mesbooks Chapter 195 Training Partner
Chapter 195 Training Partner
"Xiao-Yue--go out and play--"
The drawn-out sound undoubtedly came from Lin Guang. In this entire space, only that boy could make such a sound, like a child's spoiled child. The sound gradually grew louder from afar, indicating that the other party was rapidly approaching.
Sure enough, the next second after the ending tone ended, the instigator, who seemed to be keeping a distance, suddenly appeared behind him and hit Xiyue with great force, and then the head popped out from the edge of sight.
Lin Guang is always like this. To be honest, Xiyue has started to get used to it.
Habit is a terrible thing. When he was called like this for the first time, he was filled with discomfort and asked the other party not to call him like this in an irritable tone, but Lingguang insisted and did the same every day. So day after day, he didn't know how many times he did not correct the call.
And now, he had completely accepted it all. The boy almost put all his weight on the hands that supported his shoulders, but even so, Xiaoyue did not feel any burden. Lingguang was very light, even if he stood on his shoulders, he probably would not weigh much.
"I know, I know, so hurry down."
Even though he didn't feel it was a burden, he still opened his mouth to drive her away as usual, with a tone of impatience in his voice, but he finally agreed. The boy, whose wish was granted, immediately leaned back and fell from his shoulders. When he stood up from the ground, he didn't have time to tidy up his clothes.
The hand was raised again, holding his.
"Let's go find Kokushibo."
The irresistible force came from the smaller hand. Only at this time would Xiong Yue slightly realize that Ling Guang was actually very strong. At least the strength used to drag him was not what a child should have.
Unlike him, Kokushibo seemed completely accustomed to being disturbed by Rinko, and Rinko was always more polite to Kokushibo. And for him, who was also an uninvited guest dragged over by Rinko, Kokushibo could just give him a look.
Then he just turned a blind eye, but at least he didn't stab him. For Xiong Yue, this was enough.
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When he was in the Demon Slayer Corps, Gion had heard of Rinko's name. At that time, his only impression of this name was that it meant danger, and he should report it immediately if he encountered it, and then run away immediately. Apart from that, there was nothing else. But even such a shallow and vague impression was enough for Gion to realize the other party's identity and status.
If you meet Upper Moon Zero, you must run away immediately, because the other party may not be warlike, but there must be other Twelve Kizuki around him. This seems to mean that for demons, Rinko is also important, although Gyoyue can't understand what kind of relationship there is between demons.
Back to the present, he still couldn't understand why these ghosts would accompany Rinkou like this, and would not even allow the boy to leave the Infinite Castle, a place of absolute safety, without the supervision of the Upper Ranks.
But at least Gyoyue was deeply aware that Rinko was indeed very different from the demons and was a very important existence. After all, Kokushibo standing beside him was confirming this all the time.
Although Lin Guang said that they were out for fun, in fact, this cannot be called playing.
No, not necessarily. Maybe for ghosts, this is also a game.
Yao Yue's conjecture.
The boy ran in the forest. As a hunter, he realized belatedly what they had experienced that night. The cold light was like a beast existing in the darkness, silent, swift and soundless. Lives disappeared easily before his eyes, one after another, until the last person's head left his body. He didn't even know that there was actually no companion left alive behind him.
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Gyoyue felt that Rinko was a different kind of ghost.
Lin Guang could see this because of the other party's attitude towards him, the hesitation in wanting to say something, the subtle look in his eyes, the unconscious frown when looking at him, many details reflected the other party's disapproval. Like every ghost he knew, Xiyue thought he was abnormal.
But Lingguang actually thinks that Xiyue is the abnormal ghost, because Xiyue is sometimes the same as him.
For example, now, the corpse is lying on the ground, blood is everywhere, Kokushibo has no reaction to it, and neither does Rinko, and interestingly, neither does Gion.
He just looked at the corpse on the ground, not knowing what he was thinking, but he didn't look like he wanted to eat it.
"Aren't you going to eat?"
Rinko walked up to him and asked him.
"what?"
Gyoyue turned around and Rinkou saw his face. There was obvious confusion on his face, and after realizing what he was saying, the confusion turned into questioning.
"What to eat? Them?"
He nodded, as if it was a matter of course, but Xiyue's brows furrowed even more.
"You are a ghost. Ghosts eat people just like people eat food."
This was the first time that Lin Guang explained this to another ghost. He had heard this kind of thing more often in the past, and too many ghosts had said this to him, and now it was finally his turn to say it out loud.
"I didn't become a ghost just to eat them."
Yao Yue did not accept his explanation. He just kicked the man on the ground's arm and shook his head.
"I chose to become a ghost in order to survive and become stronger."
It sounds weird.
