"Where can I find the Twelve Kizuki?"
Tamayo and Yushiro were both startled.
Yushiro immediately could not help mocking him. "You think someone like you can find the Twelve Kizuki? Don't think you're so impressive. With your current strength, you wouldn't even survive a single encounter with one of them."
This time, Tamayo did not rebuke Yushiro for his sharp, cutting words. Instead, she agreed with him.
"Yushiro is right. You are still young. You should not be thinking about the Twelve Kizuki. Their strength is such that even a Hashira might not be able to defeat them."
A Hashira? Wouldn't that mean reaching the very pinnacle of the Demon Slayer Corps?
Han Zhiqi could not help trembling. He clenched his fists tighter, his knuckles already turning white.
There were still a few things Tamayo had not said. If Han Zhiqi's sister had truly been taken away by one of the Twelve Kizuki, she was very likely already dead—or had become a demon. Tamayo did not say it because she could not bear to make the boy shoulder such a cruel reality.
After a long silence, an exhausted breath passed between the three of them, and Han Zhiqi spoke again.
"You said you were developing medicine that can kill demons. Has it been completed? Could demons be killed with that medicine?"
Tamayo naturally knew why Han Zhiqi was asking. She shook her head. "The medicine I am developing only suppresses the regeneration of demon cells. It cannot kill them, and it is still in the experimental stage."
Suppress cell regeneration?
In other words, once they were injured, their wounds would not immediately heal?
"Han Zhiqi, you are now backed by the Demon Slayer Corps. You can use that identity to seek the organization's help. Before your strength reaches that of