Ren wept with joy; as long as they got to the hospital in time, this person could still be saved.
"Little girl, don't cry. Your mother is still alive. Let's rush her to the hospital, there's still time!"
Without waiting for the little girl to speak, Ren gently picked up the woman's body while simultaneously carrying the little girl on his back, rushing toward the hospital at top speed.
After all, the little girl was also covered in bruises and might have suffered fractures, so she needed treatment at the hospital as well.
After Ren left, a cute calico cat slowly jumped down from a tree, its eyes staring intently at Ren's receding figure.
Hanging from its neck was a piece of paper drawn with an eyeball pattern.
Meanwhile, in a clinic not far away, a person wearing a purple kimono sat in front of the consultation room, gently sipping liquid from a cup.
The liquid in the cup was neither water nor coffee, but scarlet human blood.
"That child is truly a good person! And to possess such strength at such a young age."
As she spoke, the person opened her eyes, her pupils as beautiful and flawless as purple gemstones.
If Ren were to see this person, he would instantly recognize her identity. It was none other than the demon doctor: Tamayo.
"Yushiro, let's prepare."
As soon as these words were spoken, the white-clad boy beside her suddenly spoke up to dissuade her: "Lady Tamayo, you want to go see him? No, that's too dangerous. That guy is a Demon Slayer. Even three Upper Moons weren't his match. What if he discovers that we are demons?"
"I didn't say I was going to see him. It's just that the mother has been poisoned by a demon, and only I have the means to neutralize that toxin. Someone has been injured by an evil demon; as a demon doctor, I cannot sit idly by. So, Yushiro, I'm counting on you."
"Yes!"
The boy named Yushiro nodded heavily in agreement, his gaze toward Tamayo filled with adoration and admiration.
'Lady Tamayo is so beautiful today!'
...
Meanwhile, in the Infinity Castle.
Looking at the battered bodies of Kokushibo and Hantengu, Muzan was furious, yet simultaneously terrified deep down.
Even Kokushibo was not Ren's match. There was no doubt that Ren had become a second Tsugikuni Yoriichi—an existence capable of killing him!
The thought that he might be obliterated by Ren caused a look of rage to instantly surface on Muzan's face.
"Following Akaza, even Gyokko was killed by that bastard? You two useless things!"
"Three against one, such a favorable situation, yet you allowed one of your own to be killed in return? Is a mere human really that difficult to deal with?"
"For hundreds of years, I have only had two demands of you: find the Blue Spider Lily and destroy the Demon Slayer Corps!"
"Yet after all this time, you haven't completed a single task! Now I send you to kill one human, and you still manage to suffer losses!"
"I really don't know what use there is in keeping you around!"
Seeing Muzan's anger, Hantengu knelt on the ground, begging for mercy repeatedly.
"Please forgive us! We had already fought that guy to a draw. If only we had another Upper Moon to assist from the side, we definitely could have..."
"Shut up! Trash!"
Before Hantengu could finish speaking, Muzan choked him off with a single sentence. Raising his scarlet eyes, he stared straight at Hantengu and spoke coldly, enunciating every word.
"Fought to a draw? Hantengu, have you misunderstood something? You are a demon! Hunting a human should be as easy as reaching into a bag to take something out!"
"Remember, I don't want an evenly matched fight; I want absolute suppression of the Demon Slayer Corps!"
Seeing Muzan's enraged appearance, Hantengu hurriedly prostrated himself on the ground, his body trembling violently.
"Kokushibo, do you have anything to say?"
"I have nothing to say. That guy's strength is above mine."
Kokushibo responded to Muzan frankly. However, in his mind, he was thinking that upon his return, he would hone his swordsmanship even more diligently so that the next time they met, he would utterly obliterate Ren!
Seeing Kokushibo candidly admit his inferiority in skill, Muzan was about to explode in anger when his attention was drawn to the bloodstains on Kokushibo's clothes.
He sniffed gently and smelled a rich aroma rushing into his nasal cavity, causing his mouth to overflow with saliva.
"This is..."
Muzan waved his large hand, and the blood on Kokushibo's clothes gathered drop by drop into his hand, condensing into a sphere of blood roughly two hundred milliliters in volume.
"Is this that brat's blood?"
Examining the blood sphere before him, Muzan muttered to himself, "More than a month ago, I smelled his blood. While it was sweet then, it wasn't as rich in nutrition as it is now."
Evolution!
This word suddenly popped into Muzan's mind.
"That brat is evolving. He can become incredibly powerful in a short period of time!"
"That is indeed the case, Lord Muzan."
Kokushibo nodded, agreeing with Muzan's words, and added, "I noticed that during combat, that guy's physical capabilities continuously strengthen, and they don't decline after the battle ends. That guy's body temperature can even reach over seventy degrees, and his heart rate exceeds five hundred beats per minute. If it were an ordinary person, they would have died long ago with that temperature."
"That brat... he's simply a superman! But this works to my advantage!"
Saying this, Muzan opened his wide mouth and swallowed the blood sphere into his belly. Immediately, his eyes widened, and the joy on his face was overflowing!
"This is..."
"Such powerful energy! Just two hundred milliliters of blood contains such terrifying energy!"
"If I can drain his blood and eat his flesh, I will definitely become even more powerful—it might even help me conquer the sun!"
Muzan was shocked by the nutritional value of Ren's blood and let out sighs of amazement.
"So that brat is named Ren... In that case, let his blood be called 'Hanma Blood'!"
"I must obtain his fresh blood and attempt to conquer the sun. When that happens, I will be the most perfect ultimate creature under the heavens! Hahaha!"
Within the Infinity Castle, Muzan's maniacal laughter permeated everywhere.
...
Ren's speed was very fast; it took only ten minutes to deliver the little girl and her mother to the hospital.
Inside the hospital, he saw Kocho Shinobu, Tomioka Giyu, and the Kamado family waiting in front of a ward.
Ren hurried over and asked anxiously, "How is Tanjiro?"
"Tanjiro is still in a coma, but fortunately, his life is not in danger."
As she spoke, Kocho Shinobu noticed the wounds on Ren's body and turned pale with fright. "Ren, you're injured? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, just superficial wounds. But what happened to you two? How did you get injured as well?"
Ren looked over Kocho Shinobu and Tomioka Giyu; both had suffered some injuries.
"We encountered five Lower Moon demons. They tried to capture Nezuko to threaten you, but fortunately, Mr. Tomioka was at the house protecting Nezuko, so they didn't succeed. Later, Mr. Tomioka and I killed Lower Moon Two, Lower Moon Three, and Lower Moon Four together. The remaining two demons retreated when they saw things going south. Only then did we bring Tanjiro and Nezuko to the hospital together."
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