As they stared at the trembling blade before them, their eyes widened.
Tetsumoto Homura opened his mouth, then slowly closed it again, finally speaking:
" The Demon Slayer is truly amazing!"
After saying that, he turned to the other side, picked up a pen and paper, and walked back.
The three sat down, Tetsumoto Homura looked at Teiichi and asked:
"You just said it also needs to be heavy enough?"
"Hmm!" Teiichi nodded.
"Are there any specific requirements?" Tetsumoto Homura continued to ask.
Two or three years ago, the Swordsmith Village once received several orders to forge Nichirin Blade at once.
The tasks all have two things in common.
One requirement is that the forged Nichirin Blade must be heavy enough.
The second point is that these tasks all come from the pillar.
So anyone with a modicum of common sense can guess that the Demon Slayer Corps has techniques for using heavy weapons.
Therefore, he didn't find Teiichi's request strange at all.
On the contrary, what struck him as strange was...
Later, they received more requests from Zhu to forge new weapons, but the new weapons no longer needed to be heavy.
Although he was somewhat curious, this was a matter for the combatants of the Demon Slayer Corps, so he didn't investigate it further.
"Anything under 500 jin is fine!" Teiichi announced the prepared weight.
If possible, the heavier the weapon, the better, as it will be more powerful when wielded.
However, the duration of the battle must also be considered.
Teiichi has already tried it; 500 jin is almost exactly his critical value.
You can swing it all night; you'll feel tired, but not too tired.
After all, the intensity of a fight is definitely greater than when you're just swinging your weapon.
"Five hundred catties?!" Kotetsu exclaimed in surprise.
Tetsumoto Homura also raised his head, staring intently at Teiichi, but he didn't say anything.
"I only weigh sixty pounds now, which means one me, two me, three me..." Kotetsu counted on his fingers.
Teiichi at Kotetsu and then calculated the answer for him.
"Stop counting, there are about six of you!"
Kotetsu asked in surprise, "Six of me? Are you going to carry six of me into battle?"
"..."
"It's not that I'm holding up six of you, it's that I'm holding up Nichirin Blade!"
"Wow... that's amazing! Is this what a Pillar is?"
Kotetsu was speaking excitedly, and just as he was about to say something more, he was interrupted by Tetsumoto Homura.
"If you only care about weight, 500 jin (250 catties) is no problem. However, we don't have ore of that weight here. If we want to forge such a heavy weapon, the weapon itself will inevitably become larger. Can you accept that?"
After pondering for Teiichi asked, "In its standard weapon form, how many weights can it achieve?"
"It's roughly between 200 and 350!" Tetsumoto Homura replied, "A more precise value can only be determined after I obtain your body's data!"
"Okay, let's do it this way!" Teiichi nodded.
After Teiichi agreed, Tetsumoto Homura said, "Put your hands on the table!"
Teiichi did as instructed.
Tetsumoto Homura picked up the wooden ruler he had taken earlier and began to measure it on Teiichi's palm, then picked up a pen and wrote it down.
Then they asked Teiichi to stand up, raise his arm, and Teiichi the length of his arm.
Kotetsu propped his head up with one hand, watching the two people having their height measured, and asked curiously:
" Uncle Tetsumoto, why is making weapons so complicated for you? I haven't seen other uncles making them like this."
"I did this so that I could forge a weapon that best suits his physique!" Tetsumoto Homura replied, then continued to instruct Teiichi, "Pick up the Nichirin Blade and swing it a few times!"
Teiichi did as instructed.
After a moment, Tetsumoto Homura finally nodded slowly.
"Alright, stop now, we've done all the necessary tests!"
Teiichi sheathed his Nichirin Blade back into his waistband.
Isn't this era primarily about intuition?
When did you become so professional?
"By the way, what's your name again?" Tetsumoto Homura looked up at Teiichi.
Teiichi, and carefully examined Tetsumoto Homura.
The two have communicated quite a bit by now, and they originally thought the other had already recognized them.
Wasn't this just a purely business-like process?
Despite being stared at Teiichi, Tetsumoto Homura showed no embarrassment and continued to ask:
"Speak up, I'm asking you!"
Teiichi eyebrow and replied, " Kato Teiichi!"
" Kato Teiichi?"
Tetsumoto Homura frowned and repeated himself, then looked carefully at Teiichi's face again.
It seemed as if he was recalling in his mind when he had Teiichi forging of the Nichirin Blade.
After a long silence, Tetsumoto Homura slowly shook his head, no longer trying to think for himself, and directly asked:
When did I forge the Nichirin Blade for you?
"About eight or nine years ago!"
Teiichi replied, gesturing with his hand to the Kotetsu head beside him.
I was about this tall back then!
Eight or nine years ago?
Tetsumoto Homura looked at Teiichi with some surprise.
When did Demon Slayer start using swords that long?
It's not that the Demon Slayer Corps ' swords break easily.
Instead, many Nichirin Blade gradually dull their blades after engaging in combat.
At first, you can sharpen the blade yourself.
However, if the blade is damaged more severely, it's beyond the capabilities of Demon Slayer.
At this point Swordsmith Village will be asked to forge a new sword.
The old sword will be returned to the Demon Slayer when the new sword is delivered to him.
Most of the missions in the Swordsmith Village come from the team members whose blades are chipped.
The number of Nichirin Blade that actually break and need to be reforged is actually quite small.
This is fewer than the number of new recruits each year.
After all, it's a battle with a demon.
The Nichirin Blade is the Demon Slayer's only weapon.
If the Nichirin Blade breaks...
Most Demon Slayer face certain death when confronting evil spirits.
Those who survive are either lucky, highly skilled, or have teammates with them on the ghost-hunting mission, rather than going alone.
Tetsumoto Homura simply refused to reforge the blades of team members whose blades had broken; he would still help forge blades for those whose blades were dull.
Teiichi, confirming, "It was eight or nine years ago!"
Upon hearing this, Tetsumoto Homura frowned slightly and looked at Teiichi, asking:
When did the knife I forged for you break?
"About three years ago!" Teiichi replied.
"It broke during a fight with what kind of monster?" Tetsumoto Homura continued to ask.
"With Kokushibo!" Teiichi replied, then, seeing their confused expressions, realized they didn't know Kokushibo, and said, " Upper Rank One!"
Tetsumoto Homura looked over in shock, seemingly unable to believe it.
Only Kotetsu asked, puzzled:
What is Upper Rank One?