"If you become a demon, you won't have to be protected by your younger sister like a good-for-nothing anymore. The current you is so incompetent it makes me sick."
Gyuutarou said as he walked towards Tanjirou, the blood scythe in his hand glowing with an eerie red light.
"I'm sorry... Nezuko, your brother made you get hurt again..."
Tanjirou pressed Nezuko's severed arm against her wound, watching Nezuko sweat from the pain. He then picked up his nichirin blade and shielded Nezuko behind him.
Then, he trembled as he slowly stood up and replied to Gyuutarou:
"I refuse, and I will definitely turn my sister back into a human."
His current demeanor, despite being filled with immense anger, was unusually calm, like a volcano buried deep beneath the sea.
Facing the same situation as Kyoujurou, Tanjirou made the same choice as Kyoujurou.
"Whether it's aging or death, these are the beautiful aspects of fragile beings like humans. It is precisely because they age and die that humans are so lovable and noble.
The word 'strong' is by no means limited to describing physical attributes."
"No matter how many times you ask, my answer will be the same."
Kyoujurou's response to Akaza, standing in front of them at that time, was still etched in Tanjirou's heart.
Because they cannot last forever, those fleeting beautiful moments are even more moving.
"Stop playing, Big Brother. Hurry up and kill them. The obi I separated detected a Hashira here. Quickly deal with them and then go find that Hashira."
Daki, sitting on the rooftop, reminded Gyuutarou.
Gyuutarou, having received Tanjirou's answer, also became somewhat annoyed and scratched his face.
"Then you can just die! Blood Demon Art: Flying Blood Scythe!"
He then yelled at Tanjirou and swung the blood scythe in his hand. Several razor-thin blood blades flew out, rushing towards Tanjirou.
Looking at the blood blades attacking him, Tanjirou felt a deep sense of powerlessness. He could barely hold his nichirin blade steady, and it seemed to him that he would have great difficulty dodging this attack.
The drawbacks of continuously using Sun Breathing had not yet passed. He was currently unable to use his Breathing Technique, and almost all his strength was exhausted.
But... he couldn't back down...
Tanjirou, who was perfectly aware of his physical condition, still chose not to retreat. He tightened his grip on his nichirin blade, his eyes still firm, preparing to face the coming blow.
Clang!
The first blood blade struck. Tanjirou barely managed to raise his broken nichirin blade to block it, but the immense force carried by the blood blade made his body numb, and his arm holding the nichirin blade was knocked away from his front, unable to block again.
However, at that moment, the next blood blade had already arrived, aiming directly for Tanjirou's neck. He no longer had any means to defend against this attack.
Arm... move!
In this final moment, Tanjirou still didn't give up, trying to raise his broken blade to block this blood blade, but it was futile. His numb body did not obey his command.
Just as the blood blade was about to hit Tanjirou, a figure appeared in front of him, just like Kyoujurou had done at that time.
The blood blade collided with the large twin blades, and Gyuutarou's attacks were completely blocked by the figure in front of him.
"To be able to hold on until I appeared, I admit your siblings' flamboyance. Now, leave it to me."
Tengen said to Tanjirou. He had rushed over after rescuing his three wives. Zenitsu and Inosuke were still behind.
"Uzui-sensei..."
Seeing Sound Hashira Tengen Uzui blocking him, the already exhausted Tanjirou finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had been very worried about what would happen to Nezuko and the humans here if he died. Tengen's appearance relieved him.
And now he could also recover some stamina and rejoin the fight.
"Brother, he's the Hashira the obi detected earlier!"
Daki on the rooftop saw Tengen and reminded Gyuutarou.
Gyuutarou looked at Tengen in front of him, his expression very displeased.
"You're really something... Your face is good-looking, your skin is smooth and delicate, without any wrinkles or scars... Your physique is also very strong, while I can't gain weight no matter how much I eat..."
Gyuutarou said, scratching his face.
"You're also very tall. Looking at you, you're probably more than six feet? I suppose you must be very popular with women..."
The more Gyuutarou thought about it, the angrier he became, scratching his face until it was raw.
"It's just too infuriating! Infuriating to death! Can't you just hurry up and die! And of course, the most painful kind of death!
Skinning, disemboweling, then taking out your internal organs, and finally, being cut into a thousand pieces!"
Gyuutarou tilted his head, looking at Tengen furiously, his veins bulging all over his body.
"Someone like you deserves to die like this! Blood Demon Art: Flying Blood Scythe!"
Gyuutarou said, swinging the scythe in his hand. Several blood blades, thin as cicada wings, flew out, slashing towards Sound Hashira Tengen Uzui.
Seeing this, Tengen wielded his twin blades, striking some of the blood blades to change their trajectory, and then dodging all of them.
"You're absolutely right. I am infinitely more flamboyant than an unpleasant fellow like you. I'm dashing, fashionable, and my actions are flamboyant. I even have three wives."
Tengen said to Gyuutarou, his words undeniably piercing.
Upon hearing Tengen's words, Gyuutarou froze for a moment, as if he had lost his dream.
He then fell into a frenzy, scratching his face hard and shouting in disbelief: "Are you kidding me!!! You you you... You actually have three wives?! Ahhhhhh! I will never let you off!"
More thin blood blades flew towards Tengen, so numerous that even he couldn't easily block them.
Originally, Gyuutarou had intended to control the previously launched blood blades to curve back and continue attacking Tengen, but Tengen's words just now made him unable to calm down, so he directly used his Blood Demon Art again.
Looking at the large number of blood blades in front of him, Tengen tightened his grip on his twin blades, their large blades turning crimson under his immense strength.
Then Tengen swung his twin blades, striking the blood blades. The blood blades, which were originally difficult to contend with, were easily cut apart by him.
Crimson Blade... it seems it can also suppress a demon's Blood Demon Art?
Using the Crimson Blade for the first time against a demon, Tengen felt very good.
The demons he had encountered before could all be decapitated with a single strike, so he couldn't test the Crimson Blade's ability. This time, encountering an Upper Rank and using the Crimson Blade made him instantly fall in love with this ability.
He was originally a Hashira with strong basic abilities, and using the Crimson Blade felt even more natural for him.
"Not only that, but all three of my wives are as beautiful as flowers, and they all deeply love the flamboyant me."
After cutting all the blood blades, Tengen stopped and continued to provoke Gyuutarou.