Meanwhile, at the research institute...
As several Hashira-level swordsmen successfully awakened their War Marks...
The remaining members of the Nine Hashira also began visiting Tamayo one after another to receive their injections.
Because production capacity was limited...
The stronger Hashira were generally given priority for the injections.
As Xia Xi put it, this was letting the strong lead the weak.
Raising one of the Nine Hashira from the level of the lowest Upper Ranks to that of the middle or even higher Upper Ranks...
Was more cost-effective than strengthening the weaker Hashira first.
As for why they had not started by calling over the Great Monk, whose strength was second only to Xia Xi's...
Aside from the fact that Gyomei already had more offensive power than he needed...
Another important reason was that he had voluntarily stepped aside, saying his fellow swordsmen who needed it more should receive it first.
Over these two or three months...
Tamayo gradually met all the currently serving members of the Demon Slayer Corps' Nine Hashira.
And she also discovered...
That Xia Xi had not been speaking carelessly when he previously classified Kanae as a "weak Hashira."
Whether it was the patriarch of the samurai family that had served the Demon Slayer Corps since before the Sengoku Period...
Or the current head of the ancient Kazetoriin Family, renowned for its martial arts...
Or the leader of the ninja, who existed only in all manner of legends...
Every one of them...
Gave Tamayo the impression that they surpassed Kanae in every respect before she used the Martial Mark Drug.
Only the pink-haired boy wearing the Fox Mask, Sabito...
Seemed roughly as strong as Kanae had been before.
However, most of the Nine Hashira did not react excessively to Tamayo's presence.
After all, Ubuyashiki and Xia Xi