Demon Slayer: I am a Demon

Chapter 98 There's no way they can escape my control (1/4)

As usual, Akaza was frantically training in the closed cave, his fists, imbued with fighting spirit, causing almost explosive damage with every punch that struck the mountain wall.

The entire cave was on the verge of collapse under such bombardment.

"Boom!"

When the final punch was unleashed, even the cave formed from solid rock could not withstand Akaza's continuous impact. With a sound of cracks expanding under the strain, the entire cave collapsed, even causing a small section of the mountain to cave in.

Countless stones crashed down, smashing everything around them into deep craters.

Stones flew and dust billowed.

"Ptooey, ptooey—"

Amidst the flying dust and stones, Akaza burst out of the deep hole in the ground, spitting out the dust he had inadvertently inhaled.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, Akaza abruptly raised his head.

A tall, pale-skinned young man with black hair, plum-shaped eyes, and wearing tight black clothes appeared not far away.

"Greetings, Your Excellency."

Akaza immediately knelt on one knee, but his tone showed no respect whatsoever.

"After all these years, as the Upper Moon Three of the Twelve Demon Moons, you still haven't completely wiped out the Ubuyashiki clan. In fact, in recent years, you haven't even killed a single Pillar. It's truly disappointing."

As he spoke, the young man's eyes turned bloodshot, filled with ferocity and cruelty: "Do you want me to take back the blood I gave you?"

"It's my fault for not doing my job properly. However, the Ubuyashiki clan is really hard to find, and none of the pillars are there either."

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Akaza immediately explained that while he might not care about other things, taking back his blood was unacceptable, because it meant a decrease in his own strength, which was something Akaza, who pursued power, could not accept under any circumstances.

Muzan Kibutsuji didn't speak, he just stared at Akaza, and then suddenly reached out his hand.

Akaza's expression changed slightly, and after a moment's hesitation, Muzan Kibutsuji's hand was already on his head.

The memories were shared all at once, and Akaza's experiences during this period also surfaced in Kibuki Muzan's mind.

The almost daily, monotonous training, except for occasional meals, made this period of time extremely dull.

However, Muzan Kibutsuji's eyes quickly froze. A few months ago, Akaza encountered a very weak demon. That demon was quite different from ordinary demons, and seemed to be suppressing its desire to devour people.

Muzan didn't care too much about these things. There was always a small number of demons who had just been transformed from humans who couldn't let go of their former human identity. But as the demons' desire for human flesh and blood deepened step by step, eventually, no matter how unwilling they were, they would all succumb to the craving for human flesh and blood and become a true man-eating demon.

But immediately, Muzan Kibutsuji saw through his memories the two words "Koi Yuki" that the demon had written by the campfire.

His pupils shrank almost instantly.

Perhaps others don't understand the meaning of the words "Koiyuki," but Muzan Kibutsuji knows very well that it refers to the person Akaza wanted to protect when he was still human and was called Komaji.

Back when Akaza was still human, when he was called Komaji, he single-handedly massacred all 67 people in an entire dojo. In this battle, everyone in the dojo was maimed by Komaji, and almost everyone's faces were unrecognizable. The entire dojo was filled with the organs of the dead. Because of this massacre, many people thought it was the work of demons. However, he did not release any evil spirits in this area at the time, which made people curious, so they went to investigate.

It was then discovered that the disturbance at the dojo was caused by Komaji, who was a human.

One man killed sixty-seven armed men with his bare hands, almost all of whom were samurai, and without being injured. It was incredible, something that ordinary people could not do. This amazed him. He also learned that the reason why Komaji did this was that the owner of the dojo poisoned the well water, killing Komaji's master Keizo and his fiancée Koyuki.

At that time, Komaji, who had lost everything, attacked him even after knowing he was a demon, all in an attempt to die.

As a human, Komaji was still too slow. He was punched in the head and his head was blown off. Even in death, Komaji kept muttering the words "Koiyuki".

This memory left a deep impression on Muzan Kibutsuji, and even now, he remembers it very clearly.

In addition, at that time, they were planning to create twelve powerful demons, which are now the Twelve Demon Moons. So, they gave their blood to Komaji. After becoming a demon, Komaji lost his past memories and officially changed his name to Akaza.

Ultimately, it became the Upper Moon 3 of the Twelve Demon Moons.

He became a demon who only pursued power and strength.

But why would that frail demon remember all this? Even Akaza had forgotten it all.

"Who exactly is that ghost?"

Kibutsuji Muzan stood there pondering. As the first demon, as a demon capable of seeing into people's hearts, and as a demon capable of controlling all evil spirits, Kibutsuji Muzan possessed a very strong spirit. Only after careful reflection did he finally realize the origin of this seemingly weak demon.

It must have been almost a year ago when he encountered a human traveling at night on his way to a certain place. He vaguely sensed that the human looked very surprised when he saw him, as if he recognized him. Out of caution, he killed the human without thinking. Perhaps because the human looked at him differently from those who faced death, he gave him a drop of his blood, turning him into a ghost.

There are countless examples of demons he can casually create. Basically, most of them become violent due to their bloodlust and eventually get found and killed by the Demon Slayer Corps because they cause trouble.

Perhaps, some ghosts will also grow up.

But in the end, the outcome was still under the control of Kibutsuji Muzan.

"Then how exactly did they escape my control? Was it because that bitch Tamayo figured out a way to break free from my control? Or was it the work of the Demon Slayer Corps, or perhaps—they found the legendary Blue—"

Suddenly, a thought that I almost dared not even consider surfaced in my mind. After all, something I had sought for thousands of years without success was so easily found and devoured by an ordinary ghost.

What did her centuries-long search become?

What has all his years of searching turned into?

But no matter what, we must find the other party and find out the reason.

"Impossible—it can't escape my control."

"Ki-Dance," Muzan whispered, his crimson eyes filled with a ferocious glint.

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