
Although it is only a year away, but so far there have been many things that happened. Whether that makes everyone's chest tight, or something awesome. Whether it is from the sudden retirement of a Rengoku Shinjuro, to the appearance of a Himejima Gyomei that made many demon hunters surprised.
Especially with the story of that big-bodied young man who had been beating up a demon endlessly until the sun rose. Although many were amazed at him, but the admiration of the people was not as big as Harada. The grass-green sliced youth admired him for some reason.
But what makes him happy is, when Harada is allowed to call him 'Gyo-nii' during their first meeting. Kagaya was also there, and said that the shoulder-haired young man admired the muscle strength Gyomei had. The short-haired black youth felt extremely moved. Because in addition to being acceptable, many consider it a family.
At least the meeting between Gyomei, Kagaya and Harada took place about three weeks ago. Now the spiky black-haired man is on his first mission, which he never expected.
Gyomei already knew that Harada had been Hashira since the age of 12. That made Gyomei salute Harada, as the grass-green sliced youth had wasted his precious childhood to protect the people.
Then Gyomei's first mission as a demon hunter, which he will always remember is to become a member of the team led by Harada. In addition to the two of them, in this mission also participated two people of Kinoe rank, namely Hikaru and Hideki. Harada had said that this mission was actually considered dangerous for a beginner. But given Gyomei's incredible resilience, Kagaya makes this mission the first mission of the spiky-haired young man.
The two demon hunters who were more senior than Gyomei were shocked when the black-haired young man said this was his first mission. But Harada says he and Kagaya believe in a young man who can't see it. Harada's words before leaving for a successful mission make Hikaru and Hideki sigh slowly, resigned to what became the decision of the superior.
Tonight is a bright autumn night. The cold night wind gently caressed the faces of the four of them. The night sky was completely clean, displaying a sprinkling of stars that were timidly flashing. Although they pass through the forest, now the four of them are actually climbing the mountain, intending to go somewhere beautiful but can also be very dangerous, especially when a Kabutsuji Muzan has found out about the place.
The movements of the four of them formed a rhombus formation. Harada was ahead, because the tall and sturdy young man was the one who found the place. While in the back, Hideki instinctively secures the track, alerting himself to fear someone is coming.
"Nii-chan, how far is that place?" ask Hikaru. Now they have been climbing for two hours.
"In a moment, that's it!" reply Harada, pointing forward.
The formation instantly split apart when Harada said so. Hideki and Hikaru were stunned by the sight before him, where higanbana flowers bloomed beautifully within a radius of two meters. But in the field of flowers, there were five girls playing there, and made the four demon hunters chuckle. As Harada sniffed the air even more thoroughly, it was not just the higanbana that thrived here. But also various other flowers such as jasmine or chrysanthium.
The gentle night wind shook the small flower field. Harada again sniffed the air, then asked Hikaru to take one sample. Because Hikaru also brought gardening equipment at this time, and only Hikaru had the ability to garden and farm.
While watching the surroundings with his kiss, Harada approached Hikaru who was busy determining which sample to take to the Butterfly House. The honey-brown sliced youth turned to look at Harada and shook his head. Although the sample was blue at the end of the petal, it was likely that the much-sought-after Aoi Higanbana had not bloomed for now.
"Hikaru, burn this place down. Gyo-nii, Hideki, can you take care of those kids?" Harada.
The three of them nodded slowly. Hideki and Gyomei immediately approached the five girls who were making many flower crowns, and asked the five of them to leave from this small flower field. Or rather down the mountain. Harada jumps up to the tree, while Hikaru lights a match, then throws it at the surrounding higanbana flowers. Just two minutes passed, Hikaru found his brother closing his nose.
"Daijobu ka nii-chan?" ask Hikaru. Harada nodded.
"What's wrong, my premonition is just a no-" Harada's words were cut off when the young man heard Hideki's exclamation from a distance, which made him grieve.
"The poison is here!"
"Hikaru, give me that higanbana."
"Chotto onii-chan, what are you going to do?"
