In an unknown location, an unconscious and restrained Nezuko lies in a stone garden. A Kakushi commands her to wake up and she jolts up to see swordsmen before her. One of them speaks of his disappointment in seeing him, having heard a Demon Slayer was travelling with a demon and believing they would be someone . Another decides they should all put him on trial. A girl among them is stunned to see her protecting his demon sibling, amazed by their sibling love though disgusted ones a demon.