Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Second Sun after the Nation

"Yang Hui...you...never mind. If this is something you think you must do, then go ahead. You don't have to bear those responsibilities anymore, so I hope you won't do anything that you'll regret."

Ji Zhuyu was a little overwhelmed. He couldn't treat everything as he did in the past, because he knew that at this moment when all the history and responsibilities were intertwined, the huge power it carried was not something he could change so easily. But if he didn't change, he would probably be consumed by internal energy for the rest of his life.

"Even though I've been through everything, as your senior, I can't help you at all. As expected... I'm not suited to shouldering these things. If possible, I really hope to forget everything in the past and live with you purely. At least in this way, even if I have forgotten how to repair such scars, even if I am clumsy, I should be able to help you a lot..."

"Now that you're here, come out and deal with everything that needs to be dealt with, Brother..."

Ji Guoyanghui looked at the dead osmanthus tree with an extremely calm expression. From a distance, he looked like a puppet, without any emotional fluctuations. He stayed like that for most of the day, until the moment when the moonlight shone. The puppet-like man finally moved, turned his head and looked behind him. As he spoke, he took back his hand and turned to face the figure who appeared at an unknown time.

"Indeed, we should deal with all of this, Yang Hui..."

Kokushibo looked at his sister in front of him. Although he felt a little touched, it did not have much impact on him. It was like a person who had shed all his tears and could not shed tears again.

“It is here that all the remaining souls can see the results they want.”

“I am here to cut off everything in the past that proves me.”

Tsugakuin Yoki and Kokushibo looked at each other for an unknown amount of time. Finally, they each drew the sword at their waist, prepared for a duel, and made their own declarations.

The moonlight was covered by a cloud at some point, leaving an almost dark environment. This was the whistle that marked the beginning of the duel between Ji Guo and Yang Hui.

Suddenly, a fire appeared from somewhere among the ruins, which looked like groups of butterflies, and opposite them were crescent moons. Although not as bright as the fire, it still illuminated the user's face, which was exactly the same as in his memory.

Breath of Radiance, Three Forms, Wing Pendant of Radiance

Breath of the Moon Type 2: Pearl Flower Moon

"I hereby declare the master's punishment for you."

"Yan Sheng, the successor of the family, betrayed the family. As the heir of the family, the next generation of the family head, you brought in evil spirits, causing the death and injury of half of the family. You are ruthless and ungrateful, and you should be severely punished. You should be expelled from the successor country and hunted by the family for eternity until your blood and head are buried under these ruins."

Jiguo Yanghui watched Kokushibo, who had attacked first, dodge nimbly and then retaliate with an attack, resulting in the scene seen at the beginning. Then he watched Kokushibo disappear into the darkness again, and he still did not take the initiative to attack, but he turned his voice into a sharp knife, which hurt Kokushibo but also caused him to bleed profusely due to the blade without a handle.

As if to block the other party's next words, a familiar and cold voice appeared a few meters in front of Jiguo Yanghui, illuminating the distorted face and the purple that had not faded for hundreds of years...

Ji Guo Yanghui looked at the figure illuminated by countless crescents, but her eyes were not illuminated by the light produced by the other party at all. If she was just moving like a little puppet before, then now she is a real living puppet, entangled by the thread of fate, swinging the knife again and again.

The swarms of butterflies, symbolizing light and godliness, appeared, illuminating the figure in red, adding a bit of divinity to him, and even turning part of his black hair white, although it was not that conspicuous.

Breath of the Moon - Type 5 - Moon Spirit Disaster Vortex

Countless flames with a sense of judgment fell, as if they wanted to burn to death the helpless figure standing below, but they did not succeed. Countless moons with a gentle breath protected the child who was blessed by him. Although he was occasionally injured, he was not seriously injured.

"Do you have any opinion on this..."

"No...but words are not enough to prove it..."

After everything calmed down, the two figures stared at each other. The moon that had disappeared at some point had reappeared, but behind the previous cloud that had passed by, there seemed to be a bigger cloud that was about to arrive.

Once again, everything in the darkness was lit up by fire and moonlight. Countless butterflies landed on the water, which was somehow stained red and turned into a sea of ​​flowers, overlapping with certain things in memory. However, this time, the butterflies and flowers in the sky exchanged identities, and the petals scattered on the ground were scattered... There were many of them...

"Brother...Yang Hui..."

A red butterfly appeared out of nowhere and landed on the osmanthus tree which had died at an unknown time. Although it was not the blooming season for the flowers and the tree had already died, the butterfly was still flying around in search of food. If you looked closely, you would find that its movements seemed to be anxious, as if it would die in the next second due to lack of food.

But even so, the butterfly still did not approach the battlefield, as if as an insect, it had already discovered that the flowers there were nothing more than the afterimages of deadly sword energy, so it never took a step forward.

"Everything should have a beginning and an end. This is my yard, but it's not just my yard. This is everyone's yard. It has the soil covering all the graves. It is a stage made up of the bones of thousands of people. I will never be able to leave this stage in my lifetime... What is it to you?"

"The beginning of all nightmares, the sad place that should have disappeared, the ladder I used to take a step forward, and countless corpses that belonged to me."

Countless butterflies and crescent moons exploded at the same time, and the flames emitted illuminated the entire scene within a hundred meters. Everything was blood-red, the scarred feuds, and the wild grass that grew extremely lush for some reason. Although most of them had disappeared, their life was still visible.

It seems to reflect the old saying "Wildfire cannot burn it all, it will grow again with the spring breeze", but this saying seems to only apply to grass, not trees and flowers.