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Kanae's scolding voice stopped abruptly. She stared blankly at Chu Yang, and then her fair face began to flush red, spreading from her ears all the way to her neck.
Shinobu Kocho didn't have time to figure out how Chu Yang killed the Upper Moon; her gaze kept shifting between the two of them, like a bystander watching a melodrama.
Oh ho ho, something's off about these two...
Chapter 74 The One Who Ends Everything! [A short chapter of 74 words! Please subscribe!]
74.
The intelligence, which detailed the battle with the two Upper Moons, was officially sent out and arrived at the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters at the crack of dawn.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki, who was suffering from insomnia due to illness, received this report immediately. After reading the first page of the report, his hands holding the letter trembled involuntarily.
After suppressing his excitement and reading through the entire content, Kagaya Ubuyashiki let out a long sigh of relief, as if he had released all the pent-up frustration he had accumulated over the years.
Hearing the commotion, Ubuya Shiki Amane entered the room and saw her husband sitting by the window. She had thought he would be in pain because of his illness, but to her surprise, he had a smile on his face.
"What happened that makes you so happy?" Ubuya Shiki Amane slowly walked to her husband's side and draped a coat over him. The wind was strong at night, and for a patient like him, the slightest carelessness could lead to a serious illness the next day.
"Tianyin, do you believe that there are really people in the world who can kill evil spirits by virtue of their own strength?"
Kagaya Ubuyashiki was still basking in the afterglow of excitement, and his whole body was trembling slightly. His wife thought he was cold, so she covered him with another coat.
Ubuyashiki Amane said reproachfully, "Don't all the swordsmen in the Demon Slayer Corps slay demons with their own skills? What's so surprising about that? It's not worth sitting by the window in the middle of the night feeling the cold wind."
“Even the strongest swordsman still needs a Nichirin Blade to sever the neck of a demon. I’m talking about someone who can kill a demon without a Nichirin Blade, relying solely on the strength of their physical body!” Kagaya Ubuyashiki looked intently at his wife, his eyes as sincere as a child’s.
“You’re past the age of idolizing heroes.” Ubuyashiki Amane shook her head and chuckled, but her smile quickly faded as her husband’s eyes became incredibly serious, as if he were stating a fact that was absolutely true.
But for each member of the Demon Slayer Corps, this was like a fantasy, because no one knew better than them how powerful demons were. The only thing that could overwhelm such a monster with physical strength was an even more powerful one!
It could never be a human!
Ubuyashiki Amane noticed the action report in her husband's hand. She took a deep breath and asked, "Is it something written in this report that made you think this way?"
Kagaya Ubuyashiki handed the report to his wife and said with a gentle smile, "Take a look. The contents may overturn your imagination."
Ubuyashiki Amane took the report and studied it for a long time, her expression changing repeatedly. Finally, she put down the report and asked, "Is the information in here reliable?"
Every piece of information from the Demon Slayer Corps is transmitted at the cost of the lives of its members, and the Ubuyashiki family has never questioned this before; this may be the first time.
So, when Ubuyashiki Amane asked that question, she herself was stunned.
"This is the information that Kanae sent back. As for the person she mentioned in her information, I mentioned him to you not long ago."
Ubuyashiki Amane began to recall every word her husband had ever said to her.
"Is he the stepson that Mr. Xingming took in?"
Ubuyashiki Amane suddenly realized, then her expression gradually turned to shock, "I remember it was only a few months since he took the final exam..."
There are always some people in this world who are exceptionally gifted.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki chuckled softly, then closed his eyes and fell into deep thought. The room became quiet, and Amane Ubuyashiki watched her husband quietly from the side.
After a long silence, Kagaya Ubuyashiki said in a deep voice, "I need to convene a meeting of the Pillars."
……
Tokyo.
Muzan Kibutsuji, the progenitor of demons, is currently living in the body of a pharmacy owner in the guise of a child.
He wasn't after the luxurious life of a family of doctors, but rather the family's extensive collection of medical books.
From the day he became a demon, Muzan Kibutsuji has been relentlessly pursuing one thing.
Blue spider lilies.
No matter how many ancient books Muzan Kibutsuji consulted, he could not find any record of the Blue Spider Lily, to the point that he doubted whether this flower really existed.
Whenever he thinks that the so-called blue spider lily might not exist, Muzan Kibutsuji immediately falls into an extreme state of rage.
The times when Muzan Kibutsuji was in a bad mood were also the times when the number of missing persons in Tokyo skyrocketed.
As Muzan was flipping through a book, a scene he had never seen before suddenly flashed through his mind. In the scene, "he" was being held in someone's hand and looked at with extremely contemptuous eyes.
His eyes instantly reminded him of the swordsman who had cornered him hundreds of years ago.
As more and more images flooded his mind, Muzan's expression became increasingly ferocious. His anger even made it difficult for him to maintain his child form, and he almost revealed his true form.
Amidst the intense anger, there was also a hint of inexplicable fear.
