Tanjiro's POV. Red Light District.
Tanjiro: Inei-oniisan..........
I can hear the sound of clashing swords.........
I can smell the sparks.........
As of now, Inei-oniisan is fighting the Upper Rank Demon........
He's buying time, for the civilians to escape...........
I can hear their cries.........
Why........? How.........? How could people like this demon.......
Kill without remorse...........
Unlike nii-san, though he killed a lot of people in the past, he regretted taking their lives. He always wanted to find any other way to stop those people who will hurt others.
Other ways to stop them, other than killing them. Yet, he never had the choice. He had to, because if he didn't, then more people will be hurt, more people will suffer and die.
Inei-oniisan have been burdened of killing humans even before he became a Demon Slayer. Yet even as a Demon Slayer, I can always see his sad expression........
He knew that demons were also humans in the past. For him, killing demons and humans didn't make much any different.
But........there are just people who really don't regret taking one's life.........
He always treated himself as worse than a demon.........
But........that's not what I think! I always knew, that Inei-oniisan, is always doing what he had to do..........
And that is to protect the people he cares about.
Me, Nezuko, Inosuke, Zenitsu, Shinobu-san.........
Shinobu-san, I'll protect Inei-oniisan in your place........
Tanjiro: Stand up........
Tanjiro: Stand up.......
Tanjiro: Control your breathing! You got to get back immediately! Inei-oniisan needs my help!
Tanjiro: I have to protect him! Or else.........Shinobu-san won't forgive me if he dies!
Shinjurou-san, I am not as talented as you say. I wasn't born with this birthmark, I got this scar when I protected my brother, and it got even wounded during the Final Selection.
I am not as talented and strong like nii-san but........
"Tanjiro, listen. There will be moments that we feel that we are weak. Fundamentally, we humans are weak. Ever since we were born, we are born weak."
"But, over time, as we grow up, we learn to stand up in our own two feet. We learn to take our first steps. We learn how to walk. We learn how to jump, how to run, how to move forward."
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