The sky in the afternoon was dazzling and captivating, leaving the golden color that splashed light against the blue sky behind the hills to be replaced with a dark color like black ink.
The crescent moon shone brightly, with the cold light of the night sky being the only decoration in this darkness.
The streets were very quiet, lights had been lit in the houses of the neighborhoods giving light to the dark streets.
After finishing their meal, El and the young man set off for the nearest train station. It was a 5-minute walk away.
At the train station, there was a young girl of short stature, with long dark brown hair braided down her back.
The girl's irises are a deep purple color that fades to a purple color at the bottom, her irises are white and vertically rectangular.
The young girl wears a plain red and brown haori over a white collared shirt, as well as a white kappōgi, which is the uniform of the bento shop where she works. The girl also wears a brown beret and a pair of large round glasses.
The young girl lamented that tonight no one had bought her bento box. In both hands, she held a delicious-looking bean paste sandwich.
"Why is it so quiet tonight? How am I supposed to help my mom and dad raise money?" the young girl said with great annoyance.
Then, the girl reluctantly struggled to eat the bean paste sandwich in her hand bit by bit. From the expression on her face, it seemed that the young girl was very bored with the bread.
"Fuku, you can help me sell bento until the afternoon. Because demons only roam at night."
From behind, there was a booth selling bento. And from behind the booth, there appeared a short old woman with long white hair tied in a bun on her back. She was also wearing a brown kimono and red haori, as well as large round glasses.
The old woman's eyes were a deep purple color that faded to a purple color at the bottom, her irises were white and vertically rectangular.
"Plus, news of recent attacks by Demons at night has made people in town afraid to go out after dark." said the old woman in a warm and gentle tone of voice.
"Grandmother, there is no such thing as a Demon! It's just a superstition made up because people are afraid of a murder on the loose." said Fuku firmly rejecting her grandmother's advice.
Fuku had a very sad expression and looked at the bite of peanut sandwich in her hand. "I'm worried about mom who can't work because she's pregnant and dad's business is bad."
"Fuku, it's getting late. If you're tired, please go home first." said the old woman watching Fuku with great concern.
"Grandmother will definitely keep selling bento here. I'm worried that the Slayer will come. So I'll stay here with you." Fuku said with a worried expression.
Fuku sat on the floor and returned to her bread. From afar, their booth was approached by a man so handsome that he could make a woman melt just by his presence alone.
Fuku was silent and tried to guess the purpose of the handsome man's arrival. Curiosity seemed to tickle his heart. Fuku wanted to ask a question, but felt that it would be rude.
"Welcome." Fuku's grandmother gave a friendly welcome. "Can I help you?"
El glanced at Fuku. This made Fuku's face turn as red as a tomato. Fuku's heart was somewhat melted by El's handsome face.
Ignoring Fuku's expression, El looked at Fuku's grandmother who was behind the bento shop booth.
"Did you see anything odd like someone suspicious walking at night? El asked in a clear and understandable tone of voice.
With a serious expression, Grandma Fuku replied, "Sorry, I didn't see it."
"But, lately there have been rumors of a slayer on the loose. I suspect it's a demon."
"Grandmother, there is no such thing as a demon." Fuku immediately replied to her grandmother's words.
"Demon?" El was silent for a moment, then glanced back at Fuku who was standing right next to her with a flushed expression.
El's memories of this incident in the anime flowed fast. In the anime, Kyojuro would have bluntly asked Fuku if she saw a demon somewhere, before asking her grandmother the same question.
Fuku stood up and angrily claimed that there was no demon here, throwing the rest of her bean bun at Kyojuro's face in annoyance.
Seeing that, Kyojuro was not angry and easily caught the bean paste bread that Fuku threw.
After being reassured by his grandmother that Kyojuro meant no harm, Fuku apologized. Because Fuku was feeling tense with the recent news that affected everyone.
After apologizing for being rude, Fuku offered Kyojuro whether to buy a bento. Upon hearing this offer, Kyojuro immediately bought all of his bento. Suddenly, Fuku and his grandmother were shocked.
After all, all of that only exists in anime.
Whereas what El was facing right now, right in front of him was real. There were no NPCs or helper characters. All the people in the world of Kimetsu no Yaiba were real people.
For this reason, El will not follow the flow of the original anime too much.
Like the example that happened before?
Instead of bluntly asking about demons, El asked about the oddities that happened in this place. That way, El doesn't make Fuku more angry and upset.
"So that's it, I see." El nodded slowly and looked at the Bento sold at their booth. "I bought all this, how much is it?"
"Eh?" Fuku and her grandmother were surprised by El's statement.
"You guys didn't hear wrong. I bought all the bento here." El said, repeating his words.
With happy expressions, Fuku and his grandmother bowed slightly. "Thank you very much, sir! You're very kind!"
Immediately, Fuku helped his grandmother wrap up all the bento they sold.
"Hn." El smiled slightly and nodded.
After that, El took the money from the storage ring. To hide this, she put her right hand into her trench coat pocket and took out some paper yen.
Right when El took out the money, a young man El had met the previous afternoon at the Ramen shop walked over to where El was.
"Adrian-sama, you're right. The Mugen train is under repair and can be used tomorrow and is at the repair facility." explained the young man.
While handing over the money, El nodded slightly. "Hn. Good job, Akio."
Then El saw the young man. "It's a coincidence that you've come. Later you'll bring all these Bento for the rest of the Demon extermination team, consider it a treat."
Cold sweat broke out slightly on Akio's face. With a hesitant and cautious tone of voice, Akio asked. "Uh, are you serious?"
"Hn" El answered Akio indifferently.
Turning around, El quickly walked away leaving Akio carrying all the bento that El had just bought. From behind El, Akio was curious about where El was going.
Meanwhile, Fuku was more interested in El's true identity and why the topic of their conversation seemed a bit strange since it was about demons.
Even so, Fuku kept her mouth shut and helped her grandmother to wrap the bento faster.
"Adrian-sama, where do you want to go?" asked Akio curiously.
For a moment, El stopped walking. Without turning around, El replied, "Just looking for some wind. Don't think about it too much."
After that, El continued his footsteps away from the station area as soon as possible. El's destination this time was the Mugen Train repair facility. El intends to kill the demon that is one of the problems this station is experiencing.
...
Currently, El is standing in the area outside the station. Then El jumped slightly and placed his right foot in front and left foot behind. By slightly lowering the body position, El inhaled as much air as possible.
As soon as El sighed, the air came out of his mouth sounding like a sizzling electric current. "Kaminari no Kokyu: Ichi no kata."
The air around his suddenly vibrated very strongly, the electricity seemed to create an electro magnetic field, lifting the ground and rocks around her feet.
"Hekireki Issen: Rokuren." With the sound of thunder striking the sky. El's figure suddenly disappeared from where he stood.
Jedar!
At that moment, El moved without drawing Nichirin's sword and ran forward at a speed so high that it was blinding.
The ground on which El stood was shattered and slightly perforated 8 centimeters deep in the process. Every time he took a step, El continuously and sequentially increased his strength and movement speed little by little.