𝑖 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛

Chapter 33

Chachamaru was on the floor, her head was separated from her body and she was in the middle of all the debris. 

"Chachamaru.. are you alright?!" Yuishiro asks while putting her head back together. 

"Woah.. Is th-that cat a demon as well? So cool.. How did that happened?" The corps members who followed him were dazzled by a demon cat.

"Why are you two just standing around?? Go treat the wounded! Wow you guys are really unhelpful!" 

"Oh right!! We gotta go!!! Boar guy! Are you all right? Boar guy!! You need the serum! Hey you over there! You haven't administered the serum?! Agatsuma, the boar guy and Tsuyuri need it!!!!!!!!"

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"Himejima.. can you hear me?!" 

"Oh no.. his leg is a mess.. The blood loss and lack of equilibrium will make it nearly impossible for him to fight. Himejima is down with over 50 minutes left until sunrise. There is no way Tanjiro can last alone!... Tamayo.. Please protect Tanjiro.. somehow.. you must! Im begging you!"

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"This isn't enough.. to just connect the forms! I must accurately target his hearts and brains! Concentrate harder Tanjiro! Enter the transparent world! Dammit I can't see, I'm not getting enough oxygen!! Calm down!! Pinpoint him by smell! I'll last till dawn! I'll-

Before Tanjiro has a chance to process the attack he has no chance of dodging Muzans upcoming attack to his back however he saw a silhouette of someone. His eyesight failed on him so he used his nose. He couldn't exactly tell who it was due to the overwhelming stench of blood and flesh. He felt someone hold him by  the waist. He opened  his eyes a little. It was Obanai!

"Iguro! Your neck! Did you get injured helping me?"

"No! It happened earlier! Shut up and quit worrying about others!" He put Tanjiro down to a nearby kakushi and he went off to face Muzan by himself. He looked for an opening, a weak spot where he could possibly land a strike. Muzan used his whips to collapse a nearby building blocking Obanais landing spot.

"IGURO!" 

The damage on the building caused bricks to collapse with the dust blinding the serpent hashiras vision making it difficult for him to dodge Muzans whips. He noticed a familiar flower smell near him. He looked up to see Shinobu. Her left thigh was bleeding from Muzans whips but she protected Obanai from getting injured any further. She was the fastest hashira after all. 

"Dance of the Centipede, Hundred-legged zigzag!"

"Venom Fangs of the narrow head!"

"Even if they protect one another from me I should be able to kill a seriously wounded human being in an instant. Its the aging potion. I still haven't adapted.. and recovering from it is sapping my strength!"

"Solar Heat Haze!"

"Everyones attacks have weakened Muzan. His scent is gradually changing.. But he's still strong!! Its all I can do to avoid oxygen deprivation.. so I cant enter the transparent world! Even at three against one this is hard!! I have to break free of this situation somehow! Iguro has helped me many times.. so I need to help him! ..? Wait whats that.. Muzans body is changing.... Are those scars? They look old.. Oh I get it. Yoriichi made those wounds. Despite hundreds of years, muzan never recovered. Yoriichi scarred Muzan at a cellular level. Those are his weak spots!! Even now Yoriichi is showing us the way!"

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"At first.. He looked weak. He didn't show any drive, fighting spirit, hatred.. I never expected he could cut of my head or injure me in any way. not even God or Buddha would have expected it. But the real monster was him.. and not me!!" The aging potion had taken effect to the extend that Muzans old scars were showing. Everyone knew those were his weak spots, the spots Yoriichi striked before. 

"Muzan cant hide his wounds anymore! He can't mask them! The others bought precious time.. pushing him into this corner! They all.. did this together! So I must defeat him! I will see this through to the end! His wounds are moving! That must be where his hearts and brains are! Even if his constant attacks prevent me from entering the transparent world, I can still aim for his vitals!."

"Hinokami Ka-"

"WHY IS HE RUNNING AWAY-!?"

"HE RAN AWAY!! IGURO, KOCHO, MUZAN FLED!!"

"Damn, this coward wants to escape! Of course! Muzan isn't a samurai with pride of a human being who acts on emotion! Hes a thing that only clings to life! As dawn approaches and his life is threatened, he wont hesitate to run! He's getting away! Are just going to lose like this? Then everyone would have died for nothing!!" 

"Dance of the dragonfly: Compound eye hexagon!"

"KOCHO!!!"