"Is that thing really that important? I don't see why it matters."
The moment Ivan spoke, his right arm twisted and deformed. Scarlet flesh writhed and in an instant condensed into a vicious-looking blade.
The blade's tip pointed straight at the ground. Under the moonlight, the sharp edge gave off a chilling glint.
"Water Breathing: Slant Slash."
Ivan calmly raised his right hand. Steam-like breath poured from the corners of his mouth like two white dragons. The next second, a slash of sword energy shot out diagonally across the sky. Boom!!! The roaring sound of a tidal wave thundered through the night.
Mukago, hiding behind the stone pillar, widened her eyes in shock.
She saw a massive water dragon wrapped in crashing waves roar forward with unstoppable force!
"Does Water Breathing even have that move?" Mukago's voice trembled.
Even though she wasn't the target of Ivan's slash, she still felt the urge to turn and run for her life.
As Lower Rank Four, she had fought Demon Slayers who used Water Breathing before, but she had never heard of Water Breathing: Slant Slash. Compared to Ivan's slash, their complicated techniques were pathetically weak. The power they unleashed wasn't even a tenth of this.
Soon her eyes widened again!
Amid the roaring waves, the blood-colored wheel was completely swallowed, along with everything around it.
Just like a real tsunami, it destroyed everything in its path without restraint, including the stunned Rokuro. He didn't even have time to use a second Blood Demon Art before the tsunami engulfed him.
When the aftershocks of the wave finally faded, everything the water had touched had suffered total destruction.
"How is this possible…" Mukago said in shock.
Once the sword energy completely disappeared, Ivan's right arm returned to normal.
"That's impossible. It must be an illusion. Did you drag me into some kind of illusion realm?" The only thing left on the ground was Rokuro's head.
His body had vanished. Even as one of the Twelve Kizuki, he couldn't regenerate a complete body in such a short time.
And when Ivan picked up his head,
a thin blade-like tentacle suddenly drilled into the cross-section of the severed neck, constantly destroying Rokuro's newly forming flesh.
"This isn't an illusion. My body… was chopped apart? Aaaah! Something's burrowing into my brain!"
"Too noisy!"
Ivan directly used the tentacle to shred Rokuro's brain. Even then, Rokuro still wasn't dead. His consciousness had just fallen into chaos.
Seeing Rokuro's miserable state, Lower Rank Four Mukago shrank her neck in fear and followed closely behind Ivan.
"Do you know Mount Sagiri?"
"No."
Mukago was a real homebody. She usually stayed inside and didn't go out unless she received an order from Muzan to join the other Lower Ranks in hunting Demon Slayers, or when she got hungry.
Going out was a hassle for her. To avoid being recognized by normal people, she had to wrap a scarf around her head. Otherwise she couldn't hide the two little horns on top.
"Let's go. I'll take you there."
Ivan picked up Mukago again and flew toward Mount Sagiri.
"You're really not a demon? But you don't look human at all." In the air, Mukago looked curiously at the extra arms on Ivan's back.
"You want to be like him too?" Ivan shook the head in his hand.
Mukago immediately shut her mouth and shook her head like a rattle.
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On the other side,
After Nezuko fell asleep, Urokodaki took Tanjiro up the mountain path to the top of Mount Sagiri.
Along the way he explained the origins of the Demon Slayer Corps, their mission, and some basic information about demons.
"Humans are too fragile compared to demons. When we suffer serious injuries, we can't recover. But demons can regenerate even if their arms and legs get cut off…"
"Is Ivan Onii sama a demon? I saw with my own eyes that his wounds healed in an instant." Tanjiro asked.
"I don't know. He's a special existence."
While they talked, Ivan had already arrived above Mount Sagiri carrying Rokuro's head.
"So that's where you are." Ivan, whose eyesight was sharper than a falcon's, spotted Urokodaki and Tanjiro through the gaps in the leaves.
As he dove downward, Urokodaki in the forest suddenly looked ahead with a grave expression and instinctively stepped in front of Tanjiro.
"Be careful. A powerful and evil presence is coming toward us. It might be a Lower Rank from the Twelve Kizuki."
Mount Sagiri was the final site for the Demon Slayer selection and had always been heavily protected. Almost no demons knew about this place.
Boom! With the ground trembling, a figure slowly emerged from the dust cloud.
"The head you wanted, I brought it. You can check it. Oh, and there's a little bonus gift too." Mukago looked very obedient. She lowered her head and shyly stepped out from behind Ivan, standing in front of the two.
"Ivan Onii Sama!" Tanjiro shouted in delight.
At the same time he let out a sigh of relief. So the evil presence was just Big Brother Ivan.
"This is a head from the Twelve Kizuki?" Urokodaki looked down at the head that had rolled to his feet. He crouched in front of it and carefully examined the eyes.
The right eye had the characters for Lower Two engraved on it. There was no doubt this was Lower Rank Two from the Twelve Kizuki.
Urokodaki was somewhat surprised by Ivan's efficiency.
This wasn't Lower Rank Six.
It wasn't Lower Rank Five either. This was Lower Rank Two. Even though the Lower Ranks weren't that strong, finding and killing one in such a short time was something few Hashira could manage.
Especially the first part. Generally, demons moved around a lot. You usually needed to gather information from multiple sources to locate them.
"Not only that, you also brought a Lower Rank Four."
"If I'm not mistaken, it was you who told Ivan the location of Lower Rank Two."
Urokodaki's eyes were sharp. Seeing the timid Mukago, he immediately guessed how things had gone.
But he was still curious how Ivan had found Lower Rank Four. Did he have some special ability that let him detect demons' locations?
"Y… yes." Mukago was so nervous she could barely speak clearly.
"Give her a quick end. I'll send your letter tomorrow."
"Alright."
Ivan took Mukago and walked down the mountain. At the same time, the head left at Urokodaki's feet suddenly exploded. Countless blood droplets splattered everywhere and turned into piles of ash under the faint morning light.
...
The scene shifted to Muzan.
He wore a black suit as he moved through the crowd at the evening party.
His handsome face made him the center of attention. Several noblewomen in lavish gowns looked at Muzan, covering their mouths and giggling as they chatted with each other.
Meanwhile Muzan swirled the wine in his glass with boredom, using his crimson eyes to search for tonight's prey.
Under the lights, the wine in his hand reflected a seductive, enchanting deep red.
Suddenly his pupils contracted like a snake's.
One of the Lower Ranks had died. Lower Rank Two, Rokuro.
"What a useless pawn piece, utterly disappointing. Wasting my blood again." Rokuro's death completely ruined Muzan's good mood.
His face turned cold as he set down the wine glass. Then, amid the screams of the guests, he brought the evening party to a brutal end!
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