Sauichiro: rebuilding Ashina from the obliteration of the pillar

Chapter 208 Meeting with the Two Sword Masters

Genichiro achieved his goal as expected.

In fact, he could have allowed Tanjuro to enter the hallway to demonstrate Kagura Dance, but considering his physical condition, he could not do it with all his strength, and it was inevitable that there would be non-standard movements.

For a rare powerhouse of Genichiro's level, even a slight inclination of the wrist can greatly affect the power of the sword shape, so standard movements are very important.It is always safer to search Tanjuro's memory and compare the movements of Kagura dance many times.

In addition, Xianichiro can also obtain the charcoal burner's understanding of the breath of the sun through memory, as well as his understanding of the penetrating world over the years.

In this way, Genichiro can save a lot of time and digest a valuable fortune.

Of course, he did not reveal this level of thinking.

Although Tanjiro felt something, and looked at him curiously from time to time, he only knew that Genichiro was hiding something, but he had no malice towards his father.

"By the way, Mrs. Aoie, Mr. Tanjuro, can we stay here for the next few days?"

After finishing the "deal", Genichiro made a rather abrupt suggestion.

"Eh?!"

Butterfly turned around in surprise, "Aren't we going back?"

She also expected to return to the phantom corridor to continue to challenge Yiwozuo and find a further way out from the trials of life and death.

After all, if you come here, you only need to find a ghostly cat and place it nearby as a coordinate transmission at night. Isn't that very convenient?
So when Butterfly Ninja thought about it, there was absolutely no need for them to stay here.

As everyone knows, it was part of Genichiro's plan to prevent her from going back to continue the lifeless fight.

"I know what you think, but why bother to look far away?"

Genichiro looked at Butterfly Shinobu with deep meaning in his eyes.

"Mr. Tanjuro has been in that state for many years, and there are many things that Mr. Yanzhu and I can't explain clearly, but he is possible."

"Instead of going back and wasting time, why don't you calm down and observe slowly?"

"and many more……"

Butterfly opened her eyes wide in surprise, looking back and forth between Genichiro and Tanjuro, "Could it be..."

No wonder—no wonder this person has such a body, but he can still drag his body and use breathing techniques.

That's because after mastering that state, one can naturally avoid some subtle mistakes to adjust the breathing rhythm, so that the burden brought by the breathing method becomes extremely low.

According to Yanzhu, if one enters that state, one can even change the flow rate of one's own blood by consciousness.

Even if they are seriously injured, those who have entered this realm can temporarily exert their strength when they are healthy through subtle operations-because they can always consume the minimum energy to complete each action.

However, it was too late for Tanjuro to enter the translucence. The irreversible damage had already been caused when he forcibly learned Kagura dance when he was young.

"Well, that's what you think."

Genichiro gave an affirmative answer, "Do you still want to leave now?"

"I'm not leaving." Butterfly Ren Zhenxiang said.

"Of course, whether we can stay here depends on the consent of the master..."

Only then did the two withdraw from the encrypted conversation that others could not understand, and they looked at the Zaomen couple in unison,

Tanjuro is okay, he roughly understands what the two of them mean. Genichiro probably wants him to use his own way to teach Butterfly Shinobi to enter that transparent world.

"That's what I wish for. It just so happens that I want to teach Tanjiro something."

Although Tanjuro had no expression on his face, his tone sounded quite appreciative, "If Miss Shinobu doesn't dislike the humble house, you can stay here."

Zaomen Kuizhi stood aside. Although it was a great honor for her husband's savior to stay here for a short period of time, a more realistic problem was that the family didn't have that much food.

And these two guests are elegantly dressed nobles, according to their own food, it is inevitable that they will be poorly entertained.

So Kuizhi was a little hesitant to speak, thinking whether to go down the mountain to buy some cooked food on credit.

Naturally, she couldn't hide this thought from Genichiro who used to live in the mountains.

But if he provided food, it would definitely make Zaomen Kuizhi feel bad.

and so……

"That's right, Tanjiro."

He turned his head and asked quite gently: "You and your brother, do you want to learn how to hunt?"

"Eh, this..."

"Think!" Tanjirou was interrupted by the excited Takeo before he finished speaking, "Brother Genichiro, can you really teach us how to hunt?"

He obviously didn't say a word, but the elder brother called him.

Genichiro smiled helplessly.Children are children, if you bring them something fresh, they will love it very much.

"Of course, I can also teach you how to make simple hunting bows."

Saying that, Genichiro stood up.

"If you want to go, let's go now, and we will be back before dark. If you move quickly, you will have a good meal to enjoy tonight."

"Wow! Brother Genichiro, you are really amazing! You are even more handsome than my brother!"

