Fang Hao didn't know that although Muzan thought Daki was only at the mid-level of the Lower Moons and that she was a burden to her brother, he didn't say that to Daki's face.
He instilled in Daki the idea that "you are more beautiful and stronger than anyone," and Daki would never doubt Muzan's words.
Completely trusting Muzan, she naturally thought her strength was great, and coupled with the fact that she had eaten seven Pillars, she naturally didn't put Fang Hao in her eyes.
"I alone am enough," Fang Hao said in a calm tone, but in Daki's ears, it was blatant contempt for her.
This calm remark made Daki extremely angry.
Her brother doted on her immensely, and Lord Muzan also regarded her as his right-hand man (in her opinion), which also led her to develop an extremely arrogant personality.
Her face darkened, and she tapped her foot, determined to make this man pay the price.
Immense power erupted beneath her feet, her wide kimono billowed in the whistling wind, and she crossed tens of meters in a single step, instantly arriving before Fang Hao.
Her right foot, previously hidden beneath her kimono, lifted high, tearing through the air, heading straight for Fang Hao's face.
Facing this attack, Fang Hao only felt that the offense was too crude, so he took a step back with the momentum, dodging the kick, then drew his nichirin blade with his right hand, his forearm striking Daki's calf.
Daki staggered a few steps before regaining her balance.
Looking at Fang Hao, who had raised his nichirin blade and pointed it at her, Daki's anger grew even more.
She had actually been repelled.
Although the force was insignificant to her, the initial setback was enough to ignite her fury.
"Rip!"
Several sashes shot towards Fang Hao in unison, but Fang Hao swung his nichirin blade, shredding them in an instant.
Then came several more; electricity surged on Fang Hao's blade, and with one swing, Thunder Breathing met the sashes head-on, shattering them in the air.
Daki, however, took this opportunity to recall her sash clones.
Daki could differentiate sash-shaped clones from within her body; these sash clones possessed their own consciousness, and Daki could remotely command them.
As sash clones, even if they sustained damage, it would not affect Daki's main body.
If the sash clones were away from Daki's body for too long, Daki's strength would decrease, but when the sash clones returned to Daki's main body, Daki would recover her true strength, and Daki would also gain the information the clones had acquired.
At this moment, having recalled her sash clones, she no longer resembled her previous courtesan image; her hair had turned white with green tips, giving her an eerie feeling.
Black and red sashes covered Daki's sensitive areas, and pink sashes wrapped around her waist—those were her weapons.
She leaped onto the rooftop, looking down at Fang Hao.
She was no longer in the cat-and-mouse mindset she had before; having recovered her full strength, she was going to be serious.
"With such strength, you truly are a Pillar.
I will offer the Merits of killing a Pillar to Lord Muzan."
Fang Hao also jumped onto the rooftop, pointing his nichirin blade at Daki, his aura imposing.
"I am the Sound Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps.
You won't do.
Let Muzan come."
She hated it most when others underestimated her, and what's more, this person dared to disrespect Lord Muzan!
"I am an Upper Moon Six!"
The sashes behind her stabbed directly at Fang Hao, subtly forming an encirclement.
"Clang! Clang! Clang!" Fang Hao also blocked the sashes one by one with his nichirin blade, then stepped forward.
Seeing that her attack had no effect, Daki reluctantly continued her assault, sending out all six sashes simultaneously, striking Fang Hao without delay.
As Fang Hao advanced at Extreme Speed, a brilliant golden light suddenly erupted from his nichirin blade, illuminating the dim mansion.
Lightning streaked across the night from the blade's tip, "Thunder Breathing: Thunder Return."
The six sashes immediately changed direction, carrying a strong electric current, and rushed back towards Daki's body at high speed.
Daki's expression changed drastically.
"Blood Demon Art: Eight-Layered Sash Slash!"
The sashes wove a net in the air, blocking Daki's front.
"Rip!"
The six sashes, struck back by Fang Hao's Thunder Return, crashed into the net, tearing it to pieces.
Then, Fang Hao's nichirin blade arrived, precisely severing Daki's neck.
"No, impossible!"
Daki, whose head had been severed, was filled with disbelief.
She was just a Pillar, how could his strength be so much greater than hers?
She was an Upper Moon Six!
After severing Daki's neck, Fang Hao didn't stop.
