Nakime
After a night and a day, the setting sun's afterglow enveloped Asakusa, painting the bustling city with a layer of shimmering gold.
After nearly twenty-four hours of intense 'battle,' Kurozawa emerged from the room, feeling somewhat exhausted.
He felt a bit sore and achy.
In the initial stages of their intimate encounter, Hongyue was quite shy and hesitant, but soon, it turned into a playful push-and-pull, then active initiation, and finally, Hongyue became increasingly wild, revealing her true nature and directly taking the offensive, leaving Kurozawa feeling somewhat drained.
Kurozawa wanted to leave but was pulled back by a hand.
There were still several deep claw marks on the floor, evidence of Kurozawa's valiant struggle.
...
Turning his head to look at Hongyue, who was lying sideways in the room, looking beautiful as if in a painting, Kurozawa was momentarily speechless.
His physique was strong, but compared to Hongyue, he was still a bit lacking, and in some aspects, women are naturally more advantageous than men.
"I just wonder if Demons can have children with each other."
Kurozawa thought of this question and pondered it seriously.
Honestly, he didn't like children.
Even in his previous life, while Kurozawa liked fluffy and cute kittens and puppies, he had always kept a respectful distance from human offspring, avoiding them as much as possible.
"However, Demons seem to be unable to reproduce, and Hongyue has never seen Demons coupling and giving birth to demon children."
"Let nature take its course."
The Immortal Demon Body, to some extent, was a constitution that defied the heavens. Being unable to conceive offspring through sexual union was perhaps a natural limitation; otherwise, with the number of Demons greatly increasing, human society would truly face a crisis of destruction.
Outside the room, Kurozawa closed his eyes slightly, took a long breath of air, and let the cool evening breeze and faint moonlight enter his body and mind.
He returned to the room, and at the same time, Hongyue, with her rosy and vibrant complexion, opened her beautiful eyes.
"Didn't you say you wanted to rest?" Hongyue glanced at Kurozawa with a half-smile.
Kurozawa's breathing hitched, and he shook his head, saying in a muffled voice, "There are still important matters to attend to."
"I want to try eradicating the Demon Slayer Corps and severing the Breathing Technique lineage to see if it can break the cycle of this world."
Hongyue's expression turned serious, and she sat up straight, listening as Kurozawa slowly explained his ideas.
...
"That's roughly it. I'm threatening the residents of Asakusa to make the Demon Slayer Corps come in a month for a final confrontation."
"Although on the surface, they can't be a match for you and me, I'm afraid that thing might interfere, so we need to prepare in advance."
That thing, of course, referred to the Divine Will. Although it could only exert indirect influence, Kurozawa had experienced the trap it set and was severely tricked once. Now, he wouldn't let down his guard.
Hongyue nodded and said seriously, "For the lower-level Demons, I will issue commands through the bloodline, telling them to converge on Asakusa."
"As for the Upper Moons, I can summon them directly through the Infinity Castle."
Kurozawa was slightly taken aback, then asked curiously, "Summon them directly?"
The directionless, floating pavilions, platforms, and other structures within the Infinity Castle were already peculiar enough; it turned out it had other abilities.
Hongyue chuckled softly, "Yes, the Infinity Castle can draw people in and then release them in other locations, acting like a transit station. However, Nakime's stamina is limited, so she can only teleport a portion of people at a time."
"Let's go into the Infinity Castle first and gather the Upper Moons for a small meeting. It just so happens that the original Gyutaro and Daki are dead, so I plan to give the Upper Moon Six position to Nakime."
With a shift of her mind, Hongyue issued a command to Nakime, who was in a different dimension.
Kurozawa again sensed the invisible and colorless gateway slowly unfolding before him and Hongyue.
The naked eye couldn't see the Infinity Castle's doorway, nor could it see the scenery inside, but the Fighting Spirit Domain could extend into it, directly bringing it within Kurozawa's perception range.
"No matter how many times I see it, I still find this Infinity Castle somewhat unbelievable."
"I wonder if I can also awaken a Blood Demon Art." Kurozawa thought to himself.
Although he had become a Demon, all he gained was monstrous regenerative ability and a significant increase in the toughness of his body.
But he didn't have the core ability of Demons, the Blood Demon Art.
"Let's go." Hongyue stepped forward with her slender, straight legs and walked into the invisible gateway.
A faint ripple spread through the air, and her figure disappeared without a trace.
Kurozawa didn't wait and also took a step, walking directly into the Infinity Castle.
After a moment of dizziness, he seemed to have passed through a thin membrane and entered a different dimension unlike the real world.
He stood on a floating platform, surrounded by chaotic and disordered buildings.
Although there was no up, down, left, or right within the space, and the direction of all buildings was irregular, appearing somewhat chaotic.
But Kurozawa looked up and saw a proper, exquisite building.
Hongyue pointed to the exquisite building and said, "The Upper Moon Blood Battle takes place there, and occasional Upper Moon meetings as well."
"How do we get up?" Kurozawa looked around but didn't see any obvious path.
However, by using jumps, moving between the chaotic and disordered buildings, they could slowly make their way up.
The buildings in the Infinity Castle were dense, mostly floating in a chaotic and disorderly manner, and the gaps between them were not far. Swordsmen proficient in Breathing Techniques could move freely here.
"You don't need to do anything, just float up," Hongyue said.
Although they could have leaped up floor by floor, that would be beneath her dignity, and she wouldn't do it.
At the same time, a square platform made of redwood suddenly moved, floating up from somewhere on the lower level and stopping at Kurozawa and Hongyue's feet.
Then, the two of them took a step forward and onto the platform.
The platform began to ascend, and buildings, some intact and some damaged, automatically separated, clearing a wide path.
After a moment, upon connecting with the building, the platform's upward movement immediately stopped.
Kurozawa surveyed the scene before him.
Inside the building, exquisite decorations were everywhere you looked. Screens, wooden bridges, stairs, railings, and so on, all had beautiful patterns. In the center was a large platform with a pair of red eyes carved into the floor.
Hongyue led Kurozawa onto the crescent-shaped wooden bridge.
At this moment, a woman with long hair draped over her shoulders, her face mostly hidden, appeared on the platform below, holding a biwa.
As soon as she emerged, she bent at the waist as if bowing, then straightened up, lowering her head and eyes. She didn't speak, simply stood there.
She seemed to be waiting for instructions.
Upon seeing her, Kurozawa knew her identity.
Nakime, a subordinate who controlled the Blood Demon Art of the Infinity Castle and was highly valued by Hongyue.
He carefully sensed Nakime with his Fighting Spirit, finding that her main body was somewhat unusually weak.
Even Demons who relied on Blood Demon Arts for combat, such as Doma and Hakkotsuryo, had a certain level of combat capability themselves, and it was quite formidable.
But the Nakime before him had no strength in her body; it seemed a Swordsman who had just mastered a Breathing Technique could defeat her.
However, considering the bizarre Infinity Castle, perhaps all of her abilities were focused on her Blood Demon Art, with nothing left over for her Demon Body.
She was somewhat of an anomaly.
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