Chapter 90: Brother Toki

Chapter 90: Brother Toki

It was autumn, and the originally green forest was now covered with golden fallen leaves. A beautiful woman with white hair was walking slowly on the fallen leaves.

Just then, the quiet forest was interrupted by the singing of a few birds.

"Gah... We're finally here. It's been a long, long time to put it in human terms."

"Also, be quiet for a while and don't talk nonsense."

“Gu…Gu.”

"Oh yeah, you can't speak either."

Hearing the voice, the white-haired woman raised her head and looked in the direction of the voice, only to see a crow and an owl standing on the tree. When the crow saw her looking at it, it waved its wings happily.

"Long time no see, Tianyin-sama!"

Under the tree, Tianyin looked carefully at the crow and the owl, pondered for a moment, then smiled and spoke.

"Hello, Kocho Ninja and Mr. Hirata's Crow, is there anything you can do for me?"

Hearing that Lord Tianyin still remembered him, Xuan Ya twisted his body happily and told Tianyin everything he had heard from Shinobu word for word.

After learning about these things, Tianyin frowned and thought carefully. Finally, he shook his head in shame and said to Jiao Ya.

"I don't know how to solve Miss Minako's situation, but there may be something recorded in the secret scroll of the family."

Having said this, Tianyin paused slightly, then continued.

"It's just that... the purpose of this trip has not yet been achieved. After I finish what's going on here, I will return to the clan as soon as possible to look up the secret manual to help Miss Minako."

"Please help me convey this to Mr. Hirata and the others."

"As ordered!"

Hearing Tianyin's request, the Crow excitedly agreed loudly and gave Tianyin a gentle smile. Then it immediately began to flap its wings, and the next moment it soared into the sky and flew towards the Butterfly House.

Seeing that the Crow said he would take him to eat, but went back to work before getting any food, the Owl was a little overwhelmed. His big eyes moved back and forth between Tianyin and the Crow, and finally he followed the Crow and slowly flew away.

goo...

After watching them fly away, Tianyin retracted his gaze and looked towards the forest path ahead. At the end of the path was a wooden house with smoke rising from it.

And that was exactly the purpose of Tianyin's trip.

Looking at the cabin, Tianyin secretly apologized to Lang in his heart. He also wanted to help Minako as soon as possible, but she was not willing to give up the opportunity to recruit the two brothers in the cabin.

After all... they are the descendants of the first generation of breathing swordsmen...

Walking slowly towards the wooden house, Tianyin saw smoke coming out. He knew that there was someone in the house. He knocked gently on the wooden door, and immediately the clear voice of a young boy came out.

"coming!"

When he opened the door and saw the person in Tianyin's room, his bright eyes curved and he immediately revealed an innocent smile.

"It's Sister Tianyin!"

"Long time no see, Muichiro."

Then he happily welcomed Tianyin into the house, and Tianyin smiled slightly and followed this lovely boy.

Sitting on the edge of the low wooden bed, Muichiro looked up at Tianyin who was standing in front of him and smiling, and spoke slowly, but this time his eyes were a little dim.

"My brother... hasn't come back yet... I really want to join the Demon Slayer Corps to help those who have been hurt by demons! But..."

Boom!

Just as he was about to continue speaking, the door was roughly pushed open. The wooden door hit the wall with a loud noise, which scared Wuichiro.

Tianyin, on the other hand, had a calm expression on her face. She slowly turned around and looked behind her, still with a peaceful smile on her face. She saw a boy behind the door who looked exactly like Muichiro in the house, staring at the two of them angrily.

He first glared at Tianyin, then rushed into the house viciously, passed Tianyin and stood in front of Wuyilang, looking down at his younger brother.

But Wuyilang's eyes were evasive.

"Brother, I..."

Wuyilang was about to speak, but before he could get his words out, he was interrupted loudly again.

"Wuichiro! Why did you bring this woman home again?!"

Frightened by his brother's loud scolding, Wuyilang sat on the edge of the bed with his pupils trembling slightly, not daring to speak.

Tianyin, who was standing behind them, could no longer maintain the smile on her face when she saw the two brothers like this. She then began to tell them the purpose of her trip, even though she had said it countless times before.

"I came here this time to ask you two brothers to join the Demon Slayer Corps and use your talents to help more people in need."

After saying this, he bowed slightly to show his sincerity.

"…Please, Ichiro."

But after saying this, I don't know what made Youzhilang angry. His face, which was already slightly distorted due to anger, became even more distorted.

He clenched his fists, turned back and glared at Tianyin fiercely, then looked around and finally set his sights on the water tank beside him. He then picked it up and poured all the water in it onto Tianyin.

Tianyin, who was bending over, was unable to react. When he heard the sound of flowing water, it was too late to dodge. He could only stare blankly and wait to be soaked.

