As Chiba Yo had expected, Genya still failed to use Water Breathing.
"I... still can't do it..."
Clutching his wooden sword, he felt frustration and anguish well up inside him. Even though he had a constitution that allowed him to eat demons, being a Demon Slayer Corps swordsman who couldn't use a Breathing Style was hard to justify. He didn't particularly care what others thought, but if Sanemi found out, he would only become more determined to make him leave the Demon Slayer Corps.
"What do you think about using Breathing Styles and Sword Techniques purely as support?" Chiba Yo suddenly asked Genya.
Since Genya had passed the Demon Slayer Corps' final selection and persevered until now, his strength was reliable even without a Breathing Style. In that case, why not make Water Breathing gentler, turning the Breathing Style and Sword Techniques originally intended for offense into supporting tools?
His ability to transform into a demon could serve as his primary means of attack instead.
"You mean..." Genya raised his head to look at Chiba Yo, not quite understanding what he meant.
"Like this."
As Chiba Yo spoke to Genya, he raised his wooden sword again.
Following Water Breathing's breathing pattern, he breathed more gently, without drawing in too much air at once.
Then Chiba Yo swung his wooden sword. Unlike his earlier demonstration, no great streams of water swirled around the blade this time. Instead, thick mist billowed from it, resembling clusters of white clouds.
The water vapor, which looked white from a distance, concealed Chiba Yo's figure. The droplets suspended in the air reflected the light entering the mist, actually creating five more images of Chiba Yo within it.
Genya stood nearby, dumbfounded. He hadn't expected Chiba Yo to create a Breathing Style outright in the short time