Demon Slayer: The Second God Who Walks the Earth

As long as the distance is close enough, it can easily see through the thoughts of other ghosts. The farther away they are, the more blurred the perception becomes, but it can still know their location.

Chapter 47 Encounter with Muzan/Escape from Split

A shadow fell over the Fu Nue, and a huge tentacle studded with eyes grabbed it and suspended it in the air.

"Please forgive me! Lord Kibutsuji! Please... please! Please let me go! I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! So..."

Kamae loudly begged Muzan for mercy and apologized repeatedly, but this did not change Muzan's mind.

The next second, the giant mouth on the tentacle bit down, and with a scream from Fu Nue, blood and flesh rained down, splattering onto the other three Lower Moons. Then the giant mouth on the tentacle opened and let out a burp.

The Lower Moon, excluding the nightmare, was so terrified that it was completely unable to think calmly. Cold sweat dripped down its body, making a soft pattering sound as it fell into the pool of blood on the ground.

Muzan continued speaking.

"Are demon hunters more terrifying than me?"

Upon hearing this, Lingyuzi shuddered, her fear reaching its peak.

"No!" Ling Yuzi immediately looked up and denied it.

"You always want to run away when you encounter demon slayers, don't you?" Muzan asked, staring at Reiko.

Ling Yuzi was so frightened that tears streamed down her face. She quickly shook her head and denied it, saying, "No, I didn't mean that! I fought for you, risking my life!"

Are you trying to deny what I said?

However, its heartfelt words did not move Muzan; instead, he asked it in a low voice like a demon.

Upon hearing Muzan's words, Zero was speechless. It already knew that no matter what it said, it could not avoid its fate of dying here today.

Sure enough, the next moment, the huge tentacle swallowed it whole, and the splattered blood had already stained most of the remaining Lower Moon's body red.

Seeing his fellow Lower Moon demons being killed one after another by Muzan, and knowing that no matter what he said, they couldn't escape their fate, Lower Moon Three, Byoyo, began to think about escaping.

Just as Muzan was devouring Zero's corpse, Byakuya stood up slightly, then leaped up and quickly darted and fled through the Infinity Castle.

However, it overlooked one point: the entire Infinity Castle was under Nakime's control, and trying to escape Muzan's pursuit within the Infinity Castle was nothing short of a pipe dream.

Nightmare was clearly aware of this, and her eyes were full of amusement as she watched the fleeing Sick Leaf.

The next moment, Muzan, still holding Byakuya's head, reappeared in front of the last Lower Moon, Enmu.

"I think the Twelve Demon Moons only need the Upper Moon demons; let's disband the Lower Moon demons. Is there anything else you'd like to say?" Muzan asked Enmu.

Nightmare's face was flushed, and she spoke in a soft but sickly voice: "I feel like I'm dreaming right now. I'm happy enough to have you do it yourself and to hear the cries of other ghosts as they die."

I'm so happy!

Enmu opened her arms wide, revealing a blissful expression, and Muzan's mood improved somewhat after hearing her words.

"I love seeing other people's misfortune and suffering the most, I even dream about it, so thank you for keeping me here until the end." Nightmare clasped her hands together as she made her dying words.

Immediately afterwards, a fingernail pierced Nightmare's neck.

"I've taken a liking to you, so I'll give you a larger share of my blood, but you might not be able to handle that amount and die."

However, if you can 'adapt', you can become stronger and then lend me a hand in killing the Demon Slayer Pillar.

"If you kill the demon slayer who wears a flower-shaped ornament on his ear, I'll give you more blood." Muzan said to Enmu with a smile, while transferring his memories of Tanjiro into Enmu's mind.

The pipa strings were plucked again, and with the sound of the pipa, the doors of the Infinity Castle closed one by one. Muzan left the Infinity Castle, and Enmu was thrown out by Nakime.

The bustling streets were teeming with people. Chiba Yo looked around like a country boy—or rather, he was a country boy, curious about everything he saw.

He was holding a bag of meatballs in his hand, eating them as he walked.

This was a gift from a family he had just saved after slaying a demon. He didn't want to accept it, but he couldn't refuse their kindness. The family even said they would treat every demon hunter like him well in the future.

The joy of protecting humanity and helping others makes the meatballs in my hand taste even sweeter.

I wonder when the next mission will be. I really hope I can arrive on time for every mission so that no one gets hurt by the ghosts...

