I'm a magnetic field madman

Like Doma and Kokushibo, they were both demons who were given the ability to cause secondary infections by Muzan.

Having effectively broken free from Muzan's control, Tamayo was able to create her own "familia" without restraint.

Putting aside other things, those monsters in the Infinite Castle, whose ability to think for themselves was stripped away and who were simply given large amounts of blood... possessing the strength of a Lower Moon Demon, can spread and infect themselves a second time.

While the success rate would be much lower compared to his own, Muzan never lacked the ability to "reproduce."

Both Tamayo and Ubuyashiki were correct in their assessment of Muzan. This seemingly cowardly and incompetent demon king was actually humanity's greatest enemy.

Because he is a huge source of infection, because he is something capable of threatening humanity's status as the only primate on Earth!

As Muzan spread his blood, everyone on the spot instantly clutched their throats and noses in agony.

But it was no use. Muzan's blood had already seeped directly into their respiratory tracts under his control, and some of it even seeped directly into their capillaries through their skin.

Without any intervention, the process of becoming demonic immediately began among these people!

Not all of them are fortunate enough to complete the process of becoming a ghost.

But that doesn't mean they'll turn into a pile of minced meat because of Muzan's blood causing all their cells to go berserk...

Such "good fortune" only happens in very rare cases when Muzan specifically wants to kill others.

With just a small amount of blood, Muzan can safely transform a person into a demon.

Of course, such demons are nothing more than weak and meaningless "kindred spirits," which is the kind of thing Muzan hates the most.

But so what? Now that Muzan has been forced into a corner, he has no more scruples left!

If I really can't get what I want, then I'll just let this human world fall into depravity along with me!

Perhaps in the midst of extreme chaos, he will have the opportunity to achieve his goal of immortality.

"Nakime, take me to another densely populated area!"

After creating a large number of demons, Muzan did not hesitate to call on Nakime to take him away.

As the gates of the Infinite City opened beneath his feet, he quickly found himself on the other side of Tokyo.

Nakime's Infinity Castle can't open doors wherever she wants... After all, if she had that ability, Muzan wouldn't be trapped in this country.

In reality, Nakime's Infinity Castle is more like a fictional castle.

It must be anchored to a certain area of ​​reality, and the doors that open can only be used to teleport within the anchor point of the fixed area.

Even with these limitations, the Infinity Castle remains Muzan's greatest asset in ensuring his invincibility!

As long as Muzan is determined to survive, he only needs to stay hidden in the Infinity Castle. Even if there are ten thousand Yoriichi Tsugikunis blocking the door, it won't make a difference.

That is why Muzan would never allow Nakime to leave the Infinity Castle.

As long as this fictional city exists, he is "invincible"!

Cry! Scream! And then turn into ghosts!

Completely deranged, Muzan laughed wildly as he spilled his blood.

Let this world become a world of ghosts, let my poisonous blood pollute this world!

If he cannot survive, then there is no need for this world to survive!

A horrific cannibalistic disease is spreading throughout Tokyo.

This terrifying legend, which resembles a bedtime story meant to frighten children, has now become a reality in a very short time.

This city, already ravaged by the White Demon Lord, is now facing something even more devastating... In the face of Muzan, who has completely abandoned all rules and is determined to go all in... both the country's government agencies and the Demon Slayer Corps are as fragile as a joke.

Because the number of demons killed could not keep up with the rate of demon creation, and because these demons, whose infection permissions had been arbitrarily granted by Muzan, could easily carry out secondary infections.

The consequences caused by the Ghost King, who had completely disregarded the consequences, were catastrophic.

On the very first night, more than four figures of ghosts appeared in Tokyo... and what's even more terrifying is that these ghosts hid and began to spread their infection before the first sunrise.

Muzan's demon cells are a million times more troublesome than the zombie virus.

Because the ghosts he creates not only possess self-judgment and thinking abilities... but also have the potential to acquire illogical and fantastical abilities like "Blood Demon Arts".

Even with its weakness of being severely countered by ultraviolet light, this thing...

