章節 41: Entertainment District Arc (Part 3 [Finale])

(Shiro POV)

~Before Beheading Daki~

Uzui and I were once again watching the streets, trying to listen/feel if there was any demon that would come out tonight. And luckily, today just so happened to be the day. Having memorized the location of each house, I could tell that the demon existed from the Kyogoku House. However, there was also a feeling of demonic energy coming from beneath the ground.

"Uzui, I'll go and help Mitsuri. You, need to go down below where the demonic energy is. I can feel that it's a part of the demon Mitsuri is, so it might be where you wives are."

Seeing Uzui nod, I rush off toward the Kyogoku House. Upon arriving however, I find that the demonic energy had moved to almost an entire five blocks over. As I prepare to rush off, the sound of Uzui's bombs ring out, giving me que that he had found a tunnel to the demon's food locker.

Once again rushing to the position of the demon, I spot it conversing with Mitsuri casually, as I go to unsheathe my blade and use a breathing art, I find that it won't come out of the sheath. Staring down at my weapon, I can't help but lament at the fact that it got stuck. Trying my hardest to try and remove it, I cry in my heart when it doesn't.

However, in my time of trying to unsheathe my blade, the demon had regained her original powers and decimated the surrounding area. Mitsuri had luckily managed to stop her from killing anyone, but I did see a ton of people were injured.

Finding that the demon wasn't even aware that I was watching, I ran up behind her and kicked her head, causing it to surprisingly kick it completely off, or at least the top portion.

'She's an Upper Moon, right?' I ask myself.

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~Present Time~

Hearing the weeping of the weak Upper Moon Six, the dust settles around them, letting me see a relatively tall man with a black-dotted, pale grayish complexion whose anatomy was somewhat strange as his upper torso, arms and legs were all extremely muscular where his waist was incredibly skinny, and his pelvis jutting out at an unnatural angle.

His screechy voice then sounded out, "Come on, there's no use crying. Can't you even reattach your own head by yourself? You sure aren't the sharpest tool in the shed, are you?"

Watching as this new demon began to pat his sister's head and wipe away her tears, Uzui rushes back towards him, ready to try and behead both.

Yet an immense bloodlust emanates from the new demon, causing me to yell, "Uzui, stop!"

Uzui instantly stops in his tracks, and that was the best decision he could've made as the new demon was suddenly standing, two kama made from his own flesh were now in his hands and a certain feeling about the weapons made them deadlier than they look.

"Ah, how unfortunate for you to stop suddenly. I was ready to go for the kill. But, good for you, man. Good for you. Lucky you, man. That face of yours… Nice. I like your skin, too. Not a blemish, birthmark, or scar to be seen, huh?" The new demon rambles on, "And you have some meat on your bones, too. I can't gain weight, no matter what. You're a tall guy, too! I can see you're well over six feet tall! You must get tons of attention from the ladies, don't you?"

The demon then begins to tear at his skin, causing visible injuries that he's choosing not to heal. "I envy you! How I envy you! Would you mind just dropping dead? In the most agonizing way at that! Like getting skinned alive or maybe getting your belly slit open! And one more thing – "

Uzui then asks me, "Hey Shiro, why can't I just give this guy an unflamboyant death?"

"I can feel his weapons are laced with poison, so if you get hit even once, you won't be able to heal it Uzui. I'm more of a match for him than you ever will be."

"Oh… you don't have to worry about that then. I come from a long line of shinobi. I've become resistant, so poison doesn't work on me. Just let me have a go at him for now."

"The shinobi were wiped out back during the Edo Period! Don't give us that crap!" The sister demon yells.

"It's no lie though." Uzui deadpans. "The shinobi exist."

"Ah, I think I'll just kill him." The new demon threatens.

"Brother! It's not just them! There is more! Kill the one who called me a whore, too! Promise me! I've been toiling away, and yet… I've really been giving it my all! All by myself! And yet, everyone got in my way and bullied me! They all ganged up on me and bullied me!"

"I see! I see! That's unforgivable for sure! My sweet little sister was doing her best with what little brains she had. So, I'll massacre everyone who had the nerve to bully her. Time to exact it. That's my way. I'll exact the same damage you inflicted on me for sure. You're going to spin round and round when you die. Because my name is Gyutaro!"

