He... hadn't gone mad. He had found what he had been searching for all along.
And he was on the verge of success!
Chapter 344: The First Step
The furious hammering stopped.
Tetsu no Sosuke stood before the Anvil, studying the unfinished piece on it.
After a long while, he let out a deep breath, turned, and placed it in the furnace. He adjusted the temperature again, but when he turned back, his steps faltered.
He shook his head. Then a hand caught his.
He looked up... Kanae was smiling at him.
"Darling..."
Tetsu no Sosuke opened his mouth, then broke into a huge grin. "The first step... worked!"
"Mmm." Kanae nodded. "Time to rest."
"Oh, right..." Tetsu no Sosuke nodded and glanced at the stars overhead. "What time is it? I feel a little hungry."
"Mmm. Dinner's ready for you. Eat, then get some sleep, all right? You can carry on tomorrow."
"Mmm, mmm." Tetsu no Sosuke nodded eagerly. "Listen, I just pushed Sunblaze past its limit. Now that I've succeeded once, there'll be more successes to come. But to make it work, everything has to be in balance. You can't boost one attribute right from the start, or the whole thing collapses. I combined some secret techniques the Village Chief sent me and found a few workable methods. By raising the attributes together as much as possible, I finally met the entry requirements for the Golden Ratio. I'm sure that if I keep developing it, Sunblaze can break two hundred, maybe even go higher... Then we'll at least have a weapon that can stand against Kibutsuji Muzan... I'm telling you..."
Excited as a child, he took his wife's hand and chattered all the way toward the dining hall.
Then he suddenly remembered something. He turned and called to