My daily life is not peaceful
Chapter 7 - Fallen Demons

Chapter 7: Fallen Demons

As the man-eating ghoul lunged forward, it whipped up a whistling gust of wind.

Demons attacking their own kind or humans was not uncommon.

This stemmed from the innate demonic instincts within their bodies. Most demons could control their desires, redirecting their focus elsewhere, but some, unable to resist the temptation of their instincts, ultimately succumbed to uncontrollable urges.

Such demons were officially classified as Fallen Demons.

Much like murderers among humans.

“Boom—!”

With a sharp sound, in the narrow alley, Luo Yun sidestepped, effortlessly dodging the incoming tail kagune*.

At the same time, a chilling sensation crept up the ghoul’s spine and nerves.

Some liquid splashed onto its back, quickly soaking its clothes, and a sense of weakness spread through its body.

Thud—!

The ghoul, hurtling at high speed, crashed heavily to the ground, sliding several metres. Its kagune, like a python with severed nerves, lay limply on the ground.

“Wha… what’s happening? I… I can’t move.”

The ghoul struggled to rise, but no matter how hard it tried, only the organs in its head remained functional.

Its scarlet eyes strained to glance backward, only to see the boy in a high school uniform holding a steel sabre about a metre long.

A mere blade could slice through a ghoul’s body and sever its spinal nerves?

Don’t be ridiculous!

With its kagune, its physical strength was impervious even to small firearms—how could a mere blade manage that?

“Though my power is weak for now, underestimating it will make you suffer.”

As if drawn by some magnetic force, the sabre in Luo Yun’s left hand automatically shifted to his right.

In that fleeting moment of clash, Luo Yun had already destroyed its nerves and kagune sac*. It could still speak, but only because of the ghoul’s tenacious vitality holding it together.

It wouldn’t live much longer.

If Kasumigaoka Shiyu weren’t nearby, that blade would have already severed its head.

The power of Myriad Forms, the force of all things flowing.

The strength bestowed by the universe itself was far beyond what a mere ghoul could match.

Luo Yun’s gaze shifted to the other ghoul blocking the rear.

Its kagune was a feather kagune*, resembling a butterfly’s wing with one side missing, burning like flames.

Seeing its companion so easily defeated, this ghoul’s eyes regained a sliver of sanity, though it remained a monster.

Years ago, Luo Yun, who had always followed Nangong Nayue, a senior Demon Hunter due to her profession as a loli older sister, had an extraordinary understanding of demonic crimes.

Far from the peaceful facade, in the darkness unseen by civilians, countless heinous crimes still occurred.

Those reported were merely the ones too large to be concealed or unwitnessed by the masses.

“Surrender. A ghoul’s malicious attacks on others offer no chance for redemption.”

Luo Yun pointed his sabre at the ghoul and said.

“Damn it! You’re just mere human food! As ghouls, we’re meant to feast on delicious human flesh—you exist only as our livestock!”

The tail kagune ghoul roared hysterically.

Its last shred of rationality was finally consumed by madness and bloodlust.

The next moment, before Luo Yun could respond, the ghoul leapt into the air. Thinking it might flee, Luo Yun watched as it instead swung its deep purple tail kagune mid-air.

“Buzz—!”

Suddenly, like a torrential rain from the sky, countless tiny kagune fragments, moving at a speed imperceptible to the human eye, shot forth like bullets, transforming into streaks of purple shadows charging straight at Luo Yun and the girl.

Kasumigaoka Shiyu, terrified once more, covered her eyes, nearly burrowing into Luo Yun’s arms.

Yet he stood motionless. At the last moment before the tail kagune struck, several sabres spinning rapidly in front of Luo Yun collided with it.

In an instant, sparks flew, and the clang of metal echoed, like the sound of swords clashing.

Clang—!

Countless shards of stone and the now-powerless tail kagune fluttered past Luo Yun like weightless paper.

“It seems you still haven’t grasped the situation. Let me show you the power of Myriad Forms.”

Luo Yun spoke calmly. As he slightly raised his left hand, particles converged into starlight, materialising into an ancient-looking submachine gun.

Any military enthusiast would recognise it as the famed PPSh-41 from submachine gun from history.

Never mind how it appeared—the ghoul thought Luo Yun would use it against him.

“As the first test subject, I hope you last a little longer.”

Luo Yun rested the sabre on the PPSh-41’s handle, resembling a violinist in a grand cathedral.

What was he doing?

That was the ghoul’s final thought.

Then, Luo Yun gently pulled, and a piercing sonic wave rippled through the air.

Without a chance to react, the ghoul’s body, touched by the expanding sound, disintegrated like sand scattered by a storm.

In the end, only half of its broken body slammed heavily onto the concrete.

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Footnotes

• kagune (hézǐ): Pinyin: hézǐ. A term from the Tokyo Ghouluniverse, referring to the predatory weapon-like appendages unique to ghouls, which can take various forms such as wings or tails and are used for combat or hunting. In this context, it refers to the biological weapons of the ghouls attacking Kasumigaoka Shiyu and Luo Yun.
• kagune sac (hébāo): Pinyin: hébāo. In the Tokyo Ghouluniverse, this refers to the organ within a ghoul’s body that stores and produces the kagune, enabling its deployment. Its destruction, as described, incapacitates the ghoul’s ability to use its kagune.
• feather kagune (yǔhézǐ): Pinyin: yǔhézǐ. A specific type of kagune in the Tokyo Ghouluniverse, resembling wings or feathers, often associated with speed and agility in combat. In this context, it describes the burning, wing-like kagune of the second ghoul.