After an hour of making 'love' with Tamayo, Muzan got up from the bed while putting the naked beauty who slept atop his chest aside gently.
Looking at her beautiful sleeping face, he couldn't help but grin.
"With you by my side, nobody int hsi world can harm me anymore…now I need to take care of that…thing." Muzan said a to himself.
He got up and went towards Tamayo's study room where she often conduct her research, write journals, etc.
It is also the place where in the cannon timeline, a Kasugai crow came to invite Tamayo so she could help Demon Slayer corps conduct research on developing a drug for 'taking care' of Muzan.
Given how big the demon slayer corps is, with their resources and inflience, she could easily find whatever she needed to make the drug faster.
CREEK
Muzan gently slide open the shoji door and entered the room,. As soon as he entered the room, he couldn't help but be disgusted after seeing the current state of Yushiro.
He was bloodied with cuts and bruises everywhere near his chest and limbs. His eyes were dried with stains of blood painted on his cheeks.
"What a loser you are Yushiro. Couldn't even fight back for the woman you loved, heh." Muzan said with a sly expression on his face
Hearing him, Yushiro slowly moved his head up. Pent up rage which kept hidden beneath his heart finally erupted.
He wanted to attack this man and tear him apart. Thoughts of making a bloody mess of this man erupted in his mind, but he was too weak to take any action.
"Y-you d-demon..you d…dare sho-w yourself…" Yushiro spoke with great difficulty.
"Oh, look what we have hear…" Muzan walked towards Yushiro and then knelt down as he met face to face with Yushiro.
He looked at him with disgust and then held Yushiro's face tightly.
"By the way, she was amazing on bed. She kept saying my name everytime I thrusted inside her pussy…oh man she was great…poor boy, you can't ever get to experience that. What a virgin! Hahahahaha." Muzan loved every second of Yushiro's misery.
"You better pray that you live a good life in your next life."
"Say hi to Amaterasu for me."
With that Muzan activated his blood demon art and absorbed Yushiro.
After a decade of not devouring anyone, today he felt good..strangely the reminiscence of Makkari within him did not feel agonized by his current self's actions.
"I guess he hated Yushiro too I see."
Muzan wasted no further time, and went to pick Tamayo and leave this place.
Carrying her like a princess, Muzan silently signaled Nakime to open a gate to the infinity Castle.
She has been watching them with her 'demon eyes' in case things went south.
Muzan didn't really need her help but it was always safe to take extra precautions.
Space started to twist around him as the entrance of the Infinity Castle formed in front of his naked eyes.
He entered the door and left the clinic behind without leaving any trace of him.
***
It has been few days since Muzan took Tamayo with him. Today was a good day
Gyokko finally found the location of Sword Smith Village.
Muzan couldn't help but be excited about the things he was about to do.
Muzan didn't waste any time and told Nakime to summon all upper moons for a meeting.
He was going to tell them what role they had to play in his grand plans.
***
In the meeting room where all the upper moons were about to gather, Akaza could be seen standing as he looked around, Gyokko accompanied him.
"So lovely to see you lord Akaza…what was it 90 years since I saw your face?" Gyokko said as he came out of his pot.
"Here I was worried that you might have perished ? I was worrying for nothing hehehe." Gyokko laughed haughtily. He loved to taunt Akaza given he was the only upper moon demon who had more humanity left than most of them.
"Biwa woman, what about lord Muzan? Has he arrived yet?" Akaza said out loud as he made his way through the Castle.
TIING
The sound of biwa spread throughout the castle followed by a beautiful feminine voice.
"I can say with certainty he has not."
"What about upper one? Is he here? Don't tell me it was 'him' who somehow got killed and that's why we are here?"
"Whoa whoa whoa…you're beginning to hurt my feelings lord Akaza..weren't you a little bit concerned about me..?"
Doma who just arrived, said as he put his hand around Akaza's shoulders.
"Here I was concerned that something might have happened to you. After all you are a cherished comrade of mine and I will be heartbroken if something happened to any of my comrades."
"Ahhaa greatings lord Doma." Said Gyokko as he bowed to show his respect to Doma.
"Oh hi there Gyokko? Long time no see? Looks like you got a new pot? Its beautiful! I still remember the one you gave me, I use it now to display a woman's head." Doma said while making sure Akaza heatd him clearly.
"I never intended it to be used like that, though I must say I am intrigued lord Doma."
