Chapter 25: Tamayo

Passing through this "wall" and coming behind the "wall," he found that this was the backyard of a small villa.

And at the door not far in the backyard stood two people, or rather, two demons.

Looking at the two demons in front of him, Zero guessed that these two demons could live here and not be discovered for a long time, and must have something different.

So he didn't rush to do it, but he didn't relax his vigilance, taking this opportunity to immediately activate the 【Analysis Glasses】 to start analyzing the data.

【Analyzing... Analysis successful】

【Name: Tamayo—Female】

【Age: 500】

【Hobbies: Reading, Black Tea】

【Ability: Medical Skills】

【Profession: Doctor】

【Superior: Kibutsuji Muzan (Left)】

【Blood Demon Art: Enchanting Blood · Visual Dream Fragrance, Daylight Magic Fragrance, Unobstructed Fragrance.】

【Personal Information: Possesses exquisite medical skills. Once seduced by Kibutsuji Muzan, she became a demon without knowing the situation. After losing her rationality, she killed her husband and children with her own hands, and then killed the residents around her.

After coming to her senses, she regretted it endlessly, and later met Kibutsuji Muzan, but knowing that she could not fight Kibutsuji Muzan, she could only try her best to suppress her emotions, lurking by Muzan's side to find weaknesses and opportunities to eliminate him.

During the Warring States period, on a certain night, Kibutsuji Muzan was severely injured by a powerful swordsman and fled. Tamayo also escaped control. The powerful swordsman learned of Tamayo's past and did not kill her, choosing to let her leave.

Finally, through unremitting efforts, she used medicine to transform her body, not only escaping Muzan's control but also greatly reducing her need for human flesh and blood, only needing to consume a small amount of human blood to maintain her rationality and physical strength.】

Seeing this information, Zero's brain ran rapidly. He seemed to have seen this information somewhere?!

Thinking about it, he finally remembered that he had also investigated this information in Ubuyashiki Kagaya's study in the Demon Slayer Corps, but those were just his guesses and had not been confirmed.

But now, by mistake, he actually encountered it, and it was almost the same as his guess, although there were some deviations, it was not much different.

According to the data information analyzed by the 【Analysis Glasses】, Zero could already be sure that the 【Powerful Swordsman】 mentioned was Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

In this way, the guess he made at the Ubuyashiki estate earlier was correct...

Tamayo and the male demon standing behind her saw the strange person in front of them holding a scythe, standing there without moving, a bit puzzled.

Her scarlet right eye looked at the two of them, and on her left eye was a strange blue item glowing. I don't know what it was?

The male demon couldn't bear it anymore. He was originally studying medicine with Tamayo in the medical room, and suddenly sensed that his Blood Demon Art had been touched, so he hurried out to see what was going on.

Tamayo was also a bit curious, so she went out together to see what was going on.

That's why this scene happened.

"Hey, the ugly woman over there! Who are you? What are you doing here?" The male demon said with gnashing teeth.

"Yushiro, don't be so impolite!"

"Yes, Tamayo-sama!" Hearing Tamayo's words, the male demon named Yushiro immediately became obedient.

Zero was checking the information, but hearing someone call him an ugly woman, he suddenly felt a sense of inexplicable anger in his heart.

It was fine to treat him as a woman, but to call him an ugly woman!

In the blink of an eye, he disappeared from the spot with the scythe, appeared on one side of Yushiro, and the scythe blade was pressed against his neck.

"This young lady, please wait a moment..." Tamayo saw that the situation was not good and immediately tried to stop it, but before she could finish speaking, Zero directly pulled out the 【Dark Alloy Paralysis Gun】 hanging on his waist and aimed it at Tamayo.

It was as if if they had any movement, they would be separated from their bodies in the next second.

"Don't move! Move again and I'll kill you!"

"This guy, such fast speed..." At this moment, Yushiro was a bit terrified. He felt the killing intent from Zero, and a drop of cold sweat slid down from his forehead.

Tamayo also felt this killing intent and quickly opened her mouth: "This young lady..."

"I'm a man!"

Only then did Tamayo react that the person in front of her was a man. If you didn't look carefully, you would really think he was a woman.