But the frightened Wuyilang on the side reacted quickly, stepped on the edge of the bed and instantly came to Tianyin, protected Tianyin with his careful body, and blocked all the water for her.

Looking at Wuichiro with wet hair and dripping water all over his body, Youichiro opened his mouth slightly and was about to take a step forward, but he gritted his teeth and stopped, shouting loudly to Tianyin.

"Get out of here!"

"And you, Muichiro, go fetch some water!"

After saying this, he panted and stared at the two of them fiercely.

Seeing things turn out like this, Tianyin felt guilty at first, but then he thought of Muichiro's swift figure just now, and the strength of Ichiro who easily lifted the water tank, and his determination to recruit them to the Demon Slayer Corps became stronger.

The lord's premonition is correct. Finding talented team members is the top priority right now, and she will never give up on these two good candidates.

But today it seems that it is no longer possible...

Thinking of this, Tianyin bowed to the two brothers again.

“…Goodbye.”

After saying that, he slowly walked out of the house and walked along the mountain road towards the town at the foot of the mountain, planning to wait for Youzhilang to recover for a few days before visiting again.

At this moment, only two brothers were left in the room.

Looking at the soaked Wuichiro who kept his head down and said nothing, Youichiro had a complicated look in his eyes, but he still spoke harshly to him.

"I've said it before... You're a loser who can't even cook rice, and you want to be a swordsman and help others. That's ridiculous!"

After saying that, he sat on the wooden bed and prepared to lift the lid of the pot to cook the rice, but he saw that the fragrant rice was already cooked but he had not yet touched his chopsticks. His expression was slightly stunned, and then he turned his head stiffly towards Wuichiro.

"Do you really want to join the Demon Slayer Corps!?"

Faced with his brother's questioning, Wuyilang didn't say much, but just carried the bucket on the ground on his shoulder and went out to fetch water.

Only Youyilang was left in the room, staring blankly at the sky.

He walked out of the room and slowly went to the stream not far from the cabin. He quickly filled his bottle with water and returned home.

But he didn't speak again for the whole night, and even only ate two bites of the meal.

The next morning, Muichiro got up early, and under the cold gaze of his brother, he took the axe and went out without saying a word, leaving only a few words before leaving.

"Winter is coming soon. I'm going to collect some firewood..."

Then he went into the mountains, found a dry tree, and chopped at it with an axe. With his physical fitness far beyond his peers, Muichiro quickly chopped the firewood.

But this time...he still didn't want to go home.

Lying in the fallen leaves, Muichiro thought about the great changes in his brother Youichiro since his father's death. He became cold and sharp-tongued, often denying himself, and even said.

Muichiro's "nothing" means incompetent nothing.

This made him sad for a long time, and since then he always felt that his brother hated him...

And Tianyin's arrival made their relationship even worse...

Wuyilang missed the days when his family of four lived happily together... Because last night was a rare sleepless night for him, Wuyilang fell asleep unconsciously...

Forehead! !

When I opened my eyes again, I felt a sudden pain in my heart for some reason. I sat up and looked at the sky which had turned completely dark. A bad premonition arose in my heart.

The ghost that Sister Tianyin mentioned...seems to only come out at night!

Thinking of what Tianyin said, cold sweat streamed down Wuichiro's head, his thigh muscles bulged, and he rushed towards home like a cheetah.

It shouldn’t be...it can’t be such a coincidence...my brother will definitely be fine.

He kept comforting himself in his heart, but the pain in his heart made him cry instinctively.

He did not dare to stop for a moment and ran until the wooden house appeared in Wuyilang's sight. But before he could be happy, his pupils shrank to the extreme.

In the moonlight, Wuyilang saw a thick, non-human-like creature push open the wooden door and walk into the wooden house.

Why didn’t my brother lock the door…Is it the door left for me?

It was too late to stop him. With a blank mind, Muichiro let out the loudest sound of his life into the night sky.

"Brother, run!!"

boom! !

But the sound of breaking wood boards in the house crushed his last hope. Wuichiro burst into tears and ran back to the wooden house in a panic.

He stuck his head in with trembling hands, expecting to see a scene that would make him despair, and his voice trembled.

"elder brother…"

But the next moment, his face became stunned, because there was no bloody scene in the room as he had expected.

The ceiling of the wooden house was cracked, and the moonlight shone into the house through the big hole, allowing Muichiro to see clearly the red figure with a burning blade in his hand and a big knife on his back.

His brother, Ichiro, was falling behind the other person, looking at the stranger who fell from the sky with his mouth opened in surprise, and the terrifying ghost face in front of this person that was turning into ashes.

Seeing someone who looked like the child in the house coming in, he looked at the big hole in the ceiling, then looked at Wuichiro, and the stranger calmly put the knife back into the sheath.

Clang!

“…Excuse me.”