northernbook Chapter 510 What do you think life is, woman?
Chapter 510 What do you think life is, woman?
With the retirement pension gifted by Kagaya Ubuyashiki, coupled with the clinic's reputation, it wouldn't go bankrupt even though it frequently offered free clinics.
However, this also attracted many people who pretended to be broke to join in, including some who were not sick at all, just to get a "bargain" and think that since everyone else had something for free, they couldn't be left out, so they squeezed in.
If you didn't know better, you'd think they ran a supermarket instead of a clinic or pharmacy.
There's nothing you can do when you encounter someone like that. You say he's not sick, but he's faking it; you say he's broke... who knows if he's rich or poor?
Fortunately, such people are ultimately a minority, and their impact on the Butterfly family and the clinic is minimal.
In conclusion, because of these acts of kindness, the Butterfly Family became...
It's worth mentioning that, because the clinic's staff are all young and beautiful girls, quite a few people still come under the guise of being sick just to catch a glimpse of their beauty.
If they behave properly, that's fine, but if they encounter someone dishonest, then the White Death of Butterfly Clinic will have to take action.
Everyone in the city who knows about Butterfly Clinic doesn't know that inside that clinic, filled with beautiful young women, there's also a white-haired monster.
There was once a powerful man who confessed his love to Kanae but was rejected and tried to resort to violence. He was then thrown out by the white-haired man with a dark face.
To sum it up to what a certain white-haired guy said in private with a blush: before the relationship was confirmed, he could wait for Kanae's signal, but now that the news is confirmed, if he doesn't make a move, is he even a man?
God knows how close that guy was to death. If Kanae hadn't been muttering "garlic bird, garlic bird" to herself, he probably would have seen his own brain with his own eyes.
You're telling me that this person is a powerful and wealthy person, and to be dragged out like a chicken like this, doesn't he have any dignity?
So, this chick... the powerful and wealthy gathered more than a dozen people, each carrying a stick, saying they were going to beat that white-haired guy so badly that even his own mother wouldn't recognize him.
The result is that it's better to just brag and joke around outside.
After a group of people finished their high-spirited talk and were ready to get down to business, they were kicked out of the clinic one by one, like balls.
The dozens of onlookers didn't even see how the fight broke out, let alone how they were thrown out.
I vaguely saw a white shadow flash by, and a series of people flew into the street, looking utterly miserable.
Fortunately, the white-haired man who came out of the clinic later took responsibility for the matter and said...
You're lucky he made the move; once you've entered this body, you might not know what's missing.
Yuko agreed with the white-haired man's statement.
If it were her, she would simply slaughter them all, chop them into minced meat, and throw them down the drain.
Although the powerful and influential people who were beaten were severely punished, they still clamored that they would make them regret it.
It sounds like they're going to call for reinforcements.
But a long time passed and the powerful figure was never seen again, and the Butterfly Clinic remained standing in the same place.
Some say that the powerful and wealthy man was concerned about his image; he couldn't afford to lose face when so many people were watching, which is why he said those things.
but……
Judging from the Butterfly family, it seems that a certain lord has not completely forgotten the experience of fighting together and is still secretly keeping an eye on the team members' current situation.
Today, this lord has come here with his wife.
No, it wasn't just Kagaya Ubuyashiki; many other members of the Demon Slayer Corps, including the Pillars, frontline swordsmen, and members of the Swordsmith Village and the Hidden Cave also arrived.
Because today is the wedding day of Sanemi Shinazugawa and Kanae Kocho.
Two years passed after that.
That year, Ikuko was twenty-five, Shinobu Kocho was twenty, Aoi Kanzaki was nineteen, and Kanao was eighteen.
Perhaps it's because girls mature earlier than boys and have already fully developed, or perhaps it's because they live together and see each other all the time, but Yuko didn't notice any changes in the people around her, or rather, the changes weren't very noticeable.
Of course, it's also possible that Shinobu Kocho simply doesn't develop naturally.
However, it was obvious that Yuko only dared to mutter these words behind people's backs.
The biggest changes, however, still seem to be seen in the boys.
Eighteen-year-old Tanjiro had a deep red mark on his forehead that was as flamboyant as a flame, almost identical to Yoriichi's. Although he was not as tall as Yoriichi and Kokushibo at 1.9 meters, he was still half a head taller than Yuuko. With those earrings, Yuuko often joked about them.
