25. The evolution of the ghost king
The next day, Ha and his maid stopped at a small town on the way to Edo Castle.
At this time, a golden glow had already appeared on the horizon, and the sky was about to dawn.
Because the flesh and blood in his body had been transformed by the cells of the Miserable, a instinctive fear drove him to escape the outdoors and run into the shadows, looking at the skyscape.
The stronger the sunlight, the greater the fear in the heart.
But Hazy didn't run away, just stood where he was.
The gaze is calm.
Early in the morning, some families in the town were already busy early.
As the sun rises in the east, the night fades and the chill dissipates... Wisps of gold fell on the pedestrians of the street.
This also includes hazy.
Sting... Incomparably stinging.
It's like pouring a bucket of hot iron on your body.
The skin of his face began to peel away, ablifying.
Seeing this, the maid on the side was so frightened that she covered her mouth.
Hazy but calm.
No matter how strong his soul is, it can't be compared to when he wandered the dark continent in the full-time world, and he was restrained by the sun, which was caused by his miserable genes. Hao's will can do the ability to suppress cells, but it can't completely change its attributes, so... The sun is still his natural enemy, and he can't resist it with his soul.
Now to see... It's the blue flowers I ate before, will it work?
Some passers-by who were passing by by a staggered way, looking at the samurai in front of them dressed in black feather weaving and with a noble temperament, their flesh and blood suddenly decomposed, and the whole person was as if they were burned by the fire, and they all changed color and fled one after another.
"Your Excellency..."
Chiyoko came back to her senses and suddenly stepped forward and hugged Hao.
I want to block the sun with my body and avoid getting hurt.
Rina also came to her senses, followed Chiyoko's example, and protected him.
"It's okay..."
Hazy smiled lightly and patted the two of them on the shoulder.
I saw that some of the parts of his body that were originally scorched by the sun stopped burning, and there was no more smoke... It was just a few shallow scars. Ha sensed that there was a very peaceful and warm power flowing in the blood in his body, repairing the damaged cells, and when the cells were healed and reborn, the body was no longer affected by the light.
The power of the blue flower.
Sure enough, this thing is the key.
But the question is...
With the effect of the blue flower, the cells in the body are washed, and the effect is similar to that of 'clearing', and the part of the cell that belongs to the 'ghost' is removed... Returning to normal, which caused the body's improved attributes to be instantly weakened due to the transformation of ghosts.
No longer has the power of a 'ghost'.
When the flower on the other side of the flower is effective, it tries its best to use its will to leave some miserable genes, but it can only leave an extremely rare magnitude, once it exceeds a certain horizontal line, it will cause a reaction and be burned by the sun again.
Therefore, his current state has returned to being a human being.
The only difference is that because he retains a little bit of fine gene cells, his body strength is a little stronger than that of ordinary people, but it is not obvious.
If you want to be like a ghost, it is almost impossible to grow muscles with white bones and rebirth with broken arms.
However, the purpose of the hazy has been achieved.
The root of the disease in his body has been eliminated through this transformation.
Right now, if he cultivates or polishes his physical body, he doesn't have any worries.
What surprised Ha was the behavior of the two maids, he thought that seeing his ruthless side would make Chiyoko and Rina afraid of him, and kept a certain distance, even if he followed him, it was to survive, and he had no choice but to survive.
Now, it seems, it's not just that...
Man is an animal with feelings.
Growing up together, the emotional bonds generated are difficult to shake.
This is... The temperature of human nature.
In my hazy mind, I unconsciously flashed Fils Lily, the woman's appearance... In the previous life, the same was true of that woman's feelings for him. But Hazy didn't care, or didn't pay attention at all... The communication between the two started because of the exchange of interests, so he cared more about the value of 'people' than feelings.
Keeping a limited number of miserable cells, this kind of thing, only he can do.
When a high-level power body goes down to a low-level world, it can play some tricks.
"Even if you get the blue flower, it seems... You can't live forever. ”
Haze chuckled softly.
This kind of fate, because the power of the flower on the other side and the miserable cell are also in the nature of mutual restraint.
If you take a large amount of blue flowers, you may change from a ghost to a human.
It could be worse than killing him.
No misery is also at present, in this world, the only remaining seeds that can intensify the power system, after all, the first fate of the country is gone... Therefore, the will of this world is secretly dominating and driving everything, and it is impossible for Wu Miao to get the blue flower.
Because if Wu Miao took the other side flower, his seed would also lose its value.
"Back then, the prescription of the man who healed the innocent was the same as me, hoping to restore his vitality with the power of 'ghosts', and then turn him back into an adult with the blue flower. The doctor's idea and original intention were very good, but he didn't expect that the patient he treated, putting aside the skin of a human being, was a demon in itself..."
I thought to myself.
Wu Miao killed the pharmacist before taking the Blue Flower.
Actually, like Tanjiro, it is okay to become a new generation of ghost kings without fear of the sun after finally absorbing no misery and completely ghosting... It's just that his will is too weak, and even if he becomes a ghost king, he can't retain a sound personal mind.
The consciousness of no misery will always be coiled around his brain, that is, in the depths of his soul.
Let the other side flower play its due effect, and also receive all the power of the ghost, Hao can naturally do it.
It's just that he doesn't want to, and the power he has no longer needs to rely on 'ghosts' to satisfy.
He has a different mindset now than he did when he was full-time.
If he was the first to cross over was Demon Slayer, he might have found a way to reach the 'life' state that Tanjiro showed after devouring the Misery. But this is no different from evolving in the Dark Continent, even when he was in the Dark Continent, Hao did not actively choose to participate in the evolution.
Still trying to maintain their human identity as much as possible... Although, on a certain level, he was no longer in the category of human life at that time.
Tanjiro can become a new generation of 'Ghost King', but he can't do it without misery, even if he gets the other side flower... The reason is very simple, don't look at Wu Miao is the ancestor of ghosts, when looking at Wu Miao's soul, Hao will find... His will is too empty.
The character has a deep obsession with great desires and ambitions... But his mental strength, not to mention compared to Tanjiro, is not even comparable to some pillars.
Obsession is obsession, and does not represent the comprehensiveness of the will.
To put it bluntly, there is no strong heart.
His strength is reflected in the power of the 'ghost', which is the gene, the flesh and blood brought to him, not the inside.
Especially after experiencing the effect of the other side flower, Hao is very sure that if he takes the other side flower without misery, the result will definitely not be 'evolution', but degradation.
"If you want to improve the power system, you have to evolve, but... To change someone. ”
Hazy muttered softly.
"Let's go."
Immediately, he withdrew his gaze towards the rising sun and smiled at the two maids.
(End of chapter)