Pirate's Backblade Swordsman

"Don't worry, little guy, I don't have any malice towards you."

Master Okino sat on a grass futon with his back to Ai Lan, pointed to the futon next to him and said, "Please sit down."

Ai Lan sat down according to Master Okino's instructions, but he didn't relax at all.Not only did he not take back his armed domineering and dangerous foresight, but Yukino kept it by his hand, making sure that he could draw his sword out of its sheath and perform Iai Slash at any time.

But just as Ai Lan's butt touched the futon, Master Okino said, "Give me your knife."

"what"

Ai Lan thought that Master Okino knew what he was thinking and wanted to take the snow that he used for self-defense, so she was a little confused.

"Don't you want to repair your knife?"

"Oh, yes, yes, yes."

Ai Lan touched her nose in embarrassment, raised the reverse blade knife with both hands and handed it to Master Okino.

bass

Master Okino pulled out the Niren Knife, and when he saw the strange blade of the Niren Knife, complicated eyes appeared in his eyes.

"It is indeed a good knife."

Master Okino took out a piece of white silk cloth, and while gently wiping the blade of the reverse blade, he said: "You have fought against Ursus, so you should know about me."

"Yeah." Allen nodded.

"Would you like to tell me about this knife?" Master Okino waved the reverse blade in a sheathing motion, then slowly put the reverse blade into its sheath and handed it back to Ai Lan.

Judging by the master's posture of withdrawing the knife, Ai Lan boldly guessed that the master must have been a powerful swordsman, maybe even a famous swordsman.

For the master's question, Ai Lan did not answer immediately.Instead, he untied the saber rope wrapped around the handle, and then removed the handguard to reveal the stem of the knife inside, and handed it to Master Okino again.

Although Master Okino was a little puzzled, he still took the Reverse Blade Knife.

As soon as the sword came into his hand, Master Okino saw the two lines of words engraved on the stem of the sword. He couldn't help but read out loud: "I forged the sword with a few stars of frost, and my son will be the grandson of all generations if he doesn't realize it."

"These are the last words left to his son by Master Arai Chikora, who forged the sword. They are also his repentance for the murders caused by the sword he forged."

Although Ai Lan had told this story several times, every time he told it, he could feel the guilt from the Backblade Knife.

"Arai Chikong is a master swordsmith. Every knife he casts is very powerful. However, his works have caused countless killings, whether it is an infinite blade, a continuous blade, or a thin blade. Naitachi, all of them are very cruel weapons."

"Although he forged those murderous knives for future peace, he still felt remorse for the killings caused by the knives he forged, so he forged this reverse-edged knife for God's atonement."

After listening to Ai Lan's narration, Master Okino kept repeating the words on the handle of the knife, and tears flowed down his cheeks.

"The past is the past, let it go."

In his confusion, Okinoemon seemed to hear such a sentence ringing in his ears.

"But what about the sins I committed?"

"It is better to spend the rest of your life slowly redeeming yourself than to live in regret and pain all your life."

The voice of that voice became smaller and smaller until it disappeared in Okinoemon's ear.

He felt that he had a high degree of spiritual and soul compatibility with Arai Chikora, who forged the reverse blade, so much so that he felt more and more familiar with the reverse blade.

"You can rest assured to give this sword to me, and I will repair it perfectly." When Okinoemon said this, his eyes were shining.

Ji Saburo on the side was a little surprised to see the master's performance like this.Since he studied with Okinoemon, he had never seen his master so excited.

In addition to asking him to practice with a straight face, the usual Okinoemon would occasionally sigh alone in the dead of night, and there was almost no other expression except for the first time.

It seems that the arrival of this reverse-edged knife has indeed untied the knot in Master's heart for many years.

"I have another unfeeling request, even if you don't agree, it's okay." Master Okino said, "Of course if you accept my request, as a reward, I will tell you the secret."

"Please tell me, if I can do it, I will definitely not refuse."

Master Okino said it was a request, and this kind of thing must be very troublesome, but Ai Lan still decided to take care of this nosy matter.

"It's about the sword I forged, the demon sword Muramasa." Master Okino's tone was slightly low, "I hope you can help me get it back, whether you seal it up or send it to me for destruction. I just hope it doesn’t cause any more harm.”

Ai Lan thought of Svold's monster-like image and couldn't help but gritted his teeth and said: "Even if you don't say anything about this, I will definitely do it."

Swolde is also a bandage weirdo, right? In the end, you will definitely be defeated by me just like Shishio lost to Kenshin.

"The secret I want to tell you is about Murasame, one of the twelve masters of the Supreme Knife. In fact, I am not an aboriginal here. I come from the Wano Country in the New World."

"New World"

"The Country of Peace"

Ai Lan and Ji Saburo stared at each other, and they both saw doubts in each other's eyes.

Okinoemon didn't know how to explain, "The new world is the second half of the great route, and Wano country is a powerful country located in the new world. However, although Wano country is powerful, it has closed its doors and never It receives outsiders, does not join the world government, and even naval ships cannot enter it. And Murasame exists in Wano country."

Ah, finding a sword from an inaccessible country is no different than finding a needle in a haystack.

"I will write a letter for you. If you can recapture Muramasa and reach Wano Country. Then go find a man named Okino Yoshitaro. After seeing Muramasa's and my handwritten letter, he will tell you about it. Murasame’s whereabouts.”

Although Ai Lan doesn't have the idea that he has to find Muramasa, but if he can get a super fast knife, it will be very flattering.

And the man named Okino Yoshitaro must be somewhat related to the master's apprentice Okino Yoshisaburo. But these are private matters in the master's family, and Ai Lan, an outsider, can't ask too many questions.

"Sanlang, light the fire, turn on the furnace"

After discussing the prerequisites, Master Okino finally started to help Ai Lan restore the Negative Blade Knife.

Although repairing a sword is easy to say, it is not much less laborious than recasting a sword.Master Okino and Yoshisaburo both worked hard all day to complete the perfect restoration of the Neibian Knife.

"As a swordsman, you still have to protect your sword. It is the greatest shame for a swordsman to have his sword broken. Even if the sword is cut off, it will be a shame."

Okinoemon said when he handed the reverse blade knife to Alan's hand again. "Of course, if you can forge a black knife in the future, you won't have the trouble of damaging the sword."