Not long after they entered Mount Fujikasane, the entire Shinobi World team pressed onward without pausing, bounding along the branches.
"Wh-what are those?!" Zenitsu's scream pierced the thick fog. He clung to a nearby tree trunk, his legs shaking like leaves and his face deathly pale.
"They're a hundred times scarier than demons! With bodies that huge, where are we even supposed to cut?!"
Tanjiro looked at Kanao.
She was just as stunned. For the first time, she felt like giving up. "There are too many. We can't win."
"Then we have to win anyway! Just think of them as giant demons. We have nowhere to retreat! If we don't destroy them, humanity will go extinct!" At that moment, Tanjiro stepped forward and said something he would never normally have said.
Perhaps he had spent too much time with Tetsuhiro and been deeply influenced by him.
"Right! If we give up now, will we still have the nerve to fight Muzan-or an even stronger opponent-later?"
"Exactly. When that time comes, forget risking our lives. We might not even have the courage to fight."
"Then let's give it everything we've got! For humanity's future! To wipe out the demons!"
"Kill!" Everyone charged as though possessed, from the wild Sanemi to the timid Murata, throwing themselves into a death-defying assault.
Every one of them went all out. Those who could activate their Demon Slayer Marks and Bright Red Blades did so; those who couldn't unleashed their Breathing Styles.
"What are these people doing? Do they not want to win anymore?" Little A asked in bewilderment from a branch in the woods.
"Risking their lives without hesitation... That noble spirit transcends the individual, and even victory or defeat!" Hiruzen marveled beside him.
"Come on. Let's help them!"
"Foolish. You'll regret this, Hiruzen." Danzo