Su Chen shook his head, feeling overwhelmed.
He glanced around the room, then asked, "Where did everyone else go?"
Shinobu Kocho counted on her fingers as she listed them off.
"Aoi went to bed after sweeping the floor."
"Inosuke slept for quite a while, but when he woke up before dawn, he kept demanding to see some mom. I suppose he probably wanted to become your Tsuguko, Mr. Su Chen."
"And Kanao stayed by your side all night. I only just sent her off to bed."
At this point, Shinobu Kocho covered her mouth in feigned surprise. "My, my~ I just realized how lucky I am. You woke up as soon as I arrived, Mr. Su Chen~"
"I see." Su Chen rubbed his chin.
He digested the information in Shinobu Kocho's words.
The first piece of information particularly caught his attention.
Inosuke actually wanted to become his Tsuguko?
Come to think of it, Su Chen really did have some ideas about that.
Not about Inosuke, though, but the other two of the trio.
The blond Zenitsu Agatsuma and Tanjiro Kamado!
One was an inheritor of Thunder Breathing, and the other was an inheritor of Sun Breathing.
Both were Breathing Styles that Su Chen currently coveted!
Su Chen could easily use Inosuke to gradually get to know the two.
After all, there was plenty of time ahead. Su Chen could plan things out slowly.
However, there was something else that puzzled Su Chen the most.
How exactly had Shinobu Kocho convinced Shinazugawa to concede?
Would someone as eager to improve as Shinazugawa really concede willingly?
Su Chen looked up and asked, "Shinobu, how did you convince Shinazugawa to concede?"
Shinobu Kocho blinked. "It was simple. I smeared some anesthetic on my Nichirin Blade, then stabbed him in the kidney. He conceded