Tachibana in Danger

Tamayo calmed her emotions, stood up, and looked at Kujo Tachibana, saying earnestly:

"In truth, I have been in contact with the successive leaders of the Demon Slayer Corps for the past three hundred years."

"Much of the equipment here was provided by them, though it is still not convenient for us to visit the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters."

"I can conduct my research just as well from here."

Kujo Tachibana shook his head.

"Times have changed!"

"Kibutsuji Muzan is in Asakusa right now, and you could cross paths at any moment."

"Are you in such a rush to reincarnate before witnessing his demise?"

Tamayo frowned, yet she still refused:

"Then Yushiro and I will move in the near future. Aside from Tokyo, we have other places to hide."

Kujo Tachibana smiled and did not press the matter further.

"I understand your concerns, but I hope you trust me!"

"The era of demons will end by my hand!"

"I will kill Kibutsuji Muzan myself!"

Kujo Tachibana looked at Tamayo with absolute sincerity!

Gazing into the youth's piercing eyes, Tamayo felt a moment of trance, as if she were seeing that man from three hundred years ago.

After leaving Tamayo's residence, the sky had gradually darkened.

Just as Kujo Tachibana was heading toward the hospital, the aura of a lowly demon appeared within his perception.

Kujo Tachibana drew his Nichirin Sword and dispatched the lowly demon with a casual stroke.

At the same time, Kibutsuji Muzan, sensing the death of a "demon" nearby, slowly closed his eyes to review the final images seen by the demon before it died...

Watching the playback of the death, he saw the youth with a cold expression and two swords at his waist kill the demon with a single strike.

Muzan opened his eyes and furrowed his brows deeply.

"This human's speed seems even faster than before!"

"Is he progressing this quickly... is he nearly catching up to the first generation of swordsmen?"

"Or is it that the Lower Rank Demon have never forced you to use your full strength?"

Muzan stared at the empty air and commanded:

"Nakime, go notify Akaza and have him rush to Asakusa immediately!"

"Zheng..." A long, resonant biwa note suddenly rang out.

Nakime, clutching her biwa, appeared abruptly before Muzan.

"Understood, Master Muzan."

Just as Nakime prepared to pluck the strings of her biwa to activate her Blood Demon Art and open the Infinity Castle:

"Wait!" Muzan stopped Nakime.

Recalling that lightning-fast strike from moments ago, Muzan felt it might not be secure enough; Akaza might not necessarily be able to kill this human...

Furthermore, this human did not look very old, and he was currently at the peak of human growth.

If he couldn't be killed this time, it would be quite troublesome...

Thinking of how this human slaughtered Lower Rank Demon like chopping vegetables, Muzan felt a sense of unease.

What if... sigh!

Muzan did not want to spend another few decades in hiding, just as he had three hundred years ago!

"Have Kokushibo come as well!"

The cautious (cowardly) Muzan decided he would not give this human any chance to grow further!

He would resolve the problem once and for all!

You ask why Muzan, being so close, doesn't do it himself?

Please, other than attacking his own subordinates, how many times did that scumbag boss actually lift a finger throughout the entire series?

(He really is the most cowardly villain boss...)

"Understood, Master Muzan." Nakime, like a heartless tool, didn't utter a single word of nonsense, plucked her biwa, and returned to the Infinity Castle.

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After Nakime left, Muzan summoned two more demons.

As expected, upon arriving at the hospital, Kujo Tachibana found that the results were exactly as he had anticipated.

This hospital, run by foreigners, lacked the capability to cure Rengoku Ruka's illness.

Looking at the Rengoku family, whose spirits were low, Kujo Tachibana decided to stop holding back. Once the group had returned to their inn, he told the couple directly about the deeds of the demon doctor, Tamayo.

"What! You're telling me to let a wicked demon treat Ruka's illness!!"

"Impossible, I will absolutely never agree to this!"

Rengoku Shinjuro lost control for a moment and shouted in agitation.

Rengoku Shinjuro did not believe for a second that a wicked demon could refrain from eating humans and often "neglect its proper duties" to treat the public for free!

Rengoku Ruka cast a reproachful glance at her husband before turning to Kujo Tachibana and saying:

"Thank you, Mr. Kujo. I know this is all out of your kindness."

"I even believe everything you have said today."

"However, everyone's fate is something long since ordained by the heavens."

"I do not ask to force any changes; I only hope to spend my remaining days properly by my family's side."

Watching the stubborn couple, Kujo Tachibana thought for a moment and decided not to rush things; perhaps their minds would change in a few days.

Watching Kujo Tachibana walk out the door, Rengoku Shinjuro's expression was conflicted. He opened his mouth, but in the end, he did not call out to him.

When it came down to it, Rengoku Shinjuro still held onto a glimmer of wishful thinking.

If this foreign-run hospital couldn't cure her, then he would just try another!

With so many doctors and physicians in Tokyo, Rengoku Shinjuro refused to believe that, aside from that demon doctor named Tamayo, no other doctor could possibly have a solution.

Unfortunately, Muzan did not give Rengoku Shinjuro much time to choose.

Three days later, around ten o'clock at night.

Kujo Tachibana, who had just finished bathing at the inn and was preparing to sleep, suddenly saw his expression turn incredibly grim!

How could this be!

How could both of them appear here at the same time?

In an instant, Kujo Tachibana recalled the small-fry demon he had killed a few days ago!

Kujo Tachibana sighed and, facing the empty air, mocked himself helplessly:

"Muzan! Oh, Muzan!"

"Is this the treatment I get for lacking a protagonist's halo?"

"Why don't I see you going after Tanjiro with this much force?"

Indeed, having received orders from Muzan, Kokushibo and Akaza had arrived in Asakusa at the same time!

They were only two hundred meters away from the inn!

For some reason, however, neither of them had made a move yet.

Kujo Tachibana turned, quickly put on his clothes, grabbed his two swords, and in a flash, arrived before the door of the Rengoku family's room.

"Bang..."

Time was tight; having no time to knock, Kujo Tachibana kicked the inn door to pieces.

The Rengoku family was stunned, staring at Kujo Tachibana as he burst in.

"Upper Moon One Kokushibo and Upper Moon Three Akaza are both here; their target must be me!"

Rengoku Shinjuro was startled and just about to speak!

Kujo Tachibana waved his hand to stop him, then continued:

"Brother Shinjuro, if you still want me to survive, you must do exactly as I say!"

"In a moment, I will lure them outside the city! There are too many people here!"

"If no one stops you, take Ruka and the others and leave immediately. Go to the place I mentioned before and find Lady Tamayo!"

"Tomorrow morning, once the sun rises, come outside the city to find me!"

"Brother Shinjuro! Remember, until the sun rises, do not come over under any circumstances!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Kujo Tachibana transformed into a bolt of blue and yellow lightning, rushing out of the inn in the blink of an eye!