Demon Slayer: I am a Demon.

"Blood Demon Art: Eightfold Slash".

Eight sharp, blade-like ribbons instantly shot out from Daki's body, desperately attacking Su Mu.

But just like before, they were all casually cut off by Su Mu's blade, and not a single ribbon came close to him.

At the same moment, Su Mu's figure flashed, and when he reappeared, he was already beside Duo Ji.

Daki's beautiful face turned deathly pale.

Su Mu gripped the hilt of the knife and swung it without hesitation, the sharp blade easily cutting through the enemy's defenses.

"Shh!"

The sharp blade pierced through the bone, severing Daki's head once again after it had been reattached.

"boom!"

The bloodied head rolled off and landed next to the head of the older brother, Gyutaro.

Watching his sister's head being severed once again, Gyutaro gritted his teeth, his heart filled with anger, resentment, but mostly powerlessness.

As the older brother, he failed to protect his younger sister.

He really

How useless.

He really is a useless older brother.

"Ah, ah, ah! My head has been chopped off, it really hurts, brother."

The degraded head rolled down in front of its brother, uttering a painful cry: "I tried so hard, I really tried my best all by myself, how could someone still cut off my head? My head really hurts so much, brother."

"Brother, brother, stand up! Stand up! Kill this person in front of you! Kill this person who bullied your sister!"

Gyutaro wanted to stand up and, as always, appear when his sister was being bullied, to comfort her. Crying wouldn't help; it's just a matter of turning over, you can fix it yourself. Are you missing a screw? Is your face hurt? You need to be careful with your face; you can't ruin such a pretty face.

Every time his sister called out to him before, he would do the same thing: comfort her and then kill everyone who bullied her.

But this time, it was simply impossible.

Such powerlessness.

Just like when she was still human, her younger sister was targeted by a samurai. When she refused, she blinded the samurai with her hairpin. Afterward, her sister was tied up and burned on a fire. Although she eventually arrived and avenged her sister by killing the samurai, her sister was already on the verge of death from the fire. She took her sister to the red-light district to beg for help, but no one could save her. Everyone avoided her like the plague, and no one offered them a helping hand. This was just like their daily life; no one had ever helped them before.

He could only watch helplessly as his sister died little by little in agony, slowly losing her life.

The scene was so powerless. Gods and Buddhas did not appear when he was most desperate, but demons did. Doma, who was the sixth Upper Moon at the time, shared his blood with them, turning them into demons.

My younger sister survived too.

They became demons, ugly and terrifying demons in the eyes of humans, but Gyutaro never regretted it. He was never accepted when he was born as a human, so what if he became a demon?

He also anticipated that one day these swordsmen might cut off his head, and he never felt anything about it. The only thing he couldn't accept was that his sister would suffer the same treatment.

I can do whatever I want, but not my sister.

In the past, he was always able to step forward and help his sister reattach her severed head, but this time, he couldn't. He himself was also severed off.

"Brother, brother, why aren't you standing up? Kill the person in front of you, brother!"

Daki looked at her brother and complained.

"How can I stand up when my own head has been cut off?"

Gyutaro shouted angrily.

"Why, why are you so useless, brother? Why can't you be stronger?"

"Why can't you be stronger? Why are you so weak? If you were stronger, you wouldn't be so useless."

"Brother, you're the useless one, you're just an idiot."

"What did you say?"

"How could an ugly monster like you be my brother? Someone like you is definitely not related to me by blood. We look nothing alike. You're a piece of trash. The only thing you're good at is fighting. All you can do is fight. You can't even protect your sister. Once you lose, you're worthless. You're just a piece of trash, an ugly monster."

"What a joke! If it weren't for me, you would have died long ago. I don't know how many times I've saved you. You're the one who's useless, weak, and has no strengths whatsoever. I've been protecting people like you all this time. I truly regret it from the bottom of my heart. If it weren't for you, my life would be completely different."

"If it weren't for you, why do I always have to clean up your messes?! Someone like you, if you hadn't been born, you would have..."

…………

Su Mu sheathed his sword and looked at Gyutaro and Daki, who were arguing. Although they both had feelings for each other, they were criticizing each other in their words.

If the gentle Tanjiro were here, he would probably cover Gyutaro's mouth and say to him, "You don't mean it that way. It's all a lie. Get along well. You are siblings and each other's only support. No one will forgive what you have done. The many people you have killed will resent and curse you. No one will protect you. So, at least you can't curse each other."

But he is not Tanjiro.

He simply watched quietly as the twin demons, who clearly loved each other but kept cursing one another, watched their bodies slowly dissipate.

At that moment, the words 'landing' in the eyes of the twin demons began to flicker slightly.

Gyutaro and Daki, who were cursing each other, seemed to sense something and stopped cursing.

