Tetsuya: I know you, Good Friend Ice Room. Murata: You've got the wrong guy, bro. Don't stab me.

Muzan trembled all over when he heard those words.

Tetsuya continued.

"Come, Kibutsuji Muzan. Enter into a contract with me, and I will grant you eternal, undying life and limitless power.

You will no longer fear sunlight, Breathing Styles, or death!"

As he spoke, Tetsuya reached out to Muzan.

Muzan instinctively reached out. He was tempted.

Wasn't overcoming sunlight what he had always longed for?

But some instinct made Muzan stop himself.

"No! What the hell are you?! What are you trying to do?!"

"Heh!"

Tetsuya sneered and casually swept his hand, scattering Muzan's consciousness with a single slap.

Inside the Infinity Castle, Muzan jolted awake.

For a moment, he felt utterly drained. This weakness wasn't physical but mental-an injury to his soul.

If Orochimaru had been there, he would have recognized what had happened at a glance.

Muzan's soul had been damaged. Tetsuya's slap had outright destroyed a portion of it.

"No! I must... I must get that demon who overcame sunlight right now! Nakime!"

The weakened Muzan immediately shouted, summoning Nakime, who controlled the Infinity Castle.

Meanwhile, at the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters, Tetsuya opened his eyes.

"All done."

"Is it over?"

Amane, standing beside him, asked nervously.

Kagaya had suddenly fallen unconscious just moments earlier.

"Yes, it's over. From now on, the Ubuyashiki family will never again have their lives cut short by that curse."

"But Kagaya still hasn't woken up."

"That's nothing to worry about. The curse tormented his body for far too long, and he was already on the verge of death. Removing it won't instantly restore his depleted body.

But you can find a doctor to prescribe some medicine and slowly nurse him back to health."

Seeing that Amane still wasn't quite convinced, Tetsuya raised his hand and released a blast of force, tearing