Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began When I Became Yoriichi's Sister

Chapter 288 A Chance to Survive...

Upon hearing this, Kagaya Ubuyashiki's lips twitched slightly.

Yuko sat down at the front of the bed and turned to Shinobu Kocho: "Shinobu, could you please remove the bandage from his arm?"

Kagaya Ubuyashiki paused for a moment, then asked, "Shinobu is here too?"

“Yes, my lord.” Shinobu Kocho responded softly, sitting down next to Ikuko to unwrap the gauze from Kagaya Ubuyashiki.

“I’ll do it,” Ubuyashiki Amane said, sitting down next to the two of them.

She wasn't a doctor, but she was the person who had taken care of Yaozai the longest, and she was adept at simple nursing care, having become accustomed to it to the core.

Listening to their conversation, Kagaya Ubuyashiki immediately understood their thoughts, and a wry smile appeared on his lips.

"...Tianyin, you really are..."

Why waste other people's time on his affairs?

Shouldn't we know that?

In fact, Ubuyashiki Amane had mentioned this matter long before she learned that Ikuko's blood could heal external injuries.

But Kagaya rejected it.

They should have known that his curse could not be cured by ordinary means.

Otherwise, the Ubuyashiki clan wouldn't have needed to find a Shinto priest family to marry into every generation, just to slightly alleviate the curse and maintain the lives of their clan members as much as possible.

In other words, we've thought of all the possible solutions, and this is the best we can do.

Of course, although it was an arranged marriage by their families, the two of them were not forced to be together.

At the age of thirteen, Kagaya told Amane, who was seventeen, "If you don't like it, I will refuse."

Tianyin couldn't possibly be unaware of this, but for his sake, she went against her own rationality and hoped to give it a try.

Ubuyashiki Amane quickly unwrapped the gauze, revealing Ubuyashiki Kagaya's arm, which had long since become rotten.

His entire arm looked like it had been squeezed by something; it was purplish-black, and the pitted and uneven areas on his arm emitted a putrid stench.

This doesn't seem like something her blood could cure.

Yuko frowned, and as she reached out, her fingernails scratched her palm, revealing blood-red threads emerging from under her skin that gently bound Ubuyashiki Kagaya's arm.

The arm, rotting due to the curse, began to show tender flesh color amidst the expectant gazes of the crowd.

Cured?

A hint of joy appeared in the eyes of the four children.

However, in the eyes of several adults...

Ubuyashiki Amane smiled wryly, "So it still doesn't work?"

Only the rotten flesh regenerated successfully, but the rest of the body did not recover at all.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki's curse is not limited to the surface of his body, but extends from the inside out.

It cannot be cured if the root cause is not addressed.

Although she had expected it, Ubuyashiki Amane's mood still couldn't help but sink when it was confirmed that there was no cure.

Yuko frowned: "If that's the case, it can't even provide relief."

Because the rotten areas are too fragmented, the new flesh that grows back will quickly rot again.

“Unless…” Yuko hesitated, then stopped herself.

Ubuyashiki Amane seemed to have grasped at her last hope and hurriedly asked, "Unless what?"

Yuko calmly uttered chilling words: "Unless the outer layer of skin is completely cut off and repaired with my blood, it is highly likely that the spread of the curse can be alleviated."

"This curse should be a gradual process from the inside out, which may allow him to last a little longer."

"If we can hold out until we defeat Muzan, the curse will probably disappear, and we'll be able to return to normal."

The so-called gods and Buddhas, heaven and hell, seem to truly exist in this world.

Yuko doesn't believe in gods and Buddhas not because they don't exist, but because they didn't offer help when she needed it.

A god or Buddha who cannot help her cannot earn her her reverence.

The others understood what Yuko was saying, but the content itself was chilling to hear.

All the flesh on the surface of the skin was removed...

But considering Yuuko's Blood Demon Art, it doesn't seem impossible to do.

Ubuyashiki Amane hesitated for a moment, her eyes gradually hardening as she was about to speak.

"Ahem..." Kagaya Ubuyashiki coughed twice, interrupting, "I'd better not trouble you, Miss Yuko."

"The reason I invited you here today is to discuss the details of the plan with you."

Yuko frowned: "Trouble? If you don't get timely treatment, you might not even see what Muzan looks like."

“…I still have time.” Kagaya Ubuyashiki smiled. “I have a feeling that it won’t be too late by then.”

Ikuko:......

Having an incredibly strong intuition is amazing, isn't it?

Why don't you take her with you and get rich together?

Yu Zi muttered to herself, then calmly said, "With anesthesia, it won't hurt."

Kagaya Ubuyashiki seemed taken aback by the remark and broke out in a sweat: "No, that's not the point."

We can't really go without anesthesia, can we?

That wouldn't be healing, it would be torture.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki calmed down and slowly said, "Amane and I... have already made up our minds to perish together with Muzan."

"How could this be..." Shinobu Kocho's eyes widened slightly, and she spoke instinctively.

Ubuyashiki Amane sensed her kindness and shook her head with a smile.

"? To die together? Why?" Yu Zi was stunned for a moment.

"Cough cough... This mansion has been buried with a large amount of explosives. The amount that can be detonated is enough to turn this mansion into ashes in an instant."

Yuko roughly understood what he meant, and after thinking for a moment, she said, "But what if Muzan doesn't come?"

There's no rule that it has to be a king versus a king match, right?

Kagaya Ubuyashiki smiled slightly: "This is a grudge that has lasted for thousands of years. I think both I and Muzan would feel the same way."

"The desire to see what the other person looks like."

"Our goal for generations."

Ikuko:......

Makes sense.

But if it were her, she would find a way to have the pipa player secretly recruit the person after finding them.

Pull in one or two at a time, and gradually solve the problem of the pillars.

There was also a sentence written in her little notebook.

"One netizen said that if the matchmaking system were even slightly off, the Demon Slayer Corps would be finished."

Today, she can no longer fully understand the content, but she still gets the general idea.

Plot-driven death.

In other words, Muzan's brain is a bit weak and not very useful; otherwise, it would have been a straightforward victory.

but……

Yuko looked at him with a complicated expression: "You have a chance to survive."

Before Kagaya Ubuyashiki could speak, Ikuko continued, "As long as you defeat Muzan, you will have a chance to become a normal person again."

"Don't you want to see this world with your own eyes again? To see your wife and children?"