A conscious spread of such a thing is far more terrifying than a group of slow-moving, unsteady creatures like those with Parkinson's disease.

People in this era had little knowledge of "zombies"... but that didn't stop them from knowing that it was an extremely terrifying "contagious disease".

The government's army was overwhelmed by these terrifying hordes of ghosts in a very short time.

The relatively weak land forces were simply powerless to suppress the tide of demons... After all, even the weakest demons could basically ignore rifles of normal caliber... Unless they were subjected to continuous fire from heavy machine guns, their self-regeneration speed was astonishingly fast.

As for mobilizing artillery units for large-scale bombing, it's not impossible... but first of all, this is Tokyo, and secondly, the demons aren't a bunch of idiots who just stay in one place.

They will flee, they will hide, they will be nocturnal... the clever ones will even dig a hole and bury themselves before dawn.

Unless those armies wanted to bomb Tokyo to pieces, they had no way of suppressing such unrest.

Moreover, their firepower was insufficient to raze a city to the ground overnight.

These demons weren't fools either; they knew that before the army began its large-scale bombing raids, they had already started a massive evacuation from Tokyo.

They moved along the dense forest, slaughtering half of the villages they encountered and creating a new population, before continuing towards the next human settlement.

Even with Muzan relinquishing all power, some warlord forces of "demons" have actually emerged.

Some powerful demons who awakened their blood demon arts gathered a group of their own kind and became mountain kings...

But this is far more terrifying than the playhouse that Lower Moon Five played back then.

Without Muzan deliberately stripping them of their memories, these demons perfectly absorbed the lessons they learned as humans. They operated as guerrillas, hiding during the day and active at night on the mountain, constantly weakening the human forces to suppress them and growing stronger. They even used human firearms.

In just half a month, Tokyo has almost become a ruin... and this pollution is spreading to all of Japan at an even faster rate!

In his unbridled state, Muzan completely unleashed the terrifying war potential of the "demon" race...

The superhuman vitality and rapid regeneration gained by being unable to be exposed to ultraviolet light and only able to consume humans make it a very close to perfect "biological weapon".

Bai Wujie knew all of this clearly.

But he didn't try to stop it, nor could he. After all, he had long anticipated that Muzan would do such a thing.

Although Muzan Kibutsuji was a cautious and tiny creature to the point of being cowardly, he still anticipated the destruction that a demon king who had lived for a thousand years could cause by going on a rampage.

When he sets aside his petty, cowardly nature, neither the Demon Slayer Corps nor the fragile secular government are worthy of carrying his shoes.

Bai Wujie didn't try to stop it because he couldn't find Muzan either. And he didn't want to try because he didn't have such an extra thought.

Since the disaster spread, Tokyo has almost become a city of demons, but the truth is... there is still a "safe zone" mainly consisting of Kikugaki and Chiyoda...

why?

Because Bai Wujie is here.

For some time now, he has been slaughtering every ghost that sets foot in this area. These things and the ones they infect are simply killed when they fall into Bai Wujie's hands.

Those ghosts even tried to use heavy artillery fire to surround and annihilate him, but they were still easily defeated by Bai Wujie.

After they shattered the human army, they never imagined that there would be something even more monstrous than themselves!

Thus, an interesting situation arose that was not unexpected for Bai Wujie.

Inside the royal palace, Bai Wujie, seated on his throne, looked down at the people kneeling before him...

Among them are despicable people who, not long ago, hated him to the bone and wished they could eat his flesh and sleep on his skin.

But now, they all sincerely kneel before him and serve him as their master, simply because Bai Wujie can provide them with safety.

Moreover, he doesn't eat people. As long as you don't provoke him and obey his orders, Bai Wujie won't do anything to them.

By the standards of a ruler alone, this requirement could be considered the bottom line... but happiness is something that is relative, isn't it?

Bai Wujie watched them with great interest, but neither kneeling nor worshipping them could stir any emotion in him.

Because it was something that had been anticipated, because it was something that had been prepared in advance, and because Bai Wujie didn't consider them as subjects of his rule at all.

"Lord Bai, I think it's time for us to set off..."

"No, we should..."

