Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began When I Became Yoriichi's Sister

Chapter 545 You're Not in Hell at All

Yuko was certain that she had left this world, because she had seen herself turn to ashes bit by bit.

This way of dying can be considered a contribution to the world, as it doesn't take up an inch of land.

Yuko looked around in the pitch-black space, but couldn't see anything else.

"Is this hell?" Yuko spread her hands.

That was indeed a bit like hell.

There's nothing there at all.

Yu Zi felt a chill run down her spine and took a step forward. If things continued like this, she would panic.

What a joke!

Should she stay sensible and remain in this godforsaken place forever?

If you had told her earlier that this is what it would be like after death, she wouldn't have wanted to die!

God, are you deliberately messing with her?

……

Fortunately, fate didn't play a cruel trick on her.

Yuko took two steps out, and a light appeared in the dark space.

Yu Zi squinted and raised her hand to block out the blinding light, as the large area of ​​darkness in front of her was engulfed by the light.

Yuko could feel a warmth, as if the road to heaven was right in front of her.

She subconsciously took a few steps forward and slowly reached out her hand toward the light, but just as she was about to touch it, she suddenly pulled her hand back.

Yuko looked back, but it was still pitch black behind her.

So, is it heaven in front and hell behind?

Yu Zizun stood there, sighed, and turned to walk into the dark space: "There's nothing I can do, mainly because there are no acquaintances of mine in Heaven."

If Shinobu and Yoriichi were in heaven, she would go there without hesitation.

Unfortunately, they have all been reincarnated and are now living happily in modern times, married with children, and enjoying a blissful life.

Wouldn't she be all alone in heaven?

She wanted to die because she felt lonely living alone, not because she was truly tired of living.

If it weren't for Tamayo and Tanihiko, Ikuko would have poisoned herself with every meal, repeatedly sinking to the bottom of Tokyo Bay and dying long ago.

Although they weren't the real people, they looked exactly the same, and their personalities were easy to get along with. Yuko truly spent time with them and became friends with them again.

She didn't want to live because she was alone. If she went to heaven alone, wouldn't her death have been in vain?

Of course, her main reason was that she felt it was boring to be alone in Heaven, not that she was thinking about her suffering brother in Hell and wanted to visit him.

Oh right! It turns out she has acquaintances in hell; now she has no choice but to go.

but……

Since she's been given the chance to go to heaven, she shouldn't be tormented in hell, right?

She asked herself if she had ever done anything wrong in her life... she thought... right...

Stepping into the dark space, Yuko suddenly felt a little panicked.

Wait, shouldn't the incident where she threw cockroaches into Yan Sheng's clothes when she was eight years old not count?

After all, she was just a child at the time.

And when she was ten years old, she caught a mouse and peed into Yan Sheng's shoes...

As for how it catches mice to urinate, that's none of your business!

No, that shouldn't count either; she was only ten years old and still just a child.

Yu Zi breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that hell wouldn't make things difficult for a child like her.

Is this really the case?

And then there's her tendency to argue with people and play pranks on them all the time...

Am I going to be sent to the Hell of Tongue Pulling?

Even with Yu Zi's thick skin, it would be difficult for her to use her young age as an excuse to get away with it.

Yu Zi couldn't help but take two steps back. Although she really wanted to go and see... ugh, although going to hell would be quite interesting, what if she committed a crime?

After all, she had even eaten Muzan's flesh, which in modern society would be considered intentional assault.

……

After a fierce internal struggle in the pitch-black space, Yuko finally stepped into hell.

There's nothing we can do; she's just so sentimental.

It would be somewhat inappropriate not to go and see Yan Sheng.

Well, of course, the main reason is that there are no acquaintances in heaven.

……

Yuko didn't know how long she had walked along this dark space, but her mind gradually became hazy.

It seems she's really going to die this time.

It's not just physical death, but also spiritual annihilation.

……

A black cat leaped from the rooftop, and below, in the dojo, a little girl was diligently practicing assassination techniques.

A hint of human-like appreciation flashed in the black cat's eyes. It crossed the rooftops and arrived at a secluded hot spring, scanning its surroundings.

Hmm, good, someone's here.

