Muzan: My daughter can't be that weak!

However, the most important thing now is...

It seems she... really made those three people disappear.

Yukina stared blankly at the empty ground.

She remembers suddenly becoming incredibly hungry, her stomach feeling empty, as if there was a huge hole that could never be filled.

My throat is dry and my eyes feel hot.

Then... as if understanding her hunger, the beautiful flower floated away from her fingertips and grew to be very, very large.

The petals opened, like a big mouth, and enveloped the people lying on the ground one by one.

And then... they were gone.

They vanished completely, leaving only their clothes.

But...why?

Why did I feel like I couldn't control myself at all just now?

It feels like my body doesn't belong to me anymore.

Only one voice was buzzing in my head, repeating over and over: Hungry, so hungry, want to...eat.

Is it...

Countless random thoughts flashed through Yukina's mind.

Are you sick? Having a dream? Or are you possessed by a ghost?

Finally, all her thoughts pointed to the possibility that she feared most:

Could it be... that my brain has really gone mad?

Dad always calls her an idiot, an idiot...

Has he really turned into a complete idiot who can't control himself and only knows how to drool and eat people?

The panic caused by this speculation instantly overshadowed the confusion about the finger blossoming.

A wave of overwhelming fear washed over her, making her nose sting and her eyes instantly well up with tears.

She frantically turned her gaze, searching frantically for that familiar figure in the dimly lit alley.

dad……

Where is Dad?

Dad was right there watching...

Did he see it all?

Did you see that terrifying version of yourself, where your fingers suddenly bloom and the flowers devour you?

Tears obscure the view of the distance.

The less you can see clearly, the more panicked you become.

She couldn't help but squat down, bury her face in her arms, and lift up her wide sleeves to wipe her face haphazardly and forcefully.

I tried to wipe away my tears and fear, but all I did was make my sleeves wrinkled.

"Woof... Woof? Woof..."

A sobbing sound came from the side.

The little yellow dog came over at some point.

It seemed to sense Xue Nai's fear and sadness, and moved closer to her feet, gently rubbing against her with its wet nose. Then it anxiously circled around her, its tail wagging as it tried to comfort the figure that had just saved it.

"Dad... Dad!!"

"Waaaaah..."

"I want to find my dad..."

Just then, a long, slender shadow silently covered the ground in front of her.

Muzan emerged from the shadows, and as soon as he got closer, he heard the idiot sobbing again.

And the dirty stray dog ​​next to her even dared to stick out its tongue to lick her tear-smeared face.

"!!"

Muzan swiftly bent down and scooped up Yukina, who was squatting on the ground, and pulled her into his arms.

"Daddy! Waaah... Xue Nai's brain is broken, and her hands are broken too..."

As soon as Yukina was picked up, she immediately clung tightly to Muzan's neck, buried her face in his neck, and cried so hard she could barely breathe, speaking incoherently.

"My hand blooms on its own... Waaah... Did it turn into soil or did I eat the seeds... Why does it bloom... Is it out of its mind...?"

Hot tears quickly soaked the fabric on the side of his neck.

Below, the little yellow dog, seeing Yukina being taken away by a stranger who suddenly appeared, immediately barked hostilely.

Although it was thin, it raised its tail, lowered its body, and bared its sharp teeth, growling at Muzan.

They tried to warn the tall, two-legged creature to put down Xue Nai.

"Woof woof woof! Woof—woof!"

Muzan frowned, his face filled with undisguised annoyance.

What is that?

How dare a mere stray dog ​​bark at him?

They're really courting death.

He almost wanted to immediately lift his foot and crush this annoying and noisy ant into a pulp.

But the cries of Yukina in his arms grew louder and more aggrieved, like a demonic sound piercing his ears, forcing him to temporarily suppress his murderous intent.

He clicked his tongue in annoyance.

Having just devoured the flesh and life force of three living people, it should logically feel satisfied and full of power.

That idiot, instead of showing any satisfaction, cried as if he had suffered a great injustice.

It's simply incomprehensible.

Xue Nai was still sobbing in his arms, babbling incoherently.

The conversation started with brain damage, then moved on to fingers blooming, and then to whether the person had eaten some strange seed...

"...Waaah...Am I going to take root? Will leaves sprout from the soles of my feet? Daddy..."

Her fear of herself inexplicably veered into worry about her body potentially turning into a vegetative state.

It felt as if I would really turn into a seedling rooted in the floor of the Infinite City in the next second.

Muzan's temple throbbed slightly from her noise, and he tightened his grip on her arm.

"It's so noisy, stop crying!"

But this time, Yukina didn't listen. Instead, she became even more aggrieved, "Waaah... I've become a big idiot who can't control myself and even blooms flowers to eat people..."

"Daddy won't let me cry... Waaah!"

Muzan: "..."

Continuing to argue with this brat is clearly a waste of time and pointless.

He gave up on communicating altogether, not even wanting to say another word.

Through a telepathic connection, he directly instructed Nakime to teleport them back to the Infinity Castle.

The next second, the stone slabs beneath my feet vanished without warning, and the familiar feeling of weightlessness washed over me.

"Woof? Woof...woof?"

In the alley, the little yellow dog, who had been posing in a fighting stance, suddenly saw the two two-legged creatures that had been standing there vanish into thin air.

It froze, remaining in a snarling, baring-toothed posture for a few seconds, then took a few steps forward in confusion, sniffing around the spot where Yukina and Muzan had just stood.

There were only cold, rough stone slabs and a few pieces of cloth being blown by the wind.

"Ugh...?"

It circled that spot several more times, letting out a muffled whimper of confusion.

It was just here a moment ago...

How did it disappear?

In the Infinite City.

Muzan stood in a corridor, holding Yukina who was still sobbing.

He stood there, holding her with one arm, and with the other hand he took out a handkerchief and placed it directly on Xue Nai's tear-streaked face, wiping it haphazardly.

"Ugh...it hurts..."

Xue Nai's face stung from his rubbing, and the tip of her nose turned red. She instinctively struggled to turn her head away, pushing his large hand holding the handkerchief away with her small hand.

Muzan paused, looking at the wrinkled handkerchief in his hand, soaked with tears, and then at Yukina's slightly red face, still glistening with tears. His brows furrowed even more.

That idiot.

He simply let go, allowing the handkerchief to fall to the ground.

Then, he looked up at the shadows on one side of the corridor.

Narumi, who was holding a biwa, bowed slightly.

Explain the Blood Demon Technique to her clearly.