Demon Slayer: The Forest Pillar

As the sun rose, more than a dozen exhausted swordsmen successfully walked out of Fujixi Mountain. Perhaps because of Shinichi's "selfish" intervention, the number of swordsmen who survived the final selection this time was the highest in the past few decades.

"Congratulations, everyone, you have successfully passed the final selection, welcome to join the Demon Slayer Corps." When Goto said this, some swordsmen could no longer hold back, tears welled up, crying for this hard-won success.

Kocho Kanae also tightly held her sister Kocho Shinobu's hand, tears flashed in her eyes, and said excitedly: "Shinobu, we did it, great!"

However, compared to her sister's excitement, Kocho Shinobu was happy, but she still had a very complicated feeling in her heart, shame, gratitude, entanglement... This made her subconsciously look at the little Shiba Inu not far away.

The little Shiba Inu Enji was lying on a rock not far away, his furry ears drooping a little, looking lazy. Beside the little Shiba Inu, Xiaonin didn't see the figure he wanted to see, and suddenly felt a slight regret in his heart.

However, these regrets were soon diverted by the crows flapping their wings in the sky.

A somewhat thin crow landed on Xiaonin's shoulder nimbly.

While Xiaonin was still surprised by the crow that could speak, a figure was speeding on a country road dozens of miles away.

When the sun rose completely from the east, Shinichi's anxiety reached its peak, "Damn it! I may not be able to catch up!"

Shinichi, who was desperately trying to catch up with the last day of the final selection, finally stopped his futile steps after seeing Yingsan flying towards him in the sky.

Reaching out his hand, Yingsan landed steadily on his forearm, opened his mouth and said loudly: "The final selection is over, a total of twelve swordsmen have passed the selection, they have received their own jade steel, and..."

Before Yingsan finished speaking, Shinichi asked anxiously: "What about the sisters? Did they pass the final selection?"

Eizo was very dissatisfied with being suddenly interrupted. He lowered his head and pecked Shinichi's hand with his sharp beak, "Shinichi is rude! Don't interrupt me!"

"Ah~ Smith Marseille! Yingsan, I was wrong, tell me how the sisters are doing." Shinichi apologized quickly, and then continued to ask.

"Humph!!" Yingsan hummed, and then slowly said: "The sisters also passed the final selection. The elder sister and the younger sister have the butterfly hairpins that Shinichi said on their hair."

Hearing Yingsan say that the butterfly sisters also passed the final selection successfully, Shinichi was relieved, but at the same time he felt a little regretful. It was a pity that he couldn't congratulate them in person on the spot.

You may ask, why does Shinichi care so much about the Butterfly Sisters? Shinichi himself probably can't answer this, he probably only explains that he sees them as friends or something, hehe~

Since he can't catch up, Shinichi simply slowed down, holding the Nichirin Sword on his waist, and suddenly, Shinichi had the idea of ​​going back to see the old man.

This time, he also killed the fourth of the Lower Strings - Sick Leaf. If nothing goes wrong, he should be promoted to a pillar soon. This good news should be shared with the old man.

The old man also said that after Shinichi inherited the Breath of the Forest, his last remaining wish was that Shinichi could truly become the Pillar of the Forest that no one in the Moriki family has been able to become for hundreds of years.

Having made up his mind, Shinichi first rewarded Eizo with Dorayaki, and finally asked Eizo to help him pass on the news back to the headquarters. At the same time, as for Enji, Shinichi originally wanted to ask Goto to help him take care of Enji, but in the end, I don't know why, Shinichi asked Eizo to notify the Butterfly Sisters to help him take care of Enji.

After settling these, Shinichi turned around and headed towards Takinogawa Village.

At the same time, in the Ubuyashiki mansion.

A crow wearing a small purple scarf flapped its wings and landed steadily on the shoulder of the black-haired boy. The crow reported something to the black-haired boy in a low voice.

A moment later, the Demon Slayer Corps lord, Ubuyashiki Yoya, showed a happy smile, "Shinichi, you are really outstanding. Our Demon Slayer Corps will have a Mori Pillar. The dream of the Moriki family has really come true."

... It took Shinichi more than two days to rush back to the Moriki mansion in Takinogawa Village. However, when Shinichi saw the cleaned gate and courtyard wall, he realized that Rukawa China should be back.

Sure enough, when Shinichi knocked on the door, a strange servant opened the door, and soon, Rukawa Chinana, dressed in a suit, came out to greet Shinichi in person.

"Welcome home, Shinichi.Yijun, you've worked hard, eh? Didn't Enji come back with Shinichi? "Rukawa Chinana greeted Shinichi with a smile, but Shinichi looked at her in surprise.

Before, Rukawa Chinana had always worn a kimono, but now she suddenly wore a neutral suit, which gave her the temperament of a female boss. If she hadn't had a young and tender face that was about the same age as him, Shinichi would have really thought he had seen the elite women in those TV dramas in his previous life.

"Uh, long time no see, Chinana, you, you've changed a lot, I asked other team members to help take care of Enji, the little fat ball. "Shinichi responded hesitantly.

Although she felt a little sorry for not seeing Enji, Rukawa Chinana didn't care too much about it. She heard the surprise in Shinichi's tone and knew that she might have changed a lot in the past two years, so she first pulled Shinichi into the mansion and told the servants to prepare desserts and tea, and then Rukawa Chinana hurried to inform Mr. Moriki that Shinichi was back.

In the familiar closed room, Shinichi sat cross-legged and listened to Rukawa Chinana telling her experience.

It turned out that in the past two years, Rukawa Chinana not only managed the Moriki family's chamber of commerce, but also took advantage of Japan's current efforts to develop foreign countries. The opportunity to develop the economy has successfully connected the Morimu Family Chamber of Commerce with foreign chambers of commerce. It is no exaggeration to say that the Morimu Chamber of Commerce is making a fortune every day.

Because she often contacts foreigners, Rukawa China often wears suits that conform to Western aesthetics, and her devilish business skills have also made countless foreign businessmen admire her. No one will look down on her because of her youth.

The famous Rukawa China even got a lot of opportunities to cooperate with the government.

"Speaking of this, Shinichi, I remember that Master Mitsuyo said that the swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps must wear the Nichirin Sword, right?" Rukawa China seemed to have thought of something.

Shinichi nodded, and then Rukawa China stood up and took out some sealed documents from a box on the side. "Now the government is paying more attention to the ban on swords. I have prepared a legal knife license for you, Shinichi-kun. They are all government-recognized documents. Maybe they will be useful in the future. "

Taking the document handed over by Rukawa Chinana, Shinichi was a little stunned, "Uh, Chinana, you can get this?"

"It's just a small relationship of '100 million'."