Human memories?
Akaza took a deep breath. "Those fragile lives have nothing worth remembering for me."
Just as he was thinking this, a figure suddenly flashed before his eyes.
"Mr. Hakuji, it's really… enough. Please stop!"
A voice he hadn't heard in seemingly a long time echoed in his ears.
Although there was no memory of this figure in his mind, it felt strangely familiar. Could it be someone he knew?
Akaza struggled desperately, trying to break free from the restraints of the Demon Binding Array.
The chains rattled, and he actually managed to shake them, producing a faint cracking sound.
"What astonishing willpower. No wonder he could become an Upper Rank Demon Moon. Are all these guys so terrifying?"
Stone Pillar Gyomei Himejima murmured a Buddhist chant, tears streaming from his eyes.
He raised his Nichirin Blade-forged broadaxe and meteor hammer.
These two specially shaped Nichirin weapons were taken to Linnaeus's blacksmith shop and re-forged using precious materials.
Stronger fire-attribute energy was infused into them.
Since the opponent still wanted to resist, he could only end his life.
"Please wait a moment, Mr. Gyomei."
Tanjiro suddenly stood in front of the Demon Binding Array, looking at Akaza with a strange gaze.
He was clearly a demon who had abandoned emotions,
but Tanjiro could smell sorrow and pain emanating from his riddled body.
It wasn't from Akaza himself, but from several soul auras entwined around him, constantly trying to save him.
The Demon Slayer World is very special.
The man-eating demons created by Muzan Kibutsuji shouldn't actually be called demons; they are more like monsters after flesh and blood distortion.
The true demons are the souls of some individuals who died with obsessions and are unwilling to leave.
During his training, Tanjiro had once seen the soul of [Sabito], and was helped by him to successfully cut open a giant rock.
"Is it pity, or indulgence towards the weak? How ugly!"
Akaza saw Tanjiro's appearance, and an inexplicable surge of anger welled up in his heart, as if that face had appeared long ago.
Who was it?
"Hakuji, that's enough!"
The voice appeared in his ear again.
Damn it, who is it?
Akaza's cracked eyes widened, but he couldn't see the owner of the voice.
Until… his gaze fell on the circular tattoos on his arms.
These were tattoos that appeared all over his body after he became a demon. He had never noticed them before, but now they were particularly striking.
"A criminal's… tattoo?"
A jumbled image flooded his mind.
It was Akaza's memory from his human days.
To buy medicine for his sick father, he had done all sorts of hard labor, but his income was ridiculously meager. He could only steal and rob, trying every possible way to keep his father alive. These tattoos were the brand he received after being caught.
But his father still died in the end…
He failed to protect him.
"I'm sorry, Hakuji. If it weren't for me holding you back, you should have been able to walk a path of respect, right?"
The voice sounded again.
This time, Akaza, with his memories restored, clearly saw the emaciated man who appeared before him.
Akaza's eyes widened. Although he had become a demon, he felt like crying, and murmured, "Father…"
Then came anger. He roared, "Why is it a burden? Do poor people not deserve to live? This world… That's why I want to become strong, stronger than everyone else!"
In the center of the Demon Binding Array, Akaza had clearly lost consciousness and fallen into a state of confusion, but the aura around him continued to rise.
"What a terrifying demon! He continues to grow even in the desperate situation of near-death!"
"Tanjiro, quickly get out of the way! I cannot let him continue to grow stronger, otherwise…"
Flame Pillar's face was solemn as he watched the increasingly powerful Akaza.
He was different from Tanjiro and the Stone Pillar; he was just a mortal, not a player in the Reincarnation Game. Therefore, he could feel the sense of danger that demons exuded towards humans from Akaza.
"Wait a little longer…"
Tanjiro took a deep breath and said, "Gyomei-sama and I can kill him directly. The sun is also about to rise. He cannot escape no matter what."
"So… Kyojuro-nii, give him another chance!"
Flame Pillar said nothing, only assuming the starting stance of his Breathing Techniques swordsmanship, ready to act at any moment.
"Hakuji, are you still so stubborn?"
A smiling face filled Akaza's vision.
He felt unfamiliar, yet instinctively called out, "Keizo-sensei?"
Keizo, dressed in a white martial arts uniform with a full beard, gently rubbed Akaza's head, just as he had saved Hakuji back then.