"Give it! Then hide the bulbs later!"
Hikaru thrust a clay pot containing higanbana flowers at his brother. Harada quickly ate the higanbana flower while frowning. The young man sliced the grass green and then took out an injection from the uniform breast pocket, and injected the contents through the back of his left hand before darting away towards Hideki. It took Hikaru a few seconds to come to his senses from his brother's reckless actions, then made haste to descend the mountain.
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The two swords clang several times, even having created a distinctive and orderly melody. Behind that fight, there were seven people with very different emotions. Gyomei with his large body, became a shield for the 5 girls he met on the mountain. While across from them, a curly-haired man was waiting for this fight to end patiently. Gyomei thought that this person was indeed targeting the Akechi who were still on the mountain.
The sword fight is over. Hideki lands right in front of Gyomei. Meanwhile, his opponent, Kokushibou, was pushed to the front of Muzan. With a roaring breath Hideki was still brandishing nichirin at Kokushibou. While the six-eyed demon was seen setting up the horses, intending to carry out an attack that might be quite large.
"Tsuki no Kokyu, Hachi no Words:Getsuryu Rinbi."
"Arashi no Kokyu, Juuichi no Words:Zerodo."
Hideki's light blue iris perfectly rounded. The Kokushibou technique that was supposed to have enormous damage power was successfully canceled. Right in front of everyone, Harada appeared while unsheathing nichirin. With a hunting breath, the tall-built young man was as if he was holding back his anger at the two enemies right before his eyes.
Hideki, who had actually sustained a few minor injuries, came forward and stood by in front of Harada. The white-haired young man's behavior made Harada a little confused. But when he saw the earnestness of his light blue iris, Harada could only smile with a slightly complicated look.
"For a long time no see, Harada," Muzan said. Harada throttled lips.
"Then what do you want hm?" ask Harada with ease.
Muzan raises roots from underground. Gyomei jumped up while carrying the five girls nearby with his shoulders, then jumped on top of a tree branch. Hideki and Hikaru also try to dodge the roots with great difficulty, as Harada now confronts the increasingly wild Kokushibou.
There was one root that led to Harada, and that root was aiming at his heart from behind. Hikaru who realized it immediately jumped behind Harada immediately did one of his breathing techniques.
"Hono no Kokyu, Shi no Kata: Sei En no Uneri!"
Hikaru circled his brother for five rounds, producing a wall of fire that was quite thick. Kokushibou retreated a few meters, and the technique also managed to deflect Muzan's roots. Harada who saw that could only thank him, then asked that Hikaru keep his back. Harada who had just realized that Hikaru left her gardening tools on Gyomei smiled slightly.
"Hideki, take the children with Gyo-nii and come back here. I need your help," Harada said.
Hideki nodded slowly. The white-haired youth requested that Gyomei follow him, naturally while heeding the protest from the big-bodied young man who was worried about Harada and Hikaru.
Hideki says the two of them won't lose easily, despite opponents of Muzan and Kokushibou's calibre. Because Harada had nurtured her own hatred for the two demons, and that made her very strong.
Meanwhile, on Harada's side, Muzan was laughing. I don't know what the devil wearing the white fedora is laughing about. But if Harada recalls, the fiery red-eyed demon is likely not out of thought with the decision Harada took. Yes at least this week, he can feast on the flesh and blood of marechi with Kokushibou.
Harada grinned. Hikaru attacked Kokushibou directly. But with the flexibility of his body, Hikaru managed to avoid various deadly attacks launched by Kokushibou. Meanwhile Muzan again raises his roots to attack Harada. From the aroma, Harada can tell if the roots used today are still not toxic.
It seemed that Muzan wanted to play first with them, just like when these two demons broke into Akechi's residence the other day. Despite being seen playing around, both Kokushibou and Muzan actually attacked with a huge appetite, as if impatient to devour the two brothers in front of them.
