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"The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Before the main conflict involving Muzan Kibutsuji is resolved, we have a basis for cooperation."
"After the main conflict is over, if you are still alive, I will personally send you off."
Li Mo said sincerely.
Yushiro, who was standing next to him, heard this and said angrily, "How dare you speak to Lord Tamayo like that? I will kill you!!"
The opponent looked fierce, but he was not threatening. Li Mo knew that the opponent looked ferocious, but he was just a weakling.
"Yushiro, don't be disrespectful." Tamayo scolded Yushiro and said, "If that time really comes, I think I will go to hell with a smile. But Yushiro can't do that. It has never eaten a human before."
Yushiro is a demon transformed by Tamayo, who can survive by drinking human blood. Li Mo knew this information, but remained calm: "I will report this to the lord."
Tamayo: "Thank you for your help. I will keep in touch with your lord. Secondly, I still need your help..."
"Please say."
When I left the lord's mansion, my lord told me that he might run errands for Tamayo.
So, I think I have taken on the mission of Tanjiro? But no matter what, this is all for the purpose of defeating the evil spirit.
The help that Tamayo mentioned was to collect the blood of the demons. It takes a certain amount of time for the demon's neck to be cut off and completely turned into ashes. Tamayo's specially made syringe can collect blood and preserve it. It needs to use this blood for research.
"Are there any requirements for ghost blood?" Li Mo asked.
"No. If I have to say, there is a half reason, that is, the blood I collect is from powerful demons as much as possible." Tamayo explained the reason: "For Muzan Kibutsuji, powerful demons will receive more of his blood. The essence of my collecting demon blood is to study the blood of Muzan contained in their bodies."
Oni are a species that was created when Muzan Kibutsuji injected his blood into a human body to transform people. Every oni has Muzan's blood in their body. There are always exceptions, and when explaining this, Yushiro's situation was mentioned by Tamayo.
Yushiro is a demon created by Tamayo with her own blood. He is the only demon in the world that was not created by Muzan. Although he has the characteristics of a demon, he does not need to eat humans to survive. He only needs to drink human blood regularly.
After years of research, Tamayo herself found that after breaking free from Muzan's control, she only needed to drink human blood to survive.
In short, it was a transformation from a ghoul to a vampire.
There must be no one in this world who understands Li Mo's thoughts. He nodded to show his understanding and said, "I understand. Miss Tamayo's research results are very useful. It is a wise choice for the lord to come and seek your cooperation."
"Thank you for your trust. I haven't met a swordsman like you for a long time." Tamayo felt the trust from the swordsman in front of her, and she wanted to know why the lord of the Demon Slayer Corps sent this "pillar".
The other party is very rational and is willing to believe what you say after listening.
The long-lost memory appeared in its memory. The figure of the tall swordsman was something Tamayo could never forget. Tamayo was able to survive to this day because of the swordsman's trust.
"You remind me of someone I knew hundreds of years ago."
"Old friend?"
"That was during the Warring States Period." Tamayo said, "At that time, I was still with Muzan, and a swordsman came to defeat Muzan. I will never forget the scene of that day. The swordsman used the most beautiful sword form to injure Muzan to the point of weakening him."
The nameless swordsman first severely injured Muzan, and then when Muzan exploded and turned into pieces of flesh to escape, he destroyed most of the remaining pieces, leaving only a few pieces of flesh to escape.
Because of her hatred for Muzan, Tamayo gained the swordsman's trust and was let go by him. Even the subsequent escape from Muzan's control was due to the swordsman...
"During that time, Muzan entered a period of weakness. It was during this time that I broke free from Muzan's control."
"Later, I met the swordsman again. The thing he regretted most in his life was that he didn't use all his strength to kill Muzan that night. He spent the rest of his life atonement for this incident. Unfortunately, Muzan never appeared when the swordsman was alive."
"Muzan is deliberately avoiding him. The life span of humans is too short compared to that of demons."
