One Piece: From Picking Up Red Hair's Broken Arm

Chapter 12: Is it too hurtful for him? [Please read]

Somewhere in a remote street, there are very few pedestrians.

Under the black street light, the two men stood a few meters apart, each drew out a bamboo sword, and made a starting move.

"Please!"

Chunyi let out a low shout, instantly breaking the silence. He moved his body, and the bamboo sword in his hand stabbed out like a spirit snake. The sword was sharp and accompanied by a whistling sound.

Snapped!
The next moment, Junyi looked down in a daze, looking at the bamboo sword that had fallen to the ground.

when?
"Want to try again?"

"Come again!" Junyi gritted his teeth, picked up the bamboo sword and held it tightly.

He had just held back to test the waters. If he had used all his strength, he would definitely not...

Snapped!
The bamboo sword fell from his hand again.

After several rolls, he stopped right next to Junyi's feet. He was dazed for a long time, his knees gradually bent, and he half-knelt on the ground, looking at his bamboo sword in a daze.

This, how is this possible?
In Isshin Dojo, he is the strongest among the two generations, almost equivalent to the status of the eldest senior brother. Sometimes he even serves as an assistant teacher to help Koshiro teach the younger children.

If not.

He wouldn't be so confident as to go out to Asazakura Island alone and try to win the kendo tournament championship and restore Sakuraba's reputation.

Can……

The burly young man opposite is obviously two years younger than him.

But his attainments in swordsmanship have reached a level that he cannot fathom or fathom, like an insurmountable mountain.

One move, just one move.

He was defeated completely and didn't even have the ability to see the trajectory of the opponent's sword or to defend himself.

this moment.

He seemed to hear his own confidence in kendo shattering bit by bit like broken glass.

opposite.

Xia Nuo put away the bamboo sword and glanced around, taking in all of Chunyi's reactions.

Tsk, isn't this a bit too hurtful to him?
However, telling him the truth now, that he actually didn't know any swordsmanship at all, seemed to be even more hurtful.

Let’s wait until the game is over and explain it to you if we have the chance.

"time to go."

Xia Nuo patted his shoulder gently as a comfort, then led the way towards the hotel.

On the road.

It took Junyi a long time to recover from the blow, and he kept his head down dejectedly. Xia Nuo focused his attention on the system panel that had just been opened, his eyes showing thought.

Name: Siano

[Age: 13 years old]

【Height: 176cm】

【Strength: 2.2】

[Agility: 2.0]

[Endurance: 2.1]

【Mental Power: 1.4】

This was the first time he checked his current panel data after finishing his retreat in the afternoon.

All basic attributes have been greatly improved compared to before the breakthrough.

"2.0 seems to be a critical hurdle. Those who can cross this hurdle are no longer a species compared to ordinary people in this ocean."

Shano made an inference.

Let’s put aside for now the biggest gap in strength compared to Junyi.

The muscle reaction speed and the speed of capturing dynamic vision alone are completely different levels.

From the moment Junyi drew his sword to the moment he thrust, every movement seemed to be in slow motion. Frame after frame, he could always find the perfect moment to pause, switch from defense to offense, and break his opponent's momentum.

In the comics, the battle between Zoro and Hawkeye at the Barati restaurant is somewhat similar to this.

Before Hawkeye took out the black knife Night to show respect, his fight with Zoro with a knife could not be considered a duel between swordsmen at all.

In Zoro's opinion, Hawkeye's swordsmanship was too superb and he could easily defeat him with a knife.

But from Hawkeye's perspective, it was the same as how Shanuo defeated Junyi now. It had nothing to do with swordsmanship. It was just a dimensionality reduction attack on ordinary humans by a higher-level species.

It doesn't matter if you replace the knife with a toothpick or your own finger.

If the gap is too big, one can break all the methods with one force.

……

Shanuo closed the system panel and glanced at the thin boy behind him who looked like he had been passed by Perona's ghost, thinking in his heart.

"Although Junyi has been immersed in kendo since he was a child and is a bit single-minded, he is not the kind of person who is clueless."

"When he said he wanted to compete for the championship, it wasn't just empty talk; he really had the confidence to do so."

He could rely on the huge difference in physical strength to easily defeat his opponent with one sword.

Then the gap between him and the other players must be equally huge.

The East China Sea is, after all, the weakest sea.

There isn't even a true swordsman left here.

No matter what dark horse emerges in this year's kendo tournament, he should be able to deal with it easily without having to worry about his poor swordsmanship being exposed.

By delaying for just one day, you can get five million Baileys for free and help Junyi at the same time. It's a win-win situation no matter how you look at it.

----

One day and two nights passed in a flash.

In the blink of an eye, it was game day.

At seven o'clock in the morning, Junyi packed his clothes and walked out of the room. He found that there was already a figure practicing in the empty yard downstairs of the hotel.

"Three hundred, three hundred and one... Hey, you're awake."

Xia Nuo put his legs together, flipped over, and landed on his feet. He wiped his sweat with a towel and said with a smile, "I have everything ready. Let's go?"

"Yeah!" Junyi nodded vigorously.

From the night before yesterday until now, his mentality has gradually recovered a lot.

Especially yesterday, Xia Nuo went to the beach to practice alone at dawn and did not come back until midnight. Even he was impressed by his hard work.

If the other party has lived like this since childhood and has a talent for swordsmanship, then being defeated by one move would not seem so difficult to accept.

Junyi took a deep breath and looked at the huge banner that was vaguely visible in the distance with bright eyes.

There is no way he can compete with Mr. Shanuo for the championship, but today is the day he has been dreaming about for a long time, and he also has his own battle!

……

Asazakura Island is high in the north and low in the south. The seven major gyms are all in the north of the city, arranged in a line along the terrain. At the end of their convergence is the spacious crescent-shaped square in the center of the city.

At this moment, the square was already crowded with people and very lively.

Nearly a hundred temporary wooden platforms were scattered around, the registration office was filled with long queues, and staff in dojo uniforms were busy running around.

The huge banners hanging on the four corners, the pale pink decorations everywhere, and the cherry blossoms falling in the wind bring a strong festive atmosphere.

On the second floor of a nearby cafe, two cups of cappuccino were steaming on the table.

"Boss, that kid is here." On the right side of the round table, the tall swordsman wearing a white fox mask looked at Junyi who was following Xia Nuo into the square, and spoke in a low voice.

"Yes, got it."

The middle-aged man sitting opposite was dressed luxuriously. He glanced at her and then looked away.

He tapped the table lightly with his index finger joint and said calmly, "That muscular man with him doesn't look very old. What is his identity? Have you found out yet?"

(End of this chapter)