Chapter 14: There's work coming

One month later.

The morning sunshine is just right, not as hot as at noon, but enough to dispel the coldness of the night.

In Asakusa, in a mansion decorated with wisteria flowers in the city, Kotori Itsuka was lying on a rattan chair, enjoying the sunshine.

This is one of the Demon Slayer Corps' bases in Asakusa.

After knowing that Kotori Itsuka would stay here for a while, the Demon Slayer Corps lent this place to her as a temporary residence.

The families of the Demon Slayer Corps all enjoy good benefits. As a member of the Purgatory family who has been slaying demons for generations and the adopted sister of the current Flame Pillar, Kotori Itsuka is naturally treated even better.

Looking at Tanjiro Kamado practicing sword skills and breathing techniques in the courtyard, Kotori Itsuka couldn't help but think.

If other people knew that a defector from the Demon Slayer Corps had actually lived in the Demon Slayer Corps' base openly, how would they feel?

Yes, after visiting Tamayo and Yushiro, Kotori Itsuka took the Kamado siblings away.

After all, there's no point in leaving these two guys there.

By bringing them back, I can also learn from them and try to improve their strength.

"Commander, I'm counting on you today as well."

After finishing the warm-up exercises, Tanjiro Kamado exhaled and signaled to Kotori Itsuka sitting on the rattan chair that he was ready.

So, Kotori Itsuka yawned and sat up from the rattan chair.

If she had not appeared in this world, but followed the original plot, Tanjiro Kamado should be recuperating and learning more advanced breathing techniques.

However, due to her appearance, the original plot has deviated.

Tanjiro Kamado, who originally participated in the trial of the Pillars and was declared not guilty, joined Ratatoskr and became a defector of the Demon Slayer Corps.

Therefore, the improvement of strength can only rely on Kotori Itsuka.

As a family member of the Flame Pillar, it was not difficult for her to get some information from the Demon Slayer Corps.

After handing over the training method of the final stage of the breathing method [Complete Collection·Changzhong] to Tanjiro Kamado, Kotori Itsuka no longer cared about it.

However, this does not mean that she did nothing during this period.

"Come on."

Kotori Itsuka picked up the wooden sword beside her and pointed it at Tanjiro Kamado who was not far away: "I hope you can make some progress today."

Just like she was serving as Tanjiro Kamado sparring partner, Tanjiro Kamado was also her sparring partner.

Because, after coming to this world, she also began to practice breathing techniques.

Although judging from Kotori Itsuka fighting power, the only one who can pose a threat in this world is Muzan Kibutsujiafter he has completely transformed into a demon, she still has a biggest enemy.

That's herself.

The spiritual crystal in Kotori Itsuka is the only one among the ten spiritual crystals that has not been completely purified.

In the original work, when Takamiya gave this spiritual crystal to Kotori Itsuka, the spiritual crystal belonging to the Fire Spirit was still a semi-finished product.

This is also the reason why Kotori Itsuka spiritual power is the most violent.

It is precisely because of this defect that it is extremely difficult for Kotori Itsuka to fight while maintaining her sanity.

Once her spiritual power is used to a certain extent, she will enter a frenzy state and be dominated by the desire for destruction.

This is why in the original work, Kotori Itsuka stays at the back most of the time and never takes action unless necessary.

She had already tested this aspect of frenzy.

When she used her spiritual power to spar with Tanjiro Kamado for the first time, Kotori Itsuka, who was dominated by the desire to destroy, almost beat him to death.

In order to stay as sane as possible during the battle, she needs to use as little spiritual power as possible and fight with other methods.

Otherwise, if you go crazy every time you fight a minions, it will be too

Breathing technique is a good alternative.

"Please enlighten me!"

Tanjiro Kamado took a deep breath and slashed towards Kotori Itsuka with the wooden sword in hand.

Kotori Itsuka only used a small amount of power to strengthen her body, recalling how to use the breathing method, and spread the power of energy throughout her body.

As an elf, although her physical fitness is similar to that of ordinary people without the blessing of spiritual power, her perception is far superior to that of humans.

It takes ordinary people several years to feel the [Qi], but she can feel it just by practicing the breathing method a few times.

In just one month, she had made some progress in her breathing technique.

In the courtyard, the two of them came and went, gaining experience through exchanges.

Not only Kotori Itsuka reaped a lot of rewards, but so did Tanjiro Kamado.

Although he has not yet reached the highest level of breathing techniques, he can feel that he is getting stronger little by little.

Strength is crucial to Ratatoskr future course of action.

According to Kotori Itsuka, what they need to do is to recruit more like-minded members and expand the influence of the organization.

And now, as the only human in the organization, Tanjiro Kamado has been given a very important task.

That is to persuade the pillar-level members of the Demon Slayer Corps to join Ratatoskr.

The method is to date her and make her shy.

At least that's what Kotori Itsuka said at first.

However, Tanjiro Kamado appearance is not so good that people will fall in love with him at first sight, and he inexplicably exudes a sense of dullness. After several training sessions without any effect, Kotori Itsuka had to give up the idea of ​​letting him conquer the Pillar-level members.

Therefore, the method of persuasion changed from dating with them to make them shy, to challenging them to a battle to make them surrender.

To put it simply, it means beating up the opponent first, and then starting to talk nonsense after he has surrendered.

Although he felt that this method was not very reliable, Tanjiro Kamado could not think of any other way, so he had to compromise.

However, Tanjiro Kamado is still a long way from being able to defeat the Pillar-level members.

That's why he needs to make extra efforts.

After holding on for half an hour, the panting Tanjiro Kamado was still defeated by Kotori Itsuka.

It lasted five minutes longer than last time.

"There is progress, but it's not enough."

Kotori Itsuka wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked at Nezuko beside her: "It's your turn next."

"Woo woo!"

Nezuko, who had been squatting in the corner staring at the butterfly in a daze, stood up and walked into the sunlight.

It is not known whether it was due to her own evolution or because she accidentally ate the blue spider lily before she became a demon, but Nezuko in the original work was the first demon to overcome the sunlight.

Under the guidance of Kotori Itsuka, Nezuko, who was originally unwilling to appear in the daytime, overcame the sunlight and appeared in the sunlight earlier than in the original work.

However, just as the two were about to compete, a cute calico cat appeared on the wall.

"Meow."

A cat's cry attracted the attention of the three people.

Its name is Chachamaru, Tamayo pet.

Since Tamayo and Yushiro are both demons and cannot travel during the day, if there is anything important to be conveyed, it will be conveyed by it.

After temporarily stopping the sparring, Kotori Itsuka took the letter from Chachamaru back and glanced at the contents.

"Tamayo has quite a wide network of contacts. She found it so quickly."

After reading the message on the letter, Kotori Itsuka put down the wooden sword in her hand and said to the Kamado siblings.

"Let's stop our sparring today. We have work to do."