The next afternoon, 5:30 p.m.

Outside Miyahara Dojo, Zoro, Wu Sheng and Luffy, who had finished today's rehearsal, appeared outside the gate.

The location of this ancient monastery with a single building is not conspicuous.

But for the first time in a long time, a sign recruiting students was hung outside the gate.

"It seems that Mr. Miyahara has recovered." Wu Sheng stuck his head out and looked into the door.

On a hot summer day, the sun shines slantingly. Because it is connected from north to south, there are not many places in the entire dojo that are illuminated by the evening sun, and a deep coolness comes through.

The small courtyard surrounded by walls and houses was empty.

"It should be according to what Chopper and Miss Kuleha said." Luffy prepared to walk in with a carefree attitude.

Kuleha has received the thanks and reward from the entrusted customer today, so it should be a success.

Zoro also followed in.

The three of them walked through the courtyard and walked to the kendo dojo.

There was only one person in the empty dojo.

Kneeling and sitting in front of a piece of splash-ink calligraphy that says mind and body skills.

It was Miyahara Kouta. His appearance at the moment was different from the one in the palace. He had a short crew cut with some white hair. He was cleanly shaved. He closed his eyes and meditated. His expression had a strange peace.

Although he is older, he can clearly see his handsome appearance when he was young, and because of his long days and nights of kendo practice, his figure is very well-proportioned. From the slightly open chest in the ancient kimono, you can still vaguely see his chest muscles.

The whole person's spirit exudes elegance and freshness. Even though he is over middle age, he still deserves to be called a handsome uncle.

The three people walking in made a lot of noise, which naturally alarmed Miyahara Fengta.

He opened his eyes, turned his head and looked over. He was relieved to see the appearance of the three people. He did not expect that students would actually come into his dojo.

He didn't know why he suddenly woke up from his dream a few days ago. After some enlightenment, he suddenly became inexplicably cheerful.

And this epiphany seemed to give him an inexplicable premonition, or a feeling, that he had to wait for someone, or he finally made up his mind that in addition to teaching competitive swordsmanship, he would also recruit a few true disciples of ancient swordsmanship.

Although the times have abandoned swordsmen, the inheritance of swordsmanship cannot be cut off in one's own hands.

So the next day, he hung up the message for recruiting disciples again at the door of the dojo.

It's just that he has become notorious in this area, and after two days, no one even came in for consultation.

He naturally understood why, so he felt calm. Anyway, he still had a long time to live. When these students graduated, other people who aspired to kendo would naturally come in for consultation.

Take your time, he thought.

But unexpectedly, on the third day, students actually came in.

Kaeda Miyahara looked at the three of them and focused on Zoro: "Do you want to learn swordsmanship?"

"Yes." Zoro nodded.

"We came with him." Wu Sheng pointed at Luffy and himself, indicating that they had no intention of learning.

"Oh, alone?" Miyahara Fengta stood up, patted his clothes, nodded and asked, "Did you see the tuition fee written outside?"

"Know."

Miyahara Fengta is not short of money. After all, this dojo is an inheritance passed down from his ancestors. He himself is also well-known in the kendo circle in Tokyo. But since he has opened a dojo to accept disciples, he naturally wants to recruit some who are sincere in their studies, so The tuition fees listed outside are not cheap.

Nowadays, students' temperament is unstable. If it is cheap and they become enthusiastic after studying for a few days and feel tired and tired, they will stop coming. Although they have nothing to lose, it is still bad.

Therefore, if the tuition fee is higher, it will stop people who are interested in the three-minute passion and people who want to give up.

I will also seriously consider it because of the tuition fee, or reluctantly stick to it.

The most difficult part of this kind of martial arts practice is getting started. If you can't survive the entry, everything will come to an end.

If you get through it, you will be able to feel the excitement.

Miyahara Kaeda noticed Zoro's hand: "Do you have a foundation in kendo?"

"Well, I have been practicing for almost 8 years." Zoro nodded: "I feel that I have encountered some bottlenecks recently, and the teachers at the school cannot teach me, so I want to find a dojo to further my studies."

"Oh? The teacher can't teach you?" The high school student spoke loudly, Miyahara Fengta laughed slightly in his heart.

Although this guy looks pretty good, he still needs to see his real skills.

Miyahara Kaeda was thinking about it, so he picked up a bamboo sword from the side and threw it to Zoro: "Let me see your basic skills."

The basic skills are the basic nine postures, which are the rice-cutting movements, plus basic sword-swinging movements such as straight slashing, forward stabbing, and back stabbing.

Basically, except for the Western-style bayonet, the swords of every country will involve these movements.

Of course, in different schools and different "sword techniques", the techniques and strength used in each movement are different. Some focus on waist force, some focus on wrist force, and some focus on borrowing force. Anyway, each has its own characteristics. Each understanding has its own ingenuity.

Zoro took it easy, took the bamboo sword, put down his backpack, said "I'm sorry", and started.

After all, this guy is a quasi-swordsman who has mastered the idea of ​​​​swordsmanship. He cuts with his first move and a fierce momentum suddenly rises.

After a round of practice, after watching Zoro's sword style and sword structure, Miyahara Fengta's expression changed drastically, and he felt a little hesitant: "Are you here to compete in the gym?"

"You..." Miyahara Kaeda asked hesitantly: "Have you ever had any experience in real sword competition?"

What kind of swordsman is he? He knew as soon as Zoro started to cut him off. This kid was definitely not the kind of amateur who played kendo games in school.

"Well, I guess so." Sauron glanced at Wu Sheng. The two of them often fought with real swords in the criminal world. Anyway, they were not afraid of getting hurt, so the fight was very exciting.

