sbdcsierra Chapter 482 is truly a hellish laugh.
Chapter 482 is truly a hellish laugh.
Shinobu's face turned pale and then flushed, and her stomach churned.
"You win." Shinobu's face turned slightly pale. She admitted that Ikuko disgusted her.
"Huh? Shinobu thinks I'm joking?" Yuko's big golden eyes widened even more, then her eyelids drooped slightly, looking disappointed. "I'm sorry, Shinobu, I didn't know you..."
She paused, as if realizing she shouldn't say more.
"..." Shinobu Kocho now truly understands what it means to lift a rock only to drop it on your own foot.
What made her most uneasy was that although Yuko said it in a joking tone, if she put herself in Shinobu's shoes, she would have thought the same thing.
She knew perfectly well that Yuko was joking with her, but the joke was so morbid that it wasn't funny at all.
Shinobu Kocho wasn't speechless because she was choked up; she simply didn't know what to say.
She didn't know whether she should agree with Yu Zi and continue playing around with her, or offer a few words of comfort.
After a moment of silence, Shinobu Kocho sighed deeply and bit her lip lightly: "I'm sorry, Yuuko, I didn't know you were in so much pain."
She decided that she would continue to play around with Yuko.
She would immediately mock Yuko if she showed any sign of being deceived!
Since Yuko said it in a joking tone, I shouldn't reopen her wounds.
Yuko did chuckle, but what she said next successfully made Shinobu Kocho freeze.
"Just kidding, I'm a ghost. How could a ghost think meat tastes bad? Actually, it tastes pretty good."
"..."
In every sense, these words leave one speechless.
Yuko knew that there were certain differences in values between herself and the people of this era, and between herself and Shinobu.
Just like she doesn't feel any discomfort after becoming a ghost, if you have to say, as long as you don't eat people, you're a good ghost.
This is roughly equivalent to the idea that as long as a sect's witch doesn't do anything immoral, it's okay for her to cultivate demonic arts—a mindset typical of transmigrators, or rather, modern people.
That's the meaning.
While Shinobu's views were greatly influenced by Ikuko, Nezuko, and others, she wasn't to the point of accepting such statements without question.
This is also why, even though Yuuko regretted activating her Demon Slayer Mark after falling in love with Shinobu, she never considered turning her into a demon.
Ikuko would never do something like turning Shinobu Kocho into a demon just because she wanted to be with her, not even as a suggestion.
How could a demon slayer who has spent his life killing demons allow himself to become a demon?
Isn't this denying her very existence?
Yuko was also laughing so hard she was practically joking, but Shinobu Kocho found it hilarious.
A truly horrible joke.
"Aww!" Shinobu leaned over and took a bite of Yuko's ice cream. With just that one bite, Yuko deeply understood what it meant to "just have one bite".
The already limited amount of ice cream was devoured in one bite, leaving only a small piece.
"Huh?!" Yuko exclaimed in surprise, holding the ice cream that was now only a small piece left.
Shinobu puffed out her cheeks, looking sullen: "I'm angry!"
She wasn't angry for herself, but for Yuko.
How could you joke about yourself like that?
Why are you having so much fun reopening your own wounds?
Yuko was completely baffled by Shinobu's change in attitude, but that didn't stop her from being a little angry.
How could you eat so much?!
She cherished it so much that she only licked it twice and didn't even have a chance to taste it!
Although I don't care about the food, how could you be so unreasonable!
Yuko forcibly pulled Shinobu's hand and swallowed the ice cream in her hand in one gulp.
Yu Zi slurped down the ice cream in two quick gulps, then licked her lips and said, "Why does it taste so bland?"
Shinobu Kocho looked at the ice cream in her hand, which was even less than Yuuko's, and her lips twitched even more violently.
You didn't chew at all, so why do you say it has no taste?
Faced with such an idiot, Shinobu Kocho didn't know whether she should still be angry or not.
Perhaps Yuko really doesn't care about those things.
Thinking about it this way, Shinobu Kocho became angrier and angrier.
I really should be angry.
Doesn't this mean that all her thoughts just now were actually wishful thinking?
It's like someone has been wronged, and you stand up for them, but they don't even care.
I'm so angry! I'm so angry!
Seeing Shinobu's somewhat gloomy expression, Ikuko took a deep breath and frowned slightly.
What's going on here?
Did she say something she shouldn't have?
Was the joke taken too far?
After hesitating for a moment, Yuko decided it would be better to apologize first.
"Um, excuse me, how about I just buy another one?"
An adult's apology is not about bowing and scraping, but about compromising and showing weakness.
It's roughly equivalent to saying, "It's my fault," or "You win."
Shinobu raised her eyes slightly and stared intently at Yuko for a long time, almost making Yuko's legs go weak and prompting her to apologize.
Finally, Butterfly sighed, "No need. I just think that Yuko doesn't need to joke about her own sadness."
"Not funny at all."
Yuko paused for a moment, then realized what Shinobu Kocho was talking about, and chuckled, "It's nothing, what's so upsetting about that?"
"If I don't even have this much awareness, then haven't I wasted all these years of my life?"
Yuko was deeply moved, touched that Shinobu Kocho cared about her thoughts at all times.
However, her feelings of gratitude were ultimately misplaced.
'Still laughing?' Shinobu's face grew increasingly dark.
Yu Zi's heart skipped a beat. What had she said wrong this time? What exactly had she said wrong this time?
Even though we're all girls, why doesn't she understand at all?
Is it just because she's a centuries-old relic?
Is this what they call the generation gap?
At this moment, Yuko deeply felt the inconvenience brought about by her age.
Butterfly coldly raised her hand and pointed to the ice cream stand: "Give me one back."
Now it's 100% certain that Yu Zi really didn't take it seriously; she was just worrying about it for nothing for the rest of the day.
Shinobu Kocho felt like an idiot.
“…Then you have to compensate me.” Yu Zi said defiantly.
Shinobu Kocho slapped two bills into her hand.
“…I know, I understand.” But that was just a defiant statement.
Yu Zi thought to herself, "Anyway, I don't have to pay any money, so I'm not losing out."
It's not that she's afraid.
"Ha~" Shinobu Kocho sighed softly.
Just now, when Yu Zi took the money in a panic and turned to buy ice cream, her anger inexplicably disappeared.
Because Shinobu Kocho discovered that Ikuko's dazedness wasn't something she caught from Zenitsu and Inosuke, that idiot; she was always dazed.