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Chapter 300 Orochimaru: Muzan Kibutsuji, what do you consider life to be?

"Please don't kill me!"

Muzan Kibutsuji trembled all over.

After losing that disguise of the Ghost King, even after hundreds of years,

Deep down, he was still that cowardly ghost lying on his sickbed, fearing death.

When faced with the threat of death

They chose to surrender without hesitation.

"I'm glad you understand the current situation, but I don't like the look in your eyes."

Orochimaru frowned deeply.

These non-human creatures, with their cowardly eyes that only humans possess, and their naturally dark bloodline, have such a profound fear of death.

He smelled the scent of fear emanating from Muzan Kibutsuji.

Very concentrated.

It's like a cannon fodder genin who has just graduated from ninja academy and is about to enter the battlefield, having never seen death before.

Are all undead creatures from other worlds this wretched?

"grown ups."

Kibutsuji Muzan cursed inwardly.

He couldn't understand why the other party was still not satisfied when he was already willing to submit.

"Tell me all the information about the world you live in."

Orochimaru said,

He simply twisted off one of Muzan Kibutsuji's arms, completed the game verification, and was able to return to reality before stuffing it into his inventory.

Blood flowed.

Despite the pain, Muzan Kibutsuji dared not resist and revealed the general information about the Demon Slayer world.

"Interesting, you're actually the strongest creature in your world."

Orochimaru stuck out his tongue and licked his chin, saying expectantly, "A prescription meant to cure an illness could actually create a demon; it can't be that easy."

Muzan Kibutsuji dared not conceal the truth.

Because he discovered,

Although Orochimaru doesn't possess the ability to read memories and thoughts like he does when controlling demons,

However, they can detect the emotional scent emanating from themselves by observing subtle expressions and reactions, as well as the aura of the dead, and thus determine whether they are lying.

Left with no other choice,

He had no choice but to tell the whole story of how he became a ghost.

"Can the blue spider lily help demons who fear sunlight overcome their fear of it?"

Orochimaru frowned, deep in thought.

Without any mercy, he tore off another of Muzan Kibutsuji's arms, summoned a carrion-eating dog, and threw it into the dog's mouth.

After the scavenging dog finished eating the arm, its body underwent a noticeable change.

The originally emaciated, rotting body began to transform into flesh and blood.

Until the very end, all four dog paws were wrapped in wisps of dark red flame.

Orochimaru looked surprised and said, "Just by eating your arm, a low-level carrion dog was able to transform into a hellhound."

scavenger dog,

It is the lowest level of undead creature, and it needs to devour a large amount of dark attribute materials in order to transform into a higher-level hellhound.

However, even the slightly more advanced Hellhounds only possess a weak ability to burn hellfire.

Their ability to operate alone is very weak.

Only in large groups can they pose a significant threat, but raising a pack of hellhounds is too costly.

When placed on other undead creatures, it can unleash even greater power.

Therefore, the Hellhound, an undead creature, is quite useless and has always been used by Orochimaru as a scout and cannon fodder.

"As long as it helps you."

Muzan Kibutsuji was completely unlike the arrogant figure he had been when speaking to the Lower Rank Demons in the Infinity Castle.

Suppressing his anger, he echoed.

Snapped.

Orochimaru, expressionless, then tore off Muzan Kibutsuji's newly grown arm.

This time, the carrion hound that ate the arm did not transform into a new hellhound.

The arm that grew later did not have the same effect as the first arm.

Orochimaru's eyes flashed, his research desire surging. He muttered to himself, "The first arm is the original arm you brought from the real world. It contains a large amount of dark energy, which is why it was able to undergo a transformation after being eaten by the carrion hounds."

"But the second one is an arm that was regenerated within the game of reincarnation, so it does not possess dark energy."

"So that's how it is."

Orochimaru looked surprised.

Seemingly having deduced something, the way she looked at Muzan Kibutsuji was very strange.

I never imagined there could be such a unique world; it's so interesting.

"Orochimaru, you are truly an excellent researcher. You were able to find out the special characteristics of the Demon Slayer world in such a short time."