If Tanjiro had emerged from seclusion a few years later, Muzan would probably have been so terrified upon seeing him that he would have exploded into hundreds of pieces.
Aside from their personalities, they are so alike.
Not only Tanjiro, but Zenitsu and Inosuke have also grown much taller and become much more mature in their dealings with others.
The only thing that hasn't changed is that Inosuke still wears that boar head mask.
Nezuko's transformation was also astonishing. In just two years, she grew taller and surpassed Shinobu Kocho. Her appearance also changed from cute and childish to pretty. It was such a good thing for that idiot blond guy.
The one who changed the most among the Pillars was naturally the youngest, Muichiro Tokito. He was about the same age as Nezuko, but he had grown much taller in two years. He remained as gentle as ever and looked nothing like Kokushibo.
Perhaps, bloodlines are not something worth mentioning at all.
It is worth mentioning that during these two years, the Butterfly family maintained quite frequent contact with other people in this era, the most frequent being the Kamado family.
Whenever there's a major holiday or a time to visit relatives and friends, Butterfly's family always thinks of Zaomen's family first.
Thanks to their close relationship, Kanao and Tanjiro's relationship progressed rapidly. Kanao gradually came to understand her feelings for Tanjiro and even began to express her feelings in letters, taking the initiative to talk to her sisters about Tanjiro.
It made Kanae and Shinobu cry for a long time, the kind of tears of joy.
He kept muttering things like "the child has grown up."
As for the other couple... Kanzaki Aoi and Inosuke's love story is a bit more complicated. It's not that God is deliberately making things difficult for them; it's just that God was a little careless when creating Inosuke.
Hmm... thinking about it this way, it really does seem to be God's fault.
Because of the clumsy fool's approach to relationships, their relationship was, to put it mildly, extremely difficult.
So terrifying.
Yes, the actions of that idiot were truly terrifying.
No matter how hard you rack your brains, you still can't figure out what he'll do next.
They managed to leave Kanzaki Aoi's massive and terrifying logistics and military organization helpless.
After visiting Tanjiro's family during the New Year, Kanzaki Aoi could no longer hide her feelings for Inosuke.
Although everyone already knows this.
After the truth was revealed, all the members of the Butterfly House expressed their approval of Kanzaki Aoi's love and provided all the logistical support for it, including but not limited to providing advice and financial assistance.
Kanzaki Aoi opened her mouth, but was too embarrassed to say "I'll just leave it at that."
Looking back now, if I had been more firm in my stance back then, I probably wouldn't have done so many foolish things later.
Take one date as an example, where the two meet at a coffee shop.
Considering Inosuke's unreliability, Yuuko and Shinobu devised a plan that would be ten meters long when unfolded.
It includes a complete process for teaching Kanzaki Aoi how to handle Inosuke, including but not limited to all of Inosuke's reactions.
Yes, that's what they think.
In the planned schedule, the two sat facing each other. Kanzaki Aoi accidentally dropped a pen on the table, and the two bent down to pick it up together, bumping their foreheads in the process. What a genius planner!
The book is a long, detailed account, including sections on on-site investigations. It calculates the width and height of the table, as well as the design of the table legs, and the probability of people sitting face-to-face bumping their heads when they bend down. All of this is supported by experimental data.
Clearly, before the plan even began, its success rate was already as high as 99%.
As for why it's ninety-nine instead of one hundred, science emphasizes rigor... oh no, a qualified trader would never put themselves in a deadly situation.
In layman's terms, don't make promises you can't keep. Leave yourself some room for maneuver so that you have room to refute if you fail.
Although Kanzaki Aoi herself thought this genius planner was stupid, just looking at that string of plans gave her a feeling that she couldn't hold back, and she had the illusion that her thought process was similar to Inosuke's.
To put it simply, it's incredibly stupid.
However, others didn't see any problem with it, and Kanzaki Aoi's rebuttal was rejected by all members of the logistics strategist organization.
After all, who says your logistics organization has to listen to you?
Kanzaki Aoi is numb again.
I vaguely remember when they were messing around with Sanemi Shinazugawa, Aoi Kanzaki followed behind them, watching the drama unfold and finding it incredibly entertaining.
