I am brushing up materials in One Piece

It took Kos more than an hour to return to Shuangyue Village. This time he decisively found the owner of a fruit stall and bought a bag of apples while asking about the location of the dojo.

"Just go straight in this direction."

After hearing this, the uncle boss immediately pointed a direction to Kos.

Kos looked at the direction his boss was pointing, and then at Sauron behind him who seemed to be thinking about life. Then he began to doubt life himself, because it was completely opposite to the direction Sauron took him confidently in the first place.

He realized that he had really learned a lot today, and there were actually people who didn't even know which direction his home was.

After walking slowly in the direction pointed by the fruit shop owner for about ten minutes, Kos saw a Japanese-style building from a distance, and then he became even more confused. Strictly speaking, Shuangyue Dojo is still within Shuangyue Village, less than a kilometer away from where he met Sauron. Even a fish should remember the way back, but Sauron took him with him. Plunge into the primeval forest.

"Hey, what do you mean when you look at me like that?"

Sauron was keenly aware of the unkind look cast by Kos.

Kos looked at Sauron very sincerely and said, "I just think you are a genius in every sense."

"Thank you for the compliment."

Since there didn't seem to be any ill intentions, Sauron readily accepted Kos's praise.

Pushing open the door of the dojo, there is a peaceful courtyard with dry landscapes inside. There are some children between the ages of six, seven and twelve or thirteen running around in the courtyard.

Some children were attracted by Kos and Sauron who pushed in the door. After seeing a stranger they had never seen besides senior brother Sauron, they all looked at Kos curiously.

A kind-hearted middle-aged man with squinted eyes was sitting quietly by the courtyard. He showed a surprised expression after seeing Zoro come back, "You came back so early today. I thought you would ask for something like last time." I’m taking someone to find you.”

Zoro, who had been hit by Kos many times today, was already in a state of defense. The teasing from his master made him blush.

And because he was Koushiro who was both his teacher and his father, Zoro couldn't even think of a way to refute, and just wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in.

"I'm going to practice swinging my sword."

After saying such words, Zoro would turn around and run away.

"Wait a moment!"

Koushiro called out to Zoro,

"Where's the knife maintenance oil you bought?"

"forget."

Zoro turned around stiffly. Only then did he realize that he had been so busy venting his anger with Kos that he had forgotten the business of going out.

"I'm going to buy it right now!"

So Zoro ran out of the dojo again.

"Is it okay to let him go out like this?"

Kosi walked up to Koushiro and asked worriedly.

"It's okay. There's nothing around here that can hurt him. And now he's at a bottleneck. It's also good for him to walk outside more."

There was not much emotion visible in Koushiro's eyes, which were only a slit open, but his smiling face gave people a feeling of comfort.

"Speaking of guests, why are you here? I can't deal with a young man like you if I want to kick him out. You have to wait until that kid Zoro comes back."

Kos smiled and put the apple he bought on the wooden floor next to Koushiro, and then followed his example and sat down cross-legged.

"You are joking."

In Kosi's field of vision, the level above Koushiro's head is 51, and his swordsmanship level is 8, his knowledge-color Haki level is 5, and his armed-color Haki level is LV3. In terms of personal level and skill level, he is the strongest that Kosi has ever seen. If LV3's armed domination can already attack elemental natural ability users, then he is probably the one with the strongest overall strength.

"I want to come and learn swordsmanship from you."

Kos directly stated his purpose.

"Really? So this is the apprenticeship ceremony."

Koushiro pointed at the apple that Kosi put down and teased with a bit of ease.

"Of course not. I just feel that I can't just buy a little empty-handed when I come to visit you. Please tell me the tuition fee."

Of course, Kos didn't want to let Koushiro teach him for free. People need to eat to open a dojo, and Ace, the previous bounty of the Black Cat Pirates, was also given to him. It should be enough to pay for the tuition.

After looking Kosi up and down, Koushiro raised a finger and said sternly: "Shiwan, you can study here for a month with food, accommodation and food included. After one month, no matter how much you learn, I will not continue teaching."

"why?"

Koshirō's conditions made Kos a little strange. The tuition fee of 100,000 yuan was much less than he expected, but he couldn't figure out why Koshirō was only willing to teach him for one month.

Fortunately, Koushiro didn't pretend to be serious without speaking. He slowly explained: "First of all, you haven't used any swords before, right?"

"Yes."

Kos nodded. Let alone using a sword, he had never even fought in the first ten years of his life.

"Then you have missed the best time to learn swordsmanship, and not only swordsmanship, but many things in this world require a solid foundation from a young age, so that you can accumulate knowledge and have the possibility of sprinting to the top. It is really difficult for you to learn swordsmanship at your age. It’s a bit too late. It’s hard to achieve anything, and it’s even hard to get started. If you can get started this month, it means you still have a chance. If you can’t even learn to hold a sword, it’s completely hopeless.”

"I understand, I will work hard."

Kos nodded, which was not surprising to him, but he was still a little worried. Although he can forcibly acquire skills using materials and experience points, the demand for advanced skill materials is really out of reach for him, who just wants to lie in the East China Sea.

Now he can only pray that he still has some talent in swordsmanship.

"There's another reason why I set the one-month deadline."

After seeing Kos accept that he might not be able to learn swordsmanship, Koushiro added,

"That's why I don't want to teach you too much."

"Eh!"

Such a straightforward statement made Kos wonder if he had heard it wrong.

While Kos was dazed, Koushiro called over a child and took the apples that Kos brought and distributed them to other children playing in the courtyard.

After the children gathered together to share the apples, Koushiro continued to explain: "Most of the moves I taught these children were physical strengthening moves. I only taught two people real sword skills..."

Speaking of this, Koushiro looked a little lonely, but it only lasted for a moment.

"So even if you are really talented, I can only teach you how to hold a sword at most."

After saying that, Koushiro looked at Kos, expecting his reaction.

Kosi was silent for a while. He could understand but couldn't accept Koushiro's attitude that he didn't want to teach him real things. However, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was not so acceptable.

It's possible that Koushiro didn't want to teach his true skills. Cos had a lot of conjectures. For example, swordsmanship couldn't be easily passed on to others, and he was worried that he would be a disaster after he learned it. It was basically justifiable, but as the one being guarded, he couldn't always feel happy. It would be too comfortable. But then he thought about how he could improve his swordsmanship level on his own by relying on experience points and materials as soon as he entered the sect, so it would make no difference whether Koushiro taught him or not.

Seeing that Kosi seemed hesitant, Koushiro said: "Let's make it clear first, even if you decide not to learn swordsmanship from me, I won't compensate you for those apples."

"No, I want to learn."

Kos replied firmly.