Chiba Yo thought to himself as he ate the dumpling in his hand.

Chiba Yang quickly finished the bag of dumplings, threw the bag and bamboo skewers into the trash can, and decided to go get a meal. In order to get there in time, he hadn't had a proper meal in the past two days except for eating a few rice balls on the way.

After walking only a few steps, Chiba Yo suddenly felt a chill in his body.

What's going on?! This is a feeling I've never experienced before...

The unusual changes in his body instantly alerted Chiba Yang, and he immediately focused his attention.

Then he fixed his gaze on a woman in front of him wearing a black printed kimono.

Five brains, seven hearts! It's a demon disguised as a human! And definitely a very powerful demon! Is it an Upper Moon demon? Or... Muzan Kibutsuji...?

Under the clear world, Chiba Yo instantly recognized the female ghost's identity.

The unprecedented pressure led Chiba Yo to narrow down the possibilities of this demon's true identity to Upper Moon and Muzan, since he had never felt even the slightest pressure from Lower Moon Two, Rokuro.

It's very likely that it won't be able to be killed instantly, so in that case, the only option is...

Looking at the dense crowd around him, Chiba Yang abandoned the idea of ​​making a move here directly.

"As long as you don't let the ghost discover that you're a ghost hunter, it's easy to lure the ghost away!"

Remembering what Kyojuro had said, Chiba Yo decided to lure the demon in front of him to a secluded spot before fighting it.

With my Nichirin Blade hidden under my kimono, as long as I act naturally, the demons will never realize I'm a demon slayer.

Chiba Yo thought to himself, then stepped forward and patted the woman in the kimono on the shoulder.

A pale but beautiful face with delicate features turned around, its eyes were crimson, and its expression looked extremely impatient.

"This... beautiful lady, I have something to say to you. May I have some time alone with you?"

Concealing his disgust and hatred for the demon, Chiba Yo tried his best to put on what he thought was a kind and sunny smile, and spoke to the demon in front of him in the gentlest tone possible.

However, to his surprise, the ghost in front of him suddenly trembled violently, like a leaf, its crimson pupils quivering, and it did not respond to him with a single word.

How could this be?! How could this be?! This face!!! This face!!!

The fear etched into the cells, or even into the DNA, has awakened once more. The face before it is almost identical to the one it has been terrified of and fled from for nearly a century.

"What do you consider life to be?"

The person, the words, and the scene that it could never forget resurfaced in its mind, and the indelible and unhealable wounds throbbed with pain, the burning sensation more intense than ever before.

Tsugikuni...Yoriichi!

Muzan shouted the name in his heart. The appearance of the person in front of him made all his composure, confidence and self-esteem vanish at this moment, simply because his appearance was similar to that person.

"Miss, may I invite you to be alone for a while?" Chiba Yo asked the ghost in front of him again.

Chiba Yo didn't know why the ghost in front of him was reacting this way. He was also getting a little impatient. The reality was quite different from what he had imagined.

What's going on? Why is it reacting like this? Shouldn't it immediately agree because it wants to eat me? Do ghosts also feel disgusted by the marks on my forehead? Don't be so picky! Hurry up and agree!

Just as Chiba Yo was getting extremely anxious, an unexpected scene unfolded.

The ghost in front of them suddenly exploded, countless pieces of flesh scattering and flying rapidly through the air...

Chapter 48 Fantasy Fragrance

The sudden turn of events startled Chiba Yo. He immediately drew his Nichirin Blade from his outer garment, but it was too late. The blade's swing only managed to eliminate some of the pieces of flesh in front of him. The rest of the flesh had already scattered and fled. Even if he chased after it now, he could only eliminate a limited number of pieces of flesh. It was impossible to kill the demon that way.

The action of drawing his sword and the moment of hesitation prevented him from immediately striking; otherwise, there was a chance he could have eliminated the chunks of flesh that had just burst open and hadn't yet escaped far.

But there are no "what ifs," the ghost escaped...

"Ahhh!!!"

"Killing people!!"

"Help!!!"

"What on earth are these chunks of meat?!"

"Quickly, find the police!"

The once bustling crowd descended into chaos. Everyone scrambled to get away from Chiba Yang, gripped by fear of both the flying chunks of flesh and the knife-wielding Chiba Yang.

Chiba Yo's surroundings became an empty space, and no one dared to approach him.

