Spiritual Evolution, Dual Cultivation with My Master! Betting with Memories, Restarting, and Speedrunning Karuta Factory!

After the sound of the blade and the faint glow gradually faded, the seemingly unchanged surface of Kaga Kiyomitsu's blade was revealed.

But Uesugi Tetsu knew that the change in its spirituality lay deeper within, rather than floating on the surface.

"How do you feel, Koga?"

He asked softly while looking toward Kaga Kiyomitsu's panel.

Although the effect's name had not changed, the character had transformed from its original restrained silver into a brilliantly glowing golden [Spirit]!

This change made all the other effect names above and below it seem dull by comparison.

[Effect Seven: Spirit → Spirit!

After a hundred days of drifting through the human world, one came to see one's true spirit.

The disturbances of worldly affairs, witnessing history, slaying demons and banishing devils... To Kaga Kiyomitsu now, all of these were indispensable components.]

"How do I feel...? Koga feels great... Master! Better than ever!"

The blade trembled lightly, and a childish voice carrying a faint Kansai accent rang out through the air, making Ririko and Yagyū Shion, who were still on the dojo's first floor, turn toward it in surprise.

Unlike the previous "communicating through sword principles," Kaga Kiyomitsu was now genuinely "speaking aloud."

A blade could actually talk!

And how exactly could this blade speak like a human?

Noticing the puzzled looks falling on her, Kaga Kiyomitsu proudly explained, "If Koga wants to talk, all she has to do is simply vibrate the air!"

Uesugi Tetsu's brow twitched at those words. He could not help wondering where the "simple" part was.

Kaga Kiyomitsu had no vocal organs resembling vocal cords—the difficulty of producing clear, fluent speech out of thin air was far more than a little.

After all, many people's speech became slurred after their throats were stabbed, because their vocal cords had