Huh? Someone's here?!

A cloud of smoke billowed out, and a naked girl with short purple hair and a wheat-colored complexion appeared in the spot.

Just as her wheat-colored toes were about to step into the hot spring, her golden pupils suddenly contracted, and she leaped further back with several backflips, tensing her body to look at the other side of the hot spring.

There are really people!

An outsider has suddenly entered the hot spring that she has been using alone all along!

On one side of the hot spring, a woman with long white hair and wearing strange clothes had her lower body submerged in the hot spring while her upper body was lying on the shore, seemingly unconscious.

A flicker of emotion crossed the girl's eyes as she cautiously stepped forward and saw the white-haired woman's appearance clearly.

She's really beautiful, this woman...

"Hey, wake up." The girl gently patted the woman's face, but couldn't wake her.

The girl frowned and looked around, then dragged the woman ashore and began to grope her body.

There were no injuries, not even weapons, not even a Zanpakuto.

Who exactly is this woman?

It seemed that her movements were too frequent, which finally woke the woman up.

"Hmm..." the woman murmured softly, slowly opening her eyes.

The girl was stared at by her double pupils, which were connected by a single eye. She looked at her with a slightly confused expression.

At that moment, the girl felt a chill run through her body, as if she were being watched by some ferocious beast.

The woman simply glanced at her calmly, then closed her eyes again.

She must be dreaming, otherwise why would she see a naked black woman?

Yan Sheng, you're not in hell at all, where are you?

Her feet were almost blistered.

The girl belatedly realized what had happened, and her tension suddenly dissipated, as if what had just happened was just her imagination.

No, is this really just her imagination?

But the woman in front of him didn't even have a trace of spiritual pressure.

No, no, no, that's the biggest problem!

How could an ordinary spirit appear inside Seireitei without triggering an alarm?

The walls surrounding Seireitei are constructed from Killing Stones, which can block spiritual energy. These Killing Stones release fluctuations that decompose spiritual energy, creating spherical protective shields that effectively protect Seireitei from intrusion.

Is it really reasonable for this woman to be here?

I have a feeling it will be a lot of trouble.

Yoruichi Shihouin gasped and tugged at her hair, looking somewhat pained.

When Yuko regained consciousness, she found herself lying in an unfamiliar room.

"So, this is hell?"

"If you want to go to Hell, then you've come to the wrong place. This is Soul Society."

A deep male voice rang in my ears.

Yuko got out of bed and looked to her side. She saw a black cat squatting on the table, staring at her without moving, like a doll.

"I must not be fully awake yet. How could a cat talk?" Yuko sighed and lay back down.

As soon as she lay down, the black cat leaped off the table, jumped onto her, and stepped on Yuko's stomach.

"Who exactly are you?" The black cat narrowed its eyes slightly.

Sure enough, those eerie eyes looked quite unsettling.

"Since you've asked so sincerely, I'll mercifully tell you." Yuko stared blankly at the ceiling, like a pre-programmed吐槽 (tu cao, meaning to roast or criticize) robot, reciting perfunctory lines, "That's right, I am the embodiment of wisdom and beauty, the new Demon King who punches Yoriichi and kicks Muzan."

"What nonsense are you spouting? Are you out of your mind?" Sure enough, this immediately drew a retort from Black Cat.

"Speaking of which, where did you just say this was?" Yu Zi stretched out her hands and rubbed her temples uncomfortably. "I clearly remember that after I died, I went to hell."

Is this still the human world?

The black cat narrowed its eyes: "What are you going to do in hell?"

"Let me explain. I have a disobedient older brother who has done many bad things to help evildoers. I am going to hell to see him."

"...Are you really brainwashed?"

Only then did Yoruichi Shihouin truly feel relieved.

Such a stupid guy doesn't seem like a cunning bad person at all.

If it was a disguise, then she was incredibly skilled, managing to fool Yoruichi Shihouin's eyes.

"My brain is abnormal, that's why I went to hell. Otherwise, I would have gone to heaven. Who would be so stupid as to go to hell?"

Hearing this, the black cat was dumbfounded.

"What paradise?"

"You mean the Heaven in the Heaven and Hell story?"

