Isekai Mizuki S1 - A World With Demons

Chapter 12 - Talking to Tanjiro

Saturday, 6:30 PM

At the mall, Tanjiro and his family were there, going for groceries. They were eating at a restaurant when they saw a person split into what looks like at least 20 pieces. "What the-" she questioned as she immediately embraced Hanako, Shigeru and Rokuta to not let them see what just happened.

"M-mom, Tanjiro nii-chan, Nezuko nee-san... what's happening?" he asked, his voice hit by extreme fear. Another, and another person split.  "All of you, follow me! We have to get out, now!" she yelled. Shigeru was being carried by Nezuko, Rokuta by their mother, and Hanako was being lifted by Tanjiro.

Everything was being taken apart by the mall, when a bunch of people in uniforms of some sort escorted everyone out. A large, bulky silhouette launched a massive pillar down onto the Kamado family and at least ten others.

Nezuko prepared her magic. "Explosion!" she yelled, as her hand generated a burst of fire, taking apart the pillar that had been thrown. "Nezuko nee-san, you'll have to explain this sometime!" Hanako demanded, pouting. Nezuko nodded, an earnest face equipped. "I will, Hanako! But we're gonna focus on getting out alive!" she said, blowing up more things in the way. Ten spiders jumped at Kie, Rokuta and Nezuko. Tanjiro jumped forward, and attacked.

"Altered Flame Magic... The Setting Sun!" he yelled out as he unleashed a horizontal kick, which knocked away all of them. Unfortunately, the same giant that threw the pillar intercepted them, and was ready to kill them all. At that moment, an unexpected gust of wind seemed to have sliced off the beast's head.

"Wait..." Nezuko muttered. Tanjiro followed with "Isn't that..." "Mr. Shinazugawa?!" they yelled out in surprise, as they saw their Math teacher wearing dark green clothing, his usual white shirt, and had a green sword.

"I'm not wasting you over, kid. All of you idiots, follow me. I'm gonna get you out of here," he said, running off as the rest follow him. Five more of Kibutsuji's come down, but are killed by three slashes from Sanemi. The Kamado family and the rest of the citizens that haven't been taken apart yet got out either alive or injured.

As they all got out, a group of many more people in uniforms with swords were present. At the back of their hands read either "Kanoe" or "Tsuchinoto". All of the citizens moved aside, as Mr. Himejima ordered them to move forward. All of them were inside the building, and everywhere, spiders with large heads began dying.

Some slayers' bodies were flying out the windows, too, as some minions were able to overpower the others. At one point, about 10 people died at once. Then another one, two, then three, then another two. When Sanemi cleared his side, he leapt up to look for more survivors, where he found the dissected corpses of his comrades, all done by a person with Blood Magic who is a child.

"What do you want? Leave me alone and I'm not going to kill you," he questioned, demanding them to leave him alone as he was eating some of the Corporation's members. "Ohoho, you must be the Lower Moon Five, then, if you're powerful enough to take these many out!"

"Heh, guess it didn't take long for you to guess that. Are you a Hashira?" he asked. At that moment, Himejima popped up to the fifth floor. "Is this Lower Moon Five?" he asks, coughing. "I can tell. I count about eighteen dissected bodies in here," Sanemi replies, stretching his arms. "Fair enough."

"Heh... idiots. I'm more powerful than you think!" the child yelled, lashing six strings from two directions. Himejima cut the three to his right with his axe, and Sanemi slashed to the left. "These two really must be Hashira. The big one seems to be really powerful in terms of strength. It's unquestionable that he can slash my threads. But that one is not far below him. Judging from his arm figure, his weapon flexibility is high,"  he thought. He jumped backward, lashing out enough strings that it trapped Shinazugawa and Himejima. "Rock Magic... Sword Form... Stone Skin!" "Wind Magic... Sword Form... Clean Storm Wind Tree!" they both cried from their heart, as within quick attacks, the web was dispersed.