Upon hearing Sanemi's self-deprecating declaration of surrender, Tengen Uzui, standing nearby, nodded in agreement.
"Indeed! Faced with such unkillable vitality, to insist on some kind of magnificent execution would only make us seem too unglamorous, even somewhat foolish."
Tengen sighed.
"I concede defeat. This kid's survival skills and explosive abilities are, I would call... the strongest."
"Mmm!"
Kyojuro Rengoku crossed his arms, and although a hint of wariness towards demons still lingered in his eyes, his black-and-white worldview had compromised at this moment.
"Although evil spirits are dangerous!"
"But he's someone even Mr. Tomioka could only exhaust but couldn't physically destroy! Rather than provoking him, let's accept him! Let him become our weapon against Muzan!"
"Hmm! I think that makes perfect sense!"
Seeing these Pillars, who were originally full of murderous intent and wished they could devour Tanjiro alive, helplessly choose to compromise and give way in the face of absolute "numerical crushing" and "immortality cheat".
Standing at the back of the crowd, Kagaya Ubuyashiki finally smiled with relief once again on his sickly face.
"Prejudice can only be shattered by even more intense shock and despair."
With Amane's support, Kagaya took two steps forward, his gentle voice ringing in everyone's ears:
"Since this meeting place has been accidentally... razed to the ground."
"Well then, my dear children. After you've taken a quick shower and changed your clothes..."
"As dusk falls, let's move the meeting to the Butterfly Mansion and continue."
As the sun sets, the afterglow of dusk bathes the courtyard of the Butterfly Mansion in a warm golden-red hue.
Meanwhile, in the Butterfly Mansion's intensive care unit.
"Quickly! Chain his hands and feet to the bed frame! Don't let him dismantle the bed when he has a seizure!"
Shinobu Kocho was wearing an isolation suit, her purple eyes gleaming.
She held a syringe filled with strangely colored liquids and gestured to Tanjiro on the hospital bed, indicating the angle at which to insert the needle.
"Miss Ren, this is a mixture of Wisteria Poison and a high concentration of sedatives. Isn't the dosage too high?"
"His vital signs are very weak right now; I'm afraid he won't make it."
Tamayo, sweating profusely, stared at the electrocardiogram machine, her voice tinged with worry.
"Oh, Tamayo, don't worry!"
Shinobu Kocho a laugh like a cunning little devil, didn't hesitate to plunge the needle into Tanjiro's arm vein.
"This kid is Perfect Lifeform capable of surviving a nuclear blast!"
"Since he's so resilient, how can we suppress those wildly mutated cells in his body without increasing the dosage?"
"... I'm doing this for the sake of medical rigor!"
A large tube of strange medicine was forcibly pushed into his body.
Tanjiro, who had been in a deep coma, suddenly jolted as if electrocuted, and then his mouth opened slightly.
"Puff..."
A plume of thick, black smoke billowed from his mouth and drifted across the ceiling.
"Damn it! This guy! He actually dares to spew black smoke here and pollute the air Tamayo breathes!"
Yushiro had been standing by and helping out, angrily brandished his chainsaw, looking at the unconscious Tanjiro on the bed with disgust.
"Tamayo, this guy's vitality is incredible!"
"... Or should I just use a chainsaw to cut open his skull and see what's inside his head?!"
"Yushiro, stop fooling around and focus on recording the data." Tamayo and rubbed her forehead in exasperation.
Poor Tanjiro Kamado is lying quietly on the medical bed right now!
Completely unaware that they were being used as a rare, once-in-a-century guinea pig by a medical madman, undergoing inhumane "treatment."
Meanwhile, in the conference room not far from the medical room.
The atmosphere was completely different from the tense standoff at the Ubuyashiki Estate at noon; it even revealed a strange harmony and absurdity.
Although all nine pillars had taken a shower and changed into clean uniforms, each of them had some bruises on their bodies.
Some had bandages wrapped around their arms, and others had gauze on their faces. At this moment, they were all kneeling upright on the tatami, looking down at their noses and inward at heart, as obedient as a group of elementary school students who had just been scolded by the headmaster.
"Everyone--,"
Kagaya Ubuyashiki sat upright in the main seat, a smile on his face, his voice soft yet full of power.
"Regarding Tanjiro Kamado's performance in the courtyard today, and the power within him, I'm sure everyone has already had a direct understanding."
"He is currently undergoing intensive care in the medical ward and has not yet regained consciousness."
"But as someone who has overcome the power of sunlight, he possesses the key that might be able to completely end Muzan Kibutsuji."
Kagaya paused slightly and turned to look at the nine kneeling pillars below.
"Now, I'd like to formally ask everyone."
"Regarding the suggestion that Tanjiro Kamado join the Demon Slayer Corps and become our ally in the fight against demons."
"Does anyone else have objections?"
The moment the question was posed.
The entire conference room fell into a deathly silence that lasted for ten seconds.
Everyone looked at each other, exchanging glances frantically.
"Cough cough..."
Sanemi Shinazugawa coughed awkwardly twice, his eyes darting around, deliberately avoiding Kagaya's gaze, staring at the beam on the ceiling, mentally ranting:
"Objection? What's the use? Even if it's raised, who will carry out the execution? Giyu Tomioka?!"
Sanemi pursed his lips and uttered a few words very stiffly and without any confidence:
No... no objection.
Sitting next to him, Obanai Iguro silently turned his head to one side, and the Kaburamaru around his neck obediently tucked into his collar.
"Since Mr. Tomioka is willing to protect him to the death, and since our Master has spoken, I have nothing more to say!!"
"I just hope he can stay away from Mr. Tomioka in the future!"
Obanai gritted her teeth and reluctantly lowered her head.
No objection.
"Mmm!"
Kyojuro Rengoku shouted with all his might, his voice shaking the paper door.
"If it's an unkillable miracle, then it must be a demon-slaying weapon bestowed upon the Demon Slayer Corps by heaven!"
"If he can truly regain his human mind, I, Kyojuro Rengoku, am willing to accept him as a comrade!"
"Unanimously in favor! Mmm!"
"It's too extravagant, I have no objection, just don't make me feel that self-destruction again." Tengen Uzui shrugged.
"Namo Amitabha Buddha... Well done, well done..." Gyomei nodded repeatedly, tears streaming down his face.
As for Sabito, Kanae, and Mitsuri, they had already wholeheartedly agreed.
Looking at these pillars who are usually proud and hate demons to the bone, they are now as docile as lambs because of the "great difference in strength".
A smile of relief and joy spread across Kagaya Ubuyashiki's face.
"Very good. Since no one has any objections."
"Therefore, I hereby formally declare that Tanjiro Kamado has passed the special trial of the Hashira Meeting!!"
"From this day forward, he will retain his status as a human and a trainee swordsman of the Demon Slayer Corps!"
This earth-shattering decision, worthy of being recorded in the history of the Demon Slayer Corps, was passed unanimously in such a comical atmosphere of collective silliness!