Chapter 65

"Then tell me, where is the happiness in that?"

Akaza: "......"

Facing Muzan's questioning, Akaza finally snapped back to reality, remembering that the other could hear his inner thoughts.

Silently emptying his mind and letting himself think of nothing, Akaza fell into silence.

"Disgraceful!"

Facing Akaza, who had begun to play the turtle, Muzan let out a cold snort of dissatisfaction and slammed Akaza's head into the wall beside him.

Unlike the Lower Moons, these Upper Moons were, after all, elites he had handpicked over hundreds of years; even if they made a mistake, a minor punishment was the most he would do.

Before finding the Blue Spider Lily, he still needed them to run errands everywhere; killing them outright would be counterproductive.

Stepping over Akaza's body, Kibutsuji Muzan looked at the others with an icy expression.

"I am very disappointed in you all."

Gyokko, off to the side, poked his head out: "Lord Muzan, I have properly completed the tasks you entrusted to me."

"Shut up!"

Prominent veins bulged on Kibutsuji Muzan's forehead. In a fit of rage, he glared at Gyokko and demanded.

"Properly completed? Then tell me, what exactly have you achieved!"

"Hundreds of years have passed, and the Ubuyashiki family is still living well, wandering around under my very nose with the Demon Slayer Corps!"

"And the Blue Spider Lily I need most, I still have no trace of it!"

"You can't even accomplish one important task, yet you dare to proudly tell me you've completed it properly?"

Boom—!

Gyokko's body exploded into several pieces without warning, causing Daki, who was nearby and preparing to claim credit as well, to shrink her head back.

"It seems I have been too lenient with you all."

Seemingly sensing Daki's thoughts, Kibutsuji Muzan glanced at her expressionlessly.

"The guy who killed Doma is a man with short black hair, but his physical strength far exceeds that of an ordinary person."

Recalling the scene before Doma's death, a flash of wariness crossed Kibutsuji Muzan's eyes.

Although the fragments of the scene were few, Lin Que's two strikes still frightened him.

Shattering Doma's rain of ice with mere aura, and blowing back Doma's full-power strike with a single breath.

This level of power truly exceeded his range of understanding.

However, precisely because of this, Muzan began to feel there was something fishy about it.

After all, even Yoriichi Tsugikuni back in the day hadn't been this exaggerated. Could a guy like Lin Que, who suddenly popped up, really be this strong?

Is there a possibility that the opponent used some kind of sleight of hand he couldn't understand for those few attacks?

In reality, is there some other mystery behind it?

As a cautious old fox who cherished his life, Muzan, operating on the idea of hiding and outlasting the opponent if he couldn't beat them, summoned the remaining Upper Moons.

He definitely could not test the waters personally; he had to let these subordinates, whose strength was still passable, go.

"You five, you can temporarily stop the search for the Blue Spider Lily for now."

"Go together to attack the Demon Slayer Corps, find that guy who killed Doma, and kill him!"

"If you can't do it, don't bother coming back."

"Lin Que?"

Inside the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters, Kochou Kanae looked at the man beside her with some confusion.

"Did something happen? Why did you suddenly start laughing?"

"Because I heard something interesting."

Lin Que didn't keep her in suspense and gave the answer directly.

"Kibutsuji Muzan wants to send his subordinates to kill me."

Kochou Kanae sighed: "You're joking again."

Beside her, Kochou Shinobu nodded silently.

Faced with Lin Que's unreliable reply, even she, with her serious personality, didn't believe it this time.

"What a pity, I'm not joking this time."

Lin Que shrugged: "That's really what the other side said."

Since he had come to the Demon Slayer World, he naturally had to max out his world reputation.

Therefore, the very first moment he landed, he had used his Observation Haki to cover the entirety of Japan, locking onto Kibutsuji Muzan's location.

Coupled with his superhuman hearing, every move the other made and every word they said was as clear as a loud conspiracy to Lin Que.

Naturally, he had also heard about the other party sending the remaining five Upper Moons to join forces to kill him.

"Perception covering all of Japan?"

After hearing Lin Que's explanation, Kochou Shinobu showed a look of seeing a monster: "Really? You can even do something like that!"

"Japan is only so big; it's not a difficult task."

Lin Que smiled and looked ahead: "What do you think? Master of the Demon Slayer Corps."

"Cough, cough~ For Mr. Lin Que, whose strength is akin to a god, doing such a thing is completely a matter of course."

Supported by two children, a man with blind eyes and a face covered in ugly protrusions on the upper half walked out slowly.

"Apologies, Mr. Lin Que, my health is poor; I had intended to wait for you at the main gate."

"It doesn't matter, these are all insignificant side details."

Lin Que replied casually: "Asking someone as frail as you to arrive at the main gate of the Demon Slayer Corps within half a minute of receiving the news."

"That kind of thing is just as unrealistic as asking a poor person who can't afford a meal to pull out hundreds of taels of silver."

"Thank you for your understanding."

Ubuyashiki Kagaya showed a gentle smile on his face: "Please follow me, the banquet has already begun to be prepared."

"Before it's ready, let's go inside and talk." ===== CHAPTER 67 =====