I see!
Coulson roughly understood the situation.
He didn't completely believe Tamayo's words but logically deduced they had a high degree of credibility.
The reason was simple: if Quinn really befriended man-eating demons and did something that would never be accepted from humanity's standpoint, why would he help arrange a meeting with the demons he'd befriended?
Wouldn't that expose himself?
Although there were still many things he couldn't figure out, they were all secondary and could be thought about later.
Coulson glanced at the handballs flying around like cannonballs outside, then immediately withdrew his gaze to look at Tamayo. "This isn't the time to discuss this. Does Miss Tamayo have any good suggestions for our current situation?"
Tamayo lowered her eyes and pondered. "The enemy is too far away—my Blood Demon Art can't reach them. If we rush out, we'll be hit halfway..."
At that moment, the sound of flesh wriggling rang out.
The three heard it and saw that the cells at Yushiro's severed neck began to wriggle, then grew visibly. In the blink of an eye, his head had completely regrown, and even his hair grew back instantly.
Coulson and Bobbi were stunned.
Especially Coulson.
Although he knew demons had super recovery, he'd also seen some superhumans with strong physical regeneration.
But personal experience and hearsay understanding were two different things. The feeling brought by visual impact alone couldn't be produced by hearsay.
Moreover, when you heard about superpowers like super recovery, you usually thought of quick wound healing or limb regeneration—but a head growing back so quickly was appalling.
"Demons are immortal. They fear the sun and the Nichirin blade. Only these two things can kill them!" Coulson remembered the information he'd purchased from Quinn and for the first time realized that he and the director had underestimated this information's content.
Naturally, they hadn't underestimated creatures like "demons," but they'd failed to understand the true meaning of "immortal and undying" and "only the sun and Nichirin blade can kill."
They'd only thought demons were creatures similar to vampires—with superhuman physique and resilience, difficult to kill but not impossible. Just that there were weak points easier to exploit like sunlight and the Nichirin blade.
Like how vampires feared sunlight, silver, and stakes, but could still be killed by other methods.
But now, after seeing Yushiro decapitated and reborn so quickly, he doubted this optimistic idea.
"Lady Tamayo, I have a way!"
Yushiro's words brought Coulson's thoughts back to reality, and he couldn't help looking at the young demon.
"What is it?"
Tamayo's voice was still soft, neither hurried nor slow, showing no nervousness despite the predicament.
"Wisteria!"
After Yushiro finished speaking, he turned to look at Coulson. "Do you still have that wisteria flower?"
"Yes, yes."
Coulson hurriedly took out the wisteria flower Quinn had given him from his jacket pocket, but the flower had already been squashed because he'd rolled around avoiding attacks.
Looking at Tamayo and Yushiro's speechless expressions, Coulson smiled awkwardly and asked cautiously, "Is this still useful?"
"It's somewhat affected, but not a big problem."
When Tamayo heard about the wisteria flower, she'd already understood Yushiro's plan. She took the wisteria flower with her hem, then carried it to the workbench to work with it.
Coulson and Bobbi looked confused.
Tamayo took the initiative to explain. "Usually, fighting between demons is meaningless because no matter how much damage is done to each other, they can recover quickly.
But if you can inhibit the regeneration cells of demons, it's different.
And wisteria flowers can be used to prepare this medicine.
Although there's only one squashed wisteria flower and the dose may not be enough, it's sufficient to temporarily stop the output of the demon playing with balls."
"But now the question is how do we get out?"
Coulson said and glanced outside. The walls and windows had collapsed. Seven or eight handballs full of colorful patterns were continuously bouncing inside the house. The sky was full of ball shadows, blocking any possibility of escape.
"They'll come in sooner or later to confirm the situation."
Tamayo said while grinding the wisteria flowers. "Their Blood Demon Art is very suitable for attacking enemies outside their range, but the entire situation inside the house can't be seen from outside.
Therefore, after indiscriminately attacking for a period of time, after feeling that the enemy has lost the ability to resist or has died, they'll enter the room to check the situation.
That's when we'll counterattack."
I see.
Coulson and Bobbi understood.
"To ensure there are no accidents in the counterattack later, let me lend you my vision first!" Yushiro said, taking out two talismans from his robe and throwing them out.
The talismans automatically floated to Coulson and Bobbi's foreheads, blood seals on them nailing them in place, then dissipating into nothingness.
Immediately, their vision changed.
It was clearer and wider, and many things they couldn't see before appeared in their eyes.
"Look outside!"
Hearing Yushiro's words, Coulson and Bobbi looked outside subconsciously and saw red arrows on the handballs flying everywhere.
These arrows could bend arbitrarily like streamers, and the arrowheads could point in any direction. Whenever the arrows bent to change direction, the handballs would also change their flight trajectory according to the arrows' direction.
"Is this the guide you mentioned earlier?" Coulson turned to look at Yushiro.
"Yes!" Yushiro nodded lightly. "Handballs have powerful destructive power. Arrows can drive objects to move and turn. These are two kinds of Blood Demon Art, meaning there are two enemies!
And we only need to kill one or make one of them incapable—they can't cooperate like this anymore, and their combat power will be greatly reduced."
"Understood!"
Coulson nodded, leaning against the walls on both sides of the door with Bobbi, waiting for the opportunity.
In about two minutes, Tamayo prepared the potion.
About five minutes later, the outside attack stopped.
Footsteps and conversation came from outside the door.
"I'm going!"
Yushiro held the syringe containing the medicine for destroying and inhibiting demon cells. His figure gradually became transparent, then completely disappeared into the air.
To avoid being discovered, both Coulson and Bobbi leaned against the walls on both sides of the door, holding their breath, not daring to look out. But through the talisman, they were linked to Yushiro's vision and saw the outside scene.
In the hall that had turned into ruins, a man and a woman entered.
The man wore prayer beads and monk's clothing with closed eyes. The woman wore an orange floral kimono with a haori coat, and the ends of her short shoulder-length hair were dyed blood red and orange.
"Susamaru, I don't know whether to call your behavior naive or exaggerated—it's so ridiculous. You've splashed dust all over my body!" The man dressed as a monk said with a frown.
The woman in the kimono didn't care and sarcastically replied, "Yahaba, are you a man? Why do you care about this?"