Demon Progenitor Development Project

Despite being physically harmed, Muzan Kibutsuji suffered a severe blow to his spirit after being beaten.

For a whole month, he was too ashamed to show his face to the ghost.

Shugo ignored Muzan's reclusive state and went out alone as a demon.

Give Muzan some time to think things through and reflect on his actions.

The peaceful and tranquil village was shrouded in blood.

Shugo snapped the neck of the man who tried to resist and attempted to suck his blood.

The ghouls' digestive systems are not strong enough to support eating meat, so they can only drink blood.

Setting down the empty blood collection cup, Shugo pursed his lips, sensing the changes.

Sure enough, human blood is useful, but not as useful as Muzan's blood. One is like a simple porridge and side dish, while the other is like a Manchu Han Imperial Feast.

Hiiragi: That brat is really talking nonsense.

Saying that you can only survive by drinking his blood, he really deserves a beating.

After making a fuss about Muzan, Shugo got up to leave.

A dazed soul floated out from the freshly dead corpse.

Shugo ignored it; it was just his spiritual vision. He'd seen his own silly and adorable self enough already.

However, this ghost is blocking the way.

My arm instinctively wanted to push the other person away.

The dazed and confused spirit was slammed against the wall with a thud.

Hiiragi:?

The soul seemed to have been awakened by the slap, its eyes becoming clearer. After a moment of stunned silence, it lunged at its enemy, Shugo, with a ferocious expression... only to be sent flying once more.

what is this?

Is your brain broken, and you just tap it like you're fixing a TV?

Hiiragi was speechless.

But can he touch a soul?

Previously, he had never seriously developed the abilities of the Shiki. Shugo looked at the resentful spirit and then at the corpse that had just died, and an idea suddenly came to mind.

Shugo stepped forward, grabbed the menacing vengeful spirit, and pressed it face-to-face into the body of the recently deceased man.

The corpse suddenly opened its eyes, tilted its neck, and stared at Shuugo with a venomous look. It then threw a punch at him, making a hoarse sound.

"Snapped--"

With a resounding slap, his already precarious neck snapped, and his head flew off and smashed into the earthen wall, creating a dent. The head then rolled to Shugo's feet, still glaring at him with hatred.

Hiiragi raised an eyebrow. Not dead?

interesting.

Shugo killed another old woman in his room, stuffed his soul into her body, and the corpse stared wide-eyed, unresponsive.

No?

What's the difference? Vampire?

After finding another young woman sleeping, kill the vampire, insert your soul into her, and you're done.

The female corpse, now awakened again, stared at Shugo in a daze.

Hiiragi's eyes were indifferent, and he looked at the female corpse as if he were a researcher observing a lab rat.

The female corpse screamed and backed away in fear. In the middle of the night, a strange man appeared, carrying a head that was dripping blood.

The patient's motor skills and vocal abilities are normal, and their memory and intelligence, as well as their ability to read eyes, are also preserved.

It seems the male corpse was unable to speak normally because his neck had been broken.

In the future, when creating such living corpses, care must be taken to maintain the integrity of the corpse.

Shugo secretly noted this down and looked at the male corpse head he was holding.

There are still no signs of healing, and blood is dripping down like from a faucet. Does the zombie have almost no healing ability?

With this ability, wouldn't he be equivalent to another version of the progenitor of demons?

It's just a ghost.

But out of control?

Further research can be conducted on how to control it.

Shugo fell into deep thought, wondering if zombies had the ability to grow and whether they could awaken supernatural abilities like blood demon arts, just like demons.

So, it seems he can now bypass Muzan and develop on his own?

The thought flashed through his mind, but Shugo still chose to give up.

Given Muzan's personality, kicking him away is already impossible.

Shugo doesn't want to be the protagonist of a romance novel where you chase and I run.

Shugo: How did I manage to turn a perfectly healthy, gloomy, and suspicious patient into a yandere with an extremely strong sense of jealousy and possessiveness?!

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Shiki comes from the anime Shiki, and its plot is quite cultish, with neither humans nor Shiki being simply good or evil.