Chapter 76: Irony
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Finally, Tanjiro and Kamado Kie accepted the money.
Then Aoki and Tanjiro set off to where the blue spider lily grows.
"Please come this way!" Tanjiro led the way, his voice high and full of vigor. "Please be careful, it's very humid here and the ground is very slippery."
Aoki passed steadily.
Tanjiro asked curiously, "Mr. Aomura, why are you looking for blue spider lily?"
Aoki thought for a while and said, "For the treatment of diseases. The main ingredient in the medicine is blue Spider lilly."
Fear of sunlight should be considered a disease, right?
Tanjiro suddenly grew anxious. "But the blue Spider lilly doesn't bloom every year. What if it doesn't bloom this year?"
Aoki replied, "It doesn't matter, this disease is not fatal. If it doesn't bloom this year, I can wait for next year or the year after. I believe I'll encounter it one day."
"That's good!" Tanjiro breathed a sigh of relief and suddenly his eyes lit up. "We're here!"
They walked a few steps forward, emerged from the jungle, and suddenly the view opened up.
The bright sunshine fell, and the world seemed to be dyed golden.
On the ground, countless flowers competed for beauty, and the air was filled with a faint fragrance. A breeze blew, and all the flowers swayed gently.
Tanjiro showed a simple smile on his face. "Ah, so beautiful!"
Aoki said, "It is indeed beautiful! Does the blue spider lily grow here?"
"Please follow me, it's just ahead."
Tanjiro skillfully found a path.
Crossing the sea of flowers, a small grave suddenly appeared in front of them.
Tanjiro bowed solemnly and then said to Aoki, "It is said that a very important elder is buried here. My mother brings me here to worship every year."
Aoki did not speak.
He knew whose grave this was – the wife of Tsugikuni Yoriichi, an ordinary woman named Uta.
Tsugikuni Yoriichi was a true prodigy, born with the Demon Slayer Mark and the Transparent World, and the breathing technique was also innate.
He was as dazzling as the sun, but he wanted to live an ordinary life. What he wanted was just a wife and children, but such a dream could not be realized.
When he was almost ten years old, in order not to take his brother's place for treatment, Yoriichi left his family and met a girl named Uta, and they lived together from then on.
When they grew up, they naturally became husband and wife, and Uta soon became pregnant.
When Uta was about to give birth, Yoriichi went out to find a midwife. He planned to return before sunset, but on the way, he met an old man who wanted to see his son one last time.
His son was injured in the war and was on the verge of death.
Yoriichi sent the old man to his destination, but when he returned home, his wife and unborn child had been killed by demons.
The phrase "God is jealous of talents" fits Yoriichi well.
Tanjiro pointed to a few weed-like plants next to the grave. "Mr. Aomura, this is the blue spider lily. It only blooms on the strongest day of the year, and not every year. Mom has brought us here many times, but I am the only one who has seen it bloom."
Aoki showed a slightly sarcastic smile.
As the only person who threatened Muzan Kibutsuji's life in his thousand years of existence, Yoriichi Tsugikuni's legacy is ingrained in his fear.
Muzan avoided everything related to Yoriichi.
However, the blue spider lily he had been chasing for a thousand years was right next to the grave of Yoriichi Tsugikuni's wife.
Demons are afraid of the sun.
The blue spider lily only blooms on the days when the sun is the strongest, and there is no shelter in this area.
The most ironic thing is that in the original story, Muzan Kibutsuji killed Tanjiro's family and passed by the blue spider lily he had been chasing for a thousand years.
And Tanjiro, who joined the Demon Slayer Corps with a burning hatred, was the most important force that eventually dragged Muzan into the abyss of death.
How ironic!
However, in the final analysis, Muzan Kibutsuji was too stupid! Too stupid!
A thousand years.
Tokyo is such a small place, and he should have found it by searching inch by inch.
The plan of the Twelve Demon Moons is complete nonsense.
The correct approach would have been to control top government officials and use the power of the secular world to find the blue spider lily.
Unfortunately, Muzan Kibutsuji's arrogance and contempt for humans prevented him from considering such a strategy.
Aoki found an open space and sat down cross-legged.
"Tanjiro, please bring me here, and then you can go back. I can wait here by myself."
It's better to come early than late.
It's just August now, not far from the strongest day of the sun. He doesn't need to wait too long.
"Then I'll bring you food later," Tanjiro said.
"No need." Aoki shook his head and looked at Tanjiro with a smile. "You should have noticed, haven't you?"
"Noticed what?" Tanjiro was stunned.
Aoki said calmly, "I'm not human."
Tanjiro's sense of smell is very sensitive. It can distinguish emotions, identify people and demons, and after training, it can even detect flaws.
This ability is not unique to Tanjiro.
Agatsuma Zenitsu's hearing, Hashibira Inosuke's touch, and Kanao Tsuyuri's vision are all special ways of perception that go beyond ordinary senses.
Aoki is a demon, and while he can hide it from others, he cannot hide it from Tanjiro.
Besides, there is no need to hide.
Tanjiro showed no surprise on his face and said seriously, "Mr. Aomura's smell is indeed different from that of humans, but I can also smell that Mr. Aomura's is a good person."
"Good person? From your mouth, it doesn't sound like an insult."
Aoki smiled, waved his hand, and said, "Anyway, there's no need to send me food. Go home!"
"I understand, then I'll take my leave first!"
Tanjiro bowed slightly and ran outside. After leaving the sea of flowers, he waved to Aoki again and turned into the jungle.
Aoki took off the Demon wine gourd, opened the lid, took a sip, and sighed with satisfaction.
Sitting in the midday sun and drinking, what other demon can do that?
"If there was a dish to go with the wine, it would be great!"
Aoki thought casually.
It's a pity that he didn't receive any tasks for rewarding props or even ordinary tasks during this period.
This is also one of the reasons why his upgrade speed is so slow.
Tasks are the shortcut to rapid upgrades.
Thinking of this, Aoki opened the system and looked at the task bar.
The progress of "Upper Rank's End" has been completed by two-thirds.
Just killing one more upper rank would complete this mission with the most generous reward in history.
"It would be great if an upper rank could come to me on its own."
Aoki squinted his eyes, looked at the clear blue sky, and took another sip of wine.
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