Chapter 235 A visitor who does not belong to this world
Wow…
Heavy snow fell from the pale sky, covering the dilapidated temple with a blanket of silver.
Thump, thump, thump.
The candlelight dimly illuminated the dim Buddhist hall. A thin figure, with a file in hand, was carving the wooden statue bit by bit in the weak candlelight.
After a moment, the wolf stopped what he was doing and blew away the sawdust left on the wooden statue.
call…
He held the wooden statue in front of his eyes, examined it carefully, and made some minor modifications until he was satisfied. Then, the wolf placed the statue in his hand among the other lifelike wooden statues.
Looking at the wooden statues with different expressions, the wolf was a little dazed for a moment, not knowing what he was thinking.
After a long time, as if sensing the presence of someone outside the house, the wolf came to his senses, slowly stood up, and walked out of the Buddhist hall.
Outside the house, the thick white clouds in the sky had dissipated at some point, and the brilliant sunlight shone on the white snow. The dazzling reflection was reflected in the wolf's eyes, causing him to squint subconsciously.
However, the wolf soon adapted to the light and opened his eyes to look at the bright red figure standing in the temple that was particularly eye-catching. Similarly, Yunyi also shook off the snow on his body and looked at the wolf calmly.
"..."
They just looked at each other in silence until a line of stars brighter than the sun connected them. A star slowly flew out of the wolf's arms, and Yunyi also spread out his palms, allowing the star to rise.
Under the gaze of the two, two stars in the air kept twinkling, approaching each other, and finally sticking together, bursting out with shining light that was difficult to look directly at. Even Wolf and Yoriichi had to raise their hands to block it.
Ding!
After a crisp sound, the light gradually dissipated, and Lang and Yuichir slowly put down their hands that were blocking the light.
I saw that there was only one star left out of the two stars in the sky, but this one was more simple and mysterious.
The stars slowly fell and hovered between Wolf and Yunyi.
Seeing this, Yuanyi immediately stepped on the ground. He must grasp the star in his hands, which might be able to end the tragedy!
Snowflakes exploded under his feet and his figure disappeared instantly. Before the splashing snowflakes fell, Yunyi's figure had already rushed in front of the stars, and his palm stretched out with lightning speed!
But just when he was about to get Xingchen, Xingchen was one step ahead of him and flew in front of the wolf in the blink of an eye.
Just like that, under Yunyi's somewhat surprised gaze, Wolf looked at the stars in front of him and hesitated for a moment, then reached out and held them in his hand.
【Prayer】
【Crush it, and the starlight will guide you. 】
A brief prompt appeared in the wolf's eyes. Without hesitation, the wolf silently repeated what he was thinking in his heart, and then pinched [Prayer] hard on his fingertips.
Ding!
With a crisp sound, under the gaze of the two, the crushed [Prayer] turned into countless stars, and a part of it turned into two rays of light, falling on the [Bai Lei] behind the wolf, and the [Open the Door] on Yuanyi's waist.
After a few seconds, they scattered and disappeared between heaven and earth.
The other part flowed into the wolf's brows and turned into pictures in the wolf's mind. Consciousness entered the mind, and the wolf looked at the pictures, his brows gradually frowned. In the last picture, it was pitch black and the wolf could not see clearly.
As soon as the doubts arose in his heart, the picture in his mind disappeared, and his consciousness returned to his body. The wolf wondered what the last hidden picture was.
I thought about it for a long time but couldn't come up with any result, so I decided to take it one step at a time.
No longer in deep thought, the wolf raised his head and looked at Yunyi who was silently watching him. Although the other party must be curious about everything he saw, the wolf did not say it immediately.
Instead, he looked calm and spoke to Yuanyi without hesitation.
"I will kill you..."
Yuan Yi was stunned when he didn't expect the wolf to suddenly say such cruel words. After he reacted, he frowned and said with some confusion.
"I kept my promise to you and didn't get close to anyone from the Demon Slayer Corps... and... you should know that now is not the time to do this..."
After listening to Yunyi's words silently, Wolf ignored what Yunyi said and spoke to him on his own.
"…I want to know why you want to kill me…"
"..."
This time...Yuichirō was silent for a long time, then spoke slowly.
"...I saw the world you were in...and I saw the pain that world suffered because of you. Perhaps...the wanton killing was not caused by you, but the coughing sounds everywhere were definitely not fake!"
"Just as you love your partner, I also love everything in this world..."
Having said this, Yunyi's eyes became fierce, with murderous intent in them, and he pounced on the wolf with terrifying power without any concealment.
"I will never allow this world to become like that! So... those who come here don't belong to this world!"
"...Sekiro...I'm going to kill you..."
The murderous eyes met the wolf's calm eyes. After a long time, when the sun was about to set and the bloody sunlight of dusk shone on the faces of the two, Yunyi withdrew his gaze, took a long breath, and calmly said to the wolf.
"It's just... now is not the time..."
Recalling Miss Tamayo's last smile of relief, Yunyi's ears seemed to ring with the painful cries of everyone at that moment, which made him extremely sad...
Listening to Yunyi's heartfelt words, Wolf's expression changed slightly, and then immediately returned to calm.
"...Dragon cough..."
Then he whispered to Yuanyi.
"...You and I...are both people who bring bad luck..."
Without responding to the wolf's words, Yunyi just looked at the wolf with a determined look. Seeing his look, the wolf also became serious, stretched out his hand and spoke again.
"Then... leave [Opening the Door] to me... Solving this matter requires..."
"... Impossible... Leave that method and the Undying Slash to me... Let me solve it..."
However, before Wolf could finish his words, Yuanyi immediately refused, took two steps back, placed his hand on the handle of the [Open the Door] knife, and looked alert.
If both Immortal Swords were in Wolf's hands, with the power of immortality and Wolf's terrifying strength, no one in this world could kill him.
The wolf withdrew his hand as if he had expected this and lowered his head slightly.
“…As expected…”
next moment…
boom!
With a loud bang, the floor beneath the wolf's feet collapsed. When the mud and rocks fell, his figure had already disappeared from the spot, and no one knew where he had gone.
In the temple, the moment the wolf stepped on the ground, Yunyi became extremely alert, following the wolf's body with his eyes, at a speed that was extremely fast even in the transparent world!
His eyes swung around in search of the wolf's figure. At this moment, a large hand attacked from the edge of his sight, aiming at the [Open Door] on his waist!
But how could Yunyi let the wolf succeed? He stretched out his right hand like a poisonous snake and grabbed the wolf's wrist.
Peng!
There was a dull sound as the bodies collided. With his wrist captured, Wolf would certainly not sit still and wait for death. He clenched his left hand with the prosthetic arm into a fist and swung his arm towards Yuanyi's temple!
Seeing this, Yuanyi frowned and immediately raised his fist to fight back!
Wow!
The huge recoil force generated by the collision of the two fists forced the two men back at the same time, and their feet plowed long tracks in the snow.
The two men in the snow looked at each other, retracted their fists, bent slightly, placed their palms on the hilts of the swords at their waists, and reminded each other at the same time.
“…I’m about to start…”