The old man looked at the young Clan Head and was about to refuse his demands but it seems that upon looking at the young God his mind suddenly changed.

Tsukuyomi's eyes looked so lost and distraught, although he needed to protect his flesh and blood but, if that kind of selfish action were to bite him back in the future leaving him with nothing... Then it will be the greatest fear and regret that'll be hunting him for the rest of his life.

This selfishness of his will result in a huge conflict that will soon arise in the Realm of Gods. The upcoming Second Primordial Chaos.

The healer heavily sighed as he walked towards the couple to heal them both.

"Izanagi, the God of Creation... Your Divine Power has been tainted leaving you unable to heal yourself... I, Sukunahikona... Will heal you under the order of the young Clan Head."

As his hands approached the wisp of darkness hovering over the core of the severely wounded God, something was amiss as Sukunahikona landed his hands over the core located at Izanagi's chest.

'What is this?...

This feeling...'

The Old Healer then suddenly started to get nauseous, unable to remove his hands like glue attached and sealed by an unknown power.

'Guhh!...

I need!... I need to pull out my hands this instant!'

On one side, Tsukuyomi just stood there and watched as Sukuna was still pressing down his hands to heal his Father not knowing that the healer he sought out for help was going through a pain so unimaginable that his entire existence was at risk of dissolving.

The darkness which was corroding Izanagi, with a touch of Sukuna's hands, started to devour his insides with just a tiny fraction growing attached to his hands.

Like a flame that cannot be extinguished through ordinary means.

A flame, so cold and sinister that a light touch directly from it will result in your insides burned to oblivion even more so to a mortal, it will immediately turn you into nothingness in a matter of nanoseconds!

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Sukuna has been able to last for a while because he kept healing his body over and over again right as the wisp of darkness completely eroded his hands making its way to his entire body.

'Curses!

How?!

This small wisp of darkness can invade me with just direct physical contact!

This is more highly likely to be similar to a plague in the mortal world!

Wait!... I must inform the young Clan Head before it's too late!'

As he was about to open his mouth to speak, his lungs and heart throbbed with the highest sense of pain that made it hard for him to speak.

He noticed it too late as he was busy battling the corrosion going through his hands up to his entire body.

'ARGHH!!!'

The Old Healer didn't let out a cry and has been physically and mentally enduring everything.

He then shuts off every sense related to the outside world and focuses solely on finding out what's happening inside his body.

As he delved through every fibre and blood vessel in his body, he noticed a black corroded blood cell which is eating away at the rest of his purified blood using its modified mouth circling the ring. Unknowingly to him, he didn't notice that just by breathing, he'd already taken in so many of its scents which resulted in this situation.

'How!... I've already purified my body except for my hands and yet... There's still a cell which cannot be entirely purified?!'

The corrupted blood cell he first found was located at the Brachial Artery at his right hand. Sukuna tried to purify it using his healing abilities but upon healing the corrupted cell instead of getting rid of the impurities it grew aware of his presence.

'?!!'

*CRUNCH!*

The blood cells he possessed to surveil his body have also been devoured by the corrupted cell. The feeling of being consumed by your blood sends shivers down to his entire body.

At this point, Sukuna is now completely frozen in place in the views of the masses while he is fighting a lonely battle against the entity which is soon to devour his entire existence.

Upon having his cell eaten by the corrupted one, he senses another batch of impurities running around his entire body, spreading like a virus.

Sukuna focused all of his senses on eradicating such impurities using every bit of his Divinity, he amplified all of his cells before it was too late, covering them entirely with his purifying and healing abilities in hopes of getting rid of the invading corrupted cells.

Since he has distributed all of his attention into purifying the Blackened cells running rampant in his body, the corrosion in his hands has reached up to his shoulder in that instant.

'Tsk!... My right and left arms are a lost cause now.

I've got to hurry and protect the important vessels in my body before it corrodes it!'

Then as he was about to do just that, a single corrupted blood cell inside his core spoke.

"Sukuna... Oh, Sukuna... Just give it up and indulge yourself with oblivion..."

Its voice sounded melancholic mixed with pure dissatisfaction.

"You're the flame that I've yet to obtain... You have an important role to play... And that is... TO DIE."

A mouth then appeared in the middle of the ring, its fangs out in the open as it slurped with a smile.

"Now then, thanks for the food."

*GRIN*