"You're right. We are demons who only need to ingest human blood to survive," Tamayo said to Lexon.
"But you still crave flesh and blood, don't you," Lexon replied.
Tamayo was silent, then she removed the veil she had worn for medical purposes.
Then she walked to the door of another room and said, "This way, please."
So as not to disturb the sleeping woman, the group moved to another room to talk.
The group sat down formally, with the exception of Lexon and Nezuko.
Lexon found the formal seating posture uncomfortable, so he sat casually.
Nezuko, on the other hand, had no intention of talking and was playing by rolling around on the floor.
"We haven't properly introduced ourselves. My name is Tamayo, and this child is Yushiro."
"My name is Lexon."
"I'm Kamado Tanjiro, and this is my sister, Nezuko."
"Do you have a way to turn a demon back into a human, Lady Tamayo?" Lexon got straight to the point.
Although he knew that Tamayo was researching in this direction, he had to ask directly to bring up the topic.
Hearing the attention-grabbing question, Tanjiro also looked at Tamayo nervously, awaiting her answer.
"Why do you ask?" Tamayo was somewhat surprised.
"Because you aren't ordinary demons. You are not pure."
"Yes," Tamayo nodded. "Through my own modifications, I don't need to eat people. I only need to drink a small amount of blood to survive. Yushiro is a demon I created, and he only needs even less blood."
"And the blood we usually consume is obtained from people for money, through the method of 'blood transfusion'."
"Yushiro is a demon you created?!" Tanjiro became a little agitated, hearing something he was concerned about.
In his mind, only Muzan Kibutsuji was supposed to be able to turn people into demons.
"Yes. However, it took me two hundred years, and I have only managed to turn Yushiro into a demon."
"Two hundred years???" Tanjiro was even more unsettled. "Lady Tamayo, how old are you?!!"
At his side, Yushiro, hearing what Tanjiro said, stood up with a face full of anger and threw a few punches at him. "Don't ask a woman her age, you rude fellow!!"
'Saying things like that will keep you from ever getting a girlfriend...'
Even Lexon couldn't help but shoot Tanjiro a sideways glance.
"Do not resort to violence, Yushiro," Tamayo chided.
"Yes!" Yushiro immediately resumed his formal sitting posture.
"I hope you don't misunderstand. I don't intentionally try to increase the number of demons. I only perform such a procedure on those who are terminally ill or seriously injured with little time left to live, and only with the person's consent."
'No scent of a lie.'
Tanjiro's nose twitched, and he felt that the person before him was worthy of trust.
"As for whether there is a way to turn a demon back into a human..." Tamayo turned her gaze to Lexon. "There is."
"There is?! Please tell me!" Tanjiro couldn't help but move closer to Lady Tamayo.
"Don't get near Lady Tamayo!" Yushiro immediately gave Tanjiro a shoulder throw.
"Yushi..."
"So, what is the method for turning a demon back into a human?" Lexon asked, ignoring the antics of Tanjiro and Yushiro.
"I believe that for any wound or disease, there must be a medicine and a cure," Tamayo said with a determined face. "Although there is currently no way to turn a demon back into a human, there must be a way..."
"So we want to establish that cure, and for that, we have a request for you."
"In order to create the healing medicine, we need to study the blood of many demons. There are two things we'd like to ask of you. First, please allow us to study Miss Nezuko's blood. Second, please collect as much blood as possible from those demons with a high concentration of Kibutsuji's blood."
"Nezuko? Why?" Tanjiro asked.
"Because Miss Nezuko is currently in an extremely rare and special state. I heard you say earlier that she slept for two years. I'm afraid that during that time, her body has undergone changes."
"Normally, after not eating human flesh or animal meat for so long, a demon would undoubtedly become ferocious. But what's astonishing is that Miss Nezuko doesn't have that symptom."
"I believe this miracle will be the key in the future."
"The second request will be extremely cruel. Demons with a high concentration of Kibutsuji's blood are also those who possess power closer to Kibutsuji's. It is not a simple matter to take blood from such demons..."
Tamayo said a lot, her expression very grave. She understood what her request entailed, but she and Yushiro were demons with little combat power. This was a last resort.
"Even so, will you agree?" Tamayo finally asked.
"You said demons with a high concentration of Kibutsuji's blood... would this one work..." Lexon didn't answer the question, but instead brought the burlap sack from his back and placed it in front of everyone.
He opened the mouth of the sack.
A trembling, grotesque body was revealed to all.
"What is this thing..." Yushiro stumbled backward, his face full of shock.
Although he could feel the fear and terror coming from the limbless demon, the evil and powerful aura it radiated still made Yushiro's heart pound with dread.
'This is bloodline suppression...'
Even though Yushiro was not a demon created by Muzan, he was still ultimately related to him.
Therefore, Gyokko, who had been given so much of Muzan's blood that he was close to Muzan's own bloodline, had such an oppressive effect on him.
The same was true for Tamayo, but her reaction was not as severe as Yushiro's. It seemed she had already anticipated something.
Nezuko, who had been lying on the ground bored, suddenly leaped up, taking a guarded stance as she stared at the limbless Gyokko.
As for Tanjiro, he had unconsciously placed his hand on the Nichirin Sword at his waist.
Before, he had only smelled the scent of a demon and hadn't seen the one in the sack, so he didn't feel much.
But seeing it face to face, Tanjiro truly felt the power of the demon before him.
The fiendish aura spread out in all directions like grasping claws. Being within the range of this aura felt suffocatingly painful, as if he could be killed in the next instant, his head severed from his body.
'Invincibly strong.'
Every part of Tanjiro's body, every cell within him, seemed to be sending out "danger" signals. A terrifying sense of dread couldn't help but well up in his heart.
But now, this incredibly powerful demon was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, its limbs severed, showing a pathetic side.
He couldn't help but feel a disorienting sense of disconnect between reality and illusion.
The reactions of the others, besides Tamayo, made Lexon realize that Gyokko's strength was still a bit beyond them at their current level.
And Gyokko had been in what he called his "perfect form" this whole time, which was why the impact on others was so great.
"Are you alright?" Lexon asked.
"I'm fine," Tanjiro immediately responded.
The others, however, remained silent.
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