Tamayo recounted the story of the past, with a touch of regret in her words. That swordsman was the only one who had the power to kill Muzan in the past thousand years.
Li Mo knew that Tamayo's old friend was Tsugokuni Yoriichi. Thinking carefully, he had an indissoluble bond with the strongest swordsman hundreds of years ago. He inherited his Sun Breathing, and like him, he was connected to the Kamado family and met Tamayo.
Similar fate.
Li Mo said, "A swordsman from hundreds of years ago? Are you talking about Yoriichi Tsugikoku?"
"Do you know the name of that swordsman? I remember that after the death of Yoshihiro Tsugakuni, Muzan took revenge and destroyed all the people, things and objects that knew his information. During that time, the Demon Slayer Corps was severely damaged."
Over the past hundreds of years, Tamayo has not only been obsessed with drug research. Having no connection with the Demon Slayer Corps does not mean that he has not paid attention to the Demon Slayer Corps.
Li Mo said: "The breathing method I master is the breathing of the sun. I am the successor of Yuichiro Tsugikoku."
He took out an earring from his bosom. The earring that Tanjuro gave him before he left finally came in handy. He carried this item close to his body.
Tamayo's eyes fell on the sun wheel earrings. "This is the same as his earrings. Are you his heir?"
"I forgot to introduce myself. It's not too late now. My name is Li Mo, I'm Chinese, and I'm the current "Sun Pillar" of the Demon Slayer Corps."
After hearing these words, Tamayo fell silent. She seemed to see the appearance of the swordsman hundreds of years ago.
Tamayo said: "That's good. If I wait until the day when Muzan dies and I am still alive, please be gentle to me then."
She should have really died hundreds of years ago. The living Tamayo is just a ghost who survived by relying on her hatred for Muzan.
Today, after seeing "Breath of the Sun" appear in the world again, it suddenly felt that the possibility of killing Muzan was no longer so slim.
It was fate that he was killed by the successor of Sun Breathing hundreds of years later.
Tamayo smiled gently, her eyes full of brilliance.
Chapter 50 "Flame Pillar" Rengoku Shinjuro
Tokyo at night is bustling. Perhaps this is the only place that is similar to Tokyo a hundred years later.
Walking on such a busy street, Li Mo looked around at the lively crowds. Men in suits, beautiful women in restored clothes, children with patched clothes... This city showed its extraordinary tolerance.
Merchants, hawkers, workers, and students were all walking on the street, but Li Mo just felt lonely.
Li Mo remembered Zhu Shi's smile. It felt like he wouldn't be surprised if the other person committed suicide in the next second.
After thinking about that conversation, Yushiro's attitude towards himself became extremely bad. Well, he said something like sending Tamayo to hell, but didn't the other party object? He has such a bad temper. The point is why even Chachamaru hates him.
Cha Cha Wan, the calico cat that led the way earlier, was super cute. He allowed me to touch him when we first met, but he wouldn't let me touch him later.
"Hey, hey, my stupid crow, why aren't you a sparrow? I won't envy cats if I have cute sparrows."
The dark crow looked at his companion and shouted, "Fool, fool!"
"Damn it, aren't you crows and sparrows close relatives? If crows can be trained, then sparrows can definitely be trained."
"What? You said sparrows understand human nature but can't speak. That's okay! I can just learn some bird language!"
After tossing the crow around and letting it escape, Li Mo continued to recall the previous scene.
After learning that she is the heir of "Breathing of the Sun", Tamayo's attitude has changed subtly. The other party seems to believe in her more. Is this the influence of Tsugakuin Yoshiichi's stay?
What kind of person is Tsugikoku Yoriichi? Gentle, strong? Can a simple label really describe the swordsman who lived hundreds of years ago?
Because of their relationship with him, the Kamado family has been able to accurately pass down the "Breathing of the Sun" from generation to generation. Tamayo, who had only met him a few times, trusted him so much that even her heir, hundreds of years later, was treated with favor.
"It's a pity that we can't see each other."
