Chapter 54

[“Yes, yes.” [Iguro Obana] said sarcastically, “At least he speaks much better than you.”]

"A combination of Tomiokana and Purgatory..." Iguro Obanai imagined Tomiokana saying expressionlessly, "Hmm! We are different!" He got goosebumps all over his body. "Is this a nightmare?" he complained. [1]

The rabbit of Samagiri Mountain sneezed for no apparent reason.

"Nonsense." Tomioka Giyuu stared at Fuzugawa Saneya, "Sento is really good at talking!"

"Then stop staring at me!" Fuzugawa Miyabi felt uncomfortable being stared at by Tomiokawa Giyuu, "Go stare at Iguro!"

Tomioka Giyu: "Iguro is not here now."

[“The next chapter should be about rescuing Yae, right?” [Fuzuigawa Saneya] changed the subject.

"Probably. Even though it's a spin-off, I'll still tell you about it just in case." [Iguro Obanai] This is just a simple talk without any pain in the back. "Go ahead, [Tomioka], the spin-off seems to be quite interesting."

[Tomioka Giyuu] looked at them again and continued, "After parting with the Kamado brothers and sisters, he successfully reached his original mission location and found the survivor of the demon attack - the hunter girl Yae. However, because Tomioka Giyuu was not good at speaking and was witnessed appearing near the scene of the charcoal burning family (Tanjiro's family) in the mountains next door, he was almost taken to the police station as the murderer. Fortunately, because the Bug Pillar, Shinobu Kocho, happened to be nearby, he escaped the fate of being taken to the police station."

"At the same time, although Butterfly wanted to point out that Toioka Giyuu was misunderstood and hated by his companions because he was not good at speaking, she gave up because she saw that he had no awareness of this. Afterwards, Giyuu was inexplicably attacked by Yae's Shiba Inu because he did not know how to express his emotions, but he thought he was playing with the dog and did not admit that he was attacked by the dog. Afterwards, Giyuu concluded from Yae's words that Yae was hiding the truth of the ghost attack."】

He is really not good at speaking. Everyone nodded.

"As a pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps, you were almost arrested as a murderer and taken to the police station?" Uzui Tengen laughed. "I didn't expect such a thing to happen. You must thank Butterfly in a fancy way."

Fushigawa Shimizu: "Being attacked by a Shiba Inu... This doesn't look like playing with a dog, does it? How did you feel that the dog was playing with you?"

Shinobu Kocho: "Ahhhh, so it's that incident. Mr. Tomioka was tied up... It makes me miss him so much, it was such a long time ago."

【“Afterwards, when Yae was facing her father, Matazo, who had turned into a demon, Tomioka Giyuu and Kocho Shinobu arrived in time. In the end, Giyuu killed Matazo with the form of the Strike Wave, ending the pain of the father who tried his best to resist the instinct of the demon and not attack his daughter. When Yae intended to leave with her father, he conveyed to Yae the last words that Matazo had left for Yae, which he had heard - "Live on", and also warned Yae to absolutely live on, and then left with Shinobu.”

"After the mission was over, the two had dinner in a restaurant. Butterfly asked him why his behavior had changed. Tomioka Giyuu recalled his experience with Tanjiro and his sister, and began to wonder if his judgment at the time was correct. However, he still said that he would never waver in his responsibility as a pillar. When he ate his favorite radish salmon, Tomioka Giyuu, who never smiled, smiled foolishly, which made Shinobu speechless and indescribable when he saw his smile."】

"Isn't it good to comfort others?" Iguro Xiaobanei yawned, "Why is it that when it comes to myself, I am confused?"

"Mr. Tomioka really likes Salmon and Radish." Shinobu Kocho said with a smile, "I was surprised to see the smile on Salmon and Radish's face."

Mitsuri Kanroji blushed: Mr. Tomioka who likes salmon and radish is also - so handsome!

"Speaking of Tanjiro..." Tokito Muichiro suddenly asked, "What's going on with Tanjiro?"

"Tanjiro has already learned the Breathing of Water. Master Rin Taki has told him that the Fire God Kagura that has been passed down in their family is the legendary Breathing of the Sun - but the specific use of the Fire God Kagura still needs to be practiced in practice."

【“One day after the current Nine Pillars were officially established, at the request of their lord, Yoya Osamu, the remaining Eight Pillars except Giyu Tomioka planned an event to make Giyu laugh. However, Giyu, who was unaware of the truth, failed to understand everyone’s intentions. Not only was he not amused, he also rejected the invitation from Fuzugawa who had suppressed his anger and reluctantly invited him to eat radish salmon, which made the latter very angry. The two were forbidden to contact each other for a period of time. Because no one told him the truth, Giyu didn’t understand why Fuzugawa was angry, and he also thought that everyone’s behavior was weird.”

"I really..." [Fuzuikawa]'s temples twitched twice and he said, "Why do I feel like Tomioka in "Slayer" has worse social skills than you?"】

Tomioka Giyuu: ...?

