Chapter 28
Before Mitsuri Kanroji proposed to Sanyashiki Yoya that she wanted to go to Nagegumi Mountain, it was Sanyashiki Yoya who summoned her to the lord's house and made this request to her.
Ubuyashiki Yoya smiled at Kanroji Mitsuri and said, "You guys also saw the news yesterday, right? I'd really trouble you to go to the Nadagumo Mountain."
"Mitsuri, Banei-chan."
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After waiting for so long, the next day's screen finally appeared. Uzui Tengen looked at the screen - ah, this is so gorgeous, it's like a pillow is given to you when you doze off - after collecting intelligence, they can set off in style!
[“First year student at Kigetsu Academy High School, [Xie Huamei].”
"I am a second-year student at Kigetsu Academy High School. Thank you, Hanatarō [1]."】
The man and woman in this live broadcast looked completely different.
The man had messy black hair, was skinny, had black fingernails on one hand, and had many black spots on his face. His school uniform was loose on his body, with the top two buttons unbuttoned, exposing his chest.
The girl's hair was white, scattered on her shoulders. Her blue eyes were watery. She wore her school uniform very well. Although she was young, she had a beauty that overwhelmed adults.
"There's such a huge difference between this brother and sister - I mean their appearance," Tengen Uzui complained.
[“I am the one who plays the role of Daki in the play. You should all know this, right? Xiao Lei should have told me yesterday.” [Xie Huamei] spoke first, “I came here to broadcast live because Principal Wu Biao asked me to.”
"The content of the live broadcast seemed to be... talking about the role I played in the drama? Emmmm... I don't remember."
"Yes, Mei." [Xie Hanatarō] suddenly spoke up, "If I remember correctly, I was talking about the role I played in the play."】
"Principal Wumei...?"
When this name came out, everyone was shocked - Muzan Muzan became the principal? Would he really not teach children bad things?!
Tokito Muichiro's focus was different from others: "We are almost all teachers there, and Wu Yu is also Principal Kizuki. So the Lord is the principal of Demon Slayer Academy?"
Rengoku Kyojuro: "Hmm! According to common sense, it is true!"
【[Xie Huamei]: "If you ask me to evaluate the role I played... I played Daki, the most beautiful courtesan in Yukaku. Well, it suits my face very well."
[Xie Hanatarō] rubbed his sister’s head: “Xiaomei is pretty to begin with.”
[Xie Huamei] smiled at her brother, then turned around and continued, "But being killed by a ghost hunter is still very scary. I can't imagine how painful it would be if I were really a Dakimakami and the knife chopped off my head."
[Xie Hanatarō]: "It's okay, this is not that place, brother will protect you."】
Tengen Uzui just hoped they could get to the point quickly.
ah……
Giyu Tomioka stared at the screen in a daze. Can ghosts also feel pain?
【［Xie Huamei］: "She and her brother, Jifu Taro, were both born in the lower level of Yukaku, a place called "Rashomon Riverbank"."
"When she was born, she had white hair and blue eyes like me, so her mother thought she was an ominous creature based on her eyes and hair color, and she disliked her and tried to strangle her. It was the prostitute Taro who saved Mei."
"It always feels weird to say someone with the same name as myself." [Xie Huamei] muttered.
"From then on, Mei worshipped Jifu Taro very much. She always followed Jifu Taro around and cried loudly when she left Jifu Taro. Jifu Taro, like my brother, doted on his sister. One day, when her mother was violent towards her and was about to cut her hair with a razor, Jifu Taro became furious and lost control. From then on, the superiority and inferiority between mother and son changed."
"Later, the woman contracted syphilis and died."]
“A kid who was born in the lower class of Yuguo…” Uzui Tengen sighed.
He used to be a ninja and had been to Yuguo to carry out missions. He also knew that it was very difficult for children at the bottom of Yuguo to survive. They were usually the products of a night of pleasure between prostitutes and customers, and were not well-received.
【“Mei is very beautiful.” [Xie Huamei] said, “Even if she walks on the street, people will chat with her, and if she smiles, people will ‘give tribute’ to her.”
"Children at the bottom of the yukaku will survive by any means necessary. After she realized this, she took advantage of it, and since then, the prostitute Taro and Mei no longer suffered from hunger and were unable to move, and were about to die."
"On the other hand, the prostitute Taro discovered that he was good at fighting, so he started to collect debts." After [Xie Huamei] finished speaking, [Xie Huataro] also spoke in tacit understanding:
"Because of the existence of Mei, a beautiful sister, Jifu Taro's inferiority complex has disappeared. He feels that their future lives will begin to develop in a good direction."】
"What an incredible group of kids," said Mitsuri Kanroji, who was hurrying on her way. "But if this is the case, they should be able to survive, right? Why did they become ghosts?"
If it was Toioka Giyu who said this, Iguro Obanai would have laughed wildly in front of him and mocked him for being too naive - that was Yugoku, a chaotic place, who could know what would happen in the future?
