Monster Hunter Gathering

Chapter 22: It’s too much trouble to kill with words alone, so why not use some incense?

"Yiwo seat."

At this moment, Qiao Qiao had already noticed that the others behind him had come to support him. While fighting, he said to Akaza: "Be prepared to accept your own death! Go to hell to atone for your tragic past! "

Er Qiao also learned detailed information about Demon Slayer together with Nie Chiwu and others. Er Qiao also had a clear understanding of Akaza's past.

Akaza, formerly known as Komaji, stole things to buy medicine to prolong his father's life, but his father committed suicide in order not to drag him down. The master and lover Koiyuki, whom he wanted to protect, were poisoned to death in the well by others when he was away. After torturing and killing those who poisoned him, Komaji was turned into a demon by Muzan and lost his memory.

Akaza's life before becoming an evil spirit made people feel sad for him, and it also made Jotaro determined that he must get rid of Akaza as an evil spirit as soon as possible, and let him go to the real hell in this world to atone for his sins as Komaji.

Vampires, ghouls, pillar men, and these evil spirits that he met after coming to this world... Er Qiao clearly felt the sense of fate brought about by his own ripples.

Breathing with all his strength without caring about his physical strength caused ripples to burst out from Erqiao's blood again and again, and even made a burning breath around Erqiao.

His ripple ability is becoming increasingly stronger in the head-on battle with Akaza, and Tanjiro on the other side has the same feeling.

There is no need to worry too much about injuries, just worry about not being killed by the opponent in one blow or having the Nichirin Sword broken... Tanjiro also feels that his strength has improved significantly.

He only needs to think about how to swing the sword and how to breathe. The recovery ability brought by Iwatani Naofumi's wide-area attack and the high-intensity combat brought by Akaza make Tanjiro's strength steadily increase, so much so that... the marks on Tanjiro's forehead are also spreading as Tanjiro fights.

"So what if a group of people gathered together!"

But at this moment, Akaza did not understand the meaning of Erqiao's words. Instead, he was angered by Nie Chiwu and others who came here.

For some reason, Akaza felt particularly angry when he saw them gathering together to attack.

"Weak guys, even if they gather together, what's the use!!!!"

A nameless fire ignited in Akaza's heart: "I will kill all of you, and then abide by the agreement..."

Akaza's voice paused when he said this.

What is the agreement? Who is it with? Why do you bring up the agreement?

Akaza was confused, but the battle in front of him made it impossible for him to spare the energy to think.

Tanjiro and Joseph who are fighting with him at this moment...

A strangely dressed man wearing an eel mask jumped into the air...

The boy wearing a boar-like mask, the man using water breathing, and the girl who took action last.

With just a glance, there were already six people besieging them, as well as another pillar who had not yet taken action, and the female ghost beside her who was regenerating her body.

It was a tricky battle. If he spoke rationally, he should turn around and leave now to avoid being besieged by so many ghost hunters at the same time, and then let Mingnu separate the people here and defeat them one by one.

But... just when he had this thought for a moment, Tanjiro beside him roared angrily.

"Akoza! I won't let you escape!!!"

The moment Akaza showed signs of retreat, Tanjiro had already sensed Akaza's emotions.

Tanjiro's words made Akaza suddenly realize...

Did he actually think of escaping from here just now?

Anger towards himself suddenly boiled up in Akaza's heart, and the idea of ​​leaving for the time being was completely thrown out of his mind.

After letting out a roar, Akaza once again released his blood demon art, and the huge compass almost covered everyone.

"Destruction Kill..."

As Akaza said this, he also began to release his attack.

Nie Chiwu also rushed forward without hesitation and shouted to Akaza: "Komaji! For your father, master, and Lianxue! Be prepared to go to hell to atone for your sins!!!"

Fists like raindrops burst out after a moment's pause, but Nie Chiwu's voice was clearly heard by Akaza.

Who is Komaji?

Akaza thought so, but what confused him even more was the last name.

Love snow.

I couldn't guess who it was, but... Akaza inexplicably felt hesitant.

The wind from Akaza's fist cleared out a space in almost the blink of an eye, and Nie Chiwu also moved closer to Akaza despite Akaza's punches.

"I'm sorry, I have to use your affairs to provoke Akaza!" Nie Chiwu thought about it in his heart for a while, and then raised his voice again: "Akaza! Listen to me!"

