While traveling to headquarters with Giyu Tomioka, Lin raised a question, “Are these Kasugai Crows really this fast at delivering messages?” Upon hearing Lin’s question, Giyu Tomioka subconsciously opened his mouth to answer.
But Kocho Shinobu’s teachings surfaced in his mind once again.
For a swordsman whom the Master was willing to meet at headquarters, there was no need to keep too many secrets.
Moreover, he could tell from the fact that Lin did not question it when the Kakushi mentioned Wisteria House.
This man had some understanding of the Demon Slayer Corps.
Therefore, even though the other party called out the name Kasugai Crow directly, Giyu Tomioka did not find it strange.
It was just that Lin clearly did not know that, besides using Kasugai Crows, the Demon Slayer Corps also used telegraphs to transmit information.
Kasugai Crows could deliver messages from telegraph offices to Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen.
Naturally, it worked both ways.
They could have a Kasugai Crow deliver a message to a telegraph office to be sent to the Master.
Thus, Giyu Tomioka spoke up, “You only know about Kasugai Crows, but not about telegraphs?” Lin was momentarily speechless.
Fine, fine, fine.
This way of speaking truly worthy of Giyu Tomioka.
However, Giyu Tomioka’s words also made Lin realize the limitations of his own thinking.
When watching the original work, Lin would always forget that the setting was the Taisho Era.
By this time, electric lights, telegraphs, and even telephones were already starting to become popular in Japan.
To say something even more amazing, as long as he took out Muzan Kibutsuji and ensured the survival of the entire Demon Slayer Corps, then in a dozen years or so, Lin would be able to invite the members of the Demon Slayer Corps to watch the classic animation Tom and Jerry.
So, could it be that Muzan Kibutsuji, because he had been hiding for too long, did not understand some emerging technologies?
Could he use this to find him?
While pondering, Lin noticed Giyu Tomioka’s gaze fixed on him.
He suddenly said, “Giyu Tomioka, you actually have been hated by people all along, right!” As soon as these words were spoken, Giyu Tomioka’s eyes widened slightly.
His face, which usually appeared somewhat stiff due to being overly calm, now displayed a surprisingly vivid expression.
But the next moment, Giyu Tomioka said in a deep voice, “I am not hated.” Lin wore a strange smile and coaxed him, “In the Demon Slayer Corps, have you ever had the experience where, as soon as you started speaking, someone suddenly got angry, or even surrounded you?” He was, of course, referring to the Serpent Hashira Obanai Iguro and the Wind Hashira Sanemi Shinazugawa.
These two people were often annoyed with Giyu Tomioka.
It even spawned a term to describe this situation: See Giyu, Surround Him.
Giyu Tomioka suddenly fell silent.
Lin continued, “In the Demon Slayer Corps, is there anyone who is often willing to talk to you?” Giyu Tomioka immediately thought of Kocho Shinobu.
With Lin bringing it up, Giyu Tomioka suddenly realized that it seemed like, in the entire Demon Slayer Corps, only Kocho Shinobu was willing to talk to him on her own initiative.
However, Lin’s next sentence was, “Then, does this person’s expression suddenly become unpleasant?” Giyu Tomioka fell silent once again.
Lin’s smile became increasingly strange, “Is it because you have had some special experiences in the past that you always feel your abilities do not quite match your position?” Giyu Tomioka nodded subconsciously.
Lin spoke again, “Then, in the process of interacting with others, do you try to express this thought of yours using words?” Giyu Tomioka nodded again.
That’s right, his situation was exactly as this Mr.
Lin said.
Wait.
Why did he subconsciously address the other person as Mr.?
Giyu Tomioka frowned slightly, feeling that something was not quite right.
However, the next moment, Lin’s words made his eyes widen completely.
“Giyu Tomioka, the sentence you use to express your thoughts is likely ‘I am not the same as you,’ isn’t it?” Bullseye.
Giyu Tomioka looked at Lin with suspicion and uncertainty.
Lin had only spent a little while with him, so why could he understand his thoughts so well?
Following that, a thought suddenly surfaced in Giyu Tomioka’s mind.
So, was he really hated?
Giyu Tomioka wanted to speak several times.
But in the end, he fell into silence.
Lin looked at the silent Giyu Tomioka and suddenly remembered that lyric.
Your silence is deafening.
For the rest of the journey, Giyu Tomioka did not speak again.
Even when Lin asked something, Giyu Tomioka only answered with simple nods and shakes of his head.
Seeing this, Lin felt a bit embarrassed.
He did not just talk Giyu Tomioka into a shell, did he.
When Lin and Giyu Tomioka set off from Mount Kumotori, it was nearly dawn.
And after traveling for a whole day, night shrouded the sky once again.
Giyu Tomioka finally spoke.
“After the sun sets, those evil demons will begin to stir.
We, the swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps, usually travel and search for the whereabouts of demons during the day.
Now, we can rest at a Wisteria House or some other place.
But if a Kasugai Crow brings news, or if we discover traces of evil demons, we will act immediately.” Lin looked at Giyu Tomioka with some surprise.
So you can actually communicate normally without being insufferable.
Just then, a Kasugai Crow suddenly flew over.
“Caw!
South-southeast!
South-southeast!
Kano-rank swordsman Murata has encountered an evil demon!
Requesting backup!
Requesting backup!” Upon hearing the Kasugai Crow’s plea for help, Giyu Tomioka’s eyes narrowed instantly.
Wisps of white mist escaped from the corners of his mouth.
The next moment, he charged toward Murata’s location at an astonishing speed.
Lin followed closely behind, and before long, he saw Murata, who was being pinned down by an evil demon, his face full of terror.
This evil demon was about the same size as a human.
But his mouth was split all the way to his ears.
Sensing the arrival of Giyu Tomioka and Lin, the evil demon’s movements paused.
Then he raised his head, his face full of disgust.
“Damn it, how dare you interrupt my meal.
Especially that black-haired guy.
Why are you making that face?
I honestly feel annoyed just looking at you.
Heh.
I must tell you.
Black-haired guy, you are hated by me.” Whoosh.
Lin heard Giyu Tomioka beside him suddenly take a deep breath.
Immediately after, Giyu Tomioka launched a thrust at an astonishing speed.
The blade in his hand, like a ripple pierced into the surface of water, instantly pierced through the neck of the slit-mouthed evil demon.
Lin faintly heard Giyu Tomioka’s words.
“I am not hated.”