——But the one who said this was Mitsuri Kanroji.
Mitsuri Kanroji's sunny personality shows that she was raised with great care at home and is unaware that there are so many dark corners in this world - for example, their home.
After a long silence, so long that Kanroji Mitsuri began to doubt that he had not heard what she had just said, Iguro Obanai finally spoke up and replied, "It's possible that something serious happened later."
...For example, if you offended someone.
In Youguo, the two children had no power, not to mention that one of them was so pretty - this was very common and very likely to happen.
【“When Mei was 13 years old…” Speaking of this part, [Xie Hanatarō] could not help but grit his teeth – he had completely identified the prostitute Taro in the story with himself. Imagining his sister being burned beyond recognition… He could not stand it at all!!!
"Because the samurai insulted the courtesan Futaro, she used her hairpin to blind the left eye of a samurai customer. In revenge, the samurai tied up Mei and set her on fire. When I came back, I saw Mei who was burnt beyond recognition."
Sensing that her brother was not in a good state, [Xie Huamei] hesitated for a moment and pulled [Xie Huataro]'s sleeve. [Xie Huataro] gave the latter a look that said it was okay and continued talking.
"The courtesan held Mei's body and cried bitterly. Then the samurai, pointed out by Mei's landlady, chopped down the courtesan. The courtesan picked up a sickle and chopped down the samurai and the landlady behind him."
"He kept walking with Mei, who was burned beyond recognition, but no one was willing to lend them a hand. This was just like their daily life. No one ever helped them at any time." [Xie Hanatarō] took a deep breath, "And at that time, Douma, who was appointed as the Upper Six, met Gitarou and Mei, and gave them his blood, so they became demons."】
Let's see, Iguro Obanai thought.
"How could you do this!" Mitsuri Kanroji, who was standing by, was furious. "It's wrong to insult people... and you even burned the child with fire..."
"Tsk." Fuzugawa Shima imagined himself going out for a while and coming back to find his sister burned beyond recognition...
So angry...
There were many brothers, sisters, and younger brothers and sisters present, and when they heard the actions of the warriors above, their faces turned dark.
But Shinobu Kocho noticed a name.
Douma.
I didn’t expect that this matter was actually related to Douma... It turned out that Douma was still an Upper Six at that time?
[“After becoming a demon, Mei changed her name to ‘Dakki’, and her brother Gyuutaro continued to use the name ‘Gyuutaro’. Later, the two of them were promoted to the Upper Six Moons among the Twelve Demon Moons. Before Kamado Tanjiro and his party arrived at Yoshiwara Yukaku during the Taisho period, Gyuutaro ate a total of 15 pillars, and Dakki ate 7 pillars.”]
"The two of them together ate 22 pillars in total?" Uzui Tengen suddenly became serious, "It seems that the enemy's strength should not be underestimated."
"Nonsense." Fuzugawa Sane rolled his eyes at him, "That's an upper rank, even though it's upper rank six, but it's still an upper rank."
"I just didn't expect him to eat so much." Uzui Tengen said. The pillars are the strongest fighters in the Demon Slayer Corps, and over the years, they have eaten 22 of the strongest fighters...
It seems that they still underestimated the power of the Upper Rank.
Shinobu Kocho: "Ala, there are still many things that need to be changed in the plan."
【[Xie Huamei]: "During the Taisho period, Dakimaki hid in Kyogakuya in Yoshiwara Yukaku and used the alias "Warp Princess". The Sound Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps, Uzui Tengen, once sent his three wives to infiltrate Yoshiwara Yukaku to collect intelligence, but later his three wives were discovered by Dakimaki, and Dakimaki imprisoned the three of them."
[Xie Hanatarō]: “Tsk.”
[Xie Hanatarō]: "As expected, no matter how much I listen to this part, the three wives are still very jealous."
[Xie Huamei]: "..."]
Shinobu Kocho: "Is Mr. Uzui's wives okay?"
"It's okay." Thinking of the development of the original world, Uzui Tengen was relieved. "I received a letter from them some time ago. Because the identity of the ghost has been understood, they have not been exposed yet - at least they have not been caught."
Kocho Shinobu nodded.
【[Xie Huamei]: "Two days before Kamado Tanjiro and his friends sneaked into Yoshiwara Yukaku, Kyogakuya's proprietress Mitsu came to Daki because people were getting injured or running away from the store, and even a girl committed suicide. Mitsu believed that the girl who committed suicide was related to Daki."
"Dakimaki was disdainful of Mitsu's questioning. At this moment, Mitsu recognized Dakimaki's identity and intended to kill her, but Dakimaki tied Mitsu up with ribbons and threw him from a high altitude, killing him."
"Naturally, the news about the death of the boss of Kyogakushi-ya by jumping off a building reached the ears of Tanjiro and his gang who had infiltrated."】