Tomioka Giyuu struggled to recall the scene in his mind, and then he suddenly realized: "It turned out that it was the lord who assigned us this task!"

Uzui Tengen suddenly yelled, "So, Tomioka, you didn't know what we were doing at the time?"

"You didn't tell me?" Tomioka Giyuu tilted his head slightly.

Fuzugawa Shigeya suddenly felt relieved - damn, our long-time enemy turned out to be a fool! We always thought he was arrogant and didn't take us seriously, but in fact, he never understood what we meant!

"Yiyong...haha..." Santu laughed awkwardly twice, "Yiyong's way of speaking is indeed a bit bad, please forgive me."

【“After recommending Tanjiro, Giyuu Tomioka gradually forgot about it because the two never met again. Two years after the recommendation, he accepted the order of his lord, Ubuyashiki Yoshiya, and went to Nada Spider Mountain with Shinobu Kocho to carry out a rescue mission. During the rescue mission, he easily killed the "father" of the spider family and saved Hashibira Inosuke. But because Inosuke was too noisy, Giyuu Tomioka tied him up and hung him on a tree and left him alone for the time being.”

"Afterwards, when the Kamado siblings were nearly killed by Lower Moon Five, Rui, he arrived just in time and used his own eleven-type form to neutralize Rui's blood demon art, the Rotation of Grained Lines, and then killed Rui with a single blow."

"At this time, Tomioka Giyuu did not recognize Tanjiro. When he saw Tanjiro sympathizing with Rui, the evil ghost, he warned him: 'There is no need to sympathize with ghosts who eat people. They are just ugly monsters.' But Tanjiro immediately retorted: 'Ghosts were once human beings, just like me. They are not ugly monsters. Ghosts are empty creatures and pathetic creatures!'"

"There's no need to talk about this, right?" [Iguro Obana] said, "Didn't someone talk about the Nada Spider Mountain last time?"

[Fuzuigawa Saneya]: "Last time I said that Agatsuma Zenitsu of Natsumegumo Mountain was not from this perspective, so I think it can be said."]

"Demons are indeed empty, pathetic creatures, and their leader, Muzan Kibutsuji Muzan, is the most pathetic and empty creature of all," commented Ubuyashiki Kyouya.

[[Tomioka Giyuu]: "After hearing this, Tomioka Giyuu saw Nezuko and finally recalled from the depths of his memory the boy who knelt on the snow and begged him to let his demonized sister go. He also stopped the butterfly from rushing to kill Nezuko. The butterfly was angry because she came to save Giyuu out of kindness but was stopped by her, so she pointed out that the other pillars hated her because of her behavior and personality, but Giyuu refused to admit it because he had no self-awareness in that regard."

"He asked Tanjiro to take Nezuko and run away immediately, while he was responsible for holding Butterfly back. After catching Butterfly and restricting her movements, Giyuu Tomioka was asked by her to explain why he did so. Butterfly thought that the content would be long because the first sentence he said was "That was two years ago" and thought that Giyuu was deliberately delaying time in retaliation for her saying that he was unpopular. He then planned to fight back with the knife hidden in the sole of his shoe and break away from the opponent, but because of the order from the Crow, the fight between the two was forcibly interrupted."

"Finally, the Kamado siblings were captured by Kanao Kurika and taken back to the headquarters for trial, while Giyuu Tomioka also returned to the headquarters to be punished for violating team rules."

[Iguro Obanai] took a deep breath and said, "It's time for the Pillar Meeting... Let's put the Pillar Meeting aside for now. Who will you talk about next? [Buzugawa]?"]

I won't be the next one, right? Start from my past? Fuzugawa Shima pursed his lips - that was a memory he never wanted to recall.

Iguro Obanai frowned. After talking about Tomiokana's past, it was time to talk about Fuzugawa's past... Was his past still far away? Such a dirty and disgusting past was really not suitable to be revealed in front of such a pure Kanroji. When his past was revealed, how would Kanroji view him? Was he really worthy of him?

Iguro Xiaobane didn't want to think about it.

[“What’s there to say about such a tragic thing…” [Buzugawa Miyabi] sighed, “Forget it. [Iguro], it’s your turn after I finish talking.”]

Regarding what [Fuzuigawa Jiro] said earlier, Fuzuigawa Jiro agrees - what's the point of talking about that kind of thing? It would be better to use this time to reveal more of the Upper Moon's moves.

【“Fuzuikawa Shigeya was born in an ordinary city family. He has seven brothers and sisters. He is the eldest in the family and grew up under the beatings of his father.”

"After his father, who was a wicked man, was stabbed to death by his enemies, Saneya and his eldest brother, Fushigawa Genya, agreed to protect their mother and younger siblings together. One night, because his mother had not returned for a long time after going out, Saneya was worried that his mother was in danger, so he asked Genya to take good care of his younger siblings while he went out alone to look for his mother."

“But that’s where the tragedy begins.”】