Tamayo's face emerged from the flesh on Muzan Kibutsuji's chest.
That beautiful face, which had always held a trace of melancholy and serenity, was now filled with cold, vengeful resolve. Her eyes were like two bottomless ancient wells, reflecting Muzan's face, twisted with horror.
"Tamayo... it's you! You damned traitor!"
Muzan roared in disbelief.
Amid the chaos of the explosion at the Ubuyashiki Estate, he had indeed absorbed Tamayo. He had thought this weak woman, who had escaped his control for hundreds of years, would instantly be assimilated and broken down by his cells, becoming part of his power.
He had never imagined that she would still be alive! And that she was "alive" inside his own body!
"Of course I'm alive, Muzan." Tamayo's voice rang out calmly, yet echoed through Muzan's consciousness like the most vicious curse. "I've lived for hundreds of years to wait for this moment. Did you think what I injected into your body was merely medicine to turn you back into a human?"
Watching the bizarre scene before him, Sasuke immediately understood.
So that was it. This was the true trump card Miss Tamayo and Miss Shinobu Kocho had prepared together.
That so-called "Demon Transformation Medicine" was actually a carrier for a fourfold trap.
"What have you done to me?!" Muzan screamed wildly. He could feel an unprecedented weakness welling up from the depths of every cell.
"The first is the 'Medicine to Turn Back into a Human,'" Tamayo explained coldly, like a judge pronouncing a death sentence. "Your powerful regenerative ability as a demon is doing everything it can to resist its effects. That alone is consuming enormous amounts of your stamina."
"The second is the 'Rapid Aging Medicine.' Can you feel it? That body you thought was eternal is steadily decaying, aging fifty