The old man grins, gets up, and offers me his hand. I take it and get up from the ground.
"What a monster. You should enjoy your retirement, old man. Not beating youngsters in the name of sparring."
"Bwahahaha!"
The old man laughs loudly and says.
"I'm not that old, Tanaka. I still have a lot of youth energy coursing through my body!"
I can only shake my head and say.
"Sure. Anyway, how is it?"
"Hmmm? What do you mean?"
"The fight"
"Ah, right. Well, you are good. Great, in fact. However, you need more experience in close combat. Your archery is great, fantastic. You can shoot an arrow with the speed of a bullet. That is something that only an upper palace guard can do, and they have hundreds of years of experience."
He looks at me right in the eyes and says.
"Train your close combat, and you will be complete. You have the form done, and you only need to get used to your fighting style."
