Chapter 21 Those Who Passed the Selection
For the next seven days, Tanjiro continued to try to survive by looking for something edible around the mountain. It's not so hard for him who was used to living and looking for food in the mountains.
He can only rest during the day, because at night, many demons appear and he have to fights them. Tanjiro also kept trying to ask the demon he meet how to return demon back into human. But none of them answered. And so on for up to seven days.
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Approaching the eighth day when the final selection was ended, Tanjiro managed to return to the starting place where the wisteria flowers were still blooming. There were already three children that he had seen at the opening of the final selection.
At first there were about 20 children, but now there are only three that he can see. Four people Including himself.
The boy he has helped before also cannot be seen. Tanjiro blamed himself for fainting at that time so he didn't know where the boy had go after that. If he's not here, it means that the child is also lost his live. According to the requirements. 'Survive for seven days'. Doesn't survive means they're death.
If he's not here, it means that the child is also lost his live. According to the requirements. 'Survive for seven days'. If they cannot survive, they're almost certain lost their live.
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Among the three people, One boy has a bright yellow hair color. He kept muttering the words 'I definitely will die' with a frightened look on his face.
One boy with a strange hairstyle. He didn't say anything and just stood still.
The last one is a girl. There is almost no dirt or soil attached to her body. A single butterfly perched on her finger.
Not long after that, the two children who has seen at the opening of the final selection came.
The two almost identical children congratulated the participants who passed the final selection. One of them said that five people passed in this selection.
But Tanjiro only see four including himself. Tanjiro asked and it turned out that the other one had already left early.
A boy with a strange haircut interrupted the two children who were giving the greeting.
He asked about a katana.
But the two children continued their words in turn and explained about the uniforms that would be obtained by each participant who passed. Also regarding the 10 rank demon hunters.
1. Kinoe
2. Kinoto
3. Hinoe
4. Hinoto
5. Tsuchinoe
6. Tsuchinoto
7. Kanoe
8. Kanoto
9. Mizunoe
10. Mizunoto
As demon hunters who had just completed their exam, they were all at Mizunoto level.
Again, the boy interrupted them. He again asked for the katana.
The two children who looked like twins didn't answer directly. According to what they say, the Katana used by demon hunters must be made from iron ore that each participant had to choose themself. After selecting the ore, the Katana will be made and finished in 10 to 15 days.
Therefore, this time in addition to measuring uniforms and selecting ore, each of the participants will be given a crow called Kasugaigarasu.
After that, three crows and a sparrow came at the call of one of the two white-haired children.
Tanjiro, the girl with the butterfly hair tie and the boy who had been asking about the katana earlier were approached by a crow. While the boy with striking yellow hair actually got a sparrow.
The black haired boy explained the about kasugaigarasu as a crow that can be used for communication.
But the boy with the odd haircut then chased away his Kasugaigarasu. It wasn't the crow that he wanted. He still insisted on wanting a katana called Nichirin, to the point of grabbing the white-haired one's hair and yelling at her.
Tanjiro who didn't like his act immediately stopped him. Tanjiro held the hand that grabbed the girl's hair. Tanjiro tells him to let her go by threatening to break his arm.
The boy instead challenges Tanjiro to actually break his arm. In response to that, Tanjiro actually tightened his grip on his hand.
Feeling pain from Tanjiro's firm grip, the boy let go of his hand and moved away from Tanjiro while holding his aching hand. The look in his eyes said he was annoyed.
After that, as if nothing had happened, the black-haired boy continued his explanation and told each participant to choose the iron ore that would be used to make their Nichirin.
Of the four participants who passed, Tanjiro chose first. He relied on his sense of smell to pick out his iron ore. After Tanjiro, it's another turn until everyone chooses their own ore.
One by one they gave their body measurements to be used for making their uniforms. After that, they were allowed to go home.
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In a small house, a man is sitting with his eyes looking straight.
In his hand, a kasugaigarasu informed him of the results of the final selection that had just been done.
The old man smiled with a smile of joy mixed with sadness. Five people had passed the final selection, but dozens more lost their lives.
Not everyone has a second chance.
For some people,
This opportunity only comes once in their live.
TBC