"However, your words made me realize something. You seem to be lying, and hiding something from me!" Gyomei Himejima then planned to get Kokushibo to reveal the truth.
Hearing this, Kokushibo also felt very puzzled, and asked, "What lie did I tell?"
"Besides me, there should be exceptions, right! Mark holders who are still alive after 25!" Gyomei Himejima said.
As soon as Gyomei Himejima said this, Kokushibo was stunned.
Looking at Kokushibo's reaction, Gyomei Himejima felt that he had guessed correctly, so he continued, "You wavered! It seems I guessed right!"
The reason why Gyomei Himejima had such a deduction was entirely from the clues he found in Kokushibo's attitude towards him.
If Gyomei Himejima was the only one Kokushibo knew who had activated the mark and lived past 25, then Kokushibo had no reason to be so calm about his individual case, given that he was so sure that mark holders could live past 25.
It was because of this abnormality that Gyomei Himejima discovered that Kokushibo was lying.
However, as soon as Gyomei Himejima finished speaking, Kokushibo seemed to be unable to listen anymore. He immediately approached Gyomei Himejima and launched an attack on Gyomei Himejima.
Kokushibo's reaction undoubtedly proved that Gyomei Himejima's guess was correct. Not all of the demon slayers in the first batch who had the mark survived past 25.
Kokushibo must have met one of those people who lived past 25 after becoming a demon.
The fact was indeed so. This person was none other than Kokushibo's younger brother, the creator of Sun Breathing - Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
Yoriichi Tsugikuni was the only person who lived past 25. Yoriichi Tsugikuni not only lived past 25, but also lived to a very old age.
Therefore, Kokushibo felt that his younger brother had deceived him, and had hidden the method that allowed mark holders to live past 25.
As a result, Kokushibo was extremely resentful towards Yoriichi Tsugikuni in his heart.
After Kokushibo betrayed, he and Muzan Kibutsuji went into seclusion for a period of time, planning to drag Yoriichi Tsugikuni to his death.
Because Kokushibo at the time felt that Yoriichi Tsugikuni wouldn't live past 25 like those swordsmen.
Kokushibo, who was uneasy, went into seclusion for a longer period of time, and then gradually began to use the intelligence network that Muzan Kibutsuji had established in the early days to pay close attention to the latest movements of the Demon Slayer Corps, and the news of Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
However, Kokushibo had never received news of Yoriichi Tsugikuni, which made Kokushibo even more certain that Yoriichi Tsugikuni hadn't escaped his fate.
Kokushibo hadn't completely let go of his concerns about the Tsugikuni family at the time, so he would secretly go home at a specific time every year to check on the general situation of the family.
On the way home one year, Kokushibo ran into Yoriichi Tsugikuni, who had white hair and was very old.
When he saw Yoriichi Tsugikuni, Kokushibo was extremely shocked. That kind of shock was even difficult to describe accurately in words.
The first words that Yoriichi Tsugikuni said to Kokushibo were, "How sad! Brother!"
Facing Yoriichi Tsugikuni's sigh, Kokushibo naturally didn't have the mood to pay too much attention. Instead, he questioned his younger brother why he hadn't died, and why he had lived for so long.
However, Yoriichi Tsugikuni didn't answer these questions from Kokushibo, which made Kokushibo feel even more that Yoriichi Tsugikuni had deliberately held back. Suddenly, Kokushibo became furious.
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