Looking at the huge residence in front of her, Kiyomi doubted herself.
'Did the crow give me the wrong address? I asked for Kanae's residence and not Ubuyashiki's... mansion??? ... Ohhhhhh~!'
Giving herself a facepalm, Kiyomi sighed and sneaked into the mansion through the back.
'It seems that the crow did say the address of Ubuyashiki's mansion instead of Kanae's residence...'
Along the way to the demon slayer headquarters, which was also Ubuyashiki's housing and residence, many Kakushis and demon slayers stared at Kiyomi.
On one hand, they were confused as to why Kiyomi did not wear their standard demon slayer uniform.
On the other hand, they knew that the demon slayer headquarters was only known to the demon slayers of at least Hinoto rank, the special kakushis who are in charge of the diagnostics, and the Tsugokus who are the disciples of the hashiras, so that disperses any distrust they had of Kiyomi.
Of course, the Nichirin sword that was hanging on her waist played a role in this once again.
Those without a Nichirin sword walking in the demon slayer headquarters except the kakushis are to be killed without question, it's kind of like a rule that everyone knows but never talks about.
Although they restrict what you have to bring on you, the demon slayer headquarters did not impose any rules on clothing.
But those who are demon slayers and wears their demon slayer uniform know that their uniforms are not just for decorations.
Their uniform is highly durable and lightweight, they are also water-resistant and non-flammable.
But the main function of this uniform is that it cannot be easily damaged by minor Demons.
Normally, they sport their uniforms with a white belt and hakama pants, also wearing a white long-sleeved collared shirt under the uniform.
Anyways, once Kiyomi snuck into the mansion to see how Ubuyashiki was doing currently, and maybe have some small chat with him to make some requests so that she won't need to explain as much in the future.
Wandering around in the huge mansion looking for the courtyard where Ubuyashiki usually sits, Kiyomi wondered why there were no servants or just even anyone around.
"Weird.. usually you would think that a person who is the leader of a huge organization would be at least protected with some guards and servants."
Unable to control herself, curiosity got the better of her and she started to look into some of the rooms, just to find no one in them.
After searching in every room, she finally arrived at the last sliding door, her legs slightly tired from walking around the entire mansion, still not finding the courtyard.
"Ugh~!! How big is this mansion?!? And why is there no one here!?!? ...uhhh... actually, never mind, it's a good thing that there's no one here.."
Standing in front of the last door with a little sense of accomplishment swelling up in her heart, Kiyomi excitedly slid the door open with a bang, thinking that the only one in the courtyard would be Ubuyashiki.
"Hello... ahh??"
"Stare..."
*Chika Noises*
"I'm very sorry for disturbing you all, excuse me!"
Slamming the door shut and running towards the exit as fast as she can, Kiyomi squealed in horror and disbelief.
'Hashira meeting! Nope Nope Nope Nope NOPE!! Help me! REEEEE~!!'
In the courtyard...
The 11 pillars were confused at why a demon slayer suddenly barged in, while the other three immediately had their eyes shining the moment they laid their eyes on Kiyomi.
Especially one, which instantly got up from her kneeling position and ran to chase Kiyomi without an explanation.
"Oh~!!! Kiyomi~~~!! Wait for me!!!"
Sabito and Makomo just looked at each other and chuckled while the other 8 pillars were just dumbfounded and then went back to chatting about why Giyu was late.
The current 12 hashiras were:
Shinobu Kocho - Butterfly Pillar
Kanae Kocho - Flower Pillar
Kyojuro Rengoku - Flame Pillar
Sanemi Shinazugawa - Wind Pillar
Tengen Uzui- Sound Pillar
Muichiro Tokito - Mist Pillar
Mitsuri Kanroji - Love Pillar
Obanai Iguro - Snake Pillar
Gyomei Himejima - Rock Pillar
Sabito - Water Pillar
Makomo - Water Pillar
Giyu Tomioka - Water Pillar
...
Meanwhile, with Kanae and Kiyomi...
A certain someone has once again leeched onto Kiyomi's back.
"Get off of my back Kanae!!!"
"No~!!! Absolutely not! Not until you tell me how you can hide your breath as a demon and why you can stand in the sun~!"
Staggering from Kanae holding her neck so hard that she almost strangled her.
