"We're saved! Kanroji-san!" Tanjirou's face lit up with joy. "So strong!"
"Hehehe, Tanjirou-kun, don't praise me so much~" Kanroji Mitsuri chuckled, turning around with her hands on her hips, pointing an accusatory index finger at Hantengu.
"Hmph, I'm telling you, you're being too rowdy!" Kanroji Mitsuri said with a righteous expression.
"Shut up, you hussy! The only one who can command me in this world is that one lord." Hantengu's face was full of disdain.
Troublesome guys are appearing one after another... The main body is also in danger.
That Gyokko guy has already been taken care of, but Kokushibou, that arrogant fellow, still hasn't dealt with his opponent.
This is terrible.
Hussy?
Kanroji Mitsuri's eyes widened.
"Hussy?" Kanroji Mitsuri pointed at herself in disbelief. "Me? Are you talking about me?"
"Am I a hussy?"
Tanjirou broke out in a sweat, completely speechless.
No, no, no, from her appearance... indeed, it's very... revealing... No, no, no!
That's not the point!
Tanjirou shook his head, his face anxious, and said, "Kanroji-san, please go and assist Mizuki-san."
"That guy, Upper Rank One, that monster is over there."
Although Mizuki-san is a demon and has overcome the sun, making her seemingly without weaknesses.
Precisely because of this, Mizuki-san is the most dangerous one.
If Mizuki-san falls into peril, then Kibutsuji Muzan will have an opportunity.
The most important point is... Mizuki-san might not be able to defeat that monster.
"Eh?! Upper Rank One?!" Kanroji Mitsuri exclaimed in surprise.
Tanjirou nodded seriously: "That's right, please leave this side to us with confidence."
Kanroji Mitsuri hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "I understand, I'll go right now..."
"I advise you not to go over there." Before she could finish, a cold voice interrupted her.
"Eh?" Kanroji Mitsuri looked in the direction of the voice. "Tokito-kun?"
"You're here too?"
Tokito Muichiro didn't respond directly: "The battle over there is not something we can interfere with right now."
Tanjirou opened his mouth, wanting to say more.
"Going there would only cause trouble for Mizuki-san."
Tanjirou swallowed the words he was about to say.
Even the proud Tokito-kun said so... He clearly knew that in front of that monster, he would only be a weakness.
Tokito Muichiro drew the Nichirin Blade from his waist; its blue blade was magnificent under the moonlight.
"At this point, let's work together and take this guy down first."
"I understand." Tanjirou took a deep breath, making up his mind.
"Then, let's all go together."
Hantengu: "???"
One, two... Why are there so many enemies on his side?
Even if his Clones were cut, he wouldn't be harmed, but his main body's situation was also precarious right now. If his main body's neck wasn't hard enough, he might already be gone.
Now with two more Pillar-level fighters, how could he remain rational?
Kokushibou? Help me!
...Kokushibou was now in no position to help himself. When he saw Mizuki crying, for a moment, his heart thumped violently, as if it had been fiercely grabbed by a large hand.
Kokushibou didn't think he had much emotion left to be confused by his sister's tears.
Because when he was alive, he actually had no feelings for this sister.
The only thing that could resonate with him was probably the pursuit of the martial Dao, the pursuit of surpassing Yoriichi.
But the facts were before him, Kokushibou was indeed momentarily distracted by it.
The blade was deeply embedded in his neck, and most of the bone had been ground away.
Defeat?
These two words were deeply etched into Kokushibou's brain.
Was he going to be defeated by Mizuki again?
After losing to Yoriichi, was he going to lose to Mizuki again?
Honestly, he was unconvinced.
Because every time Mizuki defeated him, it was through trickery.
But he didn't have much time left to ponder whether he was willing or not.
Because Mizuki's constantly trembling hands were slowly eroding his vitality; the flesh in his neck couldn't regenerate, and due to the freezing of his cells, he had even lost sensation in his Physical Body.
Just like that... Perceiving Kokushibou's resistance weakening, Mizuki's golden eyes trembled slightly.
She was going to... sever her brother's head!
Clang!
Without any warning, the sound of a biwa suddenly rang out beside their ears.
A door suddenly opened from behind Kokushibou, and before Mizuki could figure out what was happening, the door abruptly swung open.
A sense of weightlessness followed.
Wh...?
Mizuki's mind went blank for a moment, and a word surfaced in her thoughts.
Infinity Castle.
Mizuki, of course, knew about the Infinity Castle; it was clearly recorded in her little notebook.
It appeared in the plot after the lower rank five on Mount Spider was decapitated, when Kibutsuji Muzan convened the Lower Rank meeting.
It was an isolated, otherworldly dimension.
The owner of the Blood Demon Art was a woman holding a biwa.
Because it involved spatial abilities, the appearance of that Infinity Castle didn't seem like something that could exist in a high-martial... low-martial world like Demon Slayer.
Mizuki had always been wary of this Infinity Castle, but what she never expected was that this ability could open up from beneath someone's feet without any warning.
Because of this sudden imbalance, Kokushibou was able to break free from Mizuki's restraint.
And Mizuki had no intention of killing Kokushibou; a flicker of panic crossed her eyes, and she quickly reached out, bracing herself on the empty space beside the door before falling completely.
Mizuki breathed a slight sigh of relief, but her body was being pulled by Kokushibou, so she couldn't get up and could only hang suspended there.
From a distance, she looked as if she was buried in the ground.
Mizuki Mizuki clung to the edge with difficulty, cold sweat beading on her forehead as she looked down.
The Infinity Castle, like the bottom of an abyss, appeared beneath her feet. From a distance, it was brightly lit everywhere, with spaces intersecting irregularly, and the entire area was impossibly vast.
Kokushibou was clutching her waist with one hand, refusing to let go, as if to drag her into the Infinity Castle with him.
The asura sword fell from Kokushibou's neck, dropping straight into the Infinity Castle.
Directly below the two of them, a pair of crimson eyes looked up at them without deviation.
Kibutsuji Muzan!
The owner of those crimson vertical pupils looked at her through Kokushibou, making every cell in Mizuki's body tremble.
It wasn't fear of the disparity in strength, but... no... it's too dangerous!
She absolutely couldn't be dragged in here, otherwise... Kibutsuji Muzan would gain the ability to overcome the sun from her.
This is terrible.
Now, she was the one being controlled.
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