The Exorcism Tale of Hachiman

Upon hearing Hachiman Hikigaya's plan, Tanjuro Kamado's face showed a moved expression.

He never expected that the helper the system had brought in would be able to do this.

With admiration for Hachiman Hikigaya's decision and gratitude for saving his family, Tanjuro Kamado struggled for a moment before finally making a difficult decision.

"Detected that Tanjuro Kamado is teaching you a skill. Do you accept?"

Hachiman Hikigaya turned to look at Tanjuro Kamado, about to ask if he had anything else to say, when this message popped up on the panel.

"Teaching skills?"

With a sense of doubt, Hachiman Hikigaya subconsciously clicked "OK".

After all, he's about to fight Muzan Kibutsuji, so the more skills he has, the better.

"Host agrees to accept the skill. Skill---Sun Breathing transfer begins!"

"what?!"

Upon hearing the system's words, Hachiman Hikigaya looked up at Tanjuro Kamado in surprise, while countless memories that did not originally belong to him flooded his mind.

"why?"

The skill transfer may seem like it takes a long time, but in reality, only a few seconds have passed.

Looking at the new "Day Breathing (Advanced)" skill on his skill panel, Hachiman Hikigaya looked at Tanjuro Kamado with a complicated expression.

When he arrived, he knew through the system that Sun Breathing was the highest level of cultivation technique in this world, and also a treasure passed down through generations of the Kamado Tan family.

Why would Tanjuro Kamado entrust such a precious item to a stranger he had only known for less than a day?

No matter how good something is, it can't compare to the value of family.

Faced with Hachiman Hikigaya's doubts, Tanjuro Kamado looked at his family members beside him with gentle eyes.

He knew that in his current state of exhaustion, he was no match for Muzan Kibutsuji.

At the same time, he was powerless to stop Hachiman Hikigaya's decision to single-handedly hold off Muzan Kibutsuji and allow them to escape.

In that case, breaking the family rule that the Breath of the Sun can only be passed down to family members and giving it to Hachiman Hikigaya to increase his chances of survival is the only thing Tanjuro Kamado can do.

"Thank you very much!"

Nodding to indicate that he understood, Hachiman Hikigaya charged towards Muzan Kibutsuji.

"You must survive!"

Watching Hachiman Hikigaya's departing figure, Tanjuro Kamado felt a pang of guilt.

Protecting his family's safety should have been his responsibility as the head of the household, but now he had to ask Hachiman Hikigaya, a friendly outsider, to hold off Muzan Kibutsuji...

"Let's go quickly!"

After only a brief moment of sadness, Tanjuro Kamado regained his composure.

He knew that his family would be heartbroken to see Hachiman Hikigaya's actions, which were almost suicidal.

That's when he needs to play the role of the ruthless villain to force everyone to set off!

Chapter 65 Hachiman Daisatsu

Why should I waste half an hour holding back a demon king for a bunch of strangers?

As Hachiman Hikigaya walked toward Muzan Kibutsuji, he pondered this question.

He was clearly just a lazy bum who gave up at the first sign of trouble, whose biggest goal in life was to find a rich woman and become a stay-at-home husband.

What was wrong with him to make such a heroic and sacrificial decision as 'You all go first, I'll cover the rear'?

No, that's not right. It can't even be called heroic, can it?

After all, only Tanjuro Kamado and his family would be grateful for what he did.

If he were to die, given Tanjuro Kamado's character, he might even erect a tombstone for him and tell his story to future generations.

But let's forget about that. Komachi is still waiting for him to come back home. How could he possibly die in another world for no reason?

Lost in thought, Hachiman Hikigaya unknowingly arrived in front of Muzan Kibutsuji.

"Did you choose to stay and die?"

Muzan Kibutsuji was extremely wary of Hachiman Hikigaya's strange behavior of leaving him alone.

After all, the sudden sunlight had really startled him.

Although the light source was not harmful, Muzan Kibutsuji couldn't be certain that Hachiman Hikigaya didn't have anything similar to sunlight that could harm him.

Therefore, he chose to watch Tanjuro Kamado's family leave quietly without doing anything to stop them.

Anyway, as long as I get the blood from Hachiman Hikigaya, I can turn him into a demon and then ambush Tanjuro Kamado.

Kibutsuji Muzan refused to believe that a heavily injured Kamado Tanjuro could possibly deal with both him and Hikigaya Hachiman at the same time.

Hachiman Hikigaya stared expressionlessly at the demon king, looking at Muzan Kibutsuji's effeminate face.

His strength is far weaker than Muzan Kibutsuji's, so launching an attack would be tantamount to suicide.

Moreover, his goal was simply to stall Muzan Kibutsuji for half an hour until dawn, which would be enough.