"Sorry, I thought you were a woman... Can you put away your weapon first? This child Yushiro didn't mean it, he was just worried about me and thinking for me. If there is any offense, I apologize to you on his behalf."

Hearing Tamayo's words, Zero still didn't intend to put away his weapon. Although he understood the general situation through the 【Analysis Glasses】, how could he prove that they were not dangerous?

Tamayo saw that he was still unmoved, so she made a move.

I saw her slowly approaching Zero, pressing her forehead against the muzzle of the gun, and pointing her finger at Zero's scythe.

"Are you from the Demon Slayer Corps?! I know that as demons, we cannot be trusted, so I beg you to let this child Yushiro go. He has never hurt anyone! And I am the one who turned him into a demon. I am willing to be your hostage and let you deal with me!"

Zero was not surprised why Tamayo knew about the Demon Slayer Corps. After all, she was saved by Tsugikuni Yoriichi, and at that time Tsugikuni Yoriichi was in the Demon Slayer Corps, so it was not surprising.

"Tamayo-sama..." Yushiro heard this and wanted to stop her from doing so, but was stopped by Tamayo.

Zero didn't know how many times he had seen such scenes, and he was already used to it, but he also had some questions to ask Tamayo now, so he simply put away his weapon.

Tamayo saw this, and her heart relaxed.

"Thank you, may I ask your name..."

"Zero!"

"My name is Tamayo, this child is called Yushiro. Please forgive me for what happened just now!"

"No need. It was indeed my fault just now, breaking into your place. I apologize to you first, sorry."

"Hmph!" Yushiro snorted with dissatisfaction, staring at Zero fiercely.

"Yushiro!"

"Yes, Tamayo-sama!" Hearing Tamayo's words, Yushiro became obedient again, full of Tamayo's figure: Tamayo-sama is also very beautiful today!

It's just that Zero saw another emotion from Yushiro's eyes, that is, affection, full of love, and... mother complex!

"Okay, this is simply a copy of Iguro Obanai!" Zero secretly complained in his heart.

(Iguro Obanai: Achoo!)

"Zero-san..."

"Just call me Zero."

"In that case, I'll call you Zero. It's not convenient here, can we go inside and talk?"

"Okay!"

Some small twists and turns ended, and Tamayo and Yushiro led Zero to the living room in the house.

"Please sit!"

Tamayo pointed to a sofa on the side, and Zero didn't see it as an outsider, sitting on the sofa, and putting the scythe aside.

Tamayo also sat on the sofa opposite Zero, and Yushiro stood behind Tamayo.

His eyes were still staring at Zero, and that posture was as if if Zero had any light movement, he would rush up and fight for his life to protect Tamayo.

"Then, Zero, let me introduce myself again. My name is Tamayo, I am a doctor, and this child behind me is called Yushiro, I am the one who turned him into a demon.

Although we are both demons, we are different from other demons. We only need to drink a small amount of human blood to survive. Of course, it is through buying some blood from patients with money when treating them. As for this child Yushiro, he drinks even less blood."

It seemed that she was afraid that Zero would misunderstand, so she opened her mouth to explain.

"My name is Zero, and I am a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps."

"Hashira!" Tamayo was shocked when she heard Zero's self-introduction.

"No wonder you are so powerful! So you are a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps!"

Then she turned her head and ordered Yushiro: "Yushiro, go and prepare some tea and snacks."

"Yes, Tamayo-sama!"

Before leaving, Yushiro stared at Zero, as if warning him: Don't be disrespectful to Tamayo-sama! Otherwise, I won't let you go!

Zero directly ignored him and didn't pay attention, which made Yushiro almost jump.

After Yushiro left, Zero spoke first: "Then, may I ask what you want to talk to me about, Tamayo-san?"

"Call me Tamayo. I want to know why you came here? How did you know that wall was fake?"

"It's nothing, just intuition! I just finished the mission, so I came here to walk around, and planned to find a place to rest. When passing by here, I found that it was a bit strange..."

Zero told what happened just now, and Tamayo understood what was going on.

