In the days that followed, Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei agreed to take turns staking out the Eternal Paradise Cult, notifying the other as soon as anything happened so they could launch a joint assault.
Unfortunately, an entire month passed without them catching Doma.
Once, Kanzaki Kumo had only just arrived after receiving word, and before he and Gyomei could even charge toward the Eternal Paradise Cult, Doma's presence vanished.
And it vanished abruptly. A door suddenly appeared beneath Doma's feet and disappeared again, and then it was gone, without any warning.
Gyomei was deeply puzzled by this and could only assume it was caused by Doma's Blood Demon Art, though he had no idea whether there were any restrictions on using that move.
But regardless, the possibility of a Blood Demon Art involving space would undoubtedly make surrounding and killing Doma far more difficult.
Kanzaki Kumo spoke up beside him. "This most likely wasn't the Blood Demon Art of that fellow inside the Eternal Paradise Cult, but another demon's. Just now, I heard a very faint note from a biwa."
Because he had known about Nakime beforehand, he caught a note from a biwa the instant Doma disappeared.
The sound was very faint, and there was still some distance between their position and Doma's, so Gyomei had failed to notice it. After thinking back carefully, he too recalled the biwa note he had dismissed as noise.
Through the Transparent World, he had seen the demon inside the Eternal Paradise Cult, and it had no biwa in its hands.
As Gyomei came back to himself, Kanzaki Kumo added, "Still, a demon capable of transporting an Upper Rank away when nothing has happened is very likely a subordinate Muzan relies on heavily. And the other end of that Blood Demon Art could