"Guh~! Fine!! Get off me first! I can't breathe!!"
Kanae, who heard that Kiyomi finally agreed to tell her secret, excited got off from Kiyomi's back while still holding Kiyomi's arm with both of her hands to prevent her from running away.
Rubbing her neck, Kiyomi stared at Kanae aggrievedly.
"First of all, you must keep it secret kay? You are my first friend, after all, so I suppose I can tell you some of my secrets."
The first half was said in a stern tone, while the latter was said shyly, with Kiyomi blushing.
Surprised that she was Kiyomi's first friend, Kanae had her mouth shaped in a big "o" shape before smiling with a brightness not losing to Tanjiro.
Tanjiro, who was going through Urokodaki's test, suddenly felt a little weird.
"Eh. It's probably just my imagination."
*Crash~!*
"OHHOHHOHHH!!"
...
Kiyomi said while scratching her hair: "So.. I guess I should tell you I'm not fully a demon..."
Kanae couldn't help but be slightly disappointed, but still very enthusiastic: "Huh??? So are you half human and half demon???"
Kiyomi: "Maybe? I mean, I'm more of a half-demon and half kitsune than a half-demon and half-human..."
Kanae, with three question marks on her head: "Chotto matte, Nani? Kitsune??? You're a kitsune before you were turned into a demon?!?? There were kitsunes in this world??? Is that why you can walk in the sun??"
Just like Urokodaki, Kanae had the same question inside her mind - Kitsunes were real????
Kiyomi: "Well.. not exactly.. I can walk in the sun because of the clothes and the mask I wear. My identity as a half kitsune only allows me to eat fish."
Kanae: "Wut??? Women's clothing and masks allow demons to walk in the sun?!?"
Kiyomi, stupefied at how Kanae just keeps on getting to the conclusion, corrected her:
"No no no.. it has to clothes that are made by me to have an effect, and I have to wish the effect of it being able to protect the person who I'm making the clothes for from the sun for it to work. You can say it's magic."
Breathing a sigh of relief, Kanae imagined the scene of the demons wearing women's clothing and walking in the sun.
"Yeah.. that would be hilarious..." she whispered.
"What?"
Kanae let go of Kiyomi's arm and waved both of her hands: "Nothing! Just one more question, if you're half kitsune, where are your tail and ears?"
Kiyomi, feeling a little uncomfortable, warned Kanae before transforming: "I just hid it, I can show you, but you mustn't touch my tails. You. Cannot. TOUCH. MY TAILS. NO. Got it?"
Nodding with stars in her eyes, Kanae decided to touch Kiyomi's ears instead.
'Tails??? Wait, how many tails??'
Counting the tails, Kanae was shocked.
'Eight-tailed Kitsune!??!'
Rubbing the fluffy ears of Kiyomi, Kanae looked on enviously at the fluffier tails, wishing to embrace it.
According to Japanese Mythology, the more tails a kitsune has – they may have as many as nine – the older, wiser, and more powerful it is.
Because of their potential power and influence, some people make sacrifices to them as to a deity.
"EEEEK~!!! WHO TOUCHED MY TAILS!!?!?!"
Kanae who heard Kiyomi's scream stopped touching Kiyomi's ears and looked at the culprit.
"... What are you looking at me for!??! What is this weird fluff anyways?!??!"
A tall, muscular, and slender man with spiky white hair and large eyes yelled at Kiyomi and Kanae, he was squeezing Kiyomi's big and fluffy tails.
His face and body are covered with scars, which seemed to have been accrued over his many years of fighting Demons.
With her anger accumulating and her sense of her tail tingling, Kiyomi immediately punched Sanemi.
"Die, pervert!!!"
"Huh?"
Feeling a sharp pain in his arm holding Kiyomi's tail, Sanemi unconsciously loosened his grip on Kiyomi's tail.
Without even being able to react to Kiyomi's follow-up punch, Sanemi felt a burst of pain in his abdomen and flew out, breaking a few concrete walls in the process along with some of his ribs.
"GHUK!!!"
"Humph! That's what you deserve, Pervert!" Kiyomi transformed back into her human form.
Saddened that she wouldn't be able to continue touching Kiyomi's ears, Kanae went to check if Sanemi was okay.
It may seem that both the kamado sister will have a small grievance with Sanemi in the future.
