Chapter 45: Heaven.

Patter.

Tanjiro, who was walking to the first floor, just heard his father's words.

Tanjuro slightly turned his head and said to Tanjiro, who was just stepping down the stairs behind him:

"Tanjiro, you join too."

"Hinokami Kagura"

"It's been a while since you last practiced, hasn't it?"

Tanjiro was slightly stunned, then nodded confidently:

"Yes!"

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Meanwhile.

On the other side.

Tamayo's residence.

In the room.

The dim light was flickering slightly, and the small insects that were usually seen everywhere were not here.

"Unbelievable..."

Tamayo was kneeling in front of the table, her head bowed, observing the blood droplet in the microscope.

This was a blood sample provided by Tanjuro.

Her pupils were trembling slightly.

At first, Tamayo just found that Tanjuro's blood cells were more active than ordinary people.

But.

—When she added a drop of her own blood next to Tanjuro's blood for an experiment.

Everything changed.

Tanjuro's blood cells were slowly eroding her cells and using them as nutrients to sustain themselves.

She never heard about this.

Tamayo slowly raised her head, taking deep breaths.

This method of absorbing the life force around her for her own use made Tamayo feel a bit of a headache for a while.

This is exactly like another Muzan!

Just as Tamayo wanted to stand up and get something to record all this.

Suddenly, her legs went soft.

Bang!

She suddenly propped up the table with her hand.

"Yushiro..."

Somehow, Tamayo covered her forehead, feeling a bit tired and dizzy.

She whispered, her body gradually weakening.

Her eyelids seemed to become incredibly heavy, and waves of sleepiness were pressing heavily around her, wanting to drown her.

Creak...

The hand supporting the table slowly lost its strength, and the whole person also lost its center of gravity and fell to the other side.

"Tamayo-sama!"

Yushiro, who had rushed over, saw Tamayo about to fall and quickly stepped forward to catch her.

Yushiro's face was pale as he supported Tamayo, anxiously looking around.

"Can you hear me?! Tamayo-sama!"

"Tamayo-sama!!"

Tamayo's consciousness gradually blurred. She tried to open her eyes in confusion, and the last thing she saw before her vision plunged into darkness was Yushiro's anxious shouting.

Her hand, which she had just tried to lift, fell weakly onto the floor.

Then.

Her consciousness blurred.

It was a silence that reached the extreme.

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...

It felt like a long time had passed.

"Ah..."

Tamayo felt as if her body was constantly sinking.

In this boundless, thick darkness that could drown everything, countless cold hands were pulling at her limbs.

Sinking.

Sinking.

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Finally.

The darkness dispersed.

In front of a dazzling light.

Tamayo, in a daze, opened her eyes.

She lay flat on the soft ground, staring blankly at the sky.

What caught her eye.

Was a forest of wisteria flowers.

"Where... is this?" Tamayo forced her eyes open, adjusted to the light, and slowly propped herself up from the somewhat soft ground.

She struggled to look around.

In her dazed eyes, she could only vaguely see that the surroundings were full of blooming wisteria flowers.

She tried to lift her hand, but was shocked to find that something was binding her hands and feet.

Those things, whose faces she couldn't see, grew from the ground and were tied to Tamayo's limbs.

What is this?

Just as Tamayo was confused.

A childish voice.

Came from behind Tamayo:

"...Mom?"

That was a small figure holding a ball. She was standing behind Tamayo, maintaining the posture of just picking up the ball, and calling out to Tamayo.

After hearing this familiar call, Tamayo's confused body suddenly froze, and her heart felt as if it was being tightly gripped.

Her muddled thoughts suddenly became clear at this moment.

She didn't dare to think too much.

Tamayo's breathing became rapid, she seemed a bit incredulous, but the emotions she poured out far exceeded her own imagination.

Her eyes trembled, her nose was a bit sour, she felt heavy at the bottom of her eyes, and the sadness in her heart instantly drowned everything.

Tamayo forcefully pursed her lips, her eyes reddened, and she slowly turned her head.

The moment she saw the blurry figure behind her, Tamayo's tears burst out, her voice trembling with sorrow, with a crying tone:

"...Mika, is that you, Mika?"

As she spoke, Tamayo almost subconsciously reached out to the familiar figure, wanting to hold it in her arms.

But it seemed that she thought of something, and her outstretched hand wanted to retract like an electric shock.

"Mom!"

The small figure dropped the ball in her hand and ran towards Tamayo with a happy smile.

Pounce!

Then, she pounced into Tamayo's arms.

Tamayo felt the heavy weight in her arms, and her tearful eyes were slightly stunned.

Then, she tightly held the small figure in her arms, as if she didn't want to be separated again, she gritted her teeth, lowered her head, and tears kept pouring out of her eyes:

"Woohoooo... I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

Large teardrops fell down her face, Tamayo lowered her head, holding her child, but she couldn't stop the tears:

"I'm sorry...! I'm sorry..."

Tamayo held Mika tightly, sobbing, her heart seemed to have a hole, and tears kept pouring out of that hole:

"Waaaaaaaaah..."

Her body was trembling, crying.

"Mom, don't cry..." Mika hugged her mother, speaking softly, gently patting Tamayo's back:

"Mika misses mom very much."

"But..."

Mika's voice paused for a moment, she raised her head in Tamayo's arms, and looked back.

At this moment.

A somewhat tall figure of a man, dressed in an old-fashioned dark kimono, was walking towards them.

The figure stopped in front of Tamayo, his head slightly lowered.

"...how come you're here?"

After recognizing for a while, the man's voice came, soft with a hint of surprise:

"You shouldn't be here..."

Saying this, the man bent down, he squatted in front of Tamayo and Mika, reached out to rub his daughter's head, and spoke softly to Tamayo, who was hanging her head:

"Go back."

"Tamayo."

Tamayo was startled, she slowly raised her head.

Just to meet the man's half-blurred face.

Tears, silently flowing.

Whether it was Tamayo or the man.

The next moment.

She seemed to have heard the man's words.

Creak...

The unknown object binding Tamayo suddenly tightened, and carried Tamayo wanting to continue to sink.

"Ah!" Tamayo was startled, she looked back at her bound limbs, and threw a bewildered look at Mikasa and the man in front of her.

"Mom!"

Mika was forced to break free from Tamayo's embrace, she smiled, shouting at the sinking Tamayo:

"Don't come to find me and dad so soon!"

"Good..."

Tamayo kept sinking, her consciousness blurred again, and she could hardly hear the last few words.

But, she tried to open her eyes, through the last gap sinking to the ground, looking at her daughter.

"...don't die."

Mika said to Tamayo.

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