"How could this happen?"
Shinji looked troubled.
Demons couldn't gather Chakra on their own. Shinji had reached that conclusion in the Shinobi World after countless experiments. That meant that in the Demon Slayer World, where they couldn't obtain Chakra by devouring living beings from the Shinobi World, the only one who could possess it was the mysterious man who had fled back from the Shinobi World.
But looking at the enormous floating tumor before him, with its countless tentacles swaying in the wind like a demonic dance, he found it hard to equate it with the mysterious man who had plotted to invade the Shinobi World!
"No wonder all the demons outside went berserk. Something must have happened to the source!"
Forcing himself to calm down, Shinji silently assessed the situation.
The mysterious man had mutated into a mass of flesh that didn't look remotely sentient. Shinji doubted that even if he defeated him, he would be able to get any useful information from him.
What chilled Shinji even more was the question of why the mysterious man had ended up like this.
"Was it because he was too badly injured? Or because he lost the 'Lamp'?" He paused, then glared at the night sky above, where red light flashed from time to time. "Or... was it because of the Overlord's corruption?"
One guess after another, one thought after another, flooded his mind.
But the tumor didn't let Shinji keep thinking. Its tentacles swung again, attacking his Complete Body Susanoo.
This time, however, things were a little different. The tumor in the air didn't lash out indiscriminately at everything around it like a sea urchin suddenly bristling. Instead, it targeted Shinji.
Shinji's thoughts raced, but his hands didn't slow. He drove Susanoo forward to meet the attack.
Rumble!
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