The Head of The Demon Slayer Corp was appearing.
Takeo awaited this moment for a long time but unfortunately not in this way.
He couldn't hold back his curiosity and he used the little amount of strength to raise his head.
"Hello my beloved children!"
A young and quiet voice was heard and Takeo was shocked to see The Leader.
He always imagined The Leader to be an old wise man who didn't spoke too much.
That is why he never thought that a younger man could be instead.
But shockingly enough was that a young boy that could be close to his age was standing in front of him.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki the 97th leader of the Demon Slayer Corp stood in front of Takeo.
He looked at Takeo while smiling and he was calm even thought he knew what had happened.
He then looked at the Pillars.
"Thanks for coming in!
Although it seems that someone is missing today!"
The Eagle Pillar spoke.
"We apologise for his absence Oyakata-sama!"
He looked at Takeo.
"He may be busy considering the things that are happening nowadays in the Corp."
Kagaya listened to him.
"You dont have to apologize!
Tadao carries heavy duties upon his shoulders!"
He was looking sad but tried to hide it.
"I am certain that he is giving his best."
There were few seconds of silence and Kagaya changed the topic looking at Takeo.
"As much as you are informed one of our comrade had broke the rules of the Corp last night!
Causing the death of another man within the Corp.
The information said that Takeo Fujimura had killed Daisuke Mizuno yesterday."
The Pillars spoke with their heads down.
"We know Oyakata sama!"
Kagaya continued to speak.
"Today I gathered you to reveal the truth about all this.
Takeo Fujimura will tell us what happened and thus we will judge this for the best!"
Kagaya looked at Takeo and understood his condition.
Without speaking any word he moved his hand and The Eagle Pillar instantly approached Takeo and cut the ropes on him setting him free.
A Kakushi with a pot of water approached Takeo and helped him to drink it.
"I understand that you may have broken the rules but you are still a human the same as us.
Seeing your condition I can certainly see what your comrades did.
People tend to act harsh looking for revenge,
But that is one of the human sides.
Creating bonds and close relationships is what gives us reasons to fight for.
To protect them even in the last breath.
But we are only humans after all.
We fight for our tomorrow even though we don't know what awaits us there.
We ignore the bad things,
we hate them,
we hope bad things never happen but there are some unavoidable things.
That is why we don't know how to act when they happen.
Those weak moments where we all are led by pure emotions.
Evil and Good!"
The words of Kagaya were running through Takeo's mind.
It was like Kagaya was speaking from his own experiences.
Kagaya sounded to Takeo like Ruka or his own Father.
That was the moment were Takeo realized that the age gap between them may be small but between their minds,thoughts,wills was huge.
Kagaya spoke again.
"You should understand them more than I do."
Takeo lowered his head.
He knew that all this was a mistake so he didn't hold a grudge at his comrades.
But things needed an explanation and Takeo couldn't hold the urge to tell the truth.
He started to speak about that night and everyone listened to him intently not interrupting him.
"I saw Daisuke speaking with the demon and I was shocked.
The demon did not harm him even though he was angry."
Kagaya was shocked too and stopped Takeo.
"So you're saying that Daisuke a human was speaking with a demon so cummonly!?"
Takeo nodded and The Pillars were curious about more.
"What they were talking about?"
Takeo didn't want to tell it but the truth must be revealed even though all that story was sounding like it was a made up madness.
"Daisuke was telling him to kill everyone in that cave in order to find something."
All of them were shocked to hear but they let Takeo to speak more.
Takeo told them about his appearance in front of the demon and how Daisuke seemed to be caught off guard.
He told them about how Daisuke tried to protect the demon when Takeo tried to kill it and how suddenly Daisuke went crazy in front of the scared Takeo.
Kagaya spoke again.
"As much as you are telling me it seems that Daisuke was the true imposter that night."
Takeo continued.
"He didn't tell me about his intention assuming that it is inevitable now?
But I noticed one thing in him."
Kagaya become curious.
"Please tell us!"
"His right hand.
All the time he had his right hand bandaged.
In the end when he spoke with the demon he revealed his hand.
A kanji that means Devil was carved in his right hand.
He even threatened the demon showing him it."
Takeo told about Daisuke suicide and how everyone thinked that he was the killer.
Kagaya was quite shocked but tried to hold himself calm.
"Takeo could you show us your right hand?"
Takeo tried to raise his right hand and showed it to Kagaya.
Kagaya calmed down when he saw that nothing was in his hand.
"I see."
He then looked at the Pillars who were angry.
"Both of you have understood this now!"
The Stone Pillar spoke.
"One crime after another!
Their actions are pure evil!
I pray for all those innocent people who aren't with us now by their fault."
The Eagle Pillar spoke.
"They pose a great threat.
We should stop them before huge disasters appear.
I shall be first one to promise that they will be destroyed."
Takeo didn't know what they were talking about and he looked at Kagaya who knew that the boy needs explanation.
"Takeo it seems that you were the victim of the action of a evil organization.
They are called Akumanote.
They are a organization that is found few years from now.
The worse it gets its that they are all humans who serve for the
'First Demon' Muzan Kibutsuji.
They are all pawns of his will and they worship him as if he was a God.
They have infiltrated us many time causing many massacres where my beloved children have died.
We don't know what they want.
We don't know what their goal is.
They flee as they come."
Takeo now seems to have an idea what happened last night.
Kagaya looked at Takeo.
"Now Takeo we should discuss what you came here fo..."
Before Kagaya finished his speech two boys broke through the soldiers of the Headquarters.
"TAKEOOO!!!"
Takeo heard the voice and knew who was there.
He smiled and looked at them.
"Kyojuro!
Iguro!"
Kyojuro ran at Takeo and hugged him. A Kakushi ran to stop them but was stopped by Iguro and was scared by his snake.
Kyojuro was glad that he saw his friend and smiled.
"Sorry that we couldn't came to help you!"
Takeo smiled.
"No you don't have to worry!"
Iguro and Kyojuro looked at Kagaya who stopped the Pillars from acting.
They bowed in front of him.
"We apologize for our behaviour Oyakata-sama!
We came here to help our friend!"
Kagaya looked at them.
"So you know what happened!"
They both shouted simultaneously.
"That is all a mistake!!!
We know Takeo very well and we know he can never do such a thing!
We know that this is a mistake but even if this is true..."
They looked at Kagaya with their determined look.
"Please punish both of us too!"
Kagaya was amazed by the guys and smiled.
He stood up and approached them.
He patted both of them on the head.
"You don't have to do such a thing!
I can see how strong is the bond between you guys!"
He then went to Takeo and Kyojuro and Iguro helped him yo get up.
Kagaya looked at Takeo.
"I greatly apologize for what happened to you!
You are now free Takeo!"
Kagaya spoke his words and now Takeo was free.
His friends came to help him and this made Takeo glad and grateful that he has such a great friends.
The truth was now revealed!
Taisho Secrets & Rumors:
The Eagle Pillar name is Masayoshi Azukiiro.
He is 22 year old.
He wears a long black haori that changes into a maroon color in the end featuring fallen golden feathers on it.
His uniform has no sleeves because he wants his arms to move freely while fighting.
Masayoshi is tall and elastic guy with well builded body.
Instead of a katana Masayoshi uses a Nichirin long spear.
Those are some fact about the Eagle Pillar.
We gonna discover more about him later in the story.