"Wait, then what is hell?"

"It's the hell in the heaven and hell theory."

The black cat, unable to bear it any longer, slapped her on the head: "You better stop this!"

"Ouch~" Yuko winced in pain, her eyes narrowing in anger. "Don't think you can hit people just because you can talk!"

"Believe it or not..."

The black cat sneered: "Believe or not believe what?"

Yuko suddenly reached out from under the covers and grabbed the black cat's hind leg: "I'll flick your balls... eh?"

"Why didn't you..."

"I don't know your grandpa!" A suspicious blush appeared on the black cat's face, and it flipped over and kicked Yu Zi in the face.

Yuko covered her nose in pain.

The black cat paced back and forth on her stomach, both ashamed and startled. It had been moving so fast! Even though she had been careless, anyone who could touch her must be no ordinary person.

Yuko released her hand from her nose: "You weren't castrated by your master, were you?"

"Damn it!" The black cat raised its paw, as if to strike.

Yuko suddenly lay back down like a salted fish: "So, can you tell me where this place is?"

"I seem to be lost."

The black cat's face darkened: "First, tell me what hell really means."

"It's that hell that everyone goes to after they die," Yuko said casually. "Oh, no, it's that good people go to heaven and bad people go to hell."

The black cat was speechless. So, this woman must have misunderstood the definitions of hell and heaven from the very beginning!

"If you mean hell, then you've definitely come to the wrong place, because this is the Soul Society, what you humans understand as heaven."

Yuko murmured, "Soul Society? I feel like I've heard that name somewhere before."

The black cat then asked, "And you? You're just an ordinary person? Why are you here?"

"Huh? Didn't you bring me here?" Yuko looked up, puzzled. "Or was it your master?"

The black cat said expressionlessly, "I found you in the hot spring at home and then brought you back."

"Hot springs? Is God so irresponsible that He made me get off halfway? But I haven't even boarded the bus yet." Yu Zi muttered to herself again, "Is this the consequence of deliberately not going to heaven?"

"Stuck in the middle?"

The black cat, unable to contain itself any longer, grabbed Yuko's collar and yelled, "Wake up, you idiot!"

"I already told you this is the Soul Society!"

"So what exactly is the Soul Society?!"

"The Soul Society is... blah blah blah..."

Yuko slammed her fist in her hand: "Oh! You mean, I did come to Heaven following the normal procedures."

"That's right... my foot!" The black cat instinctively tried to nod, but then suddenly became agitated.

"Why did a regular dog suddenly appear in my house?!"

What is "whole"?

The black cat took a deep breath: "It's the human soul."

“Speaking of this…” Yuko suddenly raised her hand in confusion, “Why do I look like this even in my soul state?”

The black cat asked irritably, "What do you mean, 'looks like this'? Was there something different about you when you were alive?"

She noticed that the woman looked better asleep than awake.

She looked so elegant and noble, like a princess, even while asleep.

What she said after she woke up was infuriating, and I had an urge to slap her twice.

“Is that so?” Yuko said, her black fingernails suddenly lengthening. “It’s strange, isn’t it? It’s clearly a soul, so why does it have this kind of ability?”

The black cat's pupils constricted sharply, and its fur stood on end: "What exactly are you?"

Yuko looked confused: "I already told you, I'm a ghost."

"So, what exactly is a ghost?"

"It's a ghost with immense strength, a blue face and fangs, as big as a small mountain, that likes to sneak into ordinary people's homes at night to eat children."

"So what exactly makes you look like one?" the black cat asked blankly. "And, you want to eat children?"

"Would you believe me if I said I wanted to eat it? Actually, cat meat isn't bad."

"Ha ha……"

The black cat stepped onto Yuko's body.

Yu Zi's face darkened: "Uncle, even though you're a cat, you're still a man. Even though you've been neutered, you're still half a man. Don't you know that men and women shouldn't touch each other?"

"If I hung you on a sweet potato, wouldn't you explode?"

"Please say something I can understand!" The black cat's tone was exasperated, and its deep male voice suddenly turned into a clear female voice.

As a cloud of smoke rose, Yuko felt a change in the weight on her body, and her golden eyes gradually widened in shock.