After traveling through Demon Slayer, is it possible to survive?

Chapter 178 Belated Reunion (To be revised)

Akaza's experience as a human being has not changed much from the original course of history, and the direction of his life is exactly the same as his destiny.

His biological father didn't want Akaza to continue committing crimes because of his illness, so he hanged himself. After beating Akaza up, the dojo master took him in and entrusted his daughter Koyuki to his care.

But in the end, nothing changed. The day before the wedding, Akaza went to pay homage to his father.

When he returned, his master and Lian Xue, who would become his wife tomorrow, were both poisoned by someone from a nearby kendo gym.

Akaza, who was extremely sad, knelt down beside the two bodies as if they had died together, despair and anger all over his body.

It was not until nightfall that Akaza let go of Koyuki and his master's hands, sneaked into the kendo gym alone, and began his bloody revenge.

At this moment, Akaza was wandering aimlessly on the street. After revenge, he felt infinite emptiness. His uniform was stained with blood, but his fists were still clenched tightly due to deep hatred.

Under such circumstances, Akaza somehow came to the bridge where he and He Lianxue confessed their love under the fireworks.

Looking towards the bridge, Akaza's vision once again reappeared with the scene of that night, but all of this collapsed and disappeared on this day.

Perhaps sensing Akaza's inner pain and sadness, the haze in the sky obscured the moonlight, as if the heavens were crying, and endless drizzle fell.

The rain soaked Akaza's body, but it could not wash away the blood stains on his Su-Ryu robe or his clenched fists.

Akaza was walking on the bridge, the rain wet his hair and slid down his cheeks, making his eyes, which had already been filled with tears, unclear whether the tears were now tears or rain?

At this moment, a gust of cold wind suddenly blew, bringing rain that blurred Akaza's vision. When his vision returned, a figure appeared in front of him.

A figure dressed as a swordsman suddenly appeared before Akaza like a ghost, bringing with him a chilling, oppressive feeling!

"Are you Komaji...?"

A dull yet majestic voice came from the mouth of that figure, and the face of that figure was none other than the Upper Moon, Kokushibo!

"It seems a little late... If I had postponed it for half a year, maybe I could have come here... and prevented this from happening..."

Kokushibo was talking to himself. The reason he said these words was because of a story that the Demon King told Kokushibo when they were chatting idly a few years ago. The protagonist of that story was Komaji.

The Ghost King once said that he wanted to go and look for it, but he didn't know what year it would be, nor where it would be, so he had to give up and busy himself thinking about how to play somewhere where his brother (Tsugikoku Yoriichi) wouldn't find him...

Kokushibo kept this matter in mind. He had been to many places to complete some tasks assigned by the Ghost King, and he would devote some time to looking for it, or go there in his spare time.

This place was the area that Kokushibo had planned to visit within six months, but now it was too late. The reason he was able to come here now was because Komaji was seeking revenge for the rumored work of a demon.

"Who are you... Get out of here!!" Komaji said, his voice a little louder, but without too much anger, as he just treated him as a stranger passing by at night. Most importantly, he didn't want to commit any more killings.

[“It seems like it’s fate…”] Kokushibo was silent in his heart, then looked at Komaji and spoke.

"Become a ghost... Komaji..."

Kokushibo didn't think much about it, just thought that all this was fate. More importantly, because the Demon King didn't tell him the final ending, Kokushibo followed the story and turned him into a demon.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Do you really want to die?" Komaji also became angry at this moment. He was called the son of a devil because he was born with two sharp fangs.

With all this happening, Komaji felt even more that he was unfortunate, a demon child who brought disaster. And now the person in front of him said that he wanted to become a demon, how could he bear it.

However, that sentence did cause Komaji to waver in his heart. Having lost his loved ones, Komaji had long lost the desire to live.

"Although I'm not sure if this is the right thing to do... I think you might be needed in the future..."

Kokushibo bowed slightly with a hint of apology, then put the weapon on his waist aside and chose not to use it.

——————(Fight skipped)

After it was over, Kokushibo quickly injected the Demon King's blood that he carried with him into Komaji's body. Because he had used too much force, he was worried that he would die before he could make it to the Infinite Castle.

Because the amount was so small, he transformed into a ghost in less than half an hour. Unexpectedly, Black Death Eye discovered that after Komaji became a ghost, he lost his memory...

——————(End of memories)

After recalling everything, warm tears actually flowed from Akaza's eyes, and memories and emotions flooded into Akaza's heart like a tide.

Only at this moment did he understand that the shackles and the path were all excuses he used to deceive himself. Because he didn't want to face these painful memories, he accidentally erased his memory after becoming a ghost.

At this moment, a figure flashed in front of Akaza. It was the half-dead Tomioka Giyu. Although he still looked so weak, he held a Nichirin sword that was gathered by breathing technique in his hand and slashed towards Akaza's neck.

"Tanjiro, take action now!!" Giyuu shouted at Tanjiro who was still in a daze, holding his hands and keeping the swinging motion.

Tanjiro reacted quickly and had no time to be surprised. The sound of the sword made his blood surge. He pulled out the Nichirin Sword with a sudden force, and then used his sword skills to chop at Akaza's neck.

But this is not the end. Behind Akaza, a violent heartbeat sound suddenly came, and the owner of the sound was Kyojuro. At this moment, he covered his heart with his hand, and clenched his other hand into a fist, and swung it towards Akaza's face.

At this moment, the three of them attacked Akaza together, but the result was unexpected. Even with the combined efforts of the three, they failed to cut off Akaza's neck.

Akaza didn't care about the current situation, but because of Kyojuro's punch, his confused eyes gradually regained their determination, and he slowly spoke.

"Tanjiro...Kyojuro, and Giyuu...please get out of the way."

Everyone was stunned by the gentle words spoken by Akaza, but after seeing Akaza's actions and the neck that was not cut off for a long time, the three of them quickly moved away.

At this moment, Akaza used destructive killing towards his own body.

Boom boom boom——! !

Under the shocked gazes of the three people, the smoke and dust dissipated, and Akaza's body became dilapidated, and his flesh stopped regenerating, allowing the flames to continue burning what was left of his body.

"You... won." Akaza spoke again, his tone full of gratitude and apology.

Tanjiro and the other two looked at each other, confused by Akaza's behavior, but the next moment Akaza spoke again.

"He must be stopped... or else 'everyone' will die..."

After saying the last sentence, Akaza's body stopped burning, and the masked man formed by flames nodded slightly at this moment and disappeared.

Then, Akaza looked forward, and what he saw in front of him was not Tanjiro and others, but that...the person he loved the most, his wife...Koiyuki.

Akaza's soul left his body at this moment. He was no longer Akaza. His soul turned into the disciple who once was in Soryu Dojo, and turned into Komaji again. He threw himself into the arms of his lover, tears streaming down his face.

Every word of apology and the name of her lover flowed like a tide in her lover's arms, and Lian Xue listened quietly with tears in her eyes, and finally said gently.

"Welcome home, husband."

Finally, Akaza's body was embraced and turned into ashes, disappearing with the wind.