In case you didn't know. Muzan is actually crazy strong. More than yonko, in terms of speed. He can't destroy islands with his power but he's veeeery fast. The only reason the hashiras were able to barely defeat him was due to the poison which made him age by 9000years
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A few months passed by since then. I did a lot of travelling to get my head straight. The stress free life here is a nice change of pace. It was a good thing I followed yoriichi's advice.
I met a few other demons occasionally but they mostly lacked the intelligence needed to hold a proper conversation. Some still retained the memories of their human life experiences but it did little to help them control the impulses.
Koko became a hashira last week and sent me a letter. She wants to meet me and talk about something.
But that wait.
*Knock* *Knock*
"Who's there?"
"It's me, yuuji. Open the door uta."
"Ah, Yuuji-san! Please hold on. I'm coming!"
The door opened to reveal a beautiful woman with a bulging stomach. A round face, obsidian eyes, black hair, a comfortable looking kimono. and a headband to hold her hair back.
A lovely woman whom I grew fond of, in a platonic way of course. I love her kindness and respect her just as much I respect yoriichi.
"You look tired uta. Didn't get enough sleep?"
"Haa~....let's talk inside yuuji-san."
"Let's go then."
As I stepped inside the hut I took a look around me.
The hut still looks old but it no longer had a haunting vibe to it. The roof no longer had a big hole and the cold rustic hardwood flooring was replaced with tatami.
"Yoriichi really put a lot of work on the hut even when I told him not to. At this point this isn't hut, it's a small house for two."
"Hahaha.....that's just how he expresses his gratitude. He doesn't show it outwardly but he's really grateful that you let us stay."
"You don't have to mention it every time you know~ It's embarrassing."
"You should learn to get used to compliments, who knows how many could get in your next life."
"Well....I think I'd get more cusses than compliments. Anyhow, where's yoriichi."
"He went down the mountain at dawn to sell firewood. He should've been back by now, but I think It'd take some time due to this blizzard outside."
"Should I go out and look for him?"
"Don't worry about him, he'll be back."
"If you says so."
Uta then got up to prepare dinner while I started drifting into my own thoughts.
Looking out through the window I could see the wild animals huddling inside caves far away, some branches breaking due to the intense wind and snowfall.....and a man slowly making way towards us with a lot of excitement.
This looks....problematic. Reminds me of an ntr plot. Husband's away working while pregnant wife is home alone, unknown man walks in and boom. We now have a lot of steamy content.
Everyone knows that the only thing better than fucking a hot girl is to fuck a hot pregnant girl after all.
Unfortunately it was worse. That piece of shit was approaching us. I was bent on rushing there and beating the shit out of that asshole but I can't let Uta stay near us. I also couldn't send her away in this blizzard alone.
Conjuring some shadow clones to stall muzan I rushed towards the kitchen to pick her up and bolt.
"We need to run or you might die!"
After giving such a convincing reason I picked her up and started running while she was still in shock about this event.
*BOOM
She was about to yell out but stopped right away after seeing the house getting blown to bits.
My clones were holding on decently but his speed was still ridiculous. It's only been 13 seconds since we started running and he reached our house miles apart from his previous location.
I guess he doesn't want to let us go.
But why?
I was broken out of my thoughts when I sensed a shockwave coming forth.
Dangerous.
He knew that I was protecting a human and used it to his advantage.
Two more clones popped up. One erected a 10 foot wall 2 meters thick while the other one stretched the space between us as much as it could.
The work paid off as the attack dissipated before reaching us, but I couldn't relax.
He wasn't slowing down the slightest despite all my clones working together. Although they have only 20% of my strength, Haki, aura, sage mode, 7 gates activation, enhanced eyes, this much should've been enough to deal with him.
Why does he seem stronger?
.....Or was I weaker back then?
Well, I did get tossed into the crack between space while fighting 'IM' so that must've messed with my senses a bit. That would also explain why he managed to inject his blood in me during our fight.
"Give up yuuji, I'll have your body no matter what!"
"Why the fuck are you after my body you perverted creep!?"
"HAHAHAHA I didn't think I would be able to make a demon who could conquer the sun this quick. I could've had you much earlier if you had not managed to break free from my influence. But I still found you in the end."
"Shut up!"
"I will absorb you no matter what!"
Ignoring that mad dog, I concentrated on my foot and started to freeze the space beneath me. The fabric of space is much denser in this world. It's much harder to control unless you had a demonic art for it, but not impossible. The result...
"Hold on tight UTA!"
"What do you-KYAAAAA!"
I started running to the sky!
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New schedule- every Wednesday
I'll need power stones to recharge my battery btw