"Where is this? Why is it so... different?"
A person dressed in a coarse linen tunic, with a hair bun, holding a spike, looked around at the skyscrapers in a daze.
His name was Heiji, and he had been sent by Enmu to kill the Demon Slayer Corps members who had fallen victim to Blood Demon Art.
Sharp-witted strong individuals, if danger approached, would sense the killing intent or a demon nearing them, and would directly awaken from deep sleep.
Therefore, after Uchiha Nagi and his group fell asleep due to Enmu's Blood Demon Art, Lower Rank One of the Twelve Kizuki sent several ordinary people over.
These ordinary people were either destitute or gravely ill, and because they could live their beautiful and happy lives in their dreams, they became addicted and were controlled by Lower Rank One.
Lower Rank One, Enmu.
A newly promoted demon whose ability was dreams, and his Blood Demon Art was so powerful that even Flame Pillar could fall victim to it. Everything in the dream was like paradise, making people more intoxicated than any washing powder.
It could be said that if he didn't die early, Enmu would inevitably become the strongest Upper Rank in the later stages, even Kokushibo, who ranked first, had desires, and as long as there were desires, beautiful dreams could be made.
However, once the spiritual core in a dream is shattered, it is equivalent to damage to the soul, and death is inevitable.
Heiji wandered through the modern city, surrounded by strange looks that made him feel uncomfortable all over.
"No, I have to find his spiritual core quickly." Heiji started jogging, quickly searching for Uchiha Nagi's spiritual core, because once the dream's owner sensed danger, he would be hunted down by the dream's owner.
As for how to hunt him down, it depended on the content of the dream owner's dream... Relying on the information given to them by Lower Rank One Enmu, Heiji finally found the spiritual core: an amusement park.
"Ah ah ah..." Heiji rode the pirate ship and was completely overwhelmed, because Uchiha Nagi's spiritual core was in the amusement park.
Pirate ship, roller coaster... Just as he cleared the pirate ship and was about to open the door to the spiritual core, music started playing in the amusement park.
"I roam the world, admired by all."
"I roam the world, never looking back."
"I will overturn the heavens and earth, I will write my own laws."
"This fierce, glittering-eyed wolf."
"I was born to sing."
Immediately, to Heiji's horror, a large group of young thugs with dragon and tiger tattoos, wielding machetes and steel pipes, appeared out of nowhere. "It's that bastard, everyone chop him to death ~"
"How dare he come to our Hung Hing territory, chop that bastard to death ~"
"Charge ~"
Heiji couldn't care less about the mission; escaping was paramount. He dropped his spike in extreme terror and fled.
"Help me —"
"Bastard, don't run, let us chop you ~"
"Brothers, go, chop him to death, one chop each."
And so, an unbearable scene unfolded: Heiji, no matter how he ran, was always chased, and each time the machete would cut him, but not kill him, causing excruciating pain.
Hidden in the crowd, Heiji, dressed in a coarse linen tunic with his hair in a bun, was instantly recognized, and then another group of thugs rushed over to chop him.
"Ah It's been a long time since I played, I'm a bit rusty " Uchiha Nagi stretched, then glanced at Heiji being chased outside, and sneered.
The moment he entered, Uchiha Nagi knew. With this level, he wanted to destroy his spiritual core and damage his soul and brain?
Dream on —
If it weren't for wanting to play King of Fighters a little longer, he would have eliminated him long ago. A mere ordinary person, daring to enter the Mangekyo Sharingan's spiritual world, not even afraid of death.
Erzhuzi once used his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to enter Naruto's spiritual world and saw the Nine-Tailed, let alone the Mangekyo.
"It's time to go..." Uchiha Nagi looked around reluctantly. This world was created by Enmu, but it was within his own spiritual world.
And if he created it himself, it would be meaningless, just like a person awake during the day conceiving a world in his brain, and conceiving a world in a dream at night.
However, he still had to go. Uchiha Nagi closed his eyes and opened them again, revealing a Mangekyo with a plum blossom pattern. He didn't even need to commit suicide; he directly broke free from the dream world and returned to reality.
Crack —
Back in the real world, Uchiha Nagi immediately reached out and twisted the neck of Heiji, who had just tried to assassinate him in the dream world, killing him without pain.
"Wuwuwu..." Nearby, a soft sob came from a girl.
Uchiha Nagi turned his head to see Tanjiro's sister, Nezuko. She had sensed her brother was in danger, climbed out of her box, and then headbutted her brother to wake him up.
As a result, Tanjiro didn't wake up, but Nezuko's head started bleeding. Her skull was truly incredibly hard.
Everyone had a rope tied to them, connecting them to the assassins, and intuition told Uchiha Nagi that cutting this rope would cause spiritual damage to both sides.
"Don't worry, I'll wake him up, it's alright." Uchiha Nagi smiled and comforted Nezuko. Then, looking at the ordinary people sent by Enmu to assassinate them, he sneered. Whether forced or addicted to the dream, it was no reason to forgive them for trying to assassinate him and his companions.
"Mmm... mmm ~" One of the women was suddenly grabbed by the neck by Flame Pillar Kyojuro Rengoku and stood up.
Kyojuro Rengoku's veins bulged on his forehead, his face contorted in a grimace as he gripped her neck, as if he would twist her cervical spine in the next second.
"As expected of the Demon Slayer Corps's big brother, Flame Pillar. When facing the danger of death, his brain doesn't react, but his body automatically defends itself," Uchiha Nagi praised.
Uchiha Nagi walked to Flame Pillar Kyojuro Rengoku and opened his eyelids.
[Mangekyo Sharingan]
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In Kyojuro Rengoku's world, he was having a beautiful dream. His father was once the previous Flame Pillar, but later, after his wife passed away, he became disheartened, lost motivation, and spent his days drinking.
Kyojuro Rengoku worked desperately to become the Flame Pillar to gain his father's approval, but his father wouldn't even look at him. He wanted to be his brother's pride and also receive his father's praise... Then, in this dream world, everything became so perfect: his mother was alive, and the family lived happily ever after.
Kyojuro Rengoku was in the yard, teaching his younger brother to practice sword techniques and Breathing Technique, when he suddenly saw a person with red eyes appear in the yard and kick his brother away.
"Watch out, who are you? Don't even think about hurting my brother." Kyojuro Rengoku hugged his brother, drew his sword, and glared at the other person.
"Wake up, Kyojuro Rengoku, you've been hit by a Blood Demon Art. Don't get lost in this illusory dream anymore. I'll go wake up Tanjiro and the others," Uchiha Nagi said calmly.
Then he exited the other person's spiritual world and returned to reality.
"He is, Uchiha Nagi? That's right..." Kyojuro Rengoku shed tears. "Mother died a long time ago, I know."