In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 87 Breath of the Wind
Following Morioka Nen into the temple, Qingshui arrived at a small courtyard behind the temple amid the chanting of monks and the sound of wooden fish during morning prayers.

In the open space in the middle of the yard, there were two young men, who looked to be about twelve or thirteen years old, practicing martial arts with bamboo swords.

"Mr. Morioka!" x2
The two boys stopped what they were doing, saluted to Morioka Nien, and looked at Shimizu curiously.

"Their names are Akiha Kamada and Sagawa Kingen. They are also reserve swordsmen who are training in wind breathing. Kamada, Kingen, this is Shimizu-kun. Although he has not officially joined the Demon Slayer Corps and has not learned the breathing method, he has already defeated demons."

Morioka Niwa introduced the three of them to each other.

Shimizu greeted the two men, and Morioka Niru let the two boys continue practicing and took Shimizu to the room on the other side.

"It's a long journey. Would you like to rest for a day or start studying now? If you want to rest, the room on the left has been prepared for you."

Morioka Niru used the teapot to add a cup of tea for herself and Qingshui and asked.

He asked Qingshui in a relatively equal attitude, not like a senior teacher.

Maybe he knew something about Shimizu's strength, potential and background from Ubuyashiki.

Although I believe that every comrade who joins the Demon Slayer Corps will do so in order to destroy evil spirits, the young masters of powerful families may not always be easy to get along with.

Especially when the Uesugi family provided the Demon Slayer Corps with a large amount of precious supplies.

"Of course the sooner the better. I have been looking forward to learning this magical breathing method for a long time."

Clearwater Road.

With chakra, traveling is a very easy thing.

"In that case, I'd better first understand Qingshui-kun's current situation."

Morioka twisted his palms together and said.

Since Shimizu was able to defeat the demon without even learning any breathing techniques, he must have some martial arts skills.

After putting down their bags and taking a short rest, Shimizu and Morioka Nii came to the open space in the center of the yard.

Akiba Kamada and Sagawa Kingen stepped aside, whispering to each other and looking at each other holding the bamboo swords.

"Master Morioka, I'm sorry."

Shimizu made a sword flower with his bamboo sword, showing the starting stance of the Sunagakure swordsmanship, and twisted it towards Morioka.

"It doesn't matter."

Morioka Nen held the sword upright in front of him with the bearing of a master.

"please--"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shimizu took a step forward and rushed to the front of Morioka Nien, slashing down with a sword from top to bottom.

Morioka twisted his hand, and the bamboo sword in his hand cleverly relieved the force. He moved his feet, changed the direction, and slashed the sword towards Qingshui's neck.

"Snapped!"

The two bamboo swords collided in the air, making a crisp sound.

After one exchange of moves, Qingshui had a rough idea of the old monk's level.

Although he is old and frail, his reaction speed, strength and swordsmanship are very good.

Although Morioka Niru definitely did not use his full strength, but from a glimpse of the whole thing, with the vision inherited from his original body, Shimizu can roughly see his level.

If we really compare it with the Naruto world, Shimizu believes that this old man's combat effectiveness in close combat should be no worse than some of the Chunins in the Sand Village who are good at swordsmanship.

Considering that he is not young and is a retired A-class swordsman, the pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps may have strength close to that of a jonin in close combat.

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

"Snap!" The two bamboo swords crossed each other in the air, and the sound of air ringing continued to be heard during the waving process.

Shimizu changed his body shape and stomped his feet continuously, attacking continuously, but Morioka Nien dealt with it quite easily.

"Breathing of the wind, the form of freedom, rising into the dust and mist."

Sharp wind blades flew out from the bamboo sword in Morioka Nian's hand, spinning towards Qingshui like a tornado.

Qingshui paused, stood firmly on his horse stance, and kept slashing with the bamboo sword in his hand in front of him to block the oncoming wind blades.

Just when Shimizu had taken all the wind blades and had no time to catch his breath, Morioka Nin had already jumped high up and slashed towards Shimizu with the bamboo sword in his hand from top to bottom.

This time there was only one wind blade, but it was several meters long, spiraling towards Qingshui like a long dragon.

"Breath of the Wind, Form Five, Cold Autumn Mountain Wind."

Can't be hardwired!

Even though he knew that Morioka Ninja would hold back, Shimizu still dodged to the other side, using all his strength to thrust the bamboo sword in his hand towards Morioka Ninja.

"click"

The bamboo sword broke.

"Very exquisite swordsmanship."

Shimizu stepped back and looked at Morioka and said.

Morioka Ni must have let down his guard, as the last two swords showed his real skills.

"Qi Shui-kun has great strength in his hands. It turns out that he was born with supernatural powers. No wonder he was able to defeat the evil spirits without knowing any breathing techniques."

Morioka Niru also followed suit and praised.

Because Qingshui's swordsmanship was pretty poor in his opinion, there was really nothing to praise about it, except that he had great hand strength.

And when Shimizu's body was strengthened with chakra, his strength and speed were enhanced, naturally far exceeding that of ordinary people, so in their eyes, he was naturally born with supernatural powers.

"After all, I am old now, and I can't swing the sword for long without taking a breath. Plus, I have a piece of flesh missing from my calf, so I definitely can't hit him any harder, so I hit him a little harder. Is Qingshui-kun okay?"

Morioka put down his bamboo sword, rubbed his old waist, and said to Shimizu.

Qingshui looked at the cuts on his clothes caused by the old monk's wind blade and shook his head.

In fact, Qingshui had already noticed during the fight that the old monk's movements to leverage force basically came from his left leg, which meant that his right leg was most likely injured, and now it seems to be true.

With a piece of flesh missing from the calf, the right calf has basically lost its explosive power, and the footwork during combat can only rely on the left leg.

In addition to his aging body, his strength and reaction have been weakened to a certain extent, but he still has this strength. This old man was worthy of being an A-class swordsman second only to the Pillar.

"No problem, Master Morioka. I wonder if I can start learning the breathing techniques now?"

Morioka chanted the Buddha's name and shook his head.

"Although Qingshui-kun has a certain foundation in swordsmanship, it is not solid. It may not be appropriate for him to rashly learn more advanced swordsmanship. However, Qingshui-kun is strong and has natural strength, so he does not need to build up his strength like the other two."

"Ok."

Qingshui was a little disappointed, but also understood.

Although he had been learning Sand Village swordsmanship, it had only been a few months. Not to mention that Shimizu had focused most of his energy on practicing puppetry and wind escape techniques, so it was normal that his foundation in swordsmanship was not strong enough.

After a brief period of getting along with him, the old monk discovered that Qingshui was not as dissolute as those rich and powerful children he had imagined. Instead, he was quite sensible and easy to serve, so he felt relieved.

"According to my opinion, Qingshui-kun should make up for the following deficiencies in his sword skills at this stage..."

(End of this chapter)