She touched the sun wheel earrings on her chest, which were the symbol of Tsugukuni Yoriichi. She remembered clearly what Tamayo had said before they parted, telling her not to easily reveal that she was Tsugukuni Yoriichi's successor.
——Today, hundreds of years later, Muzan Kibutsuji is still wary and wants to destroy everything about Yoriichi Tsugakuni.
"Rest well first, and then go see the Flame Pillar tomorrow."
The current Flame Pillar's range of activities is Tokyo, but unfortunately he has been very busy these past two days, and those who have used "Hidden" cannot see him. After achieving the first goal, we need to consider the second goal.
Let’s talk about it tomorrow?
"Gah--the Flame Pillar invites you to meet him."
The crow that had flown away to an unknown place returned to Li Mo's shoulder and said the following words.
"Then lead the way, silly bird!"
"I'm not a stupid bird! Ga!"
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The age of the Flame Pillar, Rengoku Shinjuro, is about 30 years old, but he looks like a young man in his 20s, with some red hair dotted in his medium-length blond hair and prominent thick eyebrows.
When he saw the other person, he was sitting in a noodle shop, eating noodles with big mouthfuls, and exclaimed loudly: "Delicious!"
——The sense of déjà vu is here.
Do all of you in Purgatory have the same painting style?
"Oh, you're here! Junior. I heard you killed a ghost tonight?"
"Is it okay to say it here?"
There were few customers in the ramen restaurant. At a glance, there was only Rengoku Shinjuro sitting next to me. But the chef was still inside the restaurant, on the other side of the counter. The matter of the Demon Slayer Corps was not suitable to be discussed in public.
Then Li Mo felt a heavy pat on his shoulder from Rengoku Shinjuro. The experienced Flame Pillar said, "It doesn't matter. This store is owned by our Demon Slayer Corps, and the boss is a member of the Hidden Corps."
"Ok?"
Li Mo looked at the boss standing there. He was a middle-aged man in his thirties, and from his movements, it could be seen that his legs and feet were somewhat inconvenient.
The other party said helplessly: "Master Rizhu, I am a member of "Hidden", but I have to add a predecessor. The work I do now is the same as the mansion of the Wisteria family emblem."
Places marked with the wisteria family crest are places that have received help from the Demon Slayer Corps and provided assistance to members of the Demon Slayer Corps. Li Mo has been a regular member for a short time and has never been to such a place.
Rengoku Shinjuro said: "Don't be fooled by his appearance, but he was actually an incredible swordsman."
The boss said, "Master Purgatory, that was all in the past. Don't keep exposing my scars!"
"Haha, don't you always regard that as a great achievement?"
"Great achievements? Lord Purgatory, do you think my great achievements can be compared with Lord Sun Pillar's?"
Rengoku Shinjuro heard the rebuttal, nodded, and said enthusiastically: "Indeed, the junior did a good job! He became a pillar at such a young age. I thought it was great to have a Sadness Island. Now there is another you, the future is promising! Very good, very good, boss, give me another bowl of ramen."
"By the way, junior, do you want to eat ramen? The cooking here is superb."
Li Mo watched the topic jump from the boss to ramen, and said lightly: "I have eaten it before."
"That's a shame! The boss's char siu ramen is delicious! I highly recommend it. By the way, did you come to Tokyo directly from the lord?"
"Yes, Mr. Purgatory."
"Yaoya...I mean the lord, is he okay now?" asked Rengoku Shinjuro.
Li Mo said, "My lord, he looks very well."
"He is a very good lord. Much better than his father." Rengoku Shinjuro said: "After the previous lord committed suicide, the child took on the responsibility of the Demon Slayer Corps. He was not even ten years old at that time."
"My Lord's father committed suicide?"
The Ubuyashiki family died in their twenties because of Muzan Kibutsuji. In the original novel, Yoya died very young, and his son was only a few years old when he took over the position of head of the family. Li Mo originally thought that the master's father also died because of the curse...