"Even if her head wasn't cut off, don't get too cocky~ There are swordsmen like me who use poison to kill their targets!"
Shinobu said, casually spinning her Nichirin Blade. Only she could perform such a dazzling rotation; a normal blade would have sliced her hand to ribbons.
The Nichirin Blade spun from her right hand to her left, then back to her right, finally settling in her hand as she struck a graceful pose.
"I'm Shinobu Kocho, the Insect Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps. Among the Hashira, I'm the only one who can't decapitate demons. But I make poison that kills demons, so it's pretty effective!"
Shinobu boasted to the deceased {female demon}, then realized her mistake. She scratched her head with her left hand. "Oops! I forgot you were already dead! You wouldn't have heard me."
Ignoring the poisoned {female demon}, Shinobu freed the Shinazugawa brothers from their cocoons. Severing the cocoons was a simple task for a Hashira.
While strength wasn't her specialty, as one of the Nine Hashira, she was a top-tier Demon Slayer; cutting through cocoons was effortless.
Emerging from the cocoons, the brothers were completely naked, their clothes having been completely dissolved. This left them flustered before the beautiful Shinobu.
Shinobu showed no discomfort, smiling playfully at their awkwardness. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah! What about that {demon}? Is she dead? Why hasn't her body dissipated?" Shinazugawa, seeing Shinobu's lack of concern, relaxed, though still covering his private parts.
Shinobu replied, "Don't worry. I used poison extracted from wisteria flowers, so her body won't immediately turn to ash; it will simply rot."
Hearing this, Shinazugawa stared at Shinobu in utter shock, his mouth agape.
Shinobu, noticing his sudden change in expression, tilted her head. "What's wrong? Was there poison in the cocoon's dissolving fluid?"
Shinazugawa gasped, pointing at Shinobu with a trembling hand. "You... you're the Insect Hashira... the one who uses poison to kill demons?!"
He'd heard the rumors about the Insect Hashira, one of the two famed female Hashira. He never expected to actually meet her; she was even more beautiful than he'd imagined!
"Yes, I am. What about it?" Shinobu still didn't understand his reaction.
Shinazugawa, hearing Shinobu confirm her identity, carefully examined her. As a low-ranking Oni-rank slayer, a Hashira was someone he could only dream of meeting.
Even Kanoe-rank slayers rarely interacted with Hashira, only during critical missions where the Hashira led the team. Such missions were exceedingly rare and often a one-way trip.
Meanwhile, Shinazugawa had become completely smitten, staring intently at Shinobu.
Shinobu, understanding his reaction, didn't get angry; instead, she smiled happily.
She then produced a signal flare and launched it, instructing the brothers, "Reinforcements will arrive shortly.
Tend to the two seriously injured members. I need to find the demon who controlled that {female demon}."
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