How can such a person exist in the world?
Did he also take some kind of special drug?
Or perhaps... he is another ghost created by the doctor, besides himself?
Countless questions arose, sweeping over Muzan's mind like a tidal wave. The absolute power Chu Yang displayed had nothing to do with the word "human."
Since Chu Yang killed Doma and Akaza with his bare hands, Muzan did not connect the terrifying boy in his mind to the rookie swordsman of the Demon Slayer Corps mentioned in the recent information.
After Muzan witnessed Akaza's entire death, the fear hidden deep within his soul, accompanied by profound self-doubt, began to expand wildly.
That familiar, sun-like flame was a terrifying nightmare that Muzan could never erase for the rest of his life!
He knew very well that it was the Breath of the Sun!
"Impossible! I clearly lived in that era and wiped out all the swordsmen who knew about Sun Breathing!"
"This breathing technique can't possibly still exist in the world!"
"That's absolutely impossible!"
Muzan wanted to deny the existence of the Sun Breathing technique, but the clear images in his mind were slapping him in the face. The domineering flames that wrapped around Chu Yang's body could even suppress two Upper Moons at the same time.
Upon seeing the flames on Chu Yang's body, Muzan became certain that the other party must be human, because there was no demon in the world who could withstand the burning of the Sun Breathing technique.
Intense fear caused Muzan's body to tremble uncontrollably; as the progenitor of demons, he was unable to calm himself down.
Chu Yang's superhuman abilities far surpassed those of Yoriichi Tsugikuni back then. Although Yoriichi Tsugikuni was powerful, he still needed to rely on his sword to slay demons.
But Chu Yang doesn't need it!
He could smash the Upper Moon's head apart with just his fists!
"I must gather the remaining demons from the Twelve Demon Months!"
Despite his fear, Muzan Kibutsuji issued a summons to his subordinates, and the demons who received the order began to gather at the Infinity Castle.
Muzan Kibutsuji brought not only a curse to the Ubuyashiki clan, but also a mysterious precognitive ability. When the Ubuyashiki clan made up their minds to eliminate Muzan Kibutsuji, the precognitive ability gradually appeared in the descendants of this clan.
Thanks to their ability to foresee the future, the Ubuyashiki family has escaped Muzan Kibutsuji's pursuit on several occasions.
And they continued to grow the Demon Slayer Corps, fighting against them for a thousand years.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki was eager to meet Chu Yang because he wanted to see some inspiration for the future from him.
This may be the biggest turning point for the Ubuyashiki family in a thousand years.
Crows kept coming and going, and countless messages came and went, eventually converging into two large characters.
set!
For a time, the Pillars scattered in various locations temporarily put aside their current affairs and returned to headquarters as quickly as possible.
Kanae, who had returned to the Butterfly Mansion to recuperate, also received orders.
But unlike the other pillars, she received a special greeting from Kagaya Ubuyashiki.
The meeting is scheduled for five days from now. By then, she will have recovered enough to attend the meeting.
Chu Yang naturally received the order to assemble as well; he was the main character of this meeting.
Inside the butterfly house.
Shinobu Kocho, who had just changed her sister's bandages, came out of the room and saw Chu Yang standing in the courtyard sunbathing.
The other person was lying under a cherry blossom tree, enjoying the rare sunshine.
It's been raining for the past few days.
Shinobu Kocho stood there staring at Chu Yang for a long time, her face gradually turning red as she recalled the scene of her unreasonable behavior towards Chu Yang last time.
Although she could convince herself that it was only natural to be overly concerned, Shinobu Kocho still felt a little guilty. If it weren't for Chu Yang, she might have really lost her only family member forever.
"What are you doing here all by yourself?" Shinobu, who wanted to apologize, disregarded her embarrassment and walked up to Chu Yang. The words were on the tip of her tongue, but she hesitated and stopped.
"There's no need for awkward small talk. If you want to apologize, just say so. Don't waste time doing meaningless things." Half-asleep, Chu Yang glanced at her and mercilessly exposed the girl's embarrassment.
Butterfly glared at him, embarrassed and angry, but she didn't continue to argue. She honestly apologized to Chu Yang.
Chu Yang smiled and nodded, saying, "Very well, I accept your apology."
Upon hearing this, Butterfly Shinobu felt a great sense of relief and suddenly found Chu Yang much more pleasing to the eye.
She asked with a smile, "I heard you're going to the Pillar Meeting with your sister?"
"After all, we killed two demons who were ranked high in the Upper Moon. Headquarters definitely needs a detailed understanding of the whole process. Kanae-senpai's report alone is not enough."
Chu Yang gazed leisurely at the sky, while Butterfly watched him from the side, feeling that he didn't seem to care much about the current tense situation.
Thinking of this, Shinobu suddenly became curious again, and she cautiously asked, "Just how strong is the Upper Moon? Is it really as Kanae-nee-san said, that it's difficult to match it when there's only one Pillar?"