Fortunately, Xander reacted very quickly and caught the bowl of udon just before it hit the ground. Seeing Tanjiro's reaction, he understood what had happened.
"Muzan Kibutsuji is here again," he said.
"Tanjiro, what's going on?" Xander asked.
"I smell it!" exclaimed Tanjiro as he stood up and rushed toward the city.
Watching Tanjiro leave, Xander shook his head helplessly and said to the bald Boss, "Boss, we have an urgent matter. Please take care of my sister for now; we'll be back to eat later."
With that, Xander followed Tanjiro.
The bald Boss looked at the two departing individuals in confusion, unable to comprehend what could be so urgent that they would leave their sister behind.
"That smell! Why is it suddenly here?" Tanjiro raced through a dark alley. Exiting the alley, he found himself on a bustling night market street.
"It's the scent left behind at home! Muzan Kibutsuji!" Tanjiro continued pushing through the crowd and soon pinpointed his target.
"That guy..." Finally, Tanjiro suddenly placed his hand on the shoulder of a man in a suit with a light top hat.
The gentleman with curly hair parted in the middle looked like a wealthy man.
When Tanjirou placed his hand on his shoulder, the gentleman turned around in confusion.
"This guy!" Tanjirou instantly drew his Nichirin Sei, which was over ten centimeters long.
At that moment, a little girl's voice rang out: "Papa! Who is he?"
A little girl about five or six years old peeked out from behind the man and looked at Tanjirou.
Tanjirou froze! His face was filled with disbelief!
"It's all right! Don't worry!" Muzan Kibutsuji explained to his "daughter."
"This guy! He's actually pretending to be a man!" Tanjirou couldn't accept this situation. Muzan helplessly asked, "Excuse me, how may I help you? You seem quite agitated."
At that moment, a beautiful young woman in a Western dress approached and asked, "Oh, what happened?"
"Mom!" the girl shouted, holding onto Muzan Kibutsuji.
Witnessing this tender scene, Tanjirou couldn't help but tremble. He covered his mouth with one hand and clutched his clothes with the other, trying to calm himself.
"The people, the girls, and the women all smell like humans, don't they know? This guy—he's a demon! He eats humans!"
"Do you know him?" asked the beautiful young woman.
"No, not at all... I don't know him! Maybe I mistook him for someone else!" Muzan Kibutsuji replied to the beautiful young woman's question.
As he spoke, he instantly slit the throat of a man passing through the crowd.
Tanjirou noticed Muzan Kibutsuji's swift movement but couldn't clearly see it. Nevertheless, Tanjirou knew something terrible was about to happen.
Then the man began transforming into a demon, and with red eyes, he lunged at his wife and bit her shoulder.
"Stop!" Tanjirou rushed forward, pulled off his scarf, and quickly twisted it into a roll. Tanjirou pounced directly on the man biting his wife and shoved the rolled-up scarf into the man's mouth to prevent him from biting.
Suddenly witnessing this scene, the little girl in Muzan Kibutsuji's arms got scared and buried her face in his hands. The beautiful young woman, the girl's mother, clutched Muzan Kibutsuji's clothing in fear.
"Are you all right?" "Don't look," Muzan Kibutsuji comforted the little girl in his arms as if he were her father.
At the same time, he said to the girl's mother standing next to him, " it's very dangerous here. Let's go to the other side."
With that, Muzan Kibutsuji led the mother and daughter away.
After Tanjirou managed to restrain the demonized man, he thought again about Muzan Kibutsuji, turned around, and saw Muzan Kibutsuji leaving with the mother and daughter. Tanjirou was suddenly filled with regret and anger.
"Damn it! Damn it! I can't just leave this person alone!" Overcome with various emotions, Tanjirou finally couldn't hold back and cursed in the direction Muzan Kibutsuji had gone, "Muzan Kibutsuji! I'll never let you go! Wherever you go, I'll never let you go! I will chase you to hell and cut off your head! I will never forgive you!"
As soon as Tanjirou finished his vow, city guards rushed over.
"What are you doing?!"
"Drunk?"
"Young man, let go of that person!"
Several guards spoke one after another.
Xander was hiding on the roof, his eyes gleaming with a blue light. Upon seeing the bloodthirsty aura and countless tormented souls surrounding Muzan Kibutsuji, Xander realized that if he wanted to kill Muzan, he was not yet a match for him.