Tsugikuni Kuuga suddenly opened his eyes. He carefully scanned his surroundings, then gripped his sword and sat up. He felt that something had passed by.
But after looking around, he found nothing. Had he sensed it wrong?
At that moment, inside Yoriichi's room, a transparent demon crouched before him. Its entire body looked like water.
Only, its half-meter-long sharp claws gleamed with a cold light. With one light swipe, Yoriichi's neck would be slit open.
"This brat should be the one Lord Muzan wants dead. Looks like I'm about to earn some credit. That guy Hammer is way too slow!" Naki grumbled.
"This kid is so handsome. I have to torture him to death!"
Yoriichi suddenly woke with a start. Seeing the claw hovering before his eyes, he immediately shut them and continued pretending to sleep as he slowly shifted himself downward.
Yoriichi was drenched in sweat. He knew this was one of the monsters called demons that the Demon Slayer Corps had mentioned. He had known all along, and if he made even the slightest sound now, he would die immediately.
Naki was still thinking about how to torture the human before him to death, completely unaware that he had awakened.
When Naki lowered his head and found the person gone, he turned just in time to see Yoriichi running for the door. Even now, Yoriichi was praying that nothing had happened to his younger brother.
Naki instantly rushed over and threw a punch, sending Yoriichi flying. Tsugikuni Kuuga watched as the door suddenly exploded open and Yoriichi came flying straight at him.
Tsugikuni Kuuga leaped up and caught Yoriichi. Before he could ask what had happened, Naki had already walked out of the room.
"Please... protect Muichiro. I... was wrong before," Yoriichi said haltingly.
"You don't need to