Immediately afterwards, Tanjiro sat up and opened his eyes.
"You're awake!" Seeing Tanjiro wake up, the little boy could not help but be happy, and he did not know if it was because of Haganezuka, or because of the words that Tanjiro had said for them swordsmiths, at this time the little boy did not seem to be wary of Tanjiro anymore.
"Are you okay? It's still better not to sit up suddenly, it's not good for the brain!" The little boy then asked Tanjiro.
However, Tanjiro did not care about these, but asked the little boy: "Did Mr. Haganezuka come just now? I seemed to hear his voice!"
"No! Mr. Haganezuka has been hiding from the people in the village, how could he appear in front of me and you!" The little boy said somewhat guiltily, but on the surface he still pretended to be calm.
"Could it be my illusion? Am I too eager to see Mr. Haganezuka?" Tanjiro was also a little confused, there was no scent of Haganezuka nearby, so Tanjiro really could not judge whether it was an illusion or not.
Therefore, Tanjiro did not pursue it anymore, but turned to ask about Muichiro Tokito's situation: "What about that Mist Pillar?"
"I gave him the key, and he left!" The little boy answered truthfully.
"You gave it to him? His attitude can only be like this! Although I don't know what that key is used for, it's obviously important to you! But I'm really sorry, I didn't help at all!" Tanjiro said, and then apologized to the little boy.
"Don't blame yourself too much! I was very touched that you could speak up for me and all the swordsmiths just now! Thank you very much for your recognition and respect for the swordsmiths!"
The little boy did not expect Tanjiro to blame himself for this, so he immediately bowed to him.
Afterwards, Tanjiro and the little boy learned about each other, and Tanjiro then knew that the people in the village called him Kotetsu.
And the key that Muichiro Tokito took away was the starting key of a mechanical doll made by Kotetsu's ancestors.
Listening to Kotetsu's flowery words, that mechanical doll seemed to be a very powerful thing, as long as you could defeat the doll, the improvement in strength would be huge.
Tanjiro did not go too far to doubt the authenticity, after all, even Muichiro Tokito wanted to train with it, which was enough to show that this mechanical doll was really powerful.
Could the secret weapon that Mitsuri Kanroji said was this mechanical doll?
Although this mechanical doll was powerful, it could not withstand high-intensity use because it had been in disrepair for many years, which was also why Kotetsu was unwilling to give the key to Muichiro Tokito.
It was also because the mechanical doll's skills had undergone many discontinuities after hundreds of years of inheritance, so Kotetsu did not have the ability to repair the mechanical doll, which also led to the mechanical doll becoming the only legacy left by Kotetsu's ancestors.
And fighting training with the mechanical doll would inevitably cause damage to the mechanical doll, once the mechanical doll was damaged, it would mean that the mechanical doll was completely scrapped. Kotetsu did not have the ability to repair it, let alone make another one.
In order to let Tanjiro see the mechanical doll, Kotetsu took Tanjiro to find the place where Muichiro Tokito and the mechanical doll were fighting.
Tanjiro and Kotetsu stood in the distance, watching Muichiro Tokito fighting fiercely with the mechanical doll, the aura emanating from the battle alone was more powerful than the oppression that Daki gave him.
When Tanjiro saw the mechanical doll's fighting style, he had a feeling of déjà vu deep in his heart.
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