Two Years

On the screen,

Tanjiro's training continued.

Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, a year had passed. Tanjiro had learned every form of Water Breathing from Sakontji Urokodaki, who stopped teaching him and instead had Tanjiro train on his own.

On one hand, from this point onward, everything depended on his own effort and insight. On the other hand, Sakontji Urokodaki did not really want Tanjiro to take the Demon Slayer Corps examination. Many disciples he had trained in recent years had all died there, and not a single one had passed.

"That rock is huge. Mr. Urokodaki is being way too unreasonable."

Seeing Tanjiro staring blankly at an enormous boulder on the screen, Mitsuri Kanroji could not help covering her face.

Kanae said thoughtfully, "Mr. Urokodaki doesn't want Tanjiro to pass, does he?"

For a Hashira, doing this naturally would not amount to much, but Tanjiro had only just finished learning Breathing Styles and had not even mastered Total Concentration Breathing yet. Bringing out such a massive boulder made it clear that Urokodaki did not want Tanjiro to pass.

"Mm."

Feng Ye nodded. "Sakontji Urokodaki's disciples in recent years all died during the examination, so he is deeply conflicted. But the will of those who died will ultimately be passed on."

As if it were a prophecy, Tanjiro did not give up in the slightest. Instead, he trained twice as hard for more than half a year. Although his physical abilities improved in every respect during that time, he could never reach the standard needed to split the rock.

Until a masked youth appeared and began guiding Tanjiro in swordsmanship.

"Huh, that's..."

Mitsuri Kanroji showed a hint of surprise.

Kanao Tsuyuri said thoughtfully, "Sabito was Urokodaki's disciple, and he died during the examination. So the one appearing