That being said, Fang Hao had no intention of provoking an enraged Tamayo, so he decided to be cautious once more; there was nothing wrong with that.
"However…" He narrowed his eyes, "They should be here soon."
In the original work, Tanjiro encountered the fake Twelve Kizuki, the Temari Demon and the Arrow Demon, here.
Although they claimed to be Twelve Kizuki, they were not the real Twelve Kizuki.
When Fang Hao first saw this part, he thought two Twelve Kizuki had appeared at once, and the fight made his blood boil, but later he realized that the real Twelve Kizuki had numbers like Upper Rank or Lower Rank in their eyes.
Fang Hao: Are you good at fighting? What good is fighting?
To survive, you need influence and background.
Which path are you on?
Temari Demon, Arrow Demon: We are the Twelve Kizuki under Master Muzan.
Fang Hao: The Twelve Kizuki have words in their eyes, do you?
The two demons shook their heads.
Fang Hao: Do you know the other Kizuki among the Twelve Kizuki?
The two demons shook their heads.
Fang Hao: So you're just small-time punks.
You wasted my emotions; I thought the main plot had begun when I was watching.
Bah.
Fang Hao also didn't know why they thought they were the Twelve Kizuki; it must have been Muzan who told them.
He even deceives fools; this scumbag boss is truly despicable.
Tanjiro remained silent for a while, still very concerned about what Tamayo had said earlier.
Although Tamayo said she couldn't turn that man back into a human, perhaps Nezuko could, since Nezuko had reason!
He asked with a glimmer of hope, "Lady Tamayo, is there still a way for someone who has become a demon to turn back into a human?"
A way to become human again…
Tamayo had dealt with humans for… many years, so she naturally understood Tanjiro's purpose.
She glanced at Nezuko, who was still playing, then said with a serious expression, "Of course."
"Is there really?" Tanjiro asked in surprise.
"Becoming a demon is merely a special illness.
As long as it's an illness, there will be a cure.
Even if there isn't one now, a solution will be found someday." Her voice was calm, yet filled with immense conviction.
"Therefore, no matter what, never give up easily; abandoning hope is the most serious illness."
"Is that so?" Receiving only words of comfort instead of a concrete answer left Tanjiro quite disappointed, but he finally had some hope, and Tanjiro also cheered up a little.
"We've conducted a lot of research over the years, and Yushiro was saved because of it, but there are only two of us, and our facilities aren't complete, so it's difficult to conduct large-scale research, and the progress over these years hasn't been ideal."
Fang Hao nodded.
Here it comes.
After the emotional manipulation, she's starting to solicit investments.
Tanjiro, beware of manipulative women.
However, Fang Hao was still very happy to see it happen, because Tamayo's subsequent research would be very helpful in eliminating Muzan and the Twelve Kizuki.
"If I were to use poison, would there be a legend of a Poison Demon King Slayer?" After thinking about it, he still shook his head.
It's better to keep it as a backup plan; he prefers to slay Muzan with his own strength.
It's not because of some strong-man mentality; it's mainly because he's afraid of not achieving a legend, losing a talent or skill, which would be a bit of a loss but somewhat acceptable, but if it leads to fewer Crossing chances, Fang Hao would be dumbfounded.
Does he have to go to the puella magi madoka magica world to throw his life away?
Sending oneself to death from a thousand miles away is nothing more than this, right?
Is it really okay to throw one's life away across worlds?
"Is that so?" Tanjiro thought for a while, then still asked with a puzzled expression, "Mr. Yushiro is not controlled by Muzan because of Lady Tamayo's research, but what about Lady Tamayo?"
"Yushiro became a demon using my blood.
As for me, I broke free from Muzan's control a long time ago."
"A long time ago?" Tanjiro wanted to ask exactly how long ago, but he shivered when he thought of Tamayo's smiling face when this topic was mentioned, so he decided against it.
When Tamayo said this, Fang Hao indicated that he had something to say.
"Is it because of Yoriichi?" Fang Hao asked Tamayo.
"Do you know Mr. Yoriichi Tsugikuni?" Tamayo seemed very excited, like a fangirl hearing someone mention her idol.
"After Mr. Tsugikuni severely wounded Muzan, Muzan's control over me also weakened a lot.
From then on, I kept repeatedly telling myself not to harm humans, not to give up my hatred for Muzan, and to seek revenge on Muzan…"
"I don't know when it started, but the 'curse' no longer troubled me, and my craving for flesh and blood also decreased significantly."
"Decreased?" Fang Hao understood that although Tamayo spoke lightly, the torment of facing flesh and blood would not be simple, but Fang Hao was not surprised that human will could achieve this.
Ever since he himself had the experience of traveling through worlds, he had paid much more attention to the works he had read before his travels, such as the infinite mind and the mind embracing all things, which were not uncommon in other works.
"The human will is truly incredible."
If it were him, he didn't think he could do it.
"Fortunately, I have a cheat."
He didn't think there was anything shameful about this idea.
The legendary compendium had indeed helped him a lot, but his current power, apart from the Swordsmanship Prodigy talent bestowed upon him in the early stages, also required his own indispensable efforts.
However, he was not complacent about this, nor did he need to belittle himself.
"Yoriichi?" Tanjiro looked at Fang Hao again with a puzzled expression.
Who was this Yoriichi, who could severely wound Muzan, and Lady Tamayo was only able to break free from Muzan's control after that?
Fang Hao looked solemnly at Tanjiro, or more accurately, at his earrings.
"Yoriichi is the original owner of these earrings on your ears.
Muzan also came to your house because he feared his power and heard that your family had Yoriichi's legacy."
"It was like that! Just because of something like this!" Tanjiro was first sad, then felt a surge of anger, "Just because of something like this, he… he did that to our family… what does he take life for?!"
Then, he thought of something else and asked in confusion, "But our family doesn't have any Yoriichi's legacy."
Tanjiro was furious when he heard that Muzan had killed his family because of the legacy, but then he was disheartened, because their family indeed had no Yoriichi's legacy.
"If only we had it, then we could… Muzan…" He clenched his fists; if he possessed Yoriichi's legacy, which could severely wound Muzan, he would definitely be able to achieve his revenge, and perhaps Nezuko could even turn back into a human because of it.
At this moment, Fang Hao shook his head, "That's not necessarily true."
Fang Hao intentionally brought up the topic, not only because he wanted to obtain Sun Breathing to perfect his own breathing technique, but also so that Tanjiro and the members of the Demon Slayer Corps could learn Sun Breathing, which might help avoid the tragedy of Tanjiro and the Demon Slayer Corps in the original work.
After all, the ending where nearly everyone was wiped out and they fought among themselves was truly too tragic.