Demon Slayer: Upper 0 seems to be a waste

Chapter 253 Ihei

The box rocked like a cradle.

Lin Guang had seen small wooden beds with fences in human dwellings, in families with children, in houses, by windows, where sunlight could reach. They were not supported by four straight wooden sticks, but by tilted sticks fixed in a curved arc. After a slight push, the bed would begin to shake slowly.

That thing was called a cradle, and children would be placed in it. The fragile babies, wrapped in soft blankets, would slowly close their eyes and fall asleep as the cradle rocked gently.

Lin Guang didn't understand it before. He saw with his own eyes how lively and active those children were, but how could they fall asleep peacefully in that rocking little wooden bed without anyone comforting them?

But when he became the first person to experience lying in the box, Lin Guang suddenly understood something. When he first sat in the box, he might think that the experience was a bit bumpy because he was not used to it. But as time went by, his body gradually got used to such a steady rhythm, and the constant shaking became a catalyst for relaxation.

The scorching sun above his head objectively exists. Even though Lin Guang, who is in the wooden box, cannot directly see the sun's brilliance, nor can he feel the sun's existence through the wood, he still knows that the sun is hanging high in the sky at this moment. This comes from the instinct flowing in his blood vessels. The invisible clock continues to run silently. Lin Guang clearly knows that it is daytime now, the daytime when he needs to hide, the daytime when he needs to rest.

Obviously, there were sufficient reasons for his sleepiness, and Lin Guang did feel this instinctive call. He was not tired, but he was beginning to feel a little sleepy. The brief verbal dispute just now made him open his eyes, but it did not wake him up. On the contrary, after the argument ended and the voices gradually died down, the quieter environment than before made the sleepiness ferment. Lin Guang realized that his consciousness was falling and being swallowed by the boundless swamp, and his eyes closed little by little.

"Rinko? Are you okay?"

It's not polite to describe someone as noisy, as it's not a compliment and even carries a clear derogatory connotation, but facing Tanjiro at this moment, Rinko couldn't help but think of this word. He was a little sleepy, and Tanjiro hadn't noticed yet, so his worry became a disturbance.

The good news is that Tanjiro has always been meticulous and sharp-minded. After asking and not getting a response, Tanjiro seemed to realize something. The box paused briefly, and then continued to shake forward, and no other sound was heard.

The journey thus became longer, lasting in silence.

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Lin Guang didn't remember when he fell asleep, but he still had some impression of when he woke up, because of the sudden stillness of the box, because of the sun that he couldn't see but clearly knew was setting in the west, and because of the sound of the man gritting his teeth.

"Tanjiro Kamado... I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Judging only by the words used, it sounds like a long-awaited friend, like a reunion with an old friend after a long separation, but if you pay a little attention to the tone, you will realize that it is just the most obvious disguise. The lowered voice and the syllables that can be emphasized clearly show that the person has reached the limit of endurance and it seems that he will explode in the next second.

"Please pay more attention..."

This is Tanjiro's voice. You can tell from the first word that he is energetic as always, with a loud and cheerful voice. Maybe he has a gentle smile on his face, and he should be standing straight.

"Shut up or I'll kill you."

But Tanjiro was interrupted before he could finish his words. This time, the voice was clearer, and each word was deliberately pronounced with clear emphasis. The slightly faster speaking speed was the best evidence to support Rinkou's guess.

You can tell that Xiao Banei is in a bad mood. No, it’s not that she is in a bad mood, but rather that she sounds completely terrible.

"I heard about you from Ganlu Temple. You're having a lot of fun training there... You're having a lot of fun training, right?"

Where is the dividing line between warning and threat?

As Rinko listened to Obana's voice, he couldn't help but think of such a question.

At that time, Lin Guang leaned quietly in the box, his back pressed against the wooden board behind him, his arms wrapped around his stiff legs, motionless, even his breathing remained relatively steady. His eyes were not open yet, but his head was slightly awake, at least his ears could catch these chaotic sounds, but he still didn't want to open his eyes, still shrouded in sleepiness, so he just tightened his arms slightly, exhaled silently, and adjusted his posture.

The two people who were not in front of him but behind him were obviously confronting each other, or at least one of them was confronting the other. It was not noisy or harsh, but it did objectively make Lin Guang feel a little annoyed. He turned his body sideways and buried his face deeper in his arms, trying to block out the outside sounds.

There was the sound of footsteps, the soles of shoes hitting the ground in a steady rhythm, and then the wooden door was opened. Then there was a vague whimpering sound, as if someone had their mouth covered and could only make vague and meaningless calls.

"You need to dodge these obstacles while swinging your sword. Correct your swordsmanship."

The wooden box hit the ground, and Tanjiro's movements were gentle enough. Even though two objects made of hard materials collided, the dull sound was not obvious, and even the vibration transmitted along the wooden board was not clear enough.

"Okay... so here are... these people tied up, have they committed a crime?"

"Well, the sins of weakness, forgetfulness, wasting my time, and making me unhappy. That's about it."

No one touched the wooden door in front of him, no one knocked on the wooden board above his head, and no one called his name. This was good news, which meant that Lingguang had not been noticed yet, and probably no one would disturb his rest in the short term.

The intermittent sounds could not be called noisy, and the vague shouts could not be called annoying. That was what Lin Guang originally thought, until the sound of wood colliding echoed one after another, followed by a shrill scream. It was obvious that the scream was endured, but it was finally uttered because of the unbearable pain.

Ok.

It was difficult for him to continue pretending that he was still asleep. After all, he was just very sleepy, but not deaf.

Click.

This is the sound of a wooden door panel being pushed.

pat.

This is the sound of a wooden door being pushed open.

"I'm so sorry, but you guys are really noisy..."

This was the resentful voice of a boy who was still asleep but was forced to open his eyes.