Training the Hashira

"Huh? Tokito-kun doesn't have any memories of his past?" Mitsuri looked at Muichiro with some surprise.

Muichiro was the last to become a Pillar. In addition, Muichiro himself rarely talked to others, and when others tried to talk to him, he almost ignored them. Therefore, he was the least familiar to everyone.

All I know is that he is Teiichi's disciple, a genius who became a Pillar after only two months of wielding a sword, and one of the strongest members of the Demon Slayer Corps. He is also a bit cold-hearted. That's all I know.

Therefore, among all the Pillars, only Kanae and Shinobu Kocho from the Butterfly Mansion knew that Muichiro lost his memory.

After all, every year during the Lunar New Year, Teiichi would call Muichiro over, and with their frequent interactions, they naturally learned about Muichiro's situation.

"Yes, I don't have any memories from before. The timeline I remember now starts from when I was rescued by Amane and came here!" Muichiro nodded.

"Oh, how pitiful! It must have been so hard without his memories of the past..." Mitsuri looked at Muichiro some sympathy.

Everyone else looked at Muichiro with surprise upon hearing this.

For them, amnesia is like ghosts for ordinary people—just a legend!

"Hmm! If you don't have any memories, won't that cause any problems in your life?" Kyojuro nodded and asked with some curiosity.

"There's nothing to worry about!" Muichiro said calmly.

"Hmm... Haven't you thought about regaining your past memories?" Obanai pondered for a moment before asking.

"I don't know how to get it back!"

Muichiro replied, then looked at Teiichi and said:

"Besides, Master said..."

"Since it can't be found, there's no need to force it. It will be found when the time is right."

Even if I can't find it in the end, I'll still be me, and I'll still live my life as myself!

"Well, that does sound like something Kato would say!" Tengen Uzui said, "But there's still something wrong with what you're saying!"

"Is there a problem?" Muichiro looked at Uzui with a puzzled expression.

"Just like you now, acting like you don't love anything! Humans should love more things, whether it's the world, food, or hobbies!" Tengen Uzui said loudly, spreading his arms wide.

Upon hearing this, Muichiro lowered his head in thought for a moment, then spoke:

"I like all of these too. I love watching the clouds drift by in the sky. As for food, I like boiled radishes with sauce. As for hobbies, I like cutting paper and folding paper airplanes!"

"Well, I told you there was a problem, didn't I?"

Hearing Muichiro's answer, Uzui looked at Teiichi with a hint of helplessness.

His examples were just that—examples. The fact that he gave such a serious answer suggests that there's something wrong with him.

Teiichi smiled and looked at Muichiro, saying, "It's alright. Even if we can't regain our past memories, continuing like this is fine!"

"Alright, it's up to you, your disciple!" Tengen Uzui said, shrugging.

That concludes the discussion about Muichiro, since no one can cure amnesia.

Teiichi's gaze continued downwards, landing on Mitsuri, who was sitting next to Muichiro.

"Huh? Is it my turn already?"

Mitsuri turned her head and realized that she was the last one who hadn't spoken yet.

Actually, when she first mentioned talking about this kind of thing, she had already been thinking about what to say, and she quickly came up with a plan.

But as one person after another finished telling their story, she found herself at a loss for words.

after all...

The pasts of everyone else were more pitiful than the last; compared to theirs, my own experiences were truly...

Seeing that Mitsuri was pouting and hadn't said anything for a long time, Teiichi roughly guessed what she was thinking.

After all, everyone else is dealing with stories of families being torn apart and lives ruined, and then suddenly she gets the opposite story—being looked down upon on blind dates because of her exceptional physical gifts. That's really a bit...

Thinking of this, Teiichi spoke up to defuse the situation, saying, "If there's anything inconvenient, then there's no need to say it. After all, we didn't mean to force anyone!"

"Mmm!" Mitsuri nodded repeatedly, looking at Teiichi with a grateful expression.

Upon hearing this, no one had any objections. After all, if it was inconvenient, there was no need to say anything; this was something that had been agreed upon from the beginning.

Sanemi Shinazugawa, the only one forced to speak out, is now focused on figuring out how to face his younger brother.

"To be honest, I didn't know until now that it's been mentioned, that everyone sitting in this room has some kind of psychological problem!" Tengen Uzui remarked.

"Amitabha... There's nothing we can do about it. After all, most of the team members joined the Demon Slayer Corps after being harmed by demons. And when you're young, it's hard not to have some psychological problems after being harmed by demons!" Gyomei said heavily.

"Yes! Indeed, it seems I need to work even harder in the future!" Kyojuro said, arms crossed, nodding earnestly.

Upon hearing this, Teiichi couldn't help but glance at Kyojuro a few times.

Does "effort" mean using your enthusiasm to inspire those around you and then helping them heal their psychological problems?

Hmm... I can't say it's completely useless, but I can't say it's very useful either!

Oh well, Teiichi was too lazy to say anything more. Success or failure hinged on this battle!

After discussing the pillars' past, Teiichi spoke again:

"Next, let's talk about the Upper Rank and Muzan!"

Upon hearing this, everyone instinctively sat up straight, as this concerned a life-or-death battle to come.

Even though he was still pondering how to face his younger brother, Sanemi temporarily gave up on thinking about it.

Teiichi continued, "What we'll be facing next are at least the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji, Upper Rank One Kokushibo, Upper Rank Two Akaza, Nakime who controls the Infinity Castle, and countless other demons."

"First, let's talk about information regarding Muzan."

Muzan's attacks are mainly divided into two categories: physical attacks from the body and sonic attacks from the mouth.

In terms of physical attacks, Muzan can freely change the shape of his body to attack, and several tentacle-like whips made of flesh can extend from his body.

Regarding sonic attacks...

"..."

After a long while, having finished explaining everything, Teiichi raised his water glass to moisten his somewhat dry throat.

"Alright, everything's said. Everyone, please pack up and see you in five days!"

Everyone nodded silently, then got up to adjourn the meeting.

"Anon!"

Mitsuri raised her hand and spoke, drawing everyone's attention.

"Is there anything else, Mitsuri?" Teiichi asked, looking at Mitsuri with a puzzled expression.

He remembers he's already said everything he needed to say, right?

"Um, should we give our training plan a name?" Mitsuri suggested.

Having said that, seeing everyone looking at her, she assumed they found it strange and quickly waved her hand to explain:

"Look, the sparring sessions we used to have after every meeting, weren't they called 'Hashira Battles '?"

"Then what we trained the team members a few months ago, wasn't it called Hashira Training?"

"So this time..."

"Since this is training us, let's call it..." Kanae chuckled.

"Training the Hashira!!!"