Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 50 Purpose
"My lord...you...you...!"

Tanjiro and the other three looked at Ubuyashiki Yōya standing next to Xin Lailai, and were shocked and speechless.

"I'm sorry for making you worry. As you can see, I'm fine."

Ubuyashiki Yōya spoke, and his gentle voice gave people a feeling of spring breeze, making those who heard it feel calm inexplicably.

"I know you have a lot of doubts in your mind right now, but for more, please first save the other children with Xin Lailai and Xing Ming."

Ubuyashiki Yōya said, looking at the people who had fallen not far away and the mournful Tsumugi Yumei who had stood in the field at some point and put all the seriously injured and unconscious Hashira together.

"Mr. Xingming... aren't you going to perform a mission!?"

"Amitabha, please forgive me for telling lies to you. In fact, I have been watching your battle from the side."

Faced with Tanjiro's question, the mournful Yu Xingmei, who had a face as calm and self-powerful as King Mei, clasped his hands together and apologized.

"Rather than being stunned here, I think it's better for you two to help me fight first. As for Tanjiro, if you don't want to die, it's better to drink this bottle of medicine first and then stay there to rest. Good, otherwise, once the prostitute Taro's blood poison in your body completely corrodes your whole body, you will not be able to be saved."

Blood poison?
Tanjiro was stunned for a moment and looked at the blood flowing out of his wound. Only then did he realize that his blood had been stained with a spiderweb-like blackness at some point.

"Brother Lai Lai, what exactly is this..."

Tanjiro was about to say something, but he felt the world in front of him shake, then his body went limp and he fell straight down.

"Oh, it's reached its limit, then you can feed him some medicine."

Xin Lailai said calmly, put the medicine aside, turned around and looked at the seriously injured pillars in front of him, raised his hand, and the remaining mana in his body was instantly poured out, turning into more than twenty balls of holy light, and under Xin Lailai's eyes Under control, it landed accurately on the wounds such as the pillars.

"Ihei, bring me the knife. Ganlu Temple is a bit serious. I just stopped and broke all her ribs."

Mitsuri...!
As soon as Snake Pillar heard about Ganlu Temple Mitsuri's situation, he was suddenly startled. He immediately grabbed Xin Lailai's Nichirin Sword that fell on the ground and rushed to the opponent's side.

The next second, an angry shout sounded:

"Are you a pig! I asked you to go to the logistics team outside to get a scalpel, not a nichirin knife!"

"Hug...sorry, I'll go right away"

"And Muichiro, do you want to kill Saneya! That's not how cardiopulmonary resuscitation works!"

……

two hours later.

what happened...

"Lord! Brother Lai Lai!"

In the darkness, Tanjiro opened his eyes drowsily. Memories quickly came to him, and then he sat up suddenly, and then was stunned for a moment.

"Everyone, this is..."

Next to him, except for Iguro Kobanai and Tokitoru Muichiro, everyone else was tightly bound with bandages - including himself.

"Very good. Now that Tanjiro is awake, let's officially start explaining."

Xin Lai Lai's voice suddenly penetrated Tanjiro's ears. Tanjiro was startled and looked around, and finally discovered that Xin Lai Lai was sitting next to his lord.

"Time is limited, so I will make a long story short."

Xin Lailai looked at Zhongzhu and Tanjiro in front of him and said in an indifferent tone:

"First of all, as you may think, today's attack was indeed planned by my lord and I. At the same time, Xing Ming is also aware of this plan."

Xin Lailai said, looking at the lord beside him.

Ubuyashiki Yōya nodded slightly, with a hint of apology in his eyes, and spoke in a calm and gentle voice:

"Everyone, just as Xin Lailai said, everything that happened today happened with my permission as the Demon Slayer."

"Including Xing Ming's outing, it's also a lie I made to deceive you."

After receiving the affirmative answer, everyone in the Demon Slayer Corps gasped in unison, but Ubuyashiki Yōya did not stop, but continued:
"As for the reason why I did this, I may not be convincing enough, so I'll let Xin Lailai tell you in person."

Ubuyashiki Yaoya said and looked at Xin Lailai with a smile. Hearing this, Xin Lailai did not speak immediately, but quietly stared at the people in front of him.

"Tell me, how do you feel about this battle?"

silence.

No one spoke, but silently lowered their heads.

A depressing atmosphere began to linger.

"A sense of oppression."

The first one to break the silence was Muichiro. The 16-year-old Zhu looked at Xin Lailai quietly and said:

"When I fight you, you will bring me a huge sense of oppression, as if you can see through every move I make."

Xin Lailai nodded slightly and looked at Yihei aside. After Yihei was silent for a while, he said with an unnatural expression: "Wuichiro is right, your strength and speed are not top-notch, and they are even far worse than Not on those windings, but the precision of your movements is terrifying.”

"What else? I hope you don't just look for the reasons from some side details, but can think about the essence of the problem."

Nature……

Everyone fell into silence again.

"Vampire magic, no, that's not right...

