Demon Slayer: I am a Demon.

"Gurgle!"

"Gurgle!"

His throat moved involuntarily, the aroma of the food making every cell in his body leap and urge him to devour the alluring flesh and blood like a demon before him.

His will seemed to be gradually yielding to the body's instincts, as if telling him that just one bite, just one bite would be enough.

Feeling the primal urge of his body, feeling his will falter under the impact of this urge, Su Mu's face turned incredibly ugly at this moment. He clenched his fists tightly, knowing that if this continued, he would eventually become like the evil spirit in front of him, turning into a monster that could not control its flesh and blood and had lost its nature.

This was something he could never accept, but what could he change? No matter how much he insisted, how could his own will resist the instinct of being a ghost? For thousands of years, no evil ghost had ever been able to resist this instinct.

If there is such a case, it is only one: Nezuko, who became a demon.

Even Nezuko was able to overcome this instinct not only because of her own obsession, but also because of the help from the 'Water Pillar' Sakonji Urokodaki.

Moreover, this is not only due to the help from the 'Water Pillar' Sakonji Urokodaki. I remember that some details were vaguely revealed in the anime, that is, Nezuko once ate the Blue Spider Lily, which can make up for the defects of demons. The Blue Spider Lily is something that Muzan Kibutsuji has been searching for for a thousand years but could not obtain. It is something that can make Muzan Kibutsuji, who is infinitely close to a perfect creature, completely perfect.

It is precisely because she may have consumed the blue spider lily that Nezuko, who became a demon, is different. She is the first exception in thousands of years and the first demon who has never been a human.

He has not yet consumed any blue spider lilies. No matter how hard he tries to persevere, his instinct as a demon to crave flesh and blood grows stronger day by day. He has a vague feeling that he may not be able to hold on for very long.

Watching Su Mu swallow repeatedly, the evil spirit revealed a mocking smile.

"See? I told you you wouldn't last long."

Su Mu suddenly stood up, and the evil spirit also revealed a smile: "See, we are ultimately the same kind. Stop treating those weak creatures as our kind."

As he spoke, the demon raised the thigh bone in his hand.

But Su Mu did not look at the thigh bone that the evil spirit was holding up, nor did he take a step closer to the evil spirit. Instead, he turned around and walked out of the cave.

The evil spirit paused, looking at Su Mu with some confusion and curiosity about what he was going to do, and then followed him.

Soon, the evil spirit followed Su Mu closer and closer to the cave entrance. As it got closer to the cave exit, a sense of fear rose in its heart. An indescribable feeling of unease almost filled its entire body and mind. The evil spirit stopped almost instinctively, looking ahead with disgust and fear in its eyes.

At the entrance and exit, sunlight streams down, dispelling the darkness and allowing a faint sense of warmth to be felt.

That was the warm sunlight that one could bask in when one is born as a human, but at this moment, that warm sunlight is the most terrifying thing in the world to an evil spirit.

Chapter 5 Blue Spider Lily

Looking at the warm sunlight pouring down from the cave entrance, the evil spirit seemed to have seen the most terrifying thing in the world. Almost instinctively, it retreated until it was deeper into the cave and confirmed that not a single ray of the warm sunlight would shine on it. Only then did the evil spirit breathe a sigh of relief.

Only then did the evil spirit realize that Su Mu had not stopped walking and was still heading towards the cave exit, almost touching the warm sunlight pouring down.

"If you get exposed to sunlight, you'll die."

An almost terrified, trembling voice came from the demon's mouth.

Su Mu paused slightly. He could feel the instinctive fear in his body, and his heart pounded for no reason. He felt as if he were facing death.

What is the most ordinary sunlight for humans is, at this moment, the most terrifying thing in the world for Su Mu.

Just as a demon's instinctual craving for human flesh and blood is deeply ingrained in its instincts, so too is its fear of sunlight. In fact, as it gets closer to the sunlight, the craving for flesh and blood disappears, replaced only by fear of the sunlight before it. Its instincts urge it repeatedly to stay away from the warm sunlight.

Su Mu stood there, looking at the sunlight streaming through the cave entrance. The sunlight that was once so commonplace for humans was now something he could only dream of but never reach, now that he had become a demon.

Despite the overwhelming fear that filled his heart, Su Mu wore a relaxed smile.

Because at this moment, the constant yearning for flesh and blood that had always surged in his heart was completely unfelt.

He could feel that his body's instinctive craving for flesh and blood had not disappeared, but was suppressed by his body's instinctive fear of sunlight, a fear of facing death directly.

