Next second—
The demon lunged at Azuma Shoyo and Shizuka Marukawa.
"Time to dig in!!!"
Its eyes burned with hunger, drool leaking from its mouth.
"Disgusting."
Azuma Shoyo shook his head, repulsed.
He raised a hand, flicking his fingers downward.
Splurch!
The demon's skin and muscles vanished in a flash!
Left with just a skeleton and a pile of guts, it crashed to the ground—bones scattering, innards splattering everywhere!
Nasty sight.
Azuma Shoyo snapped his fingers.
The gross mess on the floor—especially the eyeballs still rolling in the skull—stopped moving.
Everyone knows—
Demons in Demon Slayer have insane vitality.
Muzan Kibutsuji once got sliced into 1,800 pieces by Yorichii Tsugikuni. Yorichii destroyed 1,500 of them, but 300 tiny scraps escaped.
Those 300 bits fused into a head-sized lump, and Muzan regrew his whole body from that!
Talk about a recovery cheat!
Of course—
As the Demon King, Muzan's only trick Azuma Shoyo respected was that survival skill.
The rest?
Trash in his eyes!
This demon? Just a run-of-the-mill grunt. Eaten a dozen people, decent among normals.
It didn't have Muzan's regen power.
Azuma Shoyo's Cassandra Nova trick had stripped its flesh, leaving bones and guts. It wasn't dead yet!
Even tried piecing itself back together!
But would Azuma Shoyo let it?
Another snap.
The guts vanished.
Just a pale skeleton remained, motionless.
Dead!
Yep, this demon was toast.
If it were Muzan, a skeleton that size might still regenerate.
But a basic demon? Clinging to life with those guts was its limit.
Now, without them—just bones?
No chance.
A light wave of his hand, and the bones sank into the floor, gone.
Every trace of the demon—wiped clean.
Would Muzan, the Demon King, see this through that demon's eyes?
With so many underlings, did he watch every death?
Even if he did, would Azuma Shoyo care?
A coward like Muzan, skulking on Kosai Island—
What right did he have to make Azuma Shoyo wary?
If Muzan dared show up, Azuma Shoyo'd show him true terror in minutes!
No slip-ups like Yorichii—no escapes.
"You can open your eyes."
Azuma Shoyo took Shizuka Marukawa's wrist, pulling her hands from her ears.
"Huh? It's okay now?"
Shizuka Marukawa opened her eyes, seeing the slasher demon gone.
"Azuma Shoyo, where'd that slasher go?"
She asked, curious.
"Oh, he left."
Azuma Shoyo smiled.
"Left?" Shizuka nodded, not questioning why. Her ditzy nature didn't dig deeper—just glad the scary thing was gone.
"Let's head back to Ran and Sonoko."
Azuma Shoyo said, finally letting go of her.
Shizuka only then realized they'd been hugging the whole time.
"Okay, I'll follow you!"
She nodded, glancing at his profile. Her cheeks flushed slightly.
Then—
Azuma Shoyo took her hand, leading her upstairs.
Soon, they reached the office door.
He knocked.
"I'm back."
A voice inside replied, "Who's back?"
"It's me, Diga Ultraman."
Azuma Shoyo answered.
This world had Ultraman shows, but Diga hadn't debuted.
No one else would use that name.
Hearing the right password, Ran and the others moved the table and unlocked the door.
"Chie!"
Shizuka rushed in, teary-eyed, hugging Chie Morinaga.
"Wahhh! I thought I'd never see you again!"
Chie Morinaga, "…"
Girl, aren't you overacting? It's a theme park!
It's fake! Fake!
But—
She knew her bestie could be a bit slow, her logic off from normal.
So she patted Shizuka's back, soothing her.
"Azuma Shoyo, you okay? Run into any slashers?"
Sonoko grabbed his hand, asking.
"I'm fine. Met one, but shook it off."
Azuma Shoyo gently squeezed her soft hand. She blushed, sneaking a peek at Ran, who'd just shut the door.
"Where'd you find Ms. Marukawa?"
Ran asked, coming over, curious.
"In the basement."
Azuma Shoyo said.
"I got to the lower level and found her there."
He kept it brief, no details.
"Whoa! Ms. Marukawa made it to the basement?!"
Ran and Sonoko gasped, shocked.
Chie Morinaga, just done calming Shizuka, stared at her friend, speechless.
How… how'd you get lost down there?
"I thought you guys went that way."
Shizuka said, a bit sheepish.
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