Demon Slayer: The Forest Pillar

"I believe everyone knows today that our Pillar-level team will welcome two more Pillars today. As the leader of the Demon Slayer Corps, I am very grateful for your sharing of the Demon Slayer Corps, and I also invite everyone to get to know the newly promoted Pillars."

Lord Yaoya said very sincerely, while introducing the two newly promoted Pillars.

"Satsuma, like Giyuu, is the proud disciple of the former Water Pillar Mr. Urokodaki. He killed fifty evil demons. From today on, he is the Deep Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps." Lord Yaoya smiled and nodded to Satsuma.

Satsuma also bowed his head excitedly. Deep means underground water, which also fits Satsuma's experience during this period.

Shinichi also nodded slightly in approval.

Then it was Shimizu. The lord also looked at Shimizu with trusting eyes and smiled, "Shimizu Fushigawa is the disciple of the former wind pillar Yoshishin. Some time ago, he and his equally outstanding senior brother Masachika Ino killed the Lower String One together. From today on, Shimizu is the wind pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps."

When Shimizu heard the lord mention Masachika's name, he couldn't help it anymore. A vein popped out on his forehead, and then he stood up in front of everyone's surprised eyes!

"Ah, Shimizu, this is too rude. The lord hasn't finished speaking yet." Butterfly Kanae, who was squatting on one knee beside Shimizu, quickly pulled Shimizu's hand and persuaded him.

But the lord didn't care, but said softly, "Kanae, it's okay. It seems that Shimizu should have something to say. Please let Shimizu speak freely."

"Hey, but~" Before Kanae said anything, Shimizu couldn't bear it anymore.

"Hey, hey! Lord, put away your rhetoric to win people's hearts! You are indeed a superior lord, with a smiling face all day long. Maybe in your heart, those swordsmen who died in battle and were seriously injured are probably worthless, right?" Shiya's tone was full of gunpowder, and he said with bloodshot eyes very impolitely.

Shiya thought of his close friend Kuang Jin who was seriously injured in the butterfly house and had not yet woken up. Obviously, people like Kuang Jin who were sunny and gentle were more suitable to become pillars, but fate was so cruel that the person who should have become the pillar could no longer hold the sword, and how could this weak man who could be blown away by the wind become the lord of the Demon Slayer Corps?

The lord was still smiling and did not refute Shiya, and Shiya naturally had not said enough. He clenched his fists, and the scar on his face was slightly distorted because of the force.

"Am I wrong? My lord, oh no, Lord Ubuyashiki, in your eyes, swordsmen are all discarded pawns that can be discarded at will, right? They are just tools to consolidate your position!" Shimi continued to speak maliciously.

Boom! ! Suddenly, a huge pressure instantly enveloped Shimi, making him feel heavy, as if a huge rock was pressing on his body.

"Namo Amitabha!" Rock Pillar Beimingyu Xingming clasped his hands together, and veins appeared on his forehead and thick forearms. The Buddhist chants that were usually full of compassion also took on anger at this moment. Although his eyes were clearly out of focus, Shimi felt that he was instantly locked.

"Buzukawa, your words are too much. How could you say such a thing? Are you possessed by an evil demon?" Beimingyu Xingming said in a low voice, but the momentum emanating from his body was like a furious Vajra who was about to subdue the demon.

As soon as the voice fell, a sharp light came from the other side. Sound Pillar Uzui Tengen also frowned and looked at Shimi with unkind eyes, "You rude guy, it's really not gorgeous. If you contradict the lord like this, you should be hung up in the ninja family!"

Flower Pillar Kanae looked at Shimi with disbelief and said in a very worried tone: "Shimi, how can you say such a thing?"

On the other side, even Water Pillar Giyuu, who had never had any emotional fluctuations, and the newly promoted Deep Pillar Sato looked at Shimi with a hint of anger.

Among the pillars present, perhaps only Flame Pillar Rengoku Makijuro and Mori Pillar Shinichi did not show any anger.

Shinichi looked at Shimi, his face was a little pale, and it was normal to feel pressured by the momentum of so many powerful pillars.

Shinichi looked at the lord again, and as expected, the gentle smile on Yaoya's face never disappeared.

Knowing that the lord must have been prepared, Shinichi sighed slightly. In fact, the hardest-working and most miserable person in the entire Demon Slayer Corps is the lord.

Boom! ! Suddenly, a strong momentum burst out from Shinichi's body, but he was not like other pillars to pressure Shimizu. On the contrary, he was helping Shimizu to offset some of the pressure, so that Shimizu could continue to speak his mind.

The pressure was slightly reduced, and Shimizu took a breath, but he did not thank Shinichi, but continued to open fire on the lord: "Look at your weak face, your slender arms can't even lift the Nichirin Sword, right? How can a guy without any martial arts become the lord? You always look so smiling, do you really care about the sacrifices of the swordsmen? ! "

After listening to Shimi's words, the smile on the face of the lord Yaoya faded a little, but it did not disappear. The only remaining intact eyes looked at Shimi with apology, and then, "I'm sorry."

The sincere apology made Shimi stunned.

But the lord said seriously and apologetically: "I once thought about wielding the Nichirin Sword to kill evil spirits like everyone else, but my body is too bad. My pulse is completely disordered after wielding the Nichirin Sword less than ten times. I really want to kill evil spirits with everyone, but I really can't do it.

I am really sorry for letting everyone face so much pain by blindly handing the task of killing evil spirits to the swordsmen. As for smiling, I don’t want everyone to see frustration on my face, because it will weaken everyone’s morale. I just think that a lord who always smiles can make everyone not worry about me. "

The lord’s gentle explanation made Shimi stand there, not knowing how to answer. He actually imagined the lord’s reaction, anger, sadness, indifference... and so on, but he never thought that the lord’s reaction would be so sincere and serious.

The lord’s gentle eyes even reminded him of his mother.

Shimi was still in a daze, and the lord continued: "Shimi, I have never regarded the swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps as abandoned pawns. If you really have to say abandoned pawns, then including me, I am also an abandoned pawn, an abandoned pawn that can be sacrificed at any time to achieve the goal of eliminating evil spirits. "

Swish! Shimizu's pupils trembled, but before he could say anything, a hand suddenly pressed on his shoulder, and then the voice of Morihashi Shinichi came to his ear, "Shimizu, don't be prejudiced. The lord is the hardest-working person in our Demon Slayer Corps. Listen carefully."

As he spoke, Shinichi's hand exerted a little force, and Shimizu's body, which was originally standing upright, was lowered by Shinichi, and he knelt on one knee again to salute.