Intelligence sharing complete.
Tengen Uzui crossed his hands in front of his abdomen, his left hand gently resting on the back of his right hand, and two fingers unconsciously rubbing back and forth on his chin, as if trying to digest the information he had just received.
After a long silence, he said solemnly:
"This is really not good news!"
Upon hearing this, Gyomei Himejima nodded heavily.
"The initial swordsman who becomes a demon, a demon that cannot be killed even if its head is cut off, and the Transparent World that Kato speaks of..."
If that's the case, it would probably take at least five Pillars to kill these two Upper Rank...
"No, that won't happen," Giyu Tomioka said calmly, sitting still.
Kyojuro Rengoku looked at Giyu Tomioka with a puzzled expression.
Even though he is usually very optimistic, he felt suffocated after hearing the information about Upper Rank One and Upper Rank Three.
But to my surprise, Mr. Tomioka didn't think so.
Kyojuro Rengoku asked, "Does Mr. Tomioka have a different opinion?"
Giyu Tomioka shook his head and said:
"That won't happen!"
Each of us is stationed in a different area.
If one of the Pillars encounters Upper Rank, even if they notify nearby Pillars the moment they encounter it, it would still take at least half the night to get there, right?
Judging from what Kato just said, it's questionable whether they can even last through most of the night!
Moreover, it takes time for the Kasugai Crow to send a message!
so...
That won't happen.
If you encountered them alone, you probably wouldn't survive!
"Hey, you! If you can't speak properly, then don't speak!" Sanemi Shinazugawa snapped.
Giyu Tomioka calmly turned his head, his gaze meeting Sanemi Shinazugawa's fury, but he remained unmoved.
"No, I'm just stating a fact!"
Upon hearing this, Sanemi Shinazugawa's lips twitched, and his gaze swept back and forth between Teiichi and Giyu.
Damn, are these two guys brothers?
"So what if I can't win? I'll bite a piece of flesh off them even if it kills me!"
Sanemi Shinazugawa's voice was filled with determination.
But Giyu Tomioka remained unmoved, responding calmly:
"Ghosts can regenerate; biting off their flesh won't help!"
Upon hearing Giyu Tomioka's words, Sanemi Shinazugawa's forehead veins bulged.
"Hey, you want to die too, don't you? Don't think you can be so arrogant just because you got second place in the last Hashira Battles! You only became a Pillar two years earlier than me, right? Let me tell you, this time in the Hashira Battles, your second place is gone!"
Giyu Tomioka calmly raised his eyes, "Oh!"
"You bastard..."
Seeing that Sanemi Shinazugawa seemed about to get into another argument, Mitsuri Kanroji hurriedly raised her hand.
"Hey, hey, hey! Weren't we all discussing the Upper Rank's information peacefully? Why are we suddenly arguing again?"
Sanemi Shinazugawa said irritably, "I'm trying to have a proper discussion about information! But this guy won't listen to reason!"
"Huh? I was sharing information properly, wasn't I?" Giyu Tomioka asked, slightly puzzled.
"You bastard..."
Kagaya Ubuyashiki knelt quietly to the side, seemingly oblivious to the scene before him. His eyes appeared unfocused, staring blankly ahead.
Is Tsugikuni Michikatsu...?
Yoriichi Tsugikuni, the founder of Breathing Style, was the Yoriichi Tsugikuni and one of the original Breathing Style swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps...
Did he become a demon after killing the Oyakata-sama of the Demon Slayer Corps at the time...?
Does that mean he's been living as a ghost for hundreds of years...?
In other words...
Over the centuries, countless ordinary people have died at his hands...
And who knows how many Demon Slayer Corps members were killed by him due to insufficient information...
The information that Teiichi had just shared, as well as the historical records of the Demon Slayer Corps, kept echoing in Kagaya Ubuyashiki's mind.
Tears, unnoticed, silently slid down, dripping onto the floor and mingling with the dust.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki leaned down slightly and knelt on the ground, his body trembling slightly.
"The original swordsman became a demon, and has slaughtered countless people over the past few centuries..."
"This was a mistake on our Ubuyashiki Family..."
"I'm so... sorry..."
The sound was neither loud nor quiet, but it was like a fine needle falling to the ground, instantly piercing through the previously noisy air, plunging the entire room into a deathly silence.
Mitsuri Kanroji was the first to react, quickly waving her hands, wanting to comfort her but not knowing what to say, so she could only anxiously say:
"No, no, no! My Master! That happened in the past, it has nothing to do with you!"
Gyomei Himejima nodded as well.
" Kanroji is right, this happened in the past."
It has nothing to do with you, and you don't need to feel guilty.
Furthermore, the Ubuyashiki Family has already contributed enough to the Demon Slayer Corps.
For hundreds of years, if it weren't for the Ubuyashiki Family, demons would probably have already ravaged this corrupt world!
Kyojuro Rengoku chimed in, "Indeed, my Master! Without you and the Ubuyashiki Family, the Demon Slayer Corps would have disbanded long ago."
The other pillars also joined in the persuasion.
However, despite this, Kagaya Ubuyashiki remained motionless. He remained kneeling on the ground, trembling slightly, as if undergoing an inner struggle and baptism.
Seeing this, Kanae slightly turned her head and glanced at Teiichi, who was also watching Kagaya Ubuyashiki.
He gently raised his elbow and Teiichi towards Ding Yi.
When Kanae saw Teiichi Kanae had turned his gaze to her, she tilted her head slightly and blinked.
Their eyes met, and without a word, Teiichi understood Kanae's meaning.
His gaze returned to Kagaya Ubuyashiki, Teiichi's thought, he spoke:
"This is what I said before: human nature is not so easy to control."
Or rather...
The idea that everyone could be united by focusing on Muzan Kibutsuji, is too simplistic.
Humans have never been such simple creatures.
Everyone has their own ideas, and these ideas tend to change little as they accumulate more experience.
Therefore, it's not surprising that all sorts of people will appear.
Instead of feeling guilty about the past, we should focus more on how to better manage the affairs of the Demon Slayer Corps in the future.
Teiichi's words caused Kagaya Ubuyashiki's trembling body to pause slightly. However, Kagaya Ubuyashiki did not get up immediately, but continued to kneel on the ground, as if he was thinking about Teiichi's words.
A moment later, Kagaya Ubuyashiki slowly raised his body.
Tears, not yet dried, clung to his face, yet his gaze grew ever more resolute.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki looked at Teiichi, slowly bowed, and said:
"Been taught a lesson!"