Disclaimer: Demon Slayer is not mine. This fanfic is a translation.
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'Damn! Have we been discovered!?'
Yushiro immediately felt his scalp tingle. His body stiffened as he placed himself between Tamayo and Tanjuro as he felt the man stare.
Cold sweat flowed down from his forehead.
Yushiro's vertical pupils gazed fixedly at Tanjuro. He had seen the battle between the Upper Moon One and this man. So, he knew how dangerous this man truly is!
Although the leader of the Demon Slayer Corps had made contact with Lady Tamayo, ordinary members of the Corps never knew of Lady Tamayo's existence.
If they ever encounter a demon slayer, there is a high probability that they will attack first and ask no questions before Tamayo and Yushiro can explain their relevance.
Yushiro's eyes reflected Tanjuro's menacing figure.
'If this guy decides to attack us, we will be beheaded in an instant!" Yushiro felt his heart jump to his throat as he gulped in fear.
'My life may be useless, but Lady Tamayo must survive!'
Yushiro clenched his fist, hyping himself up for battle.
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A little over two hours ago.
Yushiro and Tamayo were minding their own business peacefully in their mansion hidden by Yushiro's blood art.
Their peaceful time was interrupted by the violent explosion that shook the building.
Tamayo stopped her experiments and made sure everything in her lab was not broken by the explosion.
Then, she makes her way outside and observes the situation.
Despite Yushiro's strong protest, he could only follow Lady Tamayo, and the two of them came to the place where the explosion occurred.
When they arrived, they saw the destruction and the injured people and immediately lent a hand to the first responder.
It was during this volunteering that Tamayo saw and felt the warmth of fire that seeped deep into her very being.
—The same feeling she felt over three hundred years ago.
They hid themselves in the shadow and watched as the man helped in slaying the Lower Moon demon and the duel with the Upper Moon One.
And his perfect strike that cut off the Upper Moon One's arm!
Tamayo trembled from the opportunity of acquiring the infamous demon blood.
As the closest demon to Muzan, it is a rare, precious material to experiment on for Tamayo to find a way to kill Muzan.
Before the arm was turned to ashes by the dawn, she wanted to get as much viable sample from the arm as possible.
Which led to this situation where Yushiro shielded Tamayo from Tanjuro's gaze, though rather unsuccessfully.
"Tamayo-sama..." Yushiro whispered as he stretched out his arm to block Tamayo's figure. "Run!"
Tamayo didn't say anything as she raised her head, and her eyes locked with Tanjuro's.
Seconds passed as the two parties waited; Tamayo nodded and took out a second syringe from her wooden box.
Puchi!
Tamayo continues her activity to extract blood from Kokushibo's arm.
"Tamayo-sama!" Yushiro's voice turned urgent as he missed the exchange between the two. His eyes kept moving back and forth between Tanjuro and Tamayo.
"Calm down, Yushiro." Tamayo softly scolded.
"That gentleman has not taken action to our presence." She wiped her sweat from her forehead. Her voice was calm and unbothered. "Continue."
Yushiro gritted his teeth as he saw that, yes, Tanjuro didn't take any action against them and continued his conversation with the demon slayers.
"...Yes, Tamayo-sama." Reluctantly, Yushiro focused on helping Tamayo, but he still moved his body to block the slayer's gaze from her. He took out another syringe and plunged it into the arm.
He glanced at Tamayo's calm face...
'Tamayo-sama is so calm and composed! So beautiful!'
'As expected of Tamayo-sama!'
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"So that's Tamayo?"
Tanjuro withdrew his gaze from the two.
Yushiro's Blood Demon Art is ineffective against the Transparent World.
The essence of the technique is to hide his own aura and physical presence.
However, they are not very good at being stealthy; Tanjuro easily noticed them after all the action was over.
The Transparent World even allowed the blind to perceive their enemies' structure as well as their tricks naturally as they walked.
Tamayo...
She is a demon and also a doctor.
In thousands of years of his existence, Tamayo is the only demon who has successfully broken free from Muzan's control on her own.
She also harbored a strong hatred for Muzan.
The hidden ally of the Corps.
A member of the Kakushi appeared amidst a conversation between the three members.
"Rengoku-san! Kamado-san!"
Thump.
He landed in front of them and Mitsuri as he bent down and wiped the sweat from his forehead as he tried to catch his breath.
"The... the Kakushi squad are on... their way..."
"We should arrive before dawn, which is in two hours."
He straightened up, and he breathed more steadily.
"Good job, everyone! Please, take a break now!"
As he spoke, he subconsciously looked around and immediately broke into a cold sweat.
The houses around the streets almost turned into rubble, and cracks were everywhere.
In addition, there's blood splattered all over the place.
'W-What happened here?!"
The Kakushi's eyes widened.
He had participated in cleaning up the aftermath before, but he had never seen such destruction caused by slayers and demon battles like this.
The man paled at the logistics that were required to clean this all up.
"Umu!"
Kyojuro nodded at the Kakushi and patted his shoulder as if he knew what the guy was thinking of.
"Thank you for your hard work! We can fight recklessly because of your existence!"
He walked past him and encouraged the guy. His flame hair swayed slightly. He waved at Mitsuri and Tanjuro.
"Let's go and meet up with the other members!"
"When that Upper Moon One demon showed up, I ordered them to clear out and find safe places to stand by."
"Yes!" Mitsuri clenched her fist and followed Kyojuro's figure.
The Kakushi watched Kyojuro and Mitsuri walk past him, lost in his thought.
Kyojuro noticed that Tanjuro didn't follow and turned back to ask why.
"You go first." Tanjuro replied.
"I have a friend I want to see now that I'm in Tokyo."
"I see." Kyojuro nodded and didn't think too much about whether Tanjuro was lying or not.
"After you come back, come and visit me at my family's home, the Rengoku Residence!"
"My father would be thrilled to meet you!"
Kyojuro shouted as he waved his hand and left with Mitsuri to find their comrades.
Tanjuro waved his hand back as he watched the two slayers gradually disappear from his gaze.
Puchi, puchi...
Tanjuro turned to look at the two demons still extracting blood from Kokushibo's arm.