"How incredible, how incredible~ Lord Akaza, I never expected you could actually reach this point?"
During the day, at Tokyo University, Akaza's private office was packed full of demons.
Dressed fashionably and handsomely, Doma raised his hand to stroke his chin, examining Akaza—who showed no outward changes—with genuinely curious eyes.
"Eek~ To think you could even overcome the weakness of your neck, Lord Akaza truly has deep obsession..."
The one who spoke these words was Hantengu, dressed in ragged clothes, hugging his knees and huddled in the corner farthest from the window.
Besides them, Kokushibo, Nakime, Gyokko, the Gyutaro siblings, and even Muzan dressed as a geisha were all standing in this office, looking curiously up and down at Akaza.
Yes, since last night's battle at the Infinity Castle, upon learning that Akaza had overcome the weakness of decapitation, all the Upper Rank demons had rushed here to see what was going on.
"Lord Akaza, as the only demon among us who has experienced decapitation, why don't you tell us what kind of experience this is?"
Gyokko asked impatiently.
Though for some reason, upon hearing his words, Muzan's eye twitched at the side.
"Hah, why should I have to tell you all about this?"
Veins bulged on Akaza's forehead—he was clearly suppressing his anger.
It was still early morning, and he had classes to teach!
If not for Muzan being here, he would have long since kicked out all these troublemakers who came to watch the spectacle!
"Share your experience~ Experience~"
With a smile on his face, being overly familiar as he patted Akaza's shoulder, Doma asked with a smile:
"By the way, Lord Akaza, what exactly were you thinking about when you were decapitated, that made it grow back?"
"What else could I think about? Just that I couldn't give up, that I had to keep fighting—thinking about these things and it just grew back on its own... Also, get your dirty hands off me."
"I see, so does this mean that even if I use a Nichirin Blade to cut off Lord Akaza's head right now, it would easily grow back?"
"Hah? Why would I accompany you in this meaningless experiment?
Also, final warning—get your dirty hands off my shoulder immediately!"
"I see, obsession, is it..."
At the side, Kokushibo quietly listened to the two's conversation and nodded lightly, lost in thought.
"As long as the obsession is strong enough, even a weakness like decapitation can be overcome?"
"Hmph, this is indeed an interesting discovery."
Watching Akaza spring up from his seat and pin Doma to the ground, beating him until blood splattered everywhere, Muzan chuckled and generously praised:
"For a thousand years, this is the first time I've encountered a demon who could overcome decapitation."
As the only two demons in this world who had overcome the weakness of decapitation, Muzan's method of overcoming it was completely different from Akaza's.
Akaza relied on powerful obsession to regenerate his head, thereby completely erasing this fatal weakness.
Muzan, on the other hand, had transformed her body by growing multiple brains and hearts inside her body—"backing up" the weakness—so that her neck would no longer be a weakness.
For Akaza, his body now had no fatal weaknesses; only sunlight could truly kill him.
But for Muzan, she had many weaknesses, and destroying them individually was ineffective. Only by simultaneously destroying all the brains and hearts in her body could truly fatal damage be inflicted on her.
From appearances, Akaza's evolution was undoubtedly more thorough.
But it must be pointed out that as the progenitor demon—the source of all demons in this world—Muzan herself possessed terrifying regenerative ability far exceeding all other demons.
Even if someone could truly break all her weaknesses simultaneously, as long as she could escape with enough flesh to form a head-sized mass of meat.
She could still gradually heal from that small amount of minced flesh until complete recovery!
Therefore, essentially speaking, Muzan could also be called—
Without weakness!
Sunlight was the only means that could truly kill her. All other attacks could only severely wound her!
"Since Akaza has set an example for all of you, you must all learn from him well in the future.
Remember, demons are beings that far surpass humans on the path of evolution. Mere decapitation cannot and must not defeat you.
I look forward to the day when all of you overcome decapitation. Do you hear me?"
"Yes! Lady Muzan!"
Hearing this, the demons in the room bowed their heads in unison.
Naturally, this included Akaza covered in blood, and Doma holding his shattered head as blood flowed from his entire body.
"Alright, that's all. I'll leave the rest of the time to you."
Her curiosity satisfied, Muzan didn't linger further.
As the sound of Nakime's biwa rang out, she immediately returned through the Infinity Castle to Osaka Prefecture thousands of miles away, appearing quite hurried.
"I feel like Lady Muzan seems very busy lately..."
Wiping Doma's blood that had splattered onto his suit, Gyutaro grabbed a mop from the corner and mopped up the blood on the floor while muttering in a low voice.
"It's probably because Lady Muzan recently joined a girl band and is quite busy because of it..."
"Band?"
Hearing Ume's explanation from the sofa nearby, not only Gyutaro, but even Kokushibo cast curious gazes.
"Lady Muzan... joined a girl band?"
"Where did you hear about this, Ume?"
"Huh? You all didn't know?"
Seeing all the demons staring at her with surprised expressions, Ume blinked her eyes, her face full of confusion.
"It was some time ago—there was apparently someone in Osaka Prefecture who wanted to form a girl band for a national tour. Lady Muzan saw this news in the newspaper and got very interested, so she wanted to participate and experience a new life...
Last night, Sister Mitsuba even came to ask me on Lady Muzan's behalf what preparations were needed to form such a band. She's probably already gone to Osaka Prefecture to help...
Tch, so that's how it is. Human society is getting more and more troublesome nowadays. Forming a band requires so much paperwork, what a pain..."
Lady Muzan, girl band, national tour...
"What the heck! How could the Holy Maiden not tell me about such an interesting thing! I wanted to help Lady Muzan form a band too~"
Imagining the feminized Muzan, along with a group of youthful and beautiful girls, standing on stage surrounded by countless audiences performing with instruments.
Except for Doma, all the demons in the room simultaneously fell into silence.
"The new era has indeed arrived..."
After a long while, Kokushibo slowly spoke, letting out such a sigh.
"Ah, I never expected that Lady Muzan would also have such elegant interests, participating in this kind of purely entertainment-oriented activity..."
Akaza nodded lightly, deeply agreeing.