[Demon Slayer] Three-tomoe Sharingan-Chapter 119 - 118: Shinobu, Are You Willing to Trust Me?
"I want to drink Soda! I want the lemon-flavored one!"
"You cannot!"
"I want it!"
"No!"
"No room for negotiation?"
Being honest and well-behaved was simply not in Kiyokawa Izumi’s nature.
Looking at the girl before him who was completely unmoved, Kiyokawa Izumi was truly distressed—how harsh his colleagues in the Demon Slayer Corps were; despite feeling he had rendered great service, he wasn’t even allowed to drink a single bottle of Soda.
Life like this really couldn’t go on.
During his recovery period, Kiyokawa Izumi was nearly driven mad.
Such an excessively boring and dull life was something he still wasn’t used to, even after having transmigrated for so long.
Normally, he could pass the time with training, and when he had nothing else to do, he could bully the ordinary Team Members or tease Piggy in passing.
Bullying ordinary Team Members was the least interesting.
It wasn’t nearly as fun as watching Piggy perform his Charge Headlong.
Whenever he saw Zenitsu about to go chat with girls, Kiyokawa Izumi would suddenly appear and forcefully drag Zenitsu off to train—making Zenitsu’s legs go a bit weak whenever he saw him afterward.
If he found all that uninteresting, he could also play with The Three Little Ones or chat with Aoi.
Life at the Butterfly Mansion was very interesting.
Different Hashira could always be seen appearing there.
He could drag them into fights from morning till night; suffering a setback was never a daily occurrence, and Kiyokawa Izumi had his highlight moments too—for instance, pinning down and pummeling The Wind and Water Pillars.
Never mind if it was for one minute or two, the point was whether it happened or not.
In comparison, recovering from injuries was simply too boring.
It was nothing but eating or sleeping.
Waking up to eat, and sleeping once full.
This kind of dull and tasteless life was practically unbearable for him.
Most importantly, Kochou Shinobu usually spawned at the Butterfly Mansion and only came by once in a while.
Kiyokawa Izumi didn’t even have anyone to bicker with.
Not only that, but that shameful bastard of a Wind Hashira—it was one thing for him to train secretly behind his back.
But he even stole his idea and invited other Hashira to scrap at the Butterfly Mansion.
He didn’t even invite the founder himself; it was simply outrageous.
Just thinking about how those Hashira could fight all day at the Butterfly Mansion while he could only lie here all alone, Kiyokawa Izumi was absolutely fuming.
How cold and thin the bond between colleagues was!
To think they were secretly setting up fights behind his back!
A certain Flame Hashira who wished to remain anonymous had also visited twice during his recovery, and what he said was truly hard to understand.
Saying things like how such an outstanding junior truly made the Senior feel ashamed and that he had to work twice as hard.
Then he would go on and on about what he’d gained from combat training—Big Brother was also half a bastard, saying nothing but things that provoked people.
"Is half a bottle okay? I’ll only drink half a bottle!"
Kiyokawa Izumi tried to bargain with Kochou Shinobu.
This sister still had some conscience; she hadn’t forgotten there was a colleague recovering here and would always find time to visit a poor soul like him.
For some reason, the girl wasn’t wearing her familiar smile; instead, she was looking at him expressionlessly.
It was probably because they hadn’t seen each other for a long time, and she was overly excited.
Who would have thought that Sister Shinobu was also a person of temperament.
She would lose her ability to manage her expressions because she was too happy.
"Not even half a sip! Soda is not allowed during recovery!"
The corners of Kochou Shinobu’s mouth twitched upward, but she really couldn’t force a smile, so in the end, she could only ask with a stiff face, "Mr. Kiyokawa Izumi, can you explain why you aren’t taking your medicine on time?"
"The medicine is too bitter, I don’t want to drink it!"
"Why did you secretly send the Kakushi out to buy Soda? Didn’t I say Soda isn’t allowed?"
"You know about that too?"
Kiyokawa Izumi said in shock, "If I remember correctly, I lured the Kasugai Crow away at the time. How did you find out?"
Not good!
There’s a mole, abort the deal!
"Hurry up and hand over all the hidden Soda!"
"I really didn’t hide any; I only drank it once. I just missed the taste so much that I couldn’t help myself.
You have to believe me!
Am I the kind of person who would hide Soda?"
Kiyokawa Izumi explained with a clear gaze and a sincere expression.
"Then what is this?"
Lifting the bedsheet, Kochou Shinobu pointed at the empty bottles and the three unopened bottles of Soda underneath, questioning him expressionlessly.
The veins on her forehead were already throbbing uncontrollably.
"I really don’t know about this, this, this... who secretly hid these here?"
Kiyokawa Izumi’s expression changed drastically as he muttered to himself, "Could it be Mr. Giyuu’s doing?"
"Then who drank these empty Soda bottles?
Mr. Kiyokawa Izumi, can you give me a reasonable explanation?"
She emphasized the word ’reasonable’.
"This... maybe Giyuu and Mr. Rengoku drank them and left them here."
"But Mr. Rengoku said he never drank Soda at your place."
"Then who could it be? How strange..."
"None of those who came here drank it!"
"..."
"I also asked the Kakushi, and they said you were the one who drank it."
Facing the smiling Kochou Shinobu, Kiyokawa Izumi was still racking his brains for an explanation—he couldn’t exactly say his own Kasugai Crow drank it and hid it there, could he?
What kind of crow likes drinking Soda! Wouldn’t that be an insult to Sister Shinobu’s intelligence?
"Shinobu, you have to believe me!
I just missed the taste so much that I couldn’t resist the temptation for a moment, and I really only drank it once... are you willing to believe me?"
"Heh!"