Hikaru and Harada were getting desperate. In turn they both handle slashes and kicks Kokushibou and roots belonging to Muzan. The two of them fought to protect each other, and it instead made the two demons seem even hungrier. The two demon hunters were already quite badly injured. Harada asked Hikaru to close his ears. The young man sliced honey chocolate understood what his brother was going to do, which was now darting towards Muzan.
"Fukugo Gijutsu: Jigoku no Kokyu, Juuni no Words: Zetsubo no Hoko! Jigoku no Kokyu, Juu no Words: Yudeta Tsumi, Amaterasu!"
Harada circled between Kokushibou and Muzan, creating a black fire tornado that struck the two demons. While enduring the pain in his eardrum, Kokushibou still had time to slash Harada's left shoulder and give a deep calculated wound.
Muzan also slashed Harada's chest vertically, and had his demon hunter uniform torn right in the middle, exposing Harada's chest and inflicting a deep wound there. Blood splashed in the cold air. Hikaru, who was already unconcerned about what he was about to experience, also darted along to deliver a follow-up attack.
"Hono no Kokyu, Go no Words: Enko!"
Hikaru also showered Muzan and Kokushibou with a strong attack, because he always used his full breathing. After the attack, there was something interesting that he had just known about.
If Muzan and Kokushibou do not regenerate at all. His fire tiger attack also added to the quantity of burns they had sustained due to Harada's attack. Because of all that, Kokushibou surprisingly launched an extremely powerful and completely unexpected attack by Hikaru.
"Tsuki no Kokyu, Juuroku no Words: Gekko Katawaredzuki!"
"Fukugo Gijutsu: Kori no Kokyu, Juu no Words:Kotta Ryodo! Kori no Kokyu, Shichi no Words: Koryudan!"
Hideki arrived on time. Again another technique abrogation another technique came out. However, Kokushibou's technique was not completely canceled. Hideki still had to evade Kokushibou's attack to launch his follow-up attack, which was similar to a dance that slashed through the air and produced some explosive sounds on Kokushibou and Muzan.
While Hikaru was forced to carry the already unconscious Harada on his back to slightly move away. From a distance of 15 meters, just above a pine tree, Hikaru could see if Muzan and Kokushibou had escaped by entering a portal. Although it made the honey-brown man bermanik surprised, but Hikaru prefers to jump down a pine tree that is quite high and approach Hideki.
His light blue bead instantly rounded when he saw Harada's completely pale face on Hikaru's back. Hideki asks that Hikaru lay his brother down for a moment, as the white-haired youth wants to check on him.
Hikaru only complied. Because next to Nichirin, Hideki always carries a waist bag containing drugs. Hideki was a little horrified, but the pale-white young man ventured to clean up and stop the bleeding experienced by Harada.
"I can only close the wound. The rest must be done at the headquarters" Hideki said. Hikaru looked in disbelief.
"What is it going to be?" ask Hikaru. Hideki's eyes dimmed.
"Lashes on the stomach and left shoulder, then slashes down right on the chest to his stomach, and five broken ribs. But luckily it hasn't pierced his lungs. So to just take him, we have to be careful."
"If that's the situation, I'll carry Harada-san all the way to the headquarters."
That last sentence was uttered by Gyomei. On his back and shoulders, the five little girls who had been with him also participated. The five of them looked surprised by the view of this ravaged forest. Hideki stared at Gyomei for a while, then nodded slowly.
"But be careful, Himejima. These kids let us both take care of it" Hideki said.
Gyomei nodded slowly. After Hideki finished stopping the bleeding that his best friend had experienced, Gyomei then carried Harada as if the black-haired young man was a crystal tray that had to be guarded with both hands. The young man then ran as fast and calm as he could, as he was also afraid of inflicting more serious injuries on Harada.
On the other hand, Hikaru was trying to cheer up and lead the five little girls nearby to go down the mountain. Her honey-brown iris could see if Hideki's mood was very chaotic right now. Even just to make small talk, it felt like Hikaru was reluctant to do so. The light blue iris that usually feels as bright as the sky during the day, now looks very cold like a frozen lake at the height of winter.