𝐁𝐀𝐁𝐘 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐍┊͙ ˘͈ᵕ˘͈ ᴷᴺʸ ˣ ᴿᴱᴬᴰᴱᴿ

𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐋 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓

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QUICK RECAP!!!:

The newfound family is fucked!
The co-parents are split,
And their child is left to fend for themselves.

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3ʀᴅ ᴘᴏᴠ (◍•ᴗ•◍)

Meanwhile, when Noguchi, Murata, and [name] were preparing for the fireworks festival...

The Hashira meeting went by quicker than Obanai expected, and it was probably the shortest meeting the Master had ever held.

Little words were exchanged between Hashira and the Master himself, just brief checkups on recent demon activity and other stuff that the Serpent Hashira tuned out.

That's what most meetings were like nowadays; each time they held one, they kept getting shorter.

Obanai wasn't dumb, he knew the reason why. Nearly everyone has been searching for the former Ice Hashira's child since Uzui's excursion to the Entertainment District in Yoshiwara about a month ago.

Everyone had become more guarded and alert about the situation, so the Master kept their meetings short. He knew the Hashira needed all the time they could get in hopes that the demon child could be found.

News broke out about [Name]'s disappearance the second Uzui noticed that they weren't with the slayer boy, Tanjiro, who was pretty much their designated caretaker at this point. The only thing Tanjiro knew about their whereabouts was that he saw them running away from him, but he lost track of where they were going.

Ever since that day, the Sound Hashira ordered the Kakushi around like search dogs to locate the missing child, but when no results were found in the first week, he started ordering Demon Slayers to participate in the search, and Kanroji was very keen on that idea. This led to every other Hashira joining in about three weeks into the investigation.

Hell, even Shinazugawa was on board. He was the third person to agree to the plan. Where did the bastard learn to grow a heart? The Serpent Hashira had no clue.

But out of all the eight Hashira (Uzui included, even though he's retired), he was the one who cared the least about [Name]'s disappearance.

He was the only one who knew the truth.

That [Name] is dead, and this whole search is pointless.

He'd been there to witness the crimes the little demon committed. He watched from afar as they practically ravaged that poor woman's flesh.

Likewise, he knew this was going to happen, it was only natural for a demon to eat someone when they're vulnerable. And [Name] was young, it would be hard to resist such monstrous urges, so it was only inevitable that they cracked when they did.