An eerie silence settled over the hospital room once more...
Tanjiro and Zenitsu silently shrank back.
Seeing this, Murata wished he could squeeze himself into a crack in the wall. Two Hashira! His legs nearly gave out.
Kirishima Bupai watched Inosuke being carried away, his sunglasses almost slipping off...
He was genuinely starting to wonder whether this boar was truly stupid, only seemed stupid, or was playing dumb...
Awkwardness hung in the air until Shinobu Kocho gracefully turned around.
From somewhere, she produced a small, exquisite wooden lunch box decorated with a wisteria pattern.
With light, graceful steps, she approached Kirishima Bupai, who was still reeling from the shock, and pressed the lunch box into his hands, leaving no room for refusal.
"Here."
Shinobu Kocho's voice remained gentle as water, and a perfect smile still graced her face.
But through her lenses, her purple eyes fixed squarely on Kirishima Bupai's sunglasses.
"A certain idiot who can even forget to eat breakfast, and is careless enough to leave it at someone else's house..."
"Rather than spending all day thinking about slaying demons and vanquishing evil, I think he should get his head examined first..." She tilted her head slightly, her smile deepening with a hint of dangerous sweetness.
"After all, forgetfulness is a very dangerous condition too, isn't it, Mr. Bupai?"
Kirishima Bupai: "..."
Meanwhile, somewhere that never saw sunlight, a layoff meeting was underway. The heartless boss's year-end performance review had begun-
Infinity Castle-
The view began to warp along with the lamplight... Wooden beams crisscrossed, and upside-down buildings rotated silently...
The enclosed spaces formed a vast, bizarre, deserted castle that defied the laws of physics.
There was no wind here, only eternal silence and an atmosphere so oppressive it was suffocating.
Several figures appeared one after another on a