His eyes were rose-red, his pupils narrow like a cat's.
"I knew you would come, because our Ubuyashiki Clan's pursuit of you must have filled you with hatred."
"So I knew that I was the one person you would come to kill yourself."
Kagaya Ubuyashiki forced down his anger and spoke each word deliberately.
Thanks to Su Chen's treatment, Kagaya Ubuyashiki was brimming with energy. He even wanted to leap to his feet and punch the other man.
The cold wind continued to howl outside the window.
Muzan looked utterly indifferent. His gaze was impassive as he said, "You disappoint me from the bottom of my heart, Ubuyashiki."
"You never knew your place, ruining my plans all these years."
"I never imagined the Ubuyashiki Clan Leader would sink this low."
Muzan wore a cold, aloof expression.
As he looked at Kagaya Ubuyashiki, whose body was covered in black markings, his gaze suddenly sharpened.
"Ugly. How utterly ugly."
Although Su Chen had forcibly pulled Kagaya Ubuyashiki back from the brink,
Muzan could still see beneath his skin, into his blood and the depths of his cells.
The vitality within was merely holding on.
In another six months at most, his vitality would be completely drained, and he would die.
"There's even a faint corpse stench coming from you."
Muzan exposed the truth mercilessly. "Did you think awakening those markings would save you? How foolish."
"Your condition is still deteriorating uncontrollably, isn't it? Your body has already begun showing symptoms."
"Does someone like you deserve to stand against me?"
Kagaya Ubuyashiki lowered his head slightly.
Then he suddenly raised it again.
"Yes. After all, six months ago, my doctor told me I had only days to live."
"And yet I'm still alive."
"Alive here, alive in the hearts of the Demon Slayer