Chapter 64

"Do we really have to wear clothes like this? It would be inconvenient if we encounter a ghost."

Colleague A grumbled, but still put on the wide kimono obediently.

Colleague B sneaked to the side, grabbed the strange mask in the corner, and turned around: "Yeah - please call me Swordsmith B~"

"I didn't expect everyone to come." Murata hid the Nichirin sword under his kimono and sighed, "That's the upper rank, everyone is here pretending to be swordsmiths, aren't you afraid?"

"Aren't you here too?" Colleague C straightened his collar and asked, "Aren't you scared?"

"Actually, a little bit..." Murata shook his head embarrassedly, "But I still want to trust all of you who come here."

"There is absolutely no need to worry about Murata. After all, Murata is very lucky!" Colleague B rushed over and hugged Murata's neck, "Do you want to wear a mask? I'm sure it will suit you perfectly!"

This is when the screen appears.

【“[Ji Guo Yan Sheng]…” [Ji Guo Yan Sheng] nodded towards the camera, “This is… my twin brother…”

"[Ji Guoyuanyi]." [Ji Guoyuanyi] pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled at the camera.

"Brother, the water is here." He gently placed the paper cup filled with water next to [Ji Guo Yan Sheng], "Your throat is not feeling well. The doctor said you should drink more water."

"Well, [Yuanyi], you... too."】

Uzui Tengen looked at the long-haired man with a high ponytail on the screen with some surprise - there was a huge mark on his forehead, shaped like fire.

"The same earrings as Tanjiro's." Tomioka Giyuu looked up and suddenly realized, "So Tanjiro's earrings were passed down from here?"

【“Brother, let me speak first, and you can help me fill in the blanks, okay?” [Ji Guoyuan said.

After he said this, he didn't care whether the other party agreed or not, and started talking directly:

"He was born into a samurai family during the Warring States Period. He was the second son in the family and had a twin brother named Jikuni Iwakatsu."

"But in those days, twins were considered unlucky because they would lead to disputes over inheritance rights. So when he was born, there was a strange 'mark' on his head, so his father wanted to kill him. But when his mother heard about it, she was so angry that she was almost crazy, and no one could stop her. In the end, his life was saved, but the condition was that he must be sent to a temple to become a monk when he was 10 years old."

"Yuichi..." [Tsukuni Iwasaki] paused, and finally didn't know what to say. All the words he wanted to say were reduced to one sentence, "Yuichi, very good."】

Although the subject of [Ji Guoyuan Yi] is always "he", everyone knows who it is referring to - Ji Guoyuan Yi, the Ji Guoyuan Yi here.

"Hmm! So they are twins?" Ryougoku Kyojuro thought for a moment, "So that's it! There's an error in the ancient book at home! I have to correct it when I go back!"

"Twins? Something ominous?" Tokito Muichiro sneered. Tokito Muichiro grabbed his brother unconvincedly and said, "Don't listen to their nonsense! Twins are the most beautiful thing in the world..." When he said this, he suddenly paused, and then his face turned red for no reason. He slowly looked away, looking at the sky and the ground but not at Muichiro, "Anyway, this is what I think..."

His voice became quieter and quieter.

“My mother treated her two children as fairly as possible and loved them very much. The different treatment he suffered also put a lot of pressure on her. Later, when my mother fell ill, he began to support her when she was weak.”

"His parents often quarreled over him, which hurt the two children. Yansheng would secretly go to play with him, but when his father found out, he beat Yansheng's face until it was bruised and swollen. This incident eventually caused his parents to quarrel bitterly."

"The next day, my brother gave him the flute he made and told him to blow it if he needed help and he would come to help him right away. He smiled happily and said he would cherish this flute as if it were his brother."

[Jiguo Yansheng] had a nostalgic look in his eyes: When he was a child, he also carved a bamboo flute for his younger brother with his own hands. [Yuanyi] treasured it very much at that time. I don’t know what happened to the bamboo flute now. Does [Yuanyi] still keep it? 】

Kanroji Mitsuri felt a little regretful: "They were two brothers who got along so well with each other, how did they end up becoming enemies..."

"It's probably due to family reasons." Iguro Obanai said firmly, "Because of the different treatment from my family members - or rather, from my samurai father."

Fuzugawa also thought of the reason for the two brothers' hostility: "...If Mr. Enichi is really strong and stronger than Kuro and Tsugukuni Iwakatsu, then once his father finds out, Tsugukuni Iwakatsu will be the one who is treated differently."

[“He had never spoken a word before he was seven years old, and everyone thought he was deaf. When he was seven years old, he was watching his brother practicing swordplay in the yard and said to him, ‘Brother, is your dream to become the strongest warrior in this country? I want to be the same as you. I want to be the second strongest warrior in this country.’”

"My brother was shocked. This was the first time he heard him speak fluently. He smiled at his brother."

