Demon Slayer: Path of Redemption

Tanjiro trembled and suddenly knelt on the ground, his head pressed against the snow:

"Please, please don't kill Nezuko."

"I have nothing left to lose. My family, my brother left without a word, my mother, younger brother, younger sister... they all died at the hands of demons."

"Now I only have Nezuko left, please don't take her away from me. I have nothing more to lose. Nezuko is my everything..."

Seeing Tanjiro kneeling on the ground, trembling uncontrollably and weeping, Giyu's calm expression gradually darkened, becoming fierce.

"Why are you kneeling? Why are you begging?"

"Don't wag your tail and beg like a weakling."

"Why did you protect your sister in your arms just now? What you should have done is pick up your axe and strike at me, not gamble on others' kindness or pity."

"I could have just now cut you and your sister down together!"

"Don't you want to turn your sister back into a human? Demons might have a way. You go beg a demon, and the demon will give you the way?"

"No, demons will never help you, and neither will I."

After speaking, Giyu ignored Tanjiro's confused and pained eyes, plunging his Nichirin Blade into Nezuko's heart, causing Nezuko to cry out in pain, but she couldn't struggle.

Sighing inwardly, Giyu saw his former weak self in Tanjiro.

At that time, it was Sabito, like an elder brother, who always protected him from behind.

However, due to his own weakness, incompetence, and cowardice.

To protect himself and everyone, Sabito died at the hands of a demon...

Don't cry and don't despair. This is not what you should be doing now. Your family is dead, your brother might have also turned into a demon and escaped, and your sister has also become a demon. You must be in great pain.

I understand all of this.

If I had come one day earlier, your family might have been saved, and you wouldn't have to suffer so much.

But what has already happened cannot be changed. Time cannot be reversed.

What you need now is to become strong, to make yourself powerful, instead of hoping for others' pity in your current state.

Be angry, be enraged. Let anger become your motivation. Get moving, change your weak behavior, and attack me in your own way.

Let me see what you can do.

Giyu's face was grim, and his Nichirin Blade was about to strike again.

His exterior was as cold as a thousand-year-old iceberg, but his heart was as gentle as water...

Seeing Nezuko's painful struggle and realizing that pleading was useless, Tanjiro suddenly stood up. He threw a stone at Giyu.

Giyu did not stab Nezuko again but swung his blade handle, deflecting the stone.

At this point, Tanjiro had already picked up the axe nearby and ran into the thick shadow of the cedar tree, circling the cedar rooted in the mountain, approaching Giyu.

Then he swung the axe and charged straight at Giyu.

Seeing this, Giyu was deeply disappointed. He sternly said, "Foolish! Can emotional impulses defeat an enemy?"

"You can be angry, but you must also maintain rational thought!"

He felt a bit frustrated that Tanjiro wasn't living up to his potential. How could acting on emotion defeat a demon?

Tanjiro threw another stone. As Giyu blocked it, he rushed towards Giyu.

Giyu, with a grim face, raised his Nichirin Blade. As Tanjiro leaned forward to chop at Giyu, he struck Tanjiro's back heavily with the handle of his blade, directly knocking Tanjiro to the ground.

The immense force made Tanjiro fall face down into the snow. His body had been exhausted for a long time, and his mind was constantly in a state of shock and torment. Now, he simply fainted.

"Hmm? Where's the axe?"

At this moment, Giyu sensed something was wrong; he didn't see the axe in Tanjiro's hand.

Then, Giyu's heart tightened, and he slightly tilted his head.

An axe, from the air, fiercely chopped into the tree next to Giyu's head, shaking down some accumulated snow.

In an instant, Giyu understood the cause and effect.

When Tanjiro stepped into the shadow of the cedar, he had thrown the axe upwards towards Giyu, while also throwing a stone to attract his attention.

As he charged, he deliberately put on a posture of swinging an axe. His posture just now, with his hands obscured by his body, had deceived Giyu into thinking he was still holding the axe.

"Was he trying to have this axe defeat me after he himself was knocked down?"

"Very good, truly very good."

What Tanjiro just did was exactly what Giyu had hoped to see.

Bravery is not recklessness; bravery requires wisdom.

And Nezuko, who was held by Giyu, after seeing Tanjiro knocked to the ground and unconscious, her eyes filled with rage.

Her body suddenly grew a few sizes larger, and her strength increased accordingly.

While Giyu was unaware, she broke free from his grasp and simultaneously kicked Giyu.

Giyu blocked with his blade, being kicked back several meters by the immense force.

"Damn it, that child is in danger."

After kicking Giyu away, Nezuko directly extended her sharp claws towards Tanjiro on the ground. Giyu strode forward, preparing to intervene.

But he suddenly stopped, stunned.

Because Nezuko made no further moves. She stood in front of Tanjiro, her sharp fingernails gleaming with a cold light, letting out threatening growls at Giyu.

"A demon, protecting a human?"

Giyu had seen many examples of relatives turning into demons. There were even people who, like Tanjiro today, begged him not to harm their demonized kin.

Giyu couldn't bear it and agreed to the plea, but then that person was devoured by the demonized relative...

Hungry demons don't care if you're a relative; they will only devour all humans around them, anyone.

The girl in front of him, just now, had her strength consumed by my stab wounds and also consumed stamina when turning into a demon. She must be mad with hunger right now.

But even so, this demon girl resisted the hunger, standing firmly in front of her brother, wanting to protect him from herself.

This was the first time Giyu had seen such a thing.

So, can demons truly maintain their rationality in the face of hunger and bloodlust?

Nezuko, with a fierce expression, opened her fangs and extended her claws, charging at Giyu. Giyu did not use his Nichirin Blade but simply struck Nezuko's neck with a hand chop, knocking her unconscious.

While Nezuko was unconscious, Giyu tied a green bamboo muzzle around her mouth to prevent her from lashing out and harming people.

After quietly waiting for a while, Tanjiro woke up and saw Nezuko still breathing beside him. The worry that had been hanging over him finally lifted.

At this moment, Giyu was leaning against a tree. He said to Tanjiro:

"Do you want me to spare your sister?"

Tanjiro was startled, then struggled to sit up, overjoyed:

"Yes, Nezuko will absolutely, absolutely never eat humans. Please spare her."

Giyu left the tree he was leaning against. He slowly walked closer to Tanjiro, then looked down at him, earnestly saying:

"Then I need your promise. If your sister ever loses control and turns into a man-eating demon, you must personally slay her and then commit suicide to atone."

Tanjiro was silent for a moment, then solemnly promised:

"If one day, Nezuko eats a human, I will personally slay her and atone for the person she killed with my own life."

"Nezuko has always been so kind since she was little. She surely wouldn't want to hurt anyone, surely wouldn't want to become a man-eating demon..."

Hearing the desired answer, Giyu said softly:

"Your sister, she just protected you."

"Do you want to turn her back into a human? Do you want to gain the strength to fight demons?"

"Go to the foot of Mount Sagiri, find a man named Sakonji Urokodaki, and become his apprentice."

"Tell him Giyu sent you. He will take you in and teach you how to kill demons."

"Oh, and by the way, don't let your sister be exposed to the sun. Demons die when they touch sunlight. Take her and go now, before the sun comes out completely."

After a brief conversation, Tanjiro, carrying Nezuko on his back, embarked on the journey to Mount Sagiri, and also on the path to becoming stronger and slaying demons...

"Giyu? You're incredibly gentle, yet you pretend to be cold and ruthless. I will remember this firmly..."

At this moment, Tanjiro had understood Giyu's benevolent intentions and couldn't help but feel grateful.

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