While Zhuxiong was full of praise, he still didn't forget to look at his parents, "Mom and Dad, can I go?"

"Well... Although there is no danger, you still have to be careful not to trip over the tree roots."

Tanjuro had no objections.When he imitated Xian Yilang's breathing before, he had seen Xian Yilang's terrifying physical fitness with transparency, which was beyond his comprehension.

Let's put it this way, the biggest bear in the mountain and Genichiro slap each other at the same time, the bear should be blown off the head directly, and Genichiro's head will be slapped a little bit.

So, at least there is no need to worry about the children being attacked by wild animals or something.

As for the ghost, Genichiro had already said that he would come back before dark, so naturally there would be no problem.

"Since Dad has no objection, then I agree."

Zaomen Aoie smiled and settled down, "Tanjirou, you have to take care of Takeo and listen to Genichiro. As for Shigeru and Hanako, they should stay at home obediently, and you will be responsible for tomorrow's ghost lantern."

The faces of the two little ones who were eager to try immediately drooped. As for Nezuko, she planned to stay and help her mother to work, so she had no regrets if she couldn't go.

"..."

Tanjiro was stunned for a while, then remembered that his parents didn't know Genichiro's age, and then nodded in a daze, expressing that he would be obedient.

"Also, if there is still sun when you come back..."

Before Xianichiro led the two of them out, Zaomen Kuizhi added, "Can you help me gather some more of those flowers? It tastes really good in rice balls, and I really want the guests to try it too."

Tanjiro knew what "that flower" his mother was talking about, and immediately nodded in response.

"I see."

Just like that, under the mid-afternoon sun, the three of them left here.

Butterfly stared at Xianichiro's far away back, with some confusion in his eyes.

Because taking the children out to play is not something Genichiro would do....

What is he thinking?

……

The sharp arrow glowing with silvery white light streaked across the air, directly blasting several elms along the way from the middle.

Those sharp fragments scattered in all directions, and "thousand arrows pierced the heart" of a stag within the explosion range.

A strong smell of blood began to pervade, and the deer fell down without even making a cry.

"..." Xianichiro looked at the iron god arm bow glowing white in his hand, and was speechless for a while.

It was hard to find a prey with a more suitable amount of meat, so Genichiro subconsciously set up a bow and shot an arrow, even forgetting that the weapon that blessed the qualitative change would cause an explosion.

Before he knew it, it seemed that even his instinctive reaction had changed to what it was at that time.

In order to survive, the prey must be killed before it reacts, otherwise it will have to starve and struggle to find the next target...

Those long childhood memories have never been so clearly lingering in Genichiro's heart like now.

"Wow, this power is too great! The sound is like thunder."

When Takeo and Tanjiro saw the prey fell down, they quickly walked over there with the small wooden bow they had made earlier.

Tanjiro looked at the tree trunk that was broken like a dog's tooth, secretly startled.

He is not Takeo who has never seen anything. The umbrella maker Saburo (the one who let Tanjiro stay for a night in the first episode of the original book) who lives near the mountainside will also hunt, but it will definitely not cause such a big commotion.

And the death of those prey was just being submerged into the body by the arrow.

But the deer in front of him seemed to be directly pierced by a giant snake in the chest, blood gushed out like a spring, and the whole body was covered with wooden thorns.

Although the meat is edible, the skin can no longer be sold for a good price.

"Sorry, I'll show you a not-so-good example."

Xianichiro walked over slowly, skillfully grabbed the deer's two hind legs, lifted them up with one hand, and then gave a light shake, and the wooden spines that had been embedded in the deer's skin retreated one after another and fell to the ground.

But it was also because of this movement that Takeo realized belatedly that there seemed to be something different about Genichiro's left hand.

"Brother Genichiro, your hand..."

He stepped forward a little curiously, with a look of surprise and uncertainty in his eyes, obviously still unable to understand what this bone-like prosthetic was.

As for Tanjiro, he noticed it from the moment we met, but because his hands had an unpleasant smell, he didn't ask much.

But when Genichiro raised his hand just now, he suddenly noticed that it was not just an artificial hand, but the entire forearm.

"Did a ghost do it?" He asked softly, with a look of pity in his eyes.

Obviously, a tragic picture of "a ten-year-old boy losing his left hand while fighting a ghost to protect humans" has been sketched in his mind.

"No, it's a snake."

Genichiro looked at the joke stiffly and said, "While hunting, I accidentally got bitten on the arm by a poisonous snake."

Then he looked at Zhuxiong with a frightening expression, "Then the doctor told me that this arm is no longer possible and must be amputated."

A bad premonition surged in Zhu Xiong's heart: "What is 'amputation'?"

"Just a knife, or an ax like yours for chopping wood..."

