Crossover Anime: Starting with Bankai from Demon Slayer

Chapter 366 Let the Night Fall, Miroku Maru

Visibility was extremely low on the streets of Sarayashiki City.

It was eerily quiet all around; you couldn't hear the sound of car engines or the chatter of pedestrians.

Only the sound of their footsteps echoing on the twisted pavement reverberated in this distorted space.

Although it cannot release spiritual pressure to explore its surroundings as usual, Asuka's keen senses can still be put to the fullest potential in this barren environment.

He could hear the churning of mist a hundred meters away, and feel the subtle ripples in the air behind the trash can on the street corner...

"Asuka, the air here...it's so oppressive." Although Shinobu Kocho is a swordswoman who has experienced life and death, this is the first time she has been in such a strange place since her rebirth.

She felt that the spiritual energy within her body was like frozen river water, making its flow extremely sluggish.

"Maintain your breathing rhythm, and use concentrated breathing to replace the circulation of spiritual energy," Asuka reminded her, shielding her at her side.

"Hmm." Shinobu Kocho immediately adjusted her breathing, her chest rising and falling slightly, and her complexion improved a little.

In this desolate land devoid of spiritual energy, Shinobu Kocho's long-unused breathing technique became an even more efficient tool.

Following the radar's directions, the two carefully navigated through one winding street after another.

Just as they were about to turn into a large intersection.

Stop.

Asuka stopped in her tracks and pulled Shinobu Kocho behind a newsstand.

Almost at the same time they took cover, strange rustling sounds came from the thick fog ahead.

It looked like groups of cloths were rubbing against the ground.

Several thousand ghosts dressed in white mourning clothes and wearing red masks emerged from the mist like phantoms.

They have no purpose; they simply wander through this area, driven by the instinct to fill the void.

Asuka's brow twitched slightly, noticing that these spirits were somewhat different from the lifeless monsters projected by Kisuke Urahara.

Their bodies were more solidified, and their red masks had more strange patterns on them, exuding an aura that did not belong to the Soul Society.

Some of the Soul-Destroying Ones even managed to conjure weapons made of grayish-white mist in their hands.

"It's mutated..." Asuka thought to herself.

It seems that as the fusion between the Valley of Calling and the other world deepens, these monsters at the bottom have also gained some degree of enhancement...

"There are too many birds." Shinobu Kocho lowered her voice, her hand already on her Zanpakuto.

Even if she cannot be freed, she is ready to draw her sword at any time.

"Don't move." Asuka pressed down on her hand and shook her head. "There's no point in wasting energy here. Let's go around."

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However, the day did not fulfill everyone's wish.

A violent energy surge suddenly erupted from the other end of the crossroads!

"Spirit Pill—!!!"

With a loud and energetic roar, a beam of azure energy violently tore through the gray mist and blasted straight into the center of the mutated souls!

Rumble!!!

An explosion rang out, and violent energy ripples shattered the surrounding glass display windows.

Before the several souls could even realize what was happening, they were blasted into countless fragments by the beam of light.

...This is that reckless guy.

The birds looked in the direction from which the beam of light was coming.

Across the intersection, a boy in a green school uniform is pointing his right index finger forward, with wisps of blue smoke rising from his fingertip.

The boy was panting heavily, but a confident smile of ease graced his face.

"Haha! Come on! You shameless ugly freaks! I, Yusuke Urameshi, am going to send you all back to your hometown today!"

Behind him stood another figure.

She was a girl who looked only fifteen or sixteen years old.

She was wearing a modern high school girl uniform with a pale yellow cardigan over it, and a bright red ribbon around her neck.

Her short, playful black hair swayed slightly in the gray-white mist, and her amber eyes revealed innocence and naivety, yet also a hint of confusion.

Asuka's gaze passed over the boy named Urameshi Yusuke and landed on the girl.

The radar in his arms was now emitting rapid and high-frequency beeps, and the red dots on the screen were flashing so brightly they seemed to be on fire.

The location of that red dot perfectly coincides with the location of the girl.

"Found it... that's the Thought Bead." Asuka said in a deep voice to Shinobu Kocho beside her.

Shinobu's eyes flickered: "She looks... completely like an ordinary human girl."

Looking at that vibrant life, like the girl next door, she couldn't connect her with the inanimate object in Ye Yi's mouth, formed from countless obsessions.

"...I know." Asuka looked at the girl, repeatedly drawing and withdrawing the weapon.

Is this really the only way...?

Just as the two were hesitating, the Soul-Binding Encirclement, which had been blasted open by a Spirit Orb, closed up again!

Those spirits dressed in white mourning clothes seemed to have been enraged by Yusuke's attack, and their numbers surged up more than twice as many as before.

Some of the lingering spirits even began to gather in mid-air.

The grayish-white mist on their bodies intertwined and condensed into solidified spears, which rained down on the location of Urameshi Yusuke and the girl!

The peony hovering above Yusuke's head cried out anxiously, "Yusuke! Watch out! Their spiritual energy fluctuations are getting stronger!"

"Damn it! Why is there this trick too! Is this never going to end?!"

Yusuke Urameshi grumbled, crossing his arms in front of him to shield himself from the attack, while shouting loudly to the girl behind him, "Hey! You over there, spacing out! Get down and hide!"

He met this girl on the street halfway through his journey. She seemed a bit erratic and didn't even run away when she saw Qian Hun.

Yusuke, out of kindness and concern, stayed by her side to protect her.

However, even as the sharp spears were about to strike Yusuke and the girl, she showed no sign of panic.

She reached behind her back and, with a crisp sound of it being drawn, pulled out a samurai sword with a long red ribbon!

"?" Urameshi Yusuke was stunned. "That's a real sword? Why do you carry such a dangerous thing with you?"

Hidden in the shadows, Asuka and Shinobu's pupils dilated in shock.

Shinobu Kocho exclaimed in a low voice, "Isn't she the Thought Bead...? How could she possibly possess a Zanpakuto?"

"She's not human...she's become the Grim Reaper?"

The moment the girl drew her sword, her amber eyes, which had been somewhat bewildered, instantly sharpened.

She gripped the hilt of the sword tightly with both hands, holding the blade horizontally in front of her, the red ribbons dancing wildly like flames under the surge of spiritual pressure.

"Let the night fall—Mirokumaru!!"

boom-!!!

As the initial release phrase fell, the Zanpakuto in the girl's hand erupted with a dazzling golden light.

The ordinary katana instantly transformed into a long weapon resembling a Zen staff, with a ring-shaped decoration at the top.

The girl swung the Mirokumaru with one hand, drawing a huge arc above her head.

"Gale!"

In an instant, a thunderclap rose from the ground!

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