Shinobu and Giyu's unusual behavior was naturally noticed by Kagaya Ubuyashiki.
He was not overly worried, these two children would never betray him. Everyone has secrets, and he could understand that.
However, his intuition told him this matter was of great significance to the Demon Slayer Corps, so he valued it extremely highly.
In order to invite the Kamado family, he specially dispatched the Wind Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps to show sincerity.
Moreover, as if having some kind of premonition, he specially instructed the Wind Hashira not to use force no matter what happened.
"Hey, hey! Tomioka! What are you doing? Siding with a demon?"
Seeing his Nichirin Blade being blocked by Tomioka Giyu, Sanemi Shinazugawa was very surprised and couldn't help getting somewhat angry.
Giyu did not reply, only pressing his blade against Sanemi's Nichirin Blade.
Sanemi frowned and said coldly, "What's wrong, Tomioka? Speak! Do you want to betray us?"
After a moment of silence, Giyu finally forced out a sentence.
"I can't let you lay a hand on her."
"Huh?" Sanemi's ferocious face was like being covered in frost. "Tomioka, are you out of your mind?"
"Killing demons is the purpose of the Demon Slayer Corps! What you're doing is against Corps regulations."
After saying that, Sanemi instantly swung his blade sideways, sending Giyu flying. He touched the ground with his toes and charged toward Nezuko's direction.
"Let me kill this demon first! Then I'll settle the score with you!"
The flung Giyu immediately stepped on the wall, using the momentum to change direction and blocked Sanemi again.
Clang!
The blades clashed, cold light flashing, and the two frantically swung their swords.
Giyu's entanglement made Sanemi furious. He stopped holding back and easily used Wind Breathing First Form.
The fast slashes of the blade turned into streaks of silver light. Giyu's pupils shrank, his haori had already been sliced open by wind blades.
"Water Breathing, Fourth Form: Striking Tide!"
Suddenly, Giyu's blade also became incredibly fast.
Sanemi sneered and leapt over Giyu's head in response. "Wind Breathing, Fifth Form: Cold Mountain Wind!"
This move came from top to bottom, and the range of blade wind became even wider.
"Water Breathing, Seventh Form: Drop Ripple Thrust!"
Sanemi's speed was very fast, and the technique he used was extremely entangling. Giyu simply didn't have time to react. In this position, aside from this move, only his self-created form could block it.
But that move, he didn't want to use it against a comrade.
Boom!
As the sword energies collided, countless cracks appeared on the room's walls, and the building shook, on the verge of collapse.
"Tanjiro! Quickly take Nezuko and leave!" Giyu shouted loudly, blood spilling from his mouth. Clearly, he was at a disadvantage in that last clash.
The commotion here would definitely alert the Demon Slayers in the Butterfly Mansion. If they discovered Nezuko's presence, things would become even more passive.
Among the Hashira, Sanemi Shinazugawa and Gyomei Himejima were the strongest, Giyu was slightly inferior.
Dealing with just Sanemi was already very difficult. If a few more demon slayers came, he wouldn't be able to protect Nezuko at all.
However, it was already too late. With such a big commotion, even if others wanted not to hear it, it was impossible.
Not only did the patrolling swordsmen arrive, even some injured swordsmen rushed over.
"So this is the Wind Hashira? So terrifying! But that's also kind of cool!"
Among the crowd, a pink-haired girl thought this as she looked at the scene in front of her. She was wearing a black uniform, but the uniform was clearly ill-fitting. The two buttons on her chest had been stretched into a diamond shape, revealing a patch of snow-white skin.
She then looked to the other side.
"Eh? That one looks like the Water Hashira. So cute!"
Unlike her focus, the other team members were discussing, "Why are the Water Hashira and Wind Hashira fighting?"
"A demon sneaked into the Butterfly Mansion! You, kill her!" Sanemi gave orders to the approaching swordsmen.
"Tomioka violated Corps regulations. I will capture him."
After saying that, he instantly attacked, not giving Giyu time to react.
Facing Sanemi Shinazugawa, Giyu didn't dare to be careless at all. As for those swordsmen charging at Nezuko, he simply couldn't stop them.
"Tanjiro! Go now!" He roared, then tangled with Sanemi again. Sword lights and shadows dazzled the eyes.
"Wow, so cool. A battle between Wind Hashira and Water Hashira is something rarely seen in years."
"Who do you think is stronger?"
"Of course it's the Water Hashira. His sword technique is elegant and clean. Even with hard training, it's hard to reach that level."
"Bullshit, it's definitely the Wind Hashira. In the entire Demon Slayer Corps, probably only the Stone Hashira can compete with him. The Water Hashira is a bit lacking."
"I say, have you all forgotten the main issue?"
With his reminder, all the swordsmen came back to their senses.
Tanjiro, carrying Nezuko, still wanted to sneak away while they were distracted, but in the blink of an eye, he was surrounded.
He was bewildered, so many people, how could he possibly escape?
"Kid, hand over the demon."
"Nezuko is not a demon. She won't eat people. She's my little sister," Tanjiro defended.
"Eh? The demon is his sister?" Mitsuri Kanroji hesitated. "A big brother protecting his little sister is so cute."
But the other swordsmen didn't care about brother-sister matters. They directly pushed Tanjiro to the ground and roughly dragged him away from Nezuko.
No matter how he screamed, the swordsmen were unmoved.
"Cut off the evil demon's head!"
A swordsman raised his blade without hesitation and swung down violently, the blade slashed straight toward Nezuko's neck.
"NO!"
Tanjiro leaped up and used his head to knock out the swordsman holding him, then rushed madly toward Nezuko.
However, the falling blade was unhindered, about to sink into Nezuko's skin.
"So… so tall! So strong!"
Mitsuri Kanroji had just come to her senses when she saw a burly man in a black coat pass by her side.
That cold gaze, that sharp profile like a blade, made her heart flutter. A cute blush appeared on her fair and tender cheeks.
This man looked exactly like the husband in her dreams!
"Star Platinum!"
"Za Warudo!"
"Time has stopped!"
Everything froze instantly. Jotaro slowly walked to Nezuko and picked up the girl from the ground.
"ORA!"
Star Platinum struck the shoulder of the swordsman who was swinging his blade.
"Time resumes!"
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