...
In a small town...
A group of five hundred people gathered around a cult-looking guy wearing a large and delicate robe that was simple with a few patterns of the moon sewn on it.
This guy was Kibou, who had decided to dedicate the rest of his life to get others to believe in the moon goddess, Tsukuyomi.
In the group of five hundred, there were both male and female, young and old, even a selected few were children.
"If you believe in the great and benevolent goddess of the moon, you will be contributing to the great cause of keeping the infinite cycle of the day and night. And you will receive blessings that are far greater than anything in this world."
The people looked at Kibou in slight doubt.
In the Taisho period, most people dared not to talk nonsense about the gods and goddesses.
But, not being able to see the face of the person talking is really unconvincing, and, how could they possibly be contributing?
Kibou, seeing that the crowd seemed a little unconvinced, took off his hood to reveal a very mature and youthful face.
Completely opposite from his previous rough and dark appearance, his eyes became brighter, and his appearance became even better than some of the beauties in the city.
And this was only after he had determined to use the rest of his life to dedicate himself to getting people to get people to believe in Kiyomi, who was called Tsukiyomi in his mind.
He believed that this was the reward that the goddess had given to him for his dedication, which strengthened his resolve, even more, to spread Kiyomi's name across Japan.
After Kiyomi left, in his mind, he truly wanted to spread the moon goddess' name, but he didn't know how to start.
It was at that time, a voice directly sounded in his mind and told him what to do.
Back with the five hundred people, Kibou turned his back from them and kneeled, yelling:
"I welcome O' great goddess of the moon to open these people's eyes! To let them feel your blessing! Wash them of their sins and integrate them into the great origin of life! The sun and moon!"
At the yell of Kibou, the air in the sky a few tens of meters in front of him distorted and began having cracks in it, just like glass.
A woman walked out, her nine, white and fluffy tails following right behind her. The entire background of the world around her distorted and changed into a starry background, a huge moon shining behind her.
Behind the crowd, the same anomaly happened, space distorted, and this time, a man with crimson hair walked out.
Seemingly suppressed by the aura of the moon, the man's background also has a crescent moon, but he was surrounded by bright red fires and the symbol of the sun lit up under his feet.
"Hello. Sister."
"...Brother."
...
In the system live broadcast chatroom of the new anime, Demon Slayer...
<> Congratulations to VIP100 [Infinite Gold System] for obtaining twenty percent of the world {Demon Slayer} along with 1% {Demon Slayer} Editor Rights! <>
"... Everyone! Salute the IG boss!"
"Salute the IG boss!"
"Words cannot describe the respect I have for the IG boss!"
"Salute!"
"Hey~ IG boss~! Do you need a maid? Or a bunny girl? Or maybe.. do you need a wife?"
"Go away you green tea Bish~! Don't corrupt our IG boss!"
"Gosh! How many world points did the IG boss spend?!?!"
"Haiz, if I have just one world point, I'll be able to brag about it for trillions upon trillions of years!"
"Hah! That not a very likely dream yah know? I only have ten gold, 1 silver, and 78 bronze points in my bank account right now! According to your dream, I'll need to get 22 bronze points, 98 silver points, 89 gold points, and 99 diamond points for one world point!"
Infinite Gold System: "Yo! Everyone, just curious whose your goddess?"
"Kiyomi, no doubt."
"Same here."
Invincible Shameless System: "Hey hey! Me too! I still want to-"
<> Infinite Gold System had muted IS System <>
Infinite Gold System: "Finally, I got that guy who keeps on desecrating my goddess gone."
Invincible Shameless System: 'Hey!!?!?? What the F*ck?!?! Oh, you little bastard!'
<> Congratulations of VIP69 [Invincible Shameless System] for obtaining twenty percent of the world {Demon Slayer} along with 1% {Demon Slayer} Editor Rights! <>
Invincible Shameless System: "HAHAHAHA!! You cannot get rid of me you bastard! I'm the one who loves Kiyomi the most!"
Infinite Gold System: "Huh!?? You!?! A pervert!?? Love??!? More like lust!!"
<> Infinite Gold System has added the moon goddess' messenger to [Demon Slayer] <>
Invincible Shameless System: "You dare to compete with me?!? I'll show you!"
The rest of the systems: "..."