"You will love it! You should come to my place sometimes."
Akaza clenched his fist tightly as he kept listening their conversation.
"Get it off." Akaza said with rage as he clenched his fist for a punch. He hated when other upper moons talked about slaughtering innocent woman like it was nothing. He might be a demon but he had sworn he would never harm women.
"Take your filthy hands off of me."
SPURR
Akaza punched Doma really hard that it broke all of Doma's teeth and made a bloody mess of his face.
"Ohhh,,wow. Unless I am mistaken…looks like you have gotten a little stronger" Doma said teasingly as he regenerated back to his healthy self.
TIING
"You asked about upper one earlier…he was already here before you. In fact, he's here all this time." Nakime replied to Akaza.
""Huh?"" Exclaimed the rest of the upper moons.
"I have been here for the last twenty years…seems like lord Muzan is on his way."
Kokushibo vanished from his area and appeared before the rest of the upper moons.
The upper moons were kind of surprised to see him. Who wouldn't? He was the second strongest demon after Muzan.
He has the most respect after Muzan among the upper moons demons.
"And Doma, let me advise you one thing."
"Do not go too far when lord Muzan is here…this time he will certainly kill you if you upset him with your usual ways"Said Kokushibo while remembering the huge change lord Muzan went through.
He finally brought a wife with him…and this time it was a demon who was turned into one even before him.
He feels like lord Muzan has become more dangerous. Its something about him that makes him feel a primal instinct imbued onto all living creatures.
Fear.
Yes, although Kokushibo did not fear earlier. He certainly do now. Muzan, even if he was his progenitor, and had a business like relationship, for the first time in centuries, he finally realized how much dangerous is Muzan.
He became more conscious of his own weakness.
To be not as good as his brother greatly upset him even to this day.
"Huh? What do you mean? Lord Kokushibo?" Doma asked Kokushibo with a puzzled expression.
TIING
"Lord Muzan is here."
As soon as all upper moons heard Nakime, their heart started to beat faster as their progenitor approached them.
***
Muzan slowly walked towards the meeting area.
Makkari's inner anime fanboy was screaming to witness this event.
Muzan couldn't help bith sigh at his former self's interests. Truly a nerd he was.
He snapped back to reality as he arrived at the meeting spot.
"Greetings lord Muzan…its been a long time since I was basked in your glorious presence my lord." Doma greated earnestly. Strangely he was showing more respect to him than usual. Oftentimes he would he more playful.
Rest of the upper moons offered their greatings to him as well.
"First time In a long time, we lost two upper moons. Truly pathetic." Muzan started as as he began discussing things that greatly upsets him.
"I did not turn you all into demons to be defeated by mere human…what a disappointment, 'sigh'"
"What about the blue slider lily? Centuries have gone by, and you still can't even find a clue. It's a joke, really—a sick joke at that."
"Aahh I am sorry for being a disappointment my lord. Allow me to atone for my failure. Should I grope my eye balls out? my head?…Or should I slaughter a village full of innocent humans?"
Muzan raised his eyebrow when Doma mentioned his last offering.
Muzan approached Doma, kneeling to meet his gaze directly. "'I have a task for you," he said.
"If you accomplish this..I might as well give you more of my blood." Muzan said as he held Doma's face and whispered near his ears.
Doma widened his eyes in surprise. It seems Kokushibo was right. Lord Muzan has certainly chainged. The man who hated change..changed himself?
Such drastic change in personality is a shocking thing for him to grasp. But this aspect excited him even more.
"What do I have to do lord Muzan?"
"Oh nothing much…you must bring a certain hashira to me. Kill anyone whose in your way."
"Her name is…Mitsuri Kanroji."
***
"Don't disappoint me, Doma. I have high expectations of you." With that, Muzan got up and looked at the rest.
"By now you all should know why I gathered you all here," Muzan said authoritatively, and then he looked at Gyokko.
"Gyokko…" Muzan said his name in such a calm and soothing manner that it sent chills down everyone's spine.
"Y-yes my l-lord? W-what can th-this lowly servant do f-for y-you?" Gyokko replied with a hint of dread and respect mixed in his tone.
"I have a feeling you have a piece of good information to share. What is it?"
Gyokko widened his eyes in surprise. How did he know that? Was his expression too obvious?
His body language made it very obvious that he was excited and eager to share his findings.
