Chapter 48

The Blue-Faced Demon had originally thought that the girl, who was ruthless and spoke little, with a brain that seemed to be missing a few screws, would continue to beat him until the sun came up.

For this, he endured a night of merciless beating, but he didn't expect that Mibuchi wasn't a fool either. At the moment the sunrise was about to appear, her instinct as a demon made her instantly retreat into her bamboo cage, leaving the Blue-Faced Demon to wait for his death in frustration.

"No, there's another guy. It's because of that guy that I'm here waiting to die."

The Blue-Faced Demon, as if remembering something, looked at Yūto, who was sleeping soundly on the ground, and a sinister smile appeared on his face.

However, he quickly suppressed his voice because he was afraid of waking Yūto.

The girl had already retreated into her bamboo cage, but the bastard who had been torturing him all night was still lying on the ground.

The morning light pierced through the clouds like a sword, illuminating the earth, and the Blue-Faced Demon, nailed to the tree stump, was the first to be hit by the sun.

For demons, the warm sunlight was no different from a deadly poison. Under the sunlight, the Blue-Faced Demon's body began to char, and black smoke rose from it.

The Blue-Faced Demon was naturally enduring intense pain, as his entire body was burning.

But even in such intense pain, the Blue-Faced Demon gritted his teeth and didn't make a single sound.

He endured such pain to avoid waking the sleeping Yūto. He wanted to hear the other's screams when the sunlight hit him.

It was this firm belief that allowed the Blue-Faced Demon to hold on for so long. He wanted to see the other turn to ashes in the sunlight along with him.

The sun continued to rise, and the area covered by the sunlight grew larger.

When the sunlight gradually illuminated Yūto's sleeping face, the Blue-Faced Demon, who was nailed to the tree stump, had only half a head left, his face twisted in a mixture of pain and anticipation.

When the seemingly warm but actually deadly sunlight hit Yūto's face, the Blue-Faced Demon's remaining half-head was instantly filled with狂喜.

In the first second the sunlight hit Yūto's handsome face, the Blue-Faced Demon's expression was one of wild joy and anticipation.

But after the second second, his expression turned to confusion and disbelief.

By the third second, he was screaming in hysterical rage...

"It's impossible, this is simply impossible. Why, even though he's a demon, can he be unafraid of sunlight..."

No matter how much he raged, the sunlight wouldn't give the Blue-Faced Demon more time to scream. The last straw was gone, and the remaining half of his head instantly turned to ashes in the sunlight.

"Really, what's with all the yelling so early in the morning..."

With his final scream of rage, the Blue-Faced Demon turned to ashes in the sunlight, and Yūto was successfully woken up by his last scream.

In the gentle morning light and the chirping of birds, Yūto stretched lazily, facing the sunlight, and muttered as he looked at the axe left on the tree stump: "Demons who live in the darkness, what right do you have to embrace the beautiful sun? Death is your ultimate fate."

After this sigh, Yūto's gaze turned to a large tree in the distance, and he said to the empty space: "Since you're here, why don't you stop hiding?

The appearance of such a strong human here means you must be the one Kyojuro mentioned, Rin'gorō Shigemitsu?"

Almost as soon as Yūto finished speaking, an old man with white hair and a red tengu mask suddenly appeared in front of him.

Rin'gorō Shigemitsu, looking at Yūto, was quite surprised, even though his mask hid his expression.

But at that moment, his heart was filled with surprise. There were many things that surprised him.

He was surprised that Yūto could detect his presence, and he was surprised by the strange aura around Yūto. What surprised him the most was that Yūto could actually move in the sunlight!

Rin'gorō Shigemitsu, like Tanjiro, had an exceptionally sensitive sense of smell. He could feel that Yūto's scent, while different from that of a demon, had some striking similarities, so he should be classified as a "demon," at least not a human.

For demons, sunlight was known to be their greatest weakness, even for the Demon King.

But the demon-like youth in front of him was completely unharmed by the sunlight, which couldn't help but surprise Rin'gorō Shigemitsu.

Rin'gorō Shigemitsu, who had been in the Demon Slayer Corps for many years and had killed countless demons, knew very well what it meant for a demon to walk in the sunlight.

What was the Demon Slayer Corps' method for dealing with demons? It was the Nichirin Blade in their hands.

The material used to make the Nichirin Blade was a special metal closest to the sun, said to have the same effect as sunlight, hence the name "Nichirin Blade."

But if sunlight was ineffective, then the Nichirin Blade would be even less effective.

A demon that could walk in the sunlight meant that their only weakness was gone, making them virtually invincible!

Unfortunately, Rin'gorō Shigemitsu didn't know that as a member of the "Demon Clan," Yūto, while not having the fatal weakness of fear of sunlight like "demons," also didn't have the same level of vitality. Even true demons would die if their hearts were pierced or their heads cut off, let alone a half-demon like him.

Of course, Yūto wasn't foolish enough to reveal his weakness. Sometimes being feared by others wasn't necessarily a bad thing, especially when he knew that the old man in front of him might have the ability to kill him.

While Yūto didn't have the absurd vitality of a demon, the Nichirin Blade's effectiveness against him was limited, which was a fact.

As a half-demon, his recovery ability, while not as absurd as a demon's, was far superior to that of an ordinary human.

"It seems your situation is not much different from what Giyu described. Although you have an aura similar to a demon, you have been killing demons.

However, just this alone is not enough to gain my complete trust. Only after I have thoroughly examined you will I decide whether to tell you how to obtain the Nichirin Blade."

Rin'gorō Shigemitsu looked at Yūto seriously. As mentioned before, his nose was as sensitive as Tanjiro's. The moment he came into contact with Yūto, he noticed that Yūto, apart from his demon-like aura, had no human scent.

This meant that Yūto had never consumed human flesh or blood.

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