Starting with Hawkeye template, from Pirates to Demon Slayer Chapter 057

Released on June 4, 2025

“Who in the world are you!?”

Hearing Akaza and Rengoku Kyojuro’s simultaneous exclamations of shock, Lin Lei couldn’t help but chuckle and shake his head.

“Rengoku-san, you really are forgetful, but then again, that’s understandable. After all, I’m just an insignificant small fry in the Demon Slayer Corps, so it’s not a big deal.”

With that, ignoring the stunned Rengoku Kyojuro, Lin Lei released the two fingers that were clamping his Nichirin Blade. Then, he waved to Tanjiro and Inosuke, who were also frozen in shock by the previous scene.

“Tanjiro, stop spacing out. Come over and help Rengoku-san to the side.”

Eh!!!

At this moment, Tanjiro and Inosuke finally snapped out of their shock, letting out a simultaneous cry of surprise.

“Lin, Lin, Lin Lei-nii-san!!?”

Tanjiro shouted tentatively from a distance, sounding a bit incredulous.

“It’s me.”

Lin Lei raised a hand and took off his white cowboy hat, revealing a face that was incredibly familiar to Tanjiro.

After all, it was Lin Lei who had pulled him and Nezuko back from the brink of death.

He had also brought him to Sakonji Urokodaki-sensei to train, essentially being his introducer into the Demon Slayer Corps.

Though he found it hard to believe, Tanjiro felt that he couldn’t possibly be mistaken.

Now, hearing Lin Lei’s affirmative reply, Tanjiro, despite still being incredulous, showed an excited smile. He grabbed Inosuke and ran towards them.

“I say, you dare to turn your back on me? Aren’t you a bit too arrogant, little brat!”

After the initial shock, Akaza was filled with rage. This sudden appearance had dared to interrupt his battle with Kyojuro and treat him with such disrespect, which truly infuriated him. So, he struck without hesitation.

“Destructive Kill: Leg Style: Crown Splitter!”

Almost as soon as Akaza finished speaking, a surge of powerful blue fighting spirit erupted around him, spreading in all directions. It blew Tanjiro and Inosuke, who were halfway through their run, several meters backward, leaving them both horrified.

“Lin Lei-nii-san, watch out!!!”

“Lin Lei!? Watch out!!!”

Tanjiro and Rengoku Kyojuro cried out almost simultaneously. The latter, though still unable to believe that the man who had effortlessly blocked the clash of his and Upper Rank Three’s ultimate moves was the small fry with a bad reputation in the Demon Slayer Corps, had no time to stop Upper Rank Three’s attack.

That single attack from the Flame Breathing Ogi had drained all his fighting spirit and strength.

He had originally attacked with a desperate resolve, ready to die if he failed. He just hadn’t expected his decisive blow to be stopped by this young man with just two fingers!

Even seeing it with his own eyes, he still felt a sense of unreality and disbelief.

Much less was he able to help this young man block Upper Rank Three’s furious attack.

Since you can easily block my Flame Breathing Ogi, you should probably be able to stop Upper Rank Three’s surprise attack, right?

These thoughts flashed through Rengoku Kyojuro’s mind as he was blown backward by Akaza’s terrifying fighting spirit.

And Akaza’s kick, enveloped in terrifying fighting spirit, came from below, aiming for Lin Lei’s head.

The powerful wind pressure from the fighting spirit blew Lin Lei’s hair backward, revealing his handsome and refined face with a gentle smile.

It formed a stark contrast to Akaza’s ferocious grin.

“Die!!!”

Akaza’s roar echoed, his powerful aura pressing down on Tanjiro and Inosuke, who lay on the ground, making it impossible for them to get up.

Snap!

However, facing Akaza’s surprise attack, Lin Lei’s expression remained unchanged. He first grabbed the Flame Hashira, who had lost all strength and was about to fall backward, then smiled slightly at Akaza.

“Don’t bluster, that only makes you look weaker.”

At the same time, Lin Lei’s hand, which was gripping Akaza’s fist, suddenly erupted with immense power, lifting him clean off the ground. Immediately after, a kick imbued with Armament Haki struck Akaza’s chest first.

Boom!

Crack!

Almost the moment Lin Lei’s kick landed on Akaza’s chest, Akaza’s expression instantly changed. He could clearly feel the bones around his chest shattering instantly, followed by flesh tearing apart and blood splattering.

Pfft!

Then, Akaza felt an irresistible force, and he was sent flying backward without any resistance from that kick.

Whoosh—

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Tanjiro and Inosuke, who had been struggling to lift their heads, suddenly felt a release in their bodies. Then, both of them and the Flame Hashira simultaneously widened their eyes, watching in horror as Upper Rank Three was kicked hundreds of meters away by Lin Lei, smashing through countless trees in the forest, plowing a massive沟壑 (gully) in the forest, and then falling silent.

Only then did Lin Lei slowly retract his long leg, which had been in a side-kick posture. Then, he turned to the dumbfounded Flame Hashira and smiled.

“Don’t worry, Flame Hashira, you don’t have to keep pushing yourself. Just focus on your Total Concentration Breathing to recover your body. I won’t let any comrade die in front of me.”

Hearing Lin Lei’s words, coupled with the series of events he still couldn’t believe, Rengoku Kyojuro almost instinctively closed his eyes.

If this is an illusion, then please don’t let me wake up!

With that thought flashing through his mind, Rengoku Kyojuro finally lost consciousness.

As his consciousness was about to sink into slumber, he vaguely heard Tanjiro and Inosuke’s exclamations, as well as the gentle, comforting chuckle of the young man named Lin Lei who was holding his left hand.

So, it really wasn’t an illusion?

A faint smile appeared on Rengoku Kyojuro’s lips, and he finally fell into a deep slumber.

Tap, tap, tap—

Tanjiro and Inosuke finally scrambled to Lin Lei’s front, both panting heavily as they carefully supported the Flame Hashira on either side.

“Don’t worry, he just lost an eye, has shattered ribs, and ruptured internal organs. He won’t die.”

As Lin Lei spoke, he flipped his hand and pulled out a bottle of wound medicine from his panel space inventory.

Tanjiro and Inosuke twitched their mouths and said,

“Hey, Lin Lei-nii-san, what you’re saying is too scary!”

“Wouldn’t injuries like that basically be fatal?”

Lin Lei, while prying open the Flame Hashira’s mouth to pour the medicine down his throat, said,

“After taking this medicine, he’ll be bouncing around again in a few days, I guarantee it. Don’t worry, I won’t let the sun, which has been burning all night, fall before dawn.”

These were some reserves he had specifically asked Trafalgar Law for before leaving the Pirate World.

As everyone knows, the supreme bandages of the Pirate World are the strongest among the three major shonen anime!

And this wound medicine, specially formulated by Trafalgar Law, the Surgeon of Death, is no less effective than the supreme bandages!

And indeed, it was true.

After Lin Lei poured the wound medicine into the Flame Hashira’s mouth, his previously faint breathing became stronger.

Almost instinctively, he began to use Total Concentration Breathing again to recover his body.

“The effect is really that good!”

Tanjiro cheered in surprise at the sight.

Inosuke, on the other hand, clutched his head and exclaimed,

“Oh no, did we forget about that Upper Rank Three monster!?”

Tanjiro’s face instantly turned a bit pale at the mention.

Lin Lei, however, smiled and patted Tanjiro’s head, saying,