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A very old sword sat inside.

Tanjiro and Kotetsu immediately grabbed each other while screaming. Tanjiro also lifted Kotetsu above his head as he yells, "Something came out! K- K- Kotetsu-kun, something came out?" Komatsu asks, "What is it?" Tanjiro replies, "Well, I have no idea either. What is it! It must be a three-hundred-year-old blade or something." Both pant very heavily as one says, "I can't stop getting excited!" "Yeah!" said the other. Kotetsu looks at Tanjiro and said, "Tanjiro-san, you can take it. P- P- Please take it!" Tanjiro looks at him mid-sentence and shouts, "No, no, no, no, I can't. The doll took years' worth of sword blows, and it just happened to break when I used it." The two then go back and forth, "Tanjiro-san, you were in trouble since your sword wasn't getting forged, right? Then go ahead. I own it, so I get the say," "No no no no, you can't," "Metal forged during the Sengoku Era is of really good quality. Take it." Tanjiro whipped his arms into the air, followed by Kotetsu, and yells, "Should I pull it out?" Kotetsu also said, "Yeah, I wanna see it!" Both sat down while Tanjiro slowly unsheathed the blade and revealed...






















A very rusted blade.

Tanjiro and Kotetsu lay down in shock. Kotetsu sits up and says, "Well, it has been over three hundred years... and nobody got their hands on it. And nobody knew about it... Sorry for getting you worked up over nothing." Tanjiro's eyes were overflowing with tears as he says, "It's okay!! Don't worry about it." Komatsu noticed the tears and apologizes, "Wahhh Tanjiro-san!! Tanjir... I'm sorry!"
From out of nowhere, Tanjiro felt a very intimidating aura while loud footsteps occurred. A very bulky Haganezuka appears while the two yell in fear. Haganezuka says, "I heard everything... Leave it... To me..." Tanjiro asks, "Leave what to you?" Both parties begin to play a tug-o-war over the sword with Haganezuka winning... Somehow.
Before Haganezuka could walk away with the sword, Kanamori (he delivered Inosuke's swords when they were at the Butterfly Mansion after Tanjiro's bout with Rui) said as he tickled his sides, "Boys, Haganezuka's weak point is his sides. Go for these parts." Haganezuka began to laugh out loud as Tanjiro said, "Ah, Kanamori-san! It's been a while." Haganezuka dropped to the ground while Kanamori waved and says, "Hello there, Tanjiro-kun. Haganezuka-san will just fall limp when you tickle him, so I'll do the explaining. Please forgive the man. He was training in the mountains." Tanjiro asks, "Training?" Kanamori says, "Yeah. He wanted to make a strong sword so you wouldn't die. He won't be honest about it though." Tanjiro felt flattered and said, "For me..." Kanamori looks the other way and adds, "And you keep asking him to make blades for you, so I think he's happy. Every other swordsman hates him, and he lost a lot of clients." Tanjiro puts a face of fear on as he says, "Oh?" Kotetsu chimes in, "And he's really bad at dealing with people. That's why he's not married yet." Haganezuka jumps up as Kanamori informs, "Ah. He's back." As he stood up, Haganezuka waved his hands around as he says, "I will deal with the rusted blade. Allow me to refine it with my Nichirin polishing skills that have been passed down the Haganezuka line for generations." Kotetsu looks at him and says, "Then you could have just said that from the get-go. You keep saying 'Trust me' even though you don't try and establish mutual trust. You just repeat on and on... SIDES! SIDES! SIDES!" Haganezuka grabbed Kotetsu mid-sentence and lifts him by the collar of his shirt.

- One Day Later -
"So that happened yesterday. And I heard it will take three days and nights to finish. That's why the polishing will end the day after tomorrow. He said his methods are so severe that people have died from them. I'm kinda worried. And he told me not to check on him. Ever. But should I?" Tanjiro asks with occasional chomps mid-sentence. Genya turns around and yells, "I don't care! Get out, dammit! Don't talk to me like we're friends!" Tanjiro asks, "But we're friends, right?" Genya replies, "No we're not, dumbass! You broke my goddamn arm. Don't tell me you forgot!" Tanjiro replies with a glint appearing beside him, "Hey, you forcefully grabbed the girl's hair. I had to, Genya. You were completely at fault." Genya screams, "Don't call me by my first name!!" Tanjiro hands him a rice cracker while Genya slaps it and yells, "Shitface! I don't need that crap! Get out!!" Tanjiro remembered something before saying, "Huh...? Your teeth. Didn't you pull them out... at the spring?" Kenya goes quiet before saying, "You must've seen things." Tanjiro pulls out Genya's tooth and says, "No I wasn't. I have your tooth here." Genya begins to scream out, "Why did you take it? Ewwww, you disgusting, you know that?" Tanjiro says, "But, I mean you dropped it and I wanted to give it back." Genya again screams, "You're insane! Throw it out!" He grabs Tanjiro and pushes him out of the room while yelling, "And f*ck off!" Genya slams the door and Tanjiro turned around while saying, "Why is he so mad all the time? Maybe he's hungry or something."

- Somewhere Outside -
The moon shone brightly outside as a swordsmith walked down a path whilst saying, "I took too pong to bath. I gotta work early tomorrow. Hm?" The swordsmith saw a lonely pot in front of him and says, "A pot?" He went to investigate it as he got closer and says, "Oh, whoa. Who left a pot in this place..." He went to touch it but was immediately sucked in with blood splattering around the area. Before being fully sucked in, it was then spat right out with the body deformed. A creepy ghoul-like figure emerged from the pot saying with a creepy voice, "Eww, ewww. The flesh of these hillbilly swordsmiths just isn't edible. But that's fine too... Anyway, if we destroy this place, the Demon Slayers... Hyo! Will be severely weakened for sure... And that boy won't ever be a problem." Another figure stood atop a roof while saying with a scared voice, "Hurry... Hurry... We found the village thanks to Gyokko's efforts. But if we get him angry... Hurry, hurry. We have to kill them all... Kill all those who defy him...!"

Chapter 89: End.

-A Little Secret-
Tanjiro trained to attain the form he gained during the mission he was on with Tengen and the others. But after training for a while, Zenitsu saw Tanjiro and questioned him about it.

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