Panicked and confused, Tanjiro immediately looked around him. Currently, Tanjiro had woken up in an unknown place. 'Where is this? Pillars? They're pillars? But what is a pillar? Why is Uncle Adrian with them?'
Shinobu smiled kindly at Tanjiro and then explained. "We are Pillar and this is the headquarters of the demon hunter center. You are on trial, Kamado Tanjiro-kun."
"There is no need for a trial here! Because protecting demons is a violation of the code of conduct! We can handle it ourselves! We will mutilate every demon." said Kyojuro with enthusiasm and fervor.
Raising his left hand, touching his forehead area, Tangen said with a confident face and demeanor. "Then, let me behead him beautifully. I'll show you that I can shed blood more beautifully than anyone else."
'Eeeh... We have to kill such a beautiful girl? My heart hurts...' Kanroji said in thought with a red face, watching Tanjiro seriously.
"Aaah, how despicable this girl is. Poor thing." said Gyomei with tears in his eyes, then said a prayer.
Muichiro watched the sky with seemingly empty eyes. 'What are those clouds called? The sky is beautiful.' Muichiro thought.
"Let's kill him." said Gyomei firmly.
"Uuhm." Kyojuro agreed.
"Yes, beautifully!" Tengen also agreed.
Knowing that his little sister, Nezuko was the target, Tanjiro glanced around where he was. Tanjiro observed every place, such as the house, near the tree and the back of Hashira's fire.
'Nezuko, where is Nezuko?'
'Zenitsu? Inosuke? Where are they?'
'Uncle Adrian too, why is he with them? Who is he really?'
Tanjiro's mind continued to be filled with confusion and uncertainty. At this moment, Tanjiro ignored the pain in his entire body in favor of understanding this unexpected situation.
El sighed tiredly. Actually, El really didn't want to join this Hashira meeting. He felt unimportant. Besides, now El was no longer aiming for the first main mission.
El's goal of coming to this place was just to make sure Nezuko didn't die at Sanemi's hands. Although El knew very well, in the anime and manga, Nezuko would not die.
But, who knows? It could be that the timeline of this world will undergo massive changes. There is a possibility, Nezuko will die and Tanjiro is angry, then decides to become a demon.
El squatted down in front of the confused Tanjiro. Putting his right hand into his raincoat pocket, El pretended to take an object out of the pocket. El took out a bottle of painkillers from inside the storage ring.
"Un- Ugh... Uhuk... Uhuk!" Just as he was about to speak, Tanjiro suddenly coughed.
"Hey, Tanjiro drink this." El handed him the painkiller.
Tanjiro immediately downed the liquid in the painkiller until it was gone. Tanjiro's breathing was labored and slowly stabilized.
"Uncle Adrian, where are Nezuko, Zenitsu and Inosuke?" asked Tanjiro looking at El.
"Nezuko might be coming." replied El casually. "But, who are Zenitsu and Inosuke?" as El pretended not to know.
Shinobu saw El's conversation with Tanjiro. Shinobu felt that these two people knew each other, like Giyu. Shinobu quickly grabbed El's shoulder.
With a friendly smile, Shinobu asked El, "Adrian-san, we need to talk."
Without looking at Shinobu, El replied casually. "Yes, I understand. I know Tanjiro and Nezuko, even their father. What's the matter with you, Miss Hashira bug?"
Hearing El's insult-like words, veins sprung up on Shinobu's forehead.
The other Hashiras furrowed their eyebrows. El's words indirectly confirmed that El's actions were no different from Giyu's. Deliberately protecting the demon that the demon hunter stood for, eliminating the demon.
This also made the Hashira's judgment on El instantly become bad.
"Good, previously Tomioka and now this new Hashira... " Obanai said in a sarcastic tone of voice.
Tanjiro immediately looked, looking for where Giyu was. Seeing Giyu standing pensively, Tanjiro paused and gritted his teeth.
