"Kill it! Senior Ryuji, you're not joking, are you? How can I do that?" Tanjiro looked at Ryuji in surprise, clearly not understanding his words.
Shouldn't Ryuji do this himself? How could he possibly do it!
"If you can't do it, what will you use to protect your sister? How will you avenge your family? Or have you already given up on revenge and are ready to live a miserable life?" Ryuji questioned Tanjiro.
Tanjiro shook his head and denied, "No!"
—"If not, then kill the guy in front of you! The path you're going to take is even more dangerous than now!" Ryuji's voice carried an irresistible authority.
Tanjiro didn't dare to say anything more. Hesitantly, he trembled as he pulled out the small knife from his waist and held it in front of the demon head.
Just at this moment, a hand reached out from behind Tanjiro. The hand rested on Tanjiro's shoulder.
"That kind of thing can't kill it!" A slightly old voice sounded.
Ryuji and Tanjiro were both startled. They both looked in the direction of the voice. It was a man wearing a tengu mask, a headband wrapped around his head, and a sky-blue robe. The robe was also printed with a pattern of water ripples.
Judging from the old voice, this man was at least fifty years old. Although he was old, his body was exceptionally straight, and he was full of vitality.
What surprised Ryuji was that he hadn't noticed or sensed the old man approaching him at all.
If the other party had been hostile, he would probably have been attacked by now.
However, it was also possible that the other party had no murderous intent, so he was able to approach so silently.
Just as Ryuji was pondering, he remembered the old man's identity. This was the person Tanjiro was looking for—Sakonji Urokodaki.
*[Sakonji Urokodaki: Practitioner of Water Breathing, also a trainer who cultivates new demon hunters for the Demon Slayer Corps; Tomioka Giyuu is his disciple]*
"Then how can we kill it?" Tanjiro asked in shock.
"Don't ask others. Can't you use your own brain to think?" Sakonji Urokodaki replied.
After saying that, Sakonji Urokodaki looked at Ryuji. Ryuji gave him a faint smile as a sign of respect.
Tanjiro began to think. In the end, he picked up a large stone, but when it came time to actually do it, he hesitated.
"Ah, this child won't do... He's too considerate of others and can't make a decision. Even facing a {demon}, his gentle aura hasn't dissipated. He even has sympathy for the {demon}. Giyuu, is this the child you found?"
Sakonji Urokodaki looked at Tanjiro's performance and muttered to himself.
Ryuji also watched quietly from the side, not saying anything more. Now that Tanjiro's true life mentor had appeared, there was no need for Ryuji to intervene anymore.
Time passed by, second by second. The demon head, which had fainted, gradually regained consciousness.
"You bastard! I'm going to kill you! I'm going to eat you whole! Come over here! Hey! I can't go over there, you come over here, hey!" The demon head, nailed to the tree trunk by the axe, waved the two hands growing on its head and yelled at the hesitant Tanjiro.
Just at this moment, the sun gradually rose, and sunlight quickly shone down.
The demon, exposed to the sunlight, began to burn and dissipate, letting out a painful howl. Finally, the demon head completely dissipated in front of Tanjiro.
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