Chapter 02
[“Hmm, so this is how it’s supposed to be opened, right?”]
The next day, at the same time and at the same place, everyone gathered again in the courtyard of the Umayashiki family.
Yesterday, after the live broadcast ended, Tomioka Giyu left the yard and went to kill demons all night. He returned to the Mizuzu house at dawn.
The Water Pillar's house was always very quiet. Usually when Tomioka Giyuu came back, the people in charge of the logistics department of the Water Pillar's house would have gone to bed. But today, unexpectedly, when Tomioka Giyuu came back, the people were still awake and stood in a row at the door, as if they were waiting for him to come back.
Tomiokada Giyu's eyes widened slightly in shock.
"Water Pillar-sama." The leader hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke, "When we were working today, a small screen suddenly appeared in front of us... and others - people who don't know the Demon Slayer Corps can't see it. I saw a different Sound Pillar-sama on it."
Tomioka Giyu immediately thought of what happened in the lord's house today. At the same time, similar things also happened in the houses of other pillars.
"That is to say." In front of the big screen, the nine pillars were discussing this strange thing in front of them, "All members of the Demon Slayer Corps, including In, can see the contents of this screen and hear the words of this screen?"
"Yes." Shinobu Kocho confirmed, "Even Qing, Cheng, and Xiaosui who came to help me in the Butterfly House are no exception. But some ordinary people who don't know about the Demon Slayer Corps can't see it."
Kanroji Mitsuri: "What about the ghost?"
Iguro Obana shook his head. It was a rare occasion that he didn't lie on a tree, because the tree he usually lay on was broken when the big screen fell down. "I considered this issue when I was killing the demons. According to their performance and answers, they don't seem to know."
[The screen appears, and the big face of [Rengoku Kyojuro] comes into view. [Rengoku Kyojuro] adjusts the camera: "Hmm! The director said I should introduce myself first. Hello everyone! I'm Rengoku Kyojuro! I play the Flame Pillar in "My Life as a Demon Slayer"."]
"Hmm! It's me after all!" said Rengoku Kyojuro, "It's exactly like me!"
Kanroji Mitsuri blinked: Two masters...
[“Next, I will briefly explain the background of My Life as a Demon Slayer.” [Rengoku Kyojuro] lowered his head and glanced at the paper on the table, “Hmm! The background of My Life as a Demon Slayer is in the Taisho period. The protagonist of the story is called Kamado Tanjiro. It tells the story of Kamado Tanjiro’s sister who became a demon, so he joined the Demon Slayer Corps to turn his sister back into a human!”]
Fuzugawa Michiya sneered: "In any case, bringing a demon into the Demon Slayer Corps is not a good idea! Not to mention that he is planning to turn his sister who has turned into a demon back into a human. This is like a fool dreaming."
Shinobu Kocho: "Oh my god, I feel like I've heard the name Tanjiro somewhere before."
"Tanjiro Kamado." Tomioka Giyuu repeated the name. He still felt that the name was familiar, but he couldn't remember where he knew this name.
【“Hmm! Is this the trailer?” [Rengoku Kyojuro] looked at the bullet screen carefully. “The trailer is out. Has anyone not watched it yet? You can search for it on the official website.”
"If you still can't find it, I can show it to you on my phone."】
Let it go!
Jiuzhu screamed in his heart. Please, [Rengoku Kyojuro] from another world, don’t be as unreliable as [Uzui Tengen]!!!
Of course, as expected of the big brother of the Demon Slayer Corps, he is still very reliable.
[Ryogoku Kyojuro] took out a small square block and nodded.
"Then I'll find it and show it to everyone."】
Everyone's eyes were instantly focused on the small square block, where content was being played.
[It was a snowy field, and one could clearly hear someone breathing. The camera gradually zoomed out, and a boy with red hair and a huge scar on his forehead appeared on the screen.
"Miyazuko, Mizuko!" the boy ran in pain, "I will definitely save you!"
The scene turns to his back, and he is carrying a drooling demon wearing a pink kimono. 】
Tomioka Giyuu remembered: Oh, it was him, no wonder he always felt this name was familiar.
Shinobu Kocho looked at the girl who had turned into a ghost and sighed with some regret: "What a lovely girl, I didn't expect her to turn into a ghost. If she met me, let me use colorless and odorless poison to send her away."
[“Please, please——” The boy knelt down deeply towards a place, “Please let my sister go!”]
"How naive!" Fuzugawa Miyabi's veins popped out. He felt that the boy's actions were completely hitting his sore spot. "That's a man-eating devil! He actually wants to let that man-eating devil go? Too naive!"
【“What a joke!” He was interrupted by a roar. 】
The Nine Pillars were startled by the sound for a moment, and their eyes turned to Tomioka Giyuu beside them.
