Hearing this, Lin subconsciously looked up.
A reasonably large estate had appeared ahead, surrounded by wisteria flowers and looking as if it were wrapped in a sea of flowers.
Giyu Tomioka introduced it, “A large number of wisteria flowers are planted here, and after special cultivation, they are able to bloom in rotation throughout the four seasons.
Planting wisteria is not just for aesthetics, but also to ward off demon invasions.” Hearing this, Lin could not help but look at Giyu Tomioka and ask the question he had wanted to ask since last night.
“So you can actually communicate with people normally?” Giyu Tomioka asked back very seriously, “So saying whatever comes to mind directly is what you people call communicating normally?” Lin choked, and a truly absurd thought suddenly sprouted in his mind.
So, that night on Mt.
Kumotori, Giyu Tomioka might have just wanted to knock on the door and ask, “I am Giyu Tomioka of the Demon Slayer Corps, please open the door, I want to know what happened.” But someone had specifically instructed him to think more before speaking.
As a result, after much deliberation, Giyu Tomioka decided to express his thoughts concisely.
“Don’t hide inside and stay silent.
I know you’re home.” And after being told by him, “You must be hated by people often,” Giyu Tomioka started stating his thoughts directly.
This actually made it seem like he could communicate with people “normally.” Murata, who had been standing on the side the whole time, had no idea what the two were communicating about.
From his perspective, the two just asked each other a question and then suddenly fell into silence simultaneously.
As expected, the Hashira and those who can walk alongside them are all eccentric beings.
Murata coughed lightly, breaking the silence between Lin and Giyu Tomioka.
He said cautiously, “We should be able to knock on the door now, right.” As soon as he finished speaking, the creak of the wooden door opening rang out.
As the wooden door opened, a little girl wearing a purple kimono with white shoulder-length hair was revealed.
Lin, who was very familiar with the original work, immediately recognized the identity of this little girl.
She was Hinaki Ubuyashiki, the eldest daughter of Kagaya Ubuyashiki, the leader referred to as Oyakata-sama by members of the Demon Slayer Corps.
Calculating the time, this little girl was eight years old now.
While Lin was pondering, Hinaki Ubuyashiki had already opened the wooden door wide enough for them to pass through.
She said to Lin in an unusually steady tone, “Hello, nice to meet you.” Because her tone was too steady, it did not sound like a child at all.
Lin was a bit stunned, thinking to himself that this was an eight-year-old.
Hinaki Ubuyashiki did not pay attention to Lin’s surprise and only continued calmly, “Please follow me inside.” Murata was originally still curiously poking his head around, wanting to see the situation inside clearly.
However, the next moment, he jumped back a step as if he had been scalded.
“So scary!
The other Hashira are actually all here too!
Could today be a Hashira meeting?” Giyu Tomioka did not speak and simply followed Hinaki Ubuyashiki inside first.
Lin did not feel surprised by this and followed him inside.
After hesitating for a long time, Murata finally summoned his courage, gritted his teeth, and walked through the door.
Hinaki Ubuyashiki raised her voice.
“Hashira Giyu Tomioka, Kano-rank swordsman Murata, and…” At this moment, Hinaki Ubuyashiki uncharacteristically stumbled.
Her face showed the confusion appropriate for a child.
“And the swordsman by hobby, Mr.
Lin, has arrived.” Hearing this, Lin really wanted to cover his face.
He was even so embarrassed he wanted to dig into the ground with his toes.
When he introduced himself to the Kakushi Haruko Momoki, he had called himself a swordsman by hobby.
Who knew that when Giyu Tomioka used the Kasugai Crow to pass on the message, he actually reported that phrase verbatim.
What he did not expect even more was that this Oyakata-sama actually really let Hinaki Ubuyashiki introduce him that way.
Lin coughed dryly, then straightened his back and walked straight ahead.
It is okay.
As long as I am not embarrassed, the embarrassed one is the other person.
The moment Lin walked through the wooden door and stepped into the courtyard, many eyes immediately looked over.
Giyu Tomioka was unmoved, seemingly accustomed to being surrounded by numerous gazes.
As for Murata, his body stiffened, and his walking motion even became awkward as he moved the same arm and leg together.
As expected of Hashira, they actually have such an astonishing aura.
Just being swept by their gazes, he felt so oppressed he could not breathe.
He wondered about Mr.
Lin who was being stared at.
Lin did not care about the gazes of the crowd.
Even a title like “swordsman by hobby” had been called out in public.
He had nothing left to care about.
Therefore, he very calmly found an empty spot beside Giyu Tomioka and stood there nonchalantly.
Lin even had the mood to listen to what these people were discussing.
A very handsome man with many dazzling gemstone accessories on his head was sizing up Lin.
He was saying with some surprise right now, “He looks about the same age as me, and his build is quite tall, just a bit thin.
I thought it would be a burly guy like the Stone Hashira.
But this Demon Slayer Mark on his forehead is not bad.
It could barely count as flashy.” Lin smiled and nodded at the other person.
This flashy attire had already allowed him to recognize the other person’s identity.
It was the Sound Hashira, Tengen Uzui.
Beside Tengen Uzui, a petite girl with purple hair and a butterfly hairpin poked her head out.
“I really did not expect this swordsman by hobby to look like this.
Well, traveling with Mr.
