"How is that possible?!" Genya cried out. "The bullets can't even pierce his skin?"
The neck of this utterly cowardly demon was actually harder than steel.
The Coward Demon raised his head in sheer terror, glanced at Genya, then fled into the distance with incredible speed.
"Don't run!" Furious, Genya threw down his gun and drew the Nichirin Blade at his waist, ready to chase him down and slash him.
Tanjiro also prepared to swing his blade.
At that very instant.
Tanjiro smelled an intensely acrid, scorched odor.
The smell appeared behind Genya with startling abruptness.
"Genya! Behind you!" Tanjiro shouted in horror.
Genya froze for a moment.
He felt an intense chill run down his back.
The sound of violently raging lightning exploded beside his ears.
At some point, Sekido's body had finished reassembling in an utterly uncanny fashion, and he had appeared silently right behind Genya.
An utterly cruel sneer spread across Sekido's face.
He raised the Scepter wreathed in brilliant light high overhead.
The Scepter aimed with deadly precision at the back of Genya's head.
If that blow landed, Genya's head would definitely burst like a watermelon.
Genya had no time to dodge. He did not even have time to turn his head.
All the sounds around him seemed to vanish at that moment.
Time slowed to a crawl.
A life flashback.
Memories of his life began flashing through Genya's mind.
The scene returned to many years ago.
That desperately poor home, filled with laughter.
That older brother who always stood in front of everyone.
Sanemi Shinazugawa.
Genya saw that utterly terrifying night. His mother had turned into a demon and killed all his younger brothers and sisters.
He saw his brother standing there covered in blood, their mother's corpse at his feet.
He heard his own