the city was bustling late at night and even despite the time, it's as bright as day. everywhere you looked, there were people at all the market stalls. a boy with reddish hair and eyes with a green and black checkered kimono was navigating his way through the large crowd of people. his name is Tanjiro Kamado, and he's training to be a Hashira, a Demon Slayer, to avenge his late family who were brutally slaughtered by the Demon King, Muzan Kibutsuji.

as Tanjiro walks through the crowd, his incredible sense of smell picks up an unsettling yet familiar stench.... it's the same scent that hung in the air at the sight of his family's murder... he starts running towards the smell

Tanjiro: thinking "it's him!!.... Muzan.... Kibutsuji!!"

Tanjiro grabs the shoulder of a man dressed in an extravagant black suit with embroidered patterns on the collar part, white suit pants, black loafers, and a white fedora with a black band. his hair is short, curly and black and his eyes are sharp and almond shaped, his irises a plum red and his pupil's cat-like. his skin is unnaturally pale, so much so that you'd think he was dying just by looking at him. The man resembles a late 80's popstar-

ahem, anyway.... the man, Muzan, turns around and looks at the boy with a mildly concerned expression. he's holding a cute, small girl who looks to be no older than six. Tanjiro stares at the Demon King, glaring with his jaw clenched. he reached for his katana before he saw the young girl. the child asks Muzan who the boy is. a beautiful woman, smiling kindly, turns as well

Tanjiro is mortified... the girl and woman smell completely human!!

Tanjiro: thinking "they're human! they smell human! don't they know who he is?? he's a demon, and he eats people!!"

Rei: "do you know him?"

Muzan smiles, a facade he wears to make himself seem human

Muzan: "not at all, what a nuisance... perhaps he has... mistaken me for somebody?"

Rei and the girl leaves, leaving the two alone...

Tanjiro: "Muzan Kibutsuji! you killed my family!"