Chapter 157 Closed
In the Infinite Castle, Mingnu, who heard Muzan calling, quickly played the pipa to teleport Muzan back. She couldn't help feeling a little strange, as Lord Muzan had been calling her urgently more and more frequently recently.
But the next moment, Muzan's broken figure curled up like a baby appeared in front of Mingnu, and his trembling back could be vaguely seen.
But the moment she saw Muzan's miserable appearance, Mingnu took a deep breath, and while she was terrified, she didn't dare to even have any thoughts.
Cold sweat broke out on his face, but even so, Muzan still stretched out the withered whip behind him and instantly cut off Mingnu's head, which rolled to his side.
With his head lowered, Muzan stretched out his hand tremblingly, held Mingnu's terrified head in his arms, inserted his fingers into her brain, and controlled her to use blood demon magic.
Then he threw away Mingnu's head, and then Mingnu's headless body waved the plectrum in her hand and played the pipa. After a burst of chaotic pipa sounds, the floor under Muzan opened up layer by layer.
The curled up figure fell down the passage layer by layer, falling to the bottom of the bottomless Infinite City.
Putting the head back on her neck, Mingnu covered the wound that had not yet fully healed and gasped heavily. She looked at the passage that had begun to close in horror, with a myriad of thoughts in her mind and she didn't know what to do for a moment.
Is it necessary to convene a Kizuki meeting... No... It would be bad if I act on my own and make Lord Muzan angry again... Let's just act according to the original plan.
Thinking of this, Mingnu forced herself to sit up straight, as if nothing had happened, and played a sad tune in the deserted Infinite Castle.
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On the other side, the moment the body was touched by the shock wave, the wolf flew backwards violently. The sparks on his body were completely extinguished at this moment, condensing into [Shura Fire] and flying back to the wolf's arms.
Fortunately, the shock wave this time was weak, and Muzan's release time was short, so the wolf's nerves were only confused for a moment and then returned to normal. When he was about to hit the tree canopy, he swung out the hook and carried himself steadily to the branch.
Coincidentally, the Kamado family, who had been far away from the battlefield, were hiding under a tree at this time. Even though the giant snake had disappeared, Aoi still did not dare to take the risk and leave here with the children.
Seeing this, Wolf did not say anything. He just took out the medicine gourd from his waist and poured the medicine into his mouth to restore his vitality that had been lost when he pulled out the Immortal Slash.
At this moment, Yoriichi suddenly appeared in front of everyone under the tree, startling the Kamado family, but after seeing that it was Yoriichi, the family breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the other party and the young man who rescued them were obviously good people.
After making sure that everyone was fine, Yunyi looked up at the tree trunk. Everyone followed his gaze to the branch and saw the wolf standing there silently.
She first bowed to the other party and wanted to thank him, but she saw the strange atmosphere between Yoriichi and Wolf. Then she stepped aside and checked the condition of Tanjiro on Nezuko's back.
Looking at the expressionless wolf, when he saw the healthy Kamado family, Yoshiichirō knew that the other party had not come back to life, and after hesitating for a moment, he spoke to the other party.
“…Did Wuzan escape…”
Hearing Yunyi's question, Wolf nodded subconsciously at first, and then a hint of surprise flashed across his face.
“…Is that Muzan? Doesn’t Muzan look like a woman…”
In the battle memories that Wolf had seen before, Muzan always appeared in female appearance, so he naturally thought that Muzan was a female ghost.
So in the battle just now, Wolf did not realize that the person he was fighting was the Demon King Kibutsuji Muzan, and thought it was a powerful evil demon.
Faced with the wolf's question, Yunyi was also puzzled as to why the wolf asked such a question, but in the end he explained for the wolf.
"…Although Muzan can freely change his body, there is no doubt that his original body is male…"
He nodded slightly. After what Yunyi said, the wolf naturally understood the truth about Muzan's gender. Then he stopped talking and just stared at Yunyi.
Because Yoriichi had seen the wolf protect the Kamado family before, he didn't know how to talk to the wolf.
Suddenly, the youngest child of the Kamado family, the little daughter Hanako, who was looking after Tanjiro, burst into tears.
"Ugh... Tanjiro-nii is going to die... Ugh..."
Hearing the voice, Wolf and Yoshiichi stopped looking at each other and looked at the Kamado family beside them. They saw that Tanjiro, who had fainted before, now had a dark face and his chest was completely still.
Seeing this, Yuanyi's face changed suddenly. He moved forward, put his hand on Tanjiro's chest, and began to breathe rhythmically, trying to make Tanjiro breathe with his rhythm.
However, after a long time, under the anxious gaze of the Kamado family, Tanjiro's ashen complexion still did not improve, his chest remained motionless, and Yoriichirō's expression gradually became gloomy.
Seeing that there was nothing the Kamado family could do, they couldn't help but shed tears of sadness. Even the strongest Aoi couldn't stop her tears when her eldest son was about to lose his life.
At this moment, Nezuko, biting her lip with tears in her eyes, remembered the gourd of harm that she had helped the wolf take just now. Without saying a word, she turned around and knelt down in front of the wolf.
He lowered his head and sobbed.
"Although this is an unreasonable request, I beg you to...save my brother."
Hearing their sister’s crying, the other two children also knelt down and burst into tears. Their originally cute faces were distorted by sadness.
On the branch, the wolf looked at the three children under the tree who looked to be around Minako's age, their faces expressionless, and thought to himself.
...If Minako were here...she would ask me to help them...
He reached into his arms and took out three pills. Then he saw several people wearing very thin clothes in the heavy snow. He paused when he thought about how their entire family's house was destroyed by Wuzan.
"…Just feed him one…"
After saying that, he threw the item in his hand into the arms of a child who looked older. Then, after looking deeply at Yunyi again, he swung out the grappling hook and flew down the mountain, leaving only one sentence behind.
"...Remember what you said today...and...stay away from the Demon Slayer Corps..."
The wolf threw the cloth bag to him, which contained three pills and nearly a hundred Japanese yen.
Without caring about the considerable sum of money, Nezuko quickly took out the pill and stuffed it into Tanjiro's mouth.
A moment later, with a burst of green light, Tanjiro's chest, which had been flat on his face, rose slightly, and then a slight breathing sound was heard. The blueness on his face gradually faded, making his family and Yoshiichirō, who were watching him, breathe a sigh of relief.
Seeing that Tanjiro was fine, Yoriichi also recalled at this moment that Wolf had just given the medicine to the Kamado family. He felt that the other party was completely different from when they were in that world, and he also pondered over the other party's words before leaving.
...Remember what I said...Stay away from the Demon Slayers...