“Hngh…
Aaaaaahhh—” Muzan Kibutsuji let out a scream, abruptly severing his connection with Kokushibo, and collapsed onto the platform.
He subconsciously reached out, rubbing his neck repeatedly.
The result of completely sharing senses with Kokushibo was that he vividly felt the excruciating pain of his neck being sliced open by a blade.
He even had the illusion that he had been decapitated himself.
Hide!
He had to hide!
Back when he encountered Yoriichi Tsugikuni, he had relied on long periods of hiding, forcing himself to wait until Yoriichi Tsugikuni died of old age.
He could not afford to provoke Yoriichi Tsugikuni, but could he at least hide?
Muzan Kibutsuji had already begun planning how to hide from Yoriichi Tsugikuni in his mind.
Move the Infinity Castle to the remote region of Yomigahara.
In that forsaken land, surely he would not encounter any more danger.
However, just as Muzan Kibutsuji was planning his relocation, the words he had just heard from “Yoriichi Tsugikuni” surfaced in his mind again.
Damn it, Yoriichi Tsugikuni said he could overcome death!
If anyone else had said that, Muzan Kibutsuji would have only scoffed.
But even Kokushibo, who was most familiar with Yoriichi Tsugikuni, was certain that that guy was Yoriichi Tsugikuni himself.
Even if Muzan Kibutsuji did not want to believe it, he had to accept this fact.
Yoriichi Tsugikuni really had returned!
Even if he continued to hide, what good would it do?
Even if he successfully managed to outlive Yoriichi Tsugikuni once again.
But God knows if one day he would step out of the Infinity Castle, only to immediately encounter a resurrected Yoriichi Tsugikuni?
Cold sweat soaked through Muzan Kibutsuji’s clothes.
He desperately mobilized his five brains to think of countermeasures.
In the end, these brains reached a conclusion.
He must immediately find a way to locate the Blue Spider Lily!
If he could turn himself into the perfect creature that feared neither sunlight nor death, his strength would surely become even more formidable!
By then, he would not need to fear Yoriichi Tsugikuni anymore.
He had to tell his subordinates not to be obsessed with attacking humans anymore.
He must make them put all their energy into searching for the Blue Spider Lily.
Of course, he could appropriately let them search for the Demon Slayer Corps’ logistical bases, such as their Swordsmith Village, to cause some trouble for Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
Otherwise, Muzan Kibutsuji was truly afraid that Yoriichi Tsugikuni would do nothing but dedicate himself to finding the location of the Infinity Castle every day.
If one day he suddenly saw Yoriichi Tsugikuni open the passage to the Infinity Castle directly…
Just thinking about this possibility made Muzan Kibutsuji’s face turn abnormally pale!
It took a full half-day before his complexion improved slightly.
But the massive amount of negative emotions accumulated in his heart had to find an outlet as soon as possible!
And the target for this vent, naturally, was— Muzan Kibutsuji let out a roar.
“Nakime!” …
Kokushibo’s head had not completely fallen off.
But feeling the crooked and distorted vision before him, Kokushibo knew that there was likely only a bit of skin left connecting his head to his neck.
That Lord’s sudden connection with him, as well as the sudden remarks from “Yoriichi Tsugikuni,” had completely disrupted his focus.
Because of this, Kokushibo had been completely unable to react to the sudden attack from “Yoriichi Tsugikuni.” When Muzan Kibutsuji’s will vanished, Kokushibo discovered that the blade of “Yoriichi Tsugikuni” had already sliced open most of his neck.
Although he retreated at the first opportunity, it was clearly too late.
After jealousy and anger, what feeling surged into his heart again?
Naturally, it was fear!
This result of nearly being decapitated by the opponent in one strike instantly made Kokushibo recall that night of the red moon when he encountered the elderly Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
However, the scene Kokushibo was facing now was completely different from back then!
After all, back then, Yoriichi Tsugikuni had already exhausted his lifespan after delivering that strike.
Although he was still standing, his life had already completely dissipated.
But what Kokushibo was facing now was the still-young “Yoriichi Tsugikuni”!
Kokushibo subconsciously reached out to touch the wound on his neck.
Where he touched, it was full of a rough texture like charred remains.
Beneath that layer of “char,” Kokushibo could still feel a large amount of granulation tissue wriggling frantically, preparing to repair the wound.
However, these wriggling tissues, without exception, turned back into charcoal the moment they emerged.
In Kokushibo’s six eyes, the sense of terror became increasingly obvious.
It was the same position, the same familiar scar!
Although he was very certain that the person standing before him was the real Yoriichi Tsugikuni, when suffering the same injury once again, the fear he had felt back then surged into his heart even more intensely.
If he were facing any other enemy, Kokushibo felt he might rather die than stop fighting until the very last moment.
But at this very moment, he was facing Yoriichi Tsugikuni!
He feared death, and feared even more that he would never be able to catch up to Yoriichi Tsugikuni before he died.
And he did not know if it was because he had been too influenced by That Lord over these past few hundred years.
At this moment, only one thought remained in Kokushibo’s mind.
Run!
Thus, in front of Lin, such a bizarre scene suddenly appeared.
He saw Kokushibo, with only a bit of skin connecting his head to his neck, turn and run.
Currently, his synchronization had reached 49%, and he also had the blessing of the Transparent World.
Even though Kokushibo’s speed was extremely fast, Lin could clearly capture the opponent’s movements with his eyes.
In his eyes, Kokushibo’s body was bobbing up and down due to the high-speed movement.
That bit of skin was “tugging” at his head, causing it to continuously knock against his shoulder.
Lin, who considered himself well-versed in the original work and had witnessed many things since transmigrating, had thought he had already seen all kinds of situations.
But this kind of scene, he really had never seen before!
What was this?
In Hogwarts, there was Nearly Headless Nick.
And on my side, it is Nearly Headless Kokushibo?
After driving these absurd, inexplicable thoughts out of his brain, Lin did not pursue Kokushibo.
Although Kokushibo’s head and neck were now connected by only a bit of skin, and it seemed that with just a little more effort, he could decapitate Kokushibo with one strike, he knew very well that the reason he had succeeded just now was thanks to Muzan Kibutsuji’s “remote login,” which gave him the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.
Moreover, at this current time point, Kokushibo should have already overcome the weakness that demons die when “decapitated.” To completely eliminate the opponent, he was afraid the only way was to drag it out until sunrise.
As for showing Kokushibo a mirror and letting him be “uglied” to death by himself…
Do not forget, a very important reason why Kokushibo was “uglied” to death by himself in the original work was that he remembered the late Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
And now, he, this “Yoriichi Tsugikuni,” was standing right in front of Kokushibo.
Lin felt that after seeing his own appearance, the opponent would likely only think, “This is merely a small price to pay for chasing after Yoriichi Tsugikuni.” And then, he would either continue to fight, or turn and run just like now.
However, for Lin, this was already enough.
He had successfully delivered a “surprise” to Kokushibo and Muzan Kibutsuji.
And next, it was time for him to translate what exactly a “surprise” meant…
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