NOVEL NEXT Chapter 70
“Hmm?”
After Bai Luo dealt with Kyoukaku, what he saw was Kawasubo kneeling before him.
“Is there anything you need?”
“Please… grant me liberation…”
Kawasubo’s words surprised everyone present. They all looked at him, some of them finding it hard to believe.
Liberation?
Did Kawasubo mean he was seeking death?
“My life should have ended after avenging the one I loved.”
Kawasubo had been turned into a demon by Mushan and became the very thing he despised.
No matter how much he tried to explain, he couldn’t accept the fact that he had destroyed countless families and harmed so many innocent people.
Living was torture for Kawasubo.
All he wanted now was to go to the afterlife, see his former lover and master one last time, then atone in hell.
“…”
Bai Luo stared at Kawasubo and sighed in the end: “The hardest thing in the world is still forgiving oneself.”
Without further persuasion, Bai Luo chose to respect Kawasubo’s decision.
“I thank you for your kindness.”
Kawasubo bowed again and was subsequently granted death by Tzudoki, disintegrating into ashes under everyone’s watchful eyes.
Seeing this scene, the siblings of Jaki trembled all over.
But after exchanging glances, they seemed to make up their minds. Holding hands, they also knelt before Bai Luo.
“Do you also wish for death?”
“…”
The Jaki siblings were afraid of death, which was hard to hide.
Yet when they held each other’s hands, even death didn’t seem as terrifying.
The two would always be together, whether alive or dead.
Even if they went to hell, they would face it together.
Thus, nothing seemed frightening anymore.
“You’re different from Kawasubo; he had no more attachment to living.”
“You don’t have any kind of mental purity obsession, and your desire for death isn’t about redemption.”
The Jaki siblings didn’t think they had done anything wrong.
They didn’t feel guilty about eating humans either.
During their lives, no one gave them warmth except for each other.
In such a cold world, why should they offer kindness to others?
If you kill, I’ll help set fire.
That’s who the Jaki siblings were.
“As long as we’re together, does it matter where we are?”
Bai Luo understood the inner thoughts of the Jaki siblings. Life or death didn’t matter; what mattered was not wanting to separate.
“My prison needs someone to manage it eventually.”
Bai Luo said, “Work for me for a hundred years. Afterward, whether you live or die will no longer concern me.”
Having heard that, the Jaki siblings did not dare to push their luck further.
Still, they were grateful to Bai Luo in their hearts.
Working for a hundred years—how could they fail to see that this was Bai Luo showing them a bit of mercy?
“Boss~~”
“Host~~”
Delta and Cat Girl suddenly appeared from somewhere, jumping toward Bai Luo.
Cat Girl naturally transformed into her cat form and climbed onto Bai Luo’s shoulder.
Delta wagged her tail, her big eyes blinking as if asking Bai Luo for praise.
“Boss, Delta took out all the ones with big numbers!”
“Hmm, good job, Delta.”
Bai Luo petted the dog’s head as a reward, causing its tail to wag even faster.
“How about Cat Girl?”
“Playing was fun!”
Cat Girl’s illusion techniques were too powerful. Every demon she targeted was completely controlled.
While Delta aimed at demons with heavy sins, Cat Girl captured those pitiful souls who were forced against their wills.
According to Bai Luo’s requirements, the former were eliminated directly, while the latter were gathered and imprisoned.
Both women performed excellently, completing the tasks Bai Luo assigned to them perfectly.
“By the way, hasn’t Xiaoxue returned yet?”
Kurumi Tokisaki and Misaka Mikoto didn’t see Qian Renxue and found it strange.
“She… hmm…”
Bai Luo awkwardly said, “You can see for yourselves.”
A light flashed, revealing an image before everyone’s eyes—it was Qian Renxue battling 累.
“Uh…”
Watching Qian Renxue gradually falling into disadvantage, Ace and Kurumi exchanged worried glances, feeling nervous for each other.
“Cough, the situation in Douluo World is like this.”
