"Miss Yan Zi, why are you the one delivering supplies today?"
Inside the Demon Slayer Corps' research institute.
Tamayo looked at the petite girl with her long hair tied up in a messy bundle.
And at the enormous pile of luggage and medicinal herb parcels she had dragged behind her.
There was a hint of surprise in her voice.
"Little Sanemi and Kuang Jin went to attend the Nine Hashira Council."
Yan Zi had no particular reservations about this young demon wife.
Partly because Tamayo and Yushiro's strength posed little threat to her now that she had become an Elite Swordsman.
Her own Wind Breathing lineage had also always gotten along well with the head of this research institute.
Together with the trust and cooperative attitude the Demon Slayer Corps' leadership showed Tamayo.
These were the reasons Yan Zi regarded her without any prejudice.
At that moment.
Just as Xia Xi usually did, she casually ate from the fruit platter the institute provided for guests.
And told Tamayo offhandedly.
"I heard some new Hashira are taking office. Those two are strong enough, so they might be assigned as deputies to the new Hashira."
Meanwhile, Tamayo took the newly delivered blood samples out of their refrigerated containers.
After handing them to Yushiro as usual.
She asked softly, "The Nine Hashira Council?"
"If I remember correctly... didn't they only hold one two or three months ago?"
Yan Zi said, "Yes, but several major things happened a couple of days ago."
She began counting them off on her fingers.
"First, I heard Mr. Kamado killed a demon no weaker than a Crescent Moon, and got away from the New Upper Rank Four unscathed."
"From what my benefactor, Senior Brother, said, the Master intends to make him one of the new Nine Hashira."
"Someone