It could be said that the defeat and death of Gyomei Himejima and Muichiro Tokito did have a subtle impact on the overall situation.
If Gyomei Himejima hadn't died, he would have become a great help in dealing with Muzan Kibutsuji.
The current situation of the nine Pillars was that Gyomei Himejima and Muichiro Tokito were dead, Shinobu Kocho and Giyu Tomioka had suffered serious injuries, and it was unlikely that they would continue to participate in the upcoming battle with Muzan Kibutsuji.
Kyojuro Rengoku, Tengen Uzui, and Sanemi Shinazugawa were also unable to participate in the frontal battle because their combat power hadn't fully recovered.
Mitsuri Kanroji and Obanai Iguro were in a state of "fake death" on standby according to Yushiro's arrangement.
Looking at it now, the only ones who could deal with Muzan Kibutsuji later were Ryuji, Mitsuri Kanroji, Obanai Iguro, and Tanjiro, who was in poor condition.
Zenitsu Agatsuma, Inosuke Hashibira, Kanao Tsuyuri, and Kujo Hattori were also seriously injured, so it was unlikely that they would help deal with Muzan Kibutsuji. As for the other members, there was no need to consider them at all.
Their going to Muzan Kibutsuji was completely an act of sending them to their deaths. What they could do was to deal with the deformed demons that Muzan Kibutsuji temporarily mass-produced, and protect the safety of the members of the Demon Slayer Corps' Kakushi unit.
After solving everyone, Kokushibo looked at Gyomei Himejima's body.
Although Kokushibo didn't feel hungry now, Kokushibo still had some consumption when fighting Gyomei Himejima. In addition, Gyomei Himejima's body had been trained to the extreme. Such a body was almost a tonic similar to rare blood for demons, so Kokushibo had the idea of eating Gyomei Himejima.
Then, the sound of chewing came, and Kokushibo began to eat Gyomei Himejima's body.
Just as Kokushibo was eating, Ryuji, who was instructed by the Kasugai Crow, arrived at the place where Kokushibo was.
Ryuji's arrival forced Kokushibo to stop eating. Ryuji looked at the dilapidated and messy scene around him, and knew that a very fierce battle had taken place here. Since Kokushibo was still alive, it was obvious that Kokushibo was the winner of this battle.
Soon, Ryuji saw Gyomei Himejima's head, and the body that had been partially eaten by Kokushibo. There was also a lot of blood on the ground, which obviously flowed out of Gyomei Himejima's carotid artery.
Seeing this, Ryuji probably knew what was going on.
Then, Ryuji saw Genya Shinazugawa's head and body again. Genya Shinazugawa's body was still intact, obviously it hadn't been eaten by Kokushibo yet.
Ryuji's gaze didn't linger too much on the deaths of Gyomei Himejima and Genya Shinazugawa. Instead, he shifted his gaze to Kokushibo. When he saw Kokushibo again, Ryuji was also surprised by Kokushibo's new appearance.
If it weren't for those six eyes and the sword at his waist, Ryuji really wouldn't have recognized that the ugly guy in front of him was Kokushibo.
However, Ryuji didn't know why Kokushibo had become like this. Maybe this was his original appearance after becoming a demon!
"It's actually you! Didn't Nakime trap you?"
Kokushibo was also quite surprised to see Ryuji. According to the plan, Ryuji should have been trapped by Nakime.
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