It then clicked with him that Muzan could also read their minds as he was their progenitor. His lord was expecting him to share his findings with the rest. Surely his lord has planned something devious given he has known him for a long time now.
"Y-yes my lord. I managed to find one of the cores of Demon Slayer Corps."
"I found the location of hidden Swordsmith Village," Gyokko said in a tone as if he was boosting his achievement.
The rest looked at Gyokko with shocked expressions.
Doma looked at Muzan and then understood why his lord had given him that task. Doma smiled playfully as he understood the true intentions of his master.
"I see now….as expected of my lord. Always two steps ahead of everyone." Doma said as he praised Muzan.
"How? How did you do that? That's a great achievement Gyokko!" Said Doma as he reverted his attention to Gyokko.
"Hehehe…stop flattering me, lord Doma."
"Since we know the location of Swordsmith Village, I want you all to play an important role."
Next hour or so was spent in Muzan explaining to them their role in this infiltration gig he had orchestrated.
As the meeting was dismissed, he walked out of the meeting room.
Akaza stared down, his fist clenched tightly. The moment his lord walked by, a wave of tension washed over him, making the air feel thick and heavy.
He instinctively glanced at Muzan, locking eyes with him for a brief second.
"Do not disappoint me, Akaza." The words hung in the air, sending a shiver down his spine.
***
Meanwhile, in a hidden Mansion, Kaguya sat near the compound accompanied by his wife Amane.
The wind Hashira, Senami, and the Serpent Hashira, Obanai, knelt in homage.
"I am very delighted with your achievements. You have done an excellent job eliminating demons from the Kanagawa prefecture."
"I have another important task for you to-*cough* *cough*" Before Kaguya could finish he started violently coughing blood.
Amane who was beside him immediately helped Kaguya by patting his back gently.
"""Oyakata-sama!! Are you alright?""" Asked all three of them.
Kaguya took a breather and relaxed.
"I am fine. I appreciate you all for worrying about me. But I am also afraid we can't waste any more time."
"Demons have become more active."
"Himeyuki (Kasugai Crow) informed me about the absence of the demoness named Tamayo from her compound. It also picked up faint smells of blood."
"I am afraid something has happened to them. I want you two to accompany Tanjiro in the swordsmith village and go on to investigate together with him."
"He and Nezuko have a good relationship with Lady Tamayo."
"She would be a valuable ally for us. Her knowledge and skills would undoubtedly help us make the 'cure'."
As Kaguya finished, he looked at the beautiful night sky.
"Yes, Oyakata-sama! We will leave for the village in the dawn." They bowed and then left the compound.
While they left, something fell from Obenai's haori.
It was a beautiful blue flower he had stumbled upon during his time in the Kanagawa prefecture.
"I hope Mitsuri likes it."
Indeed, fate was truly a cruel thing.
***
After the meeting, Muzan then left and went to his private research room.
He had not been feeling well ever since he had orchestrated his plan to destroy Swordsmith Village.
He felt uneasy, guilty, confused, and all sorts of feelings that were not his but originated from someone who had been responsible for his birth.
Makkari.
"I hate this feeling! God dammit!"
It's natural for him to feel this way. His whole existence derived from the fusion of two people who belonged to two different spectrums of morality.
One was good, one was evil.
But what does that make him? Neutral? He didn't know. He knew he was not his former selves anymore. He was a new being. A new soul.He stopped thinking any useless thoughts anymore.
And then he didn't hesitate.
TEAR
He literally tore apart his face from his head with no hesitation.
Blood splattered from the bloody mess that was made because of his action.
"Hahahahahahahahaha.." Muzan laughed like a maniac.
The most brutal action Muzan had ever done to himself, he laughed as he tossed his former face around. His regeneration kicked in and undone all harm that was on him.
A new face, a new beginning.
He had a crazed expression as he thought of the supposed protagonist of this world.
"It's not like I don't have a purpose for doing this. For finishing the quest, this is an important part. I will make sure nothing can stop me…not even you…bitch."
"!!!"
The will, the World, the heavenly spirit, Gaia, or whatever you call it,for the first time in its long existence, it felt chills run down its nonexistent spine as it realized Muzan was talking to it.
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Author's Note:
👀 Seems like Muzan have mental issues. Anyways, please give this novel power stones as it motivates me to keep writing. Also let me know your thoughts down below. I will see you soon!