These guys were making such a racket, trying to influence Bai Wujie's thoughts and commands with their own words and opinions.

Bai Wujie's answer was also very simple and straightforward...

"Get out."

The words were spoken casually, but they struck the hearts of these people like thunder. They receded like the tide, for the person on the throne was both their protector and their mortal enemy!

The fact that they were being protected earned their respect, while the terrifying power of wanton killing filled them with fear.

But this is the attitude the weak should have towards the strong. Humans are creatures that admire the strong... No matter how embellished or decorated with rhetoric or systems, humans are essentially a race that endlessly worships the strong.

If that's the case, then we should treat the strong with the proper respect. However, there will always be some people who don't accurately assess their own strength, possessing power but not demanding what they deserve.

Bai Wujie didn't comment on such people, but he was definitely not that kind of person. Having sufficient power and the determination to carry it out, he needed to acquire enough!

Not long after these people left like a tide, the Tsuneyuden Palace soon welcomed new visitors.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki was brought here in a wheelchair, with his wife Amane beside him, her face filled with sorrow.

"How are you? Scarface, you seem to be in pretty bad shape," Bai Wujie said with a sneer.

"I'm wondering if all of this is the consequence of our reckless actions."

Kagaya Ubuyashiki, confined to a wheelchair, seemed to be in such a pitiful state that he couldn't even open his eyes. His face was covered in deformed blood vessels, and he spoke in a weak voice...

"If we hadn't acted so forcefully, Muzan might not have..."

"When a hunter and his pack of hounds went to kill a lion that ruled over jackals, they did it. They killed all the jackals but angered the lion, so the lion went on a killing spree, and then the hounds began to wonder if it was their fault?"

Bai Wujie grinned as he looked at Ubuyashiki Kagaya, who seemed quite remorseful...

Don't you think that's ridiculous?

Kagaya Ubuyashiki did not answer, but his silence and illness spoke volumes about his attitude.

He was filled with remorse. Undoubtedly, he felt a significant portion of the responsibility for the many people Muzan had killed during his madness lay with him.

But that's the truth. It wasn't that they provoked Muzan to do it; rather, Muzan was already capable of doing it.

They simply transformed a timid and cautious devil into a mad devil, and then unleashed his inherent abilities.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki might be regretting that if he had spread the secret of the demons earlier and brought everything to the forefront sooner, perhaps things wouldn't have become so irreversible.

After all, to choose to shoulder the burden of almost all of humanity's problems is a great form of arrogance.

"Actually, you don't need to worry too much. Although this country is finished, as long as you kill Muzan, you can still be saved," Bai Wujie shrugged.

Theoretically, Muzan's death would have wiped out all the demons associated with his blood.

However, this is only in theory. In reality, mutants like Tamayo would not be killed by Muzan.

The massive population base is enough to generate even more samples... If even one mutant escapes, the Demon Slayer Corps' work will likely continue in this long and arduous manner.

Bai Wujie wasn't in a hurry. In fact, the sheer number of these ghosts had already allowed him to find several interesting variants.

By harnessing the power of the government and using his own magnetic field to create suitable research instruments, he gradually created even more useful things.

He can now even mass-produce demons like Nezuko Kamado, who are not afraid of sunlight.

Yes, he wanted to use this thing on himself.

If all weaknesses are removed, the demon cells... can certainly make up for his shortcomings when his power is still insufficient.

As for the increased power, the ghost cells' strong self-division ability is also durable enough.

It's just unknown whether these fragile cells will still be usable once the magnetic field becomes stronger.

But that doesn't matter; he's not a hasty person.

"Tell me the whereabouts of Tamayo," Bai Wujie said casually, his fingers interlaced.

"I also want to kill Muzan Kibutsuji as soon as possible, so I'm handing over her whereabouts. You know this is probably the only way to lure Muzan out."

Kagaya Ubuyashiki remained silent for a long time before slowly revealing Tamayo's whereabouts...

He had no choice; even if it went against morality and conscience, he had to end this tragic chaos.

38. Tamayo - Fish Bait

Tokyo Asakusa