Doom & Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Xover

Chapter 38

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The residents of the Butterfly Mansion were alerted to the sound of a cart accompanied by heavy footsteps approaching the household. Shinobu and the other girls raced towards the front door and opened it up to see the Doom Slayer marching up to the door while dragging a large assortment of supplies on his cart. The girls were fascinated by the Hellwalker's haul but were caught off guard once they heard the Hellwalker speak to Shinobu, "Are you a doctor?" His deep, partially gravelly voice intimidated the girls but the Hashira cleared her throat as she confirmed that she was a doctor. "Good, I'll need your help." The Slayer reached inside the cart to pull out a mechanical arm made out of the nichirin he and Sagetsu had stocked up on. The woman was able to pick up on the Slayer's intention and retreated into her household to grab her medical supplies. The other girls were in awe of what they were seeing as the warrior pulled out an additional pair of robotic legs and several tools. He had difficulty carrying everything and tried finding the best way to carry the most stuff without making anything fall. He nearly contemplated just picking up the entire cart and hauling it inside.

However, after fiddling with the supplies, he glared at the girls who immediately got the message and rushed over to aid the man and began taking supplies out of the cart. They were very unfamiliar with the technology in their hands as he even took his entire workbench with him as well. That was going to be the last thing they put up, they had to get everything else needed for the following procedure, first.

Tanjiro could hear the ruckus outside which made his curiosity grow by the second. He heard the distinct, heavy stomps of the Doom Slayer approaching the door which filled him with excitement as he anticipated seeing the man walk through the doors. As expected, the warrior slammed the doors open and marched towards Tanjiro while carrying a plethora of strange tools. Without a care, the warrior dropped the tools on the bed next to Tanjiro's and made the sheets filthy with the equipment. Tanjiro lifted his head up to inspect the tools as he questioned, "Mister Flint, what's going on? What's with all those things?"

The warrior lifted up the metallic left arm for Tanjiro and showed it to him without saying a word. Tanjiro's eyes widened as he wondered if it was his new arm and asked for clarification. The warrior confirmed the identity of the prosthetics while placing them down and sorting out the equipment by category and purpose. The other girls of the mansion placed the rest on the bed as the Slayer continued sorting it out. As Kanao placed her load on the bed, she mustered up the courage to ask the Slayer:

"Mister Hellwalker.. Will Tanjiro be able to move again?" The man answered with a dismissive "mhm" as he finished up his work. The girl smiled and sighed out of relief as she told him, "Thank you very much. This means so much to him, thank you." The Slayer looked at her briefly and was quickly able to discern her affection for Tanjiro with a simple glance. Her expression showed everything but that didn't matter to him.

Shinobu walked into the room with her medical equipment before taking off her haori and putting on a pair of gloves as she prepared for the procedure. Tanjiro had never seen the woman without her haori before so the situation struck him as odd which compelled him to ask, "So, how is this supposed to work?"

The Hellwalker began forcing off his gauntlet which generated a slight popping sound as all the condensed air inside his gauntlets was finally released before he answered the boy, "We'll have to put you under for a little bit. You could try without anesthetic but I wouldn't recommend it."