Gathering

Taking Nezuko back to her box, Tanjiro focuses on the coming battle despite his injuries. Tengen trades barbs with Gyutaro and Daki for their individual beliefs clashing together. As a young man, Tengen was brutally trained by his father as a member of the Shinobi, and wanting to avoid the path taken by his surviving brother, he approached Kagaya, alongside his wives, who commended him on striving away from his past. As they fight, he forces the siblings apart, but realises he was poisoned by Gyutaro's earlier cut. Tengen is suddenly joined by Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke, proceeding to praise and acknowledge the three. The district is evacuated by Suma and Makio, while Hinatsuru recovers and approaches the battle. Planning to behead them simultaneously, the clash is split as Daki engages Zenitsu and Inosuke, while Gyutaro clashes with Tengen and Tanjiro. Syncing their powers and fighting as one, the Upper Rank siblings overwhelm the Demon Slayers. However, Tanjiro, realizing his Water Breathing technique is more useful to defend himself, uses it instead of his Hinokami Kagura to fend of Gyutaro’s attacks. Hinatsuru interrupts the fight and fires a barrage of kunai laced with wisteria-based poison at Gyutaro, giving enough time for Tengen to slice off his legs, which do not regenerate quickly, and for Tanjiro to move in with his sword.