Rejected Shanks at the starting - Chapter 5
Only by truly sinking your heart to understand everything in the world, and not being affected by the emotions and desires, can you become a truly powerful swordsman.
Koshiro saw the future from Mark.
“Wait a moment.”
Koshiro stopped Mark.
Mark paused, turned his head, and said in a flat tone, “What?”
Koshiro smiled and asked, “What’s your name?”
“Mark.”
“Do you like tea?”
Mark: “?”
“If you have time, why don’t you stay and have a cup of tea together, have some refreshments, and chat by the way, how about it?”
“No need.” Mark refused, “I prefer drinking to tea.”
Koshiro was stunned for a moment: “Wine?”
“Ah.”
“Hehe, what an interesting kid. I also have some old wine that has been placed here for several years. Do you want to try it?”
aging?
Mark was slightly moved.
“Okay.”
He just finished the word.
Kuina came over dissatisfied: “Father, what are you doing? Obviously he has already rejected you, why do you have to keep him?”
“Guina, you don’t understand.” Koshiro smiled and said, “You, there is still a lot to learn from Mark in the future.”
“Learn from him? Father, did you make a mistake? He looks younger than me!”
“Age doesn’t mean everything.” Koshiro continued, “His strength is already far above yours.”
“What! Just rely on him?” Kuina refused to accept, and pointed at Mark with the bamboo sword in her hand, “I want to challenge you!”
As Kuina, who can easily defeat even an adult, she naturally refuses to accept that her strength will be weaker than someone from a foreign country, or even younger than her.
Therefore, she wants to prove to Koshiro that she is the strongest!
And Mark was not the kind of person who was easily incited, and the purpose of his coming here was not to fight.
Facing Kuina’s invitation to fight, he was speechless.
Koshiro sullen, a little displeased: “Guina, that’s enough! Put down the sword!”
“Father!” Kuina said angrily, “I want to prove to you that a girl can also become a swordsman and number one in the world! Since you think he is better than me, fine, then I will defeat him!”
“This child.” Koshiro rubbed his temples with a headache, and turned to look at Mark who was speechless, “Sorry, I made you laugh, but in fact, Kuina just refused to admit defeat, and she didn’t mean any harm.”
“It’s okay.” Mark shrugged indifferently.
To be able to maintain peace of mind after being challenged like this, Koshiro strengthened his mind, this child is indeed extraordinary.
But Kuina is determined to challenge Mark, if it makes the child Kuina suffer, maybe it won’t be a bad thing for her.
Thinking of this, Koshiro said: “In this case, Mark, you can accept Kuina’s challenge. Of course, I won’t let you compete for nothing.”
Koshiro looked at Guina: “Since you insist on challenging Mark, then at the price of He Dao Yi’s words, if you lose, He Dao Yi’s words will belong to Mark.”
He Dao Yiwen is one of the famous knives of the 21 knives of Da Kuai Knife.
Mark naturally knew.
What surprised him was that Koshiro would use a famous sword as a reward for a swordsmanship competition between children…
Kuina couldn’t believe it: “Father, He Dao is a word…”
“I know.” Koshiro cut off Kuina’s words, “This is the risky price you have to pay for insisting on challenging Mark. If you are afraid of losing, then give up the challenge.”
Only the word fear cannot appear in the heart of a qualified swordsman.
Especially on the occasion of battle, once such emotions arise, the consequences will be very dire.
Kuina looked at Mark, her eyes were full of dissatisfaction and anger: “I will not lose, I want to challenge you!”
Mark actually didn’t want to accept this inexplicable challenge, even if he was rewarded with a famous knife, he didn’t care.
Seeing that Mark had no intention of fighting, Koshiro smiled and said: “If you win, you will not only get He Dao Yi, but also ten altars of aged wine brewed with special techniques and sealed for nearly ten years.”
Mark’s eyes moved slightly: “Twenty altars.”
“I only have fifteen altars, I can give them all to you.”
“make a deal.”
Seeing that Mark agreed to Kuina’s challenge.
The children in the dojo, including Zoro, immediately sat around skillfully.
“Come on, Kuina, you are the most powerful person in the dojo, rush over and kill him!”
“That’s right, let this outsider see how powerful our dojo is!”
“Yes, just like how you usually fight Zoro, knock that guy down with one sword!”
Zoro: “…”
“Hey!” Zoro glared dissatisfiedly at someone who cheered Kuina up, “Do you need a beating, brat? Cheer up Kuina and don’t get me involved!”
Dojo center.
“Okay, everyone be quiet.” Koshiro said, “Guina, Mark, get ready to start.”
Mark walked towards the sword bucket placed in the corner of the dojo, and randomly pulled out a bamboo sword from it.
For a competition of this level, he does not intend to use Lake Toya.