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"The tallest one is the Rock Pillar, said to be the strongest among the nine Pillars.
Next to him is the Wind Pillar. He has a very bad temper, and everyone is afraid of him, but whenever he's on a mission with someone, he's always the first to charge in.
Beside him is the Love Pillar; everyone likes her very much…"
Sanda quickly introduced them to Goku and Scarface Boy.
And the appearance of Goku and Scarface Boy immediately drew the attention of the nine Pillars.
"Hello everyone!"
Seeing everyone looking, Goku raised a hand to greet them, his face innocent, his eyes filled with excitement.
His intuition told him that these people were not weak; they were all masters with whom he could spar to improve his strength.
"Shinobu Kocho, you were defeated by this little guy?"
The Wind Pillar, his face covered in scars, stepped forward, bending down to look at Goku, who was less than half his height. His expression looked extremely fierce.
Then he turned to Tanjiro, who was standing nearby, and with lightning speed, he snatched the box containing Nezuko from Tanjiro's back.
"What are you doing?!"
Tanjiro was startled and tried to grab it back, but the Wind Pillar kicked him to the ground.
Their strengths were not on the same level at all.
"As a member of the Demon Slayer Corps, you fight to the death against demons to protect humans, yet you harbor a demon. You and this demon both deserve to die!"
The Wind Pillar drew his nichirin blade and pointed it at the box containing Nezuko.
"The Master hasn't arrived yet, Mr. Shinazugawa, please do not act on your own!"
At this moment, the Insect Pillar, Shinobu Kocho, stood up, looking a bit angry.
On her way back yesterday, she had learned what happened two years ago from Giyu Tomioka, and she felt more sympathy for Tanjiro and his sister.
Even if she couldn't fully believe that Nezuko, this demon, wouldn't eat humans in the future, she didn't want to see the Wind Pillar act so recklessly.
"Harboring a demon clearly violates the corps' rules. As Pillars, we can directly pass judgment. Let's behead this boy and the demon together!"
The Flame Pillar, with his flame-like hair, said, his bright eyes wide.
"Then let's flamboyantly chop off his head!"
The Sound Pillar, adorned with diamonds, dressed lavishly, tall and exceptionally handsome, echoed the Flame Pillar's view.
"Ah, what a poor child. Let's send him off soon, so he doesn't suffer any longer."
The strongest of them, the Rock Pillar, wept continuously, his face filled with sorrow.
"Tomioka harbored them, the siblings, and also violated the corps' rules. Let's deal with him too."
The Serpent Pillar pointed at Giyu Tomioka over there.
"Uh... he's been in the Demon Slayer Corps for so long, the Master must know about him. Since the Master hasn't punished him, I think…"
The Love Pillar, with her cute pink hair and exceptionally prominent figure, said cautiously.
Finally, the youngest, the Mist Pillar, looked up at the clouds in the sky without saying a word, clearly unconcerned with how to deal with Tanjiro and his sister.
"Let go of my sister! She fights demons with me and has never killed a human!"
Tanjiro stood up and tried his best to explain.
But the effect was not obvious. The Pillars, accustomed to such situations, simply didn't believe Tanjiro's words.
Their relatives and friends had all died at the hands of demons. They fought demons day after day, and the evil of demons had long been ingrained in their hearts.
"What a joke! A demon fighting to protect humans?
How is that possible?!"
The Wind Pillar's face showed anger, and he forcefully thrust his nichirin blade towards the box, intending to pierce through both the box and Nezuko inside.
However, just as the tip of the blade was about to touch the box, he found that the box in his hand had disappeared.
Turning his head, he saw that the box had somehow appeared in Goku's hand.
"When?!"
His pupils immediately constricted.
Clearly, just as he was about to pierce the box, Goku had rushed over at an extremely fast speed and snatched the box away.
Even if he had been very careless just now, being able to do such a thing indicated that Goku's strength was indeed not weak.
The other Pillars also turned their attention back to Goku.
That scene just now had surprised them a bit too.
Goku's movement speed was so fast that he was not inferior to the Sound Pillar, who was known for his speed among the Nine Pillars.
"Tanjiro, here."
Goku returned the box containing Nezuko to Tanjiro, then turned to the Wind Pillar and said, a little angrily,
"Uncle, how can you just hurt people? That's not right."
"Thank you, Goku."
Tanjiro took the box, hugging it tightly to his chest, his face filled with gratitude towards Goku.
His family was all dead, and only his sister was left. As an older brother, he had to protect his only sister.
"She's not human, she's a demon."
The Wind Pillar roared back.
Goku tilted his head:
"So what?"
"Demons eat people, so they must be killed! Don't you understand that?!"
The Wind Pillar cursed:
"You brat, don't block my way.
If it weren't for you helping our Demon Slayer Corps kill Lower Moon Five and saving many of our members, I'd be dealing with you right now."
"Demons that eat people definitely need to be killed, but she hasn't eaten anyone."
Goku did not move aside.
The Wind Pillar bared his teeth:
"I don't believe she hasn't eaten anyone, and even if she hasn't now, she will in the future, so I'm going to kill her now."
"She hasn't eaten anyone and has saved many people. I saw it all."
Goku stood firmly in front of Tanjiro.
He had seen Tanjiro's memories and confirmed that Nezuko had not eaten anyone and had even helped Tanjiro kill demons and save people; she was a good demon.
"You think just because you beat Shinobu Kocho you can stop me?"
The Wind Pillar could no longer hold back and kicked towards Goku, intending to kick him away and then kill the demon in the box.
Shinobu Kocho's strength lay in her poisons; in terms of actual combat ability, she was much weaker than him.
"Bang!"
Goku grabbed the Wind Pillar's sweeping leg and, with a powerful throw, flung him away.
"So you want to fight me? I love fighting the most!"
Assuming the starting stance of the Turtle School, Goku pushed off with his foot, quickly caught up to the Wind Pillar, and threw a punch.
"Such great strength! Such speed!"
The Wind Pillar was surprised by the terrifying power Goku had unleashed when he threw him, as well as his current speed in pursuit, but he didn't just sit there and wait.
"Wind Breathing, Seventh Form: Gale, Tengu Wind!"
Taking a deep breath, a large amount of oxygen entered his blood, flowing throughout his body, greatly enhancing his physical functions at that moment.
The Wind Pillar used his hands as blades, twisting his body in the air, unleashing a terrifying attack like a tornado.
"Phantom Star Fist!"
Seeing this, Goku's eyes lit up, and he used the Phantom Star Fist he had learned from Master Chin in the capital.
A sky full of hand-blades and fists collided, and the sound of punches and palms clashing like firecrackers echoed in the air.
When the two landed again, they had already swapped positions.
Two seconds later, the Wind Pillar, who had landed, clutched his stomach and immediately knelt on the ground.
In their recent exchange, the opponent had not only blocked all his palm-blades but had also broken through his defenses and punched him in the stomach…