"Demon Slayer Corps? Li Xing!"
Gyutaro reacted instantly, charging at Li Xing.
"Blood Demon Art, Flying Blood Sickle!"
Li Xing was no longer the same as before, no longer a boy whose arm was severed by this flying blood sickle. With a flash of his figure, Gyutaro's head was already severed by Li Xing.
"Impossible! Are you human or demon? How can a demon join the Demon Slayer Corps?" Gyutaro's eyes were filled with disbelief. This was too strange. He should have realized it earlier. His arm was severed the first time they met, and he reappeared unharmed the second time, even managing to drive Lord Douma to flee. Now, he appeared as a demon.
"Brother!" Daki quickly reattached Gyutaro's head and shielded him with her body.
Li Xing smoothed his hair, his physique and appearance reverting to their original form.
"Gyutaro, Daki, you siblings have now broken free from Muzan Kibutsuji. I need you to do something for me. If you agree, I will gently guide you to reincarnation. If you refuse, I will have to separate you by force."
Gyutaro instantly became enraged. "What a joke! You want to kill us and then have us help you?" He then attempted to fight again.
Daki stopped Gyutaro. "Brother, I don't want to eat people anymore. I hate everyone except you. Can we leave this world together? Let's never be demons again."
She then looked at Li Xing. "What do you want us to do?"
"What I want you to do is simple. In the future, members of the Demon Slayer Corps will come to hunt you. You just need to cripple them. I need you to act out a scene, to bring out their cursed marks, and then I will send you to reincarnation."
Gyutaro was about to refuse, but Daki spoke first. "We agree, but what did you mean just now about living like humans?"
Li Xing remained silent. He then made a cut on his wrist, caught the blood with his other hand, and directly flung it into Gyutaro's mouth.
Afterwards, Li Xing approached Daki and placed his wrist in front of her mouth. "Drink. You'll know after drinking my blood."
Although she didn't know what Li Xing intended, Daki didn't want to drink human blood anymore.
"I won't drink!"
Seeing Daki's refusal, Li Xing had to use the same method he used on Tamayo, forcefully putting his hand into Daki's mouth.
"You must drink. Everyone says it's very sweet and not disgusting."
After Li Xing's forceful feeding, both Gyutaro and Daki began to have strange thoughts: eating meals, basking in the sun.
At this moment, Li Xing spoke. "Yes, drinking my blood allows you to eat and bask in the sun like normal people."
"Is this true?" Daki looked at him incredulously. Such blood existed in the world? At this moment, she felt an urge to run outside and bask in the sun. The siblings hadn't seen the sun in a long time.
Gyutaro, on the other hand, had a new idea. Since they could live like normal people, why would they be killed by the Demon Slayer Corps? Wouldn't it be better for the siblings to find a place where no one knew them and live there?
With this thought, Gyutaro could no longer hold back. He grabbed his sister's hand and tried to leave. He could feel that even if the two of them attacked together, they couldn't defeat this Li Xing. They could only flee, flee as far away as possible.
"Brother, what are you doing?" Daki hadn't fully reacted yet and didn't understand why her brother was running.
"Daki, we can leave here together and live in a place where no one knows us. We don't need to act out any scenes, and we don't need to be chased by the Demon Slayer Corps."
Watching the siblings retreat, Li Xing smiled. They were too naive. This was Li Xing's Infinite Domain. Where could they possibly run? Even if they could run, Li Xing had the ability to capture them. Now, the cells within their bodies belonged to Li Xing.
He clapped his hands again, and Gyutaro and Daki instantly reappeared before Li Xing, both looking bewildered. What was going on?
"Gyutaro, aren't you too naive? This is my world. Where can you run? Haven't you been to the Infinite Fortress? Don't you know Nakime's Blood Demon Art? Besides, you have my cells in your bodies."
"What a joke! We can live like normal people, so why should we die? I finally gained demonic power and wasn't bullied, and you want me to give it all up like this? Even if I had to do it again, I wouldn't regret becoming a demon." Gyutaro remained unrepentant.
"Sigh, indeed. If you hadn't become a demon, you wouldn't have lived this long. But have you truly thought it through? If you hadn't failed to properly teach Daki, she wouldn't have been burned by fire. She might have married into a good family and lived a simple, happy life."
Li Xing was also getting angry. He wanted to argue with Gyutaro. In Li Xing's opinion, this was all Gyutaro's fault.
Li Xing's words struck a nerve with Gyutaro. He slowly released Daki's hand and punched at Li Xing. Li Xing caught his fist with his own hand. He didn't use his sickle, showing he was starting to develop some humanity.
"What do you know? In the underbelly of society, if you don't do that, how can you survive? Have you ever eaten filthy garbage and rats? Have you ever been beaten and cursed like a street rat for a bite of food? I just can't stand how some people are born with perfect lives, while we siblings have to worry about food every day. Why!"
Gyutaro roared with almost all his might. These words caused Li Xing's heart to waver. He truly hadn't experienced Gyutaro's life. In his heart, he was still the youth influenced by communist ideology.
"Li Yun, did I make a mistake?" Li Xing was confused, seeking a rational answer from Li Yun.
"According to data memory simulation, if Xing wants to go to other worlds, he might kill many people. Humans and demons are different, yet also the same. Both involve killing. At that time, Xing should understand whether killing is still a sin."
Li Yun gave an uncertain answer. Although it didn't align with Li Xing's thoughts, Li Xing knew that everything Li Yun simulated was beneficial to him. If he were to kill someone in the future, would he regret personally killing his beloved Daki?
He couldn't figure it out for the time being, so Li Xing decided to give himself some time to think. The will to survive is present in all living beings. Li Xing was not stone-hearted; he would eventually soften.
"I'm sorry, I haven't experienced the things you've described. Please give me some time to think. Until then, you can continue to live in the Kyogoku House as before, but do not eat people anymore. Also, Daki, don't bully the young maids who serve you every day. If you are kind to others, others will be kind to you. Don't you feel that no one is good to you? You can try."
After speaking, Li Xing sent the three of them out. They were back in the original room of Daki, which should now be Daki's room.
"Gyutaro, you'll have to stay in Daki's body for a while longer."
(The plot has gone awry. It's impossible for a protagonist in a story like this focusing on combat power not to kill people. Therefore, Li Xing killing them for the sin of Daki eating humans doesn't fit the protagonist's character. He's essentially just an anime fan. Once the Demon Slayer arc is over, I'll just speed through the plot.)