Anime/Manga: Bankai Starting with Demon Slayer

"Sister Jiehua, you're wrong! The weapon of criticism cannot replace the criticism of weapons! Only by uniting together and confronting these black-hearted guys head-on will they be afraid and give in!"

"That's right! Let's go!"

The crowd's emotions were getting increasingly out of control, but Asuka's gaze remained coldly fixed on the feet of Harada Tadaka.

Although the room was small and the shadows cast by the dim light overlapped and layered, he still noticed that something was wrong with Harada Tadaka.

His shadow began to fade.

"Were those accidents caused by humans or by ghosts?" Asuka wasn't sure. He just silently walked into the crowd and used his strong hands to push away one noisy worker after another.

"Tadaichi Harada? Come out with me for a moment."

He ignored the heated atmosphere in the room and spoke to him indifferently.

Harada Tadaka, who was already in a bad mood, was suddenly stopped by Asuka. Looking at his cold eyes and strange attire, he felt a surge of anger.

"Who do you think you are, kid?!"

"What do you want? Were you sent by those people? Do you want to start a fight here?!"

He nervously looked around, seemingly looking for something to defend himself. Several workers beside him immediately gathered around nervously, looking at Fei Niao with unfriendly expressions.

Shi Ba, a young woman, hurriedly pushed through the crowd, spreading her arms to stand between the two people.

"Misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding! Harada-san, it's me! It's Asheng!"

"...Is this the place where the business is located?"

“Mr. Asuka... he's not a bad person! We just came from Marumori Village! We're here to talk to you about my older brother and Fujiyoshi!”

“Fujiyoshi…” Harada Tadaka recalled for a moment, and remembered that there was indeed such a coworker who needed help. He looked at the two of them with a strange expression.

He looked at Shi Ba, and the only person he knew was the younger brother of a coworker, an unpopular military academy student.

As for Asuka's overly young, expressionless face, and the long sword hidden at his waist... Harada Tadaka had virtually no recollection of him.

"What...do you want to say to me?"

The bird, Shi Ba, and Cong Nong, the flying bird, took a step forward and spoke directly:

“Your troubles are more complicated than that. Come out with me, and I’ll show you.”

"I don't have time to play riddles with you right now!"

"No time? If you delay any longer, you really won't have time."

After saying that, he didn't wait for Harada Tadaka to say anything more and walked straight out of the bookstore.

Seeing his resolute expression, Harada felt a little strange, but seeing that he was quite confident, he quickly followed him out and closed the study door.

He crossed his arms and stared at the bird with a doubtful expression:

"What is it? Can you tell me now?"

Swish! !

The bird did not answer; its movements were as swift as lightning.

Without the slightest warning, his left thumb suddenly slammed into the hilt of the sword, and with a clang, the Nichirin Blade was launched! His right hand, holding the sword, swung down with a whoosh!

"What are you doing?!"

Harada Tadaka turned pale with fright, thinking the other party was about to suddenly attack and kill him, and instinctively tried to dodge and call for help.

The colorless Nichirin Blade flashed through the air with a chilling light, but its target was not Harada Tadaka.

Thump! Click!

The paved road surface made a crisp sound as Asuka's blade pierced the shadow beneath Harada Tadaka's feet!

"Hiss—!!!"

A pained howl, which was definitely not human, suddenly erupted from the depths of the shadows underground!

To Harada's astonishment, the shadow on the ground pierced by the Nichirin Blade began to twist and boil violently as if it were alive!

A blurry humanoid silhouette, composed entirely of flowing shadows, was firmly pinned to the blade of the Nichirin Blade and forcibly dragged out of Harada Tadaka's shadow!

It had no facial features; its face was nothing but a deep void. It twisted and struggled wildly, trying to get rid of the long sword that was as hot as a branding iron to it.

Harada Tadaka stood frozen in place like a fish out of water, his eyes practically popping out.

