Indeed, very happy.
Facing Muzan's question, the answer subconsciously surfaced in Akaza's mind.
"Indeed, very happy?"
Crack—!
Muzan, who had appeared in front of Akaza at some unknown point, twisted off his head and lifted it up.
"Then tell me, what's so happy about it?"
Akaza: "…"
Facing Muzan's questioning, Akaza finally came to his senses, remembering that the other party could hear his thoughts.
Akaza silently cleared his mind, letting himself think of nothing, and fell into silence.
"Disgraceful!"
Facing Akaza, who had started to play dead, Muzan snorted in displeasure and smashed Akaza's head against the wall.
Unlike the Lower Ranks, these Upper Ranks were, after all, elites he had selected over hundreds of years. Even if they made mistakes, it would at most be a minor punishment.
Before finding the Blue Spider Lily, he still needed their help to run errands, so killing them directly would be a loss.
Stepping over Akaza's body, Kibutsuji Muzan looked at the others with an icy expression.
"I am very disappointed in you all."
Gyokko poked his head out from the side: "Lord Muzan, I have completed everything you assigned to me."
"Shut up!"
Visible veins popped up on Kibutsuji Muzan's forehead. In a furious rage, he glared at Gyokko and questioned him.
"Completed everything? Then tell me what you've accomplished!"
"It's been hundreds of years, and the Ubuyashiki family is still alive and well, with the Demon Slayer Corps wandering around right under my nose!"
"And the Blue Spider Lily, which I need most, still has no trace!"
"You can't even do one important thing, yet you dare to proudly tell me that you've completed everything?"
Bang—!
Gyokko's body exploded into several pieces without warning, causing Daki, who was nearby and about to boast about her achievements, to shrink her head.
"It seems I've been too lenient with you all."
As if sensing Daki's thoughts, Kibutsuji Muzan glanced at her expressionlessly.
"The one who killed Doma is a man with short black hair, but his physical strength far surpasses that of ordinary people."
Recalling the scene of Doma's death, a hint of fear flashed in Kibutsuji Muzan's eyes.
Although the fragments of the scene were few, Lin Que's two attacks still frightened him.
He shattered Doma's ice pillar rain with just his aura, and blew back Doma's full-power attack with a single breath.
Such power truly exceeded his comprehension.
However, precisely because of this, Muzan began to feel that there was something fishy going on.
After all, even Yoriichi Tsugikuni back then wasn't this exaggerated. Could Lin Que, a suddenly appearing guy, really be this strong?
Is there a possibility that his few attacks were all some kind of illusion he couldn't understand?
In reality, was there another mystery behind it?
As an old fox who cherished his life, Muzan, adhering to the idea of hiding and outliving his opponent if he couldn't defeat them, summoned the remaining Upper Ranks.
He definitely couldn't personally test him; he had to let these subordinates, whose strength was still decent, go.
"You five, for now, you can temporarily stop searching for the Blue Spider Lily."
"Go together and attack the Demon Slayer Corps members, find the one who killed Doma, and kill him!"
"If you can't do it, then don't come back."
...
"Lin Que?"
Inside the Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters, Butterfly Kanae looked at the man beside her with some confusion.
"What happened? Why are you suddenly smiling?"
"Because I heard something interesting."
Lin Que didn't keep her in suspense and directly gave the answer.
"Kibutsuji Muzan wants to send his subordinates to kill me."
Butterfly Kanae sighed: "You're joking again."
Butterfly Shinobu silently nodded at the side.
Facing Lin Que's unreliable reply, even she, with her serious personality, didn't believe him this time.
"I'm afraid, I'm not joking this time."
Lin Que shrugged: "He really said that."
Since he had come to the Demon Slayer World, he naturally had to max out his world reputation.
Therefore, as soon as he landed, he used Observation Haki to cover the entire Japan, locking onto Kibutsuji Muzan's location.
Combined with his inhuman hearing, the other party's every move and word after that were like a loud conspiracy to Lin Que; he heard everything clearly.
Naturally, he also heard that the other party was going to send out the remaining five Upper Ranks to jointly kill him.
"Perception covering the entire Japan?"
After listening to Lin Que's explanation, Butterfly Shinobu looked at him like he was a monster: "Really? Can you even do something like that?!"
"Japan is only so big; it's not that difficult."
Lin Que smiled and looked ahead: "What do you think? Head of the Demon Slayer Corps."
"Cough, cough~ For Mr. Lin Que, whose strength is like that of a god, doing something like this is completely natural."
Supported by two children, a blind man with the upper half of his face covered in ugly protrusions slowly walked out.
"I apologize, Mr. Lin Que, my body is not well. I originally intended to wait for you at the main gate."
"It's alright, these are all insignificant minor details."
Lin Que replied casually: "It's unrealistic to ask someone with a frail body like yours to rush to the main gate of the Demon Slayer Corps within half a minute of receiving news."
"It's like asking a poor person who can't afford food to pull out a hundred taels of silver; it's simply not feasible."
"Thank you for your understanding."
Yaozai Ubuyashiki showed a gentle smile: "Please follow me, dinner is already being prepared."
"Before it's ready, let's go inside and talk."
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