Tetsu no Sosuke shook his head. "Nothing else for now."
"Then for the time being, you still need to go home and rest," Ubuyashiki Kagaya said. "I won't tell you where Miss Tamayo and the others are just yet. We'll let you know when they have results. Whether they find a way to turn Demons back into humans or make some other progress, you'll hear about it. That leaves me with one last question."
Tetsu no Sosuke waited quietly.
Ubuyashiki Kagaya asked softly, "How... frightening is he?"
Tetsu no Sosuke fell silent.
The silence stretched for a full minute before he finally spoke. "His ability to recover is a nightmare. Unless we find a way around it, I'm afraid even all the Pillars together couldn't hold him off until dawn."
After hearing that, Ubuyashiki Kagaya fell silent too.
At last, he let out a breath as though all his strength had left him. "I'm sorry."
Tetsu no Sosuke shook his head. He knew what the apology was for, but he didn't feel he needed it, nor did he feel entitled to accept it on anyone else's behalf.
This path was strewn with thorns. It had always been steeped in blood and sin.
Wasn't the Demon Slayer Corps' Final Selection cruel?
The Swordsmen who wanted to become Demon Hunters faced Demons and either defeated them or were eaten.
There had been sacrifices from the very beginning.
This was no place for kindness, yet everything they did served the best of purposes.
As long as they did not stray from that purpose, they could keep going.
So Tetsu no Sosuke shook his head and said, "Hold on. We'll see his end!"
For an instant, light seemed to flicker in Ubuyashiki Kagaya's eyes. But when Tetsu no Sosuke looked again, those ravaged eyes