Chapter 129
The next day, the semiannual meeting of the Pillars began. The Pillars who had returned from patrolling their respective areas did not return to their houses to rest as usual after the patrol, but headed towards the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters.
Qingxi was taken back home early in the morning by Rengoku Chijuro who came to Butterfly House. The reason was ready: his brother was back, the mission was completed, and he was just slightly injured. He was recuperating at home. Now everyone was free, so they decided to get together.
It was when the three of them were chatting in Rengoku Kyojuro's room that she learned a piece of news: Tomioka Giyu was promoted to Water Pillar two or three months ago.
Including the four pillars, Iwa, En, Oto, and Hana, there are currently five people at the pillar level in the Demon Slayer Corps. No, if Ubuyashiki Kōya invites Uzui Kawanoshi to become a pillar at this pillar reunion meeting, then the Demon Slayer Corps should have six pillars, and only three more people away from the perfect nine pillars.
"I don't know why." Qingxi sat on the tatami, propping herself up with her hands, leaning back. "I always feel like once all nine pillars are gathered, Muzan Kibutsuji will be eliminated, and then the story will be over, and everyone who survived will have a happy ending."
Rengoku Kyojuro didn't understand what the last few sounds of Qingxi meant, but, that's foreign language...it should be.
With this thought, he felt a little disappointed, not towards others, but towards himself.
However, Rengoku Kyojuro, who has completely stepped out of the protected child circle and has experienced and accepted the harsh reality, can now deliberately suppress some of his bad feelings so that people around him don't worry.
He continued the girl's words: "Hmm, although I'm not sure what you meant by the last sentence, Aki, but it would be great if Muzan Kibutsuji could end with our generation."
"I hope so." Qingxi said lacking interest.
Rengoku Chijuro was puzzled. "Isn't it a good thing that Muzan Kibutsuji disappeared? Why do you look unhappy, Sister Aki?"
Qingxi looked back at him as if he were his own silly child, then sat up straight and rubbed his head. "I'm not familiar with the history of Japan, but any major events related to war and power in history often involve a large-scale war before they are settled, and many people die.
Since Muzan Kibutsuji has been able to live in Heian-kyo from a thousand years ago until now and no one has killed him, then even if he is as cowardly as a mouse, he has a variety of tricks that allow him to evade the attacks of the Demon Slayer Corps again and again. This includes the ability to kill us without our knowledge and without our awareness using methods that we don't know about.
Can you imagine the tragic scene after the entire Demon Slayer Corps puts all their strength into eliminating him?
This is not what I wanted to see.”
"Aki is right," Rengoku Kyojuro said, "but if we can stop this endless tragedy caused by Muzan Kibutsuji in our generation, such a sacrifice is permissible."
Qingxi tried hard to hold back and said, "Brother, do you know that you give me the feeling of setting a flag now?"
Because she felt that if she said that, if the original effect of this flag was only 50%, then after she said it, the flag would be 100% effective.
"Anyway," she suddenly raised her voice. Leaning forward slightly, she grasped the man's face, which still looked a bit rounder than it had been when he was a child, and rubbed it vigorously. "From now on, even if you think and believe that in your heart, don't say that to me. I don't like hearing it, and it gives me a very bad feeling. Remember that, Kyojuro."
"Hmm." His face felt a little painful from being pinched by the girl's hand, but he noticed that she really didn't like what he had just said. He vaguely understood what the girl was afraid of, so he held her hands and replied, "I understand."
Qingxi stayed in the Purgatory House from morning until noon. At the invitation of Mrs. Ruka, she originally planned to have lunch here before going back.
What she didn't expect was that a crow flew from the headquarters and delivered a message to her - everyone wanted to have a meal together at Purgatory House at noon, and wanted to ask her to prepare a few simple dishes.
For example: pufferfish and whale sashimi, sashimi, sashimi.
Others would buy some vegetables on the street on their way back.
After hearing such a strange news, coupled with the puffer whale sashimi, Qingxi knew with just a thought that it was definitely the Sound Pillar Uzui who wanted to eat the puffer whale himself, but for the sake of face, he dragged all the pillars into it.
Qingxi even had the urge to hit someone.
What did that guy take her for?
Is it possible for a chef to cook for him just by ordering? Then he has to pay her. If he doesn't pay and wants to eat for free, he won't be so lucky.
However, when she thought that Xingming, Tomioka, Mr. Rengoku, and Sister Kanae would all be coming over soon, and they were all acquaintances, she really couldn't get angry with Yinzhu at this time, otherwise everyone would be embarrassed.
Thinking of this, Qingxi took a deep breath and stood up, nodded to the two brothers who suddenly became two quails, and said "Can you borrow the kitchen for a while?" and went to the kitchen with a low mood.
