Ultimate Blade Shadow in One Piece Navy

"Dad, who did you think won? Why does everyone say it was this man?"

In the courtyard of Koushiro's home, Koushiro looked at his daughter, who was actually holding two knives in a decent manner at this time. He couldn't help but laugh, but after hearing the question asked by Kuina, Koushiro said:

"Because people don't believe that the world's greatest swordsman can be a woman, especially... men who have mastered the power.

Only then will they spontaneously unite and fight for common gains and losses. "

Guina didn't understand. She raised her head and looked at her father holding her grandfather's pipe. She was a little confused and asked: "What about you? Father?"

Koushiro turned the cigarette rod in his hand, as if he was making unconscious movements when he was thinking seriously. After a while, he said:

"What I think about it is not important. On the contrary, I want to ask you a question. Do you want the pinnacle of swordsmanship or the pinnacle of swordsmen?"

"what?"

Guina was a little confused and asked: "Is there any difference? Isn't becoming the number one swordsman equivalent to standing at the pinnacle of swordsmanship?"

"Haha~" Koushiro laughed and said: "There is no answer to kendo, only people can have the answer. For example..."

Koushiro said, looked at the newspaper, and said: "Everyone is wrong, because everyone thinks that the two people are dueling, but in fact... they are just proving themselves.

If you are asking who won the duel between the two swordsmen, the answer is that both sides suffered losses.

If what you want to ask is the self-certification of those two people in kendo, then they both won.

No matter who was more seriously injured, no matter who could recover faster, they still failed to defeat each other. If what they wanted was an ugly victory, then they would have won long ago.

But in the end, neither of them won, and they were even beaten to death by the other party. From this point of view, both of them were losers. "

"What about the way of swordsmanship?"

Kuina looked up at her father, and Koushiro smiled and said: "Both of them have not lost in the way of swordsmanship. Do you still remember the sword power I told you?"

"Is it your 'sword power' that can't even cut paper??"

Seeing Kuina's strange expression, Koushiro's eyes twitched. Sure enough, his daughter still couldn't understand, but he still nodded and said, "You can say that, but everyone's sword power is different. of.

But they will have similar sword skills, because they are all on the same path of swordsmanship. For example, these two, their sword skills are...'invincible'!

If they don't lose this time, their sword power will remain invincible, or even...maybe become even more invincible.

No victory is the result of a duel between two swordsmen. No loss is the result of two swordsmen. "

Kuina frowned. She still didn't understand. In her current view, if she didn't win, she would lose. If she didn't lose, she would win. Just like her "duel" with Zoro, she would always win. Same.

Koushiro reached out and rubbed Kuina's head, and said: "Kuina, no one can win forever. You can win a duel, you can win a year's duel, or you can win a lifetime.

But... there will always be someone who will catch up, even if it is not in this era. As a swordsman, winning will only be temporary.

Only undefeated swordsmanship will last forever, because... the spirit will not die!

If you only think about winning as a swordsman, then you won't win for long. Even if you duel with Zoro, you may not be able to win forever. "

"I can keep beating him, and I keep beating him, so why can't I win?"

Kuina's original thoughtfulness disappeared. She was unhappy when she mentioned that annoying boy. Koushiro took back his hand and asked, "Do you think your duel with Zoro was fair?"

"What's unfair?"

"Do you dare to stop and wait for him for five years?"

"Why? Why five years?"

"You are two years older than him, and you also learned swordplay three years earlier than him. Do you still feel that defeating him is something to be proud of?"

Hearing Koushiro's words, Kuina said a little aggrievedly: "But... I'm not better than him just because I'm older. I'm also..."

"So, there is no fairness in a duel. You lose even if you care."

"Isn't that what you said?"

"Hahaha~"

"What are you laughing at?"

"I just remembered that I said this before, and your grandfather taught me the same lesson. Of course, at that time I... was already a loser."

Koushiro stopped and looked at Kuina. He knew that in fact, Kuina, like him back then, was not like the two swordsmen in the news, someone who could keep going with passion alone.

Before hearing the cry of the sword, Koushiro had been experiencing failure. Therefore, he could see clearly more easily than others, and what failure meant more clearly.

At the same time, he also became more aware of what his father said at that time was a lesson, but was actually an explanation.

"Father, how long do I have until I can find Lieutenant General Skyler?"

"There are still six years until the promise...isn't it? Why, don't you want to stay in the dojo?"

"No, I just want to know how many more years it will take for Sauron to be defeated by me!"

The girl was very confident, and Koushiro just nodded, not too happy. Suddenly, he seemed to remember something, picked up a long knife from the side, and said: "You can take this knife... take it."