He felt an icy chill travel up his tailbone to the top of his head, freezing his thoughts.

"What's wrong, Harada-nii-san!"

"You brat! What did you do to Harada-nii?!"

Attracted by the commotion inside the study, he rushed out and saw Harada Tadaka standing there dumbfounded, while Asuka held a knife firmly in front of him.

Asuka's wrist remained perfectly still, steadily suppressing the grotesque shadowy creature struggling wildly beneath her blade.

"Did you see clearly? The one who wanted to kill you wasn't human." Asuka paused, her gaze fixed on the distorted ghostly figure, her left hand resting on the still-sheathed razor clam.

"It's a ghost..."

Chapter 27 Three Ghosts Knocking on the Door - My Own Style

With a sudden burst of strength from Asuka's wrist, a twisted, completely dark ghostly figure was forcibly pulled out, writhing wildly in the air before slowly drifting to the ground.

"A ghost! It's a ghost!"

Upon seeing this, the bookstore erupted in chaos. Yuka's face turned extremely pale, as if some unpleasant memory had been stirred up.

"Back off! Everyone stay back!"

Although Harada Tadaka didn't know whether the claims about ghosts or monsters were true or false, the strange phenomena in front of him were undeniably real. He immediately shouted at the people in the bookstore behind him to avoid dragging them into the mess.

But Asuka's longsword piercing out the ghostly figure was just the beginning.

The ghostly shadows that drifted to the ground emitted shrill screams, making the air around the bookstore even colder, as if maliciously summoned...

Then, the thick, dark manifestation of evil energy twitched and silently split apart! In the blink of an eye, it peeled away into two identical faceless ghostly figures.

"One becomes two? Or is this not a ghost at all, but just a blood demon spell?"

When Asuka shattered the ghost earlier, she already felt something was wrong. It didn't feel like she had killed a demon with a physical form. Now, seeing the ghost split apart with her own eyes, she was even more certain of this idea.

Their behavior was the same as before; they completely ignored the birds with knives pointing at them and charged straight at Harada Tadaka, who was not far away, as soon as they took shape!

"Don't think about it!"

With a low shout, the bird launched itself forward.

He swung his Nichirin Blade, severing the two demons' movements in mid-air.

The two ghostly arms that had been floating in the air twitched for a moment before dissipating in the wind, while the main body simply swayed slightly before regaining its footing and standing menacingly facing the bird.

Is it a Blood Demon Art that can control two ghosts at the same time...? Is it the Lower Moon? Asuka was unsure, her eyes searching around for any suspicious corners, trying to find the demon controlling this Blood Demon Art.

Seeing that their first attack had failed, the two ghostly figures immediately spread out, trying to prevent the bird from looking at each other and thus allowing one of them to successfully kill Harada Tadaka!

Asuka twisted and spun, her Nichirin Blade slashing out once more with lightning speed, relentlessly battling the two demons.

The scene descended into chaos. The workers at the Sanmonjiya shop all paled, some of the more timid ones even beginning to pray to the gods and Buddhas for forgiveness.

"Don't panic! Mr. Asuka is very strong! He'll handle it!"

She used the taut bar to gauge people's emotions and had Miss Kyouka organize everyone to evacuate through the back door.

This is not a battle that the workers can handle; we must prevent more people from getting injured.

"And what about you!" Miss Yuka exclaimed in surprise. She had never seen anything like this before, and her mind went blank for a moment. "What about Mr. Asuka? Are you just leaving him here all by himself?"

"Don't worry! I'll stay here with you!"

The tone of voice was not very confident.

Just as the bird's knife was swinging faster and faster, the thought of the fish was fading away.

Whoosh!

Asuka felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand up instantly!

A fleeting, chilling aura, which he had sensed, suddenly erupted from the dark corner behind the bookstore, like a venomous snake that had been lurking for a long time!

The third faceless ghost!