Rengoku Kyojuro reacted quickly and patted Rengoku Chijuro on the shoulder, asking him to go over and help. However, before he even stepped into the kitchen, he saw the person inside using a kitchen knife to process ingredients, then lighting the fire, and then pouring oil into the pot to cook. It was so unscientific that a person would leave an afterimage in the kitchen. Rengoku Chijuro was worried that he might not be able to help the other person after entering, and might even cause trouble for him.
After standing silently at the kitchen door and watching for a while, and making sure that he really couldn't intervene, Rengoku Chijuro left silently again.
It’s hot in the summer and people don’t have much appetite.
So when the people who had attended the Zhuhe meeting came over, the dishes they saw were basically cold dishes with refreshing flavors.
Including the dishes brought by the people who came back, this lunch can be said to be very sumptuous.
Of course, Qingxi was more inclined to believe that they probably didn't expect that Qingxi could prepare eleven or twelve dishes when time was limited.
Of course, they heard this matter from Rengoku Chijuro while they were having dinner.
She managed to make it look like there were four or five people busy in a kitchen where only one person was there. They couldn't imagine it just by thinking about it.
Ultimately, they attributed Qingxi's skill to her absolute control over the kitchen and her absolute familiarity with the time it takes to prepare a dish.
After lunch, she didn't really want to get involved in the conversation between the pillars, especially since one of them kept talking about gorgeousness. She chose to sit aside with Chijuro and play cat's tuck.
Two thoughtful women came to their "children's group". Kotobuki Kanae watched the cat's twirl for a while, then suddenly said, "Aki is in a bad mood today."
"I'm sorry," she said. "I decided to ask you to cook for us without your consent."
"Sister Kanae, I'm not a child." Qingxi exhaled, "Today's incident was caused by Mr. Uzui. Why are you taking the blame for him?"
"Aki, you seem to hate Mr. Uzui." Ruka said.
"Who could possibly like him?" Qingxi said bluntly. "He's arrogant, sure. He might be nice to the people he cares about, but just based on the fact that he didn't even notify us in advance—well, he probably had Crow come over shortly after your meeting to let you know I was having a dinner party, or that he dragged you all here just because he wanted to eat pufferfish and whale sashimi—I just can't like him.
Who am I to him?
Cook?
Do I have to cook for him as long as he asks? Or does he, in his subconscious, always believe that women should obey men, be gentle and considerate, and just be their vassals?
Next, let’s cook a few simple dishes, and you can buy the rest at the food store when you return.”
"...Ha!" Qingxi sneered, "Since you've already asked Xuan Ya to come over and talk to you, but you still want to go out and buy it on the street... Who are you looking down on?
To be frank, my cooking skills may not be as good as the top 100 chefs in the world, but at least I'm in the top 1,000. Who wouldn't be proud of being ranked that high among 30 billion people?
Qingxi was so angry at the end that she stopped turning the flower rope and threw herself straight into the arms of Butterfly Kanae, her voice muffled with anger, "Sister Kanae, tell me, if it were your turn, would you be angry?
If I were still there, he would definitely be the first one on my blacklist of people I would not accept."
A group of men next door were chatting casually, but they could hear the conversations next door from time to time. Therefore, except for the youngest Chijuro, they could also hear what the second youngest girl said.
At this moment, everyone's eyes were fixed on Uzui Tengen, who had caused this whole incident, intentionally or unintentionally.
Uzui Tengen: ...
Don't look at him like that. He doesn't think the way that girl says.
Apart from Uzui Kagawa Minoru who has just become the Wind Pillar, whether it is Gyoumei Hirame, Rengoku Makijuro, Tomioka Giyu, oh, and Kanae Kocho who is holding Kiyokuro next door, they are all considered her "family members". Being watched covetously by the four pillars, Uzui Tengen will also feel pressured.
Fortunately, although Qingxi looks like a child, she has the personality of an adult. After venting the anger in her heart, she withdrew from Kanae Kocho's arms.
When Kocho Kanae looked down, she could only see that her eyes were slightly red, but this redness disappeared after a while.
"Sister Kanae, is the amulet I gave you okay?" Qingxi sat down again and changed the subject.
Butterfly Kanae took it out and showed it to her: "It seems to be fine at the moment."
"Where's Sister Shinobu's?" she continued to ask.
“That’s pretty good.”
"We're all fine, Aki, don't worry about us." Butterfly Kanae rubbed her head. "You're like this, but it makes me feel like a failure as a sister."
"How could that be? I'm the only weakling here." Qingxi retorted.
"Anyway," she grabbed a handful of amulets from her bosom, muttering as she counted them, "I can't give them all to you. Five is already my limit for making them in a month. After deducting the ones I used up, I'll keep five for myself, and you can handle the rest, Sister Kanae."
Kanae Kocho looked at the seven or eight amulets that were patted into her hands, and her smile grew even wider.
No matter how much she disliked it or how much she disliked it, she believed that among these amulets, there was also a share for Mr. Uzui and Mr. Busuigawa.
After all, when it comes to keeping things balanced, Ah Xi's ability has reached the master level.
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