Over the next few days, more and more information found its way to Shinji.
Some of it was precious intelligence obtained by the Demon Slayer Corps at great cost. Some were clues tortured out of demons, and some was information gathered from human society.
After compiling all of it, Shinji reached a startling conclusion.
The demons were out of control!
It wasn't just one or two demons. As a collective—or, more accurately, as a species—the demons were spiraling out of control.
The loss of control had started with the lowest-ranking demons.
The frequent reports of demons attacking people in various places during this period were the most immediate consequence!
As time went on, the phenomenon spread from low-ranking demons to higher-ranking ones.
Like a virus.
Take the president's wife, whom Shinji had coerced. Before, aside from a demon's bloodthirsty nature, she had been no different from an ordinary person. That was how she had managed to remain embedded in the upper echelons of human society.
But just yesterday, the president's wife had suddenly gone berserk. She'd turned into a bloodthirsty monster, slaughtered all the servants and subordinates in her residence, and then vanished without a trace.
And hers wasn't an isolated case!
Through her investigation, Karin had discovered many demons hidden among the upper echelons of human society who had suddenly gone berserk in recent days, causing a series of horrifying massacres.
The source of it all was very likely the mysterious person who was the Demon King!
On a high mountain outside Kyoto.
Shinji gazed at the eerily silent city in the distance, his expression grave.
Over the past few days, as he led the counter-invasion of the Demon Slayer World, he'd clearly felt that this world was heading toward collapse. All order, all rules, seemed to be loosening