Su Chen gave it a quick once-over.
With his mastery of sword-forging design, he could tell a great deal about the blade at a glance.
This Nichirin Blade was ordinary, fundamentally no different from the one Tanjiro had first received.
It was a typical Nichirin Blade made from gorilla iron ore.
Its only distinguishing feature was perhaps the large red flower on its guard.
Su Chen took the blade from Shinobu Kocho.
He lightly hefted it.
Its weight was acceptable and met the basic requirements for his use of Blazing Breathing.
Shinobu Kocho smiled beside him. "Mr. Haganezuka forged this Nichirin Blade. How is it? Does it feel comfortable to use?"
"Haganezuka?" Su Chen froze. "That hot-tempered Haganezuka?"
"Yes." Shinobu Kocho's eyes curved as she spoke. "Do you know him, Mr. Su Chen?"
"Heh, heh..." Su Chen did not know whether to laugh or cry.
After a moment of silence, he could not help saying, "Shinobu, can we discuss something? Could you find me a different swordsmith?"
Shinobu Kocho blinked. "A different swordsmith? Have you misunderstood something, Mr. Su Chen? Mr. Haganezuka isn't the swordsmith responsible for forging your Nichirin Blade!"
"Mr. Kanamori is the swordsmith responsible for forging your blade."
Shinobu Kocho wore a smile.
"Since you're having a match with Mr. Shinazugawa today, we simply brought over a blade Mr. Haganezuka had already finished for you to use in advance."
"Mr. Haganezuka originally made this blade ahead of time for Tanjiro, but since you needed one, Mr. Kanamori snatched it up for you to use first."
Su Chen's expression darkened after hearing this.
Good grief, were they stacking Haganezuka's rage buffs here?!
Didn't that make things even worse?
But Su Chen did not say any of that aloud.
After all, even if he told Shinobu Kocho, she would