"Well, we can think about their punishment later. More importantly, let's listen to this boy's testimony." Shinobu said while smiling kindly at Tanjiro.
"My little sister, Nezuko was turned into a demon, but she has never eaten anyone before. Until now and beyond she has never harmed living people." Tanjiro explained honestly with a confident expression.
When Tanjiro insisted Nezuko would never hurt a human despite being turned into a demon, the Snake Hashira looked very upset. "Reckless statement, that girl will obviously protect her family."
Hearing Tanjiro's testimony, Gyomei felt sorry for him because he felt that it was unfortunate how obsessed he was. "Poor thing, he's already a quasi-demon. We must kill him to free him from suffering."
"Please listen to me! I became a swordsman to cure Nezuko. It's been two years since Nezuko became a demon. And in two years, Nezuko has never eaten anyone!" shouted Tanjiro, trying to convince the Hashiras.
''Your story is going in circles. That's annoying. Don't give me sweet words." said Tengen with a displeased expression.
El rolled his eyeballs. El was very annoyed with this drama scane. Obviously, in the future the Hashiras would need the existence of Tanjiro and Nezuko. But, they were initially very stubborn, wanting to kill Nezuko immediately.
Among all the episodes in the Demon slayer scane, only the scane from this episode that El did not like. Because of his dislike, El immediately skipped the scene.
'Well, the future of the Demon slayer only the fans who enter this world know...' El muttered in thought
'But still, I'd love to quickly complete all the main missions in the Demon slayer world after obtaining the Demon hunter Mark! I'm getting sick of waiting too long!' El shouted in his mind.
({N/A}: I agree El, I have a hard time having multiple conversations between characters at the same time. It's so hard, it makes me dizzy!)
While crouching down and deep in thought, El looked around. Sanemi had arrived carrying a box containing Nezuko.
Sanemi mocked Tanjiro for bringing the Devil with him and began to draw his sword before stabbing the box. Enraged, Tanjiro attacked his and managed to gore Sanemi.
"Ptf!" Kanroji couldn't help but laugh at the sight of Tanjiro headbutting Sanemi.
This made the Hashiras around and, El also saw it. Kanroji covered his face and immediately apologized. "I'm sorry!"
El looked away again, seeing Tanjiro protecting the box containing Nezuko despite being bound. Sanemi looked very upset, wanting to beat Tanjiro up immediately.
However, before Tanjiro and Sanemi could continue their fight, the leader of the Demon Slayers arrived to begin the trial.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki, the leader of the Demon Slayer Corps had just arrived, and he began to greet everyone present. His arrival kicked off the Hashira meeting, which was held every six months.
The Hashira and El bowed their bodies. Upon seeing Kagaya's face, Tanjiro immediately noticed the scars on his face, which he deduced were from an illness.
However, before Tanjiro could react, he was knocked to his knees by Sanemi to bow forcefully, showing his respect for the leader.
Sanemi's tone instantly changed 180 degrees as he politely addressed Kagaya. Sanemi testified that Tanjiro, who was on trial for traveling with the Devil, should be punished immediately.
Everyone except El was shocked. Kagaya had accepted the Kamado little sister, and wanted everyone to accept them as well. Sanemi along with Gyomei, Tengen, Obanai and Kyojuro immediately refused to accept the decision.
'Oh my god... What's all the fuss about? When will it be done!' El shouted in his mind.
Kagaya immediately ordered one of his daughters to read aloud the letter he had received from Sakonji Urokodaki stating that, he apologized for Tanjiro's further explanation that Nezuko did not eat humans, but Sanemi still remained unconvinced.
Further conferring with Hashira about the situation, Kagaya mentioned that Tanjiro had made contact with Muzan Kibutsuji, which surprised Sanemi and all of Hashira.
El's face looked cold like a carefully sculpted ice sculpture. Even so, El originally laughed inwardly with mockery.