Aoi Kanzaki froze for a moment. Harder to kill than that monster Muzan.
Anyway, the important thing was that he wasn't dead, and that she had been toyed with.
"Thank you!"
She suddenly bowed and thanked him with perfect seriousness.
So she wasn't angry about being teased like that?
Of course she was angry, but she was even more grateful that he had helped her overcome that fear.
So if he teased her again next time, she would settle the score for both times together.
After thanking him, Aoi Kanzaki did not wait for him to say anything. She took a step back and pulled the bathroom door shut.
Hmph~
"Aoi, what are you doing?"
Kanae watched in confusion as her friend prepared to head back out. What was she planning to do?
"I'm going back to take part in the Final Selection."
"There's no need for that."
Shinobu's words made her body stiffen.
"You don't need to look so rigid. It's not that we think you're no longer qualified to participate. Killing that Hand Demon was already enough to prove that you have the ability. Why go back? To clear out the weaker demons? Then how are the others supposed to undergo the Final Selection?"
That explanation finally made her relax.
But wasn't that a little unfair? Aoi had only managed to face that obstacle with his guidance and help.
What about the other participants?
The world was like that. There was no absolute fairness.
Aoi happened to be close to him, and she was also family whom Shinobu treated like a younger sister. Even if he had not gone, Shinobu would have secretly followed her.
In the end, if Aoi still could not face that obstacle, she would have been protected.
Even if she could not become an