the wooden box inside the building, and Shinazugawa raised his arm over the box, letting the blood from his wound drip onto it.
Blood seeped into the wooden box through the gaps in the air passage. The smell was already unbearable even from a distance, but now it was dripping onto Nezuko's face.
The extremely rare blood, rich in nutrients equivalent to at least 100 people, was almost unbearable for Nezuko. Although her saliva was dripping all over the ground, she managed to suppress it. Nezuko's ability to do this was not only due to her special nature as a demon, but also because of her strong mental fortitude.
Everyone was shocked to see Nezuko endure Shinazugawa's super rare blood.
Amidst everyone's shock, Chika's expression was somewhat subtle, and she drooled a little, thankfully not much.
As expected of a super rare bloodline, it's pretty powerful...
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