Chapter 380

"Well, I'm the winner this time too." Yaken Toushirou removed the short sword from his opponent's throat, put one hand on his waist and turned to look at the others sitting by the wall, "In this case... should that be enough?"

"You can come back now." Abe Haruaki smiled and waved to Yagen Toushirou, "The Demon Slayer Corps will probably need some time to discuss things, so you can come back and rest for a while."

"So... did you see it clearly?"

"Yes, I have seen it clearly."

On the other side, the pillars of the Demon Slayer Corps are gathering together to discuss the situation of the three people who have appeared so far.

"I've never seen a guy who can use a defensive knife, a 'tanto', as a combat knife."

"Those two at the beginning, although they didn't use the same swords... but the swordsmanship they used seemed to be the same."

"Shinobu, have you become a little talkative lately?"

“I’ve always been like this.”

"Indeed, the vibrations that Sakura Saber and Saber make when they swing their swords through the air are almost exactly the same - the rhythm of their breathing and movements is almost like the same person, especially since their opponents are both Undying River, which makes their similarities even more obvious."

"I agree. Rather than saying they are two different people, it's better to say they are the same person. Even twins who have learned the same swordsmanship since childhood cannot be so similar."

"Then there's the one with the short knife..."

"Medicine Saber."

"...their code names are really hard to remember."

"Well, compared to Sakura Saber and Saber, Medicine Saber behaves more inhumanly in battle. Rather than trying to avoid getting hurt as much as possible, he prefers to get hurt himself in exchange for the fastest speed to eliminate the enemy. Sakura Saber and Saber need to eliminate their opponents as quickly as possible because they don't have enough endurance, but Medicine Saber... I can't guess why he does this."

"What's the reason for doing this?" Yakuken, who was very observant, pulled himself out of his own discussion and directly inserted himself into the discussion of the pillars. "Didn't you mention it at the beginning? If the self-defense sword 'Dancing Sword' cannot kill the enemy with one strike, then the owner of the self-defense sword 'Dancing Sword' is equivalent to being dead, isn't it?"

"After all, the most likely time a defensive sword, the 'dagger', is unsheathed is when the owner is attacked... well, there are also times when the owner is at the end of his rope and is ready to commit suicide."

"Oh, if you say that, I'm worried that they will keep you here after they recognize your real name." Abe Haruaki looked at Yagen Toushirou with a smile, "After all, everyone here is a famous guy, but when it comes to guys who are particularly famous for 'protecting their master'..."

"There are two people sitting in front of you who have successfully committed suicide." Yagen Toushirou turned around and pointed out the fact to Abe Haruaki.

"...Please don't sabotage me at this time." Abe Haruaki said in feigned anger.

"Even if I'm left behind, it won't be a bad thing, right?" Yagen Toushirou crossed his arms and expressed his opinion to Abe Haruaki, "You must have someone who specializes in studying breathing techniques and writing summary reports, right? Although in terms of combat performance, I'm the best in hand-to-hand combat in this formation."

“Yeah… Considering how closely the breathing technique is related to the human body, you’re destined to write the report…” Abe Haruaki closed his eyes in sorrow. “Although I’ve discussed learning the breathing technique with the leader of the Demon Slayer Corps, even if I push the rest of the people in, some people may not really study the breathing technique seriously…”

"I agree." Mr. Okita and Ms. Okita nodded.

"Since we can forge a sword that can kill demons...it's already this day and age, why not make it into bullets?" The two Archers, who had used firearms to create a fashionable three-stage shooting hundreds of years ago, put forward their idea, "A gun is better than a sword, right? The era of swords has long ended."

“You’ll run out of bullets eventually, right?” Okita-kun and Okita-san glared at Lord Nobunaga and Oda Nobunaga in disapproval. Before the Demon Slayer Corps could respond and give them an answer, they yelled back, “When you run out of bullets, you’ll still have to rely on us two to chop you up with swords!”

"But, if the sword is broken, it can't be used, right? And, since they use a sword that can kill demons--" Oda Nobunaga and Lord Nobunaga raised an objection together, unconsciously stepping on the minefield of some people, "I don't think that material will have the same properties after reforging. I'm afraid that even if it is completely scrapped after breaking, even if it is melted and forged again, it will not retain the original properties that can kill demons."

"Well, let me add a little bit." Abe Haruaki cleared his throat and interrupted the argument between the two Odas and the two Okitas. "In fact, even without the Sun Blade, the breathing method itself can have a suppressive effect on demons. Although it is not as powerful as the direct sunlight that turns demons to ashes, it will weaken demons to a certain extent."

"I remember that in the case that Mr. Ubuyashiki introduced to me, at least some of the demons could be killed only by breathing techniques, without relying on the Sun Rin Sword."