There was no doubt that this battle amounted to public execution for Qian Renxue, thoroughly shaming her.
“Huff… Huff…”
On the other side, Qian Renxue flew in the air, panting heavily.
However, due to the infinite space structure of Infinite City, even though she had the advantage of flight, she was still touched by 累’s spider silk.
With just a few leaps, 累 could ascend high into the sky and attack Qian Renxue.
This fighting style made things extremely difficult for Qian Renxue.
Speaking purely of strength, the fifth lower string 累 was at most C-level, comparable to Qian Renxue.
Unfortunately, the infinite regeneration ability of demons was truly disgusting.
Ultimately, Qian Renxue was worn down by 累.
“That’s enough, Xiaoxue, come back.”
At Bai Luo’s voice, Qian Renxue stopped persisting.
It couldn’t be denied that this battle utterly crushed her spirit.
Mutual sparring in the chat group left Qian Renxue only able to fight Tanjiro.
Now, however, any random fish from another world could force her into a tough battle, which was indeed quite demoralizing.
“Hmm?”
累 noticed Qian Renxue’s distraction and prepared to press his advantage. But as he shifted his gaze, the surroundings changed instantly.
When 累 realized what happened, he already found himself in front of Bai Luo.
“Another mysterious guy.”
Bai Luo knew about 累’s situation from Demon Slayer World.
Desiring genuine familial love but personally destroying the parents who truly loved him, he was a pitiable individual.
Bai Luo didn’t give much sympathy to 累.
Because it wasn’t necessary.
He yearned for family ties, and what Bai Luo intended to do was simply send him to meet his parents.
Thus, 累’s body began to break apart, turning into ash and disappearing before everyone’s eyes.
“Did he… die?”
Qian Renxue didn’t expect Bai Luo to resolve her tough opponent with just a glance.
Fortunately, Qian Renxue had already acknowledged her own weakness.
She was a proud person.
After facing setbacks, Qian Renxue did not fall into despair or self-abandonment but instead became even more determined to grow stronger.
“Let’s go see Brother Tanjiro.”
“Then everyone can return.”
This trip to Demon Slayer World was for the first offline gathering of the chat group.
Additionally, it was to help Tanjiro deal with Mushan and remove the curse of demons from this land.
“Tzudoki.”
“Bai Luo-nii.”
“Let’s go check on the remaining demons.”
Bai Luo intentionally spared some demons rather than exterminating them entirely, merely leaving them a sliver of hope.
As for their subsequent choices, Bai Luo did not plan to interfere.
And the result was indeed unexpected.
Among the tens of thousands of demons transformed by Mushan, nine out of ten had already become twisted monsters.
Of the hundreds of redeemable demons that remained, more than nine out of ten chose liberation.
“As you wish!”
What else could Bai Luo say?
The hardest thing in the world is forgiving others, but even harder is forgiving oneself.
Demon Slayer World indeed taught Bai Luo and the other group members a lesson, leaving them deeply moved.
“In the end, there are only about ten people left?”
Bai Luo looked at the demons led by the Jaki siblings. “Well, better than nothing.”
His original plan for the demon clan was to act as jailers.
And among these dozen or so, most were females uncertain about their choices.
This included Zhu Shi and Yushi Rong.
The former originally wanted to seek death but ultimately chose not to leave because of Yushi Rong.
Besides, they indeed needed to repay Bai Luo’s kindness.
“Then work for me for a hundred years, just like Bai Mei and Gigifutaro.”
“Alright.”
The two agreed, temporarily finding a direction for their lives.
Thus, Bai Luo’s prison team took shape.
Zhu Shi was the warden, Yushi Rong was the guard, the Jaki siblings served as interrogators punishing prisoners.
The remaining demonesses acted as jailers guarding the prison.
To this, the demonesses had no objections.
Having lost their purpose in life, Bai Luo’s will became their faith.
Ps: The Demon Slayer chapter was poorly designed by little cat. Apologies to all the esteemed readers.
In future plots, we will proceed with greater caution.