"Really, I've always wanted you to hear my voice, but Master was too useless. I only appeared before you now…"
Akaza took a deep breath, looked up, and said, "No, that's not true!"
Keizo's soul smiled helplessly and said, "No matter what, you are my family. So, since I can't take you to heaven, let's go to hell together to atone… Hakuji."
"How can this be?!"
The soul's voice rang out.
When Akaza learned that the always gentle and kind Keizo had not been able to go to heaven because he wanted to save him, he completely erupted!
"Why do those wicked rich people get to go to heaven?"
"Why do those despicable poisoners get to live comfortably?"
"They are clearly a bunch of weaklings worse than rats, and even the aura they emit is disgusting…"
Boom.
The Demon Binding Array began to tremble, and Akaza in the center started to grow fangs, his body expanding as if some kind of evolution was about to occur.
However, compared to Nezuko's beneficial mutation, Akaza's mutation, driven by hatred, leaned more towards darkness and corruption.
"Can't wait any longer… I must kill him!"
Flame Pillar's blade ignited with scorching flames, rushing towards Akaza in the center of the Demon Binding Array, about to cut off his head.
Tanjiro did not stop him, only showing slight disappointment.
Stone Pillar also swung his broadaxe, smashing towards Akaza.
"Mr. Hakuji."
Finally, the soul of a young girl with her hair tied up, wearing a cherry-pink robe, appeared.
She embraced Akaza and whispered, "Thank you, you've done enough. There's no need to continue."
Akaza's eyes suddenly widened, and tears streamed down his face.
He recognized the soul before him as the girl he loved. Had she also not been able to go to heaven?
"Koyuki, I'm sorry. It's all my fault for not protecting you!"
At this moment, Akaza, like a child, apologized with all his might.
"It's okay. It's really wonderful that you remember me, Mr. Hakuji. Let's go to hell together."
The girl's relaxed tone showed no concern about going to hell.
But… pure Koyuki was not like him, who ate people everywhere after becoming a demon. She should have gone to heaven, and it was all because of him!
"I'm sorry."
Akaza's expression turned serious. He stood up and said, "Koyuki, can you wait for me a little longer? I want to kill Muzan Kibutsuji. Perhaps that can lessen the sins on me."
For his sake, the souls of Koyuki and others could not go directly to heaven but stayed by his side.
This meant they were bound to Akaza's soul, and if they went to hell after death, their sins would also be shared.
Therefore, he wanted to atone for them, to give Koyuki and Keizo-sensei a chance to go to heaven.
…
Bang.
His head was smashed.
Two seconds later, headless Akaza frantically grew a new head again.
"He's truly troublesome. He's already overcome decapitation. Then we can only completely destroy his body!"
Stone Pillar Gyomei shook his head sadly, feeling pity for such creatures as demons.
Just as he was about to continue his attack, he saw Akaza stop struggling and say calmly, "I am willing to help you kill Muzan Kibutsuji."
He looked at Tanjiro and said, "I have killed many people, so I do not crave salvation. Consider it atonement…"
Once he killed Muzan Kibutsuji and repaid his sins, he would go to hell with Koyuki.
"To the east, there is a cult called the Eternal Paradise Cult. It is the territory of Upper Rank Child Demon. I will take you there, and we will kill him together!"
Akaza picked up the pill Tanjiro threw to him and put it in his mouth.
Large clouds of black smoke emanated from his body until, finally, the human Hakuji said, "Do you have brass knuckles? I'm good at fighting with my fists."
"Sorry, there has never been a Fist Pillar in the history of the Demon Slayer Corps, so there are no suitable weapons for you."
Tanjiro smiled and said, "However, I will help you go to Linnaeus-san's blacksmith shop and forge a pair of Nichirin brass knuckles."
Upon learning of the Upper Rank Child Demon's hiding place, Flame Pillar reported the situation to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters. The Kasugai Crow flapped its wings, quickly relaying the message back to headquarters.
Several swordsmen rushed to provide support, wanting to directly clip Muzan Kibutsuji's wings in one fell swoop.
"Child Demon!"
The usually gentle Butterfly Shinobu showed an angry expression, veins bulging on her forehead.
She put all the poisons from the Butterfly Mansion into containers and hurried towards the Eternal Paradise Cult.
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