Isekai Mizuki S1 - A World With Demons

Chapter 104 - VS Enmu: REMATCH

Suddenly, Kanao woke up from her slumber. "H-huh? T-that was only one dream, though... how did I get up...?" she questions, looking at her hands. She shakes it off, and notices that one of them was tied with a rope. A boy wearing gray clothing was tied to her. He was still asleep, while Kanao was now awake. She drew out her sword and severed the rope.

In what was once her dream realm...

"What the... everything's black now...?" the boy in gray clothing questioned. He tried to search for the border of Kanao's dream, but no matter how far he traversed, he could never find it. "The entire realm shattered into pieces so suddenly! I don't even know what area I'm in anymore..."

Suddenly, he got sliced from all over his body out of nowhere, and he died.

"GAH!" he yelped as he jolted awake, startling Kanao a little. "WHY'D YOU RUIN THIS FOR ME?!" he questioned angrily, picking up the tool he tried to use to break open a crack into another realm in Kanao's dream. Unfortunately for him, she quickly knocked him out.

"Well... that happened..." she muttered, standing up and walking off the seats. "...a demon definitely has to be here," she says to herself, opening a door that would lead to another carriage. But, instead of going into the next one, she hopped on top of it instead. She starts walking on top of the carriages towards the back in search of the demon who put her to sleep.

"So, you've broken free from your dream?" a voice says. Kanao turns behind her, and there stood Enmu, who was formerly Lower Moon One. "I had no doubt you'd free yourself from your dreams, but getting out that quickly is actually really impressive! Oh, no matter. I shall dispose of you brats, as my lord has ordered of me," he says, a mouth opening from the back of his hand.

"Blood Magic... Whispers of Forced Unconscious Hypnosis!  Go to sleep!" the mouth on his hand chants, firing an invisible wave in front of him. It reaches Kanao, and she is put to sleep once more.

Whispers of Forced Unconscious Hypnosis (A small telekinetic wave is fired at the enemy. If it hits, they fall asleep. The dream has only one layer.)

Kanao then had her consciousness transferred to a dream, and she took the opportunity to kill the other her while she was distracted by what seemed to be a smaller Nezuko. She woke up, and Enmu was taken by shock.

"What? Did it not work?" he questions, opening the mouth on his hand again. "Go to sleep!" the hand chants once more, firing another wave, which makes Kanao fall asleep. She gets back up again. Enmu puts her to sleep once more, but she still gets back up.

"What's going on?! Why is she not falling asleep?! Is this not working- no... it's worked on her so many times. But, she's breaking free extremely quickly each time I put her down!"  he thought, making his nails grow in length and become more sharpened. He then tried to claw her down, but he missed.

"It's simple. Each time he puts me to sleep, I get put in a dream where I must kill another me in order to leave. If this demon can control the kind of dream I get, he should be able to have control over where the other me is. Either he's dumb enough to not know that, or he can't manipulate that factor specifically. Regardless of which, I have to slice his head off,"  Kanao thought, demonstrating her theory on Enmu's abilities and powers. "But, I have to awaken myself as quickly as I can, or I may very well die. This demon has his own form of close combat weaponry, and it seems to be very sharp as well. Even the slightest slip-up could cost my life."

In not too long, Kanao got close, and maneuvered over his slash. She took the opportunity to attack and sever his head. "I got in a sparring match with Aoi once. Her attacks involved bending and twisting her sword in various and weird ways. It must be because she's being trained by the Snake Hashira, Mr. Iguro. I was able to make that kind of technique my own, and I worked the way it was used around to suit my power,"  she thought, altering her hand grip on her sword.