At the same moment

An aura that did not belong to Gyutaro and Daki emanated from the two demons.

Su Mu also raised his eyes and stared into Gyutaro's eyes. At this moment, those eyes that originally belonged to Gyutaro were flashing with a coldness.

It doesn't belong to Gyutaro's eyes.

It was the eye of another ghost.

From

The first demon, the progenitor of demons, the absolute ruler of demons, the eyes of Muzan Kibutsuji.

Looking into those eyes, Su Mu gripped the hilt of his sword and stared back calmly.

This was the first time he had truly faced Muzan Kibutsuji directly.

Chapter 271 I am not a hero, yet everyone treats me as one.

Su Mu had never really wanted to confront Muzan Kibutsuji directly, because the risk was too high and it was completely unnecessary.

Therefore, even with the Blood Demon Technique that allows him to 'devour' and enhance his strength, the number of times he personally slayed evil spirits to increase his power was very limited.

Because Su Mu was very clear that every time he killed a demon, the probability of being targeted by Muzan Kibutsuji increased.

As the first demon, the progenitor of demons, and the absolute controller of demons.

Muzan Kibutsuji has absolute control over almost every demon, and can even establish a shared vision with the most ordinary demon.

This is a special ability unique to Muzan Kibutsuji.

Of course, this ability is also related to the amount of Muzan Kibutsuji's blood contained in the demons he controls. The more Muzan Kibutsuji's blood a demon contains, the stronger and clearer this ability to share vision becomes.

Ordinary demons have less blood, so their ability to share vision is weaker. But even if it is weaker, they still have the ability to share. Therefore, every time a demon is killed, the probability of being targeted by Muzan Kibutsuji is very high.

Therefore, Su Mu always avoided these things.

His initial idea was to ensure that Muzan Kibutsuji was killed by the Demon Slayer Corps according to the original future, thus avoiding the most direct threat.

All we need to do is wait quietly for Muzan Kibutsuji to die.

He doesn't need to do anything.

But with his arrival, much of the future has changed.

Tanjiro's family was not brutally murdered by Muzan Kibutsuji, Nezuko did not become a demon, Tanjiro was not crushed by the despair of reality, and he did not decide to become a 'demon slayer' in order to turn his sister back into a human or to kill the evil demons who killed people.

In order to ensure that Muzan Kibutsuji was killed by the Demon Slayer Corps according to the original future...

Su Mu had no choice but to guide Tanjiro onto the path of demon hunting.

But with his involvement, the future has changed more and more, and many things have changed.

The massive explosion that was originally meant for Kagaya Ubuyashiki occurred prematurely. This explosion not only failed to cause the Demon Slayer Corps to pay a heavy price to kill Muzan Kibutsuji in the subsequent Infinity Castle, but instead caused the Demon Slayer Corps to suffer unprecedented damage.

Originally, he was supposed to join the demons and become the Upper Moon Six of the Twelve Demon Moons. However, he died prematurely.

Rengoku Makijuro, who had survived until the very end, was killed by Akaza.

Kyojuro Rengoku, who was killed by Akaza on the Mugen Train, is still alive.

The retired member of the association, Tengen Uzui, died prematurely, leaving behind three widows.

Sakonji Urokodaki, who was originally going to live in seclusion in Mt. Sagiri, also had his lifespan cut short because he activated his 'Striped Mark'.

Kanae Kocho was not killed by Doma as originally predicted.

…………

Everything has changed.

Not only has the original future changed, but even they themselves have changed.

At first, he didn't really care about the lives of the Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen. These heroes, who protected humans and hunted demons in the eyes of others, were not important to Su Mu in terms of how many died.

As a ghost, Su Mu remembered his identity from the very beginning.

Given his status as a demon, it's impossible for him to truly stand on the side of the Demon Slayer Corps, nor could he become a so-called demon slayer.

But as he got to know the Demon Slayer Corps better and came into contact with more and more people, more and more swordsmen began to have expectations of him, and more and more people began to support and admire him.

He gradually gained many followers within the Demon Slayer Corps.

Gradually, he became a hero in the eyes of many swordsmen.

Even Su Mu himself couldn't stand by and watch some people die, and didn't want these people to face danger.

Thus, whether passively or actively, he was forced to move forward step by step.

He didn't want to be a hero, but many people regarded him as one.

He wasn't a demon hunter, yet he became someone many demon hunters followed.

In fact, it is liked by many people.

The Ubuyashiki family hopes to arrange a marriage between him and Shinobu Kocho, who seems to have fallen for him, and Nezuko has already had physical intimacy with him...

then

He had no choice but to step forward and propose a nationwide demon-hunting plan against evil spirits. He also took the initiative to lead the hunt for the Ice Demon, Doma, and the Twin Demons, Gyutaro and Daki.