"Forest Breathing, Ninth Form: Eternal Cycle!"
Under the infusion of abundant life force, the Demon Slayer Corps member who was pale-faced and barely breathing just moments ago suddenly regained some color in their cheeks.
Aoi Kanzaki, standing next to Shinichi, watched this miraculous scene with her jaw nearly dropping.
Is the Forest breathing really this amazing?
"Are we sure this isn't some legendary magic?"
On the other side, Kumeno who had personally experienced the effects of Forest Breathing before, nodded in agreement.
"If everyone in the Demon Slayer Corps could master some Forest Breathing, the casualty rate would definitely improve significantly."
Hearing this, Aoi Kanzaki looked at Kumeno with some surprise.
"That makes sense, but the Forest Hashira's Forest Breathing is extremely difficult to learn. I've heard that in all these years, besides the Maple Hashira, no one else has been able to practice Forest Breathing. And I feel like the Maple Hashira's Forest Breathing is different from the Shinichi-san..."
Shinichi pulled his Nichirin Blade out of the ground and sheathed it.
He had heard Kumeno and Aoi Kanzaki's conversation.
Forest Breathing was indeed miraculous, but equally difficult to master.
As Aoi Kanzaki said, Yuichiro's Forest Breathing wasn't exactly the same as his own.
Like his brother Muichiro, Yuichiro's talent had also allowed him to break free from the constraints of Forest Breathing.
In other words, Yuichiro had likely developed a breathing technique truly suited to himself from Forest Breathing during this time.
But why was Forest Breathing so hard to master?
According to the old man, the first step of recognizing and communicating with life force was too difficult.
After all, asking a normal person to listen to the so-called voice of nature was quite absurd.
'However, to join the Demon Slayer Corps, every member must at least master one breathing technique. Would it be feasible to combine Forest Breathing with various other breathing styles?' Shinichi pondered to himself.
He had anticipated this idea long ago.
.....
Meanwhile, in Shinobu's usual bedroom at the Butterfly Mansion, on the thick tatami mats, Shinobu's long eyelashes trembled slightly.
Soon, a pair of slightly confused violet eyes slowly opened.
The sudden sight of the bedroom ceiling and the warm feeling around her body left Shinobu Kocho bewildered.
When she sluggishly sat up, she finally realized she was in her bedroom.
"Why am I here? Wait! Did I just fall asleep?"
Looking at the thick blanket covering her and the pajamas she was wearing underneath, Shinobu Kocho quickly crawled out of bed.
On the small table beside her, her Demon Slayer Corps uniform and butterfly haori were neatly folded, with her Nichirin Blade placed properly at the edge of the table.
"Did nee-san come back?" Shinobu wondered as she hurriedly changed into her uniform.
Besides her sister Kanae, she couldn't think of anyone else who would take such thoughtful care of her.
After all, Kanao was still an introverted child and Aoi was too busy to spare much time.
'We should find time to get more helpers for the Butterfly Mansion' Shinobu thought as she finished putting on her uniform and haori.
She rushed out of the bedroom without her Nichirin Blade, her hair still loose, worried that her rest might have delayed treatment for the injured Demon Slayer Corps members.
But when Shinobu arrived at the front of the Butterfly Mansion, the familiar figure she saw made her freeze.
"Shin... Shinichi?" She was so surprised that the usual "kun" she always added to his name didn't even come out.
"Huh? Oh, it's Shinobu. You're awake? Did you rest well? I heard from Aoi that you hadn't slept properly for four days. I can handle the situation here, do you want to go back to sleep for a while?" Seeing that Shinobu had woken up, Shinichi spoke naturally with a caring tone.
But Shinobu's brain was still in a state of shutdown.
Her mind was full of questions.
Who am I?
Where am I?
Why is Shinichi here?
After a long while, Shinichi finally heard Shinobu speaking while stammering.
"Shinichi, I just, sleep, you, bedroom?"
Shinichi looked at Shinobu in confusion.
How come after not seeing her for a while, Shinobu's speech had become so disjointed?
But he roughly understood what Shinobu mean, so without thinking much, he simply said.
"Oh, you mean that? I carried you to the bedroom. Kanao showed me the way."
"But Shinobu, I have to scold you a bit about this. The bedroom is a place for rest. Don't stuff it with so many medicinal herbs and other bottles and jars. Someone who knows it's a bedroom is fine, but others might think it's some kind of pharmacy. It was even hard to find a wardrobe..."
Shinobu didn't hear what Shinichi said after that.
She only heard that it was Shinichi who carried her back to the bedroom, which meant that her pajamas...
Whoosh!!
Almost at a visible speed, Shinobu's face immediately turned red.
Noticing this, Aoi Kanzaki quickly asked with concern, "Shinobu-san, what's wrong? Do you have a fever?"
Under everyone's gaze, Shinobu suddenly covered her face, turned around and ran away.
Shinichi, "What's going on?"
Aoi Kanzaki, "Is Shinobu-san really unwell?"
Kumeno, "Eh heh (grinning like he's enjoying the drama)!"
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Asakusa District, Tokyo.
Thud!
A rough door-slamming sound accompanied by a strong demonic aura startled the owner of this mansion invisible to ordinary people.
A voice was heard shouting loudly, "Lady Tamayo! Quick, run! I'll hold these guys off!!"
Soon, the demon Yushiro who's wearing an apron and wielding two kitchen knives, saw a muscular demon carrying a shadowy figure on his back and another demon in tattered robes.
Yushiro, baring his fangs and with a look of heroic sacrifice on his face, rushed down the stairs, swinging his kitchen knives fiercely at the muscular demon.
The muscular demon didn't move.
The tattered-robed demon beside him flashed her body and with a swoosh....
A blade of light flashed, and Yushiro's kitchen knives immediately broke.
Before the shocked Yushiro could react, he felt a sudden dizziness and when he came to his senses, he found himself pinned firmly to the ground, unable to move.
"Damn it! Let me go!" Yushiro struggled frantically.
"Wait! Yushiro! Don't be rash!" At this moment, Tamayo ran anxiously towards the stairs.
However, due to the inconvenience of her kimono, by the time she tried to warn and stop Yushiro, it was already a bit late.
So when Tamayo reached the ground floor, she saw Yushiro firmly pinned down by the tattered-robed demon.
Fortunately, nothing worse had happened.
Just as Tamayo was sighing in relief, the blurry black shadow on the muscular demon's back suddenly spoke.
"Ta... Tamayo,... long time... no see."
"That voice? Is it Shokyu-san? How did you end up in this state?" Tamayo covered her mouth, looking at the black shadow on the muscular demon's back in shock.
She recognized the muscular demon, but she didn't expect the black shadow on his back to be Shokyu.
--------------------------------
Read 40 chapters ahead and support me on patreon.
patreon (.)com/Newbietranslator