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One minute, five minutes, eight minutes...
Time passed slowly in Ubuyashiki's waiting, but what he ultimately waited for was not the swordsman returning with news, but the Water Hashira who stumbled rushing into the mansion.
"Master!!"
This man who was usually dignified and gentle was now bathed in blood, not only covered in densely packed wounds, but even one of his arms had been severed!
"Disaster! Michikatsu... Michikatsu has turned into a demon!"
"What?"
From the Water Hashira's mouth came words that Ubuyashiki couldn't quite understand for a moment.
Michikatsu turned into a demon?
Which Michikatsu?
The Michikatsu who is Yoriichi's elder brother?
"Master, hurry! The Stone Hashira and other swordsmen are currently trying to hold him back. I will immediately take you away from here!"
Without giving Ubuyashiki too much time to think, the Water Hashira at this moment also didn't care about ethics and etiquette, rushing forward to lift Ubuyashiki and take him away.
But before he could take two steps, a laughing female voice suddenly came from above the courtyard.
"Oh my oh my~ It's already so late, where are you gentlemen planning to go in such a hurry?"
Immediately after, two corpses that had been completely drained of blood and flesh were thrown down from the air, falling right in front of the two of them, raising dust everywhere.
"Wind Hashira?! Sound Hashira?!"
With her toes touching the ground, landing with a quite graceful posture, Mitsuba first glanced at the Water Hashira whose eyes were almost splitting with rage, then shifted her gaze to Ubuyashiki standing behind him.
Instantly recognizing Ubuyashiki's identity, Mitsuba smiled and gave him a formal salute.
"Good evening, honorable Master Ubuyashiki, leader of the Demon Slayer Corps."
"You are..."
Raising his hand to restrain the Water Hashira who was facing a great enemy, Ubuyashiki stepped forward slowly, his gaze fixed on Mitsuba standing before him.
"A demon who came to kill you."
Mitsuba answered with a smile.
Hearing this, Ubuyashiki slowly shifted his gaze to the corpses of the Sound Hashira and Wind Hashira at his feet, his face showing a bit of sadness.
"If you came to kill me, why take their lives?"
"Master Ubuyashiki, why ask when you already know the answer."
Tilting her head, looking at him with a smile, Mitsuba counter-asked:
"As enemies, isn't it very normal to fight each other with swords?
If our positions were reversed, you would certainly do the same thing. You can't possibly expect me to show mercy to my enemies, can you?"
"Indeed so..."
Sighing lightly, Ubuyashiki raised his head again to look at Mitsuba, trying hard with his blurred vision to recognize Mitsuba's face clearly.
"You can defeat my two Hashira by yourself, this is enough to prove your formidable strength. Such a powerful demon, yet the Demon Slayer Corps has never heard of you before.
Before killing me, would you be willing to tell me your name?"
"Tsugikuni Mitsuba."
Mitsuba answered honestly.
"Tsugikuni? You also have the surname Tsugikuni?!"
The Water Hashira was stunned hearing this, suddenly realizing that the female demon before him had a face very similar to the Tsugikuni brothers, he almost instinctively asked:
"What is your relationship with those two brothers from the Tsugikuni family?!"
Completely not intending to pay attention to him, Mitsuba narrowed her eyes slightly. She kept staring at Ubuyashiki before her, her originally light tone gradually becoming low and serious.
"Master Ubuyashiki, you don't seem surprised by my arrival?"
She noticed.
From just now until now, both Ubuyashiki's expression and tone of voice were very calm—a kind of calmness without the slightest panic or shock.
This was very wrong.
This was not the reaction a normal human should have when suddenly facing death.
The Demon Slayer Corps also couldn't have detected her and Michikatsu's arrival beforehand.
Everything tonight should have been a completely unexpected situation for them.
But Ubuyashiki was so calm.
So calm... as if he had already anticipated his impending death?
Realizing something was wrong, Mitsuba's pupils instantly changed into the shape of mandala flowers.
In a crimson sea of blood, she could clearly perceive the threads of karma entwining around Ubuyashiki's body, comprehending all his past and future.
And then in an instant, Mitsuba opened her eyes wide, letting out an exclamation of disbelief from her mouth.
"Oh my, this is truly... an astonishing spectacle..."
In her vision, what wrapped around Ubuyashiki was not the 'thin red threads' she had seen from other humans before, but one after another 'iron chains' as thick as fingers!
They fell from unmatched heights, densely wrapping around Ubuyashiki's body, binding him like a prisoner, controlling and moving him like a puppet!
Such a spectacle, Mitsuba was seeing for the first time.
It turned out that besides the form of "threads," threads of karma could also have this form of "iron chains"?
In just an instant, Mitsuba understood.
She suddenly understood why the Ubuyashiki clan could continue to entangle with Lord Muzan for the past five hundred years without being destroyed.
Why, the Demon Slayer Corps led by this clan could face total destruction several times during such a long period but never truly be annihilated.
Why, the Ubuyashiki before her showed no surprise or shock at her arrival, as if he had known about this beforehand.
So that's how it is.
"Master Ubuyashiki, it turns out you are the most loyal servant of the supreme god in this world..."
After a brief surprise, Mitsuba's face was full of smile and she couldn't help but praise in a loud voice.
Even in the eyes of the supreme and great god, people in this world will be divided into three six nine ranks.
There are people, like the demon hunters killed by Mitsuba before, who have very fragile karma in their bodies, unable to get the god's attention throughout their lives, easily manipulated by Mitsuba in the palm of her hand.
And there are people, like the Ubuyashiki standing before Mitsuba at this moment, who from head to toe have karma determined by the god, from birth to death firmly arranged by the god.
In the eyes of the supreme god, the Ubuyashiki clan is undoubtedly the "protagonist" in this world. On their bodies is solid karma like iron chains, monitored by the god every moment.
For such "protagonists," even just a small thread of karma on their bodies, Mitsuba finds difficult to shake.
Not that it cannot be changed at all, but every small change will cause huge consumption for her.
This is enough to prove the level of attention the god pays to Ubuyashiki.
"I was wondering why Master Ubuyashiki was so unsurprised by my arrival, it turns out your god has already foretold this imminent event to you?"
The gods cannot predict demons' actions as they predict humans, but they can infer from the human perspective.
It can be guessed, most likely from the moment she and Michikatsu approached this headquarters, the god had already given a hint to Ubuyashiki about the arrival of their sibling pair.
"No wonder Master Ubuyashiki is so calm, after all you have already ordered the Flame Hashira to send your child away, so you have no more worries.
Even to prevent me from tracing their karma, you deliberately didn't set a destination for them, only letting them decide for themselves...
Oh what a pity, I was still thinking earlier that tonight I might be able to wipe out your entire clan at once, and present it to Lord Muzan..."
Hearing Mitsuba's laughing words, for the first time, an expression that can be called panic finally appeared on Ubuyashiki's scar-covered face.