Chapter 24: The Reason for Gathering Courage

The wedge-shaped structure that connects the axe blade and the axe handle, through friction and tension, firmly fixes the axe blade to the axe handle.

Relying on Tanjiro's strength, he simply could not remove the axe blade from the axe handle in midair.

Giyu Tomioka stood in place in a daze, then as if realizing something, his entire body shivered.

'It was at that time...'

When Tanjiro first raised the axe and attacked him, he used his strength to loosen the connection between the axe blade and the handle.

'So that's how it was…'

No wonder he had rubbed the axe head across his sword in such a strange posture. The one who loosened the axe blade was none other than himself.

He sighed and said, "I lost."

Many strong people sometimes don't lose to others, but rather lose to themselves. Even that invincible person is no exception.

Tanjiro's performance exceeded his expectations.

Giyu's eyes, which seemed to have no ripples, now contained extremely complex emotions. If he had had such strength and this kind of resilient spirit at Tanjiro's age, then many regrets from the past might no longer exist.

Tanjiro's mental strength had already far surpassed his age, which made Giyu both surprised and curious.

Without a doubt, this child must have encountered something that helped him grow, as well as someone who helped him grow!

"You originally didn't have that kind of courage, but your eyes suddenly became sharp in an instant."

Giyu Tomioka glanced at Tanjiro lightly, and asked expressionlessly, "Why?"

Hearing his question, Tanjiro puffed up his cheeks in confusion.

'Why?'

Giyu Tomioka wanted to kill Nezuko, and he was truly afraid.

Besides that, he also clearly knew the difference in strength between himself and the other party.

Facing such a strong person, the only thing he could do was a doge, lowering his head to the ground and desperately begging the other person, hoping that they might show mercy.

That thought did appear in his mind at that time, but alongside it also appeared Jotaro's angry face. That kind of action would definitely make Jotaro extremely mad.

'What would Jotaro-san do in this kind of situation?'

———

'Punch him! Punch him! Punch him!!!'

In his mind, Jotaro's voice teaching him echoed faintly. So his legs moved on their own.

"It was Jo…"

"Hey, boring topics can wait."

Jotaro had both hands in his pockets, looking down at Giyu from above.

"I have some questions I want to ask you."

———

"Yare yare…"

Jotaro lowered his hat and swore he would never talk with this person again.

This bastard, whether it was because of a slow tongue or a strange thought process, could never grasp the main point of a question.

But thankfully, he finally figured some things out.

In this world, aside from the existence of demons, there also exists an organization dedicated to slaying demons, the Demon Slayer Corps.

The Demon Slayer Corps, as an unofficial organization, had existed for a thousand years. For a thousand years, they had always been dedicated to the cause of slaying demons.

It sounded noble, but Jotaro didn't have a good impression of such an organization.

Even after a thousand years, they still hadn't completely resolved the issue of demons harming humans. To Jotaro, that made the organization seem somewhat incompetent.

Besides, they also didn't possess much information about demons, just simply dispatched Demon Slayer members wherever demons appeared.

Justice may come late, but it will never be absent. But is justice that comes late still justice?

Under such a mode of operation, countless tragedies are bound to occur, bringing misfortune to countless families.

In a thousand years, their leader had never reflected on this issue or sought a solution to the problem. That made Jotaro slightly angry.

If he hadn't just happened to cross over, the Kamado family would most likely have become another sacrifice to this flawed system.

From the belated arrival of the Demon Slayer, Giyu Tomioka, it could already be seen.

However, Jotaro's dissatisfaction with the Demon Slayer Corps was just that, dissatisfaction. He didn't mean to blame them.

He clearly understood that the root of all evil was the demons. The Demon Slayer Corps were also victims, and victims are innocent.

You can be dissatisfied with certain behaviors of the victims, but you must never, because of that dissatisfaction, place the blame for a tragedy on the victims.

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