Demon Slayer: Muzan, will you dance too?

With nowhere to grab onto, his body plummeted downwards at an incredible speed, and the sudden feeling of weightlessness was hard for him to adjust to.

Why me?

Was it an accident? Or was it a trap set for me?

Kiyokawa Izumi never imagined that she could defeat Muzan single-handedly.

To be honest, he didn't think he was that strong.

Without the drug developed by Ms. Tamayo, the opponent would be Muzan, who had not been weakened.

Now, he faces off against Muzan at his peak.

I'll probably die, right?

Having transmigrated to this point, experienced dozens of battles, large and small, and teetered on the brink of death countless times… how could I, with such a past, have ever feared death? What is there that I cannot let go of?

Kiyokawa Izumi calmly adjusted her breathing rhythm and instantly entered battle mode, her mood surprisingly calm at this moment.

The Japanese-style houses, stacked one on top of another, flashed past in an instant. If he couldn't stop falling, even he would surely be killed from such a height.

In the end, it's just a body of flesh and blood.

"The First Form: Night Raven's Shadow!"

Kiyokawa Izumi, who had been resting her right hand on the hilt of her sword, suddenly exerted force and swung her Nichirin Blade so that it precisely cut into the fence on the right side of the corridor, thus stopping her fall. She also glanced around out of the corner of her eye.

An unfamiliar gaze swept over them from all directions; the number of demons appearing in the Infinite City was beyond imagination.

One hundred?

Two hundred?

Perhaps more.

Even if each one is far from being as strong as a Lower Moon, such an exaggerated number would be extremely troublesome even for a Pillar.

He didn't stay half-hanging in the air for long. After flipping over and landing on the corridor, his feet were back on the wooden floor. Looking at the evil spirits slowly approaching from all directions, he couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

It's inevitable that physical strength will be depleted.

Even if Muzan hadn't appeared immediately, he wouldn't have been able to survive here for long—food and water were essential, and battle was unavoidable. In such a desperate situation, how long could he have held on?

I'm afraid my condition will decline drastically after just one day.

A strange voice rang in her ears. A pale-skinned female ghost dressed in a black kimono sat not far away, holding a biwa (a type of Chinese lute). She was none other than Nakime, the controller of the Infinite Castle.

"You, who are valued by that lord, are qualified to succeed Lord Kokushibo and become one of the new Upper Moons."

If you refuse, you will die here.

The moment the words fell, the surrounding environment changed at a speed visible to the naked eye, first rising suddenly and then falling abruptly. Kiyokawa Izumi, who could not maintain her balance, did not have time to launch an attack on Nakime.

Once this guy is killed, the Infinite Castle will be dispelled.

Unfortunately, he wasn't given a chance at all.

"It's human!"

"He's mine!"

As soon as they stopped, the evil spirits around them surged forward like a tide.

With their ugly and ferocious faces, they had clearly been holding back for too long. They became excited at the smell of humans and rushed over, driven by hunger.

Although Muzan summoned these trash back to the Infinity Castle, he did not generously share his blood with them, clearly because he was not in a hurry to rebuild the Twelve Demon Moons.

There's no need for a decisive battle, so naturally, we won't waste time on these useless people.

"Would you like to invite me to become one of the new Upper Moons?"

"Does that guy think I'll make the same choice as Kokushibo?"

"I really was... underestimated!"

Kiyokawa Izumi finally realized what was happening.

Perhaps, in Muzan's eyes, he and Kokushibo were the same kind of people who, because of their desire to become stronger or their unwillingness to accept their fate, feared death and were unable to calmly accept the curse of the Demon Slayer Mark.

With Kiyokawa Izumi's current strength, she is indeed qualified to become Muzan's collaborator—if she makes some reasonable requests, the scoundrel boss might not refuse.

Kiyokawa Izumi was puzzled by the fact that he did not personally come forward. Surely it couldn't be because he was being overly cautious and didn't want to take any risks?

Or perhaps he felt that he had no choice but to become a demon since he had already fallen into the Infinite Castle, so he asked Nakime to convey his message.