Chapter 56: Come Learn How to Be a Man from Me

Seeing that he had become an insurmountable mountain for the growth of Shinazugawa Genya, Haru smiled faintly and then said, "Having this belief is a good thing, but wanting to defeat me? That will never happen in this lifetime."

"My name is Shiroi Haru. Feel free to come to me anytime if you want me to teach you how to be a man!"

The other boys around, hearing Haru's words, had only one thought in mind: one word—arrogant. Arrogant to the bone.

Now, not only did they have to acknowledge Haru's formidable strength, but they also couldn't help but admit that Haru was equally skilled with words.

For anyone with weak self-esteem, hearing a single word from Haru would probably make them live in his shadow for the rest of their lives.

However, fortunately, Shinazugawa Genya had decent pride and wasn't affected by Haru's words. Instead, the words only made him more determined, and he said, "I will do it!"

"Is everything you wanted to say already said?" At this moment, Kanata's brother interjected.

After speaking, he looked at Haru and Shinazugawa Genya. Seeing that they had stopped talking, he pulled down the red cloth covering the table and continued, "Then, please choose your Scarlet Ore."

As for selecting the Scarlet Ore, Haru didn't pay much attention. Since he already had his Demon-Slaying Blade, the Nichirin Blade seemed somewhat redundant to him.

"Tanjiro, come pick your Scarlet Ore!" Haru immediately called Tanjiro over, and then Tanjiro, along with Zenitsu and Murata, walked over.

The surrounding boys waited patiently for Haru and the others to choose first. In their eyes, Haru held the position of the leader. Since the leader hadn't chosen yet, they naturally didn't dare to rush forward to snatch.

"Haru-senpai, you go first," Tanjiro said, showing his respect for Haru.

Haru casually selected one, and then Tanjiro began picking his Scarlet Ore, much more carefully than Haru.

Zenitsu, meanwhile, kept staring at Kanata's brother, as if he had some ulterior motive.

After a while, Zenitsu leaned in close to Haru and whispered, "Haru-senpai, aren't you afraid that he might be a boy too? Do you want me to help you verify that?"

Upon hearing this, Haru directly gave Zenitsu a swift flick on the head and calmly said, "Zenitsu, you don't need to bother with that. If you want to verify, go verify the little black-haired girl you confessed to earlier."

Zenitsu rubbed his head, which had been flicked by Haru, then glanced at Kanata's brother. The more he looked, the more he thought Kanata's brother was a girl, not a boy.

"Ah~ I'll just go find another girl!" After much internal struggle, Zenitsu finally chose to give up.

After Haru and the others finished picking, it was the boys' turn. However, some of them didn't move at all. Instead, they stood quietly to the side as if they weren't interested in the Nichirin Blades.

"Why aren't you choosing?" Kanata's brother, somewhat puzzled, asked those boys who didn't wish to pick any Scarlet Ore.

"Well, our strength is too weak. We're not qualified to have a Nichirin Blade. If it weren't for Haru-senpai, we would have died at the hands of the Demon long ago," one of them spoke up as the representative.