"Later, when his brother was practicing, he would linger beside him, hoping that someone would teach him. The person in charge of teaching his brother swordsmanship was one of his father's subordinates. The subordinate half-jokingly gave him a bamboo sword for practice and gave him some casual pointers, including how to hold the handle and the posture of holding the sword."

"My father's men signaled him to come over and try, so he quickly swung his sword at him three times, hitting his neck, chest, and abdomen, and used the last blow to chop at his feet, causing him to fall to the ground. My father's men fainted after being hit by these four blows, and afterwards, the parts of their men that were hit by him all swelled up like fists."

"It is indeed Yuanyi... His talent... is as terrifying as yours..." [Ji Guoyansheng] said slowly beside him.

"My brother is also very capable." [Ji Guoyuanyi] smiled. 】

"What an amazing strength! God! Can you also give me such an amazing strength?" Colleague B shouted to the sky, but was knocked to the ground by Colleague C with one punch.

"Stop talking nonsense here and hide the new toxin that Master Mushi-sama has researched!" Colleague C warned, "No one can predict when the Upper Moon will arrive. It might arrive tonight. Hurry up and hide the toxin. Isn't it better to have an extra safeguard?"

"Hey, here I come—"

【“His father’s subordinates reported this to his father, and his father changed his mind and made him the successor of the country, while his brother would go to the temple in three years. After realizing that his father had made him the successor, he deliberately planned to leave home and go to the temple earlier. After his mother passed away, he immediately went to his brother’s room and told him the news. He said goodbye to his brother and said that he would go to the temple, and that he would cherish the flute given by his brother and would practice playing the flute well.”

"At night, he left home without telling his father and met his future wife, Shi."

Poetry? By the way, is [Yuichi]'s girlfriend also called this? I don't know how [Yuichi] and her are getting along. [Jiguo Yansheng] was in a daze, his thoughts gradually diverging.

[Yuichi] did not know what his apparently serious brother was thinking, and he continued, "Ten years later, he and Shi were married. When Shi was about to give birth, he went out to find a midwife for her. He had intended to return home before dark, but on the way, he met an old man with a bad heart. The old man wanted to go to a place far away from the three mountains to visit his son who was dying from war injuries. After sending the old man to his destination, he planned to find a midwife the next day and then hurried home. But when he got home, it was already dark, and when he opened the door, he found that Shi and her unborn child had been killed by the demon ninja."

"He sat there holding the bodies of his wife and children for about ten days until a swordsman who had been following the footsteps of demons arrived. After burying the bodies of his wife and children, he followed the swordsman to join the Demon Slayer Corps and became a demon hunter. After becoming a demon hunter, he and the pillars at the time shared similar interests, so they often chatted."】

"This is really... kicking the iron plate."

Santo looked at Tanjiro Kamado who was practicing "Hinokami Kagura" and said, "Is this the improvement of the legendary Sun Breathing - Hanokami Kagura?"

"Really... so dazzling."

Shinkomo looked at Tanjiro, then looked at [Tsukikoku Yuichi] on the screen, and inexplicably discovered something:

"Is it an illusion? I feel like they look a bit alike."

Santo looked at Tanjiro, then at [Yuichi]: "It seems... not an illusion? They do look a bit alike!"

Rengoku Shinjuro curled his lips, but he didn't throw the wine jug in his hand away. He had mixed feelings in his heart - he also lost his wife and understood how Tsugumi Kuniichi felt. But he was lucky, at least his wife was not killed by a demon, and his two sons were still alive.

Would Ruka want to see me fall into this state? This thought suddenly occurred to him.

[“After he joined the Demon Slayer Corps, he found that no one knew how to use breathing techniques, so he taught them everything he knew. He was willing to teach sword techniques and breathing techniques to anyone, but no one could reach the same level as him.”

"He changed the breathing method according to each person's expertise and gave instructions, so many derivative breathing methods appeared one after another from the Sun Breathing he used. During an operation, he saved his brother who was attacked by demons while camping in the wild, and he also felt sorry for his late arrival, which led to the annihilation of his brother's subordinates. His brother followed him to join the Demon Slayer Corps, and the number of people with spotted marks in the Demon Slayer Corps continued to increase, and the combat power of the Demon Slayer Corps gradually increased. Not long after his brother joined the Demon Slayer Corps, he also had the same spotted marks as him. People with spotted marks in the team began to die one after another, and his brother began to feel scared."

[Yuan Yi] sighed softly. He didn't know why, but when he talked about the contents of the book, he always brought his brother into the story... maybe it was an illusion. 】

"Is this the origin of the breathing method? This is so cool!" Colleague B blinked his eyes, "Speaking of patterns... the patterns should be different for everyone, right?"

“That being said…” Colleague A shrugged, “I remember that Tanjiro’s markings seemed to be very similar to Mr. Enichi’s. And they are twins, so it’s not surprising that they look exactly the same.”

Tokito Ichiro was sulking in the corner next to his brother - damn it, he also wanted the same markings as Muichiro!

Tokito's parents laughed dumbly when they saw Ichiro sulking.