"Hm?"
Tengen agreed with the first half of what Chinatsu said, but when he heard that she also wanted to bring a bunch of younger boys along, he froze for a moment. On second thought, though, it seemed perfectly reasonable.
"Chinatsu, has anyone ever told you you're obsessed with your little brother?"
"No. You're the first."
Chinatsu paid no mind to Tengen's teasing. As far as she was concerned, his response meant he had agreed to her proposal.
The Entertainment District, formally known as the Yoshiwara Pleasure District, was a government-recognized, legal red-light district-a glittering city that never slept, where day and night were reversed.
And that was where they would be going next.
After saying goodbye to Tengen, Chinatsu returned to her mansion at the Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters. Tanjiro and the others were hard at work training, especially Tanjiro.
Hinokami Kagura was the strongest breathing style, and Tanjiro had redoubled his efforts to live up to it.
Tanjiro kept recalling Akaza's figure. Although he had contributed nothing to the battle against Akaza, as Chinatsu had said, witnessing a fight at that level was an invaluable experience.
He even conjured up an imaginary Akaza to fight in his mind. The sheer strength of Upper Rank Three, Akaza, left him struggling to breathe.
Even against this imagined Akaza, he could barely last more than a few exchanges. Especially if Akaza used the "Annihilation Style" or even the "Final Style" he had unleashed against his sister, Tanjiro's instincts told him that taking either attack head-on would mean certain death.
But Akaza's strength was not the only thing on Tanjiro's mind. The words "supreme realm," which Akaza had used when assessing Kyojuro, had particularly caught his attention.
His father had also spoken to him about a "realm" once. But that had been