Demon Slayer: The Forest Pillar

Gradually, the green hurricane dissipated, and the open space was filled with bruised and wailing swordsmen.

Shinichi held the sheathed Nichirin sword on his shoulder with one hand, and held down Tomioka Giyuu who was struggling frantically with the other hand.

Glancing casually at the swordsmen on the ground, Shinichi asked Tomioka Giyuu provocatively: "Are you convinced? Do you still dare to question the decision of this pillar?"

From beginning to end, dozens of swordsmen failed to touch Shinichi, and Tomioka Giyuu, who was held down, had red eyes and shouted unwillingly: "You are not allowed to eliminate the rabbit!!"

Crack! Shinichi used a little more force to hold down Tomioka Giyuu, and the friction of Tomioka Giyuu's bones could be heard.

Shinichi leaned over to Tomioka Giyuu and said lightly: "Are you unwilling? But I tell you, this is reality. Question me? Wait until you can become a pillar one day!" After that, Shinichi pushed Tomioka Giyuu out.

The latter stumbled and fell to the ground. Without thinking, Tomioka Giyu, who had just broken free from his restraints, grabbed the Nichirin Sword with red eyes and was about to rush towards Shinichi again.

But another hand pressed down on his hilt.

Tomioka Giyu's red eyes instantly returned to normal when he saw Santo's pale face.

Santo endured the severe pain and shook his head to Tomioka Giyu, saying, "Giyu, don't! Morihashira-sama did the right thing, stop it!"

Clang! The Nichirin Sword fell to the ground in a mess, and Tomioka Giyu couldn't help but burst into tears, "I'm sorry! Santo, it's all my fault! I'm so useless!"

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"Shinichi Muto, you are so inhumane! Why do you do this? When did you become so cruel? If so, why did you let Enji help me pass the final selection!?" Shinobu Kocho looked at Shinichi as if she were a stranger, her tone full of confusion.

But Shinichi was busy writing letters and had no time to pay attention to her. He waved his hand casually as if to drive her away, "Go away, I'm busy, go and have fun by yourself!"

"Shinichi Muto!! Shinobu Kocho was angry, clenched her fists and rushed towards Shinichi.

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At the foot of Fujixi Mountain, the weak Satoshi leaned on a cane, looked at Fujixi Mountain with some regret for the last time, and finally walked towards the direction of departure in a lonely manner.

But before Satoshi had walked far, he heard hurried footsteps behind him. Looking back, it was Tomioka Giyuu carrying a bag.

I saw Tomioka Giyuu walked to Santo with a determined look on his face and said firmly: "Santo, since you can't join the Demon Slayer Corps, then I won't join either! Let's go back together!"

Hearing his best friend's words, Santo did not show an expression of being moved, but instead widened his eyes and was extremely surprised.

Snap! With a crisp sound, Tomioka Giyuu staggered, and then covered his left face in disbelief. He looked at Santo, whose face was full of anger at this time.

"Tomioka Giyuu! What do you think you are doing? Are you still a child? What do you regard the master's instructions as? You bastard!" Santo cursed Tomioka Giyuu excitedly.

"Why do we join the Demon Slayer Corps? To avenge our loved ones! To prevent the tragedy that happened to us from happening again! For the master! For your sister! How dare you say such things in front of me?

Do you think joining the Demon Slayer Corps is a game? Get out! Get back! Don't let me look down on you like a coward! If you become a deserter, I will hate you forever!!" Santo grabbed Tomioka Giyu's collar and shouted angrily, while the latter was completely stunned. He never thought that Santo would be so excited.

"I'm eliminated! Now, the master's hope rests on you alone. You must become a water pillar! Your talent is no worse than anyone else! If you don't become a water pillar, you are not allowed to return to Sagariyama! Otherwise, I won't have a friend like you! Go away!" After saying that, Santo directly and roughly pushed Tomioka Giyu to the ground, and limped away.

Tomioka Giyuu sat on the ground like a puppet without a soul, staring at the back of Santo. In a place he couldn't see, Santo's face also had two lines of tears.

After walking for an unknown period of time, Santo, exhausted, finally returned to Sagiri Mountain. When he saw his master waiting outside the wooden house from afar, and saw the familiar Tengu mask, Santo could no longer hold back.

He threw himself into his master's arms, crying loudly, choking and apologizing to his master. He failed his master's expectations. In the final analysis, Santo was just a 13-year-old boy.

"I'm sorry, Master, wuwuwu, I, I failed you..."

Santo's master, former Water Pillar Urokodaki Sakonji, gently patted his disciple's back and whispered, comforted him, "Child, you have done well. Don't blame yourself. It's okay."

After a long time, when Santu finally calmed down, Urokodaki Sakonji took him back to the wooden house. Inside the wooden house, a pot of steaming seafood stew was bubbling.

After a while, Urokodaki Sakonji and Santu sat together outside the wooden house, looking up at the starry sky.

"Santu, do you regret it? Do you have any complaints about the Mori Pillar who eliminated you?" Urokodaki Sakonji looked at his disciple and asked seriously.

Santu was silent for a moment, and finally shook his head. In fact, it was impossible to say that he had no complaints, but the upright Santu was still unwilling to blame a responsible pillar. After all, the Mori Pillar did explain the rules, and the Dorayaki could indeed save lives...

Seeing the disciple's answer, Urokodaki Sakonji nodded with satisfaction, then took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Santu.

"This is a letter from Mori Pillar Moriki Shinichi to you, kid, take a good look at it."

Hearing that it was a letter from Mori Pillar, Santo was stunned for a moment, took the letter, opened it, and a line of ugly words suddenly appeared in front of him.

And Santo's expression changed drastically after reading the letter. The original resentment in his heart disappeared instantly, replaced by a full shock. He looked at his master and asked hesitantly: "Master, this..."

Urokodaki Sakonji nodded at him.

Time went back to a few days ago, Shinichi waved his hand to call his own Crow Eizo, "Eizo, please send these two letters to the headquarters and the former Water Pillar Mr. Urokodaki in Sagiri Mountain."

Eizo nodded with a quack, and then flew into the sky.

Shinichi watched Eizo go away, and at this time, Kocho Shinobu also came behind him.

Shinobu's face was slightly red, and her tone was a little embarrassed, "Um, Shinichi Muto, yes, I'm sorry, I misunderstood you, I apologize to you, but no, why did you do this? If you do this, everyone will definitely say that you are cruel and inhumane."

Shinichi smiled silently and looked at the swordsmen gathered not far away.

As the most swordsmen who passed the final selection, the number of swordsmen in this batch was beyond the preparation of the Demon Slayer Corps. Not only the team uniforms and jade steel, but even the crows were not enough, so the logistics of the hidden department hurriedly started to prepare supplies in a hurry.

Because the crows were not enough, the Demon Slayer Corps also urgently recalled a group of retired crows to fill the vacancies.

"The flowers in the greenhouse are too fragile. If we don't take away their umbrellas that protect them from the wind and rain, the other flowers will probably be assimilated together. Let them be misunderstood. I would rather they casually curse the Mori Pillar for being inhumane than let their lives be buried at the hands of evil spirits." Shinichi said indifferently.

"Wood Shinichi..."

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