"Who's that? Holy crap, look at his clothes!"
"Modern clothing… Is he a Transmigrator?"
"Probably. If he were a Reincarnator, the Main God System would have given a notification."
"This is bad…"
A group of Reincarnators whispered amongst themselves, realizing something was wrong. If the person in front of them was a Transmigrator, then things would be incredibly difficult.
That group of Transmigrators often spoke of making up for some regret in the original work, protecting their targets to the death. They were enemies marked by the Main God Space, and it was written in the "Reincarnator's Must-Read Manual": If you encounter a Transmigrator, unless they are chaotic evil, immediately kill them.
Looking at the person in front of them, he didn't seem chaotic evil at all. He must be a Transmigrator who wanted to protect someone, so…
They could only fight.
The Reincarnators each pulled out their weapons from the void (Main God backpack), preparing for a fight. In their eyes, Demon Slayer was just a low-martial world, so how strong could this person be after coming to Demon Slayer?
But what they never expected was… this Transmigrator, after fumbling behind him for a moment, actually pulled out two pistols…
One black and one white, like the yin and yang of Tai Chi, perfectly harmonious.
The pistols' unspoken message was, "I'm going to kill you, you son of a b*tch."
ebony and ivory, open fire!
"Holy crap!!!"
"Kongming!! Shield!!"
As a mage in the team waved his staff, a bowl-shaped shield enveloped them. The bullets from the ebony and ivory were all blocked outside, hitting the shield with a continuous clanging sound. The bullets fell to the ground, along with the cold sweat of the Reincarnators.
"Damn it! Are you all blind?! Look at his eyes! Mangekyo!"
A frantic shout came from inside the shield, and the Reincarnators then noticed that the person's right eye was a Mangekyo.
What does Mangekyo represent?
It represents…
Take a hit from my Tsukuyomi, kid!
The mage who had cast the shield in the team only met Fang Wuwei's gaze for an instant before immediately falling under Tsukuyomi. The shield instantly shattered. Although he didn't suffer a complete mental breakdown, his mind was already somewhat scattered.
"Holy crap! It's Tsukuyomi! Run!"
"No! If we run now, Tanjiro and the others will never be eliminated! Do you want to stay in this world forever?! He only has one eye; if he has Tsukuyomi, he definitely can't use Amaterasu, and a one-eyed Susanoo would be tough! Look, he even uses firearms as his main weapon; he must be weak! Get him!"
"…Ajin, you have a point. I'm going in!"
As the Reincarnator named Ajin finished speaking, a burly man grabbed the greatsword stuck beside him and charged forward.
Tanjiro saw this person draw his sword and charge. Without much thought, he stepped forward, drew his own blade, intending to block the charging Reincarnator's attack. Water Breathing flowed over his blade, intending to stop this strike. Although he didn't wish to kill, facing scum allied with demons, he still felt a surge of anger.
Unfortunately, he couldn't block this strike at all. The Reincarnator, leaping high and bringing his sword down, directly severed Tanjiro's Nichirin Blade. It only paused slightly before continuing straight towards Tanjiro…
We won! We won just like that!
A smile bloomed on the greatsword Reincarnator's face. This was actually just a feint. Originally, he was prepared to immediately retreat if his attack missed, and let his teammates find another opportunity to attack. He didn't expect to hit on the first try!
Sure enough, he's just a weakling!
But soon, he no longer had that thought.
Just as his greatsword was about to strike Tanjiro, the person in front of him pressed Tanjiro down beneath him with one hand to protect him, while simultaneously raising his other hand, using his wrist to forcefully block the sword.
Completely unharmed.
Holy cow!
Startled, the greatsword's movement didn't slow down at all. Just as he was about to pull his sword away, Fang Wuwei grabbed the greatsword with a backhand. A golden light flashed in his hand, and Imposing Might activated. With a fierce squeeze of his single hand, the greatsword instantly shattered. Fang Wuwei then unleashed another punch, trailing a golden afterimage, aimed directly at his chest.
