"What did Young Miss Shinobu just say?" Tanjirou couldn't help but ask.
He must have been too tired these past few days; maybe his ears were failing him?
"I brought the medicine that can turn Nezuko back into a human."
Tanjirou heard clearly this time, his eyes visibly widening: "You... you said... Nezuko, Nezuko can turn... turn back?"
Tanjirou's tongue was tied, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably from excitement.
Kochou Shinobu smiled and nodded: "Yes."
"Really?" Tanjirou unconsciously gripped Nezuko's hand tighter.
"Of course."
Kochou Shinobu naturally understood Tanjirou's anxiety and hope.
"...That's wonderful." Tanjirou felt as if all his strength had momentarily left him.
Seeing her older brother stumble and look like he might fall, Nezuko instantly grew larger and supported him.
Tanjirou looked at her, tears streaming down his face: "That's wonderful, Nezuko~"
Nezuko didn't understand what he meant, but she could feel his inner joy, and she smiled, stroking his head.
Mizuki was silent for a moment, then her figure recovered.
"I haven't hugged enough yet~" Noticing the movement beside her, Kochou Shinobu turned her head with a half-smile.
Mizuki gave a helpless smile: "Then I'll let you hug me next time."
Kochou Shinobu's purple eyes widened slightly: "Are you saying you'll let me hug you tonight?"
"Sure, I don't mind."
"This..." Mizuki was speechless, finding it both funny and frustrating.
"If you don't say anything, I'll take it as Mizuki agreeing."
Mizuki forced a helpless smile: "You weren't this shameless before."
Kochou Shinobu smiled slightly: "Didn't I say it? I'm naturally different in front of the person I love."
Mizuki's ears turned red, and she lowered her head.
She was too skilled.
After a period of excitement, Tanjirou wiped away the liquid that was either tears or snot and brought Nezuko before Kochou Shinobu.
Tanjirou said solemnly: "Young Miss Shinobu, I entrust Nezuko to you."
"Don't be so nervous, it just needs one injection." Kochou Shinobu smiled and waved her hand, taking out the human transformation medicine agent.
Kochou Shinobu smiled and held out her hand to Nezuko: "Nezuko, stick out your arm."
Nezuko obediently extended both hands.
Kochou Shinobu simply injected the agent into Nezuko's body.
As soon as Kochou Shinobu withdrew the needle, Tanjirou nervously asked: "Did it work?"
Without waiting for Kochou Shinobu's answer, he immediately asked Nezuko:
"Nezuko? Can you speak?"
Nezuko showed no reaction.
It was obvious the boy was extremely nervous.
Kochou Shinobu said, slightly embarrassed: "Tanjirou, relax a little. The agent needs some time to take effect."
Tanjirou wiped his sweat: "Sorry, I'm a bit too nervous."
No, no, remove the "a bit."
Mizuki shook her head: "No, the agent has already started working."
In her Domain of Transparent Sight, the agent had already dispersed inside Nezuko, and she could faintly sense where changes were occurring.
Although she couldn't fully understand it, she thought it must be a cellular change.
Theoretically, it should be destroying the remaining muzan cells inside Nezuko.
Of course, she didn't know the specific mechanism.
She wasn't cut out for this line of work in her previous life, let alone this one; if she hadn't transmigrated as a child, she probably wouldn't recognize many characters.
Hearing Mizuki's words, Tanjirou, who had just regained some composure, turned back excitedly: "Really?"
"..."
Mizuki was defeated by his speechlessness.
Tanjirou opened his mouth, seeming like he wanted to say something else, but a youthful voice suddenly came from behind him.
"Bro... ther..."
The owner of the voice seemed to be a young girl, but her tone was twisted, like a child learning to walk and speak.
Mizuki looked behind him with a relieved expression.
Tanjirou's pupils slowly dilated, and his shoulders trembled as he turned around.
The girl behind him didn't seem to have changed much.
Only her soft smile spoke of her difference.
Nezuko smiled, the medicine seeming not to have fully taken effect yet: "Bro... ther..."
"Ne... zu... ko..." Tanjirou was so moved his expression was distorted, tears and snot pouring out uncontrollably, making him look very pathetic.
He trembled and took a step forward.
Nezuko also took a step forward.
Tanjirou tremblingly stretched out his hands.
That's wonderful... Nezuko walked toward Tanjirou with a beaming smile, and then... under Tanjirou's increasingly frozen expression, she leaped into Mizuki's arms behind him.
"Yuko-san~"
The slightly more fluent address popped out of Nezuko's mouth.
"Kacha~" Tanjirou's eyes became lifeless, his bright exterior instantly turned gray and white, a crack appeared on his stiff face, and then it shattered all over the floor.
Tanjirou knelt on the ground, looking utterly defeated.
He was Nezuko's brother... yet... Suddenly, a hand gently patted his shoulder.
Tanjirou subconsciously turned his head.
Nezuko was squatting behind him, smiling: "Brother, thank you..."
The moment her words fell, Tanjirou uncontrollably hugged her and began to weep loudly.
"Waaah!! Nezuko~"
Mizuki hesitated, choosing not to remind him that he was wiping his snot and tears onto Nezuko's shoulder.
Seeing such a moving scene, she didn't want to ruin the moment.
She looked up. Kochou Shinobu, standing behind Tanjirou, seemed to notice her gaze. They exchanged glances, and a gentle smile could be seen in each other's eyes.
"Uh... what happened? Why is it so noisy?"
Just as the Kamado siblings achieved their Perfection of reunion, the two people who had been lying on the left and right sides of the doorway opened their eyes, rubbing their heads in pain.
Inosuke asked foolishly: "Why am I here?"
"Ouch~" Zenitsu tried to stand up, but instantly froze in pain, letting out a horrific scream: "Was I hit by a train?!"
"Tanjirou! I was hit by a train!"
"Inosuke, Zenitsu."
The sudden female voice made the two of them look toward the source simultaneously.
Tanjirou seemed to be hugging Nezuko, and Nezuko couldn't speak.
Zenitsu looked at Mizuki confusedly: "Did you call me just now?"
Mizuki shook her head.
That was... Hearing the commotion beside them, the siblings separated. Nezuko turned around and shouted with a big smile: "Inosuke, Zenitsu."
Inosuke: "..."
Zenitsu: "..."
After a moment of silence, Zenitsu smoothly transitioned from the paralyzed stage of being hit by a train to the recovery stage, leaping up from the ground.
"She spoke..."
"Ne, Ne, Nezuko-chan!!!"
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