Mizuki only felt that there was something wrong with their minds.
Is Muzan's dream of eternal immortality that strange?
Otherwise, why would he go to such lengths to find the blue spider lily? To make tea?
Are they fighting or not?
It's almost dawn.
But no need to panic. If Ubuyashiki can stall Muzan with his 'mouth Dao', that would be excellent.
Ubuyashiki Kagaya: "I understand your heart."
Kibutsuji Muzan looked at Mizuki and calmly replied, "Yes, and it's about to be realized."
"Muzan, your dream will not come true."
Muzan calmly said, "You have a lot of confidence in this woman, don't you? But her abilities merely originated from me. You're overconfident."
Mizuki really wanted to say, 'Bragging'.
Even dogs would despise your Blood Demon Art.
"You misunderstood..."
"What?"
"I know... what eternity is." Ubuyashiki Kagaya's smile grew wider. "Eternity is the thoughts of humans. The thoughts of endurance are truly eternal and imperishable."
Muzan's face darkened slightly. "Boring... Your words are truly unbearable."
One side believes that what is eternal and imperishable is human will, a Legacy passed down through generations?
The other side believes that the eternity of the physical body is true eternity.
Hmm, let the debaters from both sides enter.
Mizuki's thoughts wandered.
"For this past millennium, the Demon Slayer Corps has not been destroyed."
"Although many pitiful children have died, it has never been annihilated."
"This fact proves that you... what you declared boring, the thoughts of humans, are imperishable."
"The thoughts of those who will never forgive for the lives of their important ones being taken away without reason are eternal."
"You have not been forgiven by anyone, not once in this millennium."
Not forgiven by anyone... Kokushibou's grip on his Nichirin Blade tightened even more.
"Trampling on a tiger's tail countless times, touching a Dragon's reverse scale."
"You have awakened those Dragons and tigers who would have slept their entire lives. They have been staring at you, and they will never let you go."
Ubuyashiki Kagaya's words caused Muzan to feel a slight displeasure.
The next sentence made Muzan completely furious.
"Even if you kill me, the Demon Slayer Corps will be unharmed. I myself am not that important."
"You can't understand the thoughts and connections of these people, can you?"
"Because of you, all demons will be destroyed once you die, right?"
Mizuki: This is her information! It's hers!
She remembered it hundreds of years ago!
This sentence truly enraged Muzan.
Seeing Muzan's gloomy expression, Ubuyashiki Kagaya smiled, "It seems I was right."
"Shut up." Ubuyashiki Kagaya's aura spread out.
The moment his voice fell, Mizuki sat up from the corridor.
With a clang, the blade was unsheathed.
The aura that had instantly rushed towards her from Muzan suddenly dissipated.
"It seems you've finally finished talking. I almost fell asleep listening." Mizuki held her Nichirin Blade, looked up at Muzan, and added, "By the way, I've already achieved your dream."
The unsheathed pure white blade reflected her face, which rapidly turned white-haired, with hideous demon horns extending from her head. Her pale skin became even more sickly, and visible blue veins gradually appeared.
"Muzan, I am the perfect ultimate being. You—" Mizuki's lips curled into a mocking smile, "—at best, are nothing more than a fake."
If Ubuyashiki's previous words had only touched upon his secret, then Mizuki's words truly exposed his inner desire.
Seeing that sacred posture, for a moment, Muzan actually felt that he was an inferior being, and that the one opposite him was the true ultimate being, the form he ideally should possess.
The blue veins on Kibutsuji Muzan's forehead appeared one by one, looking even more terrifying and hideous than those exposed on Mizuki's arm.
"I'll eat you!"
Mizuki completely ignored him, turning to Kokushibou instead. "Big Bro, a demon wants to eat me. What do you say?"
Is it too late to call him Big Bro now?
Ubuyashiki Kagaya broke into a sweat. He naturally knew that Mizuki was mocking Muzan and Kokushibou to create an opportunity for him to escape.
But... it still sounded very annoying.
Ubuyashiki Kagaya stood up, bowed slightly to the three, and then turned to leave.
Just as Mizuki had effectively distracted them, none of the three demons present cared about his departure.
It was merely living a little longer, no difference.
On the contrary, devouring this damned woman first to fulfill their millennium-long ambition was the top priority.
Muzan directly ordered, "Kokushibou, attack."
"...Understood." A flicker of hesitation crossed Kokushibou's eyes as he slowly drew the demon blade from his waist.
Mizuki saw that fleeting hesitation and her eyelids drooped slightly.
That's why she hated it.
Muzan retreated two steps, not wanting to directly engage Mizuki.
Just seeing that face made him extremely annoyed.
There was more than one long-cherished wish to fulfill.
First, find the other hidden individuals.
Although only they were here, Ubuyashiki's figure was rapidly moving away. That sick person was quite fast when escaping.
Muzan didn't believe the opponent was unprepared; an encirclement would soon form.
At that time, it would depend on Naru... His thoughts hadn't fully cleared when Mizuki suddenly erupted.
Kokushibou reacted quickly, closing in with a single strike.
Mizuki secretly thought, "As expected, the physical improvement isn't significant. Not even as good as the 'lemon essence'."
As she mused, she swung her Nichirin Blade, clashing with Kokushibou's cry of emptiness.
With a mournful clang, half of the cry of emptiness's blade was directly severed.
This was the advantage of the weapon.
Kokushibou frowned, about to withdraw his blade to quickly restore it, when thin blood threads suddenly burst forth from Mizuki's tightly clenched palm. In the blink of an eye, they resembled an opening flower bud, suddenly blossoming.
Kokushibou's pupils slightly constricted.
What?
Before he could react, the blood threads shot towards him at a speed far exceeding the limits of vision.
It happened so suddenly that in a mere moment, they penetrated his body.
Fine blood threads, like needles, pierced into Kokushibou's body. His chest, neck, and even cheeks were all penetrated, appearing a bloody mess.
A bone-chilling cold instantly spread throughout his body.
This kind of piercing attack would normally not be noteworthy, but Kokushibou could feel that the blood threads embedded in his body had actually begun to cut horizontally through him.
My neck!
Feeling the abnormality in his neck, Kokushibou hastily retreated.
Such injuries should normally heal instantly for an Upper Rank demon, but Mizuki's cold aura slowed down cell regeneration, making the wound recovery extremely sluggish.
Muzan was slightly surprised as he snapped out of his thoughts. That guy Kokushibou was actually suppressed in an instant.
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