Compared with the information about the Upper Rank and the Eternal Paradise Cult, the intelligence Kanae subsequently shared about Lower Rank Four hardly warranted much discussion. It merely surprised the others a little that even one of the Twelve Kizuki could be so cowardly.
After the Hashira Meeting ended, Kanzaki Kumo began his regular Rehabilitation Training.
Before starting his training, however, he went out.
Before long, he returned to the Butterfly Mansion with a stack of envelopes under the puzzled and surprised gazes of its residents.
"So many letters? Who wrote them to you?"
Looking at the dozen or so letters, Makomo's heart inexplicably skipped a beat.
"A friend I happened to meet before. She isn't a member of the Demon Slayer Corps, so I couldn't use the Kakushi to deliver her letters."
"A man or a woman?"
"A woman."
"Is she pretty?"
"She's quite cute."
Faced with Makomo's questions, Kanzaki Kumo answered openly. After their candid conversation back then, there was no need for him to hide anything.
"How old is she?"
"About Shinobu's age."
"Sigh..." Makomo turned to exchange looks with Kanae and Shinobu Kocho. In the end, all three women sighed together.
Beside them, Kanao tilted her head, then asked with an innocent expression, "Big brother, am I getting another big sister?"
"Well, uh..."
Looking into Kanao's innocent eyes, Kanzaki Kumo actually felt somewhat at a loss. Moreover, after Kanao asked that question, Makomo's and Shinobu Kocho's gazes began to turn dangerous, as though saying, "If you dare lead such an innocent child astray, you're dead!"
Even the gentlest of them, Kanae, had a few complicated, unreadable emotions in her eyes.
Under the three women's stares, Kanzaki Kumo steeled himself and said, "Yes. In a little while, you'll have four big sisters looking after you together. Are