Chapter 17

In fact, he did ask this question. In response, Uzui Tengen gave the following answer:

"Of course it's because you have a gorgeous face! How can you sneak into Yuguo with a face full of scars?"

Tomioka Giyu: ...

Okay, this is a reasonable excuse.

“A-choo!”

At the same time, Fuzugawa Saneya, who was holding the Nichirin Sword and slaying demons, sneezed for no apparent reason.

"Are we going alone?"

"How is that possible!" Uzui Tengen slammed the table, "That's Upper Six! Even if we already know part of the situation, we still can't underestimate the enemy! You know, it says there are already four people and a demon going to Hanamachi!"

"...Okay, I understand. When do we leave?"

"Let's wait for a while." Uzui Tengen shuddered as he spoke, "I hope this screen won't look like this tomorrow, as if it's possessed by a demon."

On the other side, Asakusa——

"Ala, is this the place?"

Shinobu Kocho touched the strange symbol and reached out to peel off the paper on the wall.

"Ms. Tamayo!" Yushiro, who was cleaning the study, suddenly realized something. He dropped his broom and ran to the basement, "Ms. Tamayo!"

"It's really here. The address hasn't changed." Shinobu Kocho pushed the door open with a smile, "Moses, is anyone there? If you don't answer, I'll come in."

"Ms. Tamayo!" Yushiro opened the door of the basement, "Ms. Tamayo! This place has been exposed, let's hurry up..."

"Yeah, I found it." Shinobu Kocho came to the window in her Demon Slayer uniform. The "Demon Slayer" on the hilt of her sword revealed her identity. The moonlight shone on her butterfly feathers, and the gentle girl looked like a butterfly about to dance.

"Excuse me, Miss Tamayo and Mr. Yushiro. I am Shinobu Kocho of the Demon Slayer Corps Insect Pillar. I have something I want to discuss with you."

…

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[“Welcome everyone to my [Azuma Zenitsu] live broadcast room!!! Ah! There must be a lot of beautiful ladies watching me~ Ah, after this, I will definitely become the most famous person~”]

The person who came to the live broadcast today had yellow hair. Although the color of the hair was different, Jigoro Kuwajima recognized it at a glance - "Oh, is it Zenitsu?"

"Azuma Zenitsu? Is he the author of that book?" asked Fuzugawa Saneya.

"Is this the boy who learned the Breathing of Thunder?" Uzui Tengen crossed his arms, "Interesting."

【“As for my original intention of writing “Killer Demon Chronicles”, it was actually a dream of mine.” After being reminded by the staff behind him, [Azuma Zenitsu] straightened his face and began to speak slowly, “Everything in the dream was so real, the demons in it were so fierce, and the pillars were so admirable. When I woke up, I couldn’t forget everything in the dream, but the magical thing was that I still remembered the contents of the dream, so I wrote everything down in the dream.”

"The difference is that the 'I' in the dream sees the cause of the incident from the perspective of Agatsuma Zenitsu. In the dream, I can clearly feel his joy, sadness, happiness, anger and other emotions. He and I are like one person."

"Ah, I didn't expect that I would become famous by writing a book! I really have a talent for writing books, haha!"】

"What if it really is just one person?" Shinobu Kocho suddenly spoke.

"Ah, Shinobu, what does this mean?"

"I read an article about 'parallel universes' in a magazine a few days ago." Shinobu Kocho answered Mitsuri Kanroji while looking at the screen. "If it was just a dream, then it could not be as real as [Zenitsu Agatsuma] said. But if it was Zenitsu Agatsuma from our world who came to [Zenitsu Agatsuma] here in the form of a dream for some special reasons, then it makes sense."

"So that's how it is!" Kanroji Mitsuri suddenly realized, "As expected of you, Shinobu! You can actually think of this!"

【“But what I didn’t expect was that I originally thought that my wife Zenitsu in the dream had the same name as me, which was just an accident. Until recently, when I entered Demon Slayer Academy, I was surprised to find that the people in the dream had almost the same name as the characters in my book. This is why all the actors in “My Life as a Demon Slayer” are amateurs. But unexpectedly, I found that these amateurs actually have good acting skills!”】

"Demon Slayer Academy?" Iguro Obanai focused on one word, "Is it an academy? A place that specializes in training swordsmen for the Demon Slayer Corps?"

[“Ok ok, actually the director has assigned me a task today.” Seeing the director’s team holding up a huge sign – “Back to the Topic”, [Azuma Zenitsu] sighed, “He asked me to talk about that ‘Azuma Zenitsu’ thing today. Ladies! I hope that when you see me on the street, you will actively ask me for autographs, hahahaha!”]

This time, not only Jiuzhu, but also Kuwajima Jigoro was watching very seriously - just kidding, he was another proud disciple!

【“Zenitsu Agatsuma.” When talking about the plot, my [Zenitsu Agatsuma] expression immediately changed, “To be honest, in fact, ‘I’, no, that Zenitsu Agatsuma, had an extremely sad life.”

