Chapter 92: Buddha Sculptor? (Ch 92)

“!!!”
Kokushibo, who had not been hit on the neck for a long time, couldn’t help feeling surprised at this moment.
He could clearly feel the life of the red-haired boy in front of him slipping away, but at the last moment, the other party burst out with his potential and launched an attack that was enough to threaten him!
There was an unusual color in Kokushibo’s eyes. He looked at the ferociously roaring boy, and a bit of unhappiness appeared in his heart.
Humans…are like this sometimes. They are so weak that anything can kill them, but in times of crisis, they will burst out with unreasonable power.
It was so in the past and it is so now.
Kokushibo has seen many pillars burst out in battle and break through their limits, but it’s a pity… no matter how much those pillars break through their limits, it is meaningless.
It was like this before, and the boy in front of me is the same…
Feeling the force on his neck, Kokushibo’s neck muscles resisted it, and at the same time he turned his right hand, and the branches extending from the blade destroyed the internal body of the boy in front of him.
Just as Kokushibo made this move, Kyojuro on the other side also rushed straight towards him on fire!
“Flame Breathing Form Nine—”
The more vigorous flames almost illuminated the sky, and the blade in the flames, with a force that was no less powerful than that of the Wolf King… or even more powerful, landed on the other side of Kokushibo’s neck!
“——Purgatory!!”
“!”
Kyojuro’s attack was more fierce than Takeo’s.
As someone who had already become a pillar a long time ago, he had more experience in dealing with strong men than Takeo.
The fiery red Sun Blade cut into the neck, contrasting with the gray-green Sun Blade on the other side!
The invisible air current intensified Kyojuro’s rage, and both of them roared at the same moment:
“Ahhhhhhh!!!!”
Pouring all their strength into the blades, the two men now had only one goal, and that was to cut off Kokushibo’s neck!
If Kokushibo still stood still, he might really be chopped in the neck by the two men.
But unfortunately…
It was almost dawn, and Kokushibo had no intention of continuing to tangle with them.
Therefore, in just a blink of an eye, Kokushibo disappeared from the siege of the two people.
His speed is much faster than the two young ones. If he wants to leave, no one can stop him.
“!” Seeing the knife miss, Kyojuro was stunned for a moment, then immediately turned to look at Takeo.
He remembered that Takeo locked Kokushibo’s blade with his body and grabbed him with his hands…
With such a thought in mind, he turned to look at Takeo, and Kyojuro’s breathing almost stopped.
Takeo was still standing there, but the knife and flesh that were supposed to be between his chest and abdomen had disappeared.
From the front, one could see a large hole on his body behind him, and it was obvious that all his internal organs were damaged.
The left hand that was holding the other person’s arm disappeared at this moment, blood spurted out, and Takeo’s eyes lost their luster, and he stood there frozen as if dead.
“…That’s enough.”
Perhaps because he felt that Takeo would not survive like this, Kokushibo whispered this, and finally looked at Kyojuro with regret who had been exposed to the sunlight, then turned around and disappeared.
If the sun had not risen, he would have taken care of Takeo and the Flame Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps at the same time.
It’s a pity that the Flame Pillar is not an ordinary Pillar who can be killed by him at will. Even among the previous Pillars, the Flame Pillar’s ​​strength is one of the best.
Kokushibo couldn’t kill him immediately, and if he continued to pester him he would be in danger of being exposed to the sunlight.
So he had no choice but to retreat.
However, the main mission has been completed, and Kokushibo doesn’t care about those things.
Muzan Kibutsuji would probably not say anything to Kokushibo. After all, although Muzan Kibutsuji is Kokushibo’s lord in name, in reality, the two of them are more like a cooperative relationship.
Even if Kokushibo did nothing, Muzan Kibutsuji probably wouldn’t really be angry with Kokushibo.
It was just that the character he had developed as a samurai made Kokushibo unable to allow himself to actually disobey the orders of Muzan Kibutsuji, that’s all.
Kokushibo’s figure disappeared into the shadows, as if he had never existed.
However, Kyojuro no longer cared about the Upper Rank One who had already “escaped”.
He immediately came to Takeo and hugged him as he was about to fall. His hands and body were shaking, and his breathing became rapid:
“Takeo!!”
If a normal person suffered such serious injuries, it would be no different from being dead.
But Kyojuro discovered that Takeo’s half-broken heart was still beating!
It’s still beating!
“Ahem…did he…run away…”
Takeo’s eyes were lifeless, as if he had lost his sight.
Kyojuro said in a deep voice: “He ran away before the sun rose. I’m sorry that I didn’t seize the opportunity you created! I am so ashamed!”
“Don’t… say that… We have… tried our best…”
Takeo said reluctantly.
The injury was too severe. Even with the [No Injury Blood Recovery] and his own recovery ability, the big hole in his body could not heal immediately. Not only that, Takeo also felt that his vitality was rapidly fading.
His skin grew paler and his breathing became shallower.
