After asking this question, Tamayo did not wait for Lin to answer.
Instead she showed a relieved smile.
“It was presumptuous of me.
Actually, whether you are him is not important, but eliminating Muzan Kibutsuji is very important!” Upon hearing this, Lin felt a wave of emotion.
As expected, Tamayo was like Kagaya Ubuyashiki, a very gentle and very intelligent person.
Moreover, they both had very clear goals.
As long as Muzan Kibutsuji could be killed, they would not care whether he was Lin or Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
Thinking of this, Lin no longer dwelled on the issue of his own identity.
He looked into Tamayo’s eyes and asked with utmost seriousness, “Tamayo, do you know the burial place of Yoriichi Tsugikuni?” Although she had already understood the purpose of Lin’s trip from Kagaya Ubuyashiki’s letter and had some guesses of her own, looking at the person in front of her who looked exactly like Yoriichi Tsugikuni asking if she knew Yoriichi Tsugikuni’s burial place still left Tamayo somewhat dazed.
It was as if the deceased himself was asking in all seriousness, “Do you know where I was buried after I died?” After coming back to her senses, Tamayo nodded solemnly.
“Of course.” Receiving Tamayo’s affirmative reply, Lin breathed a sigh of relief.
Back on the summit of Mt.
Kumotori, after scaring off Muzan Kibutsuji, Lin had been repeatedly pondering what else he could do besides going to the Swordsmith Village to retrieve the sword left behind by Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
The answer he arrived at was that he could absolutely find Yoriichi Tsugikuni’s burial place in advance and give Muzan Kibutsuji and Kokushibo a “surprise.” This surprise would surely cause his synchronization to soar.
However, in the original story, only the ending of Yoriichi Tsugikuni was explained.
It did not clearly state where his burial place was.
He had originally thought that Kagaya Ubuyashiki would have information, but he did not expect that Kagaya Ubuyashiki would actually recommend Tamayo to him.
After thinking about it, Lin was not surprised that Tamayo knew about this.
Indeed, he heard Tamayo say in a low voice, “The day Muzan Kibutsuji encountered Yoriichi Tsugikuni, I was there.
He spared me and made a pact with me to deal with Muzan Kibutsuji together.
Since then, I have been researching ways to deal with Muzan Kibutsuji, and whenever I achieved some results, I would contact him.
I just hoped he would know that I have not given up on dealing with Muzan Kibutsuji.
This can also be considered atonement for myself!” Lin remained silent upon hearing this.
He understood exactly what Tamayo meant by “atonement.” Hundreds of years ago, when Tamayo was still human, she suffered from a terminal illness.
In order to see her children grow up, she listened to Muzan Kibutsuji and turned into a demon.
Under those circumstances, Tamayo could not control her instincts as a demon and killed her own husband and children.
And after that, Tamayo continued to kill people due to her demon instincts.
Speaking of this, Tamayo suddenly clenched her fists, and her body trembled slightly.
“Mr.
Lin, do you know of a person named Kokushibo?” Lin nodded.
He not only knew Kokushibo, but he also knew that before becoming a demon, Kokushibo’s real name was Michikatsu Tsugikuni, and he was the twin brother of Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
In the original story, the reason Yoriichi Tsugikuni was expelled from the Demon Slayer Corps was not only because he spared Tamayo, but also because Kokushibo had murdered the then-leader of the Demon Slayer Corps.
Furthermore, Lin remembered that when Yoriichi Tsugikuni reached the end of his life, he encountered Kokushibo once again.
He only used one strike to severely wound Kokushibo.
If there could have been another strike, it would have surely ended Kokushibo’s life.
But that one strike exhausted Yoriichi Tsugikuni’s life.
In the end, Kokushibo cut Yoriichi Tsugikuni, who had died standing, in half to vent his anger.
It was precisely because of this that Lin thought of finding Yoriichi Tsugikuni’s burial place in advance to give Kokushibo and Muzan Kibutsuji some “heavy material.” After all, given Muzan Kibutsuji’s cowardly nature, after meeting him, his first reaction would be to go and see whether Yoriichi Tsugikuni was still lying in his grave or had truly been resurrected.
Even if nearly three hundred years had passed and Yoriichi Tsugikuni’s remains had likely turned to dust, Muzan Kibutsuji would still need to see it with his own eyes to be at ease.
However, also because of his “cowardice,” Muzan Kibutsuji would absolutely not go to inspect Yoriichi Tsugikuni’s burial place in person.
He would only send Kokushibo to investigate this matter.
Lin went through the entire plan in his mind again, and then heard Tamayo continue, “When Yoriichi Tsugikuni was old, our communication had decreased significantly.
But out of concern, I still secretly went to see him a few times, and then I saw…” Tamayo suddenly paused.
After a long while, she said softly, “I was very far away at the time, and Kokushibo was severely injured and agitated, so he did not notice me.
He picked up something from Yoriichi Tsugikuni’s body, and then stood there stunned for a long time.
In the end, Kokushibo seemed not to dare to look at Yoriichi Tsugikuni’s corpse again and hurried away.
After confirming that Kokushibo had completely left, I retrieved Yoriichi Tsugikuni’s body and built a grave for him.” Speaking of this, Tamayo’s eyes lowered, and there was a faint glimmer of tears.
“Several hundred years have passed, and I have persisted in maintaining that grave.
Because I thought that when my research yielded results, I would always have to go and tell Mr.
Tsugikuni…” Lin fell silent.
In the original story, it was only mentioned that Kokushibo found the handmade flute he had once given to the other person on Yoriichi Tsugikuni’s body.
Even though Kokushibo had already turned into a demon, he shed tears after seeing that flute, which had been cut in half along with Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
But he really did not expect that Kokushibo would not dare to look at Yoriichi Tsugikuni’s corpse again and left just like that.
And he never expected that in the end, it was Tamayo who collected Yoriichi Tsugikuni’s remains and persisted in maintaining that grave.
Moreover, this information from Tamayo gave Lin a deeper understanding of his “role-playing.” Muzan Kibutsuji must think that Yoriichi Tsugikuni has crawled out of the grave and is coming to take his life again.
And Tamayo, or Kagaya Ubuyashiki, both regarded him as the “reincarnation” of Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
Thinking this, Lin checked his synchronization again.
After slaying two Lower Moons, his synchronization had reached 30%.
But after the conversation with Tamayo, his current synchronization had actually reached 32%.
So, understanding Yoriichi Tsugikuni can also increase synchronization?
Lin’s heart stirred.
He suddenly recalled the scene on Mt.
Kumotori where he had asked Muzan Kibutsuji the three soul-searching questions.
Was it because he wasn’t fully “in character” at the time that he only received the 7% reward for wounding Muzan Kibutsuji?
While he was pondering, Tamayo had already written down the address of Yoriichi Tsugikuni’s grave.
Lin glanced at the address and suddenly revealed an exceptionally strange expression.
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