At dawn, a faint glimmer of daybreak brushed the distant horizon.
Day had broken.
Inside Kanamori's forge in the Swordsmith Village.
"Su Chen, are you all right?"
Su Chen, Kanao Tsuyuri, Shinobu Kocho, Muichiro Tokito, and Kanamori were all gathered together.
They were discussing the sudden turn of events from the previous night.
Noticing that Su Chen's lips were a little pale, Shinobu Kocho and Kanao Tsuyuri could not help asking in concern.
"I'm fine."
Su Chen waved a hand and spoke unconcernedly.
Beside him, Tokito, who was coughing up blood, could not help feeling a little bewildered.
How strange. Shouldn't I be the most seriously injured person here?
As he thought this, Muichiro Tokito suddenly coughed again, bringing up a mouthful of blood.
Kanamori asked with concern, "Lord Tokito, are you all right?"
Kanamori was utterly puzzled, too.
He had thought he would not see Lord Tokito for another three days.
Yet after he had finished tidying up, taken a short nap, and gotten out of bed, he had seen Muichiro Tokito running in a sorry state.
Kanamori had thought he would not see Tokito for three days, but they had met again after just one day.
He had even thought it was some strange twist of fate.
The Nichirin Blade had broken, too, so it was the perfect opportunity to forge a new one.
At the time, Kanamori had quietly watched Tokito flee while thinking about all this.
Tokito had been holding his broken Nichirin Blade, searching for something as he ran.
As it happened, Shinobu Kocho and Kanao Tsuyuri had also come out after their bath.
They had run into one another.
Kanamori had gotten dressed and gone over, hearing most of what had happened.
Good grief, that news was explosive.
Upper Rank One?!
Kokushibo?!
And he