"Is this Wado Ichimonji? Aren't you always at grandpa's house?"

Kuina took over the letter from Wadao, a little confused, and Koushiro's smile paused slightly.

I remembered what my father told me when I brought the meal to my father at night, not to let Kuina care too much about the knife, and not to put the expectations of both generations on the child Kuina.

Of course, after saying that, his father also hit himself with a fishing rod and said that he didn't make any food and put it there waiting for him.

The fishing rod didn't hurt at all, but Koushiro cried alone on the path for a long time after leaving his father's house.

When he was a child, he was most afraid of his father hitting him, because his father was very powerful and a hit on his body would be very painful.

But now... Koushiro hopes that his father can still beat him and hurt him. After all... such a father is at least healthy.

However, Koushiro did not show his sadness and just said: "Your grandpa is old and the work of maintaining the knife is too tedious. I will leave it to you from now on."

"Ah."

Guina nodded, feeling nothing unusual.

"Want to try the knife?"

Koushiro asked, but Kuina shook her head and said, "Grandpa said, don't draw your sword easily unless you want to cut something open."

"Haha~" Koushiro smiled again. His father was still unwilling to say those bloody words in front of Kuina. He touched Kuina's head and said:

"It's okay, your grandpa is not here, and Hedao Yiwen is very gentle."

After hearing her father's instigation, Guina was also very moved. After struggling for a while, she nodded, ran to the center of the small courtyard, drew her sword, and slashed a few times.

But Kuina quickly stopped, and Koushiro also asked: "Do you feel that there is a big difference between using a real sword and using a bamboo sword?"

Guina nodded and said, "It seems very disobedient."

"Because the knife was born just to... cut something. If your knife can't cut anything, he will be very disobedient. But when he becomes obedient, you can cut everything. .

If you don't obey, you can even chop off the straw mat! "

Koushiro explained, but Kuina looked unconvinced and said, "I can cut off a straw mat with a bamboo sword, how can it be possible that I can't cut it with a real sword?"

"Because you broke it before, instead of cutting it off. Go get a roll of straw mat."

Hearing this, Gu Yina nodded, sheathed the word cautiously, ran to the corner of the courtyard, picked up a roll of straw mats, and pulled a stake. Both items were not light, but Gu Yina seemed to Easy.

Because she often helps the dojo place such straw mats for sword testing, Kuina is very skilled in her movements.

Although the straw mats in this small courtyard are much fresher than those used by students to test swords, and are more tightly woven and as thick as an adult's torso, Guina is very confident.

Because how could a real sword be able to cut through even a mere straw mat?

Koushiro watched with a smile, watching Kuina place the straw mat in place and adjust her breathing.

Kuina pulled out Wado Ichimonji, and before swinging the sword, she turned to look at Koushiro. Koushiro nodded, and Kuina looked at the straw mat in front of her again.

"Ah!"

Kuina swung her sword, but...

"Crack~"

The entire pile and the straw mat fell to the ground, and her hands hurt from the shock. The straw mat pile was actually only separated by two or three layers.

"This this..."

Kuina looked at the Hedao Yiwen in her hand with some disbelief. Under the moonlight, the Hedao Yiwen was spitting out cold light. No matter how you looked at it, it didn't look like a sword that couldn't even cut through a straw mat.

"Come on, give it to me."

Koushiro walked up to the self-doubting Koina, took the Wado Ichimonji from her hand, then helped the mat and said: "To use a real sword, it takes more than just strength."

As he said that, Koushiro placed the blade of the blade about two fists away from the straw mat. As for why there was a distance?Because he was afraid that Guina wouldn't understand.

"Sa~"

The speed of the sword swing was not fast, even Guina didn't feel it was fast, but the blade passed through the straw mat.

"Crack~"

The cut straw mat slipped and fell to the ground. Koushiro looked at Kuina and asked, "Did you see it clearly?"

Kuina looked confused and seemed to understand, but she instinctively wanted to refute. Koushiro didn't say anything more, but brought up the word "Wado" again. This time, it was completely close to the straw mat.

"If you want to cut through anything, you can cut through anything."

"Sa~"

"Crack~"

Another piece of straw mat fell to the ground, and Koushiro also handed the word "Wado" to Kuina again. Kuina took the word "Wado" and raised her head and asked, "Father, why don't you say the second half of the sentence?"

"Because what you need to learn now is the first half of the sentence."

Under the moonlight, the girl slashed at the straw mat again and again, even if it was deep into the night, she did not stop. It seemed that the excitement of just picking up the real sword and the shame of not being able to cut even the straw mat were constantly whipping her.

