The battle between Mitsuko and the demon continues.
Mitsuko was covered in blood, not only from the demons but also from his own.
Furthermore, the kitchen knife in Mitsuko's hand was already chipped and damaged, making it unusable.
At this moment, the demon's arms were both severed, and its body was covered in countless wounds. Its regenerative abilities were now negligible, making it a truly pitiful sight.
The demon looked up at the sky. The sky was already gray, and dawn was just around the corner. It couldn't afford to waste any more time here.
It would be all over if it got exposed to the sun.
However, the demon is currently exhausted and needs flesh and blood to replenish its strength, heal its injuries, and then escape from Mitsuko's entanglement.
The demon surveyed its surroundings and discovered a damaged house where a family of three was huddled in a corner, trembling with fear.
However, Mitsuko's attack had already begun.
Without his weapons, Mitsuko could only use his fists to attack the demons.
This time, the demon neither dodged nor avoided, but took the blows of Mitsuko willingly.
Using Mitsuko's power, the demon pounced on the family of three hiding in the corner.
The family of three stared in terror at the demon, completely forgetting to run away.
The demon bared its fangs and lunged to bite at the neck of the nearest man.
"No!"
Mitsuko's eyes widened in fury as he rushed toward the demon, trying to stop it.
But Mitsuko was too late.
The demon had already bitten the man's neck, tearing off a piece of flesh.
The man clutched his neck in pain, but blood continued to gush out like a fountain.
Soon, the man lost his life.
The demon that had devoured flesh and blood regenerated its arms.
The demon had no intention of letting the woman and child go, and reached out its hands to grab them.
Mitsuko finally arrived and angrily punched the demon in the face.
The demon was instantly sent flying.
When Mitsuko looked at the woman and the child, he stood there blankly.
Although the demon had been knocked away, its sharp nails still severed the woman and child's carotid arteries, causing them to bleed to death.
The demon maliciously provoked Mitsuko: "Their deaths were all because of you. If you had let me go sooner, they wouldn't have died."
Mitsuko knelt on the ground, feeling short of breath, gasping for air, his vision blurring, his anger barely contained.
"ah!!!"
Mitsuko roared angrily to the sky.
A large amount of blood surged from Mitsuko's body, swirling erratically around him.
The demon's eyes widened in disbelief: "This is Blood Demon Art?!"
Demons possessing Blood Demon Arts either devoured a large number of humans or withstood a large amount of Demon King's blood from that Lord.
It's obvious that Mitsuko doesn't resemble a demon that devours large numbers of humans.
Only those who could withstand the massive amount of Demon King's blood from Muzan Kibutsuji could survive.
Without the slightest hesitation, the demon turned and fled.
Ordinary demons and demons with Blood Demon Arts are not even in the same league in terms of strength.
However, the demon had only run a few steps when it was enveloped and bound by a large amount of blood, rendering it unable to move.
The next moment, Mitsuko appeared in front of the demon.
Having lost his mind, Mitsuko relentlessly beat the demon, each punch feeling as heavy as a thousand pounds.
The demon was beaten beyond recognition.
However, the demon, having just devoured flesh and blood, quickly recovered.
The demon looked at the sky in the distance, which was about to brighten, and felt extremely anxious.
"Even if you possess blood demon magic, you can't kill me! If it gets light and the sun shines on you, you'll die here with me!"
As if knowing that this wouldn't kill the demon, Mitsuko actually bit down on the demon's shoulder, tearing off a piece of flesh and swallowing it.
This time, the demon was truly panicked.
"You cannot devour me! Devouring one's own kind without that lord's permission is a grave crime! You will be executed by that lord! Stop now!"
Having lost his mind, Mitsuko couldn't hear the demon's words at all.
Like a wild beast, Mitsuko tore at the demon piece by piece.
Under Mitsuko's biting, the demon gradually fell silent.
When Mitsuko regained his senses, all that remained in front of him were the blood and flesh remnants of some demons.
Mitsuko covered his mouth, a feeling of nausea rising within him, and he collapsed to the ground, vomiting.
The vomit still contained traces of the demon's flesh and blood.
Moreover, a memory from when the demon was human inexplicably appeared in Mitsuko's mind.
The demon was a gambler when he was human.
To gamble, he sold everything in his house that he could.
In the end, he lost everything and was left penniless.
Even so, he still wanted to gamble.
They resorted to all sorts of illegal means, including theft and robbery.
He was arrested and imprisoned several times but never changed his ways.
In the end, in order to raise money for gambling, he even sold his wife to a brothel and his daughter to human traffickers.
Until she met a man with skin as pale as paper and bright red eyes.
My memories end there.
When Mitsuko came to his senses, he was already surrounded by people.
Each of them held farm tools, wary of Mitsuko, who was covered in blood.
One of the villagers recognized Mitsuko: "You're... Kenichi and Miyako's child, Katō Mitsuko? Weren't you dead?!"
Six years ago, after Kenichi discovered that Mitsuko had become a demon, he and Miyako lied to the villagers in order to protect her, claiming that Katō Mitsuko had died of illness.
Mitsuko panicked and, after saying "I've made a mistake," broke through the crowd and fled home.
Back home, Mitsuko curled up in a corner.
Although Mitsuko devours demons, the demons were originally humans.
Moreover, the scene of that family of three dying kept replaying in Mitsuko's mind.
"If I hadn't gone out..."
"If I hadn't stopped the demon from leaving..."
"If only I could have been faster, and arrived before the demon harmed that family of three..."
Mitsuko kept questioning and condemning himself in his heart.
The sun hung high in the sky.
The surviving villagers gathered together.
"I'm certain, he is definitely Kenichi and Miyako's child, Katō Mitsuko!"
"Kenichi and Miyako have kept this from us for so many years, it must be to prevent us from finding out that Katō Mitsuko is a demon!"
"Our village has become like this because of the demons. Katō Mitsuko is a demon too. We can't let him stay in the village!"
A villager who witnessed the whole thing tried to defend Mitsuko: "But Mitsuko killed the demon. If it weren't for him, the village might have been completely destroyed."
A burly man with a ferocious expression retorted, "Then how can you guarantee that Katō Mitsuko won't harm us like that demon?!"
"That's right! Maybe Katō Mitsuko just sees us as food, and who knows when she'll be like that demon and want to eat us!"
"Only by killing Katō Mitsuko will our village be safe!"
The villagers' anger was stirred up, and they kept shouting, "Kill Mitsuko! Kill Mitsuko!"
The villagers who had previously defended Mitsuko also joined in the condemnation of Mitsuko.
Although the demon was dead, the villagers, unable to vent their anger, turned their rage on Mitsuko.
They completely disregarded the fact that it was Mitsuko who killed the demon.