Except for Giyu Tomioka and Shinobu Kocho.
There were also Tanjiro Kamado, who had just finished performing the "Hinokami Kagura Dance" in the Flower Capital, and had rushed over without stopping, along with his wife, Kanao Tsuyuri.
Fine beads of sweat still dotted Tanjiro's forehead.
His skin, flushed and hot from repeatedly driving Sun Breathing, sent up wisps of white steam in the cold wind.
But those gentle burgundy eyes shone with startling brightness.
Kanao, a little over one month pregnant, wiped the sweat from his brow with aching tenderness and stood shoulder to shoulder with him.
Beside Tanjiro
were his younger sister Nezuko and her husband, Zenitsu Agatsuma.
Nezuko was already sobbing too hard to speak, her eyes red as she leaned against Zenitsu's shoulder.
Zenitsu, now twenty-five, also showed the responsibility of a husband at this moment, holding his wife tightly in his arms and soothing her in a soft voice.
They had gathered here, waiting for the parents of the Kamado family who had been murdered on that horrific snowy night years ago, as well as their adorable younger brothers and sisters.
As for Inosuke Hashibira, as the police chief of the Flower Capital, he was busy overseeing the overall situation tonight and truly could not get away.
At the same time, to ensure that this unprecedented "Zhongyuan Soul Return" could proceed smoothly, tight security had been deployed at the scene.
On the perimeter, many solemn-faced officers in green uniforms had set up cordons to maintain basic order among the crowd.
Inside, over a hundred onmyoji dressed in black or white kariginu
were gathered around the Era Spirit Tree with their full attention focused.
They maintained the core operation of the "Three Realms Rotation, Eternal Rest Barrier."
They sat cross-legged in midair three meters above the ground,