Muzan's Self-Destruction × The Strange Dream Technique (Two-in-One)

[Hint: "Life Energy" +41...]

[Hint: "Life Energy" +37...]

[The Demon "Enmu's " innate Blood Demon Art has been extracted... "Nen Ability Nature Transformation" +10...]

[Nen Ability Nature Transformation: [Yin Release] is activated]

[Talent 1: "Dream Parasite". Note: The host can convert "Nen" into "sleepiness" and Forced Hypnosis others through "gaze" or "whispering," dragging them into a dream he creates...]

[Talent 2: "Dream Domain"... Detected a correlation with "Gate of Cognition," initiating upgrade...]

[Prompt: Upgrade complete...]

[Talent 2: "Generalized Gate of Dreams". Note: The host can randomly Gate of Opening through "dreams" to pull people into the dream. The selection of those to Gate of Opening has a certain degree of randomness and is not under the host's control...]

[Hint: The Demon's "Rui" talent Blood Demon Art has been extracted... "Nen Ability Form Transformation" +20...]

[Talent: [Spider Silk Hardening]. Note: Due to some overlap with [Strength]... [Strength] +20

The notification sound was like Basho pattering on banana leaves...

Tired, his perfectly good head was thrown into the air, and he stared at Roy in disbelief...

The knife in the Sun-Earring Boy's hand turned red, ignited, and two long, raging flames shot out, rising into the air... Akaza contracted, his fist retracted, and he instantly raised his vigilance to the highest level!

"It's so hot..." In a corner of the carriage, the Eye Demon blinked, then shakily turned its head, wanting to slip away... But before the thought could even form, Muzan pressed it down, and it continued to huddle in the corner, looking pitiful, watching the battlefield!

Bright Red Nichirin Sword... flame... is it "flame" or "sun"?

Muzan Kibutsuji stared at Roy in the image with a grim expression. Enmu was dead, and Rui was dead... but that didn't matter. The key was Akaza!

"Michikatsu, does Akaza have a chance of winning?"

Kokushibo pressed "Kyokotsu" and squinted at the Sun-Earring Boy in the scene with long, fiery red hair swaying in the wind. His memory was instantly pulled back to that day when he first discovered that his Yoriichi brother, Yoriichi, had been divinely gifted and displayed extraordinary Swordsmanship.

The same youth, the same hair color, the same earrings, the same arrogance and high spirits—the difference lies in one's self-awareness and the other's lack thereof. Yet, both are equally unmatched, leaving one in despair despite their best efforts. And this... is the world of geniuses!

"Why ask me, my Master?" Kokushibo's gaze was deep and unfathomable. "When you asked this question, you already had the answer in your heart, didn't you?"

Kokushibo said solemnly, "Hakuji... is no match for him."

"Escape!" Muzan gave the order to Akaza via [Browse].

Lower Rank can die; they have plenty of demon blood and can be reborn. But... every Upper Rank was an exceptional talent in life, a "treasure" personally nurtured by him over hundreds of years. He has always cherished them, and the fact that none of them have died yet speaks volumes.

But... adults still don't understand Akaza enough...

Looking at the image on the screen—a young man with Kokushibo eyebrows and golden eyes, dressed smartly and unarmed—Kuroshibo excitedly lowered his head, his body trembling slightly. He narrowed his eyes and said, "He won't run away; he'll choose to die in battle."

If we were to discuss who the Upper Rank Tsugikuni Michikatsu undoubtedly Akaza I, who, like him, pursued the ultimate in Martial Way.

They are companions, and even more so, fellow travelers pursuing the same dream... Unlike Doma and Hantengu, who pursue power only to devour and manipulate people, they are undoubtedly more pure!

As it turns out, Kokushibo was right...

The body pressed down, stomping hard on the floor; the speeding train seemed to pause for a moment due to this downward pressure...

Akaza raised his head, looking at Roy excitedly. He squatted into a horse stance, left hand palm forward, right fist behind him, took a deep breath, and said, "You're strong, I'm glad... the disgusting trash is gone, so... come on, let's fight to our hearts' content!"

[Spell Deployment - Compass Needle - Destructive Death!]

The fighting spirit, shaped like snowflakes, suddenly swept outwards from Akaza's center, instantly enveloping Roy.

The Compass Needle, as the name suggests, is a compass... After activating this move, Akaza will be like the pointer of a compass being attracted by an invisible Magnetism, capturing the opponent's location, movements, breathing, and rhythm, and finally finding the weakness to deliver a fatal blow.

It's somewhat similar to a circle, but... after seeing that snowflake-shaped "compass"...

Roy sensed a pang of sorrow, a sorrow lurking deep within someone's heart, forgotten as a "memory," yet instinctively unwilling to be completely forgotten...

