Chapter 730: One Heart Flow
Fortunately, the ninja village is not too far from the capital of Nishi-Ueno.
Along the way, Ian and the others learned from their conversations with Princess Naia that in Wano Country, both the shogun and the daimyo have two kinds of power, the samurai and the ninja, in addition to their own armies.
The difference is that of the two forces, only the ninja are trained, while the samurai are generally recruited.
Throughout the country, there are countless kendo dojos, which are usually opened by famous samurai and swordsmen, who organize and summarize the skills they have learned into various genres, and then open them to accept apprentices, firstly, to carry forward their own genre skills, and secondly, to provide private armed forces for the generals and daimyo and large families.
When recruited, these samurai usually became retainers of the shogun or daimyo, and they were loyal to their lords, and they were not bound by the military rules of the army, and although they appeared to be somewhat scattered, they were indeed a formidable fighting force on the battlefield.
Samurai have a high status in Wano Country, and so do ninjas, so for the civilians of Wano Country, entering the dojo to learn kendo and become a samurai, or being taken away and trained to become a ninja, is one of the few avenues for them to ascend.
Even a child, from the moment he can hold a weapon, already dreams of becoming a samurai or a ninja, and it is precisely because of this that the martial arts in Wano Country is very prosperous.
In this case, Wano Country has the feeling that all the soldiers are full, and if you pull out a man at random, you can take up arms and fight, which can indeed be regarded as a strong force.
After walking for a while, it seemed that after discovering that Ian and the three of them did not have bad intentions, the samurai guards who escorted Princess Naia finally couldn't help but talk to Ian.
The reason, of course, is because of the two swords that Ian carries on his waist, and among the three, he is the only one who looks like a "samurai"!
For these guys with serious xenophobia, being able to take the initiative to talk to them does mean that the relationship has improved, and they are very curious to ask Ian what the situation of the samurai in the open sea is like.
As a result, Ian didn't know how to answer them, so he had to say: "The world's number one swordsman is my uncle!" ”
The samurai present were immediately stunned by Ian's words!
In fact, for these samurai who have never been abroad, if Ian said the name of Hawkeye Mihawk, they would probably be confused, but if they only said this title, it would immediately attract their attention!
"World ...... Is the world's No. 1 swordsman!? The samurai led by the samurai guard, named Sotaro, couldn't help but ask curiously when he heard this: "This world's number one swordsman, I don't know who is more powerful compared to our current number one swordsman in Wano Country?" ”
"The strongest swordsman in the country of yours right now? What is your name? Ian asked.
"Naturally, he is the most righteous lord next to the general!" Sotaro proudly replied, "He is the first person in Kagami Shinryu and the strongest samurai in Wano Country right now!" ”
"Mirror flow? Haven't heard of it! Ian shook his head and said, "Speaking of which, there are many schools of kendo's kendo in Wano Country?" ”
"Of course, just the famous ones are twenty or thirty genres!" Sotaro said.
Ian suddenly became convinced, and asked, "Then you have a flow here?" ”
The reason why I asked this is because Ian suddenly remembered Mr. Koshiro and the Ichishin Dojo in the frost moon village of the East China Sea, the name of Mr. Koshiro's dojo must not be given casually, although Mr. Koshiro did not say anything about the school of swordsmanship he taught, but Ian thought that it should be a one-heart flow.
If there is also a school of thought in the country of Wano, does that mean that Mr. Koshiro also came from the country of Wano?
