"A Father's Last Words..." "Memories of a Distant Day" "Bang!" "That's enough." "We give up." "we were powerless against you." "I'm afraid to imagine what would come next." "Absolutely." "you've got a bad habit of always ducking attacks right off with your soft-body techniques. you've had it." "It would take someone as good as you to be able to ascertain where that is and be able to strike." "our positions have completely reversed." "All right!" "I'm off to challenge that nasty old man of mine!" "Y- you nearly got yourself killed just a month ago!" "I'm all better now!" "huh?" "He's his father's own son." "That's strange..." "What is it?" "It's just... the sound of the King's stomach..." "It couldn't be...!" "I'm calling you out!" "P" " Pop...!" "W- what the hell?" "Raizen-sama...!" "Give me something to eat!" "The bastard!" "He's beside himself with hunger!" "He's lost himself..." "and he is only capable of this?" "He's not holding back..." "and this is the level of his power?" "W- where is he?" "you...!" "You're an awful sight!" "What fraction of your power do you still have from your prime?" "Why are you tolerating this much?" "Enough already." "Eat." "I'll go nab two or three of them for you. until you finally keel over?" "Are you really content with doing that?" "I wouldn't put up with it." "I wouldn't be the least bit happy about beating you now!" "At least tell me why it is you won't eat!" "I'm going to force some food into your mouth!" "You're just like her." "though." "She was a woman with a violent temper." "It must be nearly 700 years ago now." "and outlaws ran rampant." "The people were caught up living lives of devastation. there wasn't any barrier between the Demon Realm and the Human Realm. employing spellcasting to repel foreign invaders." "I had been classified among the humans as a man-eater." "I did indeed feed as much as I liked." "It was then that I met a certain woman in the Human Realm. foul scent of enchanter's incense about her." "But I was taken by her eyes. and look down on me." "Who art thou?" "is it?" "to show thyself here?" "Art thou injured?" "and I shall heal thee." "This woman was a prominent Buddhist Kudakusushi." "Kudakusushi?" "these days. to heal any ailment on the spot." "What is it?" "Art thou hungered?" "I could have done it at any time." "I thought about taking this woman to do with as I craved." "However..." "Meaneth thou to consume me?" "Fascinating." "The inside of my body is a vessel of poison." "thy stomach wouldst be infected before the morn." "evil spirit such as thyself can attain." "if thou art able." "I was unable to move." "I had been completely overwhelmed by this woman." "What is the matter?" "Wilt thou not devour me?" "thou couldst perhaps merely kill me." "Have at it." "And then remove thyself forthwith! thou wilt have forsaken thy man-eater's pride and instinct." "what did you do?" "I courted her." "I decided that she was the only woman for me." "I would never reach her again." "I plead with her." "A- and the genetic compilation that resulted is... me?" "You should be proud." "She was a good woman. she hadn't been born in a Kudakusushi family. or those suffering from illness." "I felt insignificant." "I made up my mind to not eat another person until the next time I saw that woman." "This despite the fact that we had never arranged to see each other again." "the woman died soon after giving birth." "That was the last time I saw her." "I thought that maybe I would meet her reincarnated." "That's all I could think as I lived on." "it appears that women like her don't get born all that often. and the Human Realm put together all make up one world." "They are by no means separate." "Not even the folks in the Spirit Realm know the final destination of the soul." "but do you want to eat people?" "No." "you can't do it." "I'm sure that a fraction of us demonkin have undergone a mutation." "we are sure to become an obstacle. but it's different now." "Mukuro might actually get along with you." "after all." "He won't interfere in the Spirit Realm or the Human Realm." "But watch out for Yomi." "He plans on ruling both the Spirit Realm and the Human Realm." "do it with Mukuro." "What are you talking about now?" "I" " I leave Hokushin and the others to you." "Hey...!" "What is it you're saying!" "?" "I'm so hungry..." "Yusuke-san!" "W- where's the King?" "What in the world happened?" "Yusuke-san?" "Where's Raizen-sama?" "He's dead." "could you show me the way to someplace?" "Where?" "Yomi's place." "I don't hear the sound of Raizen's stomach any longer." "what do you think?" "There are two possibilities:" "and ate someone;" "the other is that there is no longer any need for him to be experiencing hunger." "In other words... is he?" "But this is sooner than we expected." "I think it's too early to judge which one it is." "Very well." "we will observe the situation a little longer." ""Mobile Fortress Mukade" ("Centipede")" "No doubt about it." "Raizen is dead." "did he?" "What do you plan to do?" "It's obvious." "I'm going to re-paint the Demon Realm in color." "Gandara." "Hokushin." "You can go back now." "I'm going with you. your life will be in danger when you enter Gandara." "that's why I'm going alone." "You are now a King to us." "I have a duty to protect you." "what's the use?" "But don't start anything." "all we're going to do is talk." "I'm relieved to hear you say that." "How do you mean?" "we should avoid any risky conversation." "his ears and nose are that much sharper." "Raizen-sama said that he can pick up on every person's conversation within his nation." "understood." "you hear me!" "?" "We're coming there now!" "Put some tea on for us!" "let's go!" "What an eccentric person you are!" "what do you have in your bag there?" " You mean this?" " Yes." "I've got kind of a bad feeling about this." "It's a secret!" "huh?" "Yusuke is on his way to meet with Yomi." "Oh?" "What do you think Yusuke is up to? but he's also unpredictable." "I can't even guess what he's doing. that's just like that idiot." "That appears to be the truth." "What do you mean by that?" "after all." "will you fight him? he and I are about evenly matched." "But both he and I can still extend ourselves. now is the time." "Think about it." "isn't it?" "You are so thoroughly aggravating." "which side will you join?" "I won't join either side." "I'll fight whoever wins." "one hundred percent." "That's a half-truth." "you would join Yusuke. you wouldn't join either side." "And I'm a little envious of that." "Change course!" "Head for Gandara!" "prepare for combat!" "the balance in the Demon Realm has crumbled." "what is Yusuke thinking of doing?" "and Mukuro and Hiei... each of their speculations have become intertwined in the turbulent Demon Realm!"