"No, Lord Kato! How could you agree to this so easily?"
On the way, Tokichi continued to try to persuade her.
Teiichi turned to look at Tokichi and chuckled, "What if he doesn't agree? He's not going to agree to help me forge a new Nichirin Blade!"
Tokichi said, "We can't just agree to that! You're not from the village, so you might not know, but that puppet is very strong. If you could use the power you just had, you should be able to win. But with just swordsmanship, you can't defeat that puppet!"
Teiichi chuckled and said, "Don't worry, I'm quite confident about this. If the doll were a replica of the real person, it might be hard to say, but since it's just a doll, there won't be any problem!"
Tokichi blinked, and given the power that Teiichi just displayed, he didn't know what else to say.
Led by Tokichi, the two searched the forest for a long time like headless flies.
As the sun set and darkness fell, Tokichi still hadn't found Kotetsu, and he gave an awkward smile.
"Haha... Lord Kato, Kotetsu always likes to run around everywhere. Let's go back and eat!"
"..."
Seeing him driving straight ahead without slowing down, Teiichi thought he knew where Kotetsu was, but it turns out he was just relying on luck in the end.
Maybe I should have activated a Wind Field to help look for it? Teiichi.
"He should be home tonight, right? We can go find him directly!" Teiichi replied.
Tokichi shook his head.
"Why?" Teiichi asked, puzzled.
Tokichi replied, "To avoid disturbing the Demon Slayer who come to the Swordsmith Village, the Demon Slayer live in a different place than the ordinary villagers."
Even if you find him now, you'll still need to retrieve the doll and then find a spacious place to fight.
This all takes time, and it's not suitable now. I'll take you to find one again tomorrow!
After thinking for Teiichi moment, Ding Yi nodded and didn't press the matter further; he wasn't in a hurry.
"But where will we be staying?" Teiichi asked, puzzled.
When I entered the village and saw those houses, I thought I would be living in one of them for a while.
Didn't expect that a separate building was arranged in another location?
As Tokichi led Teiichi forward, he replied, "It's halfway up the mountain! The view there is beautiful, overlooking the entire village, and it's very quiet, so we won't be disturbed by anyone!"
Teiichi nodded, said nothing more, and the two continued walking towards the mountainside.
After a long while, as the terrain leveled out, a simple and elegant house appeared before the two of them.
Led by Tokichi, Teiichi arrived at the restaurant.
Tokichi bowed to Teiichi and said:
" Lord Kato, please rest here for now. I'll go arrange some food!"
"Okay, thank you!" Teiichi nodded.
Soon, dishes of food were served on the table.
Teiichi also began to enjoy it.
Halfway through the meal, the door opened again, and the village chief, whom they had only met once before, walked in again.
"I'm so sorry for the trouble I've caused you!" the village chief said apologetically, bowing deeply.
"It's alright, don't worry about it!" Teiichi shook his head.
The village chief sighed and said, "Yan wasn't always like this. Although he used to dislike swordsmen who broke their swords, he was still willing to reforge swords for them."
"Until one day, a swordsman's friend was killed in action when his Nichirin Blade broke during a battle."
"So, as that teammate's friend, the swordsman hated Yan, believing that his friend's death was due to the problem with the Nichirin Blade that Yan forged."
"The swordsman behind him specifically asked Yan to forge Nichirin Blade, but shortly after receiving the new Nichirin Blade Nichirin Blade, it broke again."
"Then the swordsman again specifically requested Yan to forge the katana, and in the letter he sent, he insulted Yan, saying that the Nichirin Blade he forged was not even as good as the knife he used to cut vegetables."
"At first, Yan didn't realize it, only thinking that the Nichirin Blade breaking was indeed due to his own lack of skill, so he continued to forge a new blade for that teammate."
"However, each time, not long after, that teammate's knife would break. And he would continue to insist that Yan forge it for him, along with that abusive letter each time."
After experiencing this repeatedly, Yan finally realized that the person was deliberately destroying the Nichirin Blade and ruining the swordsmith's hard work, and resolutely refused to forge a sword for that person.
"From that moment on, Yan also stopped forging swords for the Demon Slayer that he had previously forged!"
"What happened to that person afterward?" Teiichi asked.
"That person..." the village chief sighed, "... died during a mission later!"
Teiichi swallowed the food in his mouth and nodded silently.
Does this mean you keep ruining the swords forged by the swordsmith?
And you even insult others along the way?
That person was fighting the ghost with their life.
Otherwise, given the temper of the swordsmiths in the Swordsmith Village, they would have fought to the death.
The two talked on and off for a while longer.
The village chief talked about the history of the Swordsmith Village, the knowledge of knife forging, and so on.
Finally, he left, saying that anyone living in the house could help him if he needed anything.
Nothing more was said that night.
The next day.
After declining Tokichi's suggestion to lead him to find Kotetsu again, Teiichi searched for him alone in the forest.
According to Tokichi, Kotetsu only returned to the village when he was eating and sleeping; the rest of the time he would wander aimlessly outside by himself.
They are rarely in villages or workshops, but most of the time they are in the forest.
Fortunately, they regularly organize people to drive away wild animals in the surrounding area, so no one is worried about Kotetsu's safety.
Actually, Yoshihara suggested that Teiichi wait in the village.
You might not be able to see Kotetsu at noon, but you'll definitely see him at night.
This is because the villagers of the Swordsmith Village mainly eat in two places:
One is the residential area at the village entrance, where there are always people.
The other area is the workshop area, where many knife makers rest and eat lunch in the workshop to avoid trouble. Someone will deliver the food to them.
Kotetsu might go to the residential area to eat, or he might go to the workshop area to eat, or he might even bring two rice balls and eat them in the forest.
Therefore, it is certain that you will only encounter Kotetsu at night.
After all, he still needs to go back to sleep at night.
But Teiichi also rejected this suggestion.
He wouldn't mind spending another night, but there was no need to wait another day.
With the Wind Field activated, a gentle breeze blew through the forest.