The fragments of the greatsword still floated in the air, and the Reincarnator's face still held that expression of shock, but his chest had been punched through by Fang Wuwei, leaving a large hole. Shattered flesh mixed with blood flew into the air, his heart half-shattered by that punch…
Some people are alive, but they are already dead.
He withdrew his fist. Tanjiro hadn't even reacted yet; everything happened too quickly.
"How could you… how could you again…"
"Ajin… you…"
The Reincarnator fell to the ground. In his last blurry moments, he looked back and realized…
His other teammates were still standing in place, ready to attack, while Ajin had already fled, and he ran incredibly fast.
"…You… you son of a… yuck~"
The Reincarnator, under the assault of blood to his heart… Oh, he no longer had a heart. Anyway, he couldn't catch his breath… His lungs were gone too…
…Anyway, he died.
And Ajin, while fleeing, watched another teammate's avatar turn black on the Main God System, secretly rejoicing that he had run fast enough.
The other teammates, seeing this situation—one person dead in just one encounter, and their own mage incapacitated by a single glance—each and every one of them wanted to run away.
Until…
"Hey! What's going on?! What happened to that person?!"
A fiery voice came from nearby. A yellow-haired owl rushed over, running towards the dead Reincarnator lying on the ground, carefully examining his body.
"His chest was pierced… Damn it! He's already dead! Can't save him… Was it that demon?!"
"Kyojuro Rengoku! Those people are…"
"Tanjiro… These people are with the one who helped Enmu on the train roof earlier."
Fang Wuwei only briefly described the situation; Tanjiro would explain the rest.
Facing Tanjiro's testimony and Fang Wuwei's explanation of "I was just here to track them down," the Flame Pillar's smile didn't falter, and his voice remained cheerful, but his tone no longer held that warmth.
"I see. These guys… they don't deserve to be human!"
Flame Breathing manifested on Kyojuro Rengoku's blade. He was preparing to injure the few people first and then hand them over to the Master for handling, but Fang Wuwei stopped him.
"Flame Pillar… These few are my targets. I've been tracking them for a long time. Let me handle it."
Extending his hand to stop the Flame Pillar, Kyojuro Rengoku looked at the man in front of him. Although he didn't know why, he just felt that this person's words might be trustworthy.
"…Alright."
Seeing that the Flame Pillar had no intention of continuing and sheathed his sword, the Reincarnators were already panicking. They had discussed hundreds of countermeasures, but they were unwilling to leave just like that.
Their purpose of wanting to kill Tanjiro had been exposed. If this Transmigrator protected him to the death, it would probably be genuinely difficult to lay a hand on Tanjiro once they left this Infinity Train… The others were secondary. The mission issued by the Main God required them to kill Tanjiro and Nezuko, or else they would be stuck in this world forever until the mission time ran out.
It was said that Reincarnators who exceeded the mission time would be directly erased…
Facing the threat of death, the Reincarnators didn't dare to attack just like that. It was a joke; one of their own was instantly killed in a single encounter, and their mage was crippled by just one glance. Attacking now would also mean death, so how could they fight?
"Calm down… His physical stats are quite strong; this was tested by Canbiao who risked his life… Sob, sob, A-Biao, I'll remember you… But his ocular power might be limited, otherwise that last Tsukuyomi would have crippled me."
The mage in the team, supported by a nearby teammate, spoke faintly… He could only pray that Akaza would put in some effort and manage to hold him back, allowing them to make their move. Facing Tanjiro and the others alone, they were confident they could easily crush and slaughter them.
"…We… let's find a way to hide first… If he's going to change the tragedy and save the Flame Pillar, he'll definitely clash with Upper Rank Three. Then we…"
"He's here!"
"Who's here?"
"Quick, hide! Akaza is here!"
Just as Fang Wuwei drew his Fu Chen Blade, preparing to step forward and end the lives of the few Reincarnators, he saw them jump away, even concealing their presences and hiding in some unknown corner…
And descending from the sky was a demon with pale blue skin and pink hair, Upper Rank Three, Akaza.