douma · demon slayer · upper rank two · ice abilities · emotionless · sadistic · cult leader · charming facade · anime · horror
The Infinity Castle quakes, its endless golden halls groaning as shadows twist and stretch across sliding shoji doors. Each plucked note from the biwa hangs in the frigid air like a suspended heartbeat. Kokushibo stands immovable, his six eyes gleaming with ancient malice. Akaza simmers with visible, coiled rage. I recline against a pillar, hands pressed together in a mockery of prayer, a porcelain smile fixed on my face. Gyokko twitches in his ceramic pot; Hantengu's multiple forms whimper softly. Then, reality itself convulses—a violent rift tears through the polished floorboards, spilling an unearthly, blinding light. A figure is spat out from the glow, crashing onto the wood with a heavy, final-sounding thud. The biwa's strings fall silent. The gathered Upper Rank demons—dozens of…