Tomioka must have been very hard.” Lin not only saw the girl’s butterfly hairpin but also saw the gorgeous haori on her body that looked like butterfly wings, as well as the sympathy that welled up beneath her smile after realizing he had traveled with Giyu Tomioka.
Obviously, this was the Insect Hashira, Shinobu Kocho.
However, before Lin could greet Shinobu Kocho, he heard a very irritable voice ring out.
“This guy neither joined the Demon Slayer Corps, nor did he undergo the selection, and his title is even some ‘swordsman by hobby.’ To put it bluntly, he simply has no combat record at all.
Our Demon Slayer Corps does not need weak people without combat records.
Rather than hearing one day that this guy suddenly died at the hands of a demon, I would rather chase him away myself.” Irritable voice, white hair, a fierce face full of scars.
Obviously, this was the Wind Hashira, Sanemi Shinazugawa.
Perhaps because he had spent time with Giyu Tomioka, Lin actually felt he could understand the other party’s true intention.
He did not want him to encounter danger because his strength was insufficient.
While speaking, Sanemi Shinazugawa had already strode toward Lin.
At the same time, a figure suddenly jumped down from a tree.
Bandages wrapped around his mouth, a small snake coiled around his neck, and a pair of heterochromatic eyes.
It was the Serpent Hashira, Obanai Iguro.
His voice sounded as if it had the coldness of a snake, and his tone was very low, “I have read Giyu Tomioka’s report.
According to him, he seems to think this Lin is very strong.
I just do not know if Giyu Tomioka made a judgment error.” While speaking, Obanai Iguro also slowly walked toward Lin.
It was just that Lin always felt that Obanai Iguro and Sanemi Shinazugawa looked like they were walking toward him.
But in reality, they were vaguely surrounding Giyu Tomioka.
Seeing this scene, Lin widened his eyes slightly.
Participating in the Hashira meeting for the first time, “Seeing Tomioka Surrounded” really lived up to its reputation.
“Sanemi, and Obanai!
You two, do not be rude!” Lin looked in the direction of the voice and saw an exceptionally tall and robust man.
His eyes were covered with a layer of white film, clearly unable to see anything.
Wearing monk’s robes, holding prayer beads, yet not having shaved his head, and having a full scar across his forehead.
It was the Stone Hashira, Gyomei Himejima.
At this moment, he was speaking seriously.
“Everything will naturally be judged by Oyakata-sama.” Lin heard the sound of small pebbles rattling.
He looked along the sound and indeed, behind Gyomei Himejima, saw a figure with black hair who looked very thin and small.
This figure was currently squatting on the ground, focused on fiddling with the stones on the ground, seemingly not caring at all about what was happening in the courtyard.
Lin knew that this person was the Mist Hashira, Muichiro Tokito.
His heart suddenly stirred.
He had already met the Stone Hashira, Mist Hashira, Wind Hashira, Water Hashira, Insect Hashira, Sound Hashira, and Serpent Hashira.
Then the remaining one was…
Lin felt something, looked in one direction, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
That’s right, it was a literal brightening of his eyes.
Blonde hair with red tips shone brilliantly under the sunlight.
Beneath very thick black eyebrows, a pair of eyes that made one feel very energetic were staring.
The whole person looked simply like an owl.
“You must be Mr.
Lin!
It is a great honor to meet you!
I really look forward to having the chance to work with you in the future!” An incredibly loud voice, as if every sentence ended with an exclamation mark.
If this was not the Flame Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku, who else could it be?
Lin smiled at him in a friendly manner, then discovered a figure with pink hair peeking out from behind Kyojuro Rengoku.
“Mr.
Lin, you are unexpectedly handsome!” Lin subconsciously lowered his head, vaguely noticing that Obanai Iguro beside him had his breathing stop for a split second.
It was no wonder Lin would react this way.
It was really because the attire of this Love Hashira, Mitsuri Kanroji, was truly rich and generous.
This kind of bountiful breasts and curvaceous figure, Lin had truly never seen before.
No, that Kakushi with the covered face, Haruko Momoki, might be able to compete with Mitsuri Kanroji.
After all, that Kakushi, despite wearing a thick uniform, could still show the astonishing specifications of her large tits and full ass.
Stop!
Quickly stop!
Absolutely cannot continue thinking like this!
If he were in a novel, the readers would definitely not like to see plots discussing the scale of bountiful breasts.
He desperately tried to think of something else to dismiss the thoughts in his heart.
In his previous life, he had seen many timelines of the original work, and there had always been controversy regarding the joining time of the three Hashira: Mist, Love, and Flame.
Some say that before Muzan Kibutsuji’s night raid on Mt.
Kumotori, which started the main storyline, some of the three mentioned above had not joined the Demon Slayer Corps, and some had not yet become Hashira.
Of course, there are also people who say that long before the main storyline began, these three had already become Hashira.
Now it seems that what he encountered was exactly the latter situation.
A sound of footsteps rang out.
Lin looked up and discovered a black-haired man slowly walking to the front of the courtyard platform.
On this man’s forehead, there were many fierce purple scars.
But compared to his first appearance in the original work, now he only had one eye covered with a white film.
The other eye could still see purple pupils.
Hinaki Ubuyashiki suddenly raised her voice.
“Oyakata-sama has arrived!”