Guy's Eight Gates technique is so interesting to watch that Zoro decides to be defensive again. He keeps trying to block Guy's high speed attacks using his swords.
Although Guy isn't as fast as Raikage, keeping up with his speed is still difficult for Zoro, especially with Kakashi also attacking him at high speed too.
So Zoro needs to focus his Observation Haki on the 2 of them at the same time. In a way, this battle is more troublesome than when he fights Raikage.
Because of their good cooperation, Zoro sometimes misses blocking their attacks with his swords. When that happens, he uses his Armament Haki to block instead of dodging.
He can dodge, but it will lower the intensity of their battle. Besides, this is a good chance to train his Observation Haki, reflex, agility, and speed. This is a sparring match, training, so he needs to use it well to improve himself.
With that mindset, Zoro keeps trying to block all of their attacks. Slowly, he stops missing blocking their attacks using his swords.
But before he can fully block all of their attacks without missing a single one, the 2 young ninjas are running out of gas first and fall tiredly.
Zoro can only sigh before sheathing his swords back to their scabbards. He was hoping they could do more because they are important characters in this world.
'Well, they are still too young now, so I shouldn't hope too much. Besides, they are already strong for their ages. They are already on par with most A-Rank missing nins that I've ever fought, so they aren't bad actually.'
These guys are not bad at all. It's just that Zoro is abnormally powerful for his age, thanks to the "cheat" talents that he received from the God that sent him here.
Although it's also impossible for him to be this strong if he didn't work hard. So this is the result of his hard work that is supported by his talent.
Even so, he knows it's still not enough to face the future greatest threats to this world. Also, even with such talent and hard work, he knows he still can't beat Naruto's and Sasuke's progress.
Those main characters have even greater cheats than him. After all, they are supported by fate, or plot armor as people say. They will receive incredible power just by meeting an ancient ghost while he will never get that, so he needs to keep working hard to reach and surpass their levels at that time.
After getting beaten up by Zoro, the young ninjas receive treatments from Tsunade. Meanwhile, Zoro is approached by Kushina and Mikoto who are praising him for his power.
"You sure are mischievous for fighting against those kids." Kushina giggles while Zoro is looking at Naruto on her lap.
"What do you mean?"
"Fufu, you know what I mean. Someone who could hold the 9 Tailed Fox on his own is fighting against some chuunins. Even if they fight you together, their winning chance is extremely low. You were playing around with them, weren't you?"
"It wasn't me who chose them. Your husband was the one sending them to fight me. I was simply requesting for some sparring matches against Konoha ninjas and never asked for some specific people. Instead, you should feel sorry about me. It's not like I don't know why Minato sent them instead of some strong jonins."
Kushina smiles wryly while Mikoto giggles. They also know that Minato sent those kids here to spar with Zoro so they could learn from him whose age is similar to them but already has such power.
"He really is an interesting child, Kushina. But it really surprised me that a swordsman can be this strong. His techniques are also much different from shinobi swordsmen."
Mikoto watched the entire sparring match with her sharingan. She is an experienced shinobi who has fought many enemies including shinobi swordsmen.
So she knows that Zoro's swordsmanship skills are different from those shinobis who use swords as their weapons.
"Well, from my perspective, those people that you mean aren't swordsmen. They are shinobis who simply use swords as their weapons. Sure, they are skilled with their swords. But all those people that I've fought are not focusing on their swordsmanship like me and other swordsmen from the Land of Iron. We are prioritizing swordsmanship above other skills, but they are still prioritizing ninjutsu even if they are called swordsmen. Some of us can use jutsu like shinobis, but it is just for support while in the case of shinobi swordsmen, the swords are the support while jutsu is the main."
"I see, that's an interesting perspective." Fugaku suddenly joins in the conversation.
"I have fought some samurais from the Land of Iron. Although their techniques utilize chakra, I can't say that those are ninjutsu. So I was surprised when you used defensive ninjutsu to block their attacks."
Fugaku seems very interested in Zoro's Armament Haki. His sharingan is powerful even among Uchiha clan members. But even he couldn't see the chakra flow when Zoro used Armament Haki.
"Hmm, well, my Master said it's something that you ninjas call as Kekkei Genkai? But even he doesn't know how I can use it because he never knows any clan that have this ability. No one else knows it too even after I asked around for years because I'm very curious."
"You don't ask your parents?"
"They aren't in this world." Zoro is telling the truth because his parents are really not in this world, but in another world. He says that to be ambiguous because people will always assume that his parents have died and won't ask more.
"Ah, I'm sorry, that was insensitive of me."
"That's fine."
Fugaku is silent for a moment before saying, "Then, that means it is your unique ability. Sometimes it can happen because of the chakra mutation. Some Kekkei Genkai are made by very skillful shinobis who combine different chakra nature transformations. But some are formed naturally and then passed down through genetics to their descendants."
"Like sharingan?"
"Yes, the easiest example is dojutsu like Sharingan. Only those with Uchiha blood can be born with sharingan, the same also applies to Hyuga's byakugan. So I think you are the progenitor of a new Kekkei Genkai."
"Heh, so I will be an ancestor of a clan with a Kekkei Genkai, huh? That sounds interesting."
"It is interesting, but you also need to be careful. While genetic-based Kekkei Genkai is admired by many, it is also feared by many. A lot of clans with this kind of Kekkei Genkai have perished throughout the history or are being persecuted. They are being hunted by those who fear their abilities and some crazy people even use them for experiments. So you need to be very careful."
"You're right. I've heard some clans with Kekkei Genkai have been massacred here and there, even in their own village by their fellow villagers. The most dangerous enemies are those close to you, huh?"
Zoro takes Fugaku's advice seriously because he knows it must have come from experience. It makes him realize he also needs to be wary of his own country as well.
For now, he has a good relationship with the Land of Iron. But he can't guarantee that it will stay like that in the future, especially when he has a family or even clan.
He always plans to have a family in the future even though he still doesn't have any woman he's interested in for now. But because he has always been alone in both of his lives, he always craves to have a family.
That's why he needs to make sure he has enough power to protect those dear to him when he starts his own family. At the very least, he needs to be able to protect them when he's still alive.
'I still hope my descendants will inherit Haki even if it will make people jealous. This ability is too good to not be passed down even if it might put them in danger. High risk high return.'
In the world of One Piece, Haki is a powerful ability that is possessed by all powerful people. Also, Zoro wants his great physical power to be passed down as well because even if his descendants have low amounts of chakra, their physical power can help them overcome most troubles.
Zoro suddenly sighs while thinking about that. He doesn't even have a girlfriend yet and already thinks about descendants. Though there's nothing wrong with thinking about the future.
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