"What kind of look is that? Are you pitying me?"

The Sun-Earring Boy remained silent.

Akaza could clearly see a hint of pity in the other person's dark eyes, like a strong person looking at a weak person.

A deep sense of humiliation and overwhelming anger welled up from the depths of my heart!

Please don't compare me to those disgusting pieces of trash!

"Destructive Death - Air Style!"

The fist struck the air, creating shockwaves that suddenly slammed into Roy.

The Sun-Earring Boy moved with measured steps, weaving through the swirling fists like a ghost, always dodging Akaza's punches at the perfect moment, sometimes tilting his head, sometimes sidestepping, sometimes bending at the waist... slowly walking towards Akaza...

In the corner, Muzan Kibu, who had witnessed everything through his Eye Demon, Muzan expression. He opened his hand, his nails suddenly lengthening, and he was filled with murderous intent!

"How dare he disobey my orders!"

"Akaza, don't force me to kill you!"

"Koto..." Nakime plucked the Biwa her biwa, producing a melody...

Kokushibo placed his hand on his long sword, remaining silent.

Is it "disobedience" or "excitement," or perhaps... a desire for death, a testament to loyalty...? "My Master, let him be."

Muzan looked on coldly...

Kokushibo said calmly, "It's useless... You've also noticed that the Sun-Earring Boy named Kamado Eiichiro was able to dodge Hakuji's attacks with ease, which shows..."

"His perception of attack surpasses even Hakuji's!"

After a pause, Kokushibo looked at Muzan with a Muzan expression and said, "Excuse my bluntness, but I suspect that the other party, like our Master, possesses the ability to read people's minds. That's why... he can be so composed."

"Enough!"

A sharp shout interrupted Kokushibo!

Muzan's forehead was covered in bulging, menacing veins. After a long pause, he took a deep breath and said, "I understand."

Then, looking at Akaza, the former Upper Rank Two and now Upper Rank Three, his attacks rained down, and he had fallen into a state of frenzy!

"Destructive Death - Foot Style - Crown Cut... Destructive Death - Foot Style - Flowing Flashes... Destructive Death - Foot Style - Flying Star Thousand Wheels... Annihilation Type... Crush Type... Final Style - Azure Silver Chaotic Remnant Light..."

"Snap!"

The carriage lid was ripped off by a flurry of punches...

The connection was broken by Akaza's flying punch, severing it from the car in front.

The screams of passengers and the roar of the Fire Wheel echoed through the pitch-black night.

Akaza used every trick in the book, his eyes fixed solely on Roy, Roy alone. The more he fought, the more excited and desperate he became... He gradually understood... why there was pity in Roy's eyes... it was all real. He was just like the trash he had once despised, pitifully weak, disgustingly weak. "Hahaha... why don't you fight back?!"

Come on!

Kill me!

"Tap... tap..."

The footsteps, neither hurried nor slow, pounded on Akaza's heart, drawing closer...

Roy casually deflected Akaza and walked past him, brushing past his shoulder.

A fleeting glint of light appeared, then vanished...

Akaza felt a chill on his neck and suddenly turned around. "Pfft~" A spurt of blood spurted out. His body was still in the forward punching motion when his head had already turned 180 degrees and he saw Roy's back.

"You've misunderstood," the Sun-Earring Boy sheathed his sword, turned his back to Akaza, looked up at the sky—the moon and stars were sparse and eternally present—and said Youyou, "I am heartbroken for the woman you deeply loved, Koyuki; your respected master, Keizo; and... for your father, who didn't want to be a burden to you and hoped you would learn to behave and stop stealing, and who committed suicide in the process."

The Sun-Earring Boy turned around, his eyes filled with pity again, and said, "Tell me, if they were still alive, how heartbroken they would be to see you like this..."

Demon don't deserve pity; they all should be killed!

However, among all the ghosts of the month, if anyone could catch Roy's eye, it would be Hakuji in his previous life before he became a demon, not Akaza in his current form.

"You...

Roy pierced through the long-buried memories with a single blow!

Akaza's head fell off and rolled "gurgle" to Roy's feet.

As his body lost control of his brain, he collapsed helplessly to the ground.

He stared blankly at Roy with his golden eyes, his consciousness fading as images flashed through his mind...

In a hazy dream, he seemed to see again the girl who haunted his dreams, always smiling and calling him Hakuji, and his master who always patted his shoulder, telling him to take good care of "Koyuki," and...

My father, gravely ill, patted his head one last time, told him to go buy medicine, and then turned around and took his own life...

Unbeknownst to him, Akaza, who had never known how to cry before, shed two hot tears.

