Demon Slayer: The Forest Pillar

Although he didn't know how much the "billion" points mentioned by Rukawa Chinana mattered, Shinichi still accepted these certificates. After all, sometimes when going to some big cities, the knife ban is indeed a bit troublesome.

Just as Rukawa Chinana was excited to tell Shinichi about some foreign novelties she had seen, the wooden door of the room was pushed open, and the hunched old man Moriki walked in.

"Mr. Mitsuyo!" "Old man!"

Rukawa Chinana immediately knelt down and bowed seriously, while Shinichi casually stretched and greeted him.

And old man Moriki had a gentle smile on his face, "Okay, good children, sit down."

Soon, the servants brought the prepared hot wisteria tea and desserts, and old man Moriki sat in the middle, looking at the two young children in front of him with great satisfaction.

The old man is proud of both Shinichi and Rukawa Chinana. The increasingly aged old man seems to be like an ordinary old man. He will care about and ask about the situation of his juniors, and will be happy that his juniors can come back to visit him.

The old man praised the Chamber of Commerce that Rukawa Chinana vigorously developed. Although he no longer cares about the so-called Chamber of Commerce, it is very good to let Chinana, a child, find a path that suits him.

When he learned that Shinichi killed the fourth of the Lower Moons-Bingye, the old man Moriki was so excited that he shed tears. The title of Mori Pillar finally has a descendant who can truly inherit it.

"Speaking of which, old man, you have always said that when I can become a pillar, you will tell me your story. Tell me, I am quite curious about your story." Shinichi chewed the dorayaki with added ingredients and said carelessly.

Old Moriki wiped away the tears that flowed from his eyes because of joy, with an expression of emotion on his face, and then said with a hint of guilt: "Since you want to know, Shinichi, then I will tell you."

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Decades ago, the Moriki family, which had been slaying demons for generations, finally had only a pair of brothers left to inherit the legacy of the Breath of the Forest. The elder brother Moriki Mitsuyo and the younger brother Moriki Mitsuto, like all the Moriki children of their predecessors, the two brothers Mitsuyo and Mitsuto also joined the Demon Slayer Corps after they became adults.

Compared with his elder brother Mitsuyo, the younger brother Mitsuto has a better talent, and the Breath of the Forest has been successfully practiced to the eighth form. The two brothers joined the Demon Slayer Corps and killed dozens of evil demons within two years. The younger brother Mitsuto was only two evil demons away from becoming a "pillar".

But just when the two brothers were excited to think that they could fulfill their family dream, during a mission, the team they were in encountered an extremely powerful evil demon.

The power of the evil ghost cannot be described in words. The three pillar-level swordsmen who led the team were killed in a few breaths, and the other team members were slaughtered. What's more terrifying is that the ghost seemed to recognize the forest breath used by the two brothers, Mitsuyo and Mitsuto.

After killing the three pillars, the evil ghost rushed directly to the team where the two brothers were.

The younger brother, Mitsuto, was not afraid at all. He fought against the evil ghost together with other brave swordsmen. The ending can be guessed naturally...

The elder brother, Mitsuyo, witnessed his younger brother's body being cut into dozens of pieces, and together with other swordsmen, dozens of swordsmen were killed together.

Mitsuyo collapsed. After witnessing everything, he dropped the Sun Wheel Sword and turned around to run. I don't know if it was because it was getting light, the evil ghost didn't catch up, but the collapsed Mitsuyo kept running. I don't know how many days and nights he ran and finally fainted in a farmland due to exhaustion.

Later, Mitsuyo, who was rescued by a passerby, completely fell into depravity. He became a deserter of the Demon Slayer Corps. He began to abandon himself, and a strong sense of guilt always enveloped him. For decades, he did not marry or have children, nor did he return to the Demon Slayer Corps. Instead, he tried to numb himself with alcohol and force himself to forget everything in the past.

But the nightmare of abandoning his brother and companions has been with him for decades, until more than ten years ago, when the drunk Mitsuyo had a dream after a hangover. In the dream, he saw the ancestor of the Moriki family, the legendary ancestor who founded the Forest Breathing.

The next day, Mitsuyo suddenly woke up in the ancestral hall of the Moriki family. At first glance, he saw the tablets of countless ancestors of the Moriki family, including the tablet of his younger brother Mitsuto. From then on, Mitsuyo seemed to have found himself again.

He could not forgive his past, but since he did not die heroically with his brother, he must be obliged to pass on the Breath of the Forest as he is still alive. He cannot let the Breath of the Forest die in the hands of a coward like himself. He must let the Breath of the Forest find a master who is truly suitable for it.

This is also the guidance of the ancestors in his dream. In this way, Guangdai will look for the Breath of the Forest.The successor was the last goal of his remaining life, and he had been looking for it for more than ten years, and Mitsuyo gradually became an old man.

But two years ago, on a whim, old man Mitsuyo suddenly sensed the call of a certain direction. He seemed to feel the guidance of his ancestors and walked towards that direction without hesitation.

On the way, old man Mitsuyo met the young members of the Demon Slayer Corps. Looking at the young faces of those members, old man Mitsuyo was a little dazed. He seemed to see himself and his younger brother Mitsuto when he was young.

In this way, the old man followed the members of the Demon Slayer Corps and met the Lower String Demon on a mountain called Shirai. He also met the successor who was truly suitable for the Forest Breathing that the old man had been looking for for more than ten years-Shinichi.

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After old man Moriki finished his story, Rukawa Chinana and Shinichi all fell silent. Even Rukawa Chinana had never known the old man's story before.

They didn't expect that the old man actually had so much on his shoulders, and Shinichi felt the heavy burden on his shoulders.

Taking a deep breath, Shinichi's eyes flashed with determination, and he asked Mr. Mori: "Who is the evil spirit who killed the three pillars and your brother? The lower string? Or the upper string?"

Mr. Mori's hand holding the tea stopped in mid-air, and the veins on the dry back of his hand suddenly bulged, and the porcelain teacup was crushed in an instant.

How could he forget? The evil spirit who also held the Sun Wheel Sword! The evil spirit who used the breathing method! The evil spirit wearing the clothes of the Warring States warrior! The hideous face with six eyes!

Mr. Mori will never forget it!

However, after letting go of the broken teacup, the old man sighed, looked at Shinichi seriously, and said solemnly: "Shinichi, you are still far behind that evil ghost, but I believe that your future is limitless. When the time comes, you will have the opportunity to kill that evil ghost!"

As he was speaking, suddenly, there was a sound of flapping wings and something pecking at the door outside the room.

Rukawa China hurried forward to open the door, and soon the Crow Eizo flew into the room with flapping wings, landed in front of Shinichi, and shouted loudly: "Shinichi! Please return to the team as soon as possible! The lord wants to announce your promotion to 'Pillar'!"