Just as the boss was worried that Yang Tao might eat him too, Tanjiro, the protagonist of Demon Slayer, finally ran over, panting, from the town.
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The young man had short, dark red hair and red eyes. A scar on the left side of his forehead was larger and more exaggerated than Harry's scar, and he wore generations-old Nichirin earrings.
He wore a Demon Slayer Corps uniform, covered by a green Ichimatsu-patterned haori.
He frantically ran back to Nezuko's side.
At this moment, the boss saw him and walked down from the food cart aggressively.
"Hey!!!"
Tanjiro's heart skipped a beat when he saw the boss's expression. He had just shattered the udon noodles the boss had prepared because he smelled Kibutsuji Muzan's scent.
"I'm sorry! Boss, I'll pay for it!"
The boss became even more agitated, veins bulging on his forehead, and he shouted at Tanjiro, "What I want to say is not about the money at all!!!"
"What I can't forgive is that you had no intention of eating my udon noodles!"
Tanjiro immediately said, "I'm very sorry, please give me another bowl!"
The boss's tone softened slightly as he asked, "You really want to eat it?"
"Yes!"
Then, the enraged boss looked at Nezuko, who was watching the show from the side, and Nezuko immediately flinched.
'Oh no, he's coming for me!'
The boss waved his hand, pointed at the bamboo in Nezuko's mouth, and said, "You too, if you want to eat udon, you must first remove that bamboo!"
"What's with this bamboo, hey!"
It looked strange for a girl to have a bamboo stick in her mouth, but Nezuko was a demon at this point. If the bamboo blocking her mouth was removed, Nezuko at her current stage might not be able to resist her desire to drink blood.
Seeing this, Tanjiro immediately moved in front of his sister and said very seriously to the boss, "Please give me udon! Two bowls!"
"Oh... oh..."
The boss was intimidated by the silly aura emanating from Tanjiro and immediately turned to busy himself inside the food cart.
Yang Tao, who was eating, gently placed his chopsticks on the empty bowl.
He turned to look at Tanjiro, the protagonist of this world. He was a very young man, only about sixteen or seventeen, and he was currently coaxing Nezuko.
The boss was quick, and in just two or three minutes, he had already placed the finished udon noodles on the table. Tanjiro's expression was as serious as if he were preparing for battle. He picked up his chopsticks and devoured a bowl of noodles in three or five bites.
Two bowls of noodles took less than fifteen seconds. After Tanjiro had eaten his fill, he clasped his hands together and loudly said:
"Thank you for the meal, it was delicious!"
After speaking, he waved and bid farewell to the boss, leaving. Hearing Tanjiro's words, the boss also said excitedly, "It's good that you understand! My udon is the best!"
Seeing Tanjiro take Nezuko's hand and prepare to leave, Yang Tao also smiled, stood up, and said to the boss, "I'm full, thank you for the meal."
The boss immediately said, "Wait, I'll get your change!"
"Just put it on my tab. If I have time, I'll come back."
With that, Yang Tao walked towards Tanjiro and Nezuko without looking back, leaving the boss with a gradually receding figure.
"I'm sorry, Nezuko, I left you behind."
Nezuko didn't speak, of course, she couldn't speak. Before Tanjiro could say anything else, she grabbed his hand tightly and pulled him back.
"What's wrong, Nezuko?"
Tanjiro asked, somewhat puzzled, but Yang Tao, who had caught up, had already seen the health bar hidden behind the utility pole.
Over four hundred health points.
However, Yang Tao felt that most of the demons' strength in this world was focused on recovery.
Without a Nichirin Blade, it was impossible to kill a demon.
Of course, this was just what the Demon Slayer Corps said. Yang Tao didn't believe that demons in this world could survive in a steel furnace. If they really could, then he would definitely send the demons here to the Resident Evil laboratory for a good study.
A green-haired demon walked out from behind the utility pole. His face wore an expression as if someone owed him eight million, and his gaze was somewhat fierce as he looked at Tanjiro.
Seeing him, Tanjiro's eyes lit up, and he immediately took Nezuko's hand and ran to the demon, saying, "Are you waiting for me?"
The green-haired young man looked at Tanjiro and said, "The mistress told me to bring you over..."
Yang Tao heard this and muttered internally, "The 'mistress'? Could it be the invincible Lord Zoffy?"
He quietly walked behind Tanjiro and Nezuko.
Tanjiro softly said, "I can follow the scent."
"She's in a place where she's cast an illusion, but more importantly..."
The young man pointed at Nezuko and said, "Isn't that woman a demon? And she's ugly..."
Ugly?
A storm was brewing in Tanjiro's mind. He stared blankly at the young man in front of him, standing rooted to the spot.
Ugly? Does he mean ugly? Who's ugly?
Suddenly, Tanjiro reacted, glanced at the deeply affected Nezuko, and pressed close to the green-haired young man, saying furiously, "Nezuko can't possibly be ugly! Look closely at her appearance!"
"Nezuko is a well-regarded beauty in town!"
Tanjiro, as her brother, had his defenses broken.
Yang Tao, not far behind Nezuko, laughed and said, "He looks like an energetic young man, but he's actually blind... Tsk tsk, what a pity."
"I wonder if he can still be saved..."
To deal with a sharp tongue, you have to use a sharp tongue in return, otherwise, people like them won't listen to anything you say.
The green-haired demon heard this, shifted his gaze to him, and then asked Tanjiro, "Is he your companion?"
Looking at the green-haired demon's eyes and question, Yang Tao laughed and said, "I wasn't just now, but I am now."
The oblivious Tanjiro heard the voice behind him and immediately turned his head, only then discovering his uninvited guest.
"You... aren't you the customer who ate with us just now?"
"My name is Yang Tao, and it's a pleasure to meet you. And for such a cute girl like Nezuko to be called ugly, young man, if you don't need your eyes, you really can donate them."
The young man suddenly appeared in front of Yang Tao as if by teleportation, staring into Yang Tao's eyes and saying word by word, "My eyes work perfectly fine, and this is an ugly woman!"
Yang Tao slowly extended his hand and gently patted the young man's shoulder.
"Then now... do you feel like there's something wrong with your eyes?"
The floor beneath the young man's feet instantly cracked, and a mouthful of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. An expression of disbelief appeared in his eyes; he couldn't move his body at all.
He couldn't even blink, let alone use his Blood Demon Art.
This young man's name was Yushiro. He had a short temper and a tsundere personality. He adored another female demon, Tamayo, believing that Tamayo was always the most beautiful, and therefore disliked anyone who had contact with Tamayo, especially Tanjiro.
Like Tamayo, he didn't eat humans; he could survive by drinking a small amount of human blood, and his demand was even less than Tamayo's.
"Young man, tsunderes are outdated."