After Satoru Gojo took Megumi Fushiguro away, Panda and Toge Inumaki also left the Training Ground.
Akutagawa Shang had also been about to get up and leave, but Mai grabbed his wrist and held him there.
"Was there something else, Mai?"
He looked back and dropped right back down onto the dusty ground.
"Don't rush off yet. I've still got something to show you."
"Do you remember what I told you that night...?"
"To avoid wasting it, I used the extra Cursed Energy to construct a few Cursed Tools."
"These rings only took a small portion of my Cursed Energy. As for the rest... I used it all to make this..."
As Mai spoke, a faint light flashed from the ring on her finger.
The next instant, a Tachi appeared in Mai's palm.
This was a new use she had figured out over the past few days.
Inside the ring was a space similar to Megumi Fushiguro's shadow.
Mai could store all the extra weapons she made in the space inside the ring.
That way, she could use the entire ring as an armory.
In future battles, she would only need to store and retrieve things from the ring as needed.
There was no need at all to wait until a battle actually began before constructing weapons on the spot.
Her ring was the main ring, while Akutagawa Shang's and Maki's secondary rings also had storage functions.
Their storage spaces were simply pitifully small compared to the main ring's.
Mai reached out and handed the Tachi to Akutagawa Shang.
Akutagawa Shang took the Tachi and began examining it closely.
The entire blade was long and slender, its lines smooth.
The hilt was black and white, and the black-and-gold guard was octagonal and covered in golden patterns.
The wooden scabbard was