Multiverse: Why does the world show a health bar? !

Today, the Kamado household was undoubtedly lively. The moment Li Mo returned, Kamado Kie immediately pulled Kamado Tanjirō aside to slaughter one of their chickens. Then she hurried into the kitchen to start preparing a meal.

The eldest son followed his mother to help, while the father, Tanjūrō, who was bedridden, tried not to cause any trouble. The task of hosting fell to Kamado Nezuko.

"Unknowingly, Nezuko has grown so much," Li Mo remarked.

"It's been four or five years, Uncle," Nezuko, now a grown girl, displayed the grace of a young lady from a respectable family.

With the family's pillar shifting from the father to the mother and eldest son, Nezuko, as the eldest daughter, had taken on the responsibility of caring for her younger siblings. After Li Mo left, Kamado Kie had two more children, both boys, named Shigeru and Rokuta.

Shigeru was about three or four years old, while Rokuta was only two, both requiring Nezuko's care.

Li Mo pinched the cheeks of each child, sparing only the grown-up Nezuko. Nezuko was a year younger than Tanjirō, but at ten years old, she looked more like the older sister to Tsuyuri Kanao, who was twelve.

This Nezuko was entirely different from the demon Nezuko in the original story.

After asking Nezuko to look after Kanae, Li Mo and Butterfly Shinobu entered the bedroom to visit the bedridden Kamado Tanjūrō.

"Tanjuro, you've gotten so thin I almost didn't recognize you."

He was emaciated.

In Li Mo's memory, Tanjūrō had always been frail, but never to this extent.

Kamado Tanjūrō sat up and said, "Is that so? It's been a long time, Mo."

"Indeed, it's been a while."

"Shinobu, thank you for your trouble."

Butterfly Shinobu nodded and approached Tanjūrō with her medical kit to examine him.

One of the reasons for bringing Shinobu along was precisely for this. She would handle the medical examination, while Li Mo would conduct a more mystical assessment.

"Miss Butterfly, are you also a doctor?"

"Yes."

"That reminds me of a doctor who treated me a couple of years ago. She said my condition was something I've had since birth. She only gave me a prescription to help regulate my health."

Kamado Tanjūrō spoke without resisting Shinobu's examination.

In truth, Li Mo could already tell from Tanjūrō's health bar that his condition wasn't good.

「Kamado Tanjūrō (36%)」

This was enough to show how dire Tanjūrō's situation was.

At the same time, Li Mo's perception also revealed that Tanjūrō had indeed awakened a mark—a natural mark, similar to that of Yoriichi Tsugikuni.

They shared a similar starting point, but their fates were vastly different.

Yoriichi, a powerhouse, had nearly killed Kokushibō even in his dying moments. Meanwhile, Tanjūrō could only sit in his sickbed. The contrast was stark.

After her diagnosis, Shinobu asked, "Could you show me the prescription?"

"Of course. It's over there," Tanjūrō replied.

Naturally, it was Li Mo who fetched the prescription for Shinobu to review. After examining it, she asked, "Mr. Tanjūrō, was the doctor who treated you named Tamayo?"

"Ah? Do you know her?"

"She's somewhat of a mentor to me. Li Mo, with my current skills, I can only prescribe something similar."

In other words, there was nothing more she could do.

Li Mo blinked. He knew how skilled Tamayo was in medicine. If even she had made such a judgment, then almost no doctor could solve Tanjūrō's problem.

"Then let me try," Li Mo said.

Through his perception, he could feel that Tanjūrō's life force was continuously draining due to his mark.

The mark—Li Mo was all too familiar with it. It was like a valve left by the world for humans to use in desperate moments, but at the cost of their life force.

Twenty-five years old and certain death.

This curse would manifest in Tanjūrō. Li Mo speculated that if it weren't for Tamayo's treatment, Tanjūrō might not have lasted this long.

And coincidentally, when it came to understanding marks, Li Mo was the foremost expert.

No one understood marks better than him.jpg

"Mo, have you also learned medicine?"

"Something like that. I'm more of a specialist in a particular kind of ailment."

If the mark were compared to a disease, then Li Mo was indeed the best doctor in this field.

Skillfully, Li Mo deactivated Tanjūrō's mark. Of course, there were some complications along the way. Whether it was due to the mark's natural nature or the fact that Tanjūrō had had it for so long, deactivating it proved to be quite challenging.

The process was arduous, but the result was rewarding.

After deactivating the mark, Li Mo also transferred some of his life force to Tanjūrō, significantly improving his vitality.

The ability gained from devouring Muzan Kibutsuji's third tail hadn't been named yet, but its effects were related to life force. Li Mo's life force was continuously replenishing, healing him automatically at all times.

—The mechanics behind this healing hadn't been thoroughly studied. After Muzan's death, Li Mo had let his guard down, transitioning from a warrior to a slacker.

"I feel much better," Tanjūrō said honestly. "Just by taking my pulse, you could fix this?"

"Of course, this is qi gong."

Kamado Tanjūrō didn't question it further. The world he perceived was different from that of ordinary people. In this perspective, he could even sense the flow of blood beneath human skin.

He said, "I can feel it. Your and Miss Butterfly's heart rates are different from ordinary people's."

「Transparent World」

Li Mo had almost forgotten that Tanjūrō possessed this skill.

A natural mark combined with the Transparent World—this configuration was similar to Yoriichi Tsugikuni's. Kamado Tanjūrō could be considered a mini-Yoriichi.

It was a pity that, for some reason, Tanjūrō had ended up in this state.

Leaving the bedroom to let Tanjūrō rest, Butterfly Shinobu pulled Li Mo aside to the courtyard for a private conversation.

She asked, "Mr. Kamado, he awakened a mark, didn't he?"

"Yes."

"A natural one?"

"Most likely. Tanjūrō's condition is due to the toll the mark took on his body. He's also mastered the Transparent World."

Shinobu paused. Such a talent wasted on not becoming a swordsman was truly a shame. But then again, demons no longer existed, and the Demon Slayer Corps had been disbanded.

"Shinobu, do you have any other questions?"

"Tanjirō is the child you mentioned, isn't he?"

Introducing Kanae to a potential arranged marriage was one of the reasons for bringing her along on this trip.

Li Mo said, "That's right. After we settle Kanae, let's talk about us."

The man playfully winked, earning a cold glare from the woman, followed by a swift kick to his side.

Though he was used to it, the man's shameless expression still provoked a mix of frustration and perhaps a hint of embarrassment in the woman.

Or maybe it was just shyness?