Naruto's Journey to Training

At the same time at the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters.

In a spacious courtyard.

Several pillars dressed in different costumes stood in a row, among them was the flower pillar Butterfly Kanae.

As the strongest members of the Demon Slayer Corps, they were all confused at this moment, not understanding why their lord suddenly summoned them.

But they didn't say anything, but waited quietly for the arrival of their lord.

The pillars at this time are not exactly the same as those in the original work. Due to time reasons, some pillars have not sacrificed yet, except for the more familiar Rock Pillar, Hyūna Gyōmei, Sound Pillar, Uzui Tengen and others.

There is also the Water Pillar, Tomioka Giyu, who has just taken office, and the Fire Pillar, Rengoku Kyojuro.

The others are characters that were sacrificed in the original novel but not introduced.

Suddenly a voice interrupted the tranquility of the compound.

"You said that the Lord suddenly summoned us here because of something important! Does anyone know what it is?"

Uzui Tengen finally couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

You should know that the pillar meetings are not easily held under normal circumstances, because the Demon Slayer Corps is already short of manpower. Apart from guarding a place, each pillar is usually either killing demons or on the way to kill demons.

Once a meeting of the pillars is convened, it means that something big will happen that will affect the entire Demon Slayer Corps. Either a pillar will be sacrificed or a new pillar will come to power.

However, during this period, they did not receive any news about the Pillar's death, and at the same time, there were no young people among the new group who were capable of serving as Pillars.

In the original work, the real reason for the Hashira Council meeting held a few years later was not because of Nezuko's identity as a demon, but because Tanjiro had previously had contact with Muzan.

So at this moment, it was not only Uzui Tengen who was curious. In fact, the other pillars also felt like they were being scratched by a cat, making them itchy. However, due to their identities as pillars, they had to pretend to be calm and indifferent.

Beimingyu's white eyes slowly looked towards Uzui Tengen, "We don't know exactly, let's wait a little longer, we'll know everything when the lord comes out!"

"It's not that we can't tell everyone in advance, but everyone must be mentally prepared!"

In an instant, everyone turned their eyes to the figure who was speaking.

Seeing this, Kanae smiled gently and did not hide it.

"Although I don't know how the lord arranged it specifically, I participated in the entire process."

"One is that an Upper Rank 3 appeared in a small town in the south the night before!"

"What! Upper Three!"

Many of the pillars were shocked, and everyone's faces began to become solemn.

Almost every pillar has killed the Twelve Demon Moons, but those were the lower three of the Twelve Demon Moons. Not to mention the first three of the upper three, even the last three of the upper three would be dangerous for them.

Over the years, there is absolutely no record of killing an upper-rank demon, and the death of every pillar in the past was closely related to the upper-rank demons.

So at this moment everyone's heart was startled.

"Does Kanae remember what he looks like? Or what his demon killing technique is?!"

Youzhu asked immediately, the information about the Upper Ranks is too important to their Demon Slayer Corps. Once they can understand the specific information about the Upper Ranks, they can respond in a targeted manner.

"Now is not the time to worry about this! Kanae, you are not injured, right? Have you forgotten that you are not allowed to approach an upper-rank enemy without the presence of the three pillars? I don't want to hear the news of your sacrifice one day!"

Hearing her companions' concern and inquiries, Kanae felt warm in her heart but shook her head.

"This gamble is worth it, because the second thing that comes next is extremely important to our Demon Slayer Corps. That is, our Demon Slayer Corps will have a new pillar. This time we are gathering everyone together because of this matter!"

"As for the information about Upper Rank 3, the lord will introduce it to you in detail later, so are you all mentally prepared? The new pillar who took office this time is very powerful, so powerful that even Upper Rank 3 can only struggle in her hands!"

"Wow!"

At this moment all the pillars looked at Kanae in shock. What did they hear? The Upper Three could only struggle in the hands of the newly appointed pillar.

"How can this be!"

Tengen Uzui took a step back in disbelief.

However, no one answered his question. At this moment, everyone's eyes were filled with expectation. Although they didn't dare to believe such a thing in their hearts, Kanae would never talk nonsense with her character, so after being shocked, most people fell silent.

At this moment, a sound of footsteps was heard. Everyone put away their expressions, stood up straight and looked towards the entrance.

Then a man wearing a loose kimono, with veins all over his forehead and long hair, walked out from the corridor.

Besides the familiar sword-wielding girl beside them, the other girl was extremely unfamiliar to them.

The girl was much taller than normal women of that era, and she had a cool temperament. As they were looking at her, she also looked at them.

The moment their eyes met, all the pillars felt the sharpness and oppression in his eyes.

The gazes of all the pillars changed from curiosity to solemnity. They stared at the girl without blinking, waiting for her to slowly follow the lord.

Ubuyashiki Yoya came to the center of the attic of the compound, looked at the pillars that were all present, and couldn't help but reveal a gentle smile on his face and nodded.

"My children, I am glad to see that you are all safe and sound! Now that everyone is here, let's officially begin this meeting!"

After saying this, Ubuyashiki Yoya, with the help of the sword-wielding girl beside him, gently sat down on the soft couch on the attic steps.

At this time, many pillars turned their gazes away from Maokomo and knelt on one knee in front of Ubuyashiki Yoya.

"My lord! Are you feeling well today?" Beimingyu couldn't help but step forward and ask with concern.

The other pillars also sent their greetings.

Ubuyashiki Yoya responded gently one by one, and then got to the point.

"My children, you don't need to worry about my health. But you have been working very hard to kill ghosts these days. There are three reasons why I have called you all here."

"The first is that we already have detailed information about Upper Rank Three!"

When the lord started talking about serious matters, the pillars who were about to step forward to show concern also quieted down and listened to Ubuyashiki Yoya's narration. After all, this was information related to Upper Rank Three.

Seeing that the children around him were so well-behaved, Ubuyashiki Yoya did not waste any time and directly introduced the information about Akaza.

"The third upper rank demon, Akaza, has a blood demon art that can sense all subtle dangers of murderous intent, and has spent hundreds of years refining his own martial arts to a rather astonishing level. His demon will is even more terrifying.

According to Chanae's own experience, the killing intent bursting out from her body alone can make her feel stressed and her movements become stiff. She also doesn't see any chance of winning in terms of speed and strength!"

"But these are not the most important. According to the description of your new companion who is about to join you, he has broken through the current stage on the verge of life and death and entered a new realm. In other words, the next time you will encounter the more ferocious Upper Rank Three - Akaza!"

The first half of the information did not surprise many of the pillars. After all, they were the top three Upper Moons and they were no match for them. However, the second half of Ubuyashiki Yoshiya's information stunned all the pillars present.

The fact that the Upper Rank Three, which had already seemed extremely difficult to them, could actually break through was like dropping a bombshell on their minds. The expressions of all the pillars could not help but become gloomy.

"Damn it, these evil spirits, how can they break through the limit so easily!"

Uzui Tengen couldn't help but curse.

"Although I really don't want to praise a man-eating evil ghost, there are some things I have to say. It is by no means an easy breakthrough. My master once said that there is great terror on the edge of life and death. That guy has the awareness of risking his life, so this is not sudden!"

"If he is not a ghost, I would like to be friends with such a person!"

In an instant, the entire compound fell silent, and everyone looked at Zhen Gu who suddenly spoke.

"What do you mean? You are praising a demon like that. Do you know what they are? They are man-eating monsters!"

Uzui Tengen said angrily to Shinkomo.