The poison takes effect! The battle turns as Shinazugawa falls into danger! Su Chen learns a new skill!

"Straight-line attacks, waiting for an opening to strike-these are the characteristics of Bee Breathing."

"Some poisons don't need to be injected directly to count as poison. Do you understand now, Shinazugawa?"

Then,

Su Chen silently raised the broken blade in his hand toward the blazing sun overhead.

The three golden rings at the end of the blade glittered.

"Bee Breathing, Fourth Form: Bee Venom Seed!"

Off the field,

where the Hashira had gathered,

the Sound Hashira, Tengen Uzui, who was frequently poisoned, spoke first. "Looks like Su Chen was still holding back. I really didn't expect him to be hiding so much."

At his words, the other Hashira looked at him like curious children.

The Love Hashira, Mitsuri Kanroji, asked, "Lord Tengen, why do you say that? Was Lord Su Chen not giving it his all at the start?"

Before Tengen Uzui could speak, the Serpent Hashira, Obanai Iguro, answered Mitsuri Kanroji's question from beside her.

With rare gentleness, he said, "Su Chen used Insect Breathing at the start, but that was probably just a diversion. I imagine he still has other Breathing Styles we don't know about."

Obanai tilted his head and mused, "Besides, I feel like I've heard of this Breathing Style that's different from Insect Breathing somewhere before."

"It was the one who saved Kocho that night. He also killed several Lower Ranks. A very strong child." At that moment, the Stone Hashira pressed his palms together, two streams of clear tears running from his eyes as he spoke. "I imagine that child was Su Chen. To think he worked so hard that, before we knew it, he already possessed the strength to become a Hashira."

"Huh! Lord Su Chen! Whaaat?! Really?! The person who killed the Lower Ranks that night was Lord Su Chen?!"

Mitsuri Kanroji