Chapter 133: Daki: Don't Come Any Closer!!
At that moment, countless details from the battlefield began surfacing in Ren's mind.
As he thought, he continued retreating step by step.
"Hmph!"
The next instant, a thunderous roar erupted in front of Ren!
The young man's figure flickered slightly, effortlessly avoiding the attack once again.
At the same time, he rapidly swept his gaze across the surroundings.
Just as expected.
The four demons—Sekido, Karaku, Aizetsu, and Urogi—had all gathered around him.
In order to facilitate their fusion, they didn't dare stray too far from one another.
But Ren was puzzled.
Why was the final Upper Rank demon nowhere to be seen?
[Rewind State Activated!]
[You have begun rewinding...]
"I see."
Ren muttered almost absentmindedly.
"He isn't here..."
At first, Ren had still held onto a sliver of hope.
But now, that hope was gone.
Initially, he had been worried that protecting Hinatsuru and the other two women would distract him.
Now it seemed he had simply been overthinking it.
With the arrival of the Sound Hashira, the pressure on Ren had been greatly reduced.
And through the Rewind State just now, Ren had learned even more.
By controlling the details of the battlefield and recalling his earlier conversation with the Upper Rank demon, Ren discovered that the final powerful Upper Rank was not currently at the Kyogoku House.
Furthermore, his opponents seemed completely fearless, believing that Hantengu and Daki alone were enough to deal with him.
Ren smiled faintly.
Since they were so arrogant—
Ren decided he would stop concealing his strength as well.
"Hantengu, we couldn't settle things last time."
A glint flashed through Ren's eyes.
"This time, I'm taking your life."
A moment later, a dragon-shaped auspicious-cloud pattern spread from his neck.
For some reason, the moment Hantengu saw this, his heart sank.
A chill rapidly spread throughout his entire body!
He remembered the previous battle at the Butterfly Mansion.
Once this thing appeared, the opponent's physical abilities had undergone an abnormal increase.
That was why Hantengu was extremely worried.
After all, the last time he had seen this thing, all of his brothers had lost their lives.
Now, with no one to support him, Hantengu had no confidence that he could kill Ren.
In fact, Ren's deduction was correct.
Douma was already at home, waiting for the good news that the two of them would bring back.
Muzan didn't like having too many Upper Rank demons gathered together to carry out a mission.
He feared that if too many Upper Ranks gathered together, they might eventually defy his will.
So Douma was currently staying at home, waiting for news from Hantengu and Gyutaro...
At this moment, Sekido really wanted to curse.
Gyokko had at least been Upper Rank Five.
How had Ren somehow become even stronger after being imprisoned for a period of time?
And he was in his prime!
Judging from what Ren had just done to Urogi—
Sekido could say with certainty that if he had been the one to attack, Ren would have strangled him to death as well!
"You're completely unreasonable!" Sekido roared.
"Four Emotions—listen to my command! Fuse!"
...
"I'm lost!"
Elsewhere.
Daki, who was now nothing more than a severed head, was on the verge of collapsing.
A group of people had gathered in front of her.
Daki recognized them.
They were the men who frequently visited her Kyogoku House—her loyal admirers.
For some reason, Daki could see a hint of morbid curiosity and excitement in their eyes.
Daki admitted that she was somewhat flustered.
She was accustomed to bullying others through her position.
Anyone who stood in her way was killed.
But this was the first time she had encountered such a situation.
The main reason was simple—
She only had a head left!
She couldn't use her Blood Demon Art to kill the people in front of her.
Daki tried to control her body, only to discover that it seemed to have been completely restrained.
Not far away, Hinatsuru, Makio, and Suma had tightly bound the lower half of Daki's body.
To prevent her from breaking free, they had even tied dozens of knots!
After Makio finished tying the final Butterfly knot around Daki, she stood up and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
"This should be enough, right?"
Hinatsuru nodded.
"No problem. But for safety's sake, we should pin her hands down with kunai as well."
Suma looked somewhat reluctant.
"Eh? Isn't that a little too cruel?"
Makio smacked Suma on the head.
"Do it!"
You always bully me!
Suma cried.
Then, in what seemed like an attempt to vent her frustration, Suma ruthlessly drove a kunai into Daki's body.
A scream rang out from Daki in the distance.
Makio finally nodded in satisfaction.
"Looks like this method really works. If it hurt this much, she wouldn't be letting us do whatever we wanted to her."
Thus, to prevent Daki from breaking free, they even cut away all of her obi.
Then they used Daki's own obi to bind her tightly...
It was essentially a restraint system made from her own restraints.
And now Daki was truly suffering.
She had been abandoned all alone, her head severed from her body, screaming wildly in the middle of the street like an abandoned little girl left helpless in the wind.
Meanwhile, several lustful men were circling around her.
Daki roared, trying to frighten them away.
But her admirers didn't retreat in the slightest!
There wasn't even the slightest sign that they intended to yield to her threats.
"Is this the oiran Daki?" one admirer asked.
"Why does she only have a head left? And what's with those newly grown fangs?"
"For some reason, Lady Daki looks even more attractive now. Hehehe~"
Daki: "Huh?"
Daki fell silent.
An ominous premonition suddenly rose in her heart.
The feeling was so strong that even her tears stopped.
"What are you planning to do?! I'm a demon! Take one more step toward me and I'll eat you!"
"Hehehe~ So what if you're a demon? I've played with them before!"
Eat us? Lady Daki certainly has quite the appetite! I want to eat you too!
"It's rare to see Lady Daki outside. I never imagined she'd end up like this."
"How can we play with just one head?"
"Brother, your thinking is still too narrow. A head... isn't necessarily impossible!"
Daki: "!!!"
Daki was truly panicking now.
She had never imagined that she would end up like a tiger fallen onto an open plain, being bullied by a pack of dogs!
She usually ate humans.
Could she really be bullied by a few nameless nobodies today?!
Then Daki began screaming.
"Don't come any closer!"
"I'm a demon! I'm an Upper Rank demon! Do you even know what an Upper Rank demon is?!"
"No!"
Finally, Daki screamed in terror.
"Brother~!!"
...
"Ume!"
Not far away, Gyutaro's expression changed dramatically.
Hearing his sister's cries, he was about to rush over.
But Tengen Uzui's sword blocked his path!
"Sound Breathing, First Form—Roar!"
Two slashes descended.
Thick smoke billowed through the air.
Tengen suddenly appeared amid the flames, blocking Gyutaro's path and saving his sister.
Tengen struck an exaggerated pose and spoke coldly.
"Ugly bastard, where do you think you're going?"
"Your opponent is me!"