Tamayo glanced at him in surprise, then looked at Tetsu no Sosuke in confusion.
"Well... how do I put this?" Tetsu no Sosuke thought for a moment, then said bluntly, "He has a mental disorder."
"Is he timid?" Tamayo looked troubled. "There's no cure for that."
"It's not just that he's timid," Tetsu no Sosuke said. "He has no courage... No, that's not quite it either."
He felt Tamayo had led him off track. After gathering his thoughts, he explained Zenitsu Agatsuma's condition.
"A split personality?" Tamayo asked thoughtfully when he finished.
Tetsu no Sosuke shook his head. "It's not simply a split personality. In fact, I don't think he has one at all. You know how people can behave completely differently when they're sober and when they're drunk? Zenitsu Agatsuma is timid and weak-willed while conscious, but the moment he falls unconscious, he becomes brave and fearless. Personally, I think that's a defense mechanism, not a split personality. But when Tanjiro taught him the Meditation Method, something went wrong with that mechanism. The shadow inside him seems to have grown stronger, giving him the illusion that he's going to devour himself... At least, that's my guess. Apart from the symptoms I described earlier, everything I've just said is colored by my own interpretation."
Tamayo nodded. She understood what Tetsu no Sosuke meant. "We may need Yushiro's help with this."
"Let me examine him."
Yushiro had no reason to refuse an order from Tamayo.
Zenitsu Agatsuma, however, was in despair. He was human, and a demon was going to examine him?
"You're not going to do anything weird to me, are you?" Zenitsu Agatsuma asked fearfully.
Yushiro flew into a rage. "What weird thing would I do to a man?"
Tetsu no Sosuke immediately looked at Yushiro with curiosity. Did