NOVEL NEXT Chapter 57
Chapter Fifty-Seven: Training Tzudoki (Request for Subscription)
“What’s going on?”
In a dim world, houses floated in the air. A man dressed in a suit with pale complexion opened his eyes.
Kiwotsu Mushan, who claimed himself as the perfect being and the despicable ghost king, was also a nightmare-like existence for the Demon Slayer Corps.
However, at this moment, this ghost king felt boundless fear.
Just moments ago, he had sensed an extremely strange connection, one of blood to blood.
Most of the ghosts in the Demon Slayer World were created by Kiwotsu Mushan.
Of course, some were also developed from the Twelve Ghost Moons under his command.
Regardless of which kind they were, their lives and deaths were ultimately controlled by Kiwotsu Mushan, except for Jyuuji, who betrayed him years ago, and Yushi Rou, who was transformed from Jyuuji.
The betrayal of the latter indeed made Kiwotsu Mushan angry.
But compared to this time, their betrayal was nothing.
“My control over the ghosts is decreasing.”
Yes, Mushan could feel it; his control over the ghosts was weakening.
It was as if another force was taking away part of his authority from him, and this plundering was continuously growing.
“Damn it!”
“Damn it! Damn it!”
At the thought that the evil ghosts might possibly escape his control, a chill ran down Mushan’s back. His face became grotesque, and veins bulged across his face.
“Who?!”
“Who is it?! Who!!!”
Mushan was now very afraid, fearing the betrayal of the ghosts and even more so of being replaced by someone else.
In fact, not just Mushan, the more powerful the evil ghosts were, the clearer they could feel this change.
And among them, the clearest ones were the Upper Strings and Lower Strings of the Twelve Ghost Moons.
“Otohime!”
Kiwotsu Mushan instantly made a decision: “Shut down the Infinite Castle immediately. Without my order, no one is allowed to enter!”
“…”
Otohime, holding her biwa, meticulously carried out Kiwotsu Mushan’s orders.
Soon, the otherworldly space where the Infinite Castle was located entered a complete lockdown.
To prevent accidents, Kiwotsu Mushan used his authority to invade Otohime’s brain and took full control of her.
This way, even if the other party could use some method to take away his control over the evil ghosts, they wouldn’t be able to interfere with Otohime.
“Who exactly?”
Having lived for a thousand years, apart from the near death experience at the hands of Tsuguko Enno Ichii initially, Kiwotsu Mushan had never felt such fear as he did now.
It was at this moment that Kiwotsu Mushan began to regret his plan to create ghosts.
He had once considered the possibility of the evil ghosts betraying him.
Unbelievably, it actually happened!
Thus, after a period of self-destruction, Mushan began to observe the situation of the evil ghosts under his command through Otohime’s perspective, focusing particularly on the Twelve Ghost Moons.
After confirming that the Twelve Ghost Moons hadn’t betrayed him and he still had absolute control over them, Mushan then let Otohime teleport all of them to the Infinite Castle.
As for what Mushan intended to do next,
He would ensure these evil ghosts’ loyalty to him and then concentrate his strength to eliminate any damned traitors that might endanger his position!
On Fujise Mountain,
Bai Luo led Tzudoki up the steps leading to the shrine, surrounded by the fragrance of wisteria flowers.
If it were other evil ghosts, they would probably detest this smell.
However, Tzudoki had completely evolved. She no longer had the weakness to wisteria flowers or sunlight but instead liked this vast sea of wisteria flowers like an ordinary human.
“How’s your control over ghost blood?”
“Sorry, Lord Bai Luo.”
Mushan could sense someone seizing power, and naturally, Tzudoki could feel it too: “I can now control the ghosts on this mountain and even directly activate the curses within their bodies, causing them to die.”
“But I can’t do much more than that temporarily.”
Tzudoki’s control would gradually increase and eventually surpass Kiwotsu Mushan.
This process required a very long time, at least several decades to completely sideline Kiwotsu Mushan.
Unfortunately, Bai Luo didn’t have that kind of patience.
“However, if there is a ghost standing before me, whoever they are, I can control them.”
Tzudoki’s control grows stronger the closer she gets.
Even Heisyou Kyoukaku, ranked first among the Twelve Ghost Moons, couldn’t escape this control.
“That’s enough.”
Bai Luo’s Black King Sacred Domain was slowly covering Japan.
Everywhere he went, magic power would extend outward, exploring the spaces and searching for the existence of the Infinite Castle.
Moreover, Bai Luo was identifying every single evil ghost in this world.
“Oh, right.”
Bai Luo stopped walking, basking in the sunlight, and turned around: “Tzudoki, I remember there should be ghosts abroad, right?”
“There are indeed some ghosts scattered outside Japan.”
“Can you curse them to death directly?”
“…”
Tzudoki hesitated for a moment, unsure whether she should agree.
Although the girl commanded violence and war, she herself was very kind-hearted and reluctant to see excessive deaths.
For this, Bai Luo didn’t blame her.
The Seven Kings were his followers and also served the mission of advising the Black King.
Therefore, having different opinions was very normal.
Bai Luo never regarded Tzudoki, Xue Ji, and others as subordinates but saw them as younger sisters.
Moreover, it was normal for Tzudoki to hesitate.
A naive and kind-hearted young girl, just because she obtained power, doesn’t mean she should disregard life, otherwise Bai Luo would be worried about Tzudoki’s psychology.
After all, the Red King was the most unstable king. Only by maintaining a calm mind could one properly wield this power.
Judging from this, Tzudoki was still very qualified.
“Lord Bai Luo.”
“You can call me Brother Bai Luo like Tanjiro does.”
Bai Luo liked polite children, but he wanted Tzudoki to be closer to him.
“Brother Bai Luo.”
Tzudoki said: “Can we give them a chance?”
She wasn’t showing kindness to the evil ghosts.
Like Tanjiro, Tzudoki wouldn’t hesitate when it came time to act.
The Kamado family was kind, but they weren’t saints.
However, this time, Tzudoki intended to advise.
Even if it would make Bai Luo dislike it, Tzudoki still hoped that the lord she chose to follow could show a little more mercy.
“Don’t be so tense, Tzudoki.”
Bai Luo was quite lenient towards his own people, and he didn’t dislike children with opinions.
Moreover, what Tzudoki said made sense.
There were various ghost blood techniques. Who could guarantee that among the evil ghosts not appearing in the original story, there isn’t one with abilities that could surprise Bai Luo?
“Originally, I only planned to investigate Japan.”
“But now…”
Bai Luo said: “Since you asked, I’ll give the evil ghosts abroad a chance.”
Bai Luo didn’t have the intention to exterminate all the evil ghosts, but currently, he could only utilize the strength of a seven-digit number in its middle stage.
Investigating every corner of Japan and investigating the entire world were entirely different amounts of work.
Therefore, Bai Luo let Tzudoki kill the possible existing evil ghosts outside Japan.
The remaining ones were those he needed to carefully examine to see if they could be recruited as jailers.