For Su Mu, although death was equally terrifying, at least he had a moment to catch his breath. His taut will to resist his body's thirst for flesh and blood was given a brief respite, like a tightly strung string about to snap being pulled back and relieved.

He felt his body's instinctive fear of sunlight, felt every cell in his body trembling with dread, felt his body constantly reminding him to retreat into the darkness of the cave depths, but even so, he slowly approached the place where the sunlight poured down, getting closer and closer.

Despite his body's instincts constantly resisting, he slowly but firmly reached out his hand towards the rising sunlight.

"Madman, madman..."

The evil spirit behind him almost screamed when it saw Su Mu's actions, looking at Su Mu as if he were a monster.

As his fingers drew closer to the warm sunlight, the fear of death almost completely overwhelmed him, but he still trembled and slowly stretched his fingers into the sunlight.

When sunlight shines on your fingers, you can see them like snowflakes under the scorching sun, slowly dissipating and disappearing from this world bit by bit.

Su Mu stood still, quietly watching his fingers disappear little by little, before withdrawing his hand and retreating into the dark depths of the cave.

Only when they were completely away from the sunlight and their whole bodies were completely shrouded in darkness did the instinctive trembling in their bodies subside slightly.

"You're absolutely insane! Aren't you afraid of dying?"

The demons beside him looked at Su Mu as if he were a monster. Bathing in sunlight was something no demon dared to imagine, not even the progenitor of demons, Muzan Kibutsuji, dared to expose himself to the sun.

Su Mu ignored the evil spirit beside him and looked down at his fingers, which were melting in the sunlight. He looked at the melting wound. In the past, such a wound would have healed almost quickly and a new finger would have grown. But at this moment, although he could feel the wound healing, the healing speed was dozens of times slower than before.

"It seems that sunlight can not only destroy the body of evil spirits, but also greatly slow down the recovery speed of areas damaged by sunlight."

Su Mu looked at his fingers and murmured softly.

"You're insane. You put your finger in the sunlight just to see this? You're crazy. Even a Nichirin Blade from the Demon Slayer Corps can't compare to being directly exposed to sunlight."

The evil spirit beside him looked at Su Mu as if he were a monster. It had seen many evil spirits, but none of them were as crazy as Su Mu.

Demons cannot bask in sunlight; this is common knowledge for demons and an instinct they are aware of. No demon dares to attempt this, not even someone as powerful as Muzan Kibutsuji.

In this world, no ghost can bask in the sunlight.

"We are creatures of darkness; no ghost can bask in the sunlight."

The evil spirit whispered nearby.

"Can no ghosts bask in the sunlight?"

Su Mu murmured to himself.

"Yes, don't have such delusions, and that is also our flaw as ghosts."

The demon beside him continued to speak at this moment, but his voice was somewhat unwilling. After all, as a human, the most ordinary thing for a human—bathing in the sunlight—was something that could never be achieved after becoming a demon.

Su Mu simply stared at his fingers, remaining silent. To the demons of this world, they were like rats in the sewers, forever destined to hide in the darkness. Even the progenitor of demons, Muzan Kibutsuji, could not overcome this flaw.

But if he remembers correctly, Nezuko, who eventually became a demon, overcame this flaw and became the first demon to be able to bask in the sunlight.

Nezuko was able to overcome the flaws of being a demon because she had consumed the Blue Spider Lily.

"Blue spider lily".

Su Mu murmured to himself, feeling that he had to get his hands on this thing that Muzan Kibutsuji had sought for thousands of years without success. Whether it was the demon's inability to suppress its desire for flesh and blood, or the fact that it could only hide in the darkness like a rat in the sewers, Su Mu could not accept either of these things.

In my memory, the reason why Muzan Kibutsuji couldn't find the Blue Spider Lily for thousands of years was because it's a flower that only blooms during the day.

How could a demon, unable to bask in the sunlight and forced to hide in the darkness, possibly find this blue spider lily that only blooms during the day?

For him, knowing this news made it not impossible to find the blue spider lily.

If I remember correctly, blue spider lilies grow where Tanjiro Kamado lives.

Chapter 6 Rengoku Kyojuro

According to Su Mu's understanding of "Demon Slayer," if he remembers correctly, there are blue spider lilies near Tanjiro Kamado's residence. It was because Nezuko consumed blue spider lilies when she was young that even after becoming a demon, she was different from other demons. In the end, she became the first demon to be able to bask in the sunlight, something that even Muzan Kibutsuji could not do.

The reason Nezuko was able to do all this was the Blue Spider Lily.

