Perhaps it was because she had eaten something and replenished her strength.
After activating her War Mark for the second time, Kanae took the initiative to demonstrate her newfound power to everyone.
She simply began using Flower Breathing.
Then she moved nimbly through the open space in the room.
Even without going all out, she was so fast that no one except Shinobu Kocho could clearly see her movements.
And even Shinobu, a Provisional Hashira herself,
was startled by Kanae's noticeably increased speed.
She hasn't even used Total Concentration yet!
She's already fifty percent faster than when she went all out slaying demons a few days ago... no, at least seventy or eighty percent!
"Sister..."
But before Shinobu Kocho could finish speaking,
Kanae's voice rang out behind her.
"I almost forgot to try this."
Only then did Shinobu Kocho turn around in astonishment.
She had thought her eyes were already keeping up with her sister's movements, never imagining that what she had seen was merely an afterimage.
Kanae had long since moved behind her and picked up her Nichirin Blade.
The sharp blade slid out of its sheath.
Tamayo and Yushiro were not worried in the slightest that she would suddenly turn on them now.
On the contrary.
Having spent quite some time with Xia Xi and learned something about the swordsmen's [Pinnacles],
the two were already looking forward to what Kanae would do next.
At the previous Nine Hashira Meetings, Ladder Tournaments, and even last year's Annual Training Camp,
the girl had already dealt with several of the other [powerful Hashira].
Having come near the bottom almost every time, she had long yearned for those so-called Supreme Territories.
And so, at that moment...
Kanae began continually exerting force with both hands using a particular technique.
Her firm resolve to