Fang Wuwei returned home, took off his uncomfortable suit jacket, and threw it casually on the sofa. He rolled up his shirt sleeves, revealing his toned, muscular arms, and humming a tune, he began washing vegetables and cooking, just as usual.
Finally, as the meal was almost finished cooking, the voice he had been longing for came from outside the kitchen...
"Big brother! I'm home~ Wow, it smells so good~"
"Wuyou! Wash your hands and eat!"
"Oh!"
Carrying the fresh dishes out of the kitchen and placing them on the table outside, Fang Wuwei proudly wiped his hands on his apron, looking at the table full of food he had cooked, filled with immense pride.
"Eat! It's all your favorites!"
"Yay! Long live big brother!"
Watching Fang Wuyou pick up her bowl and eat with gusto, Fang Wuwei simply pulled out a chair and sat opposite his sister, resting his face in his hand, watching her stuff her mouth full of her favorite dishes, like a lovable hamster.
"Brother? Not eating?"
"...I snuck a bite of something when I got off work, so I'm a little full now..."
"Wuwu! How could you, sneaking food behind my back!! You don't love me anymore!"
"Hahaha..."
Happiness.
At this moment, Fang Wuwei only felt his heart full of happiness...
But this was ultimately fake, Fang Wuwei knew, he had always known.
Yet he just couldn't get out, he just couldn't bear to shatter this beauty...
But now...
He reached out and gently stroked the face of his sister, who was eating, feeling the soft touch in his hand and those familiar, slightly angry eyes...
"Big brother, stop it, your expression is so disgusting..."
"Hmm?"
In reality, on the train, Enmu, who was controlling the flesh and blood within his body, noticed something was amiss.
"What's wrong?"
"All the Demon Slayers have woken up, but they are all held back by me, unable to break free, so there's no need to worry about that... It's just that one person is very strange.
His body... makes me somewhat fearful. My flesh and blood feel an immense burning pain the moment it touches him, and my body also dissipates, just like... being exposed to the sun."
"The sun?"
The Reincarnators' eyes narrowed; something was off.
"A-Jin!! Go check it out!!"
"Yes, Captain!!"
Shouting down, his teammate below immediately responded and began rushing towards that particular car...
"Bastard... Stop it!!"
Tanjiro, bound, roared out, veins bulging on his face, but was punched in the head by a Reincarnator, abruptly cutting off Tanjiro's roar.
"Damn, his head is so hard..."
The Reincarnator, pulling out a knife from behind him while shaking his hand, complained.
......
"Wuyou..."
"Hmm?"
Looking at his sister, who was happily chewing the food in her mouth, Fang Wuwei's face broke into a smile. He was smiling.
But he was also crying, two lines of clear tears streamed down his cheeks.
"Brother... what's wrong with you..."
"Wuyou... How much I wish, how much I wish I could just stay by your side like this, watching you grow up...
How much I wish to accompany you out to play again, how much I wish to watch you become an adult, how much I wish to see you leave me and find a better home...
How much I regret it, I regret that I didn't stay by your side properly back then, didn't teach you how to live, how to conduct yourself, how to find true love, and how to discern people and things...
For these past six years, I've always thought, if only back then... if only I could have seen what kind of scoundrel he was earlier, if only I could have made you leave him earlier, if only I could have arrived home earlier that day, would you not have left me like this..."
As Fang Wuwei spoke, his voice began to choke and sob, two lines of clear tears continuously rolled down, finally falling onto the dining table in front of him, and then disappearing as if evaporated.
"I love you, Wuyou... I've always loved you very much... But I seem to love you too much, making you so fragile...
I always wanted to tell you, I'm just your umbrella, not your lifelong harbor. I used to always protect you by my side, not wanting you to be led astray by others... because I was afraid, I was afraid you would get hurt, but now it seems I was wrong...
I protected you too well... Wuyou..."
Fang Wuwei stood up, his body already uncontrollably trembling, and slowly walked towards Fang Wuyou, whose face was already unclear, hugging her tightly into his embrace.
"Wuyou... I have to go...
Even though I'm so reluctant, even though I'm so, so... I want to stay here, I want to watch you grow up, watch you get married, watch you have adorable children, watch you grow old, watch you live a complete life...
I don't wish for your life to be incredibly exciting, nor do I wish for it to be legendary... I just wish for you to live, to live an ordinary life...
But I can't, I must go... Forgive me, Wuyou... I must... go...
Wuyou... I... I swear to you, I will, I will, I will, I will, I will!
...I will find that scoundrel, that damned bastard, I will tear him to pieces, I will...
I will avenge you..."
At this moment, Fang Wuwei's body was constantly trembling, and the sister he held tightly in his arms also began to become transparent...
"Brother..."
Fang Wuyou, held in Fang Wuwei's embrace, her dull eyes seemed to show a glimmer of light...
Rubbing against Fang Wuwei's chest, Fang Wuyou's body, along with everything around her, this world, began to shatter.
Like a piece of broken glass, the world underfoot, the sky and earth outside the window, the tall buildings, the eerie and unsettling terrifying whispers, and Fang Wuyou's body in Fang Wuwei's arms, all shattered into pieces, scattering into the air.
Only a terrifying, pitch-black void remained, and Fang Wuwei, kneeling on the ground, his arms still in an embrace, but holding nothing.
"...You can do it..."
Suddenly, Fang Wuwei seemed to hear a faint whisper from within the void.
The sobbing Fang Wuwei suddenly looked up, a tear dropping into this void, falling in front of him.
The tear rippled outwards, and then, beneath him, a golden ocean appeared, as brilliant as gold, as dazzling as sunlight, as hopeful as the sun...
Looking down, Fang Wuwei saw his reflection in the golden ocean. He had become that 16-year-old boy again, his right eye had also returned to red, but his now crimson eyes held no killing intent, only profound sadness.
But soon, something seemed to appear in the golden ocean, making Fang Wuwei have to look closely...
Something unknown was swimming in the sea.
He couldn't see what it was, he didn't even know if it was a person.
That thing was now in front of Fang Wuwei. It seemed unable to leave the ocean, only able to stare intently at Fang Wuwei across the water's surface...
"...Brother..."
"...Wuyou...! Is that you, Wuyou?!"
"...Brother... just for my sake... use an illusion on him..."
Fang Wuwei's face twisted into a smile uglier than a cry.
The Golden Sea instantly shattered, leaving only ethereal whispers scattered in this terrifying, pitch-black void...
Fang Wuwei, kneeling on the ground, let the Golden Sea shatter, remaining motionless for a long time...
But, this void slowly began to turn crimson, terrifying, filled with violence... just like Fang Wuwei's right eye... Finally, the void began to shatter...
In reality, Fang Wuwei suddenly opened his eyes, and a golden, lightning-like energy burst from his body, incinerating the very close fleshy tentacles. This energy even swept through the entire car, making Flame Pillar, who was fighting inside this car, instantly widen his already large eyes.
Enmu, on the roof of the train, felt an immense pain from within his body, causing his current body to instantly fall to its knees.
"! What's wrong with you?!"
The Reincarnator, who was about to kill Tanjiro on the spot, was startled by Enmu's abnormality, immediately stopped his movements, and became alert to his surroundings.
"Be... below..."
Just then, an earth-shattering roar echoed through the train...
"EN!!! MU!!!!!!!!"
Accompanied by this mighty roar filled with infinite rage, a giant red bone palm pierced through the roof of the train, bringing with it Fang Wuwei's surging fury.
"I will! Chop you! Cut you! Mince you!!!"