Fang Yi, who was monitoring the movement of pollution sources, turned his attention to the Grand Forest.

Orochimaru's research capabilities,

He is the strongest in the entire ninja world.

It's different from Tobirama Senju's ability to research ninjutsu.

Orochimaru's research capabilities, whether it's cursed seals, genetic modification, cell transplantation, or anything else, all point directly to the study of the ninja world and the essence of chakra.

Even in the world of One Piece, Vegapunk, who ate the Brain-Brain Fruit, might not have as broad a mind as Orochimaru.

Therefore,

It's understandable that Orochimaru, with his passion for scientific research, would set his sights on Muzan Kibutsuji, this "special work of the entire world."

"As expected, my idea was right."

Orochimaru's gaze was intense.

He tore apart Muzan Kibutsuji's remaining flesh and blood and fed it to the undead creatures as if tearing bread.

Indeed, just as he thought,

Kibutsuji Muzan's original flesh and blood contained a large amount of dark energy.

"Kibutsuji Muzan, is that it?"

Orochimaru looked at him coldly and suddenly asked, "What do you value life for?"

骇。

Upon hearing the question, Muzan Kibutsuji trembled almost instinctively.

He was all too familiar with that phrase.

Almost etched into his cells, it was the angry question from the swordsman who nearly killed him as he drew his sword.

Even after nearly a thousand years, hearing these words still evokes a deep-seated fear.

He instinctively raised his head.

Fearful gazes fell upon Orochimaru, seemingly overlapping with the figure from years ago.

But soon, that sense of familiarity vanished completely.

because,

Although it was the same words, Yoriichi Tsugikuni's voice was filled with anger and questioning.

Orochimaru, on the other hand, seems to treat life as a tool to be used.

As if in the other person's eyes,

Everything is important, yet nothing is important either, like wild grass, like pearls, like gems.

This is completely different from his attitude of regarding human life as worthless and considering himself a superior being.

More like,

Every life has its own meaning and should be placed in its proper place. This is an absolutely rational mindset that comes from directly discarding all superfluous emotions.

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Muzan Kibutsuji did not answer.

This was the second time in his life as a ghost that he had been asked about the meaning of life. It wasn't that he didn't want to answer, but rather that he simply didn't know.

to him,

Born in the Heian period, I was shrouded in the threat of death even before I was born. My heart stopped beating in my mother's womb due to my weakness, and I was born into the world as a stillborn infant.

He survived thanks to his strong belief in life, but was diagnosed with a terminal illness and told he wouldn't live past twenty.

Until that doctor appeared, developed a special medicine that restored his health, and even made him a ghost king who could control the life and death of others.

The only drawback is that it cannot walk in the sunlight.

What he wanted was to make up for his shortcomings and become a truly perfect being; that was the life he desired.

"It seems that most of the world is the same."

Orochimaru looked at Kibutsuji Muzan,

It's like looking at a work of art that's not perfect and has flaws.

He quipped, "Without the existence of the game of reincarnation, the essence of life is a toy created by fate, its ending predetermined from the very beginning."

"Just like you, Muzan Kibutsuji."

"The Demon King of the Demon Slayer world?"

"From the moment you killed the doctor, your death a thousand years later was already destined."

"Everything is preordained by fate."

"The fact that you were not a perfect being means that you are a flawed product that should be eliminated by fate."

"That's why Yoriichi Tsugikuni, whom you fear, appeared; that's why you haven't been able to find a single blue spider lily in a thousand years, perhaps as cheap as a roadside wild vegetable; and that's why, despite their immense power, they couldn't destroy the weak and feeble Demon Slayer Corps."

"This is the power of fate."

Orochimaru's hoarse voice seemed to possess a special kind of magic.

"However, your fate has already changed the moment you arrive at the start of the cycle of reincarnation."

Originally terrified by the thought of Yoriichi Tsugikuni, and fearful of the threat of death, Muzan Kibutsuji...

My inexplicable emotions calmed down.

The animosity he felt towards Orochimaru gradually lessened.

(End of this chapter)