Flinging his twin kama towards Uzui, the now identified Gyutaro starts his ramble again, "How envious I am… You really are a good-looking guy, aren't you? Protecting humans… Showing off like that… I envy you. In their eyes, you're their savior, aren't you? I bet their affection and gratitude toward you know no bounds, huh?"

"Well, yeah." Uzui calmly answers, "I'm a flashy, glamourous ladies' man, so that's a no-brainer. And I even have three wives no less."

Once again digging into his own flesh, Gyutaro laments, "Did you just say you had three wives? Are you kidding me? That's unforgivable!"

Pulling his arms backwards, Gyutaro yells, "Flying Blood Sickles!" throwing slashes of blood like thin blades towards Uzui.

Uzui in return lets off a few explosions, dropping through the ceiling and onto the first floor of the House.

"You're not getting away! Bend. Flying Blood Sickles."

I then watch as the Blood Sickles dive down the hole Uzui had made. Uzui, based on the little that I can see, aptly defends against each of them without troubles. Unsurprisingly, after defending against those attacks, Uzui throws and cuts his own bombs, causing the building where the Upper Moon Sixes were to go up in a puff of smoke.

Landing next to Uzui where he had gone before the House collapsed, I hear him say, "Well, I can tell it's not going to be a walk in the park."

Looking inside of the smoke, I see the sister have her sashes cover both her and Gyutaro.

Upon being revealed, Gyutaro states, "The thing about us… is that we're two people in one! Huh! This really pisses me off. You're good-looking, you have three wives, and on top of that, you're full of swagger. You're different, aren't you? You're not like any of the other Hashira I have killed. You must've been special since they day you were born. A chosen talent, right? That makes me so jealous! I need you to die as soon as possible!"

In response, Uzui scoffs, "Talent? Do I look like someone with any talent? If someone like me gives that impression, you really are living a blessed life. You may be centuries old, but if you've stayed shut up inside a place like this… I guess you can't help being ignorant of the real world."

"What do you know about it?" Daki annoyedly asks.

"I know, all right. But you have no clue, do you?" Uzui clues them in, "See, this country is vast. It's teeming with people who'd blow your mind. Such as the two complete enigmas who stand behind me. One, who's muscles are 8x denser than normal. The other, who has learned every breathing art we can offer. Me, chosen? Don't give me that crap! Just how many lives do you think I've let slip through my fingers until now?"

"Then how do you explain it?"

"I had the ability to persevere!" Uzui righteously proclaims.

Charging towards Gyutaro with his sister on top of him, Uzui flings his twin cleavers upwards, even upon missing, Uzui keeps charging forward, landing a solid hit upon the abdomen of the sister, separating the two of them.

"Don't you dare kick my little sister!"

"You scumbag!"

Now having both Upper Moons trying to converge upon him, Uzui releases a huge array of bombs. As I can see, Gyutaro carefully avoids the bombs. The sister demon is not so lucky, being blasted straight in the face and then aptly decapitated by Uzui in the next moment. Yet, once again, she doesn't even begin to fade.

Uzui continues his onslaught, throwing his second cleaver towards the neck of Gyutaro. Finding that it doesn't reach, Uzui grabs the very tip of his first cleaver, extending the blade more than far enough. Yet such an attack is easily deflected by Gyutaro.

"Damn, I botched the chance to finish off this one! Now, Shiro's gonna take all my fame from me."

Nodding my head in affirmation with such statement, Daki screams once again.

"He beheaded me again! Damn you! Damn you! I'll make you pay for this! Not fair! Not fair! Why am I the one who's always getting beheaded?"

"Hold on. You're onto us, aren't you?"

"About what?" Uzui smirks.

"Not that finding out about us will do you any good! Since you're going to die a slow and steady death!"

During this time, Kanao and Shinobu finally arrive at our position, both prepared for the fights. Along with them, Uzui super-strong, buff mice came walking up to me, carrying two separate blades in their hands, connected by chains. Taking the weapon from the mice, I unsheathe the connected swords. On one side, there is a cleaver. On the other, there's a whip-like katana.

"Since you've learned both my and Uzui's breathing art, why not use both?" Looking to Mitsuri with gratitude, the fight with Gyutaro continues.

"Who the hell are those guys?" Gyutaro screams, completely ignored by us.

"Makio, Suma, and Hinatsuru are currently evacuating everyone." Kanao whispers to me.

