"Pretty handy, right? Of course it is. That's why your old idea was wrong. Feeding yourself to a demon and then letting someone else kill it? How could that possibly beat the satisfaction of beating the hell out of one yourself?"
Seeing that she had grasped just how amazing the light bowgun was, Ye Chen continued drilling his philosophy into her.
"Besides, your sister definitely wouldn't want you doing that. Staying alive matters more than anything."
"Was that why you said my plan was a steaming pile of crap, Mr. Ye Chen?"
Shinobu Kocho raised her eyes and glanced at Ye Chen a couple of times. She seemed to understand a little better why he had treated her so harshly before.
"That was part of it, but honestly, your method really was a steaming pile of crap."
Just as Shinobu Kocho began to feel that this Netherworld Hashira might simply have a sharp tongue and a soft heart, Ye Chen dropped that remark out of nowhere.
Fine, I was overthinking it. This Netherworld Hashira was just that much of an asshole.
"All right, I'll lend you this light bowgun for now, and give you another five hundred rounds of Poison Ammo. You can also work with Tamayo over the next while and see whether you can reproduce the bowgun and its ammunition."
Ye Chen couldn't be bothered to keep bickering. He continued, "I don't expect you to make a perfect copy of this light bowgun, though. The materials it's made from are pretty unusual. I'd thank my lucky stars if you could make something that worked on roughly the same principles. As for the ammunition, I believe you should be able to figure that out."
Shinobu Kocho took the light bowgun and discovered that it was even lighter and handier