"Remember your time as a human! You useless piece of shit who has nothing to protect!"

Nie Chiwu said something that irritated Akaza: "Your father! Your master! And that girl named Lian Xue! Have you forgotten them all?!"

While Nie Chiwu was shouting this, Kazuma, who was sneaking around looking for an opportunity, sighed after hearing what Nie Chiwu said. Nie Chiwu really wanted to use all kinds of means to defeat Akaza.

Kazuma also clasped his hands together in the dark to appease the possible remaining souls: "Namo Namo, all of this is for Akaza to atone for his sins, don't hold any grudges..."

"Is it this one?"

Tamayo has recovered her body at this moment. After hearing the harsh words that Nie Chiwu said to Akaza, she understood that Nie Chiwu seemed to want to use Akaza's past to interfere with him.

So, Tamayo also cut her wrists, and the strange fragrance formed by the blood demon art began to gradually emanate. Shinobu Kocho, who was the first to smell this smell, even seemed to see an illusion of her sister in a trance, but then... she woke up.

After seeing Tamayo release the blood demon technique, Kazuma found a safe place and started taking the elimination seeds to use wide-area effect to eliminate the abnormal conditions of the people around him.

"So-called verbal persuasion is completely meaningless!" Kazuma couldn't help but sigh. "It's too troublesome to just rely on persuasion to make the villain remember the past. It would be more practical to just use a magic incense to make him recall the past..."

“Hehehe… Komaji yo!!”

At this moment, Nie Chiwu, in coordination with Er Qiao, had already rushed to Akaza's front, almost face to face with Akaza, shouting like a villain: "I will help you recall the past, and then go to die obediently!"

Chapter 23: The smoke gradually takes effect and Nie Chiwu’s fighting style!

Nie Chiwu raised the insect stick and headed towards Akaza, but after just a short encounter, Nie Chiwu was hit by seven punches and flew backwards.

However, Jotaro withstood Akaza's attack and even fought back.

"Crude, weak skills!!!" Akaza was extremely angry at Nie Chiwu, and even put in a little more effort, wanting to kill Nie Chiwu directly: "Stop kidding! What do you think we are doing now!!!"

At first, Akaza thought that since he was fighting alongside Jotaro, he must be a qualified warrior... But as soon as they started fighting, Akaza could see that he had no experience in combat at all!

It was as if the other party had just picked up a weapon temporarily and started fighting, and even Akaza didn't feel any hostility.

This kind of thing made Akaza feel as if he was insulted, and he punched Nie Chiwu and sent him flying.

But... those punches he threw at the opponent's vital points did not cause too serious damage to him. When they just touched the opponent's body, Akaza even suspected that he was attacking a piece of iron that had been tempered a thousand times.

His fist even drew some blood from the recoil of the attack...

Akaza suddenly raised his head, but did not see Nie Chiwu's expression under the swaying eel hood. He could only see a flash of brown-yellow light on his body.

At this moment, Nie Chiwu under the mask had a smile on his face that showed that his trick had succeeded.

Just a few seconds ago, when he pounced in front of Akaza, Nie Chiwu, under the swaying eel mask, bit off a pill of patience that had been in his mouth for a long time.

[Endurance Pill: Temporarily hardens your skin to become as strong as steel!]

Simply put... Defense temporarily increases! !

Nie Chiwu certainly knew that he was not suitable to fight Akaza.

Like Douma, he can rely on brute force to defeat the evil spirits who use blood demon arts to fight, but for people like Akaza or Kokushibo... the compatibility between them and Nie Chiwu is extremely poor.

After all, no matter how many plans he made, no matter how detailed his understanding of Demon Slayer was, no matter how he was now the Grand Leader of the Monster Hunter Gathering... a dozen days ago, he was just a supermarket boy in peacetime.

Wanting to fight Akaza head-on, who had been training for who knows how many years? No matter how he thought about it, it seemed ridiculous, not to mention that Kokushibo could see through the world.

"Hunting is all about using every possible means! Play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses! Akaza!!!" Nie Chiwu was knocked back by Akaza's fist, while shouting, "You've been fooled, Akaza! This is my fighting style!"

It was not until now that Akaza realized the purpose of Nie Chiwu's rush...

Actually, is it just to share most of the attention with Qiao Er?

"Ripple Run!!"

Jotaro did not hesitate to move closer and release his ripples, and Akaza, facing this nemesis attack, could only lean back to dodge.

