I'm not going to be an Spirit! (Translate)

Kibutsu and Muzan are watching in secret. Kotori Itsuka had guessed this possibility as early as when the two Upper Ranks appeared.

It was also because of this that she did not use her full strength when fighting Akaza and Gyokko.

If their abilities were fully unleashed, the two upper ranks who only had physical attacks wouldn't even be able to break her defense.

But if Muzan Kibutsuji saw this, he would certainly be frightened and shrink back.

In order to lure a mouse out of the shadows, you not only need bait that is tempting enough, but you also need to make it believe that it is capable of eating the bait.

Through the fight with the two Upper Ranks, and the final act of not entering the Infinite Castle but choosing to avoid the battle, Kotori Itsuka believes that Kibutsu and Muzan must be secretly rejoicing now, thinking that they have mastered the true power of the Flame Demon.

In this way, the success rate of the plan to lure him out later is almost certain.

This problem no longer needs to be worried about.

After a while, Kotori Itsuka flew out of the forest and landed on a plain, then put down Kyōjurō Rengoku who was in her hand.

The issue now is how to explain the situation to this cheap brother of mine.

"You have been silent since the beginning."

Kotori Itsuka looked somewhat helpless, and she sighed and said, "To be honest, I didn't expect to reveal my identity in front of you so early."

It was purely accidental that I suddenly encountered Twelve Kizuki tonight.

This undoubtedly completely disrupted Kotori Itsuka original plan.

Originally, she planned to keep her identity a secret from Kyōjurō Rengoku until after the final battle.

Before leaving this world, she will leave a letter to tell Kyōjurō Rengoku that Enma is Kotori Itsuka, and create the illusion that she and Muzan died together, making the disappearance of the character [Kotori Itsuka] reasonable.

However, plans cannot keep up with changes.

Now, thanks to Akaza and Gyokko, she had to come face to face with Kyōjurō Rengoku and explain everything.

"Are you really Kotori?"

Kyōjurō Rengoku pinched his brows, looking like he couldn't accept it for a moment: "I'm sorry, this is all too unreasonable. I can't imagine that Ratatoskr Fire Demon would be my sister."

"As you can see, I am Enma, and Enma is your sister." Kotori Itsuka shrugged her shoulders, "The real Kotori Itsuka, you have to believe it even if you don't want to."

Then, there was a long silence.

Kyōjurō Rengoku expression was very complicated. The countless questions in his mind were like a needle and thread without a thread, and he didn't know where to start.

Compared to meeting two upper-rank masters who were rarely seen in decades in one night, his sister's hidden identity shocked him so much that he was speechless.

"When did you become a Demons?"

After a long time, Kyōjurō Rengoku finally asked a question.

Hearing this obvious question, Kotori Itsuka expression became a little subtle.

This is exactly why she was unwilling to reveal her identity, and instead chose to reveal it in a letter before leaving this world.

Because she didn't know how to answer.

After all, she wasn't a Demons at all, but a spirit.

Although she does look like a Demons after summoning the Astral Dress, and the abilities granted to her by the Self-Healing Flame are exactly the same as those of a Demons, she is not even a native of this world, but a time traveler.

The identity in this world was fabricated by the system after she used the identity fabrication voucher.

According to the original plan, when Kyōjurō Rengoku saw the letter she left behind, he would definitely have the same doubts, but since she had already left this world by then, even if he had doubts, Kyōjurō Rengoku could only come up with reasonable explanations in his mind to convince himself.

But now, Kotori Itsuka must give reasonable explanations for every one of his doubts.

"Do you remember the fire at the Itsuka family eleven years ago? All my relatives were burned to death, and I was the only one who survived the fire."

Kotori Itsuka mind raced as she answered, "But the fire was not natural. It was set by Muzan. He seemed to be doing some kind of experiment at the time. He fed me his blood, and that was when I became a demon."

She chose to put the blame on Muzan Kibutsuji .

He is not here anyway, and even if he were, he would not be able to refute anything.

After all, Muzan Kibutsuji really was conducting experiments all over Japan in order to create a demon that could overcome the sunlight.

This is also the reason why Nezuko Kamado turned into a demon.

"But perhaps because of my special physique, after becoming a demon, I am not only not controlled by Muzan, I don't need to eat people, and I am not afraid of sunlight." Kotori Itsuka continued, "This is also the reason why I can live as a human being."

After listening to his sister's explanation, Kyōjurō Rengoku nodded slowly.

This sounded like something that happened to Kotori Itsuka before she was adopted by the Rengoku family, so he had no way to verify it.

Although it didn't sound reasonable at all, Kotori Itsuka was standing in front of him alive, so he had no choice but to accept it no matter how unreasonable it was.

"When you lived with me, my father, and Senjuro, you were actually...acting the whole time?" Kyōjurō Rengoku tone was a little complicated, "The Kotori now is not at all similar to the Kotori I know."

"No, I am the same person now as I was before, just with a different personality." Kotori Itsuka asked as a matter of course, "This is all thanks to you, isn't it?"

"Eh?" Kyōjurō Rengoku was stunned. What are you doing to me?"

"When I was first adopted by the Purgatory family, I was still immersed in the sorrow of losing my loved ones and crying all day long. It was you who told me to be strong."

Kotori Itsuka pointed at the black headband on her hair and blinked her big eyes, with a sincere expression without any falsehood: "You gave me the black headband and told me 'As long as you wear this, you will be a strong child', don't you remember?"

"I...I don't remember..."

A confused look appeared on Kyōjurō Rengoku face.

Have you ever said this yourself?

when?

Why don't I have any impression of it at all?

"This is the first gift you gave me!" Kotori Itsuka said angrily, "That's too much. This is obviously my most precious memory, but you don't remember it at all!"

Kyōjurō Rengoku scratched his head.

As the Flame Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps, he was almost completely focused on slaying demons and had forgotten many trivial things from his childhood.

But since Kotori Itsuka is so serious about it, then this headband must have been given by herself, right?

"I'm sorry..." he said apologetically, "but now that you mentioned it, I think I do have some impression of it."

"Hmph." Kotori Itsuka snorted coldly, "You'd better really remember it."

Although she said this on the surface and seemed like she was still angry with him, Kotori Itsuka was relieved in her heart.

Because she made up this story.