"He was abandoned by his parents when he was born and lived alone in the city for fifteen years. When he was fifteen, the girl he had a crush on eloped with another man and cheated him out of a lot of money, leaving him in huge debt - it's so disgusting that I feel so uncomfortable just talking about it!"

"At this time, the grandfather - the former head of the Demon Slayer Corps, Jigoro Kuwajima, appeared. He saw Zenitsu's talent, paid off his debts, brought him to Momoyama, and then accepted him as his apprentice."

"Ah, damn, as expected, it's still weird to say your own name!!! Forget it, I'll just call myself 'I' from now on!"】

Uzui Tengen sighed: "This is how he joined the Demon Slayer Corps."

"Is he the former Narutohashira's apprentice? No wonder he is so powerful. I wonder what he is like now."

[“Since I came to Momoyama, my master has been asking me to undergo hellish training and call Kuwajima Jigoro “Grandpa”. At the same time, I also got a big brother - Senior Brother Gyoyue. It took me a full year to take the final exam.”]

"One year? Impossible!"

"This kid is a complete genius!"

Iguro Obanai glanced at Uzui Tengen, whose jaw was about to drop, and said, "Sound Breathing is a derivative of Thunder Breathing. Do you want to adopt him as your adopted son?"

"We'll have to wait and see." Uzui Tengen smiled and waved his hands, "What if there are no more ghosts by then? Then we won't need it anymore."

"Hmm! It's very possible! With our unremitting efforts, the evil spirits will be eliminated one day!"

【“By the way, I want to say something here. Although I also have blonde hair in the film, it’s not dyed like ours now, and it’s not natural. Speaking of which, this is quite interesting.”

"One time, I hid in a tree to avoid my grandfather's strict training. At that time, there was lightning and thunder in the sky, and I was struck by a bolt of lightning. As a result, my black hair turned blonde because of the lightning."

"Of course, I still prefer blondes here - even though I was often chased by [Tomioka] teacher with a bamboo sword because of my hair..."]

"What a magical hair dyeing technique!" Uzui Tengen was dumbfounded again, "This kid is really extraordinary! No matter in which aspect."

Momoyama, Kuwajima Jigoro thought of Zenitsu's golden hair again. At that time, he was only concerned about whether Zenitsu was injured by lightning, but now thinking about it, it is really interesting.

Tomioka Giyuu was confused: ...Tomioka-sensei? Are you talking about me?

[“At the end of the final selection at Fujisugaya, I passed the selection smoothly - ah, my luck is really good, it’s really scary - I survived seven days on the mountain with demons and became a formal member of the Demon Slayer Corps. At that time, there were four people who passed the assessment with me, namely - Kamado Tanjiro, Hashibira Inosuke, Kurikara Kanao, and Fushigawa Genya.”

"I have to say that the Demon Slayer Corps has too few members. There were so many people taking the test, but in the end there were only five of us left. I don't know if there was a medical team at the final test site. If there was, there would have been fewer deaths."】

Fuzugawa Miyabi:?

Fuzugawa Miyabi: ???

Fuzugawa Miyabi: ?????

As soon as Fuzuigawa Mitsuya looked up, he saw his brother's name. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and then looked up again - he was shocked:

"What! He actually disobeyed me and came to participate in the final examination without permission! Are you kidding me!!!"

Tomioka Giyuu blinked and said, "Speaking of which, Genya Fuzugawa and Fuzugawa look a lot like each other. Are they brothers?"

"How is that possible!" Fuzugawa Shima denied it outright, "I don't have any brothers!"

Even so, everyone can see that Fuzugawa Saneya was speaking in anger.

"The medical team will be set up at the location of the final assessment?" Shinobu Kocho thought for a moment, "This is a really good suggestion!"

[“As for my meeting with Tanjiro…” [Azuma Zenitsu] scratched his face, “I feel a little embarrassed when I say this…”

"I received a mission to defeat the demons in the ghost house. I thought I would definitely be killed by the demons during the mission, so I started hiding on the side of the road to avoid reality."

"Time Machine! Go find the time machine!" [1]

"Of course there is no time machine, but there are good colleagues. I met Kamado Tanjiro on the side of the road. He just came out of Dr. Tamayo and happened to run into Chitaro."

"By the way, my Chitaro is a sparrow - I don't know why I don't have a crow - and it can't speak. Sometimes I don't quite understand what he means."

"Of course, now that I think about it, my lord didn't give me the crow because it was not because of me. It was because my ears were too sensitive at the time, so he gave me a sparrow that was quieter than the crow. Oh, by the way, Chitaro also voluntarily joined the Demon Slayer Squad. It seems that it was because his family was also killed."

"But I can't understand what Juutarou says at all, but Tanjiro can. Is Tanjiro more suitable for Mahjong than me? I don't understand."】

"This kid, maybe he shouldn't be so embarrassed." Uzui Tengen made an expression as if his head hurt, as if he didn't want to tell everyone that we are both Leihu and derived swordsmen.

How gentle, my lord. Mitsuri Kanroji blushed and thought.

As expected, Zenitsu's character still cannot be changed in a short time. Kuwajima Jigoro covered his face.

