Gyutaro was especially respectful toward Doma. After all, it was Lord Doma who had saved both him and his sister Daki when they had nowhere else to go. He and Daki shared the same body. Normally he stayed fused into Daki's back and only came out when she was in danger.
But this time was different. He took Muzan's summons very seriously.
"By the way, does anyone know how that Hantengu guy died?" Doma casually threw an arm around Akaza's shoulders.
"Let go."
Akaza said it with a completely blank face.
"What?"
The next second, Akaza punched him straight in the jaw. Blood sprayed out as several cracks appeared on Doma's chin.
Doma didn't seem to care. The smile on his face never disappeared.
"Whoa~ Your strength really has gone up again. You haven't been secretly eating women behind my back, have you?"
Doma believed women had far more nutrients in their bodies because they could grow babies. That's why he thought women were much more nutritious than men.
So Doma preferred to eat women. Not for any other reason — just to get stronger faster.
He also had a special cabinet where he displayed beautiful heads.
Akaza was the complete opposite. After becoming a demon he had lost all his memories. The only thing left in his heart was the desire to grow stronger. To keep getting stronger, he only wanted to fight strong opponents.
He hated weaklings. Because of his belief in strength, he never killed or ate women. He only ate humans when he was extremely hungry.
The two of them were complete opposites in every way.
Akaza felt deep contempt for Doma's habit of only eating the weak.
That was why their relationship was bad. Extremely bad, in fact.
"I don't know. Maybe he got surrounded by several Hashira? One definitely wouldn't be enough. I'm guessing the Demon Slayer Corps sent everyone out. Otherwise the lord wouldn't have called us here so urgently," Gyokko guessed.
While they were talking, a wooden screen slowly slid open. Nakime appeared in front of everyone, still holding her biwa.
Her wounds had already healed completely. Only a few faint blue veins were still twitching under the pale, semi-transparent skin on the back of her hand.
That was because she hadn't fully digested the demon blood Muzan had injected into her. That blood contained enormous energy.
Any normal person or low-ranking demon would have their cells break down from the rapid mutation if they kept receiving large amounts of Muzan's blood.
Fortunately, Nakime had good natural talent and had already absorbed Muzan's blood before.
So she could barely handle it.
"Biwa woman, where is he?" Akaza asked coldly.
"Lord Upper Rank One arrived at the center first. He is currently being received by Lord Muzan."
The moment Nakime finished speaking, the building above their heads suddenly flipped upside down.
"This…"
Gyutaro and the others all looked up together. What they saw made Gyutaro's pupils shake violently.
A figure kneeling on the floor had a thick, writhing blood vessel stabbed straight through its chest. The crimson vessel extended from Muzan's palm.
The figure wore a purple snake-patterned haori with black spots. Long crimson sidelocks covered the back of his neck. At his waist hung a long blade made from his own flesh and bone. The blade was covered in strange patterns and neatly arranged eyeballs.
Lord Muzan was actually pouring his own blood directly into him!
Even Akaza's eyes flashed with shock. It was already extremely difficult for Upper Ranks — especially those ranked Four and above — to get stronger just by absorbing blood.
Unless the amount was massive. But normally, Muzan would never inject large quantities of his blood into them. This was way too abnormal. What the hell had Lord Muzan gone through recently?!
"Hmph!" Suddenly, veins bulged across Kokushibo's face while all six of his eyes remained closed.
His skin and muscles slowly swelled. The dark red markings on his neck and face twisted grotesquely as his skin stretched.
"My lord, that's the limit," Kokushibo said. All six of his eyes opened at once — three pairs that almost filled his entire face. His sclera were blood-red and his irises were golden.
The middle pair of eyes had the kanji for Upper Rank and One carved into them.
Whoosh! The blood vessel in the air was instantly pulled back into Muzan's hand.
Even though he had a huge amount of blood in his body, he couldn't keep spending it like this. Still, if his plan succeeded, this amount of blood would be nothing.
The blow and humiliation Ivan had dealt him this time was far too great.
In order to obtain the blue spider lily and kill Ivan, Muzan had nearly gone insane. The first words he spoke after turning his gaze to the group shocked everyone.
"In three days, I will have Nakime move the Infinity Castle beneath Tokyo Prefecture. The more than one million people living above will fall into the Infinity Castle and become my blood food. During that time, my blood will turn into a rain of blood. I want to see just how many demons I can create!"
Muzan understood that even using quality might not be enough to kill that man.
Since Ivan's regeneration wasn't particularly strong, he would simply drown him in endless demons and slowly grind down his strength.
Besides, by then he would have over a million blood sources to restore his own stamina.
Inside the Infinity Castle, sunlight couldn't reach them. In there, he was almost impossible to kill!!
"My lord… are you planning to kill everyone in Tokyo Prefecture?" Gyokko was a psychopath, but even he hadn't imagined something this insane. Over a million people. Capturing them one by one would take forever.
"Can the Infinity Castle even expand to that size?"
Akaza also didn't approve of Muzan's plan, but he didn't say it out loud.
"It can't."
Muzan answered.
"But don't forget — the Infinity Castle can move. In one day, the area it passes through is already large enough to cover all of Tokyo Prefecture." Muzan's goal was simple. He wanted to use the lives of the entire city to threaten both the Demon Slayer Corps and the government into finding the blue spider lily and handing it over to him.
If he could get the blue spider lily, he would stop.
His purpose had never changed since the day he became a demon.
He wanted to overcome his final weakness and become a perfect, immortal being.
If he couldn't get it, then he would carry out his plan as normal.
In Muzan's eyes, if he devoured Ivan, he would obtain resistance to sunlight all the same.
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