The group rested a few times on the way, carrying the boxes to the large mountain designated for special training.
Before even reaching the mountain, they could hear wails echoing throughout it.
Everyone: "..."
Why does it feel a little scary?
They walked a bit further.
"Run with all your might! No stopping!"
Accompanied by Uzui Tengen's scolding, a swordsman by the roadside, looking disheveled and frothing at the mouth with only the whites of his eyes showing, stumbled past them, not daring to stop for a moment.
So terrifying!!!
Tanjirou shivered with a creepy feeling, sweat dripping from his temples, and asked in horror, "Is this hell?"
Mizuki said indifferently, "Not even close."
"Exactly! It's not even close to hell yet!" A voice came from afar, echoing Mizuki's words.
Uzui Tengen stood before everyone with a flamboyant expression: "This is just the beginning. Don't even think about stopping until you're out of breath."
"Ah ha ha ha ha~" Uzui Tengen shouted, "Run flamboyantly!!!"
Everyone: "..."
No, this is no longer a question of whether it's hell or not.
Is this guy some kind of pervert?
Kochou Shinobu turned her head and suggested, "How about we stay away from him?"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Tanjirou forcibly suppressed his urge to greet Mr. Uzui.
But.
Just as everyone was ignoring Uzui Tengen and preparing to walk around him, he shamelessly approached them himself.
"Oh oh oh!!!" Uzui Tengen approached Nezuko with a look of surprise, reaching out to pull Nezuko's cheek, "Did you really turn back into a human?"
Snap~
Tanjirou instantly turned to stone.
"H-hello," Nezuko said indistinctly, her cheeks being pulled, but she smiled gently and wasn't angry.
"You..." Uzui Tengen had just opened his mouth when someone tapped him from behind.
"Who!" Uzui Tengen turned around angrily.
Mizuki expressionlessly withdrew her Hand-blade: "Is there a problem?"
"...No."
Mizuki sighed inwardly, honestly, these two are such a handful.
"Eh?" Uzui Tengen suddenly exclaimed again, looking at Mizuki suspiciously.
Mizuki frowned: "What do you want?"
Uzui Tengen asked uncertainly, "Are you a demon? Or a human?"
"Human."
"You're lying, aren't you? You're lying!"
Mizuki's eyelid twitched, completely unwilling to bother with him: "Are you an idiot? You know the answer, why ask?"
Uzui Tengen was utterly confused: "But why haven't you changed back?"
Hasn't the human transformation medicine already been developed?
He admitted that when he heard this news, he almost thought the Master had been defrauded.
But now the truth was right before him.
It wasn't overcoming sunlight; she had truly turned back into a human.
Although Uzui Tengen's nose wasn't as sensitive as Tanjirou's, his ability to sense whether someone was human or demon was perfectly fine.
"Why should I change back?" Mizuki sneered, saying with a gloomy expression, "I am now a perfect being who isn't even afraid of sunlight. Why would I want to revert to a weak human?"
Uzui Tengen's expression froze. After a moment of reaction, he patted his chest, looking as if he had been terribly frightened.
"You scared me to death, I almost thought you were Kibutsuji Muzan."
Mizuki looked disdainful: "Hmph, if I were Muzan, I'd be the first to cut you in half."
Uzui Tengen couldn't help but retort, "Actually, your brother already did that!"
"I really thought I was going to die then!"
"It wouldn't matter if I died, but what about my three beautiful wives?"
Three wives, big deal!
Mizuki said somewhat impatiently, "If you really have nothing to do, I can help you loosen your bones."
"Please, go ahead." Uzui Tengen's expression straightened, and he moved out of the way.
Mizuki glanced at him, then turned to Nezuko and said, "But since we've met, Nezuko, you can Hand the box you're carrying to this idiot."
Uzui Tengen looked at the boxes everyone was holding in surprise: "Boxes? Speaking of which, what are you carrying?"
Kanzaki Aoi retorted, "Did you just notice?"
Mizuki said indifferently, "Boxes, didn't you see them?"
Uzui Tengen was momentarily speechless, then coughed, "Never mind, I'll see for myself later, this great lord will."
"The medicine made from my blood, you'll distribute it to those members later." Mizuki was really afraid he'd mess it up, so she explained, "You should know how to use it, right?"
Uzui Tengen's eyes widened: "Are all of these for that?"
Wait, distribute to the members... Could it be one for each Hand?
Mizuki raised an eyebrow: "Do you have an objection?"
She swore, if this guy couldn't say anything decent, she'd beat this fool to death.
It was already uncomfortable enough being poked with so many needles, she didn't want to be... "No, I just think you're not very cute." Uzui Tengen shrugged and sighed, "It would be better if you were a bit gentler."
Mizuki's eyelid twitched slightly: "Is it possible that for an idiot like you, there's no need..."
Mizuki didn't finish her sentence before Kochou Shinobu couldn't hold back anymore.
How dare he in front of her... Kochou Shinobu spoke coolly, "Mr. Uzui."
"Hmm? Is something wrong, Kochou?" Uzui Tengen was completely unaware of the gravity of the situation.
Kochou Shinobu's eyes slightly lifted: "Do you want to die?"
"..." Uzui Tengen's body stiffened.
What? What did he do?
Why was she asking for his life the moment she opened her mouth?
"You..." Uzui Tengen's mouth twitched slightly.
His older sister was so gentle, but his younger sister was a ticking time bomb.
Can't afford to provoke, can't afford to provoke.
Uzui Tengen, who didn't understand what had happened, decisively chose to shut up and took the boxes from Nezuko's Hands.
Mizuki warned, "Remember not to let them use it carelessly. It's meant for the decisive battle against Muzan."
Don't treat that thing as a readily available consumable, using it for every minor scrape.
She couldn't handle it.
Tanjirou waved goodbye to him: "Well then, Mr. Uzui, goodbye."
Uzui Tengen asked in confusion, "Hmm? Tanjirou, aren't you staying to train?"
"Eh? I..."
Kochou Shinobu mocked him expressionlessly, "Speaking of which, unlike you, Tanjirou became a Hashira at fifteen."
"It's understandable that you wouldn't realize it."
"After all, at twenty-three, you're already nearing the end."
Truly, nearing the end.
Uzui Tengen, whose face already showed a Demon Slayer Mark resembling a musical score, put on a pained expression: "I, I just wanted to tease him..."
Hey, hey, what exactly did he do?
Why did they suddenly attack him?
He started to miss his wives; if they were here, they definitely wouldn't let him be bullied by this group.
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