[“The weak have no rights, no choices! They can only submit to the power of the strong!” [Tomioka Giyuu]’s angry face appeared on the screen. He was no longer his usual calm and composed look, but a face full of anger.]
"Hmm! Tomioka's voice can be so loud!"
"I didn't expect that Tomioka could shout so loudly and make such gorgeous expressions." Tengen Uzui teased.
Mitsuri Kanroji: Mr. Tomioka is also very handsome even though his expression fluctuates so much!
Fuzugawa Shimoya sneered, "So you have other expressions! I thought you only had that dead face. Isn't this a way to talk properly?"
Tomioka Giyu: “…”
"Oh, Mr. Tomioka." Shinobu Kocho suddenly realized something. "Have you ever experienced these things?"
Facing everyone's puzzled gazes, Tomioka Giyu nodded.
Crowd: ...No, then what? That's it? At least tell us what happened afterwards!
Fist, hard.
【“Who do you think we are?” The ghost who was patting the ball laughed wantonly, “We are——the Twelve Ghost Moons!”
"He's in your hands!" The gentle woman, who looked like a Yamato's napkin, shouted at Tanjiro, "Leave this place to us!"
"Tanjiro!" The yellow-haired boy fell on the tatami, "Save me!"】
"Twelve Demon Moons?" Everyone's attention was focused on the demon holding the ball. Uzui Tengen denied it, "It's not the Twelve Demon Moons. There's no inscription on his eyeball."
Shinobu Kocho also made a new discovery: "The woman behind doesn't look like a member of the Demon Slayer Corps. So she is..."
"Ms. Tamayo."
"My Lord!" All the pillars looked back and saluted in unison. Uzumaki Yoya waved his hand to let them stand up. Kocho Shinobu asked, "My Lord, do you know that lady?"
Kouyashiki Kazuya smiled but did not answer. "Look down," he said.
[“Pigs rush forward! Pigs rush forward!” The man wearing a boar mask held two notched Nichirin swords in his hands and shouted as he ran forward. “Wait for me! The king is coming!”
over--】
Tokito Muichiro was shocked by the wild boar spirit on the screen and became interested: "Is this also a member of the Demon Slayer Corps?"
"Uh...it looks like it...but where's his uniform?"
[After the trailer, [Rengoku Kyojuro] took back his phone. "If you have any questions, you can type them on the screen."]
This is really great, everyone is confused right now. Uzui Tengen asked excitedly: "Where can I type?"
"Well, I think it should be this?" Mitsuri Kanroji carefully walked forward and poked the screen.
A big keyboard appeared. "What are you asking?!"
Fuzugawa Shinobu yelled, "You can ask that bastard Tomioka about the meeting with Tanjiro in front! Ask him about the Twelve Moons first!"
[“Of course.” [Rengoku Kyojuro] said, “You can’t ask about the plot. Even if you ask, I can’t answer.”]
“…”
“………”
“…………”
[“Hmm! Regarding tomorrow’s guest, tomorrow’s guest is Kamado!”]
"Why not ask about the introduction chapter?" Beimingyu Xingming suggested, "Ask what the introduction chapter includes."
This is a very good suggestion. Ryogoku Kyojuro wrote on it stroke by stroke.
＜Taisho-Rengoku Kyojuro: Hmm! What does the introductory chapter include?＞
As soon as he finished writing, he saw the words he wrote suddenly appear in a layer of golden light and rise into the air.
【“Hmm! There’s someone with the same name as me!” Of course, the golden bullet screen [Rengoku Kyojuro] saw it, but he just thought it was a fan of the book and didn’t take it seriously. “Are you a new fan? The first part starts with the family of the young man Kamado being killed by Muhei, and ends with him meeting his other two companions and the three of them preparing to go to Nada Spider Mountain.”】
"The other two partners," Tokito Muichiro speculated, "could they be the dandelion and the boar mask from earlier?"
"That should be the case. This way the two of them are facing each other."
…
The live broadcast ended quickly. Fuzugawa looked at Tomioka Giyuu and said, "I was just looking at the content above, so I didn't ask you. You said you had met Kamado Tanjiro, and then what happened?"
Tomioka Giyuu thought for a moment: "The story starts from a month ago..."
Fuzukawa Miyabi was getting a little impatient: "Can you cut to the chase, you bastard Tomioka!"
"?" But the story begins a month ago.
"Oh my god." Shinobu Kocho came out to smooth things over. "Let's first listen to what Mr. Tomioka has to say."
"A month ago..."
The incident happened a month ago, when Tomioka Giyuu went on patrol - it happened to be the time when the raven sent a message from the big screen in the master's yard...