Now that she's the main character, she realizes how difficult things have been for Shinazugawa and Kanae.
...No, after all, her logistics and strategist organization includes the Shinazugawa brothers and Kanae!
Kanzaki Aoi felt a chill run down her spine; it turned out these people had come for revenge!
Just as Kanzaki Aoi had predicted, Inosuke completely lost control the moment he entered the coffee shop.
The planning of an action plan is based on the premise that the other party is a person.
And Inosuke...
Inosuke may be far removed from God, but it has been a long time since anyone has referred to him as a human.
Let alone following the plot, the very first step in that ten-meter plan was wrong.
After all, when the male protagonist of a drama enters a coffee shop on a date, the first thing he does is search the whole place for someone to ask where the toilet is so he can take a dump.
Even after Inosuke finished his fuss and the two sat down, Kanzaki Aoi could feel the strange looks from those around them.
So why choose a coffee shop?
Yuko's explanation for this is...
I remember many scripts were like this: the male and female leads reunite in a coffee shop, and the story ends happily for the whole family.
If Ikuko were standing in front of her now, there would be no doubt that Kanzaki Aoi would be furious and flip over her script, then loudly question her.
What do you think life is, woman?
Kanzaki Aoi really wanted to leave, but under the winking and gesturing of the crowd, she reluctantly sat down.
Next comes the main event: picking up the fountain pens.
When Kanzaki Aoi accidentally pushed the pen off the table, Inosuke indeed made a move.
Kanzaki Aoi's face lit up with joy, and she bent down with some skepticism, and then...
Then Inosuke squatted down in front of the pen, his hands on his knees, looking at the pen with the air of someone watching ants move house.
It seems they wanted to see if it could move.
What kind of brain circuit is this?
For the next half hour, Inosuke stared intently at the pen without moving.
Even when Yuko and the others gestured for the waiters to go up and help, it was to no avail.
The waiter smiled and asked Inosuke if he needed anything, reaching out to pick up his pen. He almost got bitten by Inosuke, who barked loudly.
You can hardly imagine that this is a commotion that humans could create.
When Kanzaki Aoi questioned whether there were serious problems with the logistics strategist's plans, Ikuko replied that it was because you were too slow.
The most important part of this plan is not the pen at all, but whether you can bend over together in perfect unison.
Kanzaki Aoi wanted to refute it, but she couldn't find a reason to do so.
The plan was going on... no, the plan never even had a chance to be executed. Without a plan, the date turned into Inosuke taking Kanzaki Aoi running and jumping around the city.
He always manages to get himself into trouble, either by accidentally entering this house or by mistake walking into the wrong bathhouse.
The mess left behind by the two naturally had to be dealt with by the logistics team, who provided a one-stop service of apologies and compensation.
Kanzaki Aoi's massive logistical organization was almost disbanded by Inosuke's thoughtless thought process, and Ikuko almost rushed up to grab Inosuke's pig head and question him about what was going on in his head.
Pig brain?
As it turns out, they had already lost when they tried to predict Inosuke's actions using the logic of a normal person.
Unexpectedly, after Yu Zi and the others apologized and made compensation, and after losing track of the two, their relationship actually warmed up when they returned.
As a result, the other members of the logistics organization questioned Yuko and decided to overthrow her as the head of the organization. The leader of the rebellion was none other than Shinobu Kocho.
With a huge disadvantage of one vote to 1008, Yuko's rule was successfully overthrown.
Just as Kanzaki Aoi was feeling relieved that the farce was finally over, a new nightmare quietly began.
It has been proven that two types of people can't sleep in the same bed.
Shinobu's plan was even worse than Ikuko's, so stupid that Kanzaki Aoi was horrified and refused to waste any more time with them.
It is also because of the lack of strategists to advise them that the two have not yet broken through that barrier to this day.
Shinobu Kocho would often look up at the sky and sigh in front of Aoi Kanzaki while Kanao and Tanjiro were exchanging letters to strengthen their bond.
"If someone had listened to me, they'd probably have kids by now."
Kanzaki Aoi was quite shocked.
As for Zenitsu and Nezuko's romantic relationship, it is said that it is progressing quite smoothly.
They already had a certain emotional foundation, and Zenitsu had become increasingly mature over the years, so even his mother-in-law, Kamado Aoi, thought highly of him.