His hands propped him on the ground, his vision blurred, blood dripped from his jaw onto the ground, blooming into several crimson flowers. His heart pounded violently, as if it would burst out, and his ears were filled with a buzzing sound... "Yang... Quan?" Shinobu knelt beside Yoizumi, her fingertips trembling as she gently placed her hand on his shoulder, as if afraid to startle him. Shinobu called out in a low voice, her eyes red.
As if hearing Shinobu call his name, Yoizumi struggled to turn his head and look at Shinobu, but his sapphire eyes were no longer clear. His eyes were bloodshot and filled with red veins, and the vertical pupils in his eyes trembled incessantly.
How strange... Shinobu is right in front of him... Why... can he not see her clearly?
Shinobu is worried... In his chaotic mind, only this thought clearly surfaced in Yoizumi's mind.
This won't do... He can't let Shinobu worry... Yoizumi tried hard to control the corners of his lips, wanting to show Shinobu a smile to reassure her, but... "Cough... cough..." A large amount of blood stained the ground, and his body uncontrollably fell downwards. A hand caught him.
"Yoizumi? What's wrong with you?!" Shinobu's voice trembled with panic, all the color drained from her face as she desperately tried to support Yoizumi's body, preventing him from falling.
But... Yoizumi was so heavy now... she couldn't fully hold him.
"Hoo-wuh..." His vision went black, and Yoizumi could no longer hear Shinobu's voice. He only felt that Shinobu's hand was so cold, seemingly colder than his own. He wanted to raise his hand to bring some warmth to Shinobu, but Yoizumi found that at this moment, he had lost even the strength to lift his hand.
Immediately after, Yoizumi lost consciousness, and the weight on Shinobu's body increased again. Tears welled up in Shinobu's purple eyes, and her face was filled with disbelief.
"Yoizumi!"
The abnormality of the two was noticed by others. Sanemi Shinazugawa stepped forward, his face grim, his voice revealing a hint of imperceptible unease.
"Hey! Kochou, what's wrong with this guy?"
Yoizumi was in a dark world, everything around him was only black. A man appeared not far away.
The moment his eyes met those iconic red pupils, Yoizumi knew this was Muzan.
Didn't Muzan already die?
Or... Yoizumi lowered his head and looked at his somewhat transparent palms.
Did he himself die too?
"Yoizumi!" Muzan twisted into a smile, as if very pleased with Yoizumi's arrival. His distorted face unreservedly displayed his triumph.
"Didn't expect this, did you! Don't think you can kill me like this!" Muzan, who was originally far away, suddenly appeared behind Yoizumi. Yoizumi abruptly raised his hand and swung it, but Muzan's figure only flickered for an instant before recovering.
"It's useless!" Muzan grabbed Yoizumi's neck, and a suffocating sensation enveloped Yoizumi. Looking at Muzan's constantly approaching face, Yoizumi raised his hand and struggled forcefully to break free, his blue eyes filled with disgust.
"I finally caught you!"
Muzan laughed loudly, it was not in vain that this guy had so much of his blood in his body!
When he ate Yoizumi's arm, Muzan noticed that Yoizumi, who had originally escaped his control, had his blood's vitality reawakened!
He thought he would die completely, but after his flesh dissipated, Muzan was pleasantly surprised to find that he could continue to exist within Yoizumi's body!
Although this body was far from as good as his original one, it was enough!
He wanted Yoizumi to taste the pain of personally destroying the important people he had tried his best to protect!
"You just watch! What you cherish... will be lost by your own hands!"
Hearing this, Yoizumi's cold blue eyes immediately flashed with killing intent. His choked throat emitted a low, hoarse voice.
"You... dare!"
"I, Muzan, dare anything!"
In reality,
Sanemi Shinazugawa suddenly pulled Shinobu's shoulder, pulling her back, and at the same time kicked Yoizumi. Yoizumi's body flew backward, crashing into the ruins and raising a cloud of dust.
Everything happened too fast, the other Pillars couldn't react at all.
"Shinazugawa! What are you doing?!" Kyojuro Rengoku grabbed Shinazugawa's hand and shouted loudly.
Sanemi Shinazugawa coldly watched the direction Yoizumi flew off to. He shook off Kyoujurou's hand, released Shinobu, and spoke in a hoarse voice.
"That guy just now, he emitted killing intent towards Kochou!"
"Hey Kochou! You noticed it too, didn't you! Why didn't you dodge?!" Sanemi Shinazugawa looked at Shinobu, but after seeing her current state, he let out a low 'tsk' sound.
Shinobu's nichirin blade in her right hand was almost slipping, her left hand tightly clutched the rainbow butterfly haori on her body, her teeth bit her lower lip so hard it was almost breaking, and her purple eyes were hollow.
Sanemi once again cast his gaze in Yoizumi's direction. Soon, the smoke dissipated, and Yoizumi's figure slowly appeared. Only this time, those eyes were no longer the beautiful sapphire eyes; a red pupil, identical to Muzan's, quietly appeared in his right eye.
"Hey, hey, hey... This joke isn't funny at all!" Uzui Tengen looked at Yoizumi in astonishment, a hint of indignation flashing in his dark red eyes. Staring at the sinister expression on Yoizumi's face at this moment, he said coldly, "You're not flamboyant at all now, Yoizumi."
"Yoizumi..." Kyoujurou called out Yoizumi's name in disbelief, but this undeniable fact before him was something he had to accept, even if he didn't want to.
Clenching the nichirin blade in his hand, Kyoujurou's face was filled with sorrow and reluctance.
My... thanks and apologies to you, I haven't returned them yet... Yoizumi... On the other side, Muichiro, who was taking care of Tanjirou who had fainted from exhaustion after Muzan's death, widened his eyes and swallowed hard. Only after his eyeballs felt a clear soreness did Muichiro accept this fact.
Then, his face hardened, and he looked at "Yoizumi" with indifference.
This guy is no longer Yoizumi-nii.
On Muichiro's young face, veins bulged, and an uncontrollable anger filled his heart.
Why couldn't that damned Muzan just die quietly?!
Muzan, on the other side, raised his arm curiously, flexing the palm of this new body, then an annoyed expression appeared on his face.
He, the dignified Demon King, was actually defeated by someone with such a weak body... "Don't you dare!" A voice suppressing immense anger made Muzan snap back to attention.
The nichirin blade, with only a small blade at its tip, lunged towards Muzan. Shinobu's anger was unconcealed, her gentle demeanor completely gone.
"Don't you dare make an expression like that with Yoizumi's face!"
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