But he was not worried at all. He just comforted Kyojuro and said, “Don’t worry… about me… I’m… fine.”
“Really…are you okay?” Kyojuro expressed his doubt to Takeo for the first time.
Zhu Xiong forced a smile: “It’s okay… I just want to take a nap… that’s all…”
After saying that, he could no longer hold on and closed his eyes.
“Takeo! Takeo!!!”
Kyojuro’s cries rang in his ears, but Takeo didn’t have the strength to respond.
His consciousness became dizzy and his heart stopped beating.
At that moment, Kyojuro almost thought he was dead.
But just two seconds after Takeo’s heart stopped beating.
Boom, boom——!
His heart began beating again, and then his internal organs began to recover at a speed visible to the naked eye!
【Restart】!
…
“Here again…”
In the dim darkness, Takeo couldn’t tell the direction.
This is not his consciousness space, but Takeo has an impression of it.
He still remembered the first time he faced the water ghost and almost died. He seemed to have been here and saw a gentle woman.
Now thinking back, that woman should be my mother Kuizhi.
Only this time, Takeo didn’t see her.
But I saw other people.
“Brother! Takeo-nii! Over here!”
The boy with a monk’s haircut jumped and waved at Takeo. Next to him was a girl wearing a kimono, a little older than him, also waving at Takeo:
“Takeo! Over here!”
Takeo looked at them and recognized their identities.
His younger brother is Shigeru Kamado, and his younger sister is Hanako Kamado.
How come I see them here?
Zhuxiong was wondering, but suddenly he felt someone holding his right hand.
Looking down, he saw an even younger child with a bowl-shaped head holding his hand and pulling him towards a certain place:
“Brother, this way…”
“Rokuta…”
Takeo recognized him at a glance. It was the youngest child of the Kamado family, Zomon Rokuta.
Looking at them, Takeo did not stay where he was this time. He was led by Rokuta and walked in one direction in the dark.
Then Hanako and Shigeya took his hands and clothes and pulled him in a certain direction.
“Where… are you taking me?” Takeo asked in confusion.
Kamado Hanako said directly: “This is not the place for you to come, so… we have to send you out!”
“Send…out?”
“Yes!” Hanako said, and then came behind Takeo with Kamado Shigeru and Kamado Rokuta:
“Leave now!”
They said in unison, pushing Takeo’s back with both hands.
Takeo did not resist and was pushed by them, causing him to stagger. Then the black scene disappeared, and was replaced by the familiar consciousness space of Takeo.
But in this familiar space of consciousness, Takeo saw a place that was somewhat familiar and yet somewhat strange to him.
This is a temple with snow falling.
The temple was empty, with only fallen snow on the ground and a Buddha statue in the corner.
Takeo had an inexplicable sense of déjà vu about the scene in front of him. He walked forward while comparing the scene in front of him with the scene in his memory.
Walking into the courtyard, leaving footprints on the snow, Takeo stood in front of the open gate of the temple.
It was very dark inside the gate, with no particularly obvious light. Only a few candles were lit, making the inside seem not so dark.
There stands a huge Buddha statue inside the temple, and in front of the statue is a person carving something with his back to Takeo.
Takeo looked at that place intently and realized what the man was carving.
The man is carving a Buddha statue.
Temples, snow, Buddha statues, carvers…
All these elements match up with a game in Takeo’s memory.
“The Buddha sculptor from Sekiro…?”
Takeo was reminded of the game “Sekiro” which was jokingly called the “blacksmith simulator”. The person who initially guided the protagonist and made a prosthetic ninja arm for the protagonist whose arm was broken was none other than the Buddha sculptor!
So, the ‘visitor’ to Takeo’s consciousness space this time is a Buddhist sculptor?
No…that’s not right…
Takeo walked towards the sculptor who was carving the Buddha statue. The closer he got, the more familiar his back seemed to Takeo.
The erect ponytail, the tattered samurai uniform, and the prosthetic ninja arm on the left hand all proved his identity.
“A wolf…?”
Takeo read out the man’s name.
The man who was carving the Buddha statue paused for a moment, then continued carving the statue without looking back at Takeo.
Takeo plucked up the courage to move a little closer to him and confirmed the man’s identity by looking at his profile.
really.
This is not a Buddha sculptor.
This is the protagonist of “Sekiro”.
Wolf.
“Why are you…” Takeo wanted to ask the other party why he was sitting here, but suddenly he thought of the ending he achieved in the game and fell silent again.
There are four endings in “Sekiro”, and when Takeo first played the game, he only achieved the first ending, which is never-dying.
The Sekiro in that ending lost his faith after killing his master, and became a new Buddha sculptor, waiting for the next reincarnation to begin.
The wolf here is obviously the same wolf as in that ending.
But…the Wolf in that ending had lost everything in the end, including his duty and will as a ninja. How could I inherit everything from him?
Looking at the wolf, Takeo was about to say something, but before he could finish his words, everything in his consciousness space flew away before his eyes.
Consciousness returns to reality.
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