"Last chance!"
"Become a demon, Kyojuro, Giyu!"
From a distance, neither Rengoku Kyojuro nor Tomioka Giyu had any intention of responding to Akaza.
"Cough, Tomioka, how are you?"
Tomioka Giyu steadied himself and shook his head gently: "Not good, but we still held on until the end!"
As he spoke, the sky in the distance lightened slightly, indicating that the sun was finally about to rise!
"Damn it, the sun is rising! They actually dragged me out until now, curse it..."
Akaza noticed it immediately. He gritted his teeth and stomped his right foot forward!
"You all die for me! Destructive Kill: Compass Needle!"
The snowflake pattern reappeared, and a terrifying oppressive feeling permeated the entire area!
"What?!" Tomioka Giyu's eyes narrowed. Ignoring everything else, he quickly pulled Rengoku Kyojuro behind him.
"Water Breathing, Eleventh Form: Dead Calm"
At this moment, Akaza's terrifying Move was fully unleashed.
"Destructive Kill: Final Form: Disorderly Flashing Silver!"
In an instant, hundreds of rapid-fire attacks, combining speed and power, bombarded all directions indiscriminately from Akaza's center!
Bang bang bang bang ——————
After unleashing this Move, Akaza rushed into the forest without looking back.
The sunlight was already getting brighter; if he didn't leave now, he might not be able to leave at all.
He believed that under this attack, Rengoku Kyojuro and Tomioka Giyu were sure to die.
"Tomioka!!"
Rengoku Kyojuro was half-kneeling on the ground, one hand pressed against his bleeding abdomen.
Looking at Tomioka Giyu's unyielding back, he dared not imagine.
Even he himself was injured by Akaza's Move, so what would happen to Tomioka Giyu, who stood in front of him?!
A few seconds later, Tomioka Giyu's body swayed, his nichirin blade fell to the ground, and he himself began to fall backward.
Rengoku Kyojuro, disregarding his injuries, quickly caught Tomioka Giyu, cushioning his head with his arm, and slowly laid him down.
When he clearly saw Tomioka Giyu's face, Rengoku Kyojuro's pupils suddenly constricted, and he subconsciously cried out.
"Tomioka!! Don't fall asleep, wake up!"
"Quick, quickly use your breathing to stop the bleeding, don't give up!"
Rengoku Kyojuro wanted to help Tomioka Giyu stop the bleeding, but Tomioka Giyu was covered in blood, and he couldn't tell where the injury was.
He also didn't dare to help Tomioka Giyu take off his clothes, fearing that he might accidentally cause secondary trauma, which would be even worse.
Tomioka Giyu showed no signs of opening his eyes, but it seemed he heard Rengoku Kyojuro's words, as his erratic breathing slowly began to regulate.
"Tomioka?! Yes, just like that, hold on a little longer! Come on!"
Perhaps due to his excitement, Rengoku Kyojuro's facial muscles twitched, clearly pulling on his wound.
At this moment, Tanjiro and Inosuke also ran over.
"Half-half haori?! Quick, stop the bleeding!"
Tanjiro's face was anxious, and when he saw Tomioka Giyu in this state, he almost cried.
"Giyu... Senior Brother Giyu! There should be a doctor on the train, I'll go look for one!"
Tanjiro, clutching his stomach, was about to run towards the train, but Rengoku Kyojuro stopped him.
"It's no use, ordinary doctors can't handle this kind of situation. We can only wait for Kocho and them to arrive!"
"Tomioka has already started using proper breathing to stop the bleeding. Although I don't know how long he can last, we can only pray."
"Also, stop moving around, young Kamado. The wound on your abdomen will split open, and your injury is also very serious."
Tanjiro's eyes were filled with tears as he stared at Tomioka Giyu, who was covered in blood, a sense of self-reproach welling up in his heart.
If he had been stronger, fighting Akaza alongside them, would Senior Brother Giyu not have been so severely injured?
About ten minutes later, the first to arrive were not the Kakushi, but Kocho Shinobu, followed closely by Kochou Kanae.
At this time, Kocho Shinobu's hair was already drenched with sweat, but she didn't care at all, rushing to Tomioka Giyu's side immediately.
"Giyu, how could you..."
When she saw Tomioka Giyu's tragic state, her heart felt as if it had been pricked by a needle, her words caught in her throat, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.
She wanted to touch Tomioka Giyu, but her hand immediately stopped.
She was completely flustered; she was afraid that doing so would cause Tomioka Giyu's already faint breathing to completely disappear.
At this moment, Kochou Kanae gently placed her hand on Kocho Shinobu's shoulder. The usual playful smile was gone from her face, replaced by a very serious expression as she said,
"Calm down, Shinobu. Now only we can save him."
"If even you lose your composure, what will happen to Tomioka-san!"
As she spoke, Kochou Kanae gestured for Rengoku Kyojuro to put Tomioka Giyu down.
Because she noticed that Rengoku Kyojuro also had several bleeding wounds on him, clearly also seriously injured.
Kocho Shinobu slapped her own face hard, and after forcefully calming down, she began to treat Tomioka Giyu's injuries with her sister.
First, they took off his upper clothes, but this action caused the tears Kocho Shinobu had just managed to stop to well up again.
Tomioka Giyu's upper body had hardly a single good spot, with deep and shallow circular or semi-circular indentations everywhere.
But these were still manageable; the most serious injury was to his ribs, where bone could already be faintly seen.
Kocho Shinobu wiped away her tears with her arm, nodded to her sister, and then began to bandage Tomioka Giyu's wounds and stop the bleeding.
Nearly twenty minutes later, the two sisters finally finished.
Kochou Kanae's eyes were filled with worry, and she sighed softly, "Alas, more detailed treatment can only wait until we return to the Butterfly Mansion."
At this moment, the Kakushi also finally arrived.
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"Hahaha, this great me has once again instantly killed a demon today!!"
"Mhm mhm, Inosuke is really amazing."
"Hey, keep your voice down, you idiot! You'll disturb Tomioka-san!"
After an unknown period, Tomioka Giyu slowly opened his eyes.
Listening to the noisy sounds outside, it took him a long time to come back to his senses.
Tomioka Giyu struggled to sit up, picked up the water glass by the bed, took a sip of water, and murmured,
"Hoo, the Butterfly Mansion, huh... I truly escaped death."
At this moment, the room door was pushed open.
The three little ones, seeing Tomioka Giyu sitting up, were first stunned, then ran out, shouting,
"Tomioka-sama is awake!!"
"Tomioka-sama is awake!!"
"Tomioka-sama is awake!!"
Hearing this news, the first to rush into the room were, of course, Tanjiro, Inosuke, and Zenitsu, who had been talking outside.
"Senior Brother Giyu! This is great, you're finally awake!" Tanjiro looked at Tomioka Giyu with tearful eyes.
Tomioka Giyu waved his hand and smiled: "You're recovering well, Tanjiro."
Before Tanjiro could respond, Inosuke flexed his biceps and said,
"Hurry up and get better, then come and fight me! Hahaha!"
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