For Su Mu, who has now become a ghost, if he can find the blue spider lily and consume it, it will be enough to make up for his defects.

In that case, he wouldn't have to endure the urge to devour flesh and blood every day.

After all, as a demon, his instinct to devour flesh and blood grew stronger every day. This craving repeatedly pushed him to his limits, and the torment was simply unbearable.

Only by consuming the Blue Spider Lily can he be completely freed from this torment, not only free from Muzan Kibutsuji's control, but also become the most perfect being in the world.

To find the Blue Spider Lily, he needed to locate Tanjiro's residence, but he was unfamiliar with the area. In his memory, Tanjiro's family should live deep in the mountains, characterized by being a family that had been making charcoal for generations. Apart from that, the only other distinguishing feature was that it was some distance from Mount Kyoki, the secluded place of the "Water Pillar" Urokodaki Sakonji, but he was not sure of its exact location.

Thinking of all this, Su Mu's brows furrowed tightly.

Meanwhile, the demon beside him was observing Su Mu. It was unaware that Su Mu was contemplating how to find the Blue Spider Lily. After all, the Blue Spider Lily was something that Muzan Kibutsuji had searched for for a thousand years without success. Over the years, Muzan Kibutsuji had also ordered them to search for it, but most of the demons believed that this medicine did not exist in the world. Otherwise, Muzan Kibutsuji would have searched for a thousand years without finding any trace of the Blue Spider Lily.

Previously, it had looked down on Su Mu, its companion, after all, Su Mu was just an ordinary evil spirit with average strength, and he didn't even eat flesh and blood.

For a demon that doesn't consume flesh and blood, it will be difficult to improve its strength. After all, the strength of most demons is related to consuming human flesh and blood. Apart from reaching its own limit, the more human flesh and blood a demon consumes, the stronger it becomes.

An ordinary demon with average strength, and who finds it difficult to improve his strength, is hardly someone that demons who admire the strong can respect.

But today, seeing that Su Mu dared to touch sunlight capable of destroying it, this madness surprised even it. It couldn't help but think of its recent discoveries, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke:

"We've recently discovered traces of the Demon Slayer Corps' activities in the area. Interested in hunting them down?"

Originally, it would have had difficulty dealing with the demon slayers of these Demon Slayer Corps on its own, but with Su Mu by its side, it was confident that it could take down all of them. Previously, it had not considered Su Mu, mainly because Su Mu did not even dare to 'devour humans'. In its opinion, Su Mu was too cowardly, and cooperating with him might even be a hindrance.

But after witnessing Su Mu's madness in daring to face the sunlight today, I felt that if Su Mu could channel some of that madness into the Ghost Hunters, and combined with his own strength, dealing with a few Ghost Hunters would be a piece of cake.

Su Mu, who was pondering the blue spider lily, snapped out of his reverie upon hearing the other person's words.

The Demon Slayer Corps is dedicated to eliminating evil spirits and protecting humanity; they are the mortal enemies of all evil spirits.

Although these demon slayers are physically weak and cannot compare to demons, they all practice 'breathing techniques'. With these techniques, they can achieve physical strength comparable to demons in a short period of time. Combined with their demon-slaying skills, their Nichirin Blades capable of killing demons, their cooperation with their comrades, and their fearless courage, they have slain many demons.

But just as demon slayers kill demons, these Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen are also prey for demons.

"How about it, interested in hunting together? With you by my side, I guarantee we can wipe out this small group of ghost hunters we've discovered."

At this point, the demon licked his lips, his eyes filled with greed: "The flesh and blood of these Demon Slayer Corps members are highly trained, more nutritious, and more delicious."

"Not interested."

Su Mu shook his head; he had no interest in dealing with these fearless organizations.

"Even if you don't attack them, they will definitely attack us. Do you want to have your head chopped off with a Nichirin Blade?"

The evil spirit was furious: "Remember, your identity is that of a ghost."

Su Mu glanced at the demon and then silently sat cross-legged on the ground. As the demon was exposed to sunlight, its instinctive fear of sunlight suppressed its desire for flesh and blood. Now, the hunger in its body was very weak, which allowed its tense mind to be slightly relieved. Now, it just wanted to rest.

The evil spirit was unwilling to give up and tried to persuade Su Mu for a long time, but seeing that Su Mu remained unmoved, it had no choice but to give up.

"Don't regret it when the day comes that a demon slayer cuts off your head with a Nichirin Blade."

The evil spirit said coldly, and seeing that Su Mu hadn't even opened his eyes, it turned and left.

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