The ghost escaped, and worse, it caused a huge riot...

Looking at the situation before him, Chiba Yo felt extremely troubled. He couldn't understand why the demon was reacting this way. He had already hidden the Nichirin Blade and even smiled at it. Even if his expression was a little unnatural, it shouldn't have made the demon realize that he was a demon hunter, right?

Furthermore, even if the ghost discovered that he was a ghost hunter, it shouldn't have known its own strength. Why did it run away immediately upon seeing him, especially by splitting its body in this way?

Chiba Yo didn't understand, he really didn't understand. He felt like he was dreaming, and everything that had just happened was too illogical.

"Police! He's the one with the knife!"

At this moment, several policemen carrying batons emerged from the crowd. Guided by a man in the crowd, the policemen ran towards Chiba Yang.

"Hey kid in front, put down your knife right now! Otherwise, we'll take you into custody!"

The lead policeman shouted to Chiba Yang as he ran.

There was no other way but to run.

Seeing the urgency of the situation, Chiba Yang didn't want to be caught by the police and have to explain a lot to them only to be disbelieved in the end. Seeing the police surrounding him, he turned and ran in another direction.

A policeman behind him pulled out a pistol and fired a shot into the air.

"Stop right now and put the knife down! Otherwise we'll shoot!" The police officer behind him shouted as he chased after Chiba Yang.

People had already moved away from the area because of what had just happened, but after hearing the gunshots, they all rushed to hide in the shops on both sides of the street. However, due to the large number of people, many were still stranded on the street with nowhere to hide.

The screams were endless.

Chiba Yo slowed his pace.

Although he himself could dodge the bullets, if he opened fire here, the surrounding crowd would likely be accidentally injured.

The police officers behind him were delighted to see that Chiba Yang had slowed down. They had only fired their guns to scare him; there were so many people around, they couldn't really use their guns here at will.

They originally thought that Chiba Yang wouldn't stop, after all, the area was crowded, and if the other party was certain that they wouldn't dare to fire, there was nothing they could do. Given the speed the other party was showing, they had no chance of catching up.

However, now that the other party has actually stopped, they can only conclude that the other party is afraid.

With a light breath, Chiba Yo turned around, put down his Nichirin Blade, and raised his hands.

He still didn't intend to be captured; he was only doing this to wait for them to get close so he could knock them unconscious first.

Having silently apologized to the police officers in his mind, Chiba Yang waited for them to approach him.

Just as Chiba Yo had thought, the police officers ran towards him.

"Bewitching Blood, a fragrance of visual illusion."

Just then, a woman's voice rang out, followed by a sweet fragrance that filled the surroundings.

"What's going on? What are these patterns? I can't see them at all."

The police officers stopped in their tracks, looking around as if they had lost their way.

This is... Blood Demon Art...

Chiba Yo immediately tore off a piece of his Demon Slayer Corps uniform from under his outer garment, tied it to his face, and covered his nose. He could get any uniform he wanted later, but the one Kyojuro gave him was the only one he had.

With a quick glance, he spotted the ghost that had unleashed the Blood Demon Art.

The appearance is that of a beautiful woman with long black hair, wearing a dark purple kimono, a wide beige sash around her waist, and light purple pupils.

At the same time, Chiba Yo discovers that there is not only one ghost, but another ghost beside this one, which looks like a man dressed in white.

Two ghosts mingled in the crowd. The ghost that had unleashed the Blood Demon Art was looking at him, its expression seemingly one of surprise.

Were they trying to stop the police from helping me escape, or were they planning to take advantage of the chaos to kill me? Never mind, since I don't know the answer, I'll just take them away first.

Chiba Yo couldn't immediately determine the two demons' purpose from their actions, so he quickly picked up the Nichirin Blade he had just placed on the ground and swiftly approached the two demons.

The male ghost was shocked to see Chiba Yang suddenly appear. He had barely uttered a word when Chiba Yang grabbed him with one arm and tucked him under his ribs.

Similarly, the other demon, Chiba Yo, was treated the same way.

Taking both demons with him, Chiba Yo quickly fled in one direction.

"You bastard!! I'm going to kill you! Let go of Lady Tamayo and put your filthy hands down right now!!! Let me go! I'm going to kill you!!"

On the way, the female ghost didn't react much, but the male ghost kept struggling to break free from him, while repeatedly saying that he wanted to kill him, and he did indeed show an astonishing killing intent.