For Lin Guang.
"But ghosts become stronger only when they eat people."
Lin Guang put his hands behind his back, raised his head and continued to give considerate reminders.
"I've never seen you eat people, nor have I seen Kokushibo always want to eat people. Besides eating people, there must be other ways."
Yao Yue did not change his opinion because of his explanation. Instead, he put one hand on his waist, as if he had seen through his little thoughts long ago, and tapped him on the head twice with the other hand.
"Well... that's possible, but it will be very difficult for you."
"Life isn't easy, and being a ghost probably won't make it any easier."
Yao Yue sneered disdainfully and acted calmly about it.
Rinko didn't quite understand what the other person said, but he felt that it was right. His life seemed to be always filled with various sufferings. Although he didn't know why Gyoyue didn't like to eat people, Rinko didn't like to eat people either, so he didn't think it was a problem.
I just feel that Yao Yue might really become a good friend of his.
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There's a new member added to Rinko's training plan.
Kokushibo had no objection to this. The young demon was full of enthusiasm to become stronger and was willing to join the arduous training. He admired such people very much, so he agreed to Gyoyue's application to join the training.
Of course, whether the other party can persist and whether they will suffer as a result is not something he would consider.
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[Tips: The fact that Xiaoyue doesn’t eat humans is just my guess.
I described Yao Yue in great detail because I have been pondering the character of Yao Yue recently. There has always been more abuse against this character. Before reading the original novel, I was confused about this. Later, after understanding it, I actually thought a little about whether he should bear such great malice.
I don't think he's innocent. I just tend to speculate. The characters in Demon Slayer are very three-dimensional. Everything has its origins. I'm curious about why Gyoku is this way, so I think he has a difficult past and faced many things that were not easy to get over. But he ultimately overcame these hardships. He might have pondered the meaning of his own existence at first, but thinking is something that can only be done after you have enough food and water. He didn't have the leisure to do that, so he just lived, a somewhat chaotic existence.
Living itself requires courage. He is not like Jifu Taro, who has a pillar to live on and an existence that needs protection. He only has himself, so he gave himself a reason to make those who once looked down on him regret it. Excuses like this became his spiritual pillar, allowing him to keep moving forward.
And for this, no matter what the cost, it doesn't matter.
After reading those chapters about Xing Yue, I have a feeling that he is a child with very bad luck. He was born in a very bad situation. He had no parental care and no education from anyone. He just lived on his own. Some people said that he also lived with everyone in the temple and was taken care of by Xing Ming. Yes, so I think that period of time was also the rare happiest time in his short life. The happiness was almost like a dream.
But the problem is, before that, he had not been taught by anyone, he didn't know whether stealing was right, he just wanted to survive, just like Komaji stole things at that time, but one had ordinary reasons and the other had noble ones. I don't deny that Konoha was a bad boy, but he didn't receive any correct teaching from anyone. He stole things and no one told him that it was wrong. Even though he later realized that it was wrong, that was his way of survival.
And he still steals in the temple. I have a thought, just like some stray cats who become malicious towards other small animals in the house after being adopted, especially dogs, because they face enemies when they are wandering. Dogs will chase them and cats will steal things from them. For Xiong Yue, stealing things is also his instinct to survive.
I haven't found a precise account of what happened that night in the temple. The part about a child extinguishing the candle and drawing the ghost in is Xingming's speculation, and doesn't seem to be accurate. I'm also a little confused about this: if a ghost encounters a child, would it really be drawn to a certain place and kill the people there instead of the child? I'm also a little confused about whether Xiaoyue could actually have lured a murderous ghost to the temple to kill them. Could he have truly possessed such a strong desire for revenge at that age? (If there's more accurate information on this, please tag me, as I haven't found it.)
As for his personality, that's all for now. Regarding his non-cannibalism theory, I came across some information. (Like Kokushibo, Gyo's sword was forged from his own flesh and blood. He was obsessed with being a swordsman and wanted to create something identical to the Nichirin sword.)
So I made a guess based on this, is it possible that Yao Yue never thought about eating people, he just wanted to live, in the face of life and death, he was just timid, but stubbornly chose to live instead of bravely facing death, he wanted to prove that he would become stronger, and becoming a ghost was a means, a way.
He is willing to become a ghost in order to survive, but he may not really become a pure evil ghost. This is not a whitewashing, but there don't seem to be so many pure and absolute evil people in Demon Slayer.
Even Muzan had enough ideas to support him to keep going. It was a twisted obsession. If you have to say it, it was because he had extraordinary pride in being a demon king who was far more powerful than humans.
I can't say this is whitewashing, I can only say that I'm trying to analyze and speculate from a different perspective. I apologize for saying so much.]