At this moment!
Inside the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters—the courtyard of Kagaya Ubuyashiki.
All the current Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps were standing together, surrounding someone who had already grown incredibly weak.
His face was even covered in all kinds of twisted, deteriorated skin.
To be honest.
If someone with this appearance went outside in the middle of the night, just based on his looks alone, he might actually look more like a demon than the demons themselves!
It was truly difficult to imagine that someone with such an appearance was actually the current head of the Ubuyashiki family, which had been opposing the Demon King all this time!
“Everyone”
“As for the report submitted by the Flower Hashira regarding that young man killing Upper Rank Two, Doma.”
“What are your thoughts?”
Kagaya Ubuyashiki’s eyes seemed to have already lost their sight, yet they still seemed to shimmer with light.
It was as though they were reflecting the rays of the newly risen sun!
And as soon as Kagaya Ubuyashiki asked this question.
Immediately.
All the remaining Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps exchanged glances.
As for such a major event as the death of Upper Rank Two, Doma, they naturally knew that the report was genuine.
But.
They were also deeply wary of this young man who had seemingly appeared out of nowhere, possessed overwhelming strength, and whose origins they knew absolutely nothing about.
“That young man seems to be extremely powerful.”
“So he had Kanae Kocho tell me that he wants to directly kill Muzan Kibutsuji.”
“And thereby finally put an end to this thousand-year-long turmoil!”
Although Kagaya Ubuyashiki could no longer see anything with his eyes.
He still slowly raised his head toward the gradually rising sun and clearly felt its warmth.
For some reason.
The usually extremely cautious Kagaya Ubuyashiki actually found himself hoping, just a little, that Kanae Kocho’s report was true.
That a terrifyingly powerful young man had really appeared out of nowhere and could kill Muzan Kibutsuji in one fell swoop, thereby completely ending this thousand-year-long turmoil!
And make every demon in the world turn to ashes!
Once these words were spoken.
The Hashira all frowned.
They had spent most of their lives fighting various demons, with several years of experience at the very least, so naturally they understood the terrifying strength of those demons far better than ordinary people did!
And all of that strength had merely been enhanced by the blood of the legendary Demon King, Muzan Kibutsuji!
Therefore.
Just by thinking about it, they could roughly imagine just how terrifying the strength of the legendary Demon King, Muzan Kibutsuji, truly was!
And now.
A young man had suddenly appeared, repeatedly claiming that he could casually kill Muzan.
Kill the Demon King who had forced their Demon Slayer Corps to sacrifice countless lives without ever truly managing to kill him!
Anyone would find that somewhat unbelievable!
And
There was also a sense of humiliation!
However!
At this moment!
Outside Kagaya Ubuyashiki’s courtyard.
A rustling sound suddenly rang out, growing rapidly louder and sounding extremely strange.
The next moment!
The rustling abruptly stopped!
Immediately afterward!
Hundreds of figures moving as fast as ghosts suddenly charged into Kagaya Ubuyashiki’s courtyard from every direction!
These figures were extremely strange!
They wore no clothes at all, with only seemingly incredibly hard armor covering their vital areas and joints.
Their eyes were completely devoid of light, making them look like corpses rather than ordinary humans!
“Protect the Master!”
None of the Hashira present were pushovers!
The instant they discovered these strange figures, they immediately moved in unison and shielded Kagaya Ubuyashiki behind them!
However!
They had still underestimated the strength of these strange figures!
Every one of these strange figures possessed terrifying strength and speed.
They were completely fearless of death and pain, and even if their limbs were hacked off with all one’s strength, they could completely regenerate within mere seconds!
Fuck!
The Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps were completely dumbfounded!
How the hell did these things look even more like demons than actual demons?!
Next!
The Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps even tried using their Breathing Styles and Nichirin Swords to chop off the heads of these strange figures!
But they were actually blocked by those hardened armored shells, unable to penetrate even an inch!
These beings seemed like truly perfect organisms, completely fearless of death, Nichirin Swords, and even the sun!
Furthermore!
Each of these strange figures was quite powerful.
Although an individual one couldn’t match the combat strength of a Hashira, it wasn’t far behind.
Combined with their completely tireless and fearless fighting style, as well as their sheer numbers—hundreds, even thousands of them!
