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Chapter 1635 The Boundary between Life and Death (When people are tired, they want to sleep)

At that moment, Tanjiro felt as if his heart had stopped beating.

As a member of the Demon Slayer Corps, Tanjiro has experienced several tests of life and death, and even fought against the Twelve Kizuki. He has felt the murderous intent emanating from those terrible evil spirits countless times.

However, even the evil ghosts of the Twelve Demon Moons have never shown such murderous intent!
That was not aimed at the enemy, but more like destroying everything! With the girl as the center, everything around her was about to collapse, and everything would be completely destroyed. The heart was beating violently, the lungs were expanding wildly, and the instinct of life to escape death had even surpassed reason at this moment, almost driving Tanjiro crazy!

But he couldn't go crazy!

"Nezuko!"

Tanjiro reached out and grabbed his sister tightly. At this moment, his sister was no longer the little girl she was just now. Her body began to grow rapidly. Veins on her face were bulging. Her hands were clenched into fists. She bit the bamboo tube tightly and stared at Duanmu Huai fiercely. That was Nezuko's instinct warning her, trying to completely break through her reason, control her body, and desperately launch a desperate attack on the girl in front of her!
Even if I am killed by the other party, it is better than the despair of waiting for the god of death to swing his knife!
but……………

"Nezuko!"

Her brother's voice reached Nezuko's ears, like a fragile long line holding a kite caught in a hurricane, maintaining Nezuko's last bit of sanity.

Can't take action!

Nezuko could feel that the other party's attention was always on her. As long as she dared to attack, she would die in the next moment!
Tsk, I didn’t fall for it.

Duanmu Huai frowned after glancing at Nezuko who was supporting him so much. He had already made up his mind that if the demon girl took action, he would kill her immediately. But now it seemed difficult to do so... Never mind, it didn't matter. Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai looked at the people sleeping in front of him again.

According to Tanjiro, you are having a sweet dream, right?

I guess you must be very happy in your dreams.

Then... let you witness with your own eyes the destruction of happiness!

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At the same time, the figure standing at the front of the train frowned, turned around and looked at the carriage behind him.

How is this going?

One of the Twelve Demon Moons - the Lower Moon, Nightmare frowned slightly, and the smile on his face that originally showed a confident victory also sank.

At the beginning, everything went smoothly. Everyone on the train fell asleep as planned, and they were not aware of their own existence. This was natural, as Nightmare's blood vampire magic could force others to fall asleep and start dreaming, and in the dream, they could not realize that they were in a dream at all. In addition, they were dreaming the beautiful dreams they had been looking forward to, so they were naturally reluctant to wake up.

And in this beautiful dream, they will be completely swallowed up by the nightmare—dying with a happy dream in their arms, compared to the painful reality before their eyes, isn’t this a relief?

But then a small accident happened. One of the ghost hunters actually woke up from his dream.

But he was not a pillar, just a minor character, not worth mentioning. Moreover, although he wanted to try hard, he could not wake up others unless they woke up voluntarily.

But...what is this?
The murderous aura that came towards him was as hot as fire, and even his skin felt stinging. The feeling was like being exposed to sunlight - no, it was even more terrifying than that!
who is it?

It was not until then that Nightmare discovered that there seemed to be an uninvited guest on the train.

The other party is not trapped in his own blood magic?

There was no other way. Although it was a bit rough, it seemed that she had to be put into a deep sleep.

Nightmare raised his hand, but the next moment, he froze in place.

Because Nightmare saw that in addition to the mouth on his hand, there was an extra eye staring at him.

Eye?

Why do I have eyes on my hands?

My skin is so itchy... so itchy... my whole body is itchy, as if there are bugs crawling on my body. Is this an illusion? No, this is not an illusion...!
Nightmare pulled open his clothes and looked down, then he saw cysts swelling up on his body. They gradually grew bigger, then expanded, and then a crack appeared - then, eyeballs poured out from the crack, they turned, changed direction, and stared at Nightmare's face.

“What on earth is this……?”

Nightmare was completely stunned by the completely incomprehensible scene before him, but it was not over yet.

Those eyeballs gradually cracked open. Watching them crack open, Nightmare found that the world in front of him also split into two, as if its own eyes had cracked open - no, not as if!
His eyes were literally cracked!
Tiny teeth and a pointed tongue could be seen in the cracked eyeballs, staring at Nightmare, opening and closing.

“Found it…”

"found it……"

"found it…"

Fragmented whispers floated in his ears, like insects crawling into the ear canal, drilling into the skull, and deep into the brain. Nightmare even felt that his brain began to itch, as if his cerebral cortex began to swell and split, and then...

“Found it, found it, found it, found it, found it…”

Nightmare opened his mouth and wanted to scream, but from his wide-open mouth he could only say these words like a tape recorder. His tongue gradually stretched out, and the mouths in the eyeballs also grew larger. The tongues inside turned into tentacles, extending outwards.

What is this? What on earth is this? Is this a nightmare? I have entered a nightmare and found it and found it and found it…

The brain was completely unable to think, and Nightmare stood there blankly. Then he raised his hands in a daze and grabbed his head. At this moment, Nightmare's head suddenly exploded, and countless tentacles emerged from it, unfolding like a blooming Epiphyllum, and let out a shrill scream!

“Ohh ...

“Squeak…!!!”

