When news from the Northern Region reached Nikaido Mei's ears.
The easygoing Cultivator was visiting another Cultivator of Thunder Breathing.
There were few Thunder Breathing Swordsmen to begin with, so Cultivators of the same style naturally visited one another occasionally to exchange insights.
"Dingqi? That child you taught three years ago?"
The speaker was a short old man, who paused in surprise after hearing the news the Kasugai Crow brought.
"She's already Lower Rank now... time really does fly."
"In the blink of an eye, that little girl has become an outstanding Swordsman capable of slaying the Twelve Kizuki."
The little old man was quite envious.
They were both Cultivators, yet she had trained such an outstanding disciple, while over all these years, he...
Nikaido herself, on the other hand, was somewhat surprised by the news.
Dingqi Mihua certainly had talent, but to possess the strength to fight a Lower Rank in just three short years...
She was Fourth Rank, not Kinoe.
So she asked the Kasugai Crow, "There were other capable Swordsmen fighting the Lower Rank alongside her, weren't there?"
"Caw! Yes, Lady Nikaido! Joining the Seventh Squad on the mission was the Lower Rank Swordsman, Yukishiro Seiko."
That explained it.
However, perhaps because it had been so long since he last had contact with the current Demon Slayer Corps, the little old man found one of the Kasugai Crow's terms unfamiliar for a moment.
"Seventh Squad?"
Seeing this, Nikaido explained, "It's a new system that little... that the current Dawn Hashira is testing in the Northern Region, Master Kuwajima."
Though she usually acted like a carefree madwoman.
She still spoke with due respect to this old man who did not even reach her thigh.
For one thing, he was a senior of her own style.
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