Therefore, Muzan Kibutsuji remained unmoved, and Hachiman Hikigaya also chose not to move.

Anyway, time passed by, and it was Kibutsuji Muzan, not him, who should be anxious.

Just as Hachiman Hikigaya had predicted, after a standoff with him for more than a minute, Muzan Kibutsuji was indeed unable to stand still.

With his fingers unfurling sharp, slender nails, Muzan Kibutsuji tentatively attacked Hachiman Hikigaya.

Because he feared that Hachiman Hikigaya might be bluffing, Muzan Kibutsuji only used four-tenths of his strength in this attack.

Hachiman Hikigaya laughed at Muzan Kibutsuji's cautious attitude.

Even if you reduce the force by one layer, he still wouldn't be able to withstand it!

Almost at the instant his fingernail collided with the demon-slaying sword, Hachiman Hikigaya felt a powerful force flow from the sword into his body.

Immediately afterwards, he was sent flying backwards.

"Is it that weak?"

Muzan Kibutsuji was somewhat taken aback as he watched Hachiman Hikigaya fly away.

With such limited strength, what's wrong with this human's mind that he dares to block him all by himself?

Or is this guy already prepared to sacrifice himself to save others?

Thinking of this possibility, Muzan Kibutsuji smiled.

Being willing to sacrifice is a good thing, so let him fulfill this human's wish.

With this in mind, Muzan Kibutsuji did not hesitate.

He pushed off the snow with both legs and instantly caught up with Hachiman Hikigaya, who was still in the air.

He no longer held back, unleashing a powerful claw strike, attempting to incapacitate Hachiman Hikigaya in one blow.

The thought of soon being able to drink the sweet blood from Hachiman Hikigaya's body made Muzan Kibutsuji lick his lips, a hint of fanaticism in his eyes.

However, when he saw the smile on Hachiman Hikigaya's face, Muzan Kibutsuji's expression froze.

This guy really did have a backup plan!

"I have a surprise for you."

Looking at Muzan Kibutsuji's face so close to his own, Hachiman Hikigaya pulled out a few red objects from his pocket and threw them out.

These things exploded the moment they hit Muzan Kibutsuji, igniting a raging fire that engulfed the demon king.

"Shou!"

After throwing out the super-powerful incendiary bomb he bought from the system shop, Hachiman Hikigaya activated his Magic Protection skill, summoning a magic circle to firmly protect himself.

"what!"

Kibutsuji Muzan burst out of the sea of ​​fire and charged towards Hikigaya Hachiman like a madman, crashing headfirst into the surface of the magic circle.

"What is this?!"

With bloodshot eyes, Muzan Kibutsuji attacked the magic circle while questioning Hachiman Hikigaya.

Why did the tiny thing Hachiman Hikigaya threw cause such a huge fire?! And the fire just kept sticking to him, it couldn't be put out at all!

"It's just modern technology..."

Hachiman Hikigaya remained calm in the face of Muzan Kibutsuji's enraged state.

In fact, ever since he saved Tanjuro Kamado with a fluorescent light, he had been thinking about a question.

Why did he insist on engaging in close-quarters combat with Muzan Kibutsuji?

The system store does sell weapons made with modern technology.

He used to not use these things because the evil spirits in his world were not composed of spirits, and apart from his demon-slaying sword and magic, other weapons could not cause damage.

But the Muzan Kibutsuji in this world has a physical body.

Aside from his identity as the Ghost King, this guy is just a mutated human with super strong healing abilities and maxed-out speed and strength.

He too can get hurt, feel afraid, and be terrified of the unknown, and may try to run away.

Even if modern weapons can't kill him, they can at least break his body and buy him time!

And so, under Muzan Kibutsuji's questioning gaze, Hachiman Hikigaya pulled out the Gatling gun he had just exchanged for 1,000 spirit coins from his system space...

Of course, due to his own lack of strength, the Gatling gun that Hachiman Hikigaya exchanged was equipped with a bracket to reduce recoil after turning.

Seeing the dark gun barrel pointed at him, Muzan Kibutsuji instantly felt a chill run down his spine, as if he were being targeted by some terrifying monster, but he did not choose to run away immediately.

Because Muzan Kibutsuji was not unfamiliar with firearms.

Since the arrival of foreigners in Japan, Muzan Kibutsuji had also tried to use their foreign guns to deal with the Demon Slayer Corps.

However, those foreign guns were very slow to reload and not powerful enough, far less efficient than the demons using their sharp claws to kill.

Therefore, Muzan Kibutsuji subconsciously regarded the gun in Hachiman Hikigaya's hand as an improved version of those foreign guns—more powerful, but equally difficult to load.

But as the Gatling gun spat out blue sparks, Muzan Kibutsuji instantly realized he was wrong, terribly wrong...