Gyutaro then scoffs, "You can summon all the underling you want… but there'll still be no blissful future waiting for you! You're all going to die, anyway… so stop staring with those sparkling eyes!"

"We're going to win! Us the Demon Slayers! And as much as I'd like to continue fighting you, I cannot!"

"Oh, but then who'll take you place?" Gyutaro exclaims.

Stepping in front of Uzui, I say, "That would be me, the Kōri to Kokū Hashira, Shiro Urokodaki, someone who can be considered to have been blessed since creation."

Continuing his nasty habit of breaking his skin, Gyutaro stares, "Eh, then I really envy you!"

"B-Brother…. That's not someone you can fight." The sister demon whimpers.

"Oh… and why's that, dear sister?"

"He's someone who's faced Muzan and greatly injured him."

This makes Gyutaro go wide eyed before turning into a sickening smile.

"So, if I can kill him here, all the better right?"

"Wha… no brother, he's really not someone you should be facing."

Yet even though his sister was trying to warn him, Gyutaro had already tuned her out.

"You had a nice eye to discover these had poison…" Gyutaro states, hoisting his kama, "But even if you know that, I just need to hit you once and then you'll be dead. And what's with those mismatched blades of yours. Planning on pulling off a magic trick."

Hearing his cackle, Uzui explains for me. "That's because Shiro is a weapon master even greater than me. And for you demons, we have a sure-fire way of winning since all we must do is behead you at the same time! Am I right? Otherwise, there'd be no reason to disperse your respective skills rather than assimilating your weak sister into yourself! Easy-peasy, you two!"

"All those Demon Slayers perished because they couldn't do that simple thing. Not even the Hashira! Fifteen for me and seven for my sister. That's how many we've devoured!"

"That's right!" The sister demon includes. "Since my brother can deal with that monster… I can deal with the rest of you!"

This elicits a laugh from everyone except the demons.

"You…" Uzui points at the sister demon. "Dealing with us…." Pointing at himself. "That's the greatest joke I've heard from a weak demon in a long time."

"I'm not weak!"

Yet, I could not put my attention on Daki as I had to deal with the actual Upper Moon Six, Gyutaro.

"I won't let you kill my sister. So, come along Shiro, let me show you the pain that my envy can elicit."

Beckoning me forward with his finger, I respond in kind, activating my Demon Slayer Mark before then dashing towards Gyutaro. Snapping his left eye shut, Gyutaro blocks my dual blades with his twin kama. Sending my blades upwards, Gyutaro tries to plant his kama in my chin, but I breath, using 'Sound Breathing First Form: Roar'. Dropping my always at hand bombs inside my uniform, I slam my blades down upon Gyutaro, who immediately kneels to the amount of pressure I exhibit from my blades.

Dodging backwards, Gyutaro streamlines forwards, executing a flurry of simultaneous attacks trying to breach my defenses. His sister tries to help him by sending in a few of her sashes, but they're cut from the outside before they can reach. Strictly in a one-vs-one battle with Gyutaro, he continues to try and cut me, even once, while all I do is defend against his attacks.

"What's wrong there Shiro…" Gyutaro taunts. "Something wrong with your blades."

Upon hearing that, I flip my blades around rapidly enough that it breaks Gyutaro's defense. I then use the chain connecting the cleaver and whip-like katana to have the cleaver strike at his arm with the whip-like katana hitting it shortly after.

Breaking past his arm rather quickly, they begin to approach his neck, but Gyutaro uses one of his Blood Art abilities, causing a dome of blood blades to form a dome around him, forcing me to back off.

"Man, you really are scary."

Charging at me once again, each of Gyutaro's strikes is infused with his own blood, so even though I defend against it, the attack itself bends around my blades and begins to slice at my hands, wrists, and chest. Along with that, Gyutaro would sometimes swipe his blade off to the side, using his 'Flying Blood Sickles' to fly out and then eventually boomerang back to where I was standing.

Upon having three of those blood sickles come from behind me, I use 'Love Breathing Fifth Form: Swaying Love-Wildclaw', sending a whip-like string of attacks to Gyutaro from the sole whip-like katana before then having the extended blade start to curve around his neck.

Yet Gyutaro had placed his kama right against his neck, so all that my blade hit was his blades, barely even making a scratch on them.

"Those twin kama are rather strong, aren't they?" I praise.

