Wasn't this terrifying ability to regenerate what made him so frightening!?
He was swinging his blade to its absolute limit, yet he still couldn't kill his opponent!
Perhaps... it was time to despair?
Tetsu no Sosuke staggered slightly, but regained his footing after just a second... Despair? Never!
If I give up, the five-foot-tall girl behind me won't have any chance of surviving.
I can't give up!
All other thoughts vanished from his mind. His blood surged, white vapor wreathed his head, and the breath leaving his mouth was almost scalding.
At some point, his eyes had turned crimson too.
His blade flashed with ever greater ferocity, and, without his noticing when, the world before his eyes suddenly changed.
Like an illusory bubble...
What is this...?
The question flickered through his mind, but in the next instant, Kibutsuji Muzan's arm suddenly broke free of Tetsu no Sosuke's flurry of slashes and thrust forward, heading straight for his head.
His five fingers were like blades. If they closed around Tetsu no Sosuke's head, they would slice it into pieces.
Is it over...?
For an instant, his mind went blank, only for fury and defiance to rush in and replace the confusion.
It's over...
I'm going to die!
Shinobu Kocho is going to die too!
His lips stretched into a grin. For a moment, he could hardly describe what he felt.
Beneath that fury and defiance, a breathtakingly beautiful face came to mind... Kanae...
"Aah!!"
A scream suddenly rang out from his opponent. Kibutsuji Muzan jerked his arm back, and at that same instant, Tetsu no Sosuke's blade followed it down. An arm dropped to the ground... and immediately began crumbling to ash at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Damn it!!!"
The cry of defiance came from Kibutsuji Muzan's mouth.