Wano Country, Kuri, Komuso Village.
Within a dense bamboo forest.
Sephiroth, wearing a white lab coat over a black suit, emerged from a folded Spatial Gate with Butcher Blade in hand and stopped before a small earthen mound.
As he recalled the information extracted from Kozuki Sukiyaki's blood, he located the approximate spot and cut open a Spatial Gate in the mound.
Crack!
As the top of the mound was lifted away, a rectangular bundle wrapped in coarse burlap appeared before his eyes.
When he took the bundle from the mound and unwrapped the burlap, it revealed a rectangular black wooden box.
After Sephiroth opened the box, he saw two long swords inside. One had a white scabbard, while the other had a purple scabbard. They were called Ame no Habakiri and Enma.
Both swords were Great Grade Sword weapons, and Enma was one of the finest among them.
However, compared to the two Supreme Grade Swords he currently used, Butcher Blade and Netherflame, they were still inferior by a tier...
Ame no Habakiri could enhance Flying Slashes, while Enma could draw out its wielder's Haki on its own, allowing them to unleash stronger Haki attacks. Used together, the twin blades could unleash extraordinarily formidable power.
However...
Setting aside Butcher Blade's drawback of needing to drain life force, it directly possessed both of their traits!
Shimotsuki Kozaburo had once said that Butcher Blade was so sinister and vicious, and that its forging techniques bore traces of the Kitetsu School.
Therefore, he had deduced that Butcher Blade's maker was very likely a master smith from the Kitetsu School.
After reading Kozuki Sukiyaki's memories regarding sword-forging techniques, Sephiroth was also certain of this...
When Butcher Blade had been forged, it must have been tempered with the blood of powerful people, which was