As he leaned back, Qiao's ripples only touched Akaza's chin, melting his entire chin.

Originally, Akaza wanted to continue moving, but he suddenly felt several sounds of breaking through the air behind him, and then several arrows directly hit his back, causing a violent explosion.

"Sniper~" Kazuma was not idle at this moment. He kept jumping back and forth between stealth and sniping, and kept shooting his bow and arrow with paralysis bottle at Akaza in a disgusting way.

Moreover, since Kazuma would use stealth to change his location every time he shot an arrow, no matter how angry Akaza was, he could not break free to chase Kazuma and could only be entangled by Jotaro and the others.

And in such a battle, Akaza felt that his brain seemed to have lost some of its rationality.

The figures of those who were fighting with him seemed to overlap with some figures that made him feel strange yet familiar.

A man in a karate uniform with bare hands, a seriously ill man who was so thin that he seemed like he would be blown down by a gust of wind, and... a girl in a pink kimono with hair ornaments shaped like snowflakes.

"Get away!!"

Facing those figures, Akaza instinctively felt some...fear.

He waved his fists and drove Jotaro, Tanjiro and others out of his range.

Tanjiro also felt a little confused.

Why does Akaza smell like... fear and pain during the battle?

Tanjiro also smelled the strange scent of blood demon magic coming from Tamayo, so Tanjiro also guessed that the current situation in Akaza might be caused by Tamayo.

How can I cooperate with Ms. Tamayo?

Tanjiro's brain was working faster, and then he saw... Nie Chiwu who rushed towards Akaza as if he was risking his life.

"Get away!!!"

Akaza stared straight at Nie Chiwu who was approaching, swung his fist at him, and the destructive move under his feet completely surrounded Nie Chiwu.

Nie Chiwu had no idea who the other party thought he was.

but……

"I, Nie Chiwu, also have my own way of fighting!!!" Facing Akaza's fist, Nie Chiwu took another step forward without hesitation.

Among the four hunters currently, only Nie Chiwu has no power himself and the environment he lives in poses no threat.

Even Kazuma in the comedy anime is an adventurer who often fights monsters.

After taking another step forward, Nie Chiwu bit the [Patience Pill] in his mouth again and hit Akaza's fist hard with his forehead.

With improved defense and extraordinary physical fitness after becoming a hunter, Nie Chiwu successfully imitated Tanjiro and used his forehead to withstand a punch from Akaza.

Then Nie Chiwu used the sharp blade of the insect stick in his hand to directly pierce through Akaza's body.

When the insect stick successfully pierced Akaza's body, Nie Chiwu realized that the illusion created by Tamayo had now taken effect on Akaza.

He couldn't even dodge Nie Chiwu's attack.

"Akoza... why did you become stronger?" Nie Chiwu held Akaza's fist close to his face, guiding the illusion: "Think about it, can you see what Lianxue looks like?"

"When you were killing people, her soul might have been pulling your arm again and again, trying to make you stop."

"Or, you just can't remember at all?" Nie Chiwu said harshly to Akaza, "What a sad thing! Even if you went to hell, she would go with you... to atone for your sins."

Nie Chiwu understood that he was not in a position to be picky at the beginning.

Everything that can be used should be used to the fullest extent possible... He could only hope that those who had died could understand why he did this.

All of this is to prevent those who should have left from making more mistakes.

and so……

"Komaji, can you still remember what you looked like when you were a human?"

Nie Chiwu's voice, mixed in with hallucinations, said to Akaza: "Why do you pursue becoming stronger..."

Chapter 24: The plan to conquer Akaza begins!

Nie Chiwu's words made the hallucinations that Akaza was experiencing at the moment even more severe.

And among those hallucinations, Akaza seemed to see many... memories that he didn't remember at all.

In those memories, he was still a human being who could get hurt from fighting.

It was also because of these illusions that Akaza's battle at this moment was almost entirely left to his body's instincts.

When releasing the next destructive kill, Akaza once again knocked away everyone around him, covering his head and roaring in pain.

After using the Dispelling Fruit to eliminate the influence of Tsubame Blood Demon Art that affected everyone present, Er Qiao also shouted to Nie Chiwu: "Hey! This guy is getting even more difficult to fight now! His fighting instincts are terrifying! Is he really not a Pillar Man?! If this guy trains more, he will probably have some kind of style!!!"