And after Ian said the name Isshin-ryu, Sotaro and the samurai around him all showed a look of hard thought, and after thinking for a long time, one of the samurai hesitated and said: "I seem to have heard of this genre, but it was a genre that had declined more than twenty years ago, and now it has long since disappeared!" ”
"Oh!?" When Ian heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Do you know how this genre was at the beginning?" ”
"I don't know much...... the samurai shook his head and said, "After all, it was more than twenty years ago, so many swordsmanship schools rise every year in Wano Country, and so many schools decline every year, these things have long been taken for granted, I just roughly remember that this school seems to have been found guilty for violating the ban on going to sea, and the heir of the dojo finally fled, and there has been no news since." ”
"Really......" Ian thought for himself.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, you will find that Mr. Koshiro is very different from the people of Frost Moon Village at that time, not to mention that he likes to wear clogs, and his long hair is not good because the samurai bun is put down, and most importantly, he has always thought that the girl Gu Ina cannot inherit the dojo, which is similar to the perception of male superiority and inferiority in Wano Country......
As soon as he thought of this, Ian couldn't help but feel a strange emotion emerge, did his master Koshiro ever expect that his disciple would also set foot in the country of Wano one day?
Not only Ian himself, but also Sauron, who tirelessly pursues kendo, may come here soon, right?
Hey? Anyway, maybe Hawkeye has also been to Wano Country, but maybe it's not necessarily? After all, the mainstream of Wano Country is kendo, so it should be normal for a swordsman who pursues the ultimate in kendo, right?
Seeing Ian's expression change, Sotaro and his group of samurai looked at each other, and then asked curiously, "Since you asked about Ichishinyu, is it because your swordsmanship is Ishinyan?" And the world's No. 1 swordsman, since he is your uncle, is he also single-minded? Isn't Yixin-ryu a genre in decline? Could it be that the genre is really strong? ”
Looking at the curious appearance of a group of samurai babies, Ian suddenly smiled and said, "Do you want to see it?" ”
Sotaro and the others immediately pecked at the rice like chickens, nodding desperately.
So Ian stopped and stood still, and the whole team, because of his movements, also stopped, and everyone's eyes were focused on Ian.
Ian found a direction where no one was around, half-crouched down, his left hand holding the scabbard at his waist, and his right hand resting on the hilt of Senbon Sakura's sword.
"Look!" Ian spoke up, and then suddenly pulled out his knife and slashed down!
A snow-bright sword light flashed in an instant, and along with what was cut out, it was a huge sword qi that was tens of meters high!
This huge sword qi surpassed the height of the trees in the forest, enough to make people look up, and after cutting out, it tore the earth, drew a deep trench, and split all the trees in front of it and flew forward, only to hear the sound of clicking and clicking, and the trees along the way were cut down one after another, making a loud noise, and the entire forest seemed to be pierced by a white line, and a road with no end in sight was opened up in an instant!
Due to the obstruction of the line of sight, no one could see how far this huge sword qi flew out, but everywhere in sight, there were all traces of the slashing ground, and the countless frightened birds and beasts in the forest were also fleeing in panic, making all kinds of strange noises......
None of the samurai present could remain calm after seeing the path that Ian had cut out out of thin air, their mouths wide open, their eyes wide, and they looked dumbfounded!
"This ...... This ......" Sotaro shook his hands, pointed to the forest that had been cut in front of them, and was speechless for a long time.
For Ian, his knife is indeed not a knife in a state of complete victory, and it must be a lot worse than Hawkeye's world's No. 1 slash.
So after he slowly put Chibon Sakura back into the scabbard, he said regretfully: "Alas, this is really a little bit worse......"
However, the invisible pretense is the deadliest! When the samurai heard this, they knelt down completely......
They had seen Ian use sword qi before, and thought that Ian was just a "samurai" at the level of a sword hero, but who would have thought that such an amazing slash would suddenly come at this time, where is this sword hero!? This Nima is about to reach the power of the Juggernaut level, okay!?
And just like that, he wasn't even satisfied!?
What kind of swordsmanship genre is this Isshin-ryu!? Such a powerful and powerful swordsmanship, even in Wano Country, no one remembers it now!?
For a while, the samurai present only felt a burst of angina, and wondered if they should look for it and see if there was still a lineage of Ichishinryu handed down, and if so, then they would not hesitate to worship under the Ichishinryu Sect......