Night, atop Mount Kumotori.
Moonlight spilled through the woods, as though draping everything there in a thin veil.
Just then, the faint sound of a biwa drifted through the air.
Clang!
Then a passage suddenly opened in midair.
A demon with two horns on his head suddenly appeared inside the passage, then leaped out and landed near the Kamado family's wooden house.
After landing, the two-horned demon did not move immediately, but looked around furtively.
His eyes quietly changed, until his pupils actually became identical to Muzan Kibutsuji's.
When he spoke, his voice had also become Muzan Kibutsuji's:
"There's someone near the foot of the mountain, but judging by the presence I sense... it should be an old man who lives here."
"Tch. I hate things that grow old."
After checking his surroundings and confirming that it was safe, the demon Muzan Kibutsuji controlled finally straightened up.
Although the demon's own abilities limited both the range of his perception and the detail it provided.
But for Muzan Kibutsuji, as long as he confirmed that there were no Demon Slayer Corps members here, and especially that Yoriichi Tsugikuni was not here, he could rest easy.
Muzan Kibutsuji's real body in the Infinity Castle breathed a sigh of relief.
At that moment, his seven hearts finally calmed somewhat, and his five brains no longer trembled as they had before.
It was just as he had discovered through Nakime's Blood Demon Art.
Yoriichi Tsugikuni and the Demon Slayer Corps were probably dealing with a large-scale incident of demons attacking people that he had orchestrated somewhere far away.
They could not possibly spare any attention for Mount Kumotori.
"Good. Everything is going according to plan!"
"Now, then..."
A hint of excitement also appeared on the two-horned demon's face.
Under Muzan Kibutsuji's control, he raced