Demon Slayer: I am a Demon

For Su Mu, he could never give up the bottom line of being born a human being. Therefore, he had to endure the constant hunger every day and forcefully suppress the urge to devour flesh and blood.

Although he has become a ghost, it does not mean that he has lost his bottom line as a human being. He would never eat people, nor would he become a monster who cannot control his eating of flesh and blood and loses his nature.

……

A man sat under the eaves, looking up at the full moon in the sky, until the moon gradually sank, at which point Su Mu had no choice but to stand up.

We can't stay here any longer, because the sun is about to rise.

As the sun rises and sunlight spills across the earth, even the most powerful demons can only hide in the darkness like rats in the sewers. Even the progenitor of demons, Muzan Kibutsuji, could not escape this fate, let alone an ordinary demon like himself.

Without hesitation, he jumped off the eaves and nimbly disappeared into the distance, away from the town.

Not far from the town was a forest, and in the hazy night, Su Mu's figure moved quickly through the forest.

After walking for a few more minutes, a dark cave appeared. By this time, the sun had risen, and the first rays of sunlight pierced through the distant sky and fell upon the world.

Su Mu looked up at the light that dispelled the darkness and stepped into the cave without hesitation.

Sunlight streamed through the jungle, dispelling all darkness, but the sunlight could not penetrate the deep caves.

The cave was damp and dark. Su Mu silently walked into the darkness, but halfway there, he stopped and silently looked down at his feet.

Beneath your feet lies a thick carpet of white bones—the bones of the old, the children, the men, the women… Each head and bone is like a carelessly discarded takeout box, quietly piled up on both sides of the cave path.

Although he had seen it many times, it was still hard for Su Mu to get used to. After all, even though he had become a ghost, deep down he still considered himself a human being. Watching his fellow humans die as food filled him with an indescribable anger.

"call……"

He took a deep breath, suppressed a certain impulse in his heart, and silently walked forward. The clear sound of chewing reached his ears at this moment.

Su Mu looked up and saw a figure with its back to him squatting down, eating something.

Seemingly sensing the movement, the person who was squatting turned around, revealing a ferocious-looking face with traces of scarlet blood at the corner of their mouth.

In his hand, he held a thigh bone, from which crimson blood dripped onto the ground, staining the damp ground dark red.

Clearly, this is a demon.

"Want some?"

The demon raised the thigh bone in its hand, its scarlet eyes fixed on Su Mu.

Su Mu's face looked extremely ugly at this moment. Although he had become a demon, he would never become a monster who had lost his nature.

"Are you still putting up with it?"

The demon stood up, carrying the thigh bone, and approached: "We are no longer human, we are different from those weak species. Do you still consider those weak things to be your kind?"

Su Mu simply stared at the other person coldly without saying a word.

"You remind me of myself at the beginning. I was also very resistant to this kind of food at first, until I couldn't resist taking a bite for the first time and realized how delicious it is. Can you imagine the feeling of tender and juicy flesh bursting in your mouth and the sweet blood flowing down your throat? It's an even more wonderful enjoyment than going to heaven."

"You haven't tried it yet. Once you do, you'll know how delicious it is. I guarantee that once you try it, you'll be addicted."

The purplish-blue demon stuck out its tongue, licked the corner of its mouth, and revealed a look of ecstasy.

Su Mu walked to the side, sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes and didn't speak. However, the bloody smell coming from the thigh bone on the evil spirit's hand made every cell in his body tremble, urging him to swallow it quickly. As long as he swallowed it, he would not only taste the unparalleled deliciousness, but he would also become more perfect.

"This is just ordinary flesh and blood. If it were rare blood, it would be even more delicious."

The demon murmured, a longing gleaming in its eyes: "To this day, I haven't encountered a single rare bloodline. I've heard that consuming just one is equivalent to consuming dozens."

After saying all that, seeing that Su Mu was still sitting there unmoved, the evil spirit was also a little annoyed: "What are you insisting on now? Do you still think you are one of those weak humans? Feel your own desires. The more you insist, the stronger your desire for flesh and blood will become day by day. Even the most determined person cannot suppress this desire after becoming a ghost."

"Do you know the Twelve Demon Moons? Do you know Lord Kokushibo? Do you know Lord Akaza? Do you know how strong their will was when they were human? But so what? In the end, their fates were still the same."

Su Mu, who had kept his eyes closed, opened them at this moment. Looking at the hideous demon before him, at its sinister face in the darkness, he calmly spoke after a long while: "So, your father, your mother, your daughter, are also delicacies in your mouth?"

He had learned a bit about the past of the evil spirit in front of him over the past few days. Just like all ghosts were once human, the evil spirit in front of him was the same. In the beginning, the other party had a very happy family, lovely children, a virtuous wife, and kind parents. But all of this was completely destroyed by the other party when he became an evil spirit, all of which were destroyed by his own hands.

"Shut up."

Almost roaring, the demon angrily threw the thigh bone in its hand to the ground, its eyes fixed on Su Mu with viciousness. The memories of being human that it had gradually forgotten after becoming a demon were instantly overwhelmed by unspeakable pain as Su Mu spoke, making it feel as if its heart was being pierced by needles.

Those things you thought you had completely forgotten are still deeply hidden in the inconspicuous depths of your heart. Once mentioned, they are like scars that have been reopened, causing unbearable pain.

After a while, the demon calmed down from its rage, then stared intently at Su Mu with its scarlet eyes: "We are demons now. Even if we were human before, we are demons now. We are no longer the weak creatures we once were. Now, we are noble demons. As demons, we will not die, we will not age, we will not get sick. From now on, we will not lose anything. We are incredibly powerful. We can do whatever we want. Why are you still so concerned about your past identity?"