The Ubuyashiki Estate.
The Hashira had all gathered there, listening to Tengen Uzui and Kanzaki Kumo share their intelligence on Upper Rank Six.
"From the sound of it, not every Upper Rank is so strong that they're nearly unbeatable."
After hearing the full account of Tengen Uzui's battle with Daki, Shinjuro Rengoku finally regained a little confidence.
Watching one newly promoted Hashira after another surpass him in strength, he had almost begun to wonder whether he still qualified as a Hashira.
Once a mainstay of the Demon Slayer Corps, he had now fallen to the bottom.
It was only because Shinjuro had such a healthy mindset. Someone more fragile might have withdrawn into themselves.
But now, after hearing that Daki, Upper Rank Six, had not lasted more than a few exchanges against Tengen Uzui, Shinjuro felt completely at ease.
He was not too weak. His teammates were just freakishly strong.
Although the current intelligence suggested that Daki's strength did not really qualify her for the Upper Ranks, she had still killed multiple Hashira-level swordsmen. No matter what, she was stronger than the Lower Ranks.
And in the Demon Slayer Corps, the standard of strength for Hashira-level swordsmen in the past had merely been the ability to kill a Lower Rank head-on.
It was only because this new crop of young people was a pack of prodigies that Shinjuro felt unworthy of being a Hashira.
"Daki is a special case. Her strength can't serve as a benchmark for Upper Rank Demons." Though he did not particularly want to undermine Shinjuro's confidence, Kanzaki Kumo still pointed out the current gap between the Demon Slayer Corps and the Upper Ranks.
"And based on what we know, even against the weakest of them, Upper Rank Six, how many people here could escape unscathed if