As Haruto was carried on a stretcher to the Butterfly Mansion for treatment, he heard Kyojuro ask softly beside his ear.
"Mr. Haruto, don't you think the weather is especially nice today?"
Kyojuro took a deep breath. "The sunshine, the fresh breeze... everything seems especially wonderful today."
The battle had left him feeling as though he had escaped death itself. Unfortunately, Upper Rank Three had still gotten away in the end.
"..." Haruto couldn't answer him. A flood of scrolling comments raced past too quickly for him to keep up.
[So Bro Three really does have something wrong with his head?]
[His old sweetheart turned into a built-in assistant inside his skull. Kind of like Xiao Ai. Wonder if she can play music...]
[?]
[But Bro Three didn't kill them. How's he going to explain that to the big boss?]
[How? He'll explain it however he has to. What's the boss gonna do, divorce him?]
[The big boss is running out of people. He's got senior management doing grunt work. Can he really afford to fire you?]
[Still, it's awesome that nobody died this arc... I'm very happy with this happy ending.]
[A world where only Enmu got hurt has been achieved...]
[Star Hashira bro lost his sword again... That boiling kettle's gonna blow steam at him when he gets back...]
The smile on Haruto's face collapsed the moment he saw that last comment.
The last time he had asked Hotaru Haganezuka to forge him another sword had been after he killed Gyokko. Haganezuka had thrown a huge fit then too, but out of consideration for the fact that Haruto had killed an Upper Rank, he had still stomped off to forge him a new blade.
And when he handed over the sword, he had subjected Haruto to a round