Miyahara Futa kept staring at him and naturally noticed his eyes.

"It seems that the other person next to me also knows the way of swordsmanship." Miyahara Fengta guessed in his mind, but the guess was meaningless. He thought, and picked up a bamboo sword himself: "Let's have a fight? No matter what level, everyone can You have to fight to find out, what do you think?"

"Of course." Zoro nodded excitedly.

The two of them walked to the center of the dojo. Miyahara Futa saw that Zoro didn't even care whether he wore protective gear or not. He was delighted to see Zoro, and felt that this boy was really getting more and more pleasing to his eyes.

In this day and age, when practicing with a bamboo sword, you have to wear protective gear, a skirt, a breastplate, and a head protector. It is not because you are afraid of pain, but probably because you are afraid that insignificant novices will not be able to hold back their hands and maim or injure someone.

This is one of the reasons why Miyahara Kaede hates competitive kendo. Anyway, it doesn't hurt or itch, so those who learn swordsman only focus on learning offense, but learn less about many defensive swordsmanship. Only professional players who want to be judged. Only then will you learn.

Not only will those students who learn this kind of swordsmanship be crippled by birth, but in a real fight, those students can't even defeat the gangsters. After all, they have never suffered pain or been beaten. How can they really fight with those who have experienced "battle formations"? A gangster rival?

He didn't know whether the green-haired boy in front of him was a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers and didn't know the importance, or whether he really didn't care about protective gear and had confidence in himself.

Miyahara Kaeda didn't care. He was a veteran of real sword competitions. He might not be able to hold back with a wooden sword or a real sword, but it was just a bamboo sword, so it wouldn't hurt the kid.

Miyahara Kaeda was a little distracted, and Zoro didn't take advantage of the situation to attack. He was actually here to learn skills.

In a real fight, he didn't think the real Miyahara Kaeda could beat him.

After all, boxing is afraid of young people. With his current physical fitness and strength, Miyahara Fengta may not be his opponent in reality.

In the dojo, two

The men stood facing each other with swords in hand and did not move.

Wu Sheng and Luffy on the side didn't say anything either, but it was getting late after all, and there were still a lot of things to do today. Wu Sheng yawned quickly.

Hearing this yawn, Miyahara Kaeda came back to his senses, looked at Zoro who was still standing silently across from him, said sorry, and signaled Zoro to attack first.

Seeing this, Zoro was not humble. He took a step forward with his right foot and used a mid-level straight chop with less flaws.

In the dusk, the young man shouted low, and the bamboo sword in his hand seemed to turn into a stream of light, and he slashed out with a straight and straight slash!

Miyahara Fengta listened to the howling sound of Zoro's chop and looked at this strike that seemed to have been refined thousands of times. He was shocked and did not attack. Instead, he raised the bamboo sword in his hand and prepared to block Zoro's strike.

But what he didn't expect was that Zoro exploded with all his strength, and the force in his hand was fierce. As soon as Miyahara Kaeda took the sword, he immediately felt that he might not be able to resist this force.

Miyahara Kautea turned his wrist and inserted his bamboo sword diagonally. He stepped back and moved to the left. The two bamboo swords passed each other in mid-air and he managed to remove the blow with skill.

After Miyahara Kaeda avoided it, he didn't hesitate at all. In an instant, the bamboo sword in his hand fell and slashed from bottom to top!

A slash against Sauron's waist.

Zoro has already fought twice with Miyahara Kaeda, who was at his peak in reality, and is already familiar with his sword moves.

This reverse slash was extremely dangerous and difficult to parry. Zoro took a big step back to get out of the way of the slash, then rushed back with his ankle and charged forward with his sword again.

In an instant, the two people's bamboo swords clashed again. In an instant, the sword net in the center of the dojo was woven, and the sound of bamboo resounded frequently.

Miyahara Kaede looked serious, and originally wanted to hold back, but after only a few blows, he had already used all his strength!

However......

After just a few rounds, Zoro relied on his rich combat experience, intuition and strength to suppress Miyahara Kaeda for a while. He was unable to counterattack and could only parry and defend.

Miyahara Fengta didn't expect that he would be hacked to the left and right by a high school student just by slashing against the cassock.

After fighting for a while, I was already exhausted and struggled to hold on.

He was shocked in his heart, this kid is so strong! Ridiculously strong!

He also said it depends on his level. What level is this?

I had this level when I was 16, am I already a sword master now, right?

With a level like yours, why are you still here to learn?

You are really sent by your enemy to kick the gym, right?!

However, this kid's sword structure looks like the inheritance of Beichen Yidao style, but it also has a bit of competitive kendo style.

Judging from this momentum, how many real sword fights has this guy fought in?!

"Stop, stop, stop!!!!" Miyahara Fengta looked at a flaw that was not a flaw, and rushed closer. He used all his strength to stick his bamboo sword to Zoro's sword body, forcing him to He lost his slashing space and shouted loudly.

"Enough is enough!"

Sauron paused, took two steps back, and stopped attacking.

Miyahara Futa inserted his bamboo sword into the belt of his kimono, put his hands on his waist, looked at Zoro with a horrified expression, quietly shook his hands that were numb from the shock, and gasped slightly.

In just one minute of fighting, 60% of my energy was consumed. If it had been a real sword, I might have been hacked to death by this guy!

"Are you here to play in the gym?!" He looked at Sauron bitterly: "I can't beat you, you'd better hire someone else."

"Uh." Zoro scratched his head a little, but he didn't expect Kaede Miyahara to be so weak in reality.

Although I know you can't beat me, but you can't hold on for even one minute, is that too much?
Chapter completed!