Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters
Everyone crowded around the ten victorious Hashira and the other five swordsmen, entering headquarters amid laughter and cheers. Just then, a female Kakushi member rushed over. Even with only her eyes exposed, her panic and sorrow were plain to see.
"Something terrible has happened! The Master... he's not going to last much longer...
He asked all the Hashira... to attend the final Hashira Meeting..."
The Kakushi member called out to them, her voice choked with tears. Those words brought everyone to a halt. The clamor vanished at once, and disbelief filled the Hashira's faces.
How could this happen... when we've already come this far...?
Upon hearing the news, Chiba Yo immediately pushed through the crowd and ran toward Oyakata-sama's estate, anguish filling his thoughts.
The other Hashira were equally stunned by the news. They, too, broke away from the crowd and raced toward the Ubuyashiki Estate...
Inside the Ubuyashiki Estate, Kagaya lay quietly on his bed. Blood stained the carpet beside him. His children and Amane knelt nearby. Though they had long known this day would come, their eyes still brimmed with tears, and sorrow filled the entire room.
The door stood open, and Chiba Yo was the first to arrive.
"Master..."
As he looked at Kagaya, whose chest was barely rising and falling, all the joy of defeating Muzan gave way to grief. He slowly approached and dropped to one knee before him.
"Every member of the Demon Slayer Corps carries a great deal of pain in their heart. The children who join us are all good, kind, and gentle.
But precisely because of that, they feel the grief of others as their own, and blame themselves terribly for things that cannot be avoided.
Kind people are always more easily hurt.
Like Kyojuro, you