Showing a sickening smile in return, Gyutaro continues his relentless onslaught against me the moment I land on the ground again. Yet, I grip my two blades in a reverse grip and use 'Sound Breathing Fifth Form: String Performance'. Spinning my swords around while also releasing a multitude of bombs, all Gyutaro's attacks are knocked away and his body begins to fall apart as my slashes go straight through him.

Yet, Gyutaro wasn't finished yet as Blood Blades form around his neck. Confused for a moment, blood blades then suddenly explode outwards from Gyutaro's body, decimating the entire area that surrounded our duel and causing light injuries to appear across my entire body as I had to withstand more than three hundred different Blood Blades.

Having regrown all the limbs I cut from him, Gyutaro steps through the smoke, scratching his skin as he stares at me with frustration.

"You should really just go and die! You're stopping me from helping my sister!"

As if on que with his words, I hear his sister scream, "Help! Brother, they decapitated me again and their running away with my head! Brother, do something!"

Sticking his arms out from his body, blood blades begin to rotate around his forearms. Watching as their sent out, they suddenly change trajectory and head for me instead. Instead of hitting me directly though, they form a barrier around me, which slowly begins to condense.

"Let's see you try and escape this!" Gyutaro cackles.

"Well, I'm not alone in this fight, am I?"

Breaking through the dome while seeming to turn his blood slashes to flowers, Kanao had used 'Flower Breathing Fifth Form: Peonies of Futility' to break in. Stepping through the hole that Kanao had made for me, both her, Shinobu, and Mitsuri stand by my side.

"Eh… What's this? This is really unfair you know! How I wish I had a competent partner! I envy you!"

"Gyutaro… you should realize one thing about me." I begin.

"Oh, and what would that be?"

"I've killed two Upper Moon Demons before. Doma, Upper Moon Two, and Akaza, Upper Moon Three. Now, all that left to do is add Upper Moon Six to the list."

"Eh, there's no way, right? How could they ever hope to lose to someone like you."

"Because... I am strong."

Dashing towards Gyutaro with Kanao, Shinobu, and Mitsuri following closely behind, I feel something click, like I'd suddenly made a discovery of a lifetime. This click not only happened once, but twice.

Discovering what those clicks meant, I begin to spin my cleaver at a rapid pace, while also changing my breathing to that of Ice so that fog can start to emit from my spinning cleaver.

Along with that however, I let my whip-like katana extend to its maximum range and then I throw out a flurry of random attacks towards Gyutaro. Gyutaro tries to dodge each of them, but with each swipe of my whip-like katana, it leaves a light blue residue of where my blade once was, instantly freezing any part of Gyutaro's body where the attack residue touches.

Yet, these two attacks are nothing more than to slow Gyutaro down as the main force to behead him finally reached.

The first to attack was Shinobu who used 'Insect Breathing First Form – Butterfly Dance: Caprice' managing to land a singular one of her stabs on Gyutaro whose movements were slowed by my icy fog. Instantly, a violent reaction could be seen from him as his skin began to grow putrid purple bumps that were obviously painful for him.

Now, being slowed by Shinobu's poison, he's unable to even defend against Kanao and Mitsuri's twin attacks. Kanao uses 'Flower Breathing Fourth Form: Crimson Hanagoromo' while Mitsuri uses 'Love Breathing Fourth Form: Illusion Binding'.

As the two blades meet his neck, the three blood blades show in front of it.

"No! Get Away!"

Even if they could go for the kill, Kanao and Mitsuri listen to my words, backing off to where I was in a moment's notice, witnessing as hundreds of blood blades are released from Gyutaro's body, causing even more destruction to the surroundings.

"I'm done playing around." In an instant, Gyutaro's left eye shoots open, causing an immeasurable amount of bloodlust to come down upon us. But as Gyutaro takes a step forward, I leap forward and use 'Sound Breathing Sixth Form: Heartbeat Burst'.

Dropping all bombs on my body, an explosion so large occurs that it rumbles all the surrounding area, causing a huge shockwave to emanate from where I stood.

Dashing forward at a speed that Gyutaro couldn't perceive, I stab both of my swords into Gyutaro's chest, channeling the shockwave I just created straight through my blades and into Gyutaro's body, rupturing not only his heart but also his lungs.

Coughing a mouthful of blood on me, Gyutaro stumbles backwards.

Removing my dual blades from his chest, I immediately slice at his neck and within moments, they cleanly pass through, sending his head flying high up into the sky.