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Chapter 14 Talent

Tanjiro, who was lying in Nezuko's arms, suddenly sprang up and looked up to bite Nezuko.

Chu Wuji reacted quickly, immediately extending his fingers and striking several spots on Tanjiro's body according to the techniques of the Purple Lightning Reverse Yuan Fist.

These locations are all major nerve branches, which in Traditional Chinese Medicine terms are certain acupoints. Pressing them firmly can cause numbness.

But Tanjiro only twitched for a moment before returning to normal, abandoning Nezuko who was right in front of him, and turned to rush into the forest.

At the same time, the morning sun shone on him, instantly scorching Tanjiro's skin into black charcoal.

"Aww!!!"

Tanjiro roared and accelerated.

However, because he fell too close to the center at the beginning, his weakened speed after becoming a demon made it impossible for him to hide under the shade of a tree before he died.

With his skin burned off and his tendons destroyed, Tanjiro collapsed helplessly onto the snow, letting out a horrific scream.

"Brother..." Mi Douzi couldn't stop the tears from flowing. "What happened to my brother...?"

"He's turned into a demon, the kind of creature that attacked you last night." Chu Wuji didn't stop Tanjiro from escaping, he just watched: "Demons are burned to death by sunlight."

It's probably a fragment of Muzan from last night trying to possess Tanjiro who was passing by. Is this the butterfly effect?

With this in mind, Chu Wuji placed his hand on the Sun Wheel Blade.

If Muzan possesses Tanjiro, then he must take advantage of the latter's weakness to kill him... But Chu Wuji has a bold guess.

"How could this be..." Upon hearing this, Ni Douzi's face showed pain.

Seeing Tanjiro lying on the ground, nearly dying from the sun, Nezuko, undeterred by the risk of being bitten, rushed forward and hugged him tightly again: "Brother...it's me, brother..."

Tears fell and landed on Tanjiro's face.

"Nie... beans."

"Brother!" Midouzi suddenly looked up: "Brother is still conscious! Brother hasn't become a ghost yet!"

After saying that, Mizuko forcefully lifted Tanjiro up and was about to drag him into the shade of a tree.

But it was no longer necessary. From Chu Wuji's perspective from behind, Tanjiro had already developed immunity to sunlight!

Tanjiro's flesh and blood, which were in Nezuko's arms, had begun to regenerate at some point, and even the sunlight could not burn him.

Just as Chu Wuji had guessed, Tanjiro killed Muzan's piece of flesh.

Take Tanjiro's performance at the end of the original work as an example. On the path of becoming a demon, no one in Demon Slayer is better than Tanjiro.

Why hasn't Giyu Tomioka shown up yet?

Tanjiro being late and turning into a demon is one thing, but why is the Water Pillar, who was already late in the original story, even later now?

Could it be that we've also encountered Muzan's hero fragments?

Seeing Tanjiro asleep under the shade of a tree, exhausted, and Nezuko, who was still crying and confused about the situation, Chu Wuji stepped forward and, just like Giyu Tomioka in the original story, took Nezuko's bamboo water bottle and made a gag for Tanjiro to wear.

"Anyway, let's take Tanjiro home first."

As soon as he finished speaking, a faint whooshing sound rang out.

With a slight twitch of his ears, Chu Wuji vanished from his spot, reappearing with a blue katana in his hand.

Sunlight streamed down, rippling across the blade like water, reflecting the inscription "Demon Slayer" and the shocked expression on the man's face.

Giyu Tomioka stood not far away, his left hand gripping his trembling, weak right arm, looking at Chu Wuji with a face full of apprehension: "Who are you?"

Just now, he felt his right arm go numb instantly, and the Nichirin Blade in his hand, which was as important as his life, was snatched away by the young man in front of him.

The gaze shifted downwards, landing on the authentic old jar at Chu Wuji's waist.

"A Nichirin Blade... I don't remember anyone in the Demon Slayer Corps being this strong. Is it a demon?"

"No, I just saw him standing in the sun."

Hearing this question, Chu Wuji's lips curled into a slight smile: "I'm just a Kamen Rider passing by."

"A mask?" Giyu Tomioka was taken aback, the image of the blessing mask given to him by his master flashing through his mind.

"Just think of me as a traveler from the Far East."

"Whoever you are, please step aside. I must fulfill my duty!" Giyu Tomioka clenched his fist, dispelling some of the numbness in his right arm.

The chilling killing intent instantly jolted Tanjiro awake from his unconscious state. He leaped up and instinctively shielded Nezuko behind him, but when he opened his mouth, he found himself gagged.

Immediately afterward, under the astonished gaze of Giyu Tomioka, Tanjiro frantically reached out to remove his gag, but instead of speaking, he let out a strange roar. In desperation, he could only wave his hands wildly.

Chu Wuji raised an eyebrow.

Has he regained his rationality? He just can't speak?

It's important to know that Nezuko was in a state of confusion for a long time after she became a demon, while Tanjiro was able to regain his sense of self.

Regarding talent.

"Please don't hurt my brother!" Nezuko turned and shielded Tanjiro in front of her. "As you can see, my brother hasn't become a demon... at least not completely!"

"It can be cured!"

"...People who become demons cannot turn back into humans." After a moment of silence, Giyu Tomioka explained.

"Then I'll find a way. Brother Chu even came from the Far East. The world is so big, I'm sure I can find a solution!"

"Please, don't hurt my brother!"

Looking at Nezuko's resolute expression, and then at Tanjiro behind Nezuko who was clueless and could only nod in agreement with his sister, Giyu Tomioka hesitated for a moment before lowering his hand.

"This is the first time I've seen something like this. You need to come back to the Demon Slayer Corps with me."

After saying that, he looked at Chu Wuji and asked, "Can you give me back my knife now?"

"Hmm." Chu Wuji tossed the Nichirin Blade back and asked, "Can I come along and take a look too?"

"After all, I rescued this girl from the clutches of a ghost. There's an old saying in our area: 'To send someone to the Buddha, send them to the West.'"

This was a lie, but it still moved Midouzi so much that her eyes lit up with tears.

"...No problem." Since Giyu Tomioka had already planned to recruit this ridiculously strong young man anyway, he immediately agreed to Chu Wuji's company: "However, you don't seem to know much about the Demon Slayer Corps before, so where did you get your sword?"

Giyu Tomioka never expected that the demon Chu Wuji was talking about would be the Demon King Muzan. He thought it was just an ordinary demon, and Chu Wuji could easily defeat it.

Chu Wuji didn't bother to explain, because his current strength was indeed no match for the Ghost King or even some Upper Moons, so it was difficult to explain.

I found it by the roadside.

Are they from the fallen team members?

Giyu Tomioka nodded without saying anything more.

"Um... could you please let us go home and let you know we're safe?" Mizuko mustered her courage and bowed to Giyu Tomioka.

"...Hurry up." The man thought for a moment and added, "Remember to cover your brother with a coat; he'll be killed by the sunlight."

Chu Wuji glanced sideways.

Did Giyu Tomioka not see the scene where Tanjiro became immune to sunlight?