"I dislike situations where I know for sure if I'm going to win or lose, because it's not really gambling."— Yumeko Jabami, Kakegurui

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  Roy sed the area, spotting a few familiar faces among the partits: Kanao Tsuyuri, Zenitsu Agatsuma, and Genya Shinazugawa.

  The only one who didn't seem to notice Roy's group was Kanao. She stood alone, her expression even more vat than Makomo's, though undeniably cute.

  "Wow, so many people! Is this the Final Sele site?" Tanjiro excimed, looking arouedly.

  "Yes," Makomo expined. "Ohe trial begins, our task is to survive for seven days on this mountain ied with Demons. If we succeed, we'll beembers of the Demon Syer Corps."

  Having participated in the Final Sele before, Makomo was quite familiar with the process.

  "Just survive? Alright!" Tanjiro cracked his knuckles, psyg himself up.

  Roy had been giving Tanjiro some swordsmanship guidance. After all, he ractically family now, so it was only natural to look after him.

  Thanks to Roy's training, Tanjiro was undoubtedly strohan he was in the inal story, and he was fident in his ability to pass the Final Sele.

  "Foolish Onii-, you must always be cautious when fag Demons," Nezuko chided, seeing her brother's overfidence.

  "Yes, I uand!" Tanjiro replied with a sigh, a hint of deje in his voice.

  Ever sinezuko became a Devil, while she was still close to him, he felt that she wasn't as attached to him as before.

  He g Roy with a hint of rese.

  Nezuko now g to Roy stantly, almost as if she sidered herself his wife.

  Just then, two young figures, oh bck hair and the other with white hair, approached them.

  Roy khat the oh bck hair was actually a boy dressed in girl's clothing.

  They were the children of Kagaya Ubuyashiki. The bck-haired child was Kiriya Ubuyashiki, and the white-haired one was Kanata Ubuyashiki.

  This was a tradition of the Ubuyashiki family. Due to a curse, the male members of the family were proo early deaths, while the females had a higher ce of survival.

  Therefore, the boys were raised as girls in their early years.

  "Greetings, Roy-san," they both said, bowing respectfully.

  "No need for formalities. Please, annouhe start of the Final Sele," Roy instructed.

  "Yes, Roy-san!" they replied, and proceeded to decre the e of the Final Sele.

  The other partits, though curious about Roy's identity, were too focused on the impending trial to pay much attention.

  One by ohey e. Fujikasane.

  "Tanjiro, you go in too," Roy said to Tanjiro. "After you plete the test, return to Mr. Urokodaki's pce."

  "Eh? What about you?"

  "We're going after the Hand Demon. We'll leave once we've dealt with it."

  The Final Sele required surviving for seven days. Roy didn't want to waste time. They would leave after eliminating the Hand Demon.

  As for the Final Sele itself...

  Once he defeated Muzan Kibutsuji, the Final Sele would bee unnecessary.

  Of course, for Tanjiro, it was valuable training.

  Tanjiro was taken aback. He hadn't expected this.

  The thought of being separated from Nezuko again filled him with dismay. He looked at Nezuko with a pitiful expression.

  "Onii-, you're not a child anymore. Why are you ag like this?" Nezuko scolded, seeing his dejected demeanor.

  Nezuko was usually a gentle and sweet girl, but she could be quite intimidating when angered.

  When they were younger, she had once scared a bully into begging for mercy.

  Seeing Nezuko's serious expression, Tanjiro didn't dare to pin further. He bid farewell to everyone aered Mt. Fujikasane.

  Nezuko wasn't worried. With Tanjiro's current strength, he could easily defeat even the Hand Demo alone ordinary Demons.

  Oanjiro was gone, Roy looked at the girls and said with a smile, "Let's go in too."

  Tanjiro would enter the Hand Demon shortly after entering Mt. Fujikasane.

  They had to hurry.

  The Final Sele had just begun, and the Hand Demon was likely still asleep.

  Their destination was clear: the depths of Mt. Fujikasane.

  "A Demon! Roy-onii-, should we...?" Makomo's words halted their progress. She looked towards a rge tree with disgust.

  Or rather, towards the Demon hiding behind it.

  Roy had already sehe Demon's prese had chosen to ig.

  Since Makomo had brought it to their attention, they had to deal with it.

  g!

  A sharp sound resohrough the air. Roy hadn't drawn his sword, yet a crest-shaped energy wave shot out, aimed directly at the Demon.

  The energy wave effortlessly sliced through the tree and pierced the Demon's body.

  Boom!

  The Demon's body exploded, reduced to a shower of gore.

  Such a devastating attack would likely only be survivable by an Upper Rank Demon or Muzan Kibutsuji himself.

  Other Demons, despite their resilience, wouldn't be able to recover from su injury.

  Makomo, about to remind Roy that Demons couldn't be killed without a Nichirin Bde, was stunned into silence as she withe Demon's plete annihition.

  This wasn't what Urokodaki-sensei had taught them. He had said that only Nichirin Bdes and sunlight could kill Demons!

  But the Demon showed no signs eion.

  Seeing Makomo's bewildered expression, Roy chuckled and patted her head.

  "Haha, don't be surprised. Although Demons are difficult to kill, there are many ways to do it."

  Makomo, reassured, stopped dwelling on it and closed her eyes, enjoying Roy's head pat.

  Nezuko, however, felt a pang of jealousy. She nudged Roy with her head, seeking his attention.

  Roy, with a sigh, gave her a head pat as well.

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