Demon Slayer: Upper 0 seems to be a waste

Chapter 205 Discussion

To be honest, Shimi has become a little accustomed to the Lord and Madam Tianyin often making some surprising decisions.

After all, they are so special and different. Whether it is their thinking, personality, style of doing things, or the final decision they make, it is understandable that they are different from ordinary people. It's just that most of the time he cannot agree with it at the first time.

In the recent past, for example, he accepted Nezuko as a member of the Demon Slayer Corps, decided to bring Rinko back instead of getting rid of her immediately upon seeing her, and temporarily accepted Rinko.

If the things in the past at least had some guarantees and judgments, at least some tenable reasons, then the last one was just nonsense with nothing.

Nezuko had never eaten anyone. She had been under Tanjiro's supervision since she became a demon, and she would continue to be so in the future. But Rinkou was not like that. Almost no one knew when she became a demon. Who knew her actual age? A few years, decades, or even centuries? How could a demon that long have never eaten a living person? How could a demon that powerful have never eaten a human? Shima didn't believe it, not at all.

How can a demon who has clearly eaten and injured humans be allowed to stay in the Demon Slayer Corps instead of having his head chopped off?

A plan, calmness, and the idea of playing the long game to catch a big fish briefly flashed through Shiya's mind.

But those were all means and schemes against humans. The one standing in front of them now was a genuine demon, even an upper-rank demon. Shiya remembered the brief fight with him. The boy was not good at fighting, at least not comparable to the other upper-rank demons they had seen or heard of. But if he really wanted to hurt someone or escape, he was not sure who could really keep an eye on this kid.

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It wasn't just Minami who raised objections to the plan. Obanai and Tengen all had the same opinion. No matter how important Rinko's role was, no matter how unique this kid looked, the fact that he was an Upper Rank couldn't be erased, especially since the two of them had witnessed with their own eyes how difficult it was to deal with him. Even Kyojuro and Minami could hardly stop him together, and could only delay him. This was under the premise that the other party didn't want to attack his friend. What if the person who stopped him was not the so-called "friend" he mentioned?

Will he hold back, or will he just keep running?

When such a question was asked, the atmosphere was briefly frozen.

"I also think that leaving someone like Rinko in the Demon Slayer Corps is irresponsible to the other members!"

Surprisingly, before Xingming spoke, Kyojuro expressed his attitude first.

"Even Mr. Purgatory thinks so...?"

Mitsuri seemed a little conflicted about this matter from beginning to end. She didn't think that Tanjiro's feelings were wrong, nor did she think that the child who looked younger than his brother was a bad person. But the other party was indeed a ghost, but ghosts are not necessarily bad people. After all, there are special beings like Nezuko, and Nezuko is a very cute child.

But after all, she and Rinko are not familiar with each other at all, and she has always relied on Tanjiro to understand this child. She saw him with her own eyes only not long ago. It is too difficult for her to make the right decision immediately. What's more, who can say what is the right decision now?

When Nezuko first joined the team, wasn't she also looked down upon by everyone? But now everyone has started to accept her, so why can't Rinko be the next one? Although it sounds incredible, it's not impossible.

"I'm not in favor of killing Rinko, but at least keeping her in the Demon Slayer Corps is too dangerous!"

Kyojuro spoke again only when everyone's eyes were on him, reaffirming his position. He trusted Rinkou, but she was a demon, an undeniably powerful demon. Unlike Nezuko, who had been easily controlled, Rinkou was a far more powerful being, and had once been the subject of intense scrutiny. He could share a room with her without a care in the world, but he couldn't risk risking a third life by dragging her into his reckless actions.

"What does Tokito think?"

"Well... since the Lord and Madam Tianyin have already made their decision, I will only support it... If you are worried that he will hurt others, or that someone will get hurt, then just keep him in a place where there are fewer people who can't hurt others, and that will be fine..."

Tokito answered softly, not participating in the dispute of whether to kill or keep, but just gently gave his own opinions and suggestions. He had felt that the name Rinkou seemed somewhat familiar before, but it was only a very brief moment, like an illusion, similar to the illusion that I seem to have been here, or I seem to have done something like this.

But before he suffocated, after his memory was awakened, he remembered that he did know someone, but he didn't know whether the person he knew was related to this so-called Upper Rank Zero.

After all, in his memory, the boy he knew named Lin Guang was just an ordinary child.

No, that's not right. That was a misjudgment caused by my childhood memories and my perception at that time. Judging from my current experience and experience, the boy was actually not ordinary. He had pale cheeks, thin hands and feet, and was said to be seriously ill.

But in fact, his brothers who were stronger than him at that time were more capable. They never went out during the day, but they could fill the firewood pile in one night.

There were actually many suspicious points about the boy, and every detail showed that he was not ordinary, let alone common. It was just that he felt hurt and sad because of his brother's consistent indifference at that time, so he was full of kindness towards such a friendly child, so that he didn't notice all these doubts at all.

Come to think of it, my brother was protecting him at that time.

"My Lord and Madam Tianyin have their own reasons for making this decision, and everyone's concerns are not unreasonable. In that case, who will be responsible for temporarily supervising Lingguang?"

Xingming remained silent during the debate, and only spoke when others expressed their opinions and there was a brief silence, raising the most crucial question.

"Then let him stay with me for the time being. I also have some questions I want to ask Rinko, and Tanjiro is also here with me. If they are together, they will both feel more at ease."

It was Shinobu who broke the silence. Unexpectedly, the pillar who was usually the most tolerant but actually the least forgiving of demons had to take the initiative to assume the responsibility of accepting and controlling an evil demon at this time.

But considering that the other party's attitude has been quite firm in standing on the side of capturing and bringing him back alive since the first time Lin Guang was mentioned, it is understandable.

"Then, Butterfly will temporarily oversee it. The pillars without missions will assist when they are free. Rinko's matter is settled. Do you have any objections?"

The voice was as steady and powerful as a bell. After a brief silence, responses, whether willing or unwilling, rang out one after another. The boy's fate was thus sealed after a short meeting.