Only then did Shinobu Kocho breathe a sigh of relief. She looked back at the thing behind her. Its face was only half covered, and exposed parts, gears, and springs covered its body. It looked like a person who had been dissected and left in pieces.
She couldn't help curling her lip. "How ugly."
"Less talk. Keep working." Tetsu no Sosuke shot her a look.
Then Kanae said languidly, "I'm hungry."
"Time to eat!"
Tetsu no Sosuke immediately dropped everything and hurried to the dining hall with his wife.
Shinobu Kocho was still holding a part, waiting for instructions. Instead, she watched the two of them dash off and disappear, leaving her standing there in a daze.
Ubuyashiki Kagaya's letter arrived the next day.
He wrote that he fully understood Tetsu no Sosuke's concerns and would inform the entire Demon Slayer Corps. If they encountered a demon with similar traits, their first priority should be to stay alive, and their second should be to get word out.
That put Tetsu no Sosuke somewhat at ease.
Reading on, he found a response to the matter he had raised earlier.
Ubuyashiki Kagaya largely agreed with his proposal: they could capture a demon for experimentation.
Shinobu Kocho's poison offered another way to fight. If used on a large scale, it should prove effective.
He had only one concern, which he wanted to put to Tetsu no Sosuke and the other sword masters.
"Would relying on poison hinder the growth of their own strength?"
The question made Tetsu no Sosuke fall silent for a moment.
In the short term, poison could greatly increase the Demon Slayer Corps members' fighting power. But in the long run, when they faced a truly powerful foe like Kokushibo...
Would that poison do any good?
And if the poison