Everyone: !!!
Giyu's deadpan expression, paired with those words, stunned everyone present.
Even Tanjiro froze on the spot, at a loss for what to say.
A little farther away, the anger in Obanai's heart was already surging.
What Giyu had meant was that he was too weak to match them, which was why he had arrived late.
But under the circumstances, anyone would have taken his words as mockery, especially since he had prefaced them with, "I'm not looking down on you."
Wasn't that the same as saying, "I'm not singling any of you out. I'm just saying you're all trash"?
Mr. Tomioka, you're really something...
Chiba Yo covered his face with one hand, feeling that Giyu was beyond saving.
Sanemi paused when he heard Giyu's words. Then veins bulged on his face, and fury swept through him.
Yet Sanemi began to laugh.
"Heh heh heh heh heh. You're certainly confident. Your strength is different from ours? Fine. Since you've said that, I'll put your claim to the test today and see just how different it is.
"Just don't let me knock you flat with one hit."
With that, Sanemi charged straight at Giyu and swung a fist at him.
Many times before, Sanemi had endured Giyu's "overbearing" remarks because of the Corps rules, but today, he truly couldn't take it anymore.
He had overlooked one thing, though: he was the one who had approached Giyu first.
Giyu was baffled by Sanemi's attack. He couldn't understand why Sanemi was still so angry even though he had answered him this time. In fact, he seemed even angrier than before.
Sigh... What a difficult person to get along with...
Giyu felt utterly helpless. Facing Sanemi's fist, he could only raise his arm to block.
The fist struck Giyu's arm with a dull