Trial of the Hashira

Tengen Uzui glanced at Kanae, and seeing that Kanae didn't intend to speak, he spoke up himself:

"Hey, hey, hey, although I feel that if Kato committed seppuku, it would be quite a spectacular scene!"

But Kato might be the only Pillar in our Demon Slayer Corps who can currently fight against Upper Rank. Are you sure you want to just let him commit seppuku so easily?

Kyojuro Rengoku shook his head and firmly retorted:

"Team rules are team rules. No matter how strong a player is, it cannot be an excuse to violate team rules."

Otherwise, once this precedent is set, subsequent violations will only escalate, ultimately rendering the team rules ineffective!

"It's not that serious!" Tengen Uzui retorted after hearing Kyojuro Rengoku's words.

Kyojuro Rengoku said, "Yes, Mr. Uzui! A thousand-mile dike can be destroyed by an ant hole. Once this kind of thing is started, it will be very difficult to prevent it from going away."

This time it was Mr. Kato, next time it might be another pillar, and the time after that it might be a regular team member!

When the ordinary team members are also free of problems, the team rules will have no binding force on the team members, and at that time, there will be no need for the team rules to exist!

"Without team rules, our Demon Slayer Corps will lose its cohesion and eventually become a disorganized mess!"

Tengen Uzui said, "This time can be an exception. After all, everyone has seen Kato's fighting strength. If other team members violate the team rules, we should just follow the rules!"

Seeing that Tengen Uzui was speaking up for him, Teiichi few more times.

I thought I'd be debating with everyone today, but I didn't expect that besides Kanae, someone else would speak up for me!

Wasn't this kid always going against me? Why is he speaking up for me this time?

Gyomei Himejima also shook his head.

"If we give Kato a break because of his ability, what will the other team members think?"

They would think that team rules are just a tool for the weak, while the strong can do whatever they want.

This would significantly reduce the binding force of team rules and could even lead to greater chaos.

Moreover, Kato's actions this time were extremely serious!

Using people as bait to lure ghosts?

This is something that members of the Demon Slayer Corps should never do!

This is definitely not something we, as Hashira Rank, should be doing!

Tengen Uzui frowned slightly and asked, "Speaking of which, Kato doesn't seem like a bad person to me, so why did he kill someone this time, and use them as bait?"

Upon hearing Tengen Uzui's words, everyone turned their gaze toward Teiichi.

Teiichi explained, "This time I killed a father and son. More than ten years ago, after being attacked by a ghost, they used their wives and mother as scapegoats to survive."

Subsequently, under the demon's threat, they have been killing people for the demon for the past ten years or so. After killing people, they obtain their property, while the demon obtains people as food.

Meanwhile, in the process of helping ghosts kill, some good-looking ghosts are imprisoned in their own basements as XX.

Tengen Uzui nodded in agreement, saying, "That sounds perfectly reasonable! These two definitely deserve to die! If they were in our Demon Slayer Corps, they'd probably commit seppuku anyway!"

He genuinely believed that Kato Teiichi had done nothing wrong.

As a ninja, he had been killing people since he was a child; he only stopped killing after joining the Demon Slayer Corps.

If there's anything wrong with Kato, it might be that using ordinary people as bait was a bit inappropriate...

What would you do if you were in that situation?

Tengen Uzui couldn't help but think.

Hmm, I'll probably find a member of the Demon Slayer Corps to act as bait...

Ignoring what Tengen Uzui was thinking, the people in the room continued their conversation.

"Nevertheless, I still firmly oppose it!" Kyojuro Rengoku said firmly.

"Whether it's outright murder or using people as bait, I strongly oppose it! I believe they should be handed over to the police!"

"And speaking of this, my father also encountered a similar ghost before."

That ghost was a snake ghost. The snake ghost would give the property of the people it killed to a specific family, and in return, that family had to provide the snake ghost with a baby it desired as a sacrifice.

Hearing Kyojuro Rengoku's words, Tengen Uzui asked with interest, "Oh? So how did your father deal with that family afterwards?"

Kyojuro Rengoku said, "When my father arrived, the snake demon had already killed almost everyone in that family. I heard that more than 50 people died, and in the end, only a man and a woman were left."

The boy seemed to be a victim within his family, and later my father had him join our Demon Slayer Corps;

As for that girl, because she was still young, she probably didn't have much status in the family, so in the end my father let her go.

"Then this can't be used as a precedent!" Tengen Uzui said, "After all, when your father arrived, the main perpetrators in that family had already been killed by ghosts!"

Kyojuro Rengoku nodded. "Even so, I believe that if that family hadn't been killed, they would have simply been handed over to the police by my father anyway!"

Tengen Uzui said, "There's nothing we can do about it. After all, he encountered more than fifty people back then, and he couldn't possibly kill them all. This time, Kato only encountered two people!"

Kyojuro Rengoku said, "No, even if there are many people, we can still find the ringleaders, but I believe that even if the members of that family are not dead, my father will not deal with them himself!"

Tengen Uzui retorted, "That's just your own conjecture; it's completely meaningless!"

Kyojuro Rengoku shook his head. "No, I..."

Seeing that the two people inside were getting a little off-topic in their conversation, Kagaya Ubuyashiki waved his hand to stop them.

He then turned his gaze to Giyu and Kanae, who hadn't said much.

"Giyu, Kanae, what do you think?"

Giyu Tomioka calmly replied, "I have no other opinions. I think that since there are team rules to refer to, we should just handle it according to the team rules!"

Kanae glanced at Teiichi with concern before turning to Kagaya Ubuyashiki and saying, "I believe those two have committed a capital offense. Although Teiichi's actions were somewhat extreme, they are not incomprehensible. Therefore, I think a slight punishment is sufficient; it doesn't warrant seppuku!"

After hearing their opinions, Kagaya Ubuyashiki nodded, but instead of offering his own, he spoke up.

Since no one can convince the other side, let's have a vote!

"First, please raise your hand if you think Kato should commit seppuku!"

Upon hearing this, Gyomei Himejima, Giyu Tomioka, Kyojuro Rengoku raised their hands.

"Is it three votes? Then raise your hand if you think that punishing Kato is enough!"

Upon hearing this, Tengen Uzui and Kanae Kocho raised their hands.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki spoke up, "Only Kanae and Tengen have two votes?"

"In other words, the final result of this meeting was..."

"Should we make Kato commit seppuku as an apology?"