He reached out to take Koyuki's hand, wanted to say a few words to his master, wanted to hug his father, and like when he was a child, hold him in his arms and feed him medicine...

Unexpectedly, Koyuki's expression changed, and she turned away in disgust... Her master, disappointed in him, glared at him angrily... Her father was even more blunt, refusing to even look at him, and said directly, "I don't have a son like this."

He slit his throat, ending his own life once again.

Akaza's outstretched hand froze instantly.

He opened his mouth as if to say something... but the abyss beneath his feet opened up, and in an instant, hundreds of hands emerged from the endless darkness, grabbing him, tearing at him, trying to drag him down to Hell.

He suddenly realized that he was no longer the loyal and righteous Hakuji, but a sinful Demon who trampled on the weak like trash!

"It's all his fault... It's Muzan Kibutsuji... You turned me into this monstrous sight!"

As the revolving lantern disappeared, Akaza eyes had been closed, suddenly opened them, his vision clearing in his final moments. He angrily shouted at the Eye Demon, "You're the one who killed me!"

"Bang!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the demon blood belonging to Muzan within Akaza was instantly detonated!

Amidst a rain of blood...

The Eye Demon shrank back...

The man's pupils revealed his disheveled state—wearing a suit jacket, furious, and exasperated!

Pathetic... laughable... tragic... lamentable... Roy's calm gaze fell upon them, and he pointed at the Eye Demon, silently saying, "You're next."

Suddenly, a layer of gray "Nen Qi membrane" coated his jet-black pupils... Entering Muzan's eyes, the Demon King who had ravaged the land for a thousand years paused, his blood-red pupils widening in surprise. He unconsciously yawned, feeling... so sleepy...

[The "Yin" of Nen: Dream Parasite...]

By making eye contact, projecting a sense of sleepiness onto the target.

Roy gently blew a breath onto the Eye Demon: "Sleep."

In a hazy dream, Muzan had a dream... In the dream, he returned to that night when the wind rustled through the bamboo forest, and with Tamayo by his side, he saw a swordsman with fiery red hair, wearing wooden clogs, slowly walking towards him...

The first thing I did was... self-destruct!

"Tsugikuni Yoriichi, it's you again!"

"After all these years, you still look the same ugly person..."

A faint, shimmering blade of light, wreathed in flames, appeared...

"Bang!" This time, Muzan faster and more ferocious than before... Before the blade could even reach him, it split into three thousand six hundred pieces!

Right here in the Infinity Castle, right in front of Kokushibo... it exploded with a bang!

"My Master?"

"Kite?"

The string on the Biwa that Nakime was playing broke...

A blood mist filled the Infinity Castle where directions were indistinguishable...

Both Kokushibo and Nakime fell silent.

"Pop~" The dream was interrupted by Muzan Kibutsuji's "Golden Shattering". His consciousness returned, and after a moment, Muzan woke up, wriggling and looking disheveled as he condensed a new body, which then appeared!

"You ate Enmu?!"

It was a false alarm. Muzan finally came to his senses and looked at Roy in the scene with a gloomy expression, his words startling him from his dream.

Kokushibo frowned and looked over...

Muzan, peering through the Eye Demon, fixed his gaze on Roy and said, "This is Enmu's Blood Demon Art. How could a human like you learn it?"

Besides being like a ghost, all they do is eat!

However, do people eat ghosts?

Unheard of!

Kokushibo calmly pressed down on the "Kyokotsu," and for some reason, a chill ran down the back of his neck...

In carriage number seven, Sun-Earring Boy glided through the night with the derailed train, his long, fiery red hair whipping wildly in the wind like a lion's mane...

He flipped his hand and put away the Asauchi, shaking his head and sighing, "I've kept it a secret for so long, but I didn't expect you to find out anyway. That's right..."

Roy stuck out his tongue, licked his lips, and stared intently at Muzan Kibutsuji, saying, "Get clean and wait for me. I... I'll be there soon!"

"Bang!"

The Eye Demon exploded in an instant!

Finally, Roy seemed to see someone's panicked expression and hear someone's distraught roar...

"Meeting!"

"Everyone, return to Infinity Castle immediately!"

"Buzz..." As the Eye Demon exploded, the image vanished...

In the chaotic carriage, only the Sun-Earring Boy stood facing the wind, a faint smile playing on his lips.

[Hint: "Life Energy" +112]

[The Demon "Akaza's " innate Blood Demon Art has been extracted...]

[Destructive Death - Compass Needle. Note: Based on the "perception" "directional" formation, the detection highly overlaps with [Circle]. Under upgrade and modification...]

[Hint: Modification complete... [Circle] +30...]

[Note: The host's current [circle] coverage area, radius: 140 → 170 (meters)]