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"You're not the Sound Hashira they talked about, are you?"
"So, are you a Hashira?"
Ignoring the frost-covered sash, Daki asked with a light chuckle.
"Me?"
Hearing Daki's question, Mika was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile, "Of course I'm a Hashira!"
In terms of combat ability, if Mika were to unleash his full power, he could easily be considered the strongest among all the Pillars.
Although there were only nine positions for the Pillars, the strongest in the Demon Slayer Corps, and no vacancies, now that the Demon Slayer Corps had become a branch of Yahweh's Familia, Mika could easily create a new position for himself.
If he wanted to, he could easily become the tenth Hashira.
"You can call me the Ice Hashira!"
Although he could use both Ice Breathing and Fire Breathing techniques, Mika felt that Ice Hashira suited him better than Fire Hashira, which already had the Flame Hashira.
"Ice Hashira? That does suit you well!"
Glancing at the frost on the ground, Daki smirked confidently.
"I've decided, you'll be the eighth Hashira I kill!"
"Kill me? Do you have the strength for that?" Mika asked, puzzled.
"Though I don't know why, but your strength doesn't seem to be at the Upper Moon level!"
"After all, you don't even know that you're already dead?"
"I'm dead!?"
Daki's eyes were filled with confusion.
It was only then that she realized her neck had been severed, but due to the freezing effect of the frost, her head hadn't fallen off.
"How, how can this be!"
Easily removing her head from her neck, Daki stared bewilderedly at her headless body.
"No, impossible, I haven't lost!"
Ignoring Daki's dying wails, Mika immediately turned to look at Tanjiro and the others.
"Tengen is heading to rescue the others who are being held captive. You should quickly evacuate the surrounding civilians. Our real opponent hasn't appeared yet."
Although Mika had easily decapitated Daki, the intense sense of crisis in his mind had never ceased.
"Understood!"
The three immediately ran out.
Watching their disappearing figures, Mika muttered to himself, "Now, where might Gyutaro be?"
Although Mika hadn't seen the later parts of "Demon Slayer," he had been briefed about the six Upper Moons by a friend.
Upper Moon One was Kokushibo, Yoriichi Tsugikuni's brother.
Upper Moon Two was Doma, who specialized in eating women and was Shinobu's arch-enemy.
Upper Moon Three was Akaza, who killed the Flame Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku.
Upper Moon Four and Five were Hantengu and Gyokko respectively.
And the last, Upper Moon Six, was a pair of siblings, Gyutaro and Daki.
It was said that to kill these two siblings, one had to cut off both their heads simultaneously.
"If Daki is this weak, then Gyutaro's combat power must be considerably stronger."
"But where could he be hiding?"
While Mika was surveying the surroundings, Daki, feeling ignored and underestimated, suddenly burst into loud tears.
Then, she cried out "Brother!"
With her cry, a strong presence emanated from Daki's body.
To Mika's surprise, Gyutaro emerged from Daki's back, brazenly exuding his presence.
"So you're the real Upper Moon Six? I've been waiting for you!"
Gripping his Nichirin blade tightly, Mika's face was covered in smiles.
"Are you the one who made my sister cry?"
After emerging from Daki's back, Gyutaro cautiously stood in front of her.
Unlike Daki, Gyutaro's appearance could only be described as hideous.
But in contrast, his combat talent was beyond ordinary.
Even when he couldn't eat enough in his previous life, he could instantly kill samurai despite being severely malnourished, which showed his talent.
If he had trained in martial arts like Akaza or Kokushibo in his previous life, his combat power would definitely be several levels higher than now.
But even so, after dozens of battles with the Pillars, Gyutaro had developed his own style of combat techniques.
As well as the ability to sense strong opponents.
"This guy is stronger than the strongest Hashira I've ever killed!"
"Daki, fight with all your might!"
"Ah, I understand!"
Hearing Gyutaro's words, Daki also retracted the smug smile that had appeared when Gyutaro emerged.
As the two conversed, Gyutaro closed his left eye.
And a third eye appeared on Daki's forehead.
With the appearance of this third eye, the aura around Daki also grew stronger.
"See this? This is my full power!"
Daki shouted loudly, and at the same time, the dozen or so sashes behind her rapidly shot towards Mika, wanting to demonstrate her strength.
"Too slow!"
Mika's figure quickly appeared in front of Daki.
The deep blue Nichirin blade pierced her neck, pushing her backwards.
"Daki!"
Unlike Daki, Gyutaro saw Mika's movement.
But his warning was obviously a bit late.
However, his attack wasn't the least bit disorganized.
"Flying Blood Sickles!"
Gyutaro's Blood Demon Art was to manipulate his own blood for slashing attacks.
