Then Haganezuka reached out with both hands and grabbed the Nichirin Blade in Tanjiro's hands!
Tanjiro: "!!!"
"No! This is something Lord Su Chen entrusted to me! Master Haganezuka, don't!"
Tanjiro yanked the Nichirin Blade back and shouted.
But Haganezuka shamelessly said, "It's fine! I'll just take it back to study it. I'll return it in a week or so!"
"You wouldn't want the Nichirin Blade you use to break, would you?"
At those words, Tanjiro's tightly clenched fingers visibly loosened a little.
Kanamori shook his head as he watched. "Tanjiro spoils Haganezuka far too much."
Haganezuka naturally noticed this too.
The moment he sensed Tanjiro loosen his grip, he snatched the Nichirin Blade away!
Once he had it, Haganezuka immediately raced off toward his forge without stopping.
As he ran, he clutched the Nichirin Blade tightly against his chest, looking like a guilty thief.
Anyone who didn't know better would have thought he had stolen something!
Tanjiro's heart jolted!
Only then did he realize that Haganezuka had made off with the Nichirin Blade Lord Su Chen had given him!
I'm done for~
Tanjiro shakily walked over to Su Chen, looking utterly pitiful.
"Lord Su Chen, I lost your Nichirin Blade..."
Without even turning his head, Su Chen said, "It's fine. It was only a defective piece anyway."
Tanjiro: "..."
"A defective piece?"
Kanamori froze.
That was only a defective piece?
Kanamori was no longer sure either.
Could Su Chen forge an even more powerful Nichirin Blade?
Kanamori couldn't help glancing at the sliced-open iron ore beside him, inwardly startled.
Could Su Chen really forge a Nichirin Blade even more powerful than one that could slice through iron ore?!
Then Kanamori looked in the direction Haganezuka had left.
He couldn't help letting out a relieved breath.
*Thank goodness, thank goodness