177. Chapter 177: The Final Battle! Complete Analysis!
After everything was settled, Kagaya Ubuyashiki sat by the wooden coffin, quietly waiting for Muzan's arrival.
Time flowed like the vast sun hanging on the horizon, steady yet slow. The sun set, and the surroundings fell silent.
The setting sun cast down golden rays, sprinkling onto Kagaya Ubuyashiki's face. He narrowed his eyes slightly, tilting his head back to appreciate the last afterglow of the sunset.
His expression was unusually calm, showing no trace of fear. "This millennium-long feud is finally about to end in my hands. Perhaps the era belonging to the Demon Slayer Corps should also come to a close."
No one spoke with him; he simply murmured to himself in a low voice.
The nearby residents, arranged by the Shogunate, had already relocated elsewhere. It was as if only he existed here.
Soon, darkness dispelled the orange-yellow light. It seemed as though an unseen monster was looking down upon this land.
Tap! Tap-tap!! The sound of leather shoes stepping on the ground came from afar. Muzan Kibutsuji, clad in a black trench coat, meticulously and elegantly dressed, stepped into the first hint of darkness and walked towards Kagaya Ubuyashiki. He wore a smile, his hands tucked into the pockets of his suit pants. Above the black suit pants was a pure white suit, with his tie hidden within an undershirt that had a subtle patterned stripe.
Tap. The sound abruptly stopped, and along with it, Muzan, dressed in his suit, also stopped.
He quietly looked at Kagaya Ubuyashiki, who was sitting cross-legged not far away.
At the same time.
The panel quietly appeared.
"It seems you truly are the leader of the Demon Slayer Corps. After all, things like aura cannot be faked," Muzan said pleasantly.
"It's our first meeting. You are very punctual, Muzan... Kibutsuji..."
Kagaya Ubuyashiki, who hadn't drunk a drop of water for a long time, pursed his dry, cracked lips. He looked at the demon that the Demon Slayer Corps had pursued for a thousand years with a complex gaze. "I knew you would come personally."
"What I want? And... is that coffin prepared for yourself?" Muzan had no interest in the Kagaya Ubuyashiki before him. He was more concerned about whether the other party had brought what he wanted.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki did not answer his question but spoke to himself, "Do you know? It is because of your birth that the Ubuyashiki Family has carried a curse for over a thousand years..."
After hearing his words, Muzan's eyes were filled with disdain. "Only ignorant people would believe such things. Of course, that doesn't matter at all."
He pointed to his head. "The theory of cause and effect is simply boring. Look, even though I have harmed countless lives, I have never been struck down by any so-called divine punishment. There are no gods or Buddhas in this world. If there were, it would be me, undying and immortal, with infinite lifespan."
Facing the incredibly arrogant Muzan, Kagaya Ubuyashiki merely smiled calmly.
His reaction, however, made Muzan very uncomfortable, even giving him an unsettlingly relaxed sense of disgust. Why wasn't this guy before him afraid of him at all?
"Alright, I don't have the patience to listen to your long speeches. Give me the item, then kneel before me and beg, and perhaps I will let you leave." For some reason, Muzan felt that this place was not safe, but before coming, he had already had Nakime scout the area and only appeared after confirming that that man and the Hashira were not nearby.
"Excuse me, is what you want... this?"
Kagaya Ubuyashiki took out a wooden box from within his clothes. His every move drew Muzan's gaze. The wooden box was slowly opened by a pair of slender hands. Inside lay a flower with blue petals, its stem covered in sharp thorns. It was a species of flower Muzan had never seen before.
Blue Spider Lily! Muzan's heart couldn't help but pound wildly. He flashed in front of the wooden box, and just as he was about to reach out for the flower, *Crack!* The box was closed by Ubuyashiki. "Are you looking for death?"
Seeing his long-cherished wish about to be fulfilled, how could Muzan remain calm? He glared fiercely at Ubuyashiki, threatening, "Give me the item, or I'll cut you into pieces and bury you underground as fertilizer."
Ubuyashiki, however, unhurriedly placed the wooden box on the coffin lid. "There's a mechanism inside that I carefully designed. Once violently damaged, the Blue Spider Lily inside will be cut into powder by knife blades, and you will get nothing. Now that I've brought the flower, where is your sincerity?"
"You want me to personally kill the few remaining Upper Ranks? I explicitly tell you, that is IMPOSSIBLE!" Muzan's expression was twisted, and he grabbed Ubuyashiki's neck, saying viciously, "You guy with the ugly scars on your face, don't try to challenge my patience. If you don't want to die, obediently open the box for me."
With his legs off the ground and blood circulation obstructed, Ubuyashiki's tone remained calm. "You don't think I'm afraid of death, do you? If I were worried about that, I wouldn't have come to see you today."
Ubuyashiki's reaction made Muzan realize that this guy was another tough nut to crack.
"Madmen like you from the Demon Slayer Corps really give me a headache. You're always willing to sacrifice yourselves for some illusory things. Isn't living a peaceful life what you desire? Even if someone is killed by a demon, isn't that normal? It's like a natural disaster; someone always dies. Why do you care about these things?"
Muzan's tone grew increasingly irritated. He truly couldn't understand the thoughts and ideas of the Demon Slayer Corps.
"You wouldn't understand, because you shouldn't exist in this world in the first place," Ubuyashiki said with his last bit of strength.
*Bang!* He was flung away by Muzan, crashing heavily onto the wooden coffin.
"What about that guy? He's a demon just like me! Why do you treat him differently! Is it just because he's not afraid of sunlight?"
Muzan, completely broken down, gritted his teeth and roared in a deep voice.
"Cough, cough." Ubuyashiki adjusted his posture with difficulty. "He's different from you. The distinction between a demon and a human is not the physical body, but the heart."
Unconsciously, half an hour had passed.
[Analysis Complete]
[Innate Ability: Complete Mimicry]
[Analysis Condition: Destroy Muzan Kibutsuji's disguise and force him to reveal his original form]
[After fusion, the player can freely change their appearance, aura, gender, and all other characteristics. Anything within their gaze can be completely transformed into, provided the player understands all information about the thing they are transforming into. The completeness of the transformation has a direct relationship with the information the player has mastered.]
[Innate Ability: Original Blood Demon Art]
[Analysis Condition: Absorb over three hundred milliliters of blood from Muzan's body]
[After fusion, the player will be unable to consume any food other than human flesh. Furthermore, the more flesh and blood the player eats, the stronger the Blood Demon Art they cast will be. This ability has an upper limit. At the same time, the player will be able to master all Blood Demon Arts possessed by Muzan, including but not limited to: Blood Demon Art: Black Blood Brambles, Blood Demon Art: Spatial Opening...]
(End of Chapter)