As he swung the sickle in his hand, blood-colored flying sickles also slashed towards Mika.
Faced with the rapidly approaching dual assault, multiple attacks, the crimson blade already gripped in Mika's left hand also swung up.
Crimson flames flowed on the Nichirin blade.
The flaming Nen Sword collided head-on with Gyutaro's blood slashes.
Then they mutually cancelled out.
What followed was the clash of the Nichirin blade and the sickle.
"Clang!"
The two weapons clashed fiercely, the wind pressure generated between them blowing their bangs.
"Not bad skills!"
Both of their faces were covered in smiles.
With this as the starting point, in the narrow room, Gyutaro and Mika rapidly swung their respective weapons, constantly clashing.
"Argh!"
As the slashing speed gradually increased, Gyutaro's weapon swings could no longer keep up with Mika's speed.
Unlike Mika, who had gone far in swordsmanship, Gyutaro's self-taught style wasn't refined.
It was a technique he created by combining his proud speed with his Blood Demon Art.
But now, his Flying Blood Sickles were neutralized by Mika's flame Nen Sword or frost Nen Sword as soon as they appeared.
And his proud speed didn't gain any advantage in this battle.
After comprehending various breathing techniques, Mika had refined his speed enhancement techniques to an extreme degree.
At this moment, Mika wasn't relying on the enhancement of "Nen".
He was merely fighting with his Level 2 limit body and his highly refined skills.
But even so, Gyutaro felt the overwhelming force coming at him head-on in a very short time.
That sense of pressure, he had only experienced from Muzan Kibutsuji.
"This is bad!"
In an instant, Gyutaro, whose weakness was caught by Mika, felt the cold killing intent.
The hot fire blade suppressed his dual sickles.
The cold frost blade slashed towards his neck.
"Brother!"
Daki's voice came from above.
What followed was an endless stream of sashes shooting towards Mika.
"Escaped to the top, huh?"
Faced with the incoming sashes, Mika's body twisted slightly, easily avoiding them.
And his frost blade easily slid across Gyutaro's throat, instantly freezing his neck.
"That was close!" Mika said with a chuckle.
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"Ah! Ah! Ah!"
The streets of the pleasure district were filled with people hurriedly fleeing for their lives.
The sudden crisis had plunged them into the threat of death, to which they could only cry out and run for their lives.
"This way, this way!"
Guiding nearby people to quickly escape, Tanjiro shouted loudly.
"Hmph, they wouldn't leave when we told them earlier, now they're rushing to leave!"
Next to Tanjiro, Inosuke was complaining irritably.
Earlier, Mika had asked them to evacuate the crowd, but no one heeded their calls, instead responding with mockery.
But now, as the battle intensified where Mika was, the entire pleasure district had become their battlefield.
Coincidentally, both Gyutaro and Daki's Blood Demon Arts were area-of-effect attacks with astonishing destructive power, resulting in severe damage to the surrounding buildings from the trio's battle.
Looking at the brightly lit area in the distance, Tanjiro quickly turned his attention back.
"Alright, Inosuke."
"Let's quickly evacuate the people, so we can join the battle as soon as possible."
"Join the battle, quickly! Evacuate quickly!"
Hearing Tanjiro's reminder, Inosuke's passion was instantly ignited, and he started working rapidly.
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"Clang!"
Mika and Gyutaro's weapons clashed violently.
Crimson blood energy, scorching flames.
The two constantly collided and neutralized each other.
The intense wind pressure continued to spread outward under the friction of the two forces, blowing against their smiling faces.
"As expected of Upper Moon Six! Gyutaro!"
"This is truly enjoyable!"
Right foot stomping heavily, left foot kicking out forcefully.
Gyutaro, who hadn't noticed at all beforehand, was instantly kicked flying, rolling continuously on the ground until he crashed into a nearby building.
At the same time, after kicking Gyutaro away, Mika immediately turned around to cut through the sashes Daki had shot at him.
Then he leaped forward, rapidly charging towards Daki.
"Brother!"
Seeing Mika's figure rapidly running towards her, Daki cried out in fear.
"Don't get near her!"
Over a dozen Flying Blood Sickles flew out from the building behind, heading straight for Mika's back.
Quickly turning around, frost condensed under Mika's feet, allowing him to slide backward using inertia.
In front, the Nichirin blade wielding flaming Nen Sword continuously incinerated Gyutaro's Flying Blood Sickles. Using this propulsive force, Mika swiftly arrived near Daki.
To this, what greeted him was naturally Daki's sashes.
But under Mika's Transparent World, Daki's attacks couldn't cause him the slightest harm.
