Konoha Thief

Chapter 89 Two Ways
"Senior, let me demonstrate." Hearing what Maruyoshi Kosuke said, Natsuki raised his ninja sword and said.

"Alright." Maruhoshi Kosuke said with a chuckle: "This is just my speculation. How about the specifics? Let's talk about it after you come to practice."

Then Xia Shu came to the center of the training ground, and a shadow clone was separated from the seal, each of them drew their swords, and collided with each other with a ding sound, and then the swords moved back and forth, gradually pushing into a state of entanglement and adhesion.

"Enough." Kosuke Maruyoshi's gentle voice drifted into Natsuki's ears, and the next moment, the two ninja knives clashed fiercely, and suddenly pulled away from each other, making a tearing sound!
"Yu Jin's direction is chaotic, I really can't control it!" Xia Shu pressed his left hand on the right wrist holding the knife, frowned and gritted his teeth to forcefully suppress the humming and trembling ninja knife.

Snapped!
At this time, a slightly withered and dark hand pressed on Xia Shu's palm.

This hand shook his hand slightly, and vaguely felt a wonderful rhythm, drawing a traceless trajectory, but in this understatement, the uncontrollable strength transmitted by the ninja sword was completely eliminated. !
"Thank you, senior." Xia Shu said with even more reverence.

"You don't have to thank me, it's just a trivial matter." Maruyoshi Kosuke let go of his hand with a light smile, took two or three steps back, and immediately nodded and said: "I have already watched the drill, and I have a general understanding of this entanglement sword move. Recognition, from this we can conclude that this move is indeed as I expected, it is a skill of the ancient style of swordsmanship."

Having said that, his words stopped, and he only looked at the young man with slightly opened eyes.

"Senior?" Xia Shu was a little puzzled.

"After confirming this sword skill, the obstacles you encounter now will be clear." Kosuke Maruhoshi said slowly: "There are two solutions to this."

After the words fell, he paused again.

"Two ways?" Xia Shu hurriedly took the words, and at the same time, his eyes flickered, but he was thinking about the hidden meaning behind the two pauses in Maruyoshi Kosuke's words.

"The so-called 'twisting' sword is the swordsmanship of warriors. If you want to master it, you must have a solid foundation in swordsmanship."

"So..." Xia Shu raised his eyebrows and said, "I want to re-understand and practice swordsmanship?"

"This is one of the ways." Maruyoshi Kosuke nodded, and then said: "Besides this, there is another trick, which is what I showed just now, the entangled sword, unloading immediately after casting it Skills. The two options are up to you to choose."

"Re-cultivate the way of swordsmanship, or master the technique of unloading force?" Xia Shu's eyes drooped, and he muttered to himself, thinking about it.

There are undoubtedly two paths.

The former breaks ground and rebuilds to lay a more solid foundation, but it will definitely be difficult and dangerous, and even fall into the whole, and even eventually contradict itself, abolishing the swordsmanship that has already condensed some outlines.

The latter is going down the trend, using unique unloading skills to solve the obstacles of the twisted sword, making it for his own use, but reducing the thorns on the road ahead.

The above two roads have their own advantages and disadvantages. One focuses on the steady and steady approach, while the other focuses on the ingenuity of cleverness.

When it comes to the difficulty of getting started, the latter is naturally better than the former, which seems to be the right choice for him who is thirsty for power.

At least, on the surface.

"Among these two choices, which one do you prefer?" Kosuke Maruhoshi asked in a calm and soft voice, without any hint of urging in his tone.

But when it came to Xia Shu's ears, it was like a thunderbolt, and he came back to his senses in an instant.

He suddenly remembered that the choice before him seemed to be a test!

"What's wrong?" Kosuke Maruhoshi asked with concern when he saw the boy's appearance.

"It's okay, senior, it's just..." Xia Shu murmured for a moment, then raised his eyes and said, "Which choice do you prefer..."

Before he finished speaking, Maruyoshi Kosuke shook his head and waved his hand to interrupt, his tone was still calm, but there was a special meaning in it, he said: "The sword is in your hand, Matsuzaki-kun, the only choice is You can do it."

"Yes!" Xia Shu quickly responded.

At the same time, although he didn't get a reminder, he was completely sure that this was a test.

So, what is the tendency of Maruyoshi Kosuke?
This is a question that must be considered. After all, if you want to learn more from him, you should give an answer that takes advantage of the other party's wishes. How much influence this will have is unknown, but it is undoubtedly in line with common sense.

Maruyoshi Kosuke's swordsmanship is inherited from Senshoubeima, and it belongs to the Konoha-style swordsmanship school, that is, the school that pays attention to one-hit kills. This is the same as the ancient school of swordsmanship that is known by the gods, but it is very different.

In addition, who created Maruyoshi Kosuke's esoteric swordsmanship - Konoha Ryu · Liu, is not explained in the original book, but this sword is obviously a ninja move, a killer move combined with illusion.

Then, from this analysis, Maruhoshi Kosuke's swordsmanship seems to happen to favor the latter of the two options.

If the latter is the correct answer, does he want to make the correct choice immediately?
This was supposed to be a choice made without hesitation, but when faced with it, Xia Shu suddenly hesitated.

"Are you hesitating?" Seemingly seeing the boy's hesitation, Kosuke Maruhoshi broke the silence at the right time.

Or to be more precise, he was a little curious at the moment, just because of the boy's hesitation, it seemed that he didn't know which one to choose, and there were other factors affecting him.

"Yes, senior." Xia Shu breathed out slightly, and closed his eyes tightly.

"Why?" Maruyoshi Kosuke asked.

"Because I made a choice, but..." Xia Shu hesitated to speak.

"But what?" Maruhoshi Kosuke asked.

"But that's not the choice I really hope for!" The moment the voice fell, Xia Shu's eyes suddenly became firm.

Looking at the boy's persistent eyes, Kosuke Maruyoshi couldn't help being stunned, he suddenly felt an aura that he had never seen before from the boy's immature body.

"Yeah." So he nodded slightly, but he wasn't expressing satisfaction, but he couldn't help feeling a sense of expectation, "Choose your own path, don't choose the right one, only choose the right one."

"I think so too." There was a smile on the corner of Xia Shu's mouth, and then suddenly said: "Then please teach me, senior!"

"What?" Kosuke Maruhoshi was taken aback.

"Senior, please teach me both methods!" After the words fell, Natsuki bowed solemnly towards Kosuke Maruhoshi.

"Hehe! You are quite greedy." Kosuke Maruhoshi was stunned for a moment, and then he smiled and said after realizing it.

"It's not greed, senior." Xia Shu breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head and explained: "The swordsmanship I have learned is all groping, and the foundation... is almost non-existent, so if I can get senior to teach the basics of swordsmanship, Enough to make up for that."

"So, in fact, you thought you should choose the second type at first?" Maruhoshi Kosuke said.

"That will allow me to master the Tangled Sword as soon as possible." Xia Shu did not deny it, and said, "It was also my original goal."

"Hehe! So you choose both?" Kosuke Maruyoshi smiled and joked, "It's still quite greedy."

"Maybe, but it's not important." Xia Shu said calmly.

"That's right, it's not important." Maruhoshi Kosuke nodded with a satisfied smile this time, and a flash of admiration flashed in his narrowed eyes again.

Not only is there a choice between the two, but there is also the option of killing both, but he didn't turn the corner for a while!

(End of this chapter)