Crossover Anime: Starting with Bankai from Demon Slayer

Chapter 328 Long time no see, Boss

The bird did not answer him.

He simply drew his Zanpakuto from his waist slowly.

Clang—

Although it wasn't released, the crisp metallic scraping sound when the raccoon was drawn still made Genzo's legs tremble and his hair stand on end.

"Sir! What is this...?"

""

He stared in horror, trying to back away.

But how could such a small movement escape the keen senses of a bird?

Swish!

The bird's figure vanished from its spot in an instant, so fast that no one present could see it clearly.

The next second, Asuka was already standing behind Genzo.

He used the back of the raccoon's blade to smash hard into Genzo's right leg!

Click—!

The chilling sound of bones breaking instantly echoed throughout the entire courtyard.

"Aaaaaah!!!"

Yuanzao let out a bloodcurdling scream, like a pig being slaughtered.

His right calf was smashed into a V-shape by Asuka's knife, and the white bone fragments pierced through the thick flesh and were exposed to the air.

Blood gushed out, staining the soil red and turning everyone's eyes red as well.

The thugs and henchmen around were all terrified. Not one of them dared to step forward to stop them, and they didn't even dare to breathe loudly, for fear that they would be the next ones to have their bones broken.

They could only watch as Yuanzao collapsed to the ground in agony, clutching his broken leg and rolling around, his face covered in a mixture of cold sweat, tears, and snot.

Asuka looked down at Genzo, who was groaning on the ground, her dark eyes showing no pity.

"I ask, you answer."

"Anyone who spouts nonsense will have their head chopped off."

Yuanzao was in so much pain that he almost fainted.

But he knew that if he really passed out, he might never wake up again in this lifetime.

"Yes...yes!! Please ask, sir! I will answer everything I know! I will answer everything I know!" Yuanzhao endured the excruciating pain, knelt on the ground and kowtowed frantically, his teeth chattering.

"Was there a woman with a baby in this area more than a hundred years ago?" Asuka cut straight to the point.

He pressed the tip of the knife against Genzo's chin, forcing him to look up. "Who is that woman? Where is the baby?"

What kind of question is this?!

Yuanzao was stunned by this sudden and difficult question.

In places like Xudiao District, countless women are sold, forced, and killed every day, and countless babies die on the roadside and are carried away by stray dogs.

There are so many things like this, how could he possibly remember which one it was?

"My lord! It happened over a hundred years ago...I really can't remember!"

Yuanzhao's voice was trembling with tears, but it was the truth: "People are dying every day in the Xudiao District, women and babies."

I really don't know which one you're referring to!

Asuka's eyes sharpened, and the tip of the knife pressed against Genzo's chin reversed, suddenly thrusting upwards with force.

The blade struck his face, shattering several of Genzo's lower teeth.

"Ugh!" Genzo whimpered in pain, his mouth full of blood.

"Think about it again carefully."

Asuka spoke again: "Since I asked, it means they are not ordinary women and babies."

"Is there anything special about it? Or is it being chased by another Grim Reaper?"

Under the threat of death, Genzo's brain was in a state of extreme excitement and fear.

He knew that if he couldn't provide valuable information, he would definitely not survive today.

But... he really didn't know!

In a moment of quick thinking, he suddenly realized something and cried out, tears streaming down his face, "I...I really don't know! I'm just a protection collector!"

"But! But someone knows! Sir, someone must know!"

"explain."

"It's an information broker! It's Kusanagi's information broker in Ward 79—Black Fang!"

Yuanzao was frantically spewing out information like beans pouring from a bamboo tube, as if he was afraid that if he was even a second too slow, he would lose his head.

"Black Fang has outlived me! He definitely knows all the secrets of Rukongai and the records of human trafficking! For money, he can buy any information!"

"My lord, please ask him! He must know about that woman! Please, don't kill me, don't torture me!"

"Black Fang..." Asuka silently repeated the name in her heart, memorizing it firmly.

It seems that relying on this cowardly bully won't work if we want to find clues from over a hundred years ago in this vast Rukongai. We'll have to go to the 79th ward.

Having obtained the information he wanted, Asuka slowly sheathed his sword.

Seeing the bird's movements, Genzo thought he had finally escaped a disaster.

He slumped to the ground, panting heavily.

However, Asuka showed no intention of turning away.

He stood silently in place, his gaze coldly fixed on Genzo's ugly face, twisted with pain and relief.

"Since you don't know anything about that woman,"

The bird's voice suddenly turned cold, as cold as a north wind, filled with a chilling killing intent.

"Then, do you still remember the name 'Asuka'?"

Yuanzao was stunned.

"Flying...a bird?"

He ignored the blood from the corner of his mouth and racked his brains to recall.

This name may sound familiar, but it's definitely not the name of some important person.

Why would the Grim Reaper ask that?

Over the long years, he oppressed countless wandering souls, took in countless henchmen, and killed countless disobedient dogs.

Suddenly, a scene from the depths of his memory flashed through his mind like lightning.

It was a long, long time ago, in winter, and it was snowing heavily.

A skinny, dark-haired brat who always stared at him with fierce, wolf-like eyes was pinned down in the mud by several burly men, forced to watch helplessly as he beat another boy with a missing front tooth to death with a wooden stick.

That kid, I think his name is... Asuka?

Later, it seems that the kid disappeared during a conflict. At the time, Genzo thought he had been eaten by wild dogs and didn't take it seriously at all.

But... what does this have to do with the high and mighty Grim Reaper in front of us?

How could a Grim Reaper of such power possibly know a lowly homeless child from the Dog District?

Yuanzhao raised his head and looked at the bird with somewhat bewildered eyes.

"I...I seem to remember..." Genzo said, his voice trembling. "A long time ago, I did have a little beast under my command named Asuka...no, a brat."

"But...he's already dead, isn't he?"

"Yeah?"

The birdsong was low and subdued.

He leaned down slightly, bringing that angular, murderous face closer.

"Then take a good look and see who I am."

Yuanzao froze in place.

He stared blankly at those dark eyes so close to his face.

The cold arrogance in those eyes was reminiscent of the skinny boy in his memory, struggling desperately in the mud, staring intently at him.

They miraculously overlapped!

This is impossible! This is absolutely impossible!

Yuanzao's heart felt as if it were being gripped tightly by a cold, large hand, and the blood in his body froze completely in that instant.

"You! You!! You're that one!!"

Yuanzao was so nervous and excited that he choked on his saliva, making a gurgling sound.

He pointed at the birds, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets from extreme terror.

He tried to back away, but his broken right leg prevented him from moving at all.

If this Grim Reaper is the boy from back then, then what is he like today...?

They will absolutely die without a burial place!

"It seems you've remembered."

The bird slowly straightened its body.

"Long time no see, [Boss]."

When Asuka was just a little puppy with no power and no surname.

In order to survive, he had to make a living on Genzo's territory.

It was around that time that he met his first friend, Kenta.