Although he didn't remember the name of Upper Moon Six, he usually hid inside Daki's body.
Although Fang Hao didn't understand how he hid, he figured if he chopped the body into pieces, he would have no choice but to come out.
"Thunder Breathing: Thunderous Wheel."
Lightning coalesced into a net on his nichirin blade, and the net then formed a thunder cocoon, shooting towards Daki's body.
This move was Fang Hao's imitation of Rui's Blood Demon Art: Thread Manipulation.
For Fang Hao at this time, sword techniques could be created on the spot, focusing on using whatever was useful.
"Blood Demon Art: Flying Blood Scythe."
A figure dropped from Daki's back, then blocked in front of Daki.
The blood-colored thin blade thrown by his muscular right hand cut open the thunder cocoon, and the giant cocoon dissipated.
"Brother!"
The suddenly appearing Gyutaro quickly picked up Daki's head and put it back in place.
Fang Hao looked at Gyutaro before him.
Ugly, that was Fang Hao's first impression.
Gyutaro's sclera were yellow, and on the irises of his left and right eyes, "Six" and "Upper Moon" were respectively carved.
His hair was black and green, and his body color was light gray.
He was bare-chested, wearing loose blue trousers, and red and black sashes were wrapped around both of his arms.
But what left the deepest impression was his face; his face was covered with black spots of various sizes, these black spots even merged into one large patch on his face.
These black spots, along with his mouth full of sharp teeth, made him look exceptionally terrifying.
Fang Hao looked at their brotherly and sisterly affection, his expression constantly changing, wanting to speak but holding back, but in the end, he couldn't resist, "Um, are you two really siblings?"
Gyutaro was born on the banks of the Rashomon River.
In his view, born at the very bottom of the Yoshiwara, simply being alive was a burden that wasted food money.
Before he was born, he had nearly miscarried and died multiple times, and after birth, he was almost beaten to death multiple times by his mother for being an eyesore, but Gyutaro still struggled to survive.
As a child, Gyutaro was scorned by those around him.
Not only was he ugly, but he was always disheveled, covered in fleas, and his body reeked, so he was regarded as a monster and loathed by the people living in the Yoshiwara.
When he was hungry, he would eat rats and insects to fill his stomach.
His only toys were two sickles forgotten by guests.
Before Daki was born, Gyutaro lived a hellish life.
Later, his sister Daki was born, and their mother, based on Daki's eyes and hair color, believed Daki was an ominous sign.
When she tried to strangle baby Daki, Gyutaro saved Daki.
Gyutaro doted on Daki, who greatly admired him, always followed him around, and cried loudly if she ever left his side.
The day their mother violently attacked Daki, cutting Daki's hair with a razor, Gyutaro became enraged and lost control, which changed the power dynamic between mother and son; the mother feared Gyutaro and began to keep her distance from him.
Later, their mother also died from syphilis.
After discovering he was good at fighting, Gyutaro took up work as a debt collector.
Because he would often severely injure clients who owed money, everyone found Gyutaro horrifying, which also made him feel extremely satisfied.
He even felt a twisted sense of pride in his ugliness.
Furthermore, Gyutaro's debt collection success rate was 120%.
And Daki was extremely beautiful, so much so that people would approach her even when she was just walking down the street, and a simple smile would bring in "tributes."
She understood this and exploited it, and after that, Gyutaro and Daki never again experienced the feeling of being too hungry to move, on the verge of death.
Because of the existence of Daki, his beautiful sister, Gyutaro's former inferiority complex vanished, and he felt that his future life was beginning to move in a good direction.
When Daki was 13, she used a hairpin to stab out a samurai guest's left eye because that samurai had insulted Gyutaro.
To retaliate, the samurai tied Daki up and set her on fire.
When Gyutaro returned from work, Daki was already burned beyond recognition.
He cried while holding Daki's body, and then the samurai, identified by Daki's madam, cut Gyutaro.
Gyutaro picked up his sickle and killed the madam behind the samurai, then killed the samurai.
He carried his sister, who was burned beyond recognition, and walked ceaselessly, but no one was willing to offer them help, which was just like their daily lives; no one had ever helped them, no matter when.
It was then that Douma, the then Upper Moon Six, met Gyutaro and Daki and gave them his blood, turning them into demons.