Chapter 113 It’s over now…
“…My life is over…”
Just as the former clan leader was thinking this, Inosuke, who was running towards him, was grabbed by Busei, who brought him in front of him, stared into the other's eyes, and said with gritted teeth.
"Idiot! Let Master Tianyin go first!"
"cut…"
Although he snorted disdainfully, Inosuke still stood there with Busuigawa waiting for Amane and the others.
The old man also breathed a sigh of relief at this time. Although he couldn't hear clearly what the two evil ghosts said because they were far away, the fact that they stopped meant that he should be safe for the time being.
Tianyin and the others also followed at this moment. After seeing Inosuke standing next to them, they sighed helplessly, then turned to look at Wolf, motioning him to come forward and talk to the old man in detail.
He stood together with the Tokito brothers and Busei, waiting silently.
Nodding slightly, Wolf looked at the old man in the pavilion and walked forward slowly. Although he didn't know why the old man trembled every time he took a step, he still sat opposite the old man and looked at him calmly.
In the old man's eyes, a pink and purple figure emitting scarlet karma, followed by countless monsters that wanted to touch him, slowly walked towards him and sat down opposite him.
At this moment, the old man, whose vision was darkened by the oppression of this horrible karma, saw a trace of red karma in the heart of the figure, as if it was real or fake.
He gasped and stared at the other person, thinking secretly in his heart.
Damn Muzan... Why are there so many colors of karma... All of them are beyond my understanding...
The wolf on the opposite side looked at the old man who was silent and just kept breathing heavily. He thought that the old man was old and was very tired after walking a few steps and could not speak.
Just when he was about to speak, the other party spoke at this moment, but his voice was trembling.
"What you want to know... I can tell you... but I have one condition..."
Hearing the other party's words, the wolf's eyes suddenly lit up, and his joy made him forget for a moment that the other party might not know the purpose of his visit.
Unexpectedly, the solution to Minako's memory problem was so simple to find, and Wolf quickly agreed.
"Okay, what are the conditions?"
Seeing the wolf so excited, the old man snorted coldly.
Do you really want to know the location of the Demon Slayer Corps’ headquarters... Muzan!
Then he pointed a finger at Tianyin, twisted his thigh with his other hand to stop the trembling, and roared at the wolf.
"Get her out of here right now! And I'll tell you what you want to know!"
Huh…ha…
After he roared, the mansion fell into deathly silence, and he himself roared with his head down due to some breathing difficulty. After a moment, he forced himself to endure the pain and looked up at his beloved granddaughter, wanting to see her for the last time.
When I looked up, I saw Tianyin covering her mouth, tears in her big eyes, her eyes were red, and she looked incredulous.
Seeing this, the old man smiled bitterly at him. Although the smile looked a little hideous under the pain, he knew how handsome he was in Tianyin's eyes now.
Let me, an old man, show off my coolness for the last time...
Forcing himself to stand up straight, the old man pointed at Tianyin with a red face and roared loudly at the wolf.
"Get her out of here!"
After saying this, he collapsed on the ground opposite the wolf as if he had used up all his strength, not noticing the wolf's confused expression at all.
"..."
After hearing the old man's words, Wolf fell silent. He turned his head to look at Tianyin and saw that she looked aggrieved. The four people including Busei were hiding in a circle nearby and were discussing something in a low voice.
"Hey... Is there something wrong with that old man?"
One of the people in the circle, Ichiro, was the first to raise the question, and Muichiro quickly agreed.
"I feel so... and I am most afraid of grumpy old grandfathers..."
Seeing the two of them talking about the previous clan leader of the Demon Slayer Corps' partner like this, Busei frowned and was about to say something, but when he thought of the scene just now, his brows frowned even more, but he still made up for it.
"This... is also very common... a grandfather with a sharp tongue but a soft heart..."
His tone became less and less confident, and finally his voice was completely lost in the voices of the Tokito brothers complaining about the old man. This was the first time that Busei had encountered such a situation.
"..."
Inosuke, who was standing next to the three people, kept looking at Amane who was crying silently, and was inexplicably quiet at this moment.
The next moment, Inosuke bent down, picked up a stone, and was about to run towards the old man without saying a word, but he was discovered by the Tokito brothers behind him and knocked to the ground in time.
Inosuke struggled frantically in the arms of the Tokito brothers, and Muichiro also whispered a reminder to him.
"Calm down... Hey, Inosuke... Mr. Hirata wants to get important information from that old man, just be patient!"
But Inosuke's struggle was still unabated, and a sound like the growl of a wild beast came from the hood.
"The guy who made that woman cry...I'm going to kill you!"
"Calm down!"
Just as Busei stepped forward to help the Tokito brothers stop Inosuke, Amane ran out of the priest's residence in tears without saying a word. By the time everyone reacted, Amane was nowhere to be seen.
Seeing this, the wolf turned back and although confused, he still whispered to the old man who was slumped on the ground.
“…has already left…”
The old man raised his head tremblingly, looking at the disappeared Amane, and the three Inosuke who were entangled with each other, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Humph... Did they start a internal conflict because of the disagreement on letting Tianyin go? But... for evil ghosts who have no morality or love in their hearts, this is normal.
But it’s getting dark... I hope Tianyin can contact the Demon Slayer Corps and escape quickly, and not come back here to save me.
Thinking of this, the old man looked at his trembling and withered arms and smiled self-deprecatingly.
I didn’t expect that I could still be so handsome at my age... It’s worth it...
He looked up at the wolf, his expression cold with a hint of mockery.
"Tell me...what do you want to know..."
His body was tense and his eyes were full of determination. Even if he died, he would buy Tianyin enough time to escape.
When the wolf heard the other person's words, he didn't care about the other person's tone and was about to ask.
"I won't tell you where the Demon Slayer Corps and the Ubuyashiki clan are, so just give up!"
"Restore the lost memories..."
The old man's resolute voice and the wolf's voice sounded at the same time. The wolf looked at the equally confused old man with a puzzled look on his face.
Surprised, the old man asked.
"You're not going to ask me where the Demon Slayer Corps and the Ubuyashiki clan are?"
The wolf frowned and shook his head in response. He always felt that the old man seemed to have misunderstood something.
"That's not my problem..."
The old man scratched his sparse head in confusion, unable to figure out what was going on. Finally, an idea flashed in his mind and he looked at the wolf with trembling pupils.
"May I ask your name?"
"…Hirata Sekiro."
"hiss……"
The old man took a deep breath and remembered that this was the name of the guest that Tianyin informed him that day who was coming to visit. It was said that he was a great benefactor of the Demon Slayer Corps. He had happily expressed his welcome in his reply letter at that time.
It's over now...