Poisoned

Whoosh--!

A thin, sharp, blood-red blade flew in.

The golden blade swiftly met the attack, slicing the blood-red blade apart.

However, before Tengen Uzui could even feel happy, a series of rapid whooshing sounds rang out one after another.

One after another, blood-red blades came crashing down like a sudden storm.

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!...

A dazzling blade of light flashed rapidly around Tengen Uzui, each flash deflecting several bloody blades.

Tengen Uzui gripped the Nichirin Blade with both hands, parrying the blood-stained blades while pondering what had just happened.

After beheading Gyutaro, he will unleash an indiscriminate and extremely powerful slash.

This forced those around him to distance themselves from him.

Then he can use that time to put his head back on and continue fighting.

Even if you cut off his head again, it's just repeating the same process.

So how can we kill them under these circumstances?

And they were to cut off both their heads at the same time!

Tengen Uzui was deep in thought.

He wants Kamado to lure Daki over, then he can fight two demons alone and kill them both at the same time?

Um...

I've roughly gauged Gyutaro's strength; aside from the trouble he'll face when he dies, everything else is fine.

But he can kill the second one, and then quickly retreat, and there won't be any problem.

As for Daki...

Judging from what I just saw, he's not very strong.

Yes, that works!!!

Thinking of this, Tengen Uzui skillfully wielded his Nichirin Blade while looking around.

However, Tanjiro Kamado could no longer be seen on the streets.

Tengen Uzui gasped in shock.

Isn't this just making things harder for themselves for no reason?

How can you kill two ghosts who are not in the same place?

Didn't I just tell him he couldn't stray too far from me?

Hmm... it seems I only told him about the things to be careful about when fighting Daki.

But he clearly knew this precaution, so why did he still Daki away?!

Tengen Uzui roared inwardly.

However, no matter how angry Tengen Uzui was, he couldn't change this fact.

They could only continue to think of other methods.

If the two ghosts were separated.

So, the only option is for him and the Kamado to work together, simultaneously cutting off the demon's head from both sides?

This idea was rejected by Tengen Uzui as soon as it came to mind.

Let's set aside the question of whether Tanjiro Kamado could defeat his opponent.

The key is how coincidental it is to be able to decapitate the demons from both sides simultaneously?

Even when the two sides are not sharing intelligence!

Unless it's divine intervention!

After eliminating another method, Tengen Uzui couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

Should I ask Kato to come and help me solve this?

After a moment's thought, Tengen Uzui decided to temporarily abandon the idea.

To have to call him out to fight Upper Rank Six is just too embarrassing!

How am I supposed to get along with him after this?

Let's call him only when things are absolutely hopeless!

Whoosh--!

It was accompanied by a sharp, piercing sound as it cut through the air.

A blood-red blade suddenly broke through the solid defense formed by the Nichirin Blade and flew straight towards Tengen Uzui.

The sudden appearance of the blood-stained blade brought Tengen Uzui back to his senses.

He nimbly shifted his body slightly to the side, and the incredibly sharp and thin blood-stained blade grazed past his nose at lightning speed.

After dodging the blood-stained blade, Tengen Uzui's footwork shifted rapidly.

He turned around swiftly like a whirlwind, his Nichirin Blade relentlessly meeting the ceaseless onslaught of blood.

Whoosh!

The blood-red blade that had just flown past circled around Tengen Uzui's house, successfully turned around, and then attacked Tengen Uzui from behind.

Tengen Uzui casually swung the Nichirin Blade behind him with his left hand.

With a 'whoosh' sound, the blood blade was instantly shattered.

The battle continues, with both sides maintaining a considerable distance.

For Tengen Uzui, this distance allowed him to successfully block the incoming blood blade without expending too much effort, while also freeing up some of his attention to think about what to do next.

For Gyutaro, this distance also allowed him to maintain a safe distance, having already experienced the power of the Demon Slayer before him, while waiting to see if, as the Demon Slayer had said, his Blood Blade was ineffective.

The battle continued for a while, unspoken but perfectly coordinated between the two.

Suddenly, Tengen Uzui paused slightly in his sword-wielding motion, then quickly resumed.

The time was very, very short; if he weren't the owner of the body, Tengen Uzui himself wouldn't have noticed.

The slight numbness from the wound quickly gave Tengen Uzui, a former ninja, a sudden realization.

I've been poisoned!!

Is Gyutaro's attack poisonous?

Why didn't Kato mention this?

Tengen Uzui couldn't help but think about it, but he quickly came up with his own answer.

No! It's highly unlikely that he was scratched by Gyutaro!

Despite being poisoned, Tengen Uzui, who hadn't yet figured out a solution, could only pretend nothing had happened and continued wielding his Nichirin Blade.

Time passed by, little by little.

Watching the Demon Slayer continuously wielding his Nichirin Blade, Gyutaro's temper gradually flared, and he abruptly stopped what he was doing.

The blood-stained blade suddenly stopped, Tengen Uzui looked up at Gyutaro.

"Hey, what's wrong? Have you bled all the way out?"

Gyutaro raised his hand and vigorously slapped his face.

Because of the excessive force used, bloody marks were even left on the areas where the face was scratched.

"Hey! What's wrong with you? Why are you still unharmed after taking my slash?!" Gyutaro shouted in distress.

Upon hearing this, Tengen Uzui's lips curled into a slight smile.

Why would I need something?

Gyutaro pointed to the injuries on Tengen Uzui's body.

"You've been hit by my slash! My slash is coated with deadly poison. Normally, no one could fight me for this long after being hit by it. They'd be lucky to last even half a minute or a minute!"

Despite the effects on his body, Tengen Uzui still replied with a smile:

"Because I'm a ninja! Don't even mention a little poison like yours; I've been poisoned by much more potent poisons before!"

"Ninja?"

Gyutaro turned his head slightly, his eyes full of doubt.

Even though he had lived for hundreds of years, he had never actually seen a ninja before.

Moreover, this is a world that is vastly different from the past.

"Has this profession not been phased out yet?"

Tengen Uzui smiled upon hearing this, "Perhaps we'll be obsolete in the future! But until we eliminate you demons, the abilities of a ninja will still be very useful!"

Upon hearing this, Gyutaro's facial expression began to contort.

Although he didn't know whether the Demon Slayer in front of him was telling the truth or not, it was at least true that the blood poison had no effect on him at the moment.

And why hasn't Mei returned yet? Has she run into some trouble?

Thinking of this, Gyutaro's left eye twitched.