I will attack as a player!

Chapter 54 Conversation

"I'm sorry, but I cannot agree with your suggestion."

Inside the Ubuyashiki residence, Chu Wuji sat cross-legged in front of Ubuyashiki Kagaya's sickbed, looking at the young man whose body was covered in bandages.

The moment Chu Wuji met Ubuyashiki Kagaya alone, he made his identity as a demon clear and said that he could take Ubuyashiki Kagaya's place in bed and wait for Muzan to arrive and deliver a fatal blow.

Ubuyashiki Kagaya was only slightly surprised when he heard the bombshell news that Chu Wuji had become a ghost, but he was completely unprepared for Chu Wuji.

He simply rejected Chu Wuji's suggestion.

"My death will not be in vain. It will elevate the Demon Slayer Corps' morale and unity to an unprecedented level. Please forgive my despicable act, but it is necessary."

"What about feigning death?"

"If my death is a hoax, it would be so unfair to those teammates who were deceived by my death and gave their lives."

Kagaya Ubuyashiki's condition had become so serious that he needed to use all his strength to breathe every few words, and he would cough up bloody tissue fluid from time to time, but he still maintained a calm tone while talking to Chu Wuji.

"However, Mr. Chu could also attack Muzan in other ways." After thinking for a while, Kagaya Ubuyashiki finally spoke up: "Although this is our first meeting, both the Water Pillar and the Insect Pillar spoke highly of your strength in their previous letters."

"If that day ever comes, I would be grateful if you, Mr. Chu, would help the Demon Slayer Corps children. This is my lifelong request... Of course, I will not force you, Mr. Chu, to risk your life to help us."

Chu Wuji was silent for a moment, then nodded: "No problem."

Anyway, his purpose this time was to kill demons and obtain materials.

However... Kagaya Ubuyashiki didn't invite me to participate in the ambush by Iwahachi and Tamayo, so it seems he was still on guard.

"I am extremely grateful."

Upon hearing Chu Wuji's reply, Ubuyashiki Kagaya slowly lay down with his wife's support.

The surroundings fell silent, with only the rustling of autumn wind through the leaves.

After a long while, Kagaya Ubuyashiki finally spoke again.

"Mr. Chu, please consider this as me asking you in a personal capacity."

"You want to ask me why I became a ghost, right?" Chu Wuji had already guessed Ubuyashiki Kagaya's question.

"Yes... I was hesitant to ask this question because I simply cannot imagine what kind of predicament would lead you to choose to enter the realm of demons, even if it means you need to eat people to survive."

From the moment Chu Wuji stood in the sunlight and revealed that he had become a demon, Ubuyashiki Kagaya already understood that the other party was the same kind of being as Tanjiro.

"What kind of predicament?" Chu Wuji was stunned.

This problem was both difficult and simple, so much so that even Chu Wuji pondered it for a long time.

"To call it a predicament is perhaps an oversight; it is a high wall that can drive people to despair."

"Human desires are like a boulder rolling down a mountain; once it starts, it can never be stopped."

Upon hearing this, Kagaya Ubuyashiki understood Chu Wuji's meaning and was somewhat disappointed: "Is it also for immortality?"

"Isn't immortality enough?" Chu Wuji retorted.

"I don't know if you've ever heard the story of Peach Blossom Spring."

"Of course I know. Carefree, abundant resources, and happy people—it's the epitome of perfection." Kagaya Ubuyashiki didn't quite understand why Chu Wuji suddenly brought this up.

"Our positions and environments are different, and we see things from different perspectives. You live in a world where you can't even know if you'll be able to open your eyes the next day when you close them. Naturally, your greatest wish is to kill all the demons in the world. This is your deepest pain."

"But if you live in a paradise, where material needs are met and people don't have to worry about what to eat tomorrow or what threats they will face, they will focus their desires on the spiritual level."

"As the days go by, the people you love, the people who love you, your parents and relatives will leave this world before you. If you live longer, your lover and your pets will also pass away one after another, and you may not even get to see the end of the world you live in. From the moment you are born, you are constantly losing.

"As the saying goes, people don't feel anything for an ordinary stone tablet or an ordinary mound of earth unless their loved ones are buried underneath."

"I just want myself and my loved ones to be together longer and to see more of the world."

The desire for immortality was deeply ingrained in Chu Wuji's soul, almost as if it had been there in his previous life, and could not be erased or diminished.

"..." Kagaya Ubuyashiki listened quietly to Chu Wuji's words: "Even if the price is someone else's life?"

Chu Wuji laughed: "What if there's no such price to pay?"

"The so-called Shangri-La is a place where even human blood and tissues can be continuously cultivated as 'medicinal materials,' at the cost of only some proteins and trace elements."

Kagaya Ubuyashiki's blind eyes suddenly widened.

"Although the place I am in is not the so-called Shangri-La, and is far less perfect than Shangri-La, and the dangers I face every day are no less than those in this ghost-filled place, I can still do this."

"...I see, I see." Kagaya Ubuyashiki sighed. "I understand, Mr. Chu."

"If I were in your shoes, and faced with the same choice, I would probably do the same."

"Peach Blossom Spring... I'm so jealous."

"Who isn't?"

"Human desires are like rolling boulders from a high mountain..." Chu Wuji and Ubuyashiki Kagaya said this at the same time, and smiled at the same time.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki's condition was still deteriorating, so Chu Wuji left without disturbing him any further.

In fact, Chu Wuji did not directly answer Ubuyashiki Kagaya's question, "Even if the price is the lives of others?"

If he is forced to answer, the only answer he will get is "yes".

He's a player, and he only maintains good values ​​when it's not necessary.

If the time comes to make a choice, Chu Wuji will not hesitate to choose himself and the people or things he cares about, regardless of any other costs.

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A month passed quickly. During this time, Chu Wuji stayed hidden in the Butterfly Mansion, researching medicine with Shinobu Kocho and Tamayo, without even letting the hidden members of the Butterfly Mansion discover his presence.

There was no other reason than Chu Wuji's fear that Muzan would see him transformed into a thousand-year-old tortoise through Nakime's eyes.

Fortunately, nothing was discovered. Even Kokushibo Chu Wuji, who appeared during the training of the original Pillars, did not sense the other party's presence and hid tightly in the Infinity Castle.

I wonder if Zenitsu Agatsuma would have been able to fully awaken like he did in the original story if the incident involving Kuwajima Jigoro, who committed suicide after Kaigaku's demon transformation, hadn't happened.

Another night, Chu Wuji came to the pharmacy as usual but did not see Zhu Shi.

"Has it already started?"