Tsugikuni

Tamayo felt her hair stand on end for a moment.

The next second, a tube-like whip suddenly pierced her head. Tamayo's pupils contracted, and she was instantly engulfed in intense pain.

Her face contorted, and she gritted her teeth, a low growl rumbling in her heart.

Muzan!

You bastard!

Muzan withdrew the whip, savoring Tamayo's pained expression.

For a fleeting moment, he felt this scene might overlap with the original story.

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

He's completely different from the Scum Boss in the original story!

He's doing this for Tamayo's own good!

(ಡωಡ)

Tamayo finally managed to endure it. Without a word, she stood up from the ground like a zombie, her face grim, and took her book, leaving Muzan's sight.

For some reason, her anger brought about a strange feeling, and these words surfaced in her mind:

Why don't you just die!

This disgusting man!

Muzan Kibutsuji!

Tamayo: "???"

Why am I thinking this?

Muzan: "???"

Why does this sound a bit familiar?

Muzan heard Tamayo's inner thoughts and quickly denied it. In any case, I'm different from the Scum Boss!

The comfortable life passed quickly, and the Masters of the Demon Slayer Corps changed one after another.

More than a hundred years had passed since he transmigrated. Because of his interference, the original history had become unrecognizable. The remaining powers were basically Muzan's subordinates, each fighting their own battles.

They're having a blast!

There were almost no other powers left, just a bunch of demons leading a bunch of people, fighting each other.

What's more, none of them were willing to yield to the others. After all my hard work, why can't I be the one to establish the shogunate in the end?

So, even though they were all demons under Muzan, they didn't back down from each other.

Muzan didn't intervene in the end; it wouldn't have been appropriate for him to get involved in such matters.

He just reminded them not to let other forces profit from their conflict and then left it at that.

Jing Si was also one of the powers that had the last laugh, so Muzan stayed with Jing Si for decades without moving much.

But one day, the surname of a certain family caught Muzan's attention—Tsugikuni.

Muzan: "!!!"

Tsugikuni Yoriichi?!

Tsugikuni Yoriichi!!!

The Tsugikuni family, a samurai clan. Someone in the Tsugikuni family participated in the war, which attracted the attention of his subordinate demons. Only then did Muzan finally remember Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

Having been in this world for over a hundred years, and with almost nothing posing a threat to him, Muzan had stopped paying attention to the passage of time. Thus, he had completely forgotten about Tsugikuni Yoriichi, who was supposed to appear about a century later.

To be honest, Muzan panicked.

Thinking of the half-demons he hadn't eliminated, who kept trying to pin the blame on him, Muzan panicked even more.

No!

Depart immediately!

Go find Tsugikuni Yoriichi!

Tamayo accompanied Muzan, and the two spent a few days finding the Tsugikuni family's stronghold.

Tamayo followed beside Muzan, clearly sensing his undisguised, intense panic. Could there really be any existence in this world that could threaten the immortal Demon King?

Muzan didn't have the mood to care about Tamayo's confusion and searched everywhere for the Tsugikuni stronghold.

Fortunately, it was still early.

After some inquiries, Muzan confirmed that Yoriichi had only recently been born and was being neglected by his father.

It's worth mentioning that, as expected of a "great family," Yoriichi's father, the head of the family, was incredibly cold and ruthless. Not to mention that he almost killed his own son.

Even in the original story, he directly wanted to replace Tsugikuni Kokushibo upon discovering Yoriichi was stronger, which showed that this guy, to some extent, had unconsciously treated his sons as tools according to his own rigid ideology.

His own sense of self was also excessively faint, as if he were a robot solely dedicated to the family.

Muzan found a tall tree near a Tsugikuni family residence and hid among the branches, observing Yoriichi's situation.

At this moment, Yoriichi was hiding inside the house, secretly watching Kokushibo practice his sword. He noticed his mother approaching and quickly ran out to support her as if to lean on her.

Aka no Hana (Yoriichi's mother) patted Yoriichi's head, smiled gently, and stood with him under the eaves, watching Kokushibo practice.

Sweat trickled down Kokushibo's forehead. His eyes would occasionally flick over, and when he glanced at Yoriichi, who was like a shadow, he showed some displeasure.

Muzan felt that Kokushibo, perhaps because of his father, was also a bit abnormal.

Tamayo stood beside Muzan, looking at her boss with confusion.

"These two children are what you fear?"

Muzan nodded. "Yes, but not as they are now."

Tamayo: "?"

You mean you saw the future?

Muzan couldn't be bothered to explain. He took Tamayo and left. Yoriichi was only four or five years old at the time. Muzan didn't believe this brat Yoriichi could harm him at such a young age. Impossible!

Over the next few days, Muzan sent a clone to keep an eye on Yoriichi while he leisurely continued reading.

For Muzan now, reading was almost as engaging as reading novels used to be in this dull world.

However, he still made more time to train himself.

According to deductions from the original work:

∵ Location of the Blue Spider Lily = Tanjiro's home = Where Tsugikuni Yoriichi lived with his wife

∴ Tsugikuni Yoriichi grows up = Finds the Blue Spider Lily = Muzan can overcome his weaknesses = Invincible!

For an old man who had lived for hundreds of years, time always passed quickly.

Nearly three years flew by, and Yoriichi's mother grew increasingly weak.

Aka no Hana lay alone on the tatami mat, feeling her life slowly fading away.

Vaguely, she seemed to see a figure—a strange figure.

This figure gave her an ominous feeling. Was it a god coming to take her soul?

Was she going to die?

"Do you want to live?"

Muzan stood before Aka no Hana, looking down at her. After all, she was Yoriichi's mother; if he could save her, he would.

Aka no Hana struggled to open her eyes and looked at the person in front of her. "Are you a god?"

Muzan: "I am a demon. I can turn you into a demon who will not die."

Perhaps it was the calmness of someone facing death, or perhaps she sensed Muzan's goodwill. Aka no Hana showed no emotional change upon hearing that Muzan was a demon.

Instead, she shook her head. "No, thank you. However, can I ask you for one thing?"

Adhering to the principle that the deceased should be respected, Muzan nodded. "What is it?"

He'd agree or not later; he first needed to see what she wanted him to do.

"Please take care of my two children. Yoriichi is not favored by his father, but he is a kind child and shouldn't be treated that way. Kokushibo is under too much pressure; he's too strong-willed..."

Aka no Hana's voice grew weaker, her gaze towards Muzan becoming more clouded. Finally, under Muzan's watch, she gradually fell silent.

Perhaps because the person before her had heard her request, Aka no Hana passed away peacefully.

Faintly, Muzan seemed to hear a barely audible "thank you."

He sighed. When he saw Aka no Hana, he had already guessed that, apart from her worries about her children, she had little resistance to death and was unlikely to want to become a demon. Just as he had expected.

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