Genichiro pulled Takeo's arm, and made a gesture of slashing at the latter's elbow with a hand knife, "Click, chop off the poisoned part of the arm!"

"babble--"

Takexiong was so frightened by this graphic scene that he felt chills all over his body, and he withdrew his hand suddenly, as if his arm was really chopped off.

"So, you have to remember, if you see something like a snake, you must run away."

Genichiro touched Takeo's head, "It's good that we are hunters, but snakes are the best hunters in the forest."

"I, I know."

Takexiong nodded earnestly, he will always remember these words.Although he won't necessarily be a hunter.

On the other hand, although Tanjiro knew that Genichiro was lying, he seemed to be teaching his younger brother not to provoke snakes, so he didn't intend to expose it. Instead, he looked at his younger brother jokingly, and his face turned pale because of wild thoughts.

At that moment, he suddenly felt a smell rushing into his nostrils, the smell was so deep and strong...

It was overwhelming sadness like a tsunami!
Tanjiro suddenly turned his head to look at Genichiro, who was staring blankly ahead in a daze.

Just now, Genichiro suddenly remembered that what he said to Takeo just now seemed to be...

It was what his father, a hunter, had said to him.

"Taro, we are guests in this forest. And those beasts are the real masters here."

"Especially snakes, you have to stay away from them. They are the best hunters in this forest. Your grandfather and uncle were both killed by snakes."

"Once a person's arms and legs are bitten by a poisonous snake, even if they are cut off, they may not survive..."

"So, you must remember."

That was what Genichiro's father said when he first learned to hunt.

With the sudden activation of long-standing memories, those faces that Genichiro had forgotten—faces that he hadn't seen in 20 years—seemed to come alive again.

father, mother...

brother, sister...

Those people buried deep in his memory seem to have become so familiar with Genichiro's visit to Zaomen's house today, as if their death was just yesterday.

Is it because his family and Zaomen's family live in the mountains and live a poor life?

Or is it because (in the original fate), their homes were all bloodbathed for no reason...

As Genichiro's thoughts were drawn into the vortex of memory, Tanjiro's throat clenched, and the sadness like the deep sea was suddenly covered with a thick layer of bloody smell, which almost made him vomit out on the spot.

"It's family... Genichiro's family..."

He covered his mouth, using the smell to analyze useful information.

"He was thinking about some, really bad things, almost... about to cry."

But just when Genichiro's heavy sadness was about to erupt, Tanjiro was keenly aware that a mountain-like heavy responsibility fell with a bang, directly blocking the emotional dam that was about to burst.

Genichiro still chose not to think about those things.

But Tanjiro remembered this moment.

He couldn't believe that a person of the same age would bear such a terrible burden, so that he could temporarily forget the pain.

But this burden is just another pain.

What Genichiro is doing is just an escape.

For a while, Tanjiro was so preoccupied that he didn't say a word, while Genichiro resumed his previous look, and patiently taught Takeo to shoot a hare.

His attitude is gentle, as if Takeo is his own younger brother.

The rabbit and the deer should feed them all for two days.

At this time, there was still about an hour and a half before dark, and the three of them who had achieved their goal set off on their way home.

However, before arriving home, Tanjiro first asked Takeo to bring the rabbit home to inform his mother to set up a flame, and then called to stop Genichiro.

"Xianichiro, can you accompany me to the hillside behind and pick some flowers for mom's cooking?"

Tanjiro extended the invitation, flashing a harmless smile, "I almost forgot about it."

"..." Xianichiro was slightly taken aback, and shook the deer in his hand, indicating that he still had something to take, "Can't you go alone? It doesn't sound too far away, right?"

"Can't you put things into shadows? Go ahead and do that."

Genichiro frowned: "What happened?"

Tanjiro's expression was a little solemn, and he struggled for a while before continuing: "Xianichiro, you were missing your family before, right?"

Genichiro's face gradually became gloomy. He knew that Tanjirou's nose had some special functions, but he didn't know that he could even smell it.

"It has nothing to do with you."

"I know that smell. When grandma left, my father also smelled that way, so I will never remember it wrong."

Seeing Genichiro's unhealed expression, Tanjiro's tone became firm instead.

"So please come with me."

"My mother said that that kind of flower is the flower on the other side that connects heaven and this world. I have also been near there and smelled the smell of grandma, so I believe her words."

"If Genichiro's deceased family members have any thoughts they want to convey to you, or if there is anything you want to tell them..."

"There, it is most likely to be realized."

Having said that, Tanjirou sincerely invited again.

"So, Genichiro, please don't go against your will anymore, and don't make them wait any longer."

"The person you most want to see must already be waiting for you there..."

(End of this chapter)