Demon Slayer: The Forest Pillar

When Enji brought Kocho Shinobu to the other side of Jiping Village.

Kocho Shinobu was deeply shocked by the tragic battlefield in front of her, and when she saw Shinichi unconscious in the deep pit, she was even more shocked and rushed into the deep pit.

"Wooden Shinichi! Wooden Shinichi! Shinichi? Are you okay?" There was no response to the anxious call, until she put her ear on Shinichi's chest and heard the faint but real heartbeat, Kocho Shinobu was relieved.

But the tragic scars on Shinichi's body still made her tremble with fear. What happened to Shinichi? What caused him, the pillar, to be so seriously injured?

How could the thin Kocho Shinobu move the seriously injured Shinichi alone? Just when Kocho Shinobu was anxious, fortunately, there were several villagers from Jiping Village. After hearing that the noise behind the village had disappeared, they came here to investigate the situation with courage.

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Two days later, in the carriage, Shinichi, who was wrapped like a mummy, groaned twice.

"Shinobu, I think the bandages on my body can be removed. My injuries have almost recovered. With the breath of the forest, I will recover quickly."

"No! Your wound is so serious, it is best to treat it with medicine. It's only been two days. You have to be responsible for your body!" Kocho Shinobu raised her eyebrows and said seriously.

Shinichi sighed, but did not refute. In fact, the moment he saw Shinobu after he regained consciousness, he was most worried that his identity would be exposed, because after fighting with the martial ghost, he was not sure whether he was still in the demon state. However, judging from Shinobu's words, she did not seem to have discovered his identity.

This made Shinichi relieved, otherwise he really didn't know how to face Shinobu and other members of the Demon Slayer Corps for a while. After all, the only one who knew his identity in the Demon Slayer Corps was the Lord.

"But who is that guy?" Thinking of Wugui, Shinichi's face under the bandage instantly became solemn. That guy's strength was really too strong. Shinichi felt that the legendary upper-rank ghost might be just like that.

But there were obviously no words in Wugui's eyes. In addition to what it said, it actually knew the ancestor of the Moriki family, Moriki Shunichi, and seemed to have a good relationship with Moriki Shunichi. The most important thing was that it did not kill him.

Although he was very embarrassed to say it, Shinichi had to admit that Wugui must have retained considerable strength when fighting him.

Shinichi raised his head and looked at the top of the carriage. "It seems that the story of the Moriki family is not that simple. There may be some hidden stories before and after the ancestor became a ghost. Tsk, things are gradually becoming a little complicated."

Kohiko Shinobu turned her head and looked at Shinichi, and asked in confusion: "What are you mumbling about?"

Shinichi: "Ah? Nothing, just talking to myself."

Kohiko Shinobu: "Oh~"

Shinichi's heterochromatic eyes exposed outside the bandage suddenly stared at Kohiko Shinobu's little face with interest, and asked in a strange way: "Speaking of Shinobu, why do I suddenly feel that your tone of voice has become much gentler? I'm not used to it. Is it because I'm injured that you are embarrassed to speak loudly?"

Kohiko Shinobu: "..."

After calling Shinichi an idiot with some tsundere meaning, Shinobu turned his head directly, and Shinichi also happily did not ask any more questions. In fact, he just said it casually without any other meaning.

But when Shinichi didn't notice the direction, Shinobu Kocho's face suddenly turned red at a certain moment, "Shinichi, you idiot! I really forgot it!"

Another half a day passed, and soon the carriage took Shinichi and Shinobu Kocho back to the Butterfly House, the headquarters of the Demon Slayer Corps.

As soon as they returned to the Butterfly House, Shinichi and Shinobu Kocho learned a good news.

A day ago, the lord officially announced the promotion of two pillars, they are the flower pillar-Kanae Kocho and the water pillar-Giyu Tomioka.

"Sister became a pillar? That's great!" Shinobu's big violet eyes even had stars.

Soon, after learning that Shinichi was seriously injured, the pillars who were still in the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters came to visit.

"Namo Amitabha, is the evil ghost that can seriously injure Moriki an upper-rank ghost?" Said Gyoumei with his hands clasped together, but Shinichi also answered sincerely that it was a completely unfamiliar ghost, and also described the ghost's ability in detail.

Sound Pillar Uzui Tengen was interested, and stroked his chin with one hand, "It does sound quite gorgeous, but forget about the evil spirits, their chapters are always unacceptably vulgar."

Flame Pillar Rengoku Makijuro recently announced to the Lord that he was fake.The wife seemed to be seriously ill.

Kanae, who had just become a pillar, came to visit Shinichi as soon as possible. Seeing that Shinichi was in good condition, she was relieved.

"Speaking of which, I have to thank Shinichi-kun. Thank you for taking care of Shinobu during this period. Shinobu must have caused Shinichi-kun a lot of trouble." Kanae said to Shinichi on the bed while holding her sister Shinobu's hand.

"Sister!!" Shinobu's cheeks turned red, and she called her sister like a spoiled child, but in return, Kanae smiled gently.

However, Tomioka Giyu, who became a water pillar at the same time as Kanae, did not come to the Butterfly House to visit Shinichi. Such indifferent behavior made Xiaonin a little indignant. She put her hands on her waist and said, "That cold-faced man is really too much. He always sparred with Mutou Shinichi in the past. It would have been fine if he didn't say thank you after the sparring. Now he is a pillar after all, and he doesn't care about his teammates at all. Humph! It's too much!"

Well, Shinichi's former nickname was given to others.

However, Kanae explained for Tomioka Giyu: "Mr. Tomioka should also have something important. I heard that he left the headquarters just after he was promoted to a pillar. He seemed very anxious."

"Humph! The cold-faced man is just rude!"

At this moment, Tomioka Giyu, who had just inherited the nickname of the cold-faced man, had already arrived at the foot of Sagiri Mountain.

Looking up at Sagiri Mountain where he, Santo and Makomo had lived for many years, Tomioka Giyu felt like he couldn't move his feet for a moment.

The wind blew his red haori and his hair. Under the boy's calm face, he was actually worried. He didn't know how to face Santo.

After hesitating for a long time, Tomioka Giyuu finally walked into Sagariyama. In any case, it was his master's wish to inherit the title of Water Pillar. He had to tell his master the news of becoming Water Pillar in person. This was also the promise he made to Santo.

When Giyuu came to the outside of the hut, there was already a figure waiting for him.

It was not the master, but the familiar flesh-pink-haired boy.

Tomioka Giyuu widened his eyes and looked at his best friend's clothes in disbelief, "Santo! You..."

On the smiling flesh-pink-haired boy, the black uniform unique to the Demon Slayer Corps shone brightly.