Because of the "Lower Rank Five" title and the greater power that came with it, the Spider Demons on Spider Mountain, aside from Rui, had gone mad trying to rack up results these past few days.
After all, beyond the benefits brought by the "Twelve Kizuki," they also wanted to escape Rui's dangerous control.
What had originally been a "playing house game" now had this competitive element added to it, and the already tattered "family affection" of the Spider Family had naturally shattered completely.
Rui did nothing to stop the vicious competition among his family members. He even considered it a rare form of family interaction.
The Spider Demons of the Spider Family also realized that as long as they did not kill anyone, Rui did not object to them fighting each other, which only made them even more excited.
Muzan's order was to capture humans alive, but Spider Dad's and Spider Brother's Blood Demon Arts made that difficult.
Originally, this sort of competition should have favored the weakest, Spider Mom, because her Blood Demon Art used Spider Silk to control others, making it highly suitable for capturing people alive.
Yet despite her outstanding record, she lacked the ability to hold on to her prey, and the fruits of her labor were constantly stolen by Spider Dad and Spider Brother.
More and more people were disappearing around Spider Mountain. Once the Demon Slayer Corps learned of it, they began dispatching Kasugai Crows to contact nearby Demon Slayer Corps members and send them to investigate.
Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke, who had already been close to Spider Mountain, happened to be among the investigators this time.
Unlike the original plot, because of Muzan's order this time, Rui did not send his family to deal with Tanjiro and the others after they entered