In a small forest in the mountains behind Shuangyue Village, Kazan was sitting on a big rock, placing his hands lightly on the useless blade of the demon knife and closing his eyes in concentration.
Shigetsuki Koushiro said that you might be able to understand its mood if you have a 'close contact' with your sword, especially a strange and fast sword like the demon sword that is said to have its own consciousness.
"Wow... no matter how many times I see it, I still think it's so handsome..."
"Zoron, show me!"
"Wait a minute, I'll take another look."
Under the stone, two little babies, Kuina and Sauron, were holding Kazan's black sword, Dark Moon, looking at it with shining eyes. The Dark Moon with its pitch-black blade has an unparalleled natural attraction for a swordsman.
Even the fallen moon was once a bright moon.
After gaining insights from the duel with Shigetsuki Koushiro yesterday, Kazan decided to stay at Shinshin Dojo for the time being.
Of course, it wouldn't be free food. Kazan took care of all the expenses of the Yishin Dojo during the monster family's stay. In fact, it wasn't much.
Kazan decided to resolve the problem between him and Ghost Hand here. With Koushiro Shigetsuki here, even if something goes wrong during this period, the situation should not get worse.
Kazan has been sitting here all morning, feeling nothing, and the Demon Sword Wuyou didn't give him any reaction at all.
By the way, when was the last time Wu Wu reacted... It seemed like he killed a lot of people.
Kazan thought about it carefully and finally decided to take a walk on the island to relax.
He jumped off the big rock, took the knife from the hands of the two brats fighting for Dark Moon, then turned around and walked into the dense forest.
Zoro glanced at Kazan's back and wanted to catch up, but was immediately stopped by Guina: "You are not allowed to go. How can you come out after you go in? I don't want to go in to find you again."
"What did you say?!"
"Shut up, I'll go take a look."
"Me too...gugugu...forget it."
Zoro watched angrily as Guina followed Kazan's footsteps into the forest. He planned to rush in immediately, but suddenly his stomach growled - he was hungry.
In the forest, Kazan immediately spotted Kuina, who was following quietly. He caught a glimpse of a small stone on the ground in front of him, held a black knife in his right hand and did a sword trick, and followed the small stone directly behind him.
Guina called over.
Snap.
"ah!"
The pebble hit Kuina's foot. It didn't hurt at all, but it caused her to trip and fall.
"Kuina, watch your feet when you walk."
"Well...I know!"
Kuina stood up with a red face and patted her knees. She was a little embarrassed to have been discovered, but her tone was still quite stubborn.
"If you want to follow, just come."
"..."
Originally, Guina planned to leave directly, but since Kazan said so, she decided to reluctantly accompany him for a while, as a thank you gift to Kazan for letting her go to watch the duel yesterday.
Guina, who was comforting herself in her heart, became a little distracted. Kazan noticed this scene and sighed, then kicked a large stone to Guina's feet.
Snap.
"ah!"
Kuina tripped over a stone again, and this time she fell so hard that her hand was broken.
"Kuina, didn't I just tell you to watch your feet when walking?"
"...I know!"
"If you really knew, you wouldn't fall down a second time!"
"It's just a fall! You won't die!"
"What if you fell on the stairs?"
"...snort!"
"Be good...be careful."
Kazan saw Guina snorting at him angrily, feeling as if he had an awkward little sister in his trance.
"where are you going?"
"Take a blind walk."
Kazan held a knife in one hand, closed his eyes and felt the flow of the wind, and slowly walked forward in the direction of the wind.
Suddenly... there was a smell of blood in the wind. Kazan frowned and continued walking forward without opening his eyes.
However, he didn't realize that he was distracted and was reluctantly continuing to move in the direction of the wind.
Kuina next to her raised her head and glanced at Kazan who was walking with his eyes closed. He hesitated for a moment and asked in a deep voice: "Kazan, do you think a girl can become the strongest swordsman in the world? I am very confident about my own.
Worried about the future.”
Kazan's ears twitched. This sentence seemed a bit familiar. He remembered that his second senior sister Nou Yu once said to him: "Kazan, senior sister is worried about your future. Sometimes you can stop being so stubborn."
Thinking of the second senior sister, Kazan stood still and stopped instead of walking forward.
Guina didn't get a reply from Kazan, but seeing Kazan stop, she thought he heard her words and was thinking about her own problem.
"Don't worry...there are still many roads, don't be too stubborn, try another one!"
Kazan opened his eyes, clenched the two knives in his hands and muttered calmly to himself. These were the words murmured by his senior brother Shaying who had lost himself in the Shadow Maze.
He looked around, shrugged his nose, felt the smell of blood lingering on the tip of his nose, and determined a direction. The blood in his eyes seemed to flow, and the blood vessels in the ghost's hands suddenly twisted, as if
..excited?
"But my father said that girls' physiques are inherently inferior to boys, so it is impossible for girls to become the strongest swordsmen in the world."
After hearing Kazan's words, Kuina's eyes filled with tears and hope, but she still cared about her father's words and denied the possibility of her future.
"(Little Kazan...the limiter is not heavy, it is very heavy.) So, in order to overcome this weight, you have to keep working hard, working hard, and working hard again."
Master Xilan...I'm sorry, I may have to take a different path, but I will continue to work hard.
The flame-like blood in Kazan's eyes suddenly began to shrink, but he didn't feel anything. He held the knife forward in the direction he had determined, without any hesitation at his feet.
Guina saw Kazan suddenly start to move around, and hurriedly followed him, still thinking about what Kazan said just now.
When she came back to her senses, Guina found that Kazan had stopped, turned around and smiled at herself and said: "Guina...are you going to deny your hard work? Since you have decided to
If you do, then try your best and tell your father with the facts that he is wrong?!"
Guina stood there blankly, looking at Kazan's blood-flamed eyes that had turned into black whites and red pupils, and then moved her gaze behind Kazan.
A tired and dying rabbit stood next to a dead weasel. It looked like the weasel had been kicked to death by the rabbit several times.
Until this moment, the blood vessels in Kazan Ghost's hand had calmed down and stopped twisting.