Accompanied by shrill screams, the speeding train began to sway, slow down, and then rushed off the tracks!
"boom!!!"

The train ran off the track and slid on the ground for a distance before slowly stopping.

Although the train overturned, fortunately most people were only slightly injured. At this time, the ghost hunters who woke up from their slumber hurriedly began to carry the wounded out of the train for treatment under the command of Kanao Kocho.

But all this means nothing to Duanmu Huai.

He walked out of the train and came to the front of the train, where only a miserable skeleton was left. Even the so-called evil spirits could not resist the erosion from the Old Ones, and in the end, there was only one way to go, and that was death.

Duanmu Huai glanced at the broken skeleton, then retracted his gaze, and at this moment, footsteps were heard behind him, followed by the voice of Butterfly Kanae.

"Long time no see, Miss Ai."

"…………"

Duanmu Huai waved his hand as a greeting.

"I never thought that you would save me here. It seems that I owe you another favor."

"You're welcome. I'm just here to kill ghosts."

Duanmu Huai turned his head and looked at Butterfly Kanae, who was still looking at him with a smile on her face.

"As for whether you can wake up, that's your own problem, isn't it?" "That's right..."

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Butterfly Kanae's body trembled slightly.

When Duanmu Huai's murderous intent erupted, Butterfly Chanahui's dream changed drastically. She clearly remembered that the wonderful time she lived with her parents, sister, and family was completely destroyed in the blink of an eye. The sky began to burn, the earth gradually cracked, and even her family members died in front of her eyes as if they were burned by something.

But because of this, Kocho Kanae recalled her real memories, how her parents died, how she and her sister joined the Demon Slayer Corps...

Of course, Butterfly Kanae also admitted that it was a choice made with Duanmu Huai's murderous intent—under the terrifying pressure that was enough to destroy everything, she only had two choices.

Either wake up or drown with the dream.

“………………Miss Xiao Ai.”

"Ok?"

"You... don't seem to care about other people?"

"Yes."

Duanmuhuai nodded.

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"why?"

"Because it's not necessary."

Duanmu Huai looked at Butterfly Kanae.

"The evil ghost eats people. If you don't kill it, it will keep eating. As long as we can kill it here, we can save the people who would have been eaten by it. In comparison, I really don't care about the mere two hundred passengers. This is a necessary sacrifice to eliminate the threat to humans."

Having said this, Duanmu Huai lowered his voice.

"I know what you're thinking, but I must tell you, Ms. Kanae, our values ​​are not the same. I am also fighting to protect humanity, and to protect humanity, I don't mind sacrificing others, whether it's hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, or even a country, a planet, a world... This is all to protect and save humanity."

"…………………"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, Butterfly Kanae closed her eyes, was silent for a moment, and looked at him again.

“This is not a path that will be thanked.”

"This is my job, my duty, and I don't need to be thanked. For me, it is enough to kill those who threaten humanity and have fun watching their painful and desperate wails and struggles."

Having said this, Duanmuhuai paused.

"If this is the principle of your Demon Slayer Corps, then it seems that there is nothing in common between you and me."

After hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, Butterfly Kanae wanted to say something, but soon her face froze, and then she stared behind Duanmu Huai and assumed a fighting stance.

At the same time, a voice sounded there.

"Really? It's actually a woman. I have no interest in women."

Hearing this voice, Duanmu Huai turned his head and saw a pale-skinned, red-haired boy standing not far away, staring coldly at him and Chanahui. In his eyeballs, he could clearly see the numbers engraved on them.

The third string.

"I'm not interested in hitting on women, so get out of here."

The man waved his hands, looking bored.

"This is not okay."

However, Kocho Kanae did not let her guard down. Instead, she assumed a fighting stance again.

"I am one of the nine pillars, how can I turn around and run away from the enemy?"

"Oh?"

Hearing what Kanae said, the man opposite narrowed his eyes.

"Really? In that case, let me see what this generation of flower column can do!"

Before he finished his words, the man suddenly flashed and disappeared in an instant. The next moment, he appeared in front of Kanae and punched her!
The next moment, the two of them started fighting.

In the eyes of others, they probably couldn't even tell how they were fighting. They could only see the flashing sword light and the sound of collision. After a moment, with a "bang", Kanae flew backwards and fell heavily to the ground. Then she stood up again and held the sharp blade tightly.

However, this time, Duanmu Huai stood in front of her.

"Wait a moment."

"Miss Little Love?"

"Hey, little brother."

Duanmu Huai stared at the Upper Three in front of him, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"You used your fists, didn't you?"

"Oh, that's right."

"That's good."

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai threw away the Sun Blade in his hand and moved his neck and wrists.

"It's been a while since I've met an opponent I can fight passionately with. Let's have a fight."

“…Are you kidding me, kid?”

Looking at Duanmu Huai in front of him, the Third Upper Moon couldn't contain his surprise. You know, only the Nichirin Sword can kill demons, but this little demon in front of him actually threw away his weapon and wanted to have a hand-to-hand fight with him?

Is this kid sane?
“What are you talking about…?”

However, before Upper Three could finish his words, his body flew out like a cannonball, hit the ground, and rolled dozens of times before stopping.

"stand up."

Duanmu Huai clenched his fists and smiled at the Upper Three in front of him.

"Those ghosts before were too weak. Let me see if you are strong enough for me to fight!"

(End of this chapter)