"With skills like that, you still dare to go around causing trouble?" Rokuya's tone was flat, but every word cut deep. "Go back and practice some more. Stop embarrassing yourselves out here."
Yuichiro gritted his teeth, his face full of frustration, but he could not muster a single word in rebuttal. Muichiro stared blankly at the Nichirin Blade on the ground, seemingly pondering that speed he had been unable to evade.
Kotetsu finally stopped crying. He ran over to the Mechanical Puppet called "Yoriichi Type Zero" and carefully inspected it.
He took a few wooden parts and tools from his pocket and, in less than five minutes, reattached the armor Yuichiro had just damaged.
"It's fixed." Kotetsu turned around and spoke loudly. "This Yoriichi Type Zero was made for fighting in the first place. A few knocks are perfectly normal. I just hate it when people don't treat it with care."
Rokuya turned his head and studied the puppet closely. It had six arms, each holding a weapon, and the gears and springs at its joints were extremely complex.
"Kotetsu, what sword techniques was this puppet modeled after?" Rokuya asked, though he already knew the answer.
"My ancestor built it based on an incredibly powerful swordsman." Kotetsu proudly puffed out his chest. "That swordsman moved so fast that it was impossible to reproduce his sword techniques without six arms."
Rokuya turned to Tanjiro.
"Tanjiro, come here." Rokuya beckoned.
Tanjiro jogged over, his eyes full of admiration. "Mr. Takanashi, you were amazing just now!"
"Enough flattery." Rokuya pointed at Yoriichi Type Zero. "You can see it too, can't you? This puppet's sword techniques share the same roots as your Hinokami Kagura. What this puppet uses are Sun Breathing sword techniques."
Tanjiro looked at the puppet in shock. "Sun Breathing... Does that