Professor, Liu Qi, Elizabeth, and Bai Cangshu sat aboard a train bound for Kyoto. After the previous events, they had more or less reached a consensus.
Professor had originally planned to take the Stone Hashira and Flower Hashira to kill the government troops and officials coming to search for the Blue Spider Lily near Tanjiro's home. That would both earn them reputation and prevent the hostile faction from helping Kibutsuji Muzan complete himself.
But Bai Cangshu vetoed that plan and proposed an even more "vicious" one.
The Kakushi accompanying the Demon Slayer Corps helped Tanjiro's family and the nearby mountain households relocate. After Bai Cangshu's group used advanced modern weapons to rout the arriving government forces, they directly set the entire mountain forest ablaze.
Aside from several Blue Spider Lilies they had collected in advance, everything was reduced to ashes.
Although Kocho Kanae opposed the plan, Himejima Gyomei contacted the Master through a Kasugai Crow, and the Master approved it.
In truth, only such a plan could ensure that Kibutsuji Muzan would not obtain the Blue Spider Lily anytime soon. But since Kibutsuji Muzan already knew that the Blue Spider Lily only bloomed during the day—
Then obtaining it was, in theory, only a matter of time.
Ubuyashiki Kagaya understood this principle, so he would not consider Bai Cangshu's plan vicious. He would only worry that it had not been thorough enough.
"Since the few of us have already confirmed the upcoming Main Mission, and since we're all newcomers, it's unlikely that any of us have something like a Scapegoat Doll. From here on, our actions can only end one way: either we succeed, or we... die."
Professor looked at the others as she spoke.
"I think we need to share more of our information with one another so we