Shinji naturally knew of the Demon Slayer Corps, and he also knew they concealed the existence of demons to prevent panic from spreading.
But Karin's theory had given him a new lead.
Unlike the Demon Slayer World in the original timeline, the balance of power between demons and the Demon Slayer Corps should have been wildly uneven, given the existence of the mysterious Lantern Bearer.
In other words,
the Demon Slayer Corps might not have been capable of completely concealing the existence of demons.
Yet the general public still knew nothing about them. Their existence was passed around only among certain groups, like an urban legend or a tale of the supernatural.
That was very curious.
Who could make such powerful demons keep a low profile and willingly stay hidden in the shadows?
Even the Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps had become the mysterious man's pawns. It was fair to say that no one in the entire Demon Slayer World could stop him now, except the mysterious man himself.
Following this line of thought, it wasn't hard to arrive at a theory: the one concealing the existence of demons was most likely the mysterious man himself, the Demon King!
So Shinji gave Karin orders to investigate government agencies such as newspaper offices and public safety bureaus one by one, to see if she could find demons hiding among their staff.
In this world without Chakra, Karin's Mind's Eye of the Kagura was indeed useless. But as long as she got close enough, she could still sense demons, whose vitality far exceeded that of ordinary people. So the investigation wouldn't be difficult for her.
Mt. Sagiri.
Even though Haku deliberately kept a leisurely pace, he reached Mt. Sagiri, one of the Demon Slayer Corps' training grounds that Imu had mentioned,