Pirate's Ultimate Swordsman

Pered finally got his wish of 56 berries. Black was beaten by Ramos with a bruised nose and face, and was fired. He limped out of the naval base dragging the package.

Ramos tried his best to retain Pered, but unfortunately Pered did not intend to do this. He had to return to the Isshin Dojo to learn more advanced swordsmanship from Koushiro.

But Ramos promised to owe him a favor.

The sky was covered with dark clouds, and Pered embarked on his return journey.

We walked and stopped along the way, passing through two small villages. It was sunset, and when we reached a dense forest, it started to rain heavily.

There are few people on the mountain. Although it is lush and leafy, it can't withstand the heavy rain. You can hear the sound of many small animals escaping in the forest.

Pered slowly came to the roots of a giant tree, sat down silently, ate rice balls bought from White Pine Town, and hoped that the rain would stop soon.

The leaves of the unknown giant tree were densely packed, and the heavy rain was somewhat blocked, but it still gradually wetted his clothes.

Just as Perede was in a daze, a small claw stretched out from the giant tree trunk above his head and tugged on his collar.

Pered was startled and looked back, just in front of a pair of purple pupils, and lost his focus for an instant.

Fortunately, he regained consciousness within a few seconds and found a purple squirrel blinking its big eyes and looking at him curiously.

The squirrel is of normal size, but I have never seen it purple. The most important thing is that the purple eyes seem to have some kind of special magic power.

"Coo, coo, coo," the squirrel kept shouting, and its little paws pulled at Pered's clothes. 35xs

Perede touched his chin, "Do you want me to come with you?"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The squirrel jumped onto the branch above Pered's head and gently pulled open the surface of the giant tree, revealing a huge tree hole. The squirrel looked back at Pered and motioned for him to come up.

"Interesting." Pered was so curious that he jumped up on the tree trunk and looked towards the big tree hole. He found that there was a lot of space inside, and it was okay for a person to sit or lie down in it.

Jump into the tree hole, which is filled with acorns, chestnuts and other nuts.

The squirrel held two nuts and placed them in front of Pered, then ignored him and ate the nuts on his own.

"This little guy is so brave that he dares to invite humans into his home to take shelter from the rain."

The heavy rain outside showed no sign of stopping. Pered was a little tired, so he closed his eyes and took a rest. The sound of squirrels gnawing nuts kept ringing in the tree hole.

Unexpectedly, this sleep lasted all night. When he woke up in the morning, he saw the squirrels still there gnawing nuts.

After stretching, Pered was about to leave.

"Thank you for the hospitality. I will come back to see you if I have the chance. This is the accommodation fee."

The squirrel tilted his head and watched in confusion as Perede took out a banknote from his arms and placed it in his nest.

The sky outside cleared up, and after smoothly killing a giant python that was eyeing the tree hole, we embarked on the last stretch of the journey.

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At the Isshin Dojo, Koushiro stood in front of the door, smiling and saying thank you for your hard work to Pered, who had returned. 35xs

"Did you come back alone?" Koushiro looked at the grass not far behind Pered and opened his eyes a little.

"Yes."

"It seems that you failed to fight back this time. What happened?"

Perede took off the knife and handed it to Koushiro with both hands, "It is said that the old master of Yushin Dojo was comatose in bed for a year. I followed the teacher's instructions and returned home if I couldn't see him."

"It's a pity that Yuxin Dojo, under the management of the old owner's son, has become a money-making machine that can only be studied by paying huge tuition fees."

Koushiro took the knife and sighed, with a regretful expression on his face.

"I originally won Yezakura from the owner of Yuxindo Stadium. I kept it with me for a few years without using it, so I thought about giving it back."

Koushiro handed Yozakura to Perede again, "Since you won't go back yet, there's no need to return it. You can keep this knife."

Pered was grateful in his heart, he knelt down heavily and took the knife with both hands. At this moment, he finally had a famous knife of his own.

"My sword...Yozakura."

Koushiro patted Pered's shoulder and said warmly: "I hope this knife can accompany you on an invincible path, and then I will have no regrets."

His words were full of expectation and trust. He might be the one who truly understood Pered and wanted to witness the birth of another strongest swordsman.

Pered nodded solemnly.

Zoro and Kuina were taken to participate in the Junior Swordsmanship Competition by Koushiro's friends. They left yesterday. I think it was going on, so I don't know how they performed.

With the talents of the two of them, they should have no problem dealing with children of the same age.

Two days later, a shirtless Perede who was practicing swordsmanship took the newspaper that fell from the sky and briefly glanced at the content on it, his face suddenly became strange.

"The champion of the 12th Tokai Junior Swordsmanship Competition is Taro Suga from Goshin Dojo!"

There was a boy printed on the newspaper, holding the famous sword Shigure, and his expression was extremely proud.

"I have an impression of this kid." When Pered went to Yushin Dojo to fight back, this kid named Sugatarō was in the dojo. Although he was young, he had a loud voice among the group of people who were mocking him.

"It's really weird. Those two guys would lose to this kind of garbage?"

Pered shook his head, thinking that the so-called competition was probably behind closed doors, but that's how the world is, so just don't participate in it next time.

Koushiro also laughed it off after reading the newspaper.

A week passed, and Zoro and Kuina still hadn't returned. Pered kept swinging his knife, feeling irritable, and split the tree into two pieces with one knife.

Koushiro often stood on the top of the mountain and looked into the distance, but unfortunately he could not see Zoro and Kuina.

Two days later, everyone in the dojo gathered, ready to listen to Koushiro's explanation of the technique of drawing a sword.

At this moment, a man hurriedly ran into the dojo, breathing heavily.

"The ship Kuina and Zoro were returning to crashed into the sea!"

His words were like a bolt from the blue, and everyone was shocked. Koushiro's eyes widened and his hands kept shaking.

"The whole ship is dead?" Pered asked absently.

"No...one survived."

Koushiro seemed to have aged ten years, but he still insisted on finishing today's lesson. After that, he left the dojo and returned to his room.

Pered couldn't feel how painful the teacher was, but he hoped that he could survive this time. After all, people cannot be resurrected after death.

Late at night, the sound of sharpening knives echoed.

Pered opened his eyes and walked out of the door, and saw Koushiro holding a long knife and sharpening it on the whetstone.

"Teacher, my condolences, you still have me as your apprentice." Pered felt very sad when he saw Koushiro become like this.

Koushiro turned around slowly, with tears and snot pouring out uncontrollably. He looked at Pered with eyes full of pleading.

"Teacher..." Pered felt pain in his heart, his teacher became so embarrassed.

"I can have a premonition... I have a premonition that Guina may not be dead. Pered, I beg you to help me get them back..." Koushiro cried, "I can't get out of here in this life, just I can help you."

Pered was shocked. He did not doubt Koushiro's words because he understood that the teacher must have been very strong in the past. The legendary top-notch Haki can predict the future and give people a powerful sixth sense.

As for why they live in a corner and cannot get out of this land, there must be some secret.