Chinatsu's gentle words struck a chord with Kokushibo's heart, which had been filled with complex emotions before.
Hesitation, confusion, anger, sorrow, resentment...
Under Chika's gentle words, Kokushibo's various emotions were overwhelmed and ultimately transformed into one emotion.
[Relieved]
At this moment, it was as if the elderly Yoriichi Tsugikuni appeared before him, his physical form gradually reversing, transforming into his original state as a child.
Yuan Yi stretched out a hand to him, a naive smile on her face.
"Brother."
Perhaps, as Chika said, there is still a chance for the brothers to meet again. Just as Koyuki has been waiting for her Komaji, Yoriichi is also waiting for his older brother.
Of course, all of this is just speculation and imagination. Chinatsu is not a god, and Kokushibo did not really see Yoriichi's soul, but at this moment, Kokushibo truly had the illusion that Yoriichi was still waiting for him.
After letting go of his worries, Kokushibo's previously ferocious face gradually returned to calm. He looked at Chika, who, unlike himself, had not been scorched by the sunlight, and his expression was only slightly surprised.
"May I ask your name?"
Despite being in a state of collapse, Kokushibo asked Chinatsu this question in a calm tone. Chinatsu did not refuse or ignore him, but answered his question sincerely.
"Chinatsu, Kamado Chinatsu."
After hearing the name Chinatsu murmur twice, Kokushibo revealed a faint smile.
"Thank you, Chinatsu."
As those words fell, Kokushibo's body turned to dust in front of Chinatsu under the power of the sun, while Chinatsu swayed and almost fell to the ground because the fulcrum of her strength disappeared.
There is a limit to how a demon can regenerate. In this respect, Chinatsu believes that she should not be considered an "exception." Although she has not yet figured out where her limit is, she feels very tired right now. The fatigue she felt after the battle with Akaza in the Mugen Train arc is completely incomparable to what she feels now.
The marks on her forehead gradually disappeared. After the marks finished strengthening, Chika felt as if her already strained body was about to fall apart.
Now, Chika's trembling body resembled that of a hundred-year-old grandmother leaning on a cane, her vision blurred and her whole body weak.
Chinatsu wasn't sure if all her wounds had healed. She leaned on the hilt of her Nichirin Blade with both hands, barely maintaining her balance by using the blade stuck in the ground. Even so, it was only a matter of time before she fell to the ground.
"elder sister!!!"
Tanjiro and the others quickly ran to Chinatsu's side. Chinatsu originally wanted to stop them from coming, but they ran over too fast. Before she could even open her mouth, they were already beside her.
The markings... we can only hope that they won't spread when they're off...
"Sister! Are you alright?!" Tanjiro asked anxiously, supporting the swaying Chinatsu.
Tanjiro knew that Chinatsu possessed the ability to regenerate demons, but he didn't know exactly how far she could regenerate. The main reason was that the Moon Breathing sword energy they saw in the audience was too terrifying.
At this moment, Chinatsu was covered in blood, which meant she was seriously injured. If Tanjiro had asked Chinatsu about her injuries, she wouldn't have been able to answer. But since he asked if she was alright, Chinatsu naturally answered that she was fine.
"It's nothing... just my old problem, I'm a little sleepy right now... Tanjiro, do you remember when Lady Tamayo asked us to collect the blood of the Upper Moons?... That... that pool over there is the blood of Upper Moon One... Don't collect the wrong one, the rest is my blood..."
Chinatsu weakly extended a finger and poked the ground where Kokushibo had just stood. There was a small pool of blood there, and the rest of the blood around it was all left by Chinatsu.
Wow, that was way too brutal...
Unlike Tanjiro, Mitsuri and Muichiro were unaware that Chinatsu possessed regenerative abilities. When they saw Chinatsu spurting out so much blood, Mitsuri thought that Chinatsu was just putting on a brave face and saying that she was fine, so she burst into tears.
"Waaaaa!!! Chinatsu, don't die!!!"
With Mitsuri's powerful support, the already somewhat bleak atmosphere became even more desolate, and for a moment Chika even wondered if she was really going to die.
A strong wave of drowsiness washed over her, and Qianxia's eyelids twitched as her mouth closed.
Tanjiro understood that his sister was in a coma after the battle on the Mugen Train. Meanwhile, Mitsuri saw Chinatsu close her eyes, and after a brief pause in her crying, her tears fell in all directions like shotgun pellets.
"Chi-Natsu--"
Just as Mitsuri entered her second crying mode, Chinatsu suddenly opened her eyes, and this sudden "resurrection" startled Tanjiro.
"Sister...Sister?"
"Ahem, there's one more thing... Just dump me in any house you like, as quickly as possible, and then leave me alone... I have the virus... I need to be... isolated..."
After saying this, Chika immediately closed her eyes, tilted her head, and this time truly fell into a deep sleep.
Upon hearing the word "virus," Mitsuri immediately entered her third crying mode, wailing loudly as she led Chinatsu to the nearest house in the sword-forging village.
The Demon's stronghold, Infinite City.
Upper Moon Two, dressed in the cult leader's attire, was transported to the Infinity Castle, where he was receiving the worship of his followers.
After being forcibly teleported to the Infinite City, Douma, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, suspiciously scratched the back of his head and muttered to himself with a slight smile.
"I've been teleported here again... Has another Upper Moon demon been killed by a demon slayer? Let me think, was it Gyokko or Hantengu? Well~ it certainly can't be Lord Kokushibo~"
Sitting cross-legged on the floor of the Infinite Castle, Doma chuckled and muttered to himself. He didn't believe he could be defeated by the Demon Slayer, so Kokushibo, who was above him, naturally couldn't be defeated by the Demon Slayer either. In the distance, on the deck, the Onikiri, holding a biwa, kept her head down and remained silent.
Doma muttered to himself to pass the time while waiting for the other Upper Moons to arrive, but after a while, no one appeared beside him, and he was nowhere to be seen in the area where Kokushibo usually sat and drank tea.
Doma crossed his arms and wore a confused expression.
"So slow~ Why hasn't anyone come yet..."
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