Infinity Castle.
Only a little over a year had passed since the Upper Ranks had last been summoned here.
The moment Akaza was transported here, he felt a suppressed fury filling the entire Infinity Castle. It was the fury of the Demon King Muzan, like a volcano that could erupt at any moment.
Another Upper Rank has been killed?
The suspicion immediately flashed through his mind.
The last time he remembered Muzan being this angry was when he had failed his mission.
He had failed to kill Kanzaki Kumo, who had blocked his path, and had also failed to kill the person inside that carriage, leaving Muzan's mission unfulfilled.
Afterward, Muzan had not only reprimanded him mercilessly but also punished him severely.
"Akaza, don't you disdain improving your strength by eating humans, preferring to better yourself through training like a mortal? Then experience a mortal's body for yourself."
With a thought, Muzan had controlled the cells inside Akaza to ravage his body, instantly injuring him so severely that he could no longer move. He had then restricted his cells' ability to regenerate, leaving him to recover like an ordinary person, without any treatment whatsoever.
Only recently had Muzan finally ended his punishment. Otherwise, Akaza would still have been lying like a lump of dead flesh in some corner of Infinity Castle.
Yet less than a month after leaving Infinity Castle, Akaza was back here again.
Unbidden, Kanzaki Kumo's face flashed through Akaza's mind.
Although he had no evidence, he kept feeling that Muzan's fury this time was also connected to that Swordsman.
Without dwelling on it, Akaza returned to that platform.
To his surprise, Kokushibo was already kneeling on the platform, and the usually boisterous Doma was also kneeling obediently in his own place, merely swaying gently, his thoughts unknown.