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Upon hearing Kanae's words, Teiichi couldn't help but look at her more closely.

The fact that she could say those words shows that the incident in Kuroishi Village had indeed changed her a lot.

She's still as gentle as ever, but she's also become much more realistic now!

Noticing Teiichi's gaze, Kanae turned her head to look at him.

As their obsidian-like eyes met those Wisteria- colored eyes, the corners of their mouths turned up simultaneously.

"Indeed, ever since Kato left the team, I've made a point of paying attention to everyone during missions these past few years. I've also discovered that, just as Kanae said, this world is full of good and bad people, a world where all sorts of colors mingle!" Gyomei Himejima said slowly.

Teiichi Yi was a little surprised to hear Gyomei mention him. He looked at him, thought for a moment, and said:

"Perhaps you can try to believe in people's hearts and in children again!"

"Yes, I'll try my best! Thank you!" Gyomei nodded.

"No, I didn't help you with anything!" Teiichi shook his head, then added after thinking for a moment, "Of course, don't believe it too much either!"

Upon hearing this, Gyomei chuckled softly and said:

"Of course, I know that!"

Having said that, Gyomei towards Kanae and Shinobu's positions.

"Here, I want to apologize to you two sisters for how I treated you before!"

"There's no need for that!" Kanae gently shook her head. "Your intentions back then were indeed for our own good!"

After he finished speaking, the room fell into a brief silence again.

Teiichi around and then fixed his gaze on Tengen Uzui, who was sitting to the side.

"Huh? Me?" Tengen Uzui raised his eyebrows slightly.

Teiichi slightly, then said, "If there's anything you'd rather not say, you don't have to!"

"There's nothing I can't say!" Tengen Uzui clicked his tongue.

He could even talk about Doma, although there were reasons, such as thinking he was going to die at the time and wanting to buy time by telling his own story.

But since I've already told Doma what I wanted to say, I don't mind telling others too.

Tengen Uzui sat up straight and said:

"He was born into a family of ninjas!"

"It's quite a coincidence that I have nine siblings, the same number as the children adopted by Himejima!"

"From a young age, my father trained the nine of us to be ninjas!"

"Later, without telling us, my father made us nine siblings cover our faces and kill each other in order to choose the strongest ninja!"

"Huh?! How could this be?!" Mitsuri stared wide-eyed.

The others also frowned upon hearing this.

Tengen Uzui continued, "I discovered this after killing a few of them, and then I told my younger brother, who rushed over, about it. I never expected that my brother would end up killing the remaining brothers and sisters!"

"I knew this was wrong, that this kind of family shouldn't exist, but I couldn't bring myself to do anything about it, so in the end I could only leave that place in a sorry state!"

"Later, after my Oyakata-sama learned about my past, he accepted me. Since I had nothing else to do, and after learning about the existence of demons, I joined the Demon Slayer Corps!"

Although Tengen Uzui spoke lightly, everyone could basically understand the pain he felt, being forced by his father to fight against his own brothers and sisters with whom he spent every day.

He can relax, but others cannot relax as much as he can.

Everyone agreed that this shouldn't have happened, but they couldn't very well tell Tengen Uzui to kill his father and brother.

For the first time since everyone started sharing, no one interrupted from beginning to end.

Teiichi turned his gaze to the person next to Tengen Uzui, Obanai Iguro.

Obanai hesitated for a moment. He hadn't thought it was anything special and hadn't planned to share it.

But regarding the people who mentioned their past, Tomioka has let go of the past, Himejima also said he's starting to try to accept it. This seems...

It is indeed somewhat useful?

After thinking for a moment, Obanai slowly opened her mouth as well:

"I was raised as a sacrifice, living in a family that collaborates with demons!"

Obanai's opening remarks were a bombshell, leaving those who thought they were in a terrible predicament looking at him in astonishment.

"Sacrificial offerings? A family that collaborates with demons?" Sanemi unconsciously raised his voice.

Shinobu Kocho frowned, equally unable to understand.

"Mr. Iguro, could you please explain in more detail?"

Obanai nodded and calmly said:

"That's a family that's been around for 300 years!"

"For 300 years, they have collaborated with ghosts to murder others and seize their property, thus maintaining their luxurious lifestyle!"

"And in return, they will offer their own children as sacrifices to the demon who loves to eat babies!"

"And I am the child chosen from birth, destined to be sacrificed and eaten by that demon!"

"Ha... There are so many vicious people in this world! They even give away their own children!" Sanemi sneered.

Kanae lowered her eyes slightly. Before, in Kuroishi Village, it could be said that it was to escape poverty, but in Iguro, it had become a pursuit of a life of wealth.

"Then you discovered the ghost's trail, and did the team members who were on the mission rescue it?" Shinobu Kocho continued to ask.

"If that's the case, then that's good!" Obanai said indifferently.

"What does this mean?" Tengen Uzui asked.

"On the day I escaped, members of the Demon Slayer Corps did come by, but I wasn't rescued by them; I escaped on my own!" Obanai said.

"Isn't this good?" said Tengen Uzui.

"It makes no difference to me, but to that family, it makes a huge difference!" said Obanai.

"After that demon discovered I had escaped, she went on a killing spree within that family. She then came after me, only to be killed by Shinjuro, the former Flame Hashira and father of Kyojuro, who was on a mission there this time!"

"Finally, after I returned to that family with Shinjuro, I discovered that only my cousin had survived the entire family!"

The moment my cousin saw me, she pointed at me and started cursing wildly!

She said, "As a sacrifice, I should just stay there and wait to be eaten, so that no one else will die!"

"Oh..."

At this point, Obanai couldn't help but smile.

"Actually, before I escaped, I had thought about it. I thought that my escape would lead to that ghost killing the entire family. But I still escaped in the end!"

"So I'm not surprised by this outcome. I don't regret that my family, who were sacrificed to the demons, all died. It's just..."

"Having taken more than fifty lives on my conscience, I'm no different from those families who used me as a sacrifice; I'm just another..."

"Scumbag!!!"