As a father, Koushiro also sat quietly beside him without stopping her. After all, his daughter still wanted to train, so why should he stop her?

What's more... not everyone is like those two monsters. Normal people will rest when they are tired.

The moon sets and the sun rises, and the morning sun appears.valley

"Crack~"

Hedao dropped his words, and Kuina also bumped into the tattered-looking straw mat and began to fall asleep soundly.

Koushiro shook his head helplessly, picked up Kuina, and walked towards her room. After placing Kuina, he walked out, picked up Wado Yimonji, sheathed him, and then walked to another room.

He took out maintenance supplies such as knife oil and deerskin, and carefully maintained Hedao Yimoji.

From this day on, Kuina trained with bamboo swords during the day and real swords at night. At the same time, she no longer argued with anyone about who was the world's greatest swordsman.

Even though people around her thought that the strange-looking man won, Guina knew in her heart that Skyler did not lose, and that strange man did not win, and that was enough.

Day after day passed, g-5 branch.

Skyler, whose hair has become a little short, is lying on a beach chair at the training ground. His left hand is in a cast and hung around his neck with a bandage. His right hand is performing the difficult action of holding barbecue and drinks at the same time.

Next to him was Garp, who had the same casual attitude. The two of them were eating breakfast and watching the combatants of Garp's detachment violently beating the combatants of Zhanye detachment, which was quite pleasant.

"By the way, that Mihawk, is he awake?"

Garp seemed to have remembered something and asked. Skyler nodded, restrained his voice and breath, and said: "I woke up yesterday, but I still can't move. I'm really too weak haha~his~"

Skyler, who was still laughing, suddenly changed his expression, and the muscles on his face began to twitch. Garp snorted and said: "Humph! Let's see if you dare to be so willful in the future!

Don't think that I don't know that you two can wield the same perfect slash without using all your strength. Why are you working so hard if you don't use it sparingly if you have the strength? "

"..."

Skyler, who was accused, did not dare to say a word and listened silently to Garp's teachings, but he should eat and drink as he should.

"Also! Where is the return of life? Where did your Six-Style learning go?! Why don't you use it?!"

"..."

"It feels good to be near death, right?!"

"It's really good."

Skyler finally spoke, turned to look at Garp, and said, "What do you think? What does it feel like to give up everything for fighting?"

Garp was choked, the veins on his forehead kept beating, and his face suddenly turned red. He really wanted to refute! ! !

"I'll go back and let He teach you a lesson!"

After holding it in for a long time, Garp finally said this. He found that his daughter was becoming more and more of an asshole. She actually dared to stab him with words like this. She was just as asshole as he was back then!Why didn't anyone teach her a lesson? !

When he saw Garp threatening him with a crane, Skyler instinctively shrank and shifted his gaze inadvertently.

The two were silent for a while, and Skyler suddenly asked: "What's going on with the Shichibukai, do you know?"

"What Shichibukai?"

Skyler didn't speak and just looked at Garp. After a long time, Garp reluctantly nodded and said, "That bastard from Warring States threatened him with you."

"Me?" Skyler showed a puzzled expression and said, "How could I threaten him? Could it be that if he doesn't agree, he will let me chop him?"

"Are you two guys afraid of death?"

Garp snorted and said, "Remember what happened with Ace? In the beginning... it was the deal that sick guy made with me through friendship. It's more of a coercion than a deal."

"Haha~his~hehe~ My friendship with Mihawk can make someone like him bow down?"

"I don't know how you young people manage to get along. One of you only has two friends, and the other only has one friend!"

Garp looked at the silly Skyler with disdain. Skyler's smile froze and hesitantly said: "I...I still have a lot of friends."

"Tell me about it? The navy doesn't count."

"Mihawk... and... you care how many friends I have?! Ahem~~ If you don't count those in the naval system, do you, an old guy, have any friends?"

"..."

Garp was suddenly speechless. The only name he thought of was... that person was already dead.

The two vice admirals fell silent.

A dignified Vice Admiral, a person whom countless people need to reach out to make friends with, is actually a second friend whose name I can't even think of.

"What do you think of Zhanye now?"

In the end, Skyler still couldn't stand Garp's silence. After all, a man of his age should have a lot of stories and friends all over the world, but Garp could only remain silent in the end.

Garp blinked and looked at the combatants of the Zhanye detachment who were being brutally beaten during training in the distance, and said: "They are already impressive. In a few years, maybe they can be on par with these guys from me.

But...how did you get so many weird creatures to join the team?The detachment has almost turned into a zoo.

And what's going on with that skeleton?He actually called me young man! "

Having said this, Garp clenched his fist. He was clearly at an age where he could rely on his old age and be willful, yet he was called a young man. It was intolerable!

