Although somehow he became the center of attention, The Second One wasn't looking at anyone but Hajun.
And in that heavy, oppressive silence, suddenly...
Hajun: Who the hell are you.
Kouha: ...Ah!
Hajun noticed. Noticed who? The answer is, of course...
The glare of the three eyes turned to the Remorseless.
No, that shouldn't happen, if the Tengu Realm begins here...
Ren: ...Hey.
The thunderous roar, as if the whole creation was being crushed. And in the next second this Kamui, crushing the space itself, disappeared without a trace.
With the echo disappearing I was left not understanding what happened, and when I came to my senses, I noticed that the Remorseless' right hand was crushed, and was missing a little finger on his left hand.
And in the next second, both recovered. Not a single trace of the destruction was left.
Ren: You... what do you think you're doing? Or rather, how you managed to wound Hajun?
Muzan: That's my line, youth. Exactly how you stopped me?
Muzan: Actually, you don't need to answer. I got it.
Looking at his recovered right hand, the Remorseless smiled. With a very bright, dangerously ferocious smile.
Muzan: So you stopped the time. I see you are very good at defense.
Ren: You seem to be the complete opposite. I never thought that someone would be able to injure Hajun with a head-on attack.
Marie: A-ah... so in the end, what happened?
Reinhard: That sir right there started a fight just a moment ago. In a sense, with that he said to Hajun, who was completely absorbed by watching at Naraka, to look this way.
Reinhard: This act alone is an achievement in itself. He forced his way into the Hajun's consciousness and forcefully made him turn this way.
So that's what happened? Not what I think about it that way, that's probably how it went.
Reinhard: Then, of course, that thing activated. Metsujin Messou it was called, I assume?
Reinhard: And the Moment stopped it — by stopping the time, quite literally.
Ren: Not perfectly though.
Ren: Their injuries are the direct result of it.
At this point I finally understood it.
Just before the Moment stopped the time, the Remorseless and Hajun clashed in a fight.
In the long history of the Divine Throne, those two were the most prominent in a killing.
And the only ones to perceive it was the Moment, who intervened, and the Gold.
Reinhard: They haven't clashed once. Thousand times, ten thousand times, or maybe even more.
Reinhard: And therefore, when sir Remorseless sheathed his sword, and the time started to move again, Hajun has lost his target.
Mercurius: And so, because of that, now his attention once again returned to Naraka.
Mercurius: My, my, this is truly an outrageous act. Walking on thin ice — that is how I would describe this.
Marie: Really, why would you do something like that?
Satanael: Answer, the Remorseless.
One wrong step could lead to a terrible disaster. The way it ended like that couldn't be called anything but a miracle.
Obviously considering it not a laughing matter, the Twilight's voice sounded strong and resolute.
And still, the Remorseless' attitude was nonchalant, as if it wasn't concerning him at all.
Muzan: Why I just tested it a little.
Marie: Tested — what?
Muzan: The matter we discussed before. Namely, the matter of command over our own life and death.
Muzan: If we can truly kill and be killed. I can't be satisfied with just theory.
Muzan: Well, the uninvited nuisance barged in. But I got a general idea.
Muzan: This arm — it healed on its own.
Muzan: Right now, we are surely just the pieces in someone's game.
Just to confirm it... I do understand that it's an important thing, but still, the Remorseless is a really dangerous one.
He hasn't changed at all from the time when I've seen him before.
His smiling face is like a mask. And under it, there's a soul full of anger and resentment, just like in the past.
Muzan: Besides, I can't stomach this brat. Not even once I felt a wish to ignore something when I was eradicating garbage.
Muzan: Now, now, don't make such a scary face, youth. Although it's a far-fetched theory, I discovered some other useful information.
Ren: What are you talking about?
In contrast with the Moment's glare, the Remorseless with a relaxed expression nodded at Hajun.
Muzan: Hajun [this] is fairly aware of Naraka. But despite him ignoring us like that, I was still able to make him look that way.
Muzan: And at the same time, you, although not perfectly, was able to stop us.
Muzan: With that, we both were able to test our fighting abilities.
Marie: So you're saying...
Just how much is he different from us. One thing is clear — he has some interest here.
Marie: That you'll lend us your strength?
Muzan: I never said that I will join hand with you. I do not have allies, and I do not plan on getting any.
Muzan: I will just act like I always did.
Muzan: There are only enemies, and enemies of my enemies.