"Oh, right!" Tetsuhiro thought of something. "Tanjiro, please demonstrate the dance your father used to perform during rituals when he was alive."
"Uh, what dance?"
"Have you forgotten? The dance he could perform all night with perfect control, the one he could use to kill a wild boar."
"I'm sorry, sir. I really don't remember..." Tanjiro racked his brains for a long time but still couldn't recall it.
Tetsuhiro's mind exploded!!!
This isn't right! He remembered it so easily in the original story. Why can't he now? With his sensory abilities, he could clearly tell that Tanjiro genuinely couldn't remember.
Then why was this happening? Could it be the will of heaven? Gaia? Amaterasu?
He remembered the manga mentioning that the Ubuyashiki Clan had blamed everything on Muzan on the advice of a High Priest.
He hurriedly asked Kagaya, "Kagaya, why are you so determined to destroy Muzan? Are you really so certain that killing him will lift your curse?"
Kagaya answered honestly, "These are the Ancestral Precepts passed down through our family. They were supposedly instructions from a deity. Besides, even without the curse, we couldn't let him slaughter innocent people!"
"I see. So you don't actually know either. You've simply made destroying Muzan your lifelong pursuit, while also ridding the world of a menace."
Tetsuhiro nodded and commented, "An excellent bit of self-hypnosis. Still, Muzan's crimes certainly deserve death. Anyone so heedless of life, so reckless and selfish, is a scourge. I won't let him off easily."
Then he offered a suggestion. "How about this? Let's get acquainted through a friendly bout. Have your Hashira spar with my people, so you can see what the Empire's elite are capable of."
A gleam flashed in Kagaya's eyes. This was exactly what he wanted.
He needed to verify the strength