"Alright, now that Teiichi has found a solution, I'll move on to other topics."
Kagaya Ubuyashiki's calm and powerful tone drew everyone's attention back to him.
"Before holding this Hashira Meeting, I carefully studied the reports submitted by everyone on the garrison and combined them with the mission data recorded by headquarters. I found that in the past year or two, the frequency of ghost appearances has increased significantly, and at the same time, the casualties caused by them have also increased significantly."
His words revealed deep concern.
What are your thoughts on this? I'd like to hear your opinions!
"Amitabha..."
As the most senior Pillar, Stone Hashira Gyomei Himejima was the first to speak.
"Indeed, other guards may not feel it as deeply because of the different sizes of their assigned areas, but I am stationed in a larger area that requires supervision, so I clearly feel the difference between now and in the past."
In previous years, I might not even have a task a month, and I still had plenty of time to practice Buddhism. But in the last year or two, the frequency of ghost appearances has increased significantly; I encounter tasks that require my attention almost every month.
Upon hearing what Gyomei Himejima their spines.
"I didn't realize the situation had become so serious."
Kanae Kocho sighed softly.
"Since I'm often stationed at the Butterfly Mansion, the tasks assigned to me haven't changed much, so I haven't felt anything. But after hearing what Mr. Gyomei said, I'm quite worried."
After saying that, Kanae Kocho turned to Giyu Tomioka, who was standing to the side, and asked him a question.
" Mr. Giyu, you're stationed alone in Hokkaido. Have you noticed anything unusual?"
Giyu Tomioka remained silent for a moment before slowly speaking:
"I didn't notice it at first, but after hearing what you said, my Oyakata-sama, I've thought about it carefully, and it's true that I'm encountering ghosts more frequently than before."
Hearing their conversation, Tengen Uzui didn't seem to care much and said:
"So what if the number of demons increases? As long as we slay them all in style, that's enough."
After hearing Kanae Kocho gently shook her head.
"Mr. Tengen, it's not just a matter of whether or not to kill them; the more crucial question is what their appearance signifies."
Kagaya Ubuyashiki nodded, confirming Kanae Kocho's statement.
"That's right, we need to know why the number of ghosts has increased in the last two years."
"Whenever Muzan Kibutsuji wants to cover something up, he will arrange for a demon in another place to cause a big commotion in order to attract our attention."
But this time is different from the past.
This isn't just a localized increase in the number of ghosts; it's a nationwide issue. The frequency of ghosts is slowly increasing across the country.
Why is that? And what is the purpose of Muzan Kibutsuji transforming into so many demons?
A brief silence fell over the room.
Teiichi hearing Kagaya Ubuyashiki's words, Teiichi also fell into thought.
The original work does seem to mention that the number of demons had increased significantly by Tanjiro's time.
But it didn't explain why it rose.
Could it be that Muzan Kibutsuji knew the end was near and therefore prepared more low-level demons to serve as cannon fodder?
"Is it possible that times have changed?"
A pleasant voice rang out in the arena as Kanae broke the silence.
"Times have changed?"
Kagaya Ubuyashiki looked at Kanae Kocho with a puzzled expression.
"Yes, this era is different from the past. The country is vigorously developing in all aspects, and people's lives are constantly improving."
"So, is it possible that Muzan Kibutsuji sensed something from the new era that caused him to start creating more demons to ensure his safety?"
Upon hearing what Kanae Kocho said, Teiichi and the others couldn't help but start to consider this possibility.
That's probably impossible.
At this time, the battle hadn't even started yet, and many modern weapons, such as airplanes and tanks, hadn't been deployed on the battlefield.
How could Muzan Kibutsuji possibly sense danger for this reason?
Wait, that doesn't seem right either.
Muzan Kibutsuji could be considered a semi-scientist, and there are scenes in the original work showing him studying. Is it possible that Muzan Kibutsuji learned new technological knowledge to realize that it might pose a threat to him in the future?
That still doesn't seem right. It seems that Muzan Kibutsuji is more focused on biological and chemical modules, and has little interest in other things. Since biochemistry is not the main direction of future weapons, it should be impossible to predict.
Furthermore, Muzan Kibutsuji's study of biochemistry was likely just an attempt to see if he could find the connection to improving his own physique through biochemical knowledge.
This brings us to the reason why Muzan Kibutsuji became a demon.
Roughly a thousand years ago, Muzan Kibutsuji was a child of the Ubuyashiki Family. Because of his illness, the family found a doctor to treat him.
The doctor prescribed medicine for Muzan Kibutsuji, which cured Muzan's illness, but Muzan Kibutsuji also became a demon and could not be exposed to sunlight.
Later, Muzan Kibutsuji killed the doctor and, when examining the doctor's prescription, discovered that the medicine the doctor had prescribed was missing " Blue Spider Lily ".
Afterwards, Muzan Kibutsuji devoted himself to finding the Blue Spider Lily to complete himself.
The main purpose of expanding the demon team was to get other demons to help find the Blue Spider Lily.
Thinking of this, Teiichi's eyes lit up. The increase in the number of demons must be because Muzan had been searching for too long and was getting a little annoyed, so he expanded the demon army to see if he could find them again.
However, the others present were unaware of this information, Teiichi had no intention of revealing it. Firstly, it was difficult to explain how he knew it, and secondly, even if he did, it would be of no use.
Who knows, some ambitious person might come along wanting to taste what that prescription tastes like.
"That's possible."
After hearing Kanae's words, Kagaya Ubuyashiki lowered his head and thought for a while before slowly speaking.
"However, we can Muzan Kibutsuji to tell us openly that other demons would die uncontrollably after mentioning Muzan Kibutsuji's information."
Therefore, let's focus on how to deal with this situation.
Do any of you have any opinions?
Tengen Uzui spoke up:
"Since we don't know Muzan Kibutsuji's purpose, since the number of demons has increased, let's also expand our Demon Slayer Corps!"
After a long while, night fell.
In the dimly lit room, Kagaya Ubuyashiki looked at the six figures sitting in front of him, and a smile involuntarily crept onto his lips.
Thank you all for attending this Hashira Meeting!
We look forward to seeing your talents shine in the days to come!
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I hope to see you all at the Hashira Meeting six months from now!