The Hashira's detection techniques
"There's one more thing."
"Teiichi is relatively weak in investigation. Do any of you have any methods or techniques that you can teach Teiichi?"
Dingyi, who had initially thought the conversation was going to Teiichi other topics, immediately perked up upon hearing this.
The reason why the two missions with the Burrowing Demon and the Wakuraba were so difficult was that he couldn't find them and could only wait for them to come to him. Therefore, he naturally longed to improve his abilities in this area.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki's gaze swept over each of the Pillars before settling on Kyojuro Rengoku on the far left.
In Kagaya Ubuyashiki's view, although Kyojuro Rengoku is not a Pillar, the Rengoku Family, as a family of Demon Slayer, should have relatively complete skills in all aspects, and Kyojuro Rengoku, as the eldest son of the current generation of the Rengoku Family, should have fully inherited the true skills of the Rengoku Family.
Unfortunately, Kagaya Ubuyashiki didn't know was that Kyojuro Rengoku's father no longer cared about him, and his training relied entirely on family heirloom books.
Kyojuro Rengoku saw his Oyakata-sama looking at him, he was somewhat surprised but not intimidated, and replied:
"My father didn't teach me any special investigation techniques, so I'm sorry I can't offer any help to Lord Wind Hashira!"
Not hearing the answer he expected, Kagaya Ubuyashiki was slightly disappointed, but he quickly dismissed it and smiled gently.
"It's alright. You can also learn about the other pillars' detection techniques, which might be helpful to you."
"OK!"
His gaze continued to move backward, and when Tengen Uzui's figure came into Kagaya Ubuyashiki's line of sight, he immediately puffed out his chest and began to describe his investigation techniques:
"Sound Breathing has special techniques that allow it to capture the rhythms of living beings."
Once a ghost enters a fighting or hunting state, the rhythm of its body is different from that of a normal person. By observing its rhythm, I can quickly find the ghost's traces.
However, this method is unique to Sound Breathing; if you want to learn this method, you need to learn Sound Breathing first.
Upon hearing that Tengen Uzui indeed possessed skill, Kagaya Ubuyashiki was secretly delighted, but then became disappointed upon learning that he needed to learn Sound Breathing.
Different Breathing Style have different characteristics, so a person cannot use multiple Breathing Style Breathing Style at the same time; they can only choose the one that is most suitable for them.
Since Kato Teiichi was able to reach the strength of a Pillar by practicing the Wind Breathing Wind Breathing, it was naturally more suitable for him.
It would be a waste of time and effort to learn other Breathing Style just for a method of investigation.
As for using Sound Breathing for exploration and then switching to Thunder Breathing for combat, that's not very effective.
To become a Pillar, one must have mastered the Breathing Style of Total Concentration, and one's body must have long been adapted to one's original Breathing Style. Switching to other Breathing Style at will would cause discomfort to the body.
Using this method during a mission is clearly unreliable. It might be okay if you encounter an ordinary demon, but if you accidentally run into Upper Rank and do something like this, it's tantamount to crippling yourself.
Despite thinking that Teiichi was unlikely to accept this approach, Kagaya Ubuyashiki still looked at him.
As he expected, Teiichi shook his head slightly after meeting his gaze.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki then turned his gaze back and said, "If you're going to learn a different Breathing Style, then forget it."
Having said that, he turned his gaze to the next person.
For a long time, Giyu Tomioka remained kneeling in place, showing no sign of raising his head.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki asked helplessly, "Giyu, do you have any investigative techniques?"
Upon hearing his Oyakata-sama's question, Giyu Tomioka raised his head and calmly replied:
"When I'm on a mission, I just go to the location, find the ghost, and kill it."
There are no special detection techniques.
"..."
Upon hearing Giyu Tomioka's words, the other Pillars were speechless.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki sighed, then looked at the next person and asked:
"Gyomei, what about you?"
Upon hearing his Oyakata-sama's question, Gyomei Himejima lowered his head slightly, clasped his hands together, and slowly spoke:
"Amitabha..."
"Perhaps because I am blind, my hearing is exceptionally good, but this is not something that can be taught."
"I can't possibly blind myself just for a detection technique."
Upon hearing this Kagaya Ubuyashiki felt a sense of helplessness and looked towards the last figure.
Looking into her Oyakata-sama's expectant eyes, Kanae Kocho knew the weight of her responsibility. Although she herself didn't possess any particularly special investigative skills, she still decided to share some of her experience:
"I don't have any reconnaissance techniques to teach. However, when carrying out missions, not only reconnaissance techniques are useful, but information from Kakushi Division can often provide some unexpected benefits."
Therefore, I believe that, unless there are special techniques involved, it is very important to promptly obtain information related to ghosts.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki nodded in agreement. He then turned to Teiichi, his tone slightly apologetic:
"I'm sorry, Teiichi, the other Pillars couldn't provide you with specific investigation techniques either. However, as Kanae said, you can pay more attention to information from the Kakushi Division."
Teiichi smiled slightly and nodded to his Oyakata-sama and the other pillars in thanks, "Okay, I understand. You don't need to feel sorry. I have already formed my own ideas based on everyone's sharing."
"Oh? You've found a solution?" Kanae Kocho and the other Pillars looked at Teiichi with curiosity.
Teiichi turned his head to look at Hashira, who was staring at him, then looked at Kagaya Ubuyashiki and nodded.
"I just heard the Sound Hashira say that his detection technique combines Breathing Style, and then I heard the Stone Hashira say that he relies on his hearing to detect things."
Fortunately, because of my practice of Wind Breathing, my hearing has been slightly enhanced. Of course, it's only slightly better than the average person's, not particularly strong.
Therefore, I will try to combine the Wind Breathing with hearing to see if I can develop a technique that uses the Wind Breathing to detect objects.
After hearing Teiichi's explanation, the pillars nodded in agreement. Those who lacked detection skills were already considering whether they could develop a detection technique using this method.
Upon seeing this, Kagaya Ubuyashiki smiled gently and said:
"I was worried I wouldn't be able to help you this time, but seeing that you already have an idea puts my mind at ease. I wish you the best of luck in developing your own detection techniques!"
Teiichi once again expressed his gratitude to Kagaya Ubuyashiki and the other Pillars:
"Thank you for your trouble, Chief, and thank you all for your opinions."