"Brooke? A pirate from decades ago. Marshal Sengoku didn't let me capture him, so he kept him in the detachment. After all, I also want to listen to music occasionally."

After Skyler finished speaking, Garp frowned and recalled the name. After a long time, he patted his thigh and said, "That person from the pirate group who is crying all over the world?"

"Yes, but he has learned a lot of navy songs recently, and he can sing them quite nicely."

"Hehe~ Let's have a party tonight. I will sing a song myself and let you hear what a song is!"

After Garp finished speaking, he cleared his throat, his face as confident as ever. Skyler was stunned for a moment, and then her brows jumped wildly because Luffy's singing voice came to her mind.

"I don't think so!"

"I'm very..."

"Need not!"

"Pity."

Garp looked like "young people don't know what they're good at", but he didn't care at all about Brooke, a former pirate, staying in the navy.

Garp doesn't like endorsements, but when he was a recruit in the Navy, he memorized all the information about the famous pirates at that time, just to defeat them one by one.

The Lumba Pirates were the only pirate group that he could memorize information without memorizing it. After all... it was really weird.

So many years later, although he could no longer remember the name of the pirate group and how many people there were, he still firmly remembered that it was a pirate group that was rewarded by the World Government for singing.

Skyler finished his breakfast at this time. He picked up the wet towel on the side with his right hand and wiped his mouth. Then he kept rubbing the towel with his right hand. After all, he could only move one hand now, so that was all.

He stood up, raised his right hand slightly to maintain balance, and then said: "I'm going to change the dressing. Do you want to go see Mihawk?"

"No! I want to beat him when I see him!"

Garp shook his head and refused, and Skyler didn't say much, and slowly walked towards the medical department alone.

Arriving at the medical department, Skyler poked her head around and found that Florence was not on duty today. She breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to receive treatment.

After changing the dressing, Skyler stood up and walked towards Mihawk's ward.

"click~"

Pushing open the ward door, Skyler wanted to laugh when he saw Mihawk, who was covered in plaster with only one head exposed. After all, the contrast was too great.

Seeing Skyler come in, Mihawk blinked and said hello.

He was not Skyler. Although his heart was fine, his lungs and bones were cut open. Although the navy's medical technology was extremely effective in treating wounds and could even heal them as before, it was not that fast.

Therefore, Mihawk still obeyed the doctor's orders and lay on the hospital bed, not even daring to move.

Looking at Mihawk, Skyler said: "There is a big banquet tonight, the best wine, the best barbecue, be sure to eat and drink well! By the way, I remembered, you don't even have water now Dharma drink.”

Hearing this, Mihawk directly shifted his gaze, saying that he didn't want to talk to her.

Skyler looked proud, picked up a cotton swab in his right hand, dipped it in the water in the water glass next to him, applied it twice on Mihawk's lips, then threw the cotton swab into the trash can and said:

"You don't have to worry about Shichibukai's affairs at all. Just do what you are best at and go your own way."

Mihawk frowned. He only mentioned it at the beginning of the battle. He almost forgot to tell Skyler about it, but Skyler still remembered it.

After blinking, Mihawk had no other reaction.

"Take good care of your injuries. I have three weeks at most before I can slash with all my strength. How about you?"

Skyler asked. Mihawk glanced around Skyler's left shoulder, then gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, not even willing to respond.

"Haha~"

Skyler turned away, no longer irritating Mihawk.

In the evening, the banquet begins.

The two detachments, as well as the rotating navy of the G-5 detachment, temporarily put down their work, gathered on the training ground, surrounded a small stage, and began to barbecue and drink.

On the small stage, Brooke began to play and sing. Below, Karp's ears were perked up, but his face always had a "no more than that" expression.

He chose to hold a grudge against Skyler for not letting him go on stage to show off his singing voice!

Skyler didn't care so much. She just sat down and picked up a large piece of barbecue.

"You can't eat anything too fishy or spicy now!"

Suddenly, a voice came, and Skyler slowly turned his head and saw Florence looking at her.

Skyler looked at her, then at the barbecue, then at her, then put down the barbecue with a look of regret on his face.

Looking at the wine that Garp had already poured for her, she didn't usually drink it, but she was still willing to have a drink at the banquet. As soon as she raised her glass, Florence said leisurely:

"Alcohol is also not allowed."

"####!!!"

Putting down the glass, Skyler forced a smile and asked, "Then what can I eat now?"

"The bread is also good, and there are also sweets. You can eat as much as you want."

"What about the drink?"

"Milk, salt water, light juice are all fine, or what would you like to drink? Vegetable juice?"

"...It's okay...I'll just drink juice."