"So that's it, your reconnaissance is really powerful! Since that's the case, I have a request, I don't know if you can help me?"

Just as she was speaking, Yushiro brought a plate of snacks and two cups of tea, placed them on the table, finished all this, and came behind Tamayo with the tray clamped at his waist to continue standing.

"Oh~ I'm curious why I should help you? Even if I help you, what can I get?"

Zero wanted to laugh. He and Tamayo were just meeting for the first time, so there was no reason to help her.

Even if he helped her, he needed chips of equal value. In other words, this was a transaction. Since both sides were doing a transaction, they naturally needed chips of the same value to exchange.

Zero: "Besides, even if I am willing to help you, what is the reason?"

Tamayo: "The reason is that we have a common enemy: Kibutsuji Muzan."

Zero: "Tamayo-san, I think you made a mistake. I joined the Demon Slayer Corps not because of Kibutsuji Muzan. On the contrary, I have no grudges with Kibutsuji Muzan!"

Tamayo: "This... then why did you join the Demon Slayer Corps?"

Zero: "I'm just investigating, and by the way, collecting information. When I find a way to leave this world, I'll do more to ensure it! As for joining the Demon Slayer Corps, it's just an equal exchange. They provide me with information and some convenience, and I clear evil demons and threats for them!"

The facts were indeed so. Rather than saying Zero was a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, it was more like a cooperation between him and Ubuyashiki Kagaya of the Demon Slayer Corps.

Ubuyashiki Kagaya provided Zero with information, help, and identity, while Zero cleared evil demons and performed Hashira duties for the Demon Slayer Corps.

Zero: "Besides, Kibutsuji Muzan is just a little doll who has lived for more than a thousand years to me!"

This time it was Tamayo's turn to be shocked. She didn't expect someone to just treat Kibutsuji Muzan as a little doll.

Tamayo: "Little doll? Kibutsuji Muzan is not a little doll, he is the Demon King! The Demon King who has survived since the Heian period!"

Zero: "So what? His age is not even half of mine! In terms of age, I could be his ancestor."

Tamayo: "This... how is this possible!? How can a human live so long!?"

Zero: "But I have indeed lived for so long, and I am not from your world at all. Believe it or not, that is your own business."

Hearing these words, Tamayo's heart couldn't be calm for a long time. She couldn't believe this, but her heart had been telling her that it was true.

She never expected that there would be a human in this world who lived longer than Kibutsuji Muzan!

Yushiro behind her couldn't bear it anymore and spoke directly: "You kid, what do you mean? You are so disrespectful to Tamayo-sama!"

Hearing someone call him a kid again, Zero smiled belly-blackly: "Roar~ Kid? Hehehe~ Yushiro little doll, several evil demons called me that before, and the result..."

Yushiro saw Zero's belly-black smile, and felt a bit scared in his heart, as if something terrible would happen in the next second.

The result...

Duang~

A minute later, Yushiro stood at the door, with a super-large roasted chestnut emitting a wisp of white smoke on his head.

"Sss~ Damn kid!"

Just as Yushiro was about to blame Zero, the door opened again at some point...

Duang~

After the door closed, a medium-sized roasted chestnut appeared on top of the super-large roasted chestnut on Yushiro's head, also emitting a wisp of white smoke...

"Damn! Is this kid a wind-ear!?" This time Yushiro learned to be smart and didn't say it, just thinking in his heart.

Crack!

The door opened again. Yushiro was already a bit scared, but Zero didn't walk out from inside, which made him feel relieved...

Duang~

A small roasted chestnut appeared on Yushiro's head again, stacked with the other two, just like three large, medium, and small sticky rice balls stacked together.

This time Yushiro stood obediently at the door, didn't speak, and didn't think. He didn't understand how Zero appeared behind him just now.

It seemed like Zero knew what he was thinking.

Just like that, Yushiro stood at the door and waited quietly for the three roasted chestnuts on his head to heal slowly.

In the living room, Zero drank tea comfortably, as if what happened just now didn't happen.

He wouldn't say that the third time he went out to give him a punch was purely because he was unhappy with Yushiro, um, yes, that's it!