Instead, it was her who was swiftly approached by Mika.
"No!"
The memory of having her head cut off twice before surged up again, and Daki jumped back in terror.
Seeing this, Mika rushed forward quickly.
Just as he was about to cut Daki's neck, Gyutaro once again appeared beside Mika.
"Circular Slashing Rotation."
A large amount of blood transformed into blood sickles, rotating outward from Gyutaro's arms, as if to cut everything around them.
"No time, trade injury for injury?"
In an instant, various thoughts arose in Mika's mind.
At this moment, if he wanted to behead Daki, he would have to endure Gyutaro's strike.
Logically, this would be a correct choice.
Because Mika had a skill that allowed him to continue fighting without being affected by injuries, and even increase his combat power, so he wasn't afraid of getting hurt.
However, from the start of the battle, Mika could sense a strong danger from Gyutaro's Flying Blood Sickles.
"Could there be poison in Gyutaro's blood?"
Quickly dodging Gyutaro's attack, Mika kicked Daki flying with one foot.
In this strike, Mika used his "Nen".
Daki, hit by this strike, fell to the ground like a star.
Daki, who crashed into the ground, even sank into it, her entire body becoming a bloody mess.
"Daki!"
Ignoring Gyutaro's shout, Mika called out to Tanjiro and Inosuke, who had hurriedly arrived after evacuating the crowd.
"Tanjiro, I'll leave Daki to you."
After saying this, Mika turned around, smirking at Gyutaro.
"Now there's no one to interfere with our battle."
"It's time to finish you!"
Crossing the crimson Nichirin blade and the deep blue Nichirin blade in front of his eyes, Mika's gaze was filled with sharpness.
"It's me who's going to finish you, you brat!"
Wielding his sickle and releasing Flying Blood Sickles, Gyutaro rushed towards Mika.
Although Gyutaro's offensive was still as fierce as before, in Mika's eyes, it had become full of openings.
Mika had seen through Gyutaro's offensive.
Flame Nen Sword and frost Nen Sword flew together.
Wielding two Nichirin blades, Mika's Sword technique was as silent as a gentle breeze and light rain.
But in Gyutaro's eyes, it was as fierce as a torrential downpour.
In less than five clashes, Gyutaro could no longer keep up with Mika's Sword technique.
"This is the end!"
The cold frost blade swiftly cut off Gyutaro's arm.
On the scorching fire blade, a strange color suddenly appeared.
Through increased grip strength, the temperature of Mika's Nichirin blade rose sharply.
This wasn't the temperature of the flame Nen Sword.
But the temperature of the Nichirin blade itself.
This was the Bright Red Blade.
Without any hindrance, the scorching Bright Red Blade slid across Gyutaro's neck, cutting him in two.
Although due to their special sibling ability, they would only truly die if both were beheaded simultaneously,
Gyutaro's head, cut off by the Bright Red Blade, couldn't regenerate in a short time.
"Let's end it like this!"
Picking up Gyutaro's head, looking at Tanjiro and Inosuke who were rapidly attacking Daki, Mika threw Gyutaro's head over, hitting Daki's sashes.
"This is!"
"Brother's head!"
"Die!"
It was this opening created by Mika's throw.
Daki, whose weakness was caught by Tanjiro, was also beheaded here.
Coincidentally, their heads ended up rolling together.
They would walk towards the deep hell together.
"This is bad!"
On the other side, after Mika threw Gyutaro's head, he suddenly found that the blood inside him had begun to violently surge.
"No good, this area will be completely destroyed."
Realizing the problem, Mika decisively and quickly went to Gyutaro's body, transforming it into ice to freeze Gyutaro's corpse.
"This is, Fire of the Right!"
Under the bone-chilling ice freezing, even Gyutaro's blood was completely solidified.
In this state, his blood could no longer explode out in any way.
"It's done!"
"Looks like I came late!"
Hearing that familiar voice in his ear, Mika turned his head to see Tengen Uzui's figure.
"What's late or not late about it, for the Demon Slayer Corps, saving people is as important as killing demons!"
Mika said with a grin.
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After killing Upper Moon Six Gyutaro and Daki, Mika and his group returned to the Demon Slayer Corps.
Although this battle was intense, because the main fighter was Mika, and his strength was superior to the two, Tanjiro and the others didn't get hurt at all.
Upon learning that Upper Moon Six had been killed, the members of the Demon Slayer Corps became excited.
Especially Kagaya Ubuyashiki, who finally saw hope of completely resolving Muzan Kibutsuji in his generation.
And in this joyful atmosphere, Mika, who updated his divine blessing after returning, received another surprise.
"You can level up, Mika!"
Gabriel said excitedly.
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