Whether it was a ghost deliberately controlling it or this ghostly figure was just that cunning, it remained motionless in the shadows from beginning to end! It was waiting for the moment when the bird and the two ghosts were entangled together, amidst the chaos of the surging crowd.

It moved silently and so fast that it left only a blur, its target being Harada Tadaka!

"Oh no! Harada-nii!" Feeling a sudden gust of cold wind, Yuuka turned pale with fright and looked towards the man who was talking to Yuuka about the dark, swollen face.

The bird had already stopped its attack and was now wielding the fastest sword form of the Breath of Wind technique, trying to intercept the ghostly figure before it could reach it.

It was simply too late!

Sizzle—!

The sound of ghostly claws tearing through flesh rang out; this was the first time the faceless ghost had displayed such a ferocious attack! It seemed that the ghost behind it was truly determined to kill, no longer caring about slowly merging into the shadow and devouring life force!

However, after the blood splattered, Harada Tadaka did not fall.

He simply stared wide-eyed in horror, unable to believe the figure blocking his way...

"Sheng!"

Harada knew that he was being watched by the ghost, so he couldn't escape into the crowd and cause trouble for his coworkers.

Even if a lurking ghost were to suddenly attack, he was already prepared to fight to the death.

But he hadn't expected that Shi Ba would stand in front of him so decisively! She took the brutal blow for him!

"...Harada-nii! Asuka-san! You must...avenge my brother!"

The words he uttered were mixed with gurgling blood and foam. The ghost's claw had almost torn open his chest. It was almost a miracle that he could still stand there and speak!

His head tilted to the side, and everything went haywire; he was about to collapse on the spot.

"Sheng! Don't fall! Stay awake!" Harada Tadaka rushed forward to support his body, desperately trying to block the wound with his clothes, but blood still gushed out uncontrollably, and the situation became increasingly critical!

"Mr. Asuka! Please think of something!!" Yuka cried out in desperation.

“…”

Asuka remained silent, but drew the second knife from her waist.

"Wind Breathing - Dual Blade Form..."

The katana was drawn from its sheath, sparking a burst of light that illuminated the night sky. It stood in front of and behind the katana, reflecting each other and flashing with a deadly cold light!

"Burn—the wheel!!"

The one who burns wheels—rising in the night and going mad until dawn, rolling up the roof and overturning the thatch, comes from a Song poem that he had just heard Jiehua recite.

That was a tornado roaring past, a hurricane that could shatter mountains and split rocks!

In an instant, the bird's figure transformed into a black-green storm! It swept in with overwhelming force!

The twin swords formed a high-speed, spinning death spiral! Every sword strike caused the air to tremble!

Moreover, the twin swords also carry a primal power originating from the depths of Asuka's soul—his violent spiritual pressure that plunders everything.

The dark gray gale was no longer just a visual image; it had truly formed a terrifying wind blade tornado! Anything caught in it would be crushed!

This is his own style, his unleashed fury!

The faceless ghostly figure suddenly attacked, preparing to directly kill the mission target.

But when the raging wind from the flying bird rose, even the soulless puppet formed by the Blood Demon Art felt the destructive power within it! The movements of the three ghostly figures all froze.

Sizzle—sizzle sizzle sizzle—!

In the blink of an eye, the bird had already arrived, and the gray-black storm instantly swallowed the three ghosts!

With the combined power of Asuka's sword and spiritual pressure, the three ghostly figures began to rapidly disintegrate, like cloth thrown into sulfuric acid!

If it were just disintegration and tearing, that would be one thing, but the bird's violent spiritual pressure was like a vicious dog tearing at their shattered bodies. Every fragment of the ghostly shadow became food for the bird, which devoured them all.

puff!puff!puff!

Three soft sounds, like bubbles bursting.

After a twist, the three ghostly figures turned into burst black bubbles, exploding into countless tiny, dark red specks of light that exuded a strong, ominous aura.

These points of light, like a swarm of startled fireflies, scattered and fled violently in the aftermath of the storm.