If Yushiro at the door knew that Zero thought so, he would definitely rush in and fight Zero, but whether he could win was another matter...

Tamayo felt helpless, gently stroked her forehead with her tender little hand. She saw everything that happened just now.

"Let's continue the conversation just now. You said you wanted me to help you, but what can I get? Or what can I get?"

Zero put down the teacup and looked into Tamayo's eyes and asked.

"I..." Tamayo didn't know what was going on. After all, she was indeed a bit inconsiderate, and it was indeed not good to propose conditions to someone she met for the first time.

But she didn't know what she could give Zero now, or give him a return or chips of equal value.

Thinking about it, finally, she made up her mind and responded to Zero's answer: "If you can help me, I... I... I can promise you any condition!"

Tamayo's eyes also looked at Zero, without any retreat, full of determination.

"Any condition!?" Zero never expected Tamayo to be so decisive. It seemed that the favor Tamayo wanted him to do was extraordinary, otherwise she wouldn't have said this.

It was conceivable that she had made a great determination. If this favor was completed for her, she would unconditionally agree to Zero's request, including herself...

(Why are there so many curled corners of the mouth, is the brain supplementing lewd things?)

Seeing this, Zero sighed slightly and said: "Sigh... tell me, what do you want me to help you with?"

"You... you agreed?"

"Tell me what it is first."

"I hope you can help me collect some evil demon blood. I have been researching blood to find drugs that can deal with and defeat Kibutsuji Muzan."

"Okay!"

"Is it really okay..."

Before Tamayo could finish speaking, Zero directly took out two special frozen suitcases from the 【Nano Space】. Every time he extracted blood from evil demons, he would put them in this frozen suitcase for preservation, which was convenient for him to do research later.

Tamayo was shocked by this method again, not understanding how he did it?

Zero put the suitcase on the table and opened it. Inside were rows of small test tubes. After a rough calculation, there were at least a hundred of them.

"These were extracted from the evil demons I caught. They are all for you! I don't know if these are enough?"

(Evil demons: I * * * *...)

Tamayo looked at the blood in the small test tubes, full of joy, but gradually dimmed again.

"Although there are many, only the evil demons with the blood concentration closest to Kibutsuji Muzan can make my research go further."

"Oh? Then what level of evil demons do you need?"

"At least it must be at the Twelve Kizuki level, especially the Upper Rank demons. Their blood concentration is closer to Kibutsuji Muzan! And the Twelve Kizuki can also turn people into demons!"

Tamayo's words made Zero fall into silence again, and also confirmed his previous guess: The Twelve Kizuki can also turn people into evil demons!

Looking at Zero who fell into silence, Tamayo thought it was very difficult, so she quickly opened her mouth: "I know this is very difficult, so you don't have to rush to give me an answer..."

Zero: "Just this?"

Tamayo: "?"

Before Tamayo could speak, she saw Zero take out a special large syringe from the 【Nano Space】 and hand it to Tamayo.

"This is the blood of Upper Rank Five Gyokko. There is some, I don't know if it's enough for you to do research?"

"Gyokko? There is actually such a strange name among the Upper Rank demons?" Although he said so, seeing the blood in front of him, Tamayo was full of excitement, and she could also feel that it contained a large amount of Kibutsuji Muzan's blood.

(Upper Rank Five Gyokko: I * * *...)

"Don't worry about these, now it's time to talk about my conditions!"

Tamayo woke up from the excitement, recalling what she said just now, it was indeed so.

After all, he had already helped her, and now it was his turn to talk about conditions.

"You say, as long as I can do it, no matter what condition, I... I... I promise you!" Tamayo was a bit nervous, and a small hand tightly grabbed the collar of her kimono.

And she had also made up her mind that no matter what condition, she would satisfy it.

"My condition is very simple, tell me the characteristics and abilities of Kibutsuji Muzan."

Zero said characteristics instead of appearance because he guessed that Kibutsuji Muzan had survived for thousands of years, and he must also disguise himself.

Since he could disguise himself to continue living in this world, he must also understand the habits of human life and live with humans.

Although he could only live at night, he must also be very vigilant and pay attention to everything around him.

