Kyojuro finished all thirty boxed meals, one after another. The battle on the Mugen Train had taken a tremendous toll on him, and during the two days he had spent unconscious, he had received only intravenous nutrients. He was truly hungry when he woke up that day.
Of course, more importantly, he did not want the little girl's kindness to go to waste.
"Yo-chan, could I ask you a favor?"
Chiba Yo was clearing away the empty meal boxes when he heard Kyojuro speak.
"Please tell me, Teacher. I certainly won't refuse," Chiba Yo answered earnestly.
"I carried out this mission with those three boys. Along the way, I promised to take all three of them as my Tsuguko and guide their training. But I'm still in rather poor shape, so I'd like you to train them in my place for a while."
Kyojuro explained his request to Chiba Yo.
"You mean Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke, right, Teacher?"
Chiba Yo asked for confirmation. He still did not know the details of Kyojuro's mission and had only gotten a rough idea from what the Master had said earlier.
"Yes." Kyojuro nodded.
"All right. I'll make sure to train them properly during this time. Since you've taken them as your Tsuguko, that makes them my junior fellow students. I'll take good care of them," Chiba Yo replied with a smile.
The thought of becoming the trio's senior fellow student left Chiba Yo rather excited. He had never truly guided anyone else's training before and wondered what it would feel like.
"Thank you," Kyojuro said with a smile.
After a while, Kyojuro fell asleep. Seeing this, Chiba Yo quietly left the ward and closed the door behind him.
Remembering Kyojuro's request, as well as the truth about Hinokami Kagura that he had