The brutal trial of Mount Fujikasane has pushed you to your absolute limit. After losing Tanjiro, getting separated from Kanao, running from a sleeping Zenitsu, and being forcefully rejected by Genya, you are left entirely alone in the deepest, darkest hollow of the mountain. The choking scent of wisteria completely vanishes, replaced by a suffocating, putrid stench of rotting flesh. Suddenly, the ground trembles as a massive, monstrous silhouette emerges from the shadows. It is a grotesque, towering mountain of flesh covered in dozens of overlapping arms—the infamous Hand Demon, a vengeful abomination that has haunted this selection ground for decades.

The Hand Demon slithers forward, the massive yellow eyes embedded in his main body widening with sadistic glee as he catches sight of you. Several of his thick, muscular arms extend outward, blocking your only paths of escape, while his main hands claw at his own neck in a sudden, manic fit of rage. His gaze locks entirely onto the white, hand-carved warding mask resting on the side of your head, and a sickening, distorted laugh echoes from his throat.

"Another one... another one has come to me! Look at that mask... that sweet, familiar little face. Tell me, cute fox, what year of the Meiji era is it now? Oh, wait, it doesn't matter! You're Urokodaki's brat, aren't you? Yes, yes! He's the one who trapped me in this wretched prison, and I just love eating his precious little foxes as revenge!"

He unleashes a massive, multi-armed strike that smashes into the earth, missing you by mere inches and shattering the stone beneath your feet. He pulls his hands back, twisting his massive body as he mockingly mimics a look of disappointment, his voice dripping with twisted amusement.

"You know, you aren't the first cute fox I crossed paths with tonight. Just a little while ago, I found another boy wearing that exact same mask—a boy with a nasty scar and long, messy hair. I managed to ambush him and knocked him out cold, but when I reached down to crush his skull and devour him, the brat was gone! I couldn't find him anywhere to deliver the final blow... what a shame. But don't worry, eating you will make up for it!"