So even if Kibutsuji Muzan would disguise himself, some characteristics must not be changed.

Moreover, Tamayo had lived by Kibutsuji Muzan's side for so long, and must know a little about his methods.

In this way, if he met Kibutsuji Muzan in the future, he could also make some corresponding strategies.

"Good, I promise you, I just hope you can be light... Hey? Just this condition?" Tamayo was a bit puzzled, not for anything else, just because Zero's condition was too simple.

"Why? Then I'll change the condition. After your drug is successfully developed, I hope you can also give me a copy, how about it?"

"Is it just that simple?"

"Of course, otherwise what do you think it is?" Zero rolled his eyes, but looking at Tamayo's nervous expression, he was a bit puzzled.

"Tamayo-san, you seem very nervous?"

"No, you might have seen it wrong." Hearing this, Tamayo quickly adjusted her mentality.

"Zero, I can promise you these two conditions."

"That's good, then it's a deal! Happy cooperation, Tamayo-san."

"Happy cooperation, besides, if you can, you can also call me Tamayo directly."

"No need, that would be too disrespectful to you!"

"It's okay, at least we are friends now, aren't we?"

After speaking, Tamayo revealed that beautiful smile.

"Since that's the case, then I will respect your wishes, Tamayo."

"Mm. By the way, if you can, can you... give me some of your blood? I also want to study it, can I?"

This proposal was just put forward, and Zero directly rejected it: "Sorry Tamayo, I cannot promise this."

"Okay, it was my abruptness, sorry!" Although she guessed that Zero might refuse, hearing him say it personally, she still felt a sense of loss in her heart.

If she could study Zero's blood, she wanted to try to see if she could find the difference in Zero's blood.

Or if she could use Zero's blood as a medicine guide, she didn't know if she could speed up the research progress?

She didn't think too much, and shouted to the door: "Yushiro."

Yushiro heard Tamayo calling him, opened the door and responded: "Tamayo-sama, what are your orders?"

"Yushiro, prepare a room for Zero to rest."

"Yes, Tamayo-sama!"

"Then I won't disturb you Zero, you go and rest well."

"Mm, thank you Tamayo."

Yushiro heard Zero call Tamayo's name directly, and was a bit gnashing his teeth, but didn't dare to attack, after all, Tamayo was standing in front of him.

Zero put the Chachamaru in his arms on the sofa and picked up his scythe, leaving the living room under Yushiro's guidance.

After Zero and Yushiro left, Tamayo's gaze stared tightly at the blood on the table, recalling the past, and her face began to become ferocious.

"Kibutsuji Muzan! You turned me into this, killed my husband and children, I will definitely find a way to defeat you! Even if I go to hell, I will drag you to hell with me!"

Hoo~

Taking a deep breath, she restored her calm.

"Did he really... live for so long? Can humans really do this?" Recalling the conversation with Zero just now, her heart began to become restless again, and she couldn't be calm for a long time.

"I didn't expect his condition to be just these, I was shallow."

She packed up the things on the table and took them to the underground laboratory. She had to continue her research.

Now that she had so much blood, including the blood of the Upper Rank demon closest to Kibutsuji Muzan's blood concentration, this made her feel that it probably wouldn't be long before she would break through the current situation.

... ===== CHAPTER 26 =====

After Zero and Yushiro left, Tamayo stared intently at the blood left on the table. Recalling past events, her expression began to turn ferocious.

"Kibutsuji Muzan! You turned me into this, caused the deaths of my husband and child; I will definitely find a way to defeat you! Even if I have to go to hell, I will drag you down to hell with me!"

Haa—

Taking a deep breath, she restored her own calm.

"Has he really... lived for so long? Can humans truly achieve this?" Recalling the conversation with Zero just now, her heart began to feel restless again, unable to calm down for a long time.

"I didn't expect his conditions to be just these; I was superficial."

She tidied up the items on the table and took them to the underground laboratory; she had to continue her research.

Now that she had so much blood, including the blood of an Upper Rank demon which had the highest concentration of Kibutsuji Muzan's blood, she felt that it probably wouldn't take long to break through the current situation.