Simultaneous time travel: But our system is out of sync!

Chapter 5 Anger

At this moment, in the snow, Giyu Tomioka stood with his sword sheathed, his eyes cold and confused.

Tanjiro was also perplexed by him.

He stared at the person in front of him, his eyes wide open.

"Who is it?"

He then noticed the sword in Giyu Tomioka's hand that was gleaming with a faint blue light.

"knife!"

At this moment, Giyu Tomioka finally spoke, his tone cold yet questioning.

Why should we protect her?

Why protect a ghost?

Tanjiro's answer, however, was unwavering.

"She is my sister."

Upon hearing Tanjiro's answer, Giyu Tomioka looked at Nezuko, who was struggling in Tanjiro's arms, and a strange light flashed in the depths of his eyes.

"Is that your sister?"

Then, the next moment he started moving.

With a light step, Giyu Tomioka charged toward Tanjiro and Nezuko at incredible speed.

Upon seeing this, Tanjiro almost instinctively bent down and held Nezuko tightly in his arms, as if afraid that she would be hurt.

However, after a burst of snow mist, Tanjiro was horrified to find that his arms were empty.

He quickly looked up and around.

Then his gaze remained fixed on the spot where Giyu Tomioka was.

Tomioka Giyu held a knife in one hand and firmly held Mizuko in the other, making her completely unmoved no matter how much Mizuko struggled.

Upon seeing this, Tanjiro exclaimed in surprise.

"Beans!"

Then I wanted to go forward and take the beans back.

However, just as he took a step, he heard an angry shout from the other side.

"Do not move!"

Sensing the fierce aura from the other side, Tanjiro, for Nezuko's safety, had no choice but to retract the leg he had just taken.

Seeing Tanjiro's worried expression, Giyu Tomioka spoke coldly.

"My job is to slay demons."

"Of course, I'll also cut off your sister's head."

Upon hearing this, Tanjiro's pupils contracted, and he quickly explained loudly.

"Wait a minute, Midouzi hasn't hurt anyone yet."

"There's a strange smell in my house that I've never smelled before."

"It must have been that guy. That guy killed everyone."

"It's not a bean!"

"I don't know why Nezuko turned into a ghost."

"but!"

However, Tanjiro's explanation was interrupted by Giyu Tomioka.

"That's enough!"

"If a wound is stained with the blood of a demon, it will turn into a demon."

"Then the ghost will go and kill other people, turning them into ghosts as well."

"That's how ghosts are created."

Upon hearing Giyu Tomioka's words, Tanjiro immediately voiced his opposition.

"Nei Douzi won't eat people!"

Upon hearing Tanjiro's words, Giyu Tomioka's eyes turned cold.

"You really are—"

"Stubborn to the end!"

"If I hadn't saved you, you would have been eaten by her."

Tanjiro continued to loudly defend himself.

"No, Mizuko already recognized me."

"I will definitely turn her back into a human."

Upon hearing this, Giyu Tomioka felt that Tanjiro was both pathetic and laughable, and he said coldly.

"It can't be changed back."

"Once you become a ghost, you can never become human again."

But Tanjiro couldn't accept Giyu Tomioka's cold verdict.

"Then let's go find it!"

"Nothing is completely impossible in this world."

"I will definitely find a way to turn Nezuko back into a human."

"And find the ghost that killed my family."

"Please don't kill Midouzi."

"Whatever it is, I will do it."

"So, so!"

However, Giyu Tomioka remained unmoved in the face of Tanjiro's pleas for mercy.

He slowly raised the long sword in his right hand and pointed the cold blade at Midouzi's chest.

Upon witnessing this scene, Tanjiro was nearly driven to despair.

In a daze, the images of his deceased family members appeared before his eyes.

They were all waving goodbye to him.

He tried desperately to persuade them to stay, but to no avail.

They were just talking from a distance, but they couldn't make a sound.

But Tanjiro knew, he knew what they were going to say.

"Tanjiro, you must protect Nezuko!"

Tears welled up in his eyes, and he collapsed to his knees with a thud.

"Please, please don't take my family away from me anymore."

"Please, please don't kill my sister."

Please!

"I will do whatever it takes."

Upon seeing Tanjiro in this state, Giyu Tomioka felt as if he had seen a familiar figure.

An uncontrollable rage suddenly surfaced on his face, which had been as cold as ice for millennia.

Never ask anyone for help, especially not your enemy.

"Do not give the power of life and death to others."

"And do not kneel down in weakness and incompetence."

"If begging for mercy were effective, your family, my family, everyone's family wouldn't have been killed."

"Incompetence is shameful, but weakness is even more pathetic."

"Even if you find the ghost that killed your family, what good will it do?"

"Are you begging him to save your sister, or begging him to commit suicide?"

"In this cruel world, the weak are merely food, destined to submit to the strong."

"Look at yourself now, how weak and ridiculous you are."

"Beg me!"

Where is your dignity? Where is your courage?

Yoshiyuki Tomioka pulled Mizuko to the front.

"You thought you were saving her just now?"

"Wrong, completely wrong."

"If you really want to save her, why don't you swing your axe, why don't you raise your fist, why do you have to wag your tail and beg like a dog?"

"Does someone like you deserve to be saved?"

As he spoke, the coldness in Giyu Tomioka's eyes almost solidified.

"In that case, I'll lend you a hand."

"To help you and your sister escape this cruel world, to help you and your sister find liberation, and to help you reunite with your family."

With that, he raised his long sword high.

At this moment, Lin Bei, who was floating to the side, frowned as he watched the scene not far away.

The worst-case scenario he ever wanted to see has occurred.

The wings flapped by his tiny butterfly ultimately influenced the original storyline of Demon Slayer.

Despite his cold exterior, Giyu Tomioka was genuinely moved by the bond between Tanjiro and Nezuko.

But the result of triggering it was a completely different story.

Unable to bear seeing Tanjiro and his sister continue to suffer, he decided to kill them both.

Therefore, no matter how strong Lin Bei's willpower was, and even if he wanted to find Tomioka Giyuu's weakness before making a move, he could no longer wait.

So, just as Tomioka Giyuu's long sword was about to strike, Lin Bei moved.

It was like a white lightning bolt.

Lin Bei, who was poised to strike, emerged from behind a tree and charged straight toward Tomioka Giyuu, whipping through the wind and snow.

Just as Giyu Tomioka's long sword was about to pierce Nezuko's heart, he gripped the blade firmly in his hand.

Despite the flesh being cut and the bones being severed, he remained unfazed.

Instead, he flashed a bright smile with nine teeth at Tanjiro, who was staring in disbelief as if he had seen a ghost.

"Hey, Tanjiro!"

"Lin Bei is here to save you!"