"If the sword is broken, use the sheath. If the sheath is broken, use your bare hands." Ms. Okita reached out and pressed the Kashuu Kiyomitsu hanging on her waist, revealing a rather helpless smile. "After all, no one will wait for you on the battlefield. As long as you can win, who cares what you use? At least a swordsman will not be at a loss for how to fight the enemy just because the bullets miss."

"Even if the gun guy throws away the empty gun, it will take some time for him to pick up the knife and fight the enemy again."

"Time is precious on the battlefield."

"'If the sword is broken, use the sheath. If the sheath is broken, use your bare hands.'" Shinobu Kocho looked at the people gathered at the other end of the hand-to-hand combat field with a smile, and said her thoughts to her companions lightly, "I'm starting to like Sakura Saber's personality a little bit."

"So, what do you think about their identities?" Ubuyashiki Yoya asked the pillars around him with a smile.

"Medicine Saber... isn't a human, is she? But she's obviously not a ghost either. 'Our enemy.'" The youngest pillar answered their lord.

"My lord! Based on what he said before, I have an idea!" The swordsman who looked like a large owl spoke very energetically, "Medicine Saber is a sword! And it is a defensive sword, a 'dagger'!"

"Is it the dead god?" The man, who was hiding in the corner like a snake, shrank his body consciously.

"I support Purgatory's judgment - because I heard it." The Pillar, who had very sharp hearing, supplemented his companions' inferences with the conversation he heard as evidence, "Lord Haruaki said that if we knew Medicine Saber's real name, we would let him stay with the lord, but Medicine Saber refuted her like this -"

"'There are two people sitting right in front of you who have committed suicide.'"

"According to the information that Lord Seimei disclosed to us at the previous meeting of the pillars, we know that these 'dead people' who can walk with Lord Seimei will at least have various anecdotes in their future lives." The pillar who once lived as a monk closed his eyes that could not see, "Then, Lord Seimei mentioned that the medicine Saber who is particularly famous for 'protecting the master'..."

"Those four are all human beings."

"Sakura Saber and Saber should be excluded from the category of the suicides that Yao Saber mentioned." Shinobu Kocho smiled and turned her gaze away from Okita-san and Okita-kun. "Although Lord Haruaki once said that these 'dead people' would appear in their prime when they were alive, those two... seem to have a very serious illness."

"Ah, now that you mention it, I think I have guessed their identity - because Mr. Busui said, 'They are good at thrusting just like me'."

"ha?"

"Shinobu is still as smart as ever." Uzumaki Kakuya praised Shinobu Kocho with a smile.

"But I want to confirm the identity of Medicine Saber first." After obtaining permission from Kouyashiki Kōya, Kocho Shinobu landed behind Abe Haruaki who was sitting at the other end of the hand-to-hand combat field like a butterfly. "Excuse me, the real name of Medicine Saber is Tanto Yakugen Toushirou, Lord Haruaki?"

"It's extremely sharp, but it will never hurt its master. But there's also a saying that Oda Nobunaga used Yakentoshiro to commit suicide during the Honnoji Incident." Shinobu Kocho's purple eyes shone with a sharp light like a knife. "It just so happens to be consistent with what Lord Haruaki mentioned before, 'protecting the master', and what he said himself, 'two of these people committed suicide successfully.'"

"Then, the answer to the real name is obvious - and it also supports my other speculation." Shinobu Kocho clapped her hands with a smile and tilted her head to the few people, "That is, although it is said to be a 'dead person' - but Lord Harumi did not say that the person who appeared must conform to our impression... but rather the ambiguous 'public* impression'."

"Because we are influenced by anecdotes - although the essence of things will not be changed by anecdotes." Abe Haruaki looked back without any guilt, "So, what is your speculation?"

"Here, as a human being, there are only three real names, right?"

"Because, I am also a doctor. Although these two people look normal, they are obviously seriously ill patients to a doctor."

"After all, the public's impression of us is that we are weak." Okita-kun smiled bitterly.

"However, being able to wield the sword again is definitely a good thing for us." Ms. Okita smiled and looked at the three swordsmen sitting between her and Abe Haruaki.

"The real name of Archer and Archer is Oda Nobunaga, and the real name of Saber and Sakura is Okita Souji. They have been dead for almost half a century." Shinobu Kocho changed her position lightly and faced Ms. Okita, her feathers spread out like butterfly wings. "Although I don't know why there are female Lord Nobunaga and the captain of the Shinsengumi First Division."

"As for the real names of the other five... I don't know much about history, but based on the current situation - it should be that each side brought three of their own swords transformed into gods of death, right?"