In practically no time at all!
The Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, who had originally held a slight advantage, were beaten until they were gasping for breath.
One moment of carelessness meant they failed to properly protect Kagaya Ubuyashiki behind them.
Ultimately, several strange figures charged directly in front of Kagaya Ubuyashiki.
“Master, watch out!”
The Hashira panicked.
But just as they were preparing to fight desperately—
They saw the strange figures that had been murderous and determined to fight to the death only moments ago suddenly stop directly in front of Kagaya Ubuyashiki.
And.
It wasn’t just these few who stopped.
All the other strange figures that had been fighting the Hashira also stopped!
Then, as though they had received some kind of command, they spoke in unison.
The scene was bizarre!
“We have come under orders.”
“Command!”
“Now, have all Demon Slayer Corps members spread these Blue Spider Lilies throughout the world.
We must make sure Muzan Kibutsuji successfully obtains them and completely evolves into a perfect organism!”
The tremendous chorus of voices was overwhelming!
It completely shocked all the Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps!
Because!
At this moment, they could all think of only one thing!
For all of them to move with such perfect synchronization, and for their strange facial expressions and mannerisms—
There was only one possibility!
Puppets!
So
These strange figures, each possessing such powerful strength, were actually puppets belonging to someone?!
If these puppets were to attack the Demon Slayer Corps
At this moment.
The Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps felt their scalps go numb.
The more they thought about it, the more terrifying it became!
And what frightened them even more was that.
When they combined the words spoken by these puppets with the report Kanae Kocho had just submitted—
It was easy to figure out.
The master of these puppets
Was most likely that mysterious young man who had killed Upper Rank Two, Doma!
The Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps: “”
Fuck!
Doma really didn’t die unjustly!
While the Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps were feeling their scalps go numb, bundles of Blue Spider Lilies that had already been carefully tied together were placed throughout the Ubuyashiki estate.
Immediately afterward.
Once everything was finished, these strange figures instantly disappeared from the spot.
It was as though they had completely left this entire world!
“”
“Do as they said”
“With the strength they displayed just now, completely annihilating the Demon Slayer Corps would be incredibly easy.”
“And they aren’t demons”
In the end.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki lowered his head.
With the help of his attendants, he returned inside, leaving the Hashira in the courtyard staring at one another.
A few minutes later.
The Hashira also quickly left the Ubuyashiki estate, each carrying a large number of Blue Spider Lilies in their hands.
Meanwhile.
As the sun gradually climbed higher into the sky.
Inside the Butterfly Estate courtyard.
The aura of the quietly standing Andrew grew increasingly terrifying and scorching!
He seemed to have truly transformed into a miniature sun!
“Letting Muzan Kibutsuji become a perfect organism and come out on his own will save me quite a bit of trouble.”
Andrew looked at the delicate and beautiful little blue flower in his hand.
The next moment.
The Blue Spider Lily was completely reduced to ashes by the scorching aura radiating from his body.
And this was precisely the Blue Spider Lily he had finally found according to the events of the original Demon Slayer storyline.
Therefore, those strange figures carrying the Blue Spider Lilies and forcibly overwhelming the Hashira had been the Hardened Corpses Andrew had synthesized three times.
After three rounds of synthesis, these corpses had long since possessed strength beyond that of ordinary humans.
Although they could crush ordinary Demon Slayer Corps members, they were still somewhat lacking against Hashira-level combatants.
But they had numbers!
And sufficient numbers could produce a powerful qualitative change!
As for why he had done this.
That was because of Muzan Kibutsuji’s ridiculous ability involving the Infinity Castle and Nakime.
So, if one wanted to destroy someone, one first had to drive them mad.
Anyway, as long as Muzan dared to come out arrogantly.
He was in for a world of suffering!
“After Muzan Kibutsuji evolves into a perfect organism, I’ll synthesize his power into the corpses.”
“That should also count as a special type of power.
It’ll be perfect for strengthening the corpses and increasing their potential!”
“Mm”
“That way, I’ll have made full use of him.”
Andrew rubbed the ashes of the Blue Spider Lily from his fingertips.
“There should be about three hours left before the sun reaches noon, right?”
“When that time comes.”
“I’ll use Muzan Kibutsuji to test out my peak strike!”