Bab 42: Chapter 42: Surprise during the selection
It was two days later when Maple walked through the wisteria forest and officially stepped through the Fujikasane mountain.
"Pfft!"
In the deep dark forest, a bright silver slash appeared and easily decapitated a dazed looking demon. As the demon dissipated, Maple's figure slowly appeared.
"What a weak demon, I can survive seven days without any problem."
Maple waved his blade and scattered the remaining blood stains on the blade, green eyes gazed at the mountain forest before him.
"But for those newbies…if unable to control their fear towards demons, then it would be dangerous."
Maple did not have any intention of saving everyone. He could not save them all. At most, he would just go along and see, if they met then he would help. For the rest, he could only say, life, and death was a matter of fate while fortune came from above.
The pitch-black night covered the grounds, with only rays of moonlight passing through the shades of the trees above Maple's head, reflecting his lonely figure.
It was estimated that none of those demon slayer corps "seed" would have guessed, there would be such a fierce man participating in this selection. He did not choose to set up camp at night when demons were rampant, instead he wandered the forest, right?
Unfortunately, a "seeded candidate" experienced a heart-stopping feeling.
"Rustling…"
Almost imperceptible rustling grass was heard in the forest, usually, no one should be able to hear it. But it alerted the young man hiding inside a cave.
"What, what is that noise?!"
The blond boy wearing yellow-colored haori sat up quickly, both hands holding the nichirin blade beside him, his body trembling, his panic expression visible to the naked eye.
"Is it a demon? I have obviously hidden well! Bad luck, bad luck! Gramps, am I going to die?!"
The blond-haired young man mumbled, as he cautiously moved towards the cave entrance, intending to escape before the demon found him.
"Breathing technique, right, breathing technique, steady… Zenitsu, control your breath… you can definitely escape."
Forcefully maintaining the basic frequency for thunder breathing, Zenitsu's brown eyes showed obvious wavering.
Fortunately, thanks to the changes in the last two months, Zenitsu could at least retain a certain amount of battle power while awake.
Although it was still insufficient for slaying demons, but for Zenitsu, there was still no problem to escape.
"Still approaching, the sound is still approaching!"
His unusual hearing capability allowed Zenitsu to discern the direction of the sound, this strengthened his idea of escaping from this area.
"I should be safe once I am out of the cave!"
However, the turnover finally allowed Zenitsu to release a long sigh of relief…
"Who is inside the cave?"
A gentle male voice was heard as the sound floated to Zenitsu's ears, revealing that it was a human, not a demon.
"Ha…scared me to death, it is actually a human…"
Zenitsu muttered in relief, but next his eyes widened as he realized something and shouted at the young man coming out of the woods.
"You, are you crazy?! You still dare to wander in the middle of the night? Damn, we need to quickly get out of here! There might be demons following you, then we would be dead!!"
Zenitsu screamed in panic, the more he thought, the more likely he felt that was going to happen, he almost grabbed Maple's sleeves and ran away with "Thunderclap and flash".
"It's alright, don't worry, I have slain all the nearby demons, for now, this area is very safe."
However, Maple stretched his hand and firmly held the shoulder of the blond boy in front of him, to stop him from "making nonsense" …
If he kept shouting like that, demons would soon be attracted to this area that had been emptied of demons. Maple had no time to pay attention to dregs that would not help promote his potion digestion.
Rather than caring about the whereabout of those demons, Maple was more interested in the slightly familiar young man in front of him.
Blonde hair, brown eyes, yellow haori, breathing frequency for thunder breathing, an anxious personality, no matter how you out it, he looked very familiar to the stranger in his memory.
"Are you kidding! That's a demon! If you are a little bit careless, you would…"
Zenitsu was just about to refute the words said by the handsome young man, but the rest of the words were stuck in his throat.
Because when he lowered his gaze, he clearly saw the blood dripping from the nichirin blade in the young man's hand, as well as the characteristics that had long spread within the demon slayer corps…
A grey haori with silver pattern, a unique bright silver nichirin blade, even the rumored black hair and green eyes.
"You! Are you lord "Feng"?! You must be, right?"
At this moment, Zenitsu had put behind all of his fear, his face was full of joy and excitement.
"If there is no one else that looked like me in the demon slayer corps, then it should be me."
Maple smiled slightly and responded to the young man's question, and tried to confirm his guess at the same time.
"You are…"
"That's great, I'm saved! Lord soul pillar, I am Agatsuma Zenitsu, you can just call me Zenitsu!"
Zenitsu quickly answered Maple's question, allowing Maple to confirm the identity of the young man in front of him. He was the "Itto-ryu" Zenitsu who "master a single thing" in his memory.
But after solving one question, more questions followed…
Agatsuma Zenitsu actually participated in the team selection ahead of schedule?
Changes in the "plot", once again confirmed Maple's policy in acting cautiously. There was no choice, that's the way reality made people go "bald".
However, thanks to beyonder's calculation capability, Maple quickly recalled his impact on the world after his "arrival", and finally allowed him to catch a "thread".
"Mr. Zenitsu, is it… your "thunder breathing" has a shadow of senior Kuwajima, is he your master?"
Maple intentionally, or unintentionally, guided the conversation. Had he truly seen the thunder breath of "former thunder pillar" Kuwajima Jigoro? The answer was definitely a no, but this did not prevent Maple from using the information gap to lead the topic to the direction he wanted.
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