Tomioka Giyuu, who had been frowning in thought, muttered to himself, recalling his experience during the battle with Xin Lailai, as if he had grasped some key.

"It must be the body of an evil spirit that cannot die even if it loses its head."

Yusui Tianyuan, who was fighting with Xin Lailai until he fell, spoke. He looked at Xin Lailai and gave the answer.

"The ghost's regeneration ability has infinitely narrowed the gap in strength between you and us, and infinitely amplified the oppressive power brought about by your terrifying precision."

When the applause sounded, Xin Lailai looked at Yusui Tianyuan and smiled:

"Yes, it is indeed the case. This is the biggest reason why I can defeat you!"

"Perhaps you want to think in your heart that I can defeat you alone by carrying out a sneak attack while you are all in a weak state, but in fact, this is the huge gap between evil spirits and humans."

"As long as you are human beings, human beings who will fall into coma or even die directly if their vital organs are severely injured, and human beings who will no longer be able to pick up the sword and continue fighting once they lose their arms, you will inevitably have a moment of weakness."

"Even the concept of exchanging injuries for injuries is seriously unbalanced between you and me. I, who have no vital points, and you, who have vital points all over your body, are not affected by the exchange of injuries on the same level at all. of."

Xin Lailai stated, and no one refuted it. They still lost to Xin Lailai even after joining forces. Regardless of whether they accepted it in their hearts, they had to admit that what the other party said was indeed the truth.

All along, in order to fight against evil spirits, as humans, they have tried every means to bridge the gap between humans and evil spirits.

Perhaps it's because their own bodies have become as strong as those of evil ghosts after being trained by various things.

Or maybe it's because in the past, evil ghosts could be killed by just cutting off their heads, no matter how strong their recovery ability was.

They almost forgot how desperate the original demon-slaying swordsman was when faced with an almost unkillable evil spirit?
"Tsk, so you are grinding so much just to show us how powerful you are, right?"

An unhappy tut sounded, and the immortal Kawa Saneya, who was a wind pillar, turned his head away with an unhappy look on his face, with a hint of resentment evident on his face.

"Of course not. I just want you to recognize some realities first. This will help you make rational choices later."

Xin Lailai said with a smile, looking at Xing Ming aside, and then at everyone:
"Everyone, I understand where your dissatisfaction comes from. You should all be dissatisfied at this moment. It is clearly the key reason for the survival of the Demon Slayer Corps, but my lord and I suddenly designed together to severely damage the Demon Slayer Corps' most critical combat power. .”

"No matter how you think about it, this approach is too disrespectful of the overall situation, right?"

No one answered, but their expressions clearly betrayed their true thoughts deep inside.

"You are right, but...I believe that the master will not do anything meaningless."

In the end, the butterfly ninja clenched his palms and looked at Ubuyashiki Yoshiya aside.

The others also nodded inconspicuously, but Tanjiro scratched his head in confusion:
"Well... I can't think of that much, but since Brother Lai Lai has not betrayed us, I believe that Brother Lai Lai must have your own plans."

What happened today was too complicated for Tanjiro to think beyond his ability. First, Sinlai Lai, who was thought to be dead, suddenly returned, then Sin Lai Lai suddenly betrayed them and almost killed everyone, and finally there was a sudden Tell him that everything is actually just a premeditated plan.

"It's okay, Tanjiro, if you don't understand something, I will explain it to you slowly when the time comes."

Xin Lailai looked at Tanjiro and said with a smile, then glanced at the others, took a deep breath, and his expression became serious.

When everyone saw this, their eyes narrowed slightly, as if they realized that what Xin Lailai was going to say next was the most crucial part.

"Everyone, next, I will tell you everything that happened in the past few days, from everything I encountered in the Vine Raid Mountain to why I planned this attack."

"First of all, everything starts with me defeating Xia Xian Zhi San's sick leaves but being seriously injured and dying, and finally being rescued by Xia Xian Zhi Si's Ling Yuzi..."

Under the moonlight, Xin Lailai slowly told the story he had carefully woven.

From when he accidentally saved Ling Yuzi, to when Ling Yuzi repaid his kindness, and when the other party escaped from Kibutsuji Mumei's control by chance and lived with him for seven days...

Gradually, the expressions of everyone present, except for Ubuya Shiki Yaoya and Bei Mingyu Xingmei, who were already known, showed varying degrees of emotion.

In the end, the most emotional Renzhu and Tanjiro, who has strong empathy, even burst into tears.

"Finally, having obtained the perfect ghost bloodline by accident under the sun, I decided to go to the lord, explain all this to him, and give him my plan."

"First, while you are still human, let you break through your own limits when you are on the verge of death, try to awaken the stripes and even break through to the same supreme state as me."

Xin Lailai stared at the people in front of him, looking at Xia Zhu, Lian Zhu and Feng Zhu who had incomplete markings, as well as Tanjiro who had complete flame patterns on his forehead. He slowly stood up and said sonorously and forcefully. The final words came out:

"Finally, join me again and use the body of an evil ghost to defeat the group of evil ghosts living in the shadows——"

"——Slash into hell!"

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