Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began When I Became Yoriichi's Sister

Chapter 427 Follow me home

"Humans..." Shinobu Kocho shifted her gaze from Yuuko to the night sky, her eyes sparkling with stars. "I suppose no sentient being can escape this feeling."

"Isn't Muzan the same?"

Muzan, that guy, says he looks down on humans, but doesn't he also get angry because of other people's bad words?

It turns out that humans are not the only ones who possess emotions.

The reason why ghosts find it difficult to empathize with humans is not because they lack emotions, but because, like humans, they find it difficult to empathize with pork or beef.

Although ghosts and humans have similar faces, they are ultimately beings with two different ways of thinking.

Yu Zi paused for a moment, then relaxed and leaned against the pillar in the corridor, her eyes slightly narrowed. She held the cloth bag in her hand, unconsciously tightening her grip.

"Yeah, they're all the same."

Yuko never questioned Iwakatsu's twisted heart, his complex feelings of both hatred and love for his younger brother, just like this broken wooden flute.

Shinobu Kocho's silvery laughter rang in Ikuko's ears, "It's so good to be able to reconcile with my brother."

"How did Shinobu know?" Yuko looked over in surprise and found that Shinobu had not turned her head and was still gazing at the starry sky.

"Isn't it obvious?" Butterfly chuckled. "You rarely remain so quiet when you mention that person."

Yuko's eyes widened slightly: "Huh? What was my original reaction?"

"Hmm~" Shinobu Kocho hummed playfully for a moment, mimicking Ikuko's old demeanor, "That bastard! I'll chop him into a thousand or eight hundred pieces sooner or later and make him go to hell to atone for his sins!"

The lifelike expression made Yuko's lips twitch.

"Something like this?" Shinobu's expression vanished in an instant, returning to her usual demeanor as she tilted her head to look at him. "How is it? Is it accurate?"

“I think it should be a gentler expression,” Yuko retorted without hesitation. “How could a beauty like me talk about killing people all the time?”

Shinobu blinked her purple eyes and stared intently at Yuko, making Yuko's face tense up.

'Okay, okay, I'm that kind of person, alright?'

Just as Yuko was about to show weakness, Shinobu Kocho revealed a serene smile.

"That's true, Yuko is very gentle."

Hearing Shinobu's words, Ikuko felt even more guilty: "...Well, it's not that bad..."

"Ah!" Shinobu Kocho suddenly raised her finger and shouted.

Yu Zi looked at her suspiciously, wondering what she was up to now.

Shinobu narrowed her eyes, looking at Yuuko with a playful expression: "Why don't we let everyone judge whether Yuuko is gentle or not?"

Yu Zi's eyelids twitched, and she rubbed her forehead in exasperation, saying, "I knew it, please have mercy on me."

She couldn't do something so shameful.

"No~ I've made up my mind!" Shinobu Kocho refused Yuuko without hesitation, raising her hand to call out to the people in the courtyard, "Over there..."

Yu Zi pressed her hand down and said helplessly, "Please don't do that."

She can maintain her composure if she's just chatting with someone alone.

She couldn't bring herself to brag in front of so many people.

"Hmm~" Shinobu Kocho tapped her chin with her finger, looking thoughtful. "It's not impossible~"

"Then..."

"But~" Shinobu Kocho drawled.

"..."

She knew it.

Shinobu Kocho kept everyone in suspense, her face slightly flushed as she looked at Ikuko with a playful expression.

Yuko sighed: "But what?"

Shinobu Kocho gently shook her head: "Ikuko needs to show her sincerity."

"What sincerity?"

"Hmm~" Shinobu Kocho made a thinking expression, "How about this, since I'm so tired today, I want a comfortable body pillow to sleep with~"

"It would be even better if she were a petite, white-haired beauty with horns on her head."

You might as well just call her by her name.

The intention is way too obvious!

Yu Zi's eyes were vacant, and she couldn't help but complain, "This kind of request feels more like something that perverted blond guy over there would make."

Shinobu blushed slightly, coughed twice, and after meeting Yuuko's speechless gaze, her expression turned arrogant: "Well, if it can really be satisfying, being a pervert for once wouldn't be a big deal, right?"

"Besides, how can you call it perverted when girls are together?"

Yu Zi sighed, "You win."

"I knew Yuko wouldn't refuse." Shinobu Kocho smiled broadly and grabbed Yuko's wrist, pulling her into her arms.

Yu Zi glanced at her sideways: "What if I refuse?"

"No, because..." Shinobu Kocho shook her head and leaned slightly closer to Ikuko's face, feeling her warm breath.

"Yuko likes it too, doesn't she?" His soft yet intensely warm breath brushed against Yuko's face, giving her a slight blush.

Yuko's ears turned red, and she stammered, "Who, who likes to be your body pillow?"

Shinobu Kocho didn't say anything, but just held Ikuko's hand and chuckled secretly.

"Help~"

"Idiot! Don't come any closer to me!"

The noise in the courtyard continued, but Yuko's heart calmed down.

Shinobu Kocho leaned gently against Ikuko's arm and asked softly, "Now that we've defeated Muzan, what do you want to do next, Ikuko?"

Yuko looked up at the night sky: "I don't know, I haven't thought about it."

She had thought they could defeat Muzan, but she had no interest in what would happen afterward.

After a moment of silence, Shinobu Kocho suddenly asked, "Then... would you like to come home with me?"

go home……

Yuko's eyes flickered slightly as she glanced at Shinobu Kocho, only to find her looking at her intently.

“Our home… my sister and I haven’t been back for a long time since our parents died.”

"I thought I would never go back," Shinobu Kocho said earnestly, "because all that's left for me there is sadness."

“But… if it were now…” Shinobu Kocho gently placed her hand on Ikuko’s hand, “If Ikuko and my sister were here, I think… that place could definitely become a home again.”

Shinobu's tender gaze made Ikuko's heart tremble, and she even subconsciously forgot to speak.

The questions that struck straight to the heart were something Yuko couldn't ignore, nor could she answer.

That exploration of the soul gradually made Yuko unable to hear the sounds around her.

It wasn't until much later that she calmed down.

When Yuko saw Shinobu's tender face again, she realized she hadn't answered Shinobu's question yet, and inexplicably replied:

"If Kanae marries that spiky-haired guy, she'll probably have to move out, right?"

Shinobu Kocho's expression froze.