Sailing at Sea: The Breath of the Day at the Start

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Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke Hashibira gradually recovered from their injuries during physical training, but the three of them still couldn't catch the agile and swift Kanao.

In the training of the complete breathing technique, Tanjiro, who had a foundation, was the first to blow up the gourd.

Zenitsu and Inosuke were completely dumbfounded when they saw the short and slender Kanao blow up the enormous gourd.

The two were devastated.

The two walked dejectedly towards the ward.

Tanjiro, upon hearing the news that the two had skipped training, hurriedly chased after them.

"What's wrong with you two?!"

The two turned to look at him; he was utterly dejected.

"We two really are useless."

Tanjiro asked urgently, "What's wrong with you two?!"

Zenitsu said dejectedly, "I'm terrible at trying."

Hashibira Inosuke: "Doing something steadily and diligently is the most tiring thing."

Tanjiro cannot understand this yet.

In his view, isn't it perfectly normal to put in the effort with a death wish?

"Alright, Tanjiro, don't worry about us, go back to training."

Zenitsu said dejectedly, then lowered his head and turned to leave.

Hashibira Inosuke turned and left with him.

"Zhenyi, Inosuke..."

Tanjiro wanted to stop the two, but now, faced with their dejected appearances, he didn't know what to say or do.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Just then, a burst of hearty laughter came from all around.

"You're already thinking of giving up at this point?"

The three of them looked up.

A handsome young man in black, holding a silver-blue wine jug, sat gracefully on the top of a tree, his azure eyes smiling as he looked down at the three people below.

"You won't become a powerful swordsman this way."

Wearing a boar's head mask, Inosuke Hashibira looked up at the person: "Who... are you...?"

He hasn't finished speaking yet.

Then Tanjiro's surprised voice came from beside him.

"Mr. Ron!!"

"Mr. Ron?"

Zenitsu looked at the person on the treetop, somewhat puzzled.

This was the first time he had ever heard this name.

Sitting on the treetop, Ron smiled at Tanjiro below, took a sip of his drink, and continued, "I've seen the training just now. The reason you two look so dejected is because you lack confidence in yourselves, right? Tanjiro taught you so carefully, but you still haven't made any progress. Seeing Tanjiro's progress makes you feel even more useless, doesn't it?"

"Is that so?!"

Tanjiro looked at Zenitsu and Inosuke in surprise.

Zenitsu and Inosuke lowered their heads in silence.

"The breathing technique of Concentration - Normal is not such a difficult skill to master. As long as you train hard enough, you can learn it. I watched your training and also discovered something. There is actually a reason why you two feel it is so difficult."

They heard the words of the mysterious person on the treetop.

"Is there a reason?"

Zenitsu and Inosuke felt a slight jolt in their hearts.

Tanjiro couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Ron, what do you know?"

"So you still didn't notice... Tanjiro."

Ron took a sip of his drink, looked at him with some helplessness, and said, "It's because you taught so badly."

"……Eh?"

Tanjiro froze on the spot after a second of stunned silence.

Ron flashed away.

"Disappeared?!"

Zenitsu was startled.

Then a hand landed on his shoulder, which almost scared the soul out of him.

"Ahhh!"

He screamed and jumped back, landing hard on his bottom, staring in terror at the young man in black who had suddenly appeared there.

"when……"

Inosuke was also quite shocked as he looked at Ron in front of him. He hadn't noticed it when he was in the tree, but now that Ron was standing in front of him, Inosuke realized how tall this person was!

He couldn't even reach this person's shoulder.

Ron smiled at the three of them and said, "Come with me, I'll show you around."

…………

When the three of them followed Ron to the gate of a small courtyard near the Butterfly House.

All three of them smelled an extremely fragrant aroma of roasted meat.

"It smells so good..."

Tanjiro closed his eyes, inhaling the fragrance with a look of pure enjoyment.

"I have never smelled such delicious roasted meat before."

Zenitsu drooled from the corner of his mouth.

Inosuke swallowed hard.

When the courtyard gate was pushed open.

The three followed Ron into the courtyard.

The rich aroma of roasted meat wafted over.

When you see the barbecue grill set up in the yard, and the huge, sizzling meat patties on it.

All three of them stared wide-eyed, drooling and with their stomachs rumbling.

Wow, what a huge steak!

"I can't bear it anymore!"

Inosuke could no longer resist and lunged at the steak.

But in mid-air, a hand pressed down on his neck and pulled him down.

Tanjiro and Zenitsu were startled and stared intently.

"It's Kanao!"

With a smile on her face, Kanao pressed Inosuke's neck with her right hand, pinning him firmly to the ground. Wearing a boar head mask, Inosuke struggled desperately but could not break free.

Ron sat in front of the grill, picked up a small knife, cut off a piece of roasted meat that was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and put it in his mouth.

The three of them stared, drooling, their eyes filled with envy and longing.

Ron, holding a small knife, turned to the three of them and smiled, "Want some meat?"

The three of them nodded in unison.

"Sure, but you have to finish the training first."

Zenitsu's eyes were bloodshot, and white breath was coming out of his nose: "As long as I can eat meat, I'll do any kind of training!! I want to eat meat!!"

35. Training Begins, Daily Life in the Demon Slayer Corps (Part 2)

The three began their training.

"Zenitsu and Inosuke, go run a hundred laps around the wall first."

"Tanjiro and Kanao practiced swordsmanship with wooden swords."

Tempted by the delicious barbecue, Zenitsu and Inosuke, without saying a word, ran around the yard with their eyes red.

Tanjiro, who has reached the level of Breathing Concentration - Normal, and Kanao, whose swordsmanship has become increasingly refined, sparred in swordsmanship.

After more than twenty moves, he was forced back by Kanao's sword.

Tanjiro, who had fallen to the ground with a thud, looked at the smiling girl opposite him, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.