The small stone protruding from the ground allowed Tanjiro to experience the exquisite agony of a thousand years of death.
Seeing Tanjiro covering his butt with a pained expression, Kotetsu quickly stepped forward and asked, "Are you alright, Mr. Tanjiro?"
Tanjiro endured the pain in his butt and replied, "I'm alright. I'm sorry! I broke the doll!"
"It's okay, I'll definitely fix it! You said, even if I can't do it, my children and grandchildren will definitely be able to do it!" Kotetsu didn't blame Tanjiro at all, since he was the one who told Tanjiro to cut it down.
Immediately, the two of them looked towards the mechanical doll, which had lost its operation and was kneeling on the ground.
Tanjiro's sword had broken the mechanical doll's head, leaving it headless.
However, because of the damage to the head, the hilt of a sword hidden inside the mechanical doll's body was revealed.
"Kotetsu, what's that? Is it the mechanical doll's spine?" Tanjiro asked Kotetsu.
Hearing this, Kotetsu walked forward to observe. Kotetsu was also unaware of the internal workings of the mechanical doll.
When Kotetsu got closer, he realized that it wasn't the mechanical doll's spine component, but a long sword hidden inside the mechanical doll. It had obviously been hidden inside when it was manufactured.
"It's a sword. It should have been hidden inside when the doll was made. It looks like it's been there for hundreds of years. Maybe it's the original doll's sword!" Kotetsu said, analyzing with his hands crossed in front of his chest.
Then, Kotetsu added, "Mr. Tanjiro, you can take this sword. It's fate between you and it!"
Hearing this, Tanjiro was a little overwhelmed. If what Kotetsu said was true, and the sword hidden inside the mechanical doll was the original doll's sword, then this sword would have a very significant origin!
After all, it was the sword of a Sun Breathing user, or rather, the sword of Muichiro Tokito's ancestor. It wouldn't be right to take it for himself!
"N-N-N-No, that wouldn't be right!"
Tanjiro stammered a little and then said, "If it's really Old Man Tsugikuni's sword, then it would be a waste for me to use it!! I don't think I deserve to have this sword. Muichiro Tokito, as a descendant of Old Man Tsugikuni, should be more suitable to be the sword's owner."
Hearing Tanjiro mention that annoying brat Muichiro Tokito, Kotetsu became a little displeased and said, "That brat? How could he possibly be qualified to obtain this sword! A heartless brat like him probably doesn't even know who his own ancestors are! I wouldn't give him the sword!"
"Mr. Tanjiro, don't you often dream about Old Man Tsugikuni? So you must have a very strong connection with Old Man Tsugikuni! If this sword is Old Man Tsugikuni's sword, then you're the one who's more suitable to be its owner!"
"Isn't the reason you came here to find a Nichirin Blade? It appeared right when you needed a sword. Isn't that destiny?"
Hearing what Kotetsu said, Tanjiro also thought that it made sense and gave up on declining. Then, he said, "Alright then!"
Afterwards, Tanjiro drew the sword from the mechanical doll. Kotetsu couldn't wait and said to Tanjiro, "Quick, draw it and take a look! A sword from the Sengoku period is a rare treasure!"
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