Inosuke

Having said that, he slowly raised his right hand, which was holding the folding fan, the movement elegant yet exuding a cold aura.

Swish!

The folding fan unfolds.

Doma gently lowered his right hand, which was holding the folding fan, in front of him.

At the same time, the Water Lily Bodhisattva seemed to be given a soul, following Doma's movements, slowly raising its enormous right hand, and then bringing it down heavily in front of it.

Boom!

As his hand landed, dust billowed outwards like a surging wave.

Doma manipulated the Water Lily Bodhisattva to slowly raise her hand. His gaze casually fell on the bloodstains on the Water Lily Bodhisattva's palm, but he was not moved in the slightest.

Just as he was about to maneuver the Water Lily Bodhisattva forward, he suddenly stopped and looked at the ground where the smoke and dust were gradually dissipating.

"Huh?"

On the ground.

Nakamura slumped there, his body trembling uncontrollably as if all his strength had been drained away.

His face was contorted beyond recognition by overwhelming fear, his eyes wide open, and tears streamed uncontrollably down his face, leaving clear streaks on his dusty skin.

The decision made out of a moment of passion ultimately proved futile when faced with that unstoppable attack.

He stopped halfway through the charge and became the only survivor of the attack.

"I knew it! I knew it! We're completely useless, we can't even buy you a little time!!!" Nakamura shouted in despair as he watched the ice sculpture arm rise again.

Hearing Nakamura's desperate shout, Doma murmured expressionlessly:

"It's a little too late to understand now!"

People always have to pay the price for their choices!

The folding fan slowly rose again, and then...

Swish!

The enormous ice sculpture arm, accompanied by a whistling sound, crashed down once more.

Boom!

The hand chop landed, and dust once again billowed out in all directions.

A gentle breeze blew, and the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, revealing the empty ground.

Nakamura stared blankly at the face that appeared before him.

"Gan... Lady Kanroji?"

Looking at the teammate in front of her, whose face was streaked with tears, Mitsuri offered words of comfort:

"No, you were all incredibly helpful. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have made it!"

Nakamura opened his mouth upon hearing this, but in the end, he said nothing and lowered his head.

Even if it had any effect, it wouldn't be him who benefited, but rather Sato and the others who had already died in battle...

"Alright, you should leave now. I'll take care of things here!" Mitsuri said, standing up.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Lady Kanroji!" Nakamura didn't object upon hearing this. He knew that staying would only be a burden, so he quickly got up, glanced one last time at the place where Sato and the others had died, and then ran quickly towards the village.

Mitsuri, holding the Nichirin Blade, slowly approached the Water Lily Bodhisattva.

In a clearing in the woods, a person and a statue stood silently facing each other.

Doma sat atop the ice sculpture of a bodhisattva, his gaze fixed on the pillar below, the one containing the woman he had met earlier that evening.

Earlier, when he was at the inn for the Demon Slayer, he only glanced at it briefly and before he could get a good look, the pillar in front of him was pulled away by another pillar.

Now he finally had time to examine the pillar below closely.

Doma's gaze lingered intently on Mitsuri's face.

Wow! She's really good-looking. Wouldn't it be a shame if she died tonight?

Thinking of this, Doma's lips parted slightly, and he called out:

Hey! Do you have a boyfriend?

"Huh? Huh? Huh?!!"

Doma's words left Mitsuri, who was already prepared for a desperate battle, somewhat bewildered.

She looked at Doma blankly and asked:

"What does this have to do with tonight's battle?"

"Of course it matters! It determines whether I eat you tonight or make you my girlfriend!" Doma nodded in reply.

Upon hearing this, Mitsuri's brows furrowed slightly. She shook her head and refused.

"Give up, I already have someone I like!"

"Hmm? This is a bit difficult!" Doma frowned slightly, looking somewhat troubled.

He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly his eyes lit up and he shouted:

"Okay, tell me who you like, and I'll go kill him!"

"That way, you won't have anyone you like anymore, and then you can like me! Then we can become boyfriend and girlfriend!"

Upon hearing this, Mitsuri frowned immediately and shouted, "Give up! Even if I don't have anyone I like, I won't ask you to be my boyfriend!"

"Eh~! Is it because I'm a demon?" Doma said with a hint of regret.

Over the past few hundred years, he has had many girlfriends, many of whom either ran away or committed suicide after discovering that he was a ghost who could eat people.

The closest one to us now should be Kotoha, right?

Thinking of Kotoha, Doma couldn't help but feel a pang of regret.

Kotoha appeared in his life about fourteen or fifteen years ago; at that time, she was a young married woman of eighteen or nineteen.

It was a snowy day when Kotoha was being abused by her husband and mother-in-law.

If that were all, Kotoha could still tolerate it, after all, it wasn't the first time she had been subjected to domestic violence.

But what Kotoha couldn't accept was that her husband later complained that their child was crying too loudly, so he grabbed the child and shook him violently.

Unable to bear it any longer, Kotoha bit her husband's hand when he wasn't looking, then snatched their child from his arms and ran to the Paradise Faith Temple on the mountain.

Doma Kotoha and her child were pitiful, Doma took them in.

After all, he always believed that he was born into this world to help those poor people achieve happiness!

As for her husband and mother-in-law who followed Kotoha, they were killed by Doma because they were too noisy.

Later, after Kotoha's facial injuries healed, Doma discovered that she was quite beautiful, sang well, and had a pure heart.

So he planned to keep Kotoha by his side. He really didn't want to eat her or turn her into a ghost; he just wanted her to stay with him.

After all, someone like her, even if she does nothing, just having her by your side would make you feel happy.

What a pity!

Later, when he was eating one of the followers, Kotoha accidentally saw him.

I clearly explained to her that I was helping that follower achieve happiness, and that it was a good thing!

But she refused to accept it, and later found an opportunity to run away with her child!

Speaking of her child, what was her child's name again?

Hmm...

It took Doma a while to remember.

Her child's name was something like Inosuke Hashibira!