The storm that was thought to be coming did not come, but the night arrived quietly.
The children in the village went home separately.
People like Zoro and Saka, who live in the dojo, each found a place to train.
Everyone's talent is different, and the speed of progress is even more obvious, so Koushirou's teaching varies from person to person.
Under the moonlight, Kuina swung the sword again and again.
A full ten thousand times.
She finally stopped.
Sweat soaked her short hair and skirt.
Her hard work was no less than Zoro's.
She adjusted her breathing and looked at Leno who was sitting beside her.
"Aren't you training?"
"I'm just training now, meditation training method!" Leno said.
"Really?"
Kuina was suspicious.
"Well, I'm looking for your flaws!"
"Did you find any?"
Kuina doubted Leno could find her flaws because every sword stroke she made strictly followed the Koushirou's moves.
"Found it!"
In Leno's eyes, it was the trajectory of Kuina's every swing of the sword, and these trajectories gradually merged into one perfect cut.
[Sword Heart] talent, giving him a hundredfold increase in the way of the sword, matched with the physique of [Gluttony King].
He had what it took to defeat Kuina.
Kuina stared, Leno found her flaw?
Although she had already seen Leno's talent in swordsmanship, could he really surpass her in just three months?
"Let's fight!" Kuina said.
"Alright!"
Leno stood up.
He really liked this girl who never gave up and strove to surpass.
So.
He hoped to help Kuina become stronger by finding her flaws, weaknesses, and inadequacies.
The moon was shining brightly.
On the field ridge, Koushirou walked successively.
"After Kaido occupied Wano, the World Government issued a samurai arrest warrant, and the CP department was the most enthusiastic."
"If the Celestial Dragons come to East Blue, the guys from CP0 will definitely follow, but don't let them find out anything."
Koushirou couldn't help worrying.
He didn't want the peace of Shimotsuki Village to be broken.
"Okay, I know!"
Dragon rolled up his sleeves and nodded slightly.
"That, isn't it Kuina?"
Dragon suddenly stopped.
Koushirou looked up.
On the edge of the forest, the breeze blew.
Leno and Kuina stood facing each other, each holding a bamboo sword.
"Be careful!"
Kuina held the sword in both hands and rushed forward.
Brush!
Sharp chopping, from top to bottom, extremely fast.
Faced with this move, one must either block it high or dodge to avoid it.
Leno didn't block, didn't dodge.
Instead, he lowered his waist slightly and stabbed the bamboo sword forward, a very common move.
What?
Kuina's forward figure stopped suddenly.
Her eyes widened in disbelief.
"Why?"
she exclaimed.
"Wonderful! Who is he?"
A look of surprise appeared on Dragon's face.
Outsiders would definitely wonder why Kuina stopped, but Dragon, Koushirou, and Kuina all knew the reason.
Leno's seemingly ordinary stab just broke Kuina's attack, and if she went any further, she would definitely be stabbed.
In other words, she had to give up chopping.
If it were an actual battle, she would already be at a disadvantage.
It sounds easy.
But this requires the person holding the sword to have extremely high control over timing, strength, angle, speed, etc.
Koushirou narrowed his eyes and said, "Leno!"
"Oh?"
Dragon became interested and said, "The one you missed? Such an exquisite sword skill, really only learned it for three months?"
"Yes!"
"Young people are terrifying!"
Leno looked as usual. He had watched Kuina for three months, was it for nothing?
Her every move, every habit, was imprinted into his memory with [Sword Heart], completely under his control.
Not only Kuina, but also Zoro, Saka, and others.
It's just not as serious as Kuina.
Leno said to Kuina, who was full of disbelief: "There was something wrong with your sword-holding posture in your slash just now!"
"What?"
"Change it a little bit, and your slash will be faster and more powerful, and my stab will become a flaw instead!"
Kuina was dumbfounded.
I have held the sword posture for several years, right?
"No, you are starting to enter the developmental period. Your body is growing every day, so your previous habits are no longer applicable."
"Uh!"
Kuina glared at Leno.
How does this guy know that she has entered puberty?
Kuina's mind was very simple, and she didn't get entangled in it. She asked curiously, "Then how do you hold it?"
"In this way, let the center of gravity lean forward slightly."
Leno demonstrated it himself.
Kuina tried it, chopping again.
Huh?
She was surprised.
She clearly felt an inexplicable smoothness.
The air that used to be a resistance, at this angle, became a boost, making her sword faster and sharper.
Suddenly, she thought of Koushirou's teachings.
Listen to your breath with your heart.
The breath of oneself, the breath of the sword, the breath of the wind, the breath of all things.
She didn't understand it before.
But just now, she seemed to hear it.
The way she looked at Leno changed; it was very eager.
Kuina wasn't offended that Leno saw through her.
Leno was not the same as Zoro.
His age was older than hers.
Then he was more knowledgeable than her, as it should be.
What about Zoro?
Younger than her.
It's embarrassing to be surpassed by him.
It sounds like a double standard, but when you think about it carefully, it makes sense.
Being surpassed by someone older than you is because you are younger.
What is the reason for being surpassed by someone younger than you?
"What else did you find? Please teach me!" Kuina saluted seriously.
Leno said: "Quite a lot!"
Leno instructed Kuina to train.
[Ding! You defeated your opponent and scanned for talents: One Heart Sword (A-level), Perseverance (B-level), Unyielding (B-level)]
Huh?
Does this count as defeating the opponent?
Well!
Kuina asked for his advice, which was tantamount to admitting defeat, which made sense.
She has three talents?
Worthy of being able to beat Zoro.
[Please host choose one of the three talents!]