"Am I the only one who discovered something?" The Demon Slayer Corps guy next to Murata started talking again, putting his arm around Murata's shoulders and whispering.

"Ah, what?"

"Don't you think it's funny? What kind of ghost is this? It's so frightened that it actually eats sparrows? This is too funny!"

Murata: ...Ah, a strange focus has appeared.

【“So I followed Tanjiro.”

"After arriving at the Oni House, Tanjiro and I met two children outside the house who followed the blood trail to the Oni House to rescue their brother who was captured by the demon. They were Shoichi and Teruko. In order to complete the mission and to rescue the brother of the two children, Tanjiro and I entered the Oni House together. Before entering, Tanjiro deliberately placed the box in a cool place and asked Nezuko to protect the two children."

"By the way, I mentioned earlier that I have very sensitive ears, so I know that there is a ghost in Tanjiro's box. But because Tanjiro's voice sounds very gentle and doesn't sound like a bad guy - in fact, he is like this in real life -, so I decided to ask Tanjiro the truth in person after completing the mission."】

"Are your ears so sensitive? You can even tell the difference between humans and ghosts?" Shinobu Kocho was a little interested. "Then it's the same as Kanao's eyes and Tanjiro's sense of smell?"

“It seems like there are many talented people among the members of the Demon Slayer Corps this year.” Beimingyu Xingming sighed with tears in his eyes.

【“But there was a noise coming from the box that Tanjiro had left outside, and the two children who were left outside followed in out of fear. Just when I learned that Tanjiro’s injury had not yet fully healed, I squatted down and chose to escape from reality - just kidding, it would be scary even if I leaned on it - the sound of drums came from somewhere. Then the scene around me suddenly changed.

In this way, Tanjiro and I separated. Because I was worried that I would die next, I tried to pull Shoichi out first - in fact, I didn't think it was shameful, what was more important than life - but in the end, I was scolded by the young Shoichi and was deeply shocked. Although I finally dragged Shoichi out of the house, the original entrance outside turned into another room, so I could only wander around like a headless fly, looking for the door. As a result, after opening a door, I saw a man wearing a wild boar mask.

——I don’t know what I was thinking at the time, maybe I was too nervous, anyway, I mistook the other party for a monster at first and was so scared that I crouched down to defend myself, but when I came to my senses, I recognized who the wild boar man was. "[Azuma Zenitsu] ruffled his hair and made a smug expression, "Yes! That's Hashibira Inosuke!"

"I don't know why he wears that mask every day. Is he planning to rob a bank? He even wears it to class and won't take it off even if Mr. [Tomioka] beats him to death." [Zenitsu Agatsuma] complained. 】

"The three little ones successfully met here." said Mitsuri Kanroji.

"Mr. Tomioka?" Shinobu Kocho also noticed this title. She smiled and teased Tomioka, "I wonder what Mr. Tomioka thinks?"

Tomioka Giyu: …………

"I don't know what the purpose of his headgear is." Tokito Muichiro complained, "It's ugly."

“It should have some important meaning, right?”

[[Azuma Zenitsu]: "Speaking of which, there is also Tanjiro's earring, which is a relic from his father. However, because the school rules of Demon Slayer Academy stipulate that students are not allowed to wear earrings, every morning I would have a big chase drama with [Tomioka] teacher."]

Shinobu Kocho: "You are so strict, Mr. Tomioka~"

Fuzuikawa: "Tomioka becomes a teacher? I never thought that."

Uzui Tengen: "Ha, if I were a student, you wouldn't force me to take off my earrings, would you, Tomioka?"

Iguro Obanai: "It's unlikely that we are students. Tomioka is a teacher, how could we be students?"

Santu raised his hands in support: "Yes, we must follow the rules! You are a very manly man, Yiyong!"

【“At this time, a ghost suddenly broke in. After running for a while, I gradually became so scared that my legs became weak and I had no strength to run away. So I asked Zhengyi to leave me alone and continue to run away. Of course, the little angel Zhengyi didn’t agree. Because I felt that Zhengyi was obviously very scared but had no intention of giving up, I made up my mind - even if I was weak, I must protect Zhengyi.”】

"Okay! You've made up your mind! Are you finally going to use your swordsmanship?" Uzui Tengen was a little excited.

"I think so. After all, it's unlikely that Tanjiro will appear and kill this demon at this time, right?" Iguro Obanai said, "Besides, this demon is not strong."

[“Although I thought so, I immediately faced the ugly and horrible face of the demon and fell asleep.” [Azuma Zenitsu] excitedly pounded the table, “I really understand this! Who wouldn’t be scared to death if they fell on top of them?”]

"……?"

"well--?"

For a moment, everyone was stunned - how could this be different from what they had imagined?

Uzui Tengen was incredulous: "Where's the counterattack? Where's the swordsmanship? Just carry the Nichirin Sword with you! How could a ghost like this scare you?"

"Hmm! It seems that Dandelion Boy doesn't have enough courage!" Rengoku Kyojuro sighed.