Outside the cabin.
The clear sunlight slowly penetrated through the clouds and fell in bunches from above. Looking out from the wooden house, through the dense forest, the town below the mountain was just covered in sunshine.
The snow is slowly melting.
In the woods.
"Father? What's wrong with dad?" Mao Zheng bent down to pick up firewood scattered on the ground. Hearing this, he turned around in surprise, his tone seemed a little unbelievable:
"Sister Midouzi, is it true? Father, is he awake?!"
The firewood he had just picked up in Mao's hand was casually scattered and fell to the ground.
Midouzi stood in front of Shigeru. She hugged Liu Tai and nodded several times excitedly:
"That's right, Mao, go and call Zhuxiong back. There's no need to cut down the trees today."
Mi Douzi's face was full of joy. She hugged Liu Tai. Since she was running all the way, her breathing was a little quick, and her speaking speed unconsciously became faster:
"Hanako and mother are already at home, hurry up."
After saying that, Midouzi hugged Liu Tai who woke up from a daze and turned to leave.
After Mao confirmed that the news was true, he threw up his hands, turned his head and shouted into the woods behind him:
"Brother Takeo!!"
"Father is awake!! Come back quickly!"
…
…
Inside the wooden house.
Soon, Midouzi, Shigeru, and Takeo rushed back.
The entire Kamado family was gathered in the room at this moment, except for Tanjiro who went down the mountain to sell charcoal.
Yadouzi, Takeo, and Hanako gathered their heads together and looked toward the middle of the room, where they remembered their father's position.
"Cough cough cough..."
Kamado Tanjuro was coughing slightly at the moment. He took a deep breath, and with the help of Aoi Eda, he sat up stiffly.
"Father!"
Takeo saw Tanjuro sitting up with his own eyes, and couldn't help shouting excitedly:
"Father, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere else?"
All of a sudden, several children gathered around him.
"That's great." Hanako hugged Midouzi beside her and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that her father was safe.
Kamado Tanjuro panted slightly and looked up at the child leaning next to him. This body was actually weaker than he imagined:
"Takeo, Shigeru," he said.
"You have grown taller."
Zhuxiong nodded vigorously. He was afraid that if he stopped for a moment, tears and snot would burst out of his eyes: "Yeah!"
"You are so old and you are still crying." Mao on the side said to his brother with red eyes.
"Aren't you too!" Zhuxiong immediately retorted.
Kamado Tanjuro smiled slightly, his eyes slowly glanced at each of his children, and then slowly stretched out his arms.
flutter.
He hugged everyone who came close to him, including Kui Zhi.
Takeo and Shigeru, who were trying not to cry, were slightly startled, and then hugged everyone.
The family embraces each other.
“…It’s great to have me back at this time.”
Kamado Tanjuro recited in a low voice, he hugged his family, and the reunion he had longed for for more than thirty years came true at this moment.
At least when he woke up, his family was safe.
He closed his eyes slightly and touched his child's head with his rough, calloused hands.
He feels everything here.
The long dark red hair hangs down. Due to sleeping for a whole year and not being repaired, the length of the hair is already close to the waist.
Kamado Tanjuro adjusted his breathing rhythm and enjoyed the brief beauty of family reunion.
——Even in front of everyone.
——The blood-red word "danger" has never stopped flashing from the moment Tanjuro woke up to now.
Tanjuro quietly raised his head - the warning in his heart was like a needle piercing his back.
After not seeing Tanjiro's figure, he probably guessed what the coming danger was.
…
After a long time.
"Thank you for your hard work."
Kamado Tanjuro stood up slowly with the support of Aoi Eda and Takeo.
Her waist-length hair was tied into a high ponytail hanging behind her head under Kamado Tanjuro's intention.
"Father, you suddenly slept for a whole year, which made us so worried!"
Mao was dancing happily on the side, describing what happened this year:
"Also, that bear is really big!"
Tanjuro rubbed Shigeru's head.
——That’s it.
——My body is not dead, is it just asleep?
Thinking like this, another doubt arose in Tanjuro's heart - now, will the ninja body on my wolf side suddenly fall asleep?
Tanjuro moved his body while listening to his child's childish words with a smile.
After lying down for a year, although there are family members around to take care of and move the body, muscle atrophy and stiffness are inevitable.
"Aoi Branch." Kamado Tanjuro stood up and moved his legs, although the range was not too large.
"What's wrong?" Kui Zhi raised his head when he heard this and looked at his husband worriedly: "Is there something wrong with you?"
Seeing Tanjuro shake his head, Aoi Eda's expression gradually became confused, and then he loosened his frown as if he suddenly understood, and said softly:
"Tanjiro? The kid is fine, but he still insists on going down the mountain to sell charcoal today."
"Don't worry, that kid...has always been strong."
Kui Zhi held her husband's arm and slowly sat with him on the corridor outside the house.
——Yes, Tanjiro has always been strong.
Tanjuro did not answer, but gently placed his hand on Aoi Eda's hand and held it slightly.
Aoi Eda is also used to Tanjuro's quiet temperament, after all, he has been like this before.
After hearing his wife's words, Tanjuro confirmed his inner thoughts.
——Probably, the early warning I felt from Sekiro was also because of this.
The word "danger" above the head also flashes more frequently as time goes by.
He raised his head and looked at the sky under the eaves.
The winter sky was a bit hazy, but it was much less foggy at noon.
——"Demon Slayer" manga, the opening plot.
——One year after Kamado Tanjuro died, one day in winter, the eldest son Tanjiro went down the mountain alone to sell charcoal.
After returning, the whole family was brutally massacred by the "Ghost King", and only the younger sister Mi Douzi was left alive and turned into a cannibal to survive.
Now, it seems that because of his own specialness, he did not die like in the original work.
Instead, he slept for a year.
One year later, it happened to be winter again, and Tanjiro went down the mountain to sell charcoal.
Because of a strong warning and some unknown reason, I woke up from the world of Sekiro and returned here.
Early warning is the early warning of the ninja "wolf".
When encountering a life-or-death crisis, a ninja will wake up instinctively in his heart.
It is a powerful survival instinct.
In the game, the word "danger" appears in red above the head.
So it is now.
Based on the compliance of various conditions, Tanjuro came up with his own answer.
The content of the warning is most likely - the "Ghost King" is coming.
This can also explain why this warning has never been stronger.
In the original work, Tanjiro goes out on the first morning.
On the night of the first day, an old man at the foot of the mountain reminded me that evil spirits were haunting the night, and persuaded me to stay overnight.
The tragedy of the Kamado family happened on this night.
Kamado Tanjuro, who knew all this, would naturally not allow this to happen as it did.
If you follow the time in the original work.
That "King of Ghosts" - Oniwu Tsuji Muzan.
Will come to Kamado's house tonight.
Kamado Tanjuro lowered his eyes and thought carefully.
I want to be fully prepared before that.
