LRAB Page 23
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Ron was doing push-ups with three fingers on one hand in the backyard, drops of sweat dripping down his nose.
"Ron."
Koushirou walked over from the corridor, saw him, and asked, "Have you seen Kuina?"
"It seems she went to practice her swordsmanship by the waterfall."
Ron replied.
"Director, what do you need her for?"
"It's nothing much, it's just that some new disciples have come to the Taoist temple, and I wanted her to help teach them."
"Koushirou said."
Ron thought for a moment, tightened his fingers, stood up and looked at him, saying, "How about I go?"
"That was a huge help."
Koushiro was overjoyed.
Ron then followed Koushirou to the dojo in the front yard, where quite a few children around seven or eight years old had already arrived, making a lot of noise.
Some had already picked up bamboo swords and started playing around with them.
Koushirou coughed twice.
When some children saw him, they immediately quieted down and shouted in unison:
"Hello, Director."
The other children looked on with curiosity.
"Hello."
Koushirou looked at the group of children with a smile.
“Some of you are new disciples. Welcome to Isshin Dojo. I am the headmaster, Shimotsuki Koshiro. I will be responsible for teaching you swordsmanship and training you into swordsmen with unwavering resolve.”
……
When Koushirou introduced the dojo to the new disciples.
Several children looked at Ron, who was standing next to Koushirou, with some curiosity.
After Koushirou finished speaking, he smiled at everyone and said, "Next, Ron will spar with you."
Ron took a step forward, carrying his bamboo sword.
He glanced at the children but didn't see the guy with the green hair.
"They're not here yet..."
he thought to himself.
"Huh? Isn't it Kuina who's practicing swordsmanship with us?"
One of the children was taken aback. He looked at Ron, sizing him up, and asked suspiciously, "Your name is Ron, right? My name is Umi. I've been studying at this dojo for two years. How long have you been here?"
"About three months."
Ron said.
"Huh? Only three months?!"
The boy named Umi opened his mouth wide in surprise, then grinned and said, "You've only been here for three months, do you think you can be my sparring partner?"
The other children also looked at Ron with suspicion.
Ron, on the other hand, remained completely calm.
"Alright then, Umi."
Koushirou looked at the boy named Umi and said with a smile, "Don't you really like my real sword? You spar with Ron, and if you can force Ron to take a step back, I'll give you that sword."
"real?!"
Umi's face lit up with surprise. Seeing Koushirou nod with a smile, he became incredibly excited and looked at Ron with great enthusiasm: "Okay!"
Inside the Taoist temple.
Koushirou and the other children knelt on the ground, watching Ron and Umi holding bamboo swords in the arena.
Looking at Ron across from her, who had a calm expression, Umi felt inexplicably nervous, and her palms started to sweat.
He shook his head:
"It's just a matter of forcing them to back down. This new guy can't possibly be as good as Kuina, can he?"
After encouraging myself.
He shouted and charged toward Ron with his bamboo sword.
next second.
Snapped! A sound.
The bamboo sword was knocked away, and Wumi was sent flying backward.
Umi, who had fallen heavily to the ground, stared blankly at the ceiling, completely bewildered.
what happened?
what happened?
How did I fly away?
The children around them were also completely astonished.
"What just happened?"
Has he drawn his sword?
"No, I didn't see it at all..."
With a smile, Koushirou picked up his teacup, took a sip, and thought to himself:
Clean and crisp, what a beautiful sword strike.
That said, has his sword-wielding speed increased?
"It's not over yet!"
Unable to accept this, Umi immediately got up, grabbed the bamboo sword from the ground, and charged at Ron.
Snapped!
"Ouch! No, it's not over yet!"
Snapped!
……
After a while.
Umi, covered in bumps, lay on the ground in a spread-eagle position, his face filled with regret and despair.
"How... is it possible... that strong?!"
The other children looked at Ron with awe, whose clothes were not even disheveled.
"I'm going back."
Ron said to Koushirou.
Koushirou nodded with a smile.
After he left, Umi immediately got up and asked Koushirou:
"Director, that guy really only arrived three months ago?!"
"Yes."
"how old is he?"
"He said he's about nine years old this year, a year younger than Kuina."
Koushirou thought for a moment and said.
"The same age as me..."
Umi was somewhat desperate.
"Haha, don't be so discouraged."
Koushirou stood up and laughed, "After all, even Kuina is no match for him."
Umi was taken aback at first, then:
"Huh??? Even Kuina can't beat him?!"
He opened his mouth wide, his jaw almost dropping to the ground.
"Well, when he first arrived, Kuina had her bamboo sword knocked away by his two sword strikes. Although she has become much stronger now, she should only be able to withstand one or two of his moves."
Koushirou sipped his tea.
"Nani?!!!"