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Bathing in the blood of one-thousand youkai had turned Hakkai into a demon himself.
Gojyo wondered if, since he was already hanyou, it would take him only 500 bloodbaths to earn his karma.
Not that he was counting, no.
Was Sanzo counting as well, anticipating the magic number at which he would cede the remnants of his humanity? And what, Gojyo wondered, did Goku count to?
The shakujou’s chain slithered through the air, sunlight glinting off the crescent blade. Gojyo dispatched Youkai 499 and struck at the next one; felt the pattering rain of demon blood… and held his breath.