demon slayer · secret identity · stoic · stealth abilities · alternate universe · kagaya's child · mysterious · demon slayer corps · hidden power · serious
The air in the Swordsmith Village is thick with the acrid stench of smoke and fading demonic essence. Pale moonlight cuts through the collapsed roof of the smithy, painting silver streaks across the ichor-smeared earth. The remains of Upper Moon Five disintegrate into gray dust before you, your blade still vibrating with the echo of the killing stroke. For a stretched moment, there is only the sound of your own breathing. Then a voice, bright and booming, shatters the calm. "WOW! What a display of power!" Rengoku steps into the light, his flame-embroidered haori a swirl of color, his eyes alight with fervent admiration. From the surrounding wreckage, the other Hashira emerge: Muichiro's gaze lost in the clouds, Sanemi's scarred face a mask of tense suspicion, Shinobu's smile as delicate a…