"Get up now!" Inosuke roared, coughing up blood, tears uncontrollably streaming from his green eyes beneath his boar mask.
This was Yosuke... it was Yosuke!
How could he die like some insignificant minion!
"Inosuke..." Zenitsu whispered, calling out to the agitated Inosuke, his gaze falling upon Yoizumi on the ground.
Suppressing his grief, he knew that Tanjirou and Miss Shinobu were far more distraught than they were.
Zenitsu knew just by the sound.
It was the sound of extreme heartbreak.
Zenitsu raised his arm and wiped away his tears with his clothes; he couldn't believe it either.
Big Brother Yoizumi, so powerful... was actually going to die.
They had all been through so much together, and they were so close to achieving the best possible ending.
Big Brother Yoizumi... I'll never speak ill of you again.
So... please, live... if only for the sake of everyone here who cares about you.
Suddenly, someone walked up beside him.
Zenitsu looked up, and it was—Giyu Tomioka.
Giyu Tomioka walked over to Yoizumi, and under everyone's astonished gaze, he took out a potion, forcibly pried open Yoizumi's mouth, and poured it in.
"Giyuu... Mr. Tomioka," Tanjirou said blankly.
Shinobu snapped back to reality, frowning as she spoke in a hoarse voice.
"Mr. Tomioka, what did you feed Yoizumi?"
Giyu Tomioka was silent for a second, then slowly shook his head, his tone indifferent.
"I don't know."
"?!" Everyone, without exception, was shocked by Giyu Tomioka's answer.
What did he mean by feeding him something he didn't know?
"Tomioka! No matter how annoying you are, how could you do such a thing! Don't you know how to read the room!" Sanemi Shinazugawa abruptly grabbed Giyu Tomioka's collar and questioned him in a low voice.
"I'm not disliked."
Giyu Tomioka's face was blank; he really didn't know... that cat couldn't talk.
Giyu Tomioka looked at the cat in the shadows behind Sanemi, and after carefully observing and thinking, he seemed to understand what the cat meant.
Was it asking him to take Yoizumi and go with it?
"Where are you looking!" Sanemi Shinazugawa glared at Giyuu, furious that he dared to ignore him in this situation!
If it weren't for now... he would have beaten him up!
"Please wait!"
Shinobu's voice broke the deadlock, her eyes suddenly gleaming with hope, her tone involuntarily tinged with excitement.
"Yoizumi's dissipation has stopped!"
Hearing this, Tanjirou immediately checked his brother's hand as if to confirm, and indeed, the hand that had almost completely vanished had stopped dissipating!
"It's true... it's true!" Tanjirou said, a look of relief on his face.
"Mr. Tomioka, where did you get that medicine?"
Hearing Shinobu's question, Giyu Tomioka pointed to the cat in the corner, and Shinobu recognized it as Chachamaru.
Tamayo!
Yes... Miss Tamayo would definitely have a way!
Shinobu struggled to lift Yoizumi's body, wanting to pick him up, but found that her strength was insufficient.
"I'll do it, Kochou," Uzui Tengen stepped forward, bent down, and picked up Yoizumi.
Looking at Yoizumi's closed eyes, Uzui Tengen thought to himself.
To end this way is not flamboyant at all.
Do you understand?
Yoizumi... "Miss Tamayo, I entrust Yoizumi to you," Kagaya Ubuyashiki bowed his head, his words earnest.
When he learned that Yoizumi was controlled by Kibutsuji Muzan, Kagaya Ubuyashiki almost fainted and collapsed.
If his wife, Amane, hadn't told him that he couldn't fall yet, that the battle wasn't over, he might have passed out.
He arranged everything as quickly as possible, found Tamayo, and earnestly pleaded with her to save his child.
Tamayo's brows were furrowed, her light purple eyes filled with solemnity.
"Of course I will, Mr. Kagaya."
"Mr. Yoizumi's death is something I absolutely do not want to see."
"Bang!" The door suddenly burst open, and Yushiro, panting, still bore obvious marks of being scorched by the sun.
"Yushiro!" Tamayo walked to Yushiro's side, concerned.
"Lady Tamayo, that guy..." Yushiro couldn't finish his sentence before Tamayo preemptively responded, smiling at Yushiro.
"I know, Yushiro."
Originally, if she were alone, she might not have had much confidence, but with Yushiro here...
Tamayo thought, the probability would greatly increase.
After all, Yushiro was the one who understood her the most in the world at that moment.
Having been by her side for so many years, their coordination was already beyond words.
"Yushiro, prepare."
"...Yes!" Yushiro slowly straightened up, responding forcefully.
When everyone arrived here in a hurry and saw the Master, some of the Pillars who had thought the Master had already passed away were first startled.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki stepped forward and looked at Yoizumi's condition, his brows furrowing.
"Leave it to us," Tamayo said.
"Miss Tamayo, I..." Shinobu also wanted to follow them in, but Tamayo stopped her.
"Miss Kochou, you are not suitable to participate right now; please calm down first, and your wounds also need to be treated quickly."
Shinobu's eyes followed Yoizumi's figure closely until he was out of sight, then she finally allowed her eyes to close.
Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and she glanced at the wound on her hand; the intense pain was nowhere near as agonizing as the realization that she was about to lose Yoizumi.
"Shinobu... calm down," Kagaya Ubuyashiki's gentle voice entered her ears.
Shinobu slowly lowered her head, her hand clenching, which pulled at her wound.
Only the intense pain could keep her clear-headed; otherwise, she thought... at that moment, she might have been ready to leave with him.
Kagaya gently patted Shinobu's shoulder, his voice filled with trust in Yoizumi.
"Believe in Yoizumi."
"Yoizumi never disappoints us... does he?"
..."...?"
Where is this?
Yoizumi looked at the blank space, confused.
Did he... die?
Yoizumi's sapphire eyes trembled slightly, his expression a little dim.
He hadn't had time to apologize to Shinobu.
But Shinobu probably wouldn't forgive him anyway... Shinobu hated demons who deceived her the most.
And... Tanjirou, Nezuko...
His younger siblings.
Yoizumi sighed forlornly, standing in this world of only white, for a moment he didn't know what to do.
He walked aimlessly in one direction, and a purple butterfly in his line of sight caught Yoizumi's attention.
It was the only color in this expanse of white.
Yoizumi involuntarily followed this beautiful butterfly, walking further and further.
Until... a woman appeared before him.
Yoizumi looked, but what he noticed first was the butterfly hair ornament on her head.
"Kochou."
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