He looked at Tanjiro, then at the door, and nodded.
"Lead the way!"
He walked out of the room, with Toru and Tsunade following close behind him.
The Corps member led the three of them through several corridors in the compound to a secluded courtyard.
An old pine grew in the courtyard. Beneath it sat a thin man with only a little color in his face. A white film covered both his eyes; he clearly could not see.
A white-haired woman sat beside him, her head lowered as she read something aloud to him.
Hearing their footsteps, Kagaya Ubuyashiki raised his head slightly, a gentle smile appearing on his lips.
"Mr. Zongyan, please sit."
Zongyan sat down opposite him without speaking, wanting to know just what the Demon Slayer Corps' Oyakata-sama wished to discuss with him.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki dispensed with pleasantries and spoke directly. "The people ruling this world now belong to your family, don't they, Mr. Zongyan?"
Tsunade was incredibly shocked to hear this.
Ruling this world? What was this world business all about?
She opened her mouth, but did not ask.
She knew that lecherous brat probably would not answer her, so she chose to keep listening.
Zongyan was somewhat surprised.
"Oh? How did you figure that out?"
Kagaya Ubuyashiki coughed softly twice, and the white-haired woman beside him hurriedly offered him a handkerchief.
He waved it away and continued, "Though the Ubuyashiki Family can hardly be called a particularly large family, we still have quite a few connections."
"Lately, the nations of the world have been acting strangely. In Japan alone, more than thirty percent of last quarter's output vanished into thin air. Clearly, there is a power behind this."
"As it happens, I possess a certain special ability. Coupled with the sudden appearance in this world