In the hall, under the dim candlelight, a group of people sat on cushions on the floor.
Those people were the nine Hashira from the courtyard during the day—no, it should be ten Hashira now.
The extra one was the Mist Hashira, Lexon.
After Kagaya had fainted, most of the Hashira had reluctantly acknowledged Lexon's status as the Mist Hashira.
After all, Lexon's powerful strength was there for all to see. The reason everyone had objected before was simply because they couldn't accept a guy who was neither human nor demon becoming a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps.
Only Sanemi Shinazugawa and Obanai Iguro still had some reservations in their hearts.
Sitting on the cushion was Kagaya Ubuyashiki.
His fainting spell in the morning was just a momentary dizzy spell. Now that he was awake, his condition was quite good; at least, he looked healthy enough.
"Master, I still cannot accept him becoming a Hashira. He hasn't even made any contribution to the Demon Slayer Corps!" Sanemi spoke up.
"Shinazugawa!" Tengen Uzui wanted Sanemi to drop the subject, lest he anger the Master.
"Sanemi—"
Before Kagaya could say anything, Lexon interrupted him.
"Of course, I have made a contribution," Lexon said, untying a small pouch from his waist and taking out a small pot.
He held up the small pot and said to Sanemi, "Inside here is an Upper Rank of the Twelve Kizuki. Is this contribution sufficient?"
"Who are you trying to fool?" a questioning voice came from under Obanai's bandages. "A small pot, containing an Upper Rank? Hah."
Kagaya and Shinobu also looked at Lexon with some confusion. Although they knew that Lexon had captured Gyokko alive and had left his head,
it was impossible to stuff a head into such a bottle!
After all, if a demon became too small, it would instinctively regenerate. A head was perhaps the minimum size...
Stuffing such a large head into such a small pot was not something a human could do. 'Wait, a human?'
"A Blood Demon Art?" Shinobu suddenly said.
"Correct," Lexon gave Shinobu a gentle smile, only to receive a smile that didn't reach her eyes in return.
"If it's a Blood Demon Art, then it's certainly possible," Tengen Uzui said, pinching his chin thoughtfully.
"It is a fact that Lexon captured an Upper Rank of the Twelve Kizuki alive," Kagaya Ubuyashiki's words also confirmed that Lexon was not lying.
"Tsk." Seeing the contribution issue so easily resolved, Sanemi Shinazugawa and Obanai Iguro could only purse their lips and tacitly accept the fact that Lexon had become the Mist Hashira.
With this, Lexon had truly become one of the Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, having received the approval of all the others.
Although, becoming a Hashira didn't necessarily require the consent of the other Hashira.
"Then the Hashira meeting will officially begin," Kagaya said.
Next, Kagaya and the Hashira made an evaluation and analysis of the mission on Mount Natagumo.
The appearance of the Lower Rank Five on the mountain and the large number of swordsmen who had died carrying out the mission to slay him made them realize that the quality of the swordsmen was gradually declining and had become somewhat subpar.
They discussed how to improve the quality of the swordsmen and decided to find a time to properly train the current swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps, to give them a higher survival rate in the struggle against demons.
Lexon was like an outsider, not saying a single word, just listening to their discussion the whole time.
"Lexon, do you have any opinions?" Suddenly, Kagaya threw the topic to Lexon.
"None," Lexon replied quickly, like a student who had been caught daydreaming in class by the teacher.
"Pfft," Mitsuri Kanroji couldn't help but chuckle when she saw him like that.
Even Shinobu's face couldn't help but show an undisguised smile.
"Next, I will show everyone the recording of your battle with Muzan. Do you agree, Lexon?" Kagaya said to Lexon with a smile.
"I don't mind," Lexon changed his sitting posture to cross-legged.
He was really not used to sitting formally; it was very uncomfortable.
Seeing Lexon like this, Shinobu said gloomily, "Mr. Lexon..."
Although he felt a chill from behind him, Lexon still sat cross-legged as he pleased, propping his chin on his hand, looking like a lazy fish.
The other Hashira, seeing his disrespectful behavior in front of the Master, were also a little unhappy.
However, Kagaya couldn't see any of this, so naturally, he didn't mind. He took out the phone he had gotten from the veteran Reincarnator of Zhongzhou Team Four, Rara, and handed it to Shinobu.
The gazes of all the Hashira also shifted from Lexon to the small box in Shinobu's hand.
'What is that thing the Master gave to Shinobu?'
'Isn't it just a thin black brick?'
Next, following the steps Rara had used to operate the phone that day, Shinobu brought up the footage of Lexon's first meeting and probing fight with Muzan.
For a moment, all the Hashira's attention was captured.
The scene fell silent.
The silence was only gradually broken after the screen finished playing.
"So that's Muzan Kibutsuji?"
"He looks like a young man..."
"Is he that strong?"
The Hashira had personally felt the powerful aura of the demonized Lexon. And in the video, the demonized Lexon was clearly at a slight disadvantage, but not to the point of being crushed.
With a horizontal comparison, a rough idea of Muzan's strength had already formed in the minds of the Hashira.
"Muzan Kibutsuji's strength is far greater than what you saw in that footage," at this moment, Lexon spoke up, shattering everyone's calculations of Muzan's strength.
"Hmm?" Everyone awoke from their contemplation and looked at Lexon.
"That recorded footage was not the full extent of it," Lexon said leisurely.
"Didn't you run away right after that?" Shinobu asked.
"We exchanged a few more blows," Lexon said, recalling.
He remembered Muzan's strength from the manga. What he had displayed was undoubtedly more than what he had shown in their fight. Their struggle had been merely a brief test.
"How strong is he?" Giyu asked.
This was also the question everyone wanted to know the most.
Every one of them stared intently at Lexon, awaiting his answer with great anticipation.
Giyu's question put Lexon in a bit of a tough spot.
'The Muzan at the end of the manga seems to have become even stronger after his final evolution. Would it be a bit off to use him as a basis?'
'Normally, Muzan's current strength shouldn't be as strong as it was at the end.'
'But...'
A thought changed in Lexon's mind.
'Between his normal state and his potential upper limit, I should probably state Muzan's upper limit. It's better to make them vigilant.'
"In my estimation, even if all of us here were to attack him together, we would probably not be Muzan Kibutsuji's match."
Lexon slowly spoke such a sentence.
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