Shin was afraid because he feared losing the bet and having to fight Giyu Tomioka to forcibly take Nezuko.
Therefore, Shin stayed constantly prepared to seize her at any moment.
Although doing so would mean breaking his promise, compared to his own life, breaking a promise once was nothing.
After all, it wasn’t something heinous.
“Nezuko, it’s me!
It’s Tanjiro!” Facing the ferocious Nezuko, Tanjiro showed no fear and instead tried to awaken her humanity with words.
Nezuko sized up Tanjiro for a moment, then turned to Giyu Tomioka and made a threatening gesture toward him.
Giyu Tomioka was shocked by Nezuko’s act of protecting Tanjiro.
His heart trembled.
In that brief moment of disorientation, Nezuko attacked Giyu Tomioka.
“Stop, Nezuko!” Tanjiro was startled by Nezuko’s actions and shouted.
Shin hadn’t expected Nezuko to attack Giyu Tomioka instead of Tanjiro.
This girl was fearless!
Fearing things would escalate out of control, Shin flashed behind Nezuko and swiftly struck her unconscious with a chop to the neck.
Shin caught the unconscious Nezuko.
Her soft body startled him.
This was the first time he had ever held a girl.
Even though Nezuko was now a demon, it didn’t affect her suppleness.
“Giyu Tomioka, you lost!
Remember our bet!”
Unexpectedly, after saying this, Shin felt his body go limp.
His vision went black, and he too fainted.
With Shin’s sudden unconsciousness, Nezuko, also unconscious, landed on top of him.
Giyu Tomioka was surprised that Shin had fainted.
He was completely baffled by this strange fellow.
As Shin, who had collapsed in the snow, gradually lost his demonic form, his appearance slowly returned to normal.
Giyu Tomioka was surprised to see this change.
He had assumed Shin’s appearance was always like that, but it turned out he wasn’t.
Tanjiro, also surprised that Shin had fainted, awkwardly crawled to Shin and Nezuko’s side.
At that moment, Giyu Tomioka also approached and stood to the side, looking down at Shin as his demonic form gradually faded.
When Shin’s true appearance appeared before them, both Giyu Tomioka and Tanjiro were astonished.
Shin was actually a young man.
Looking at Shin, who was about their age, Tanjiro couldn’t help but feel a surge of admiration.
If it hadn’t been for this senior’s help, his sister might have met a terrible fate!
At this moment, Giyu Tomioka also squatted down and carefully examined Shin.
After examining him for a while, Giyu Tomioka couldn’t find anything unusual.
His aura was human.
Unwilling to give up, Giyu Tomioka first helped Nezuko up.
Tanjiro, seeing this, immediately tensed up.
After all, Giyu Tomioka had previously intended to kill Nezuko.
“What do you want to do?
Are you going back on your word?” Tanjiro questioned.
Giyu Tomioka glanced at Tanjiro indifferently and said, “No!”
With that, he went about his business.
He used his Nichirin Blade to cut a bamboo stalk, then selected a section of bamboo of suitable size and made a muzzle to prevent Nezuko from biting.
Finally, he put the muzzle on Nezuko’s mouth.
Having done this, Giyu returned to Shin’s side.
He quickly sliced his index finger with his Nichirin Blade.
The sharp blade easily drew blood.