On the battered central platform of the Infinity Castle, Li Tetsuhiro faced everyone and declared in a booming voice, "I hereby announce! The thousand-year age of demons running rampant and feeding on humanity ends today, once and for all!"
Deafening cheers and applause engulfed the Infinity Castle. The Corps members raised their Nichirin Blades high, laughing and crying as they embraced one another.
Amid the cheers, Li Tetsuhiro, as king of the Ten Thousand Worlds Ninja Nation, formally declared the war over and began distributing rewards for merit.
Tobirama and the other two flickered over. They had not been idle; they had already tallied all the results of the battle and stepped forward to report solemnly:
"Big Brother, we eliminated tens of thousands of demons in this battle. We captured the Demon King, Muzan Kibutsuji, alive, converted Aka... Hakuji, and slew the Upper Rank Demons Kokushibo, Doma, and Nakime. It was a resounding victory!"
"Together with your earlier slaying of Amaterasu, Gyokko, and Hantengu, the capture of the siblings Gyutaro and Daki, and Tamayo and Yushiro coming over to our side, we have established a firm foothold in this world.
"On the scientific front, aside from analyzing the curse, I have also been researching the shortened lifespans caused by the Hashira activating their Demon Slayer Marks and the Transparent World. With Muzan helping our research this time, we should make even greater progress."
"The next step is to occupy Nippon and unite the entire world!"
Li Tetsuhiro nodded, swept his gaze over the crowd, and began handing out rewards one by one.
He first looked at Zenitsu, whose face was pale and whose right sleeve hung empty. His voice carried approval. "Zenitsu Agatsuma, you fought valiantly to slay Upper Rank Six, Kaigaku, eliminating a traitor to humanity, and killed twenty