The rescue of the pirates

Chapter 140 Kendo
Logan stayed in Shanks' hometown for half a year. During the past six months, Logan and Shanks lived and ate together, and the relationship became more and more intimate. Shanks' swordsmanship can be regarded as an introduction, at least it can be used well. Kind of.

"Uncle, who did you learn the way of swords from?"

After finishing the morning training, Shanks was lying next to Logan, looking at the sea in the distance and asked.

"No one taught me. I practiced it myself. I just learned fighting skills and arrogance from my teacher. I have to explore other abilities by myself."

Logan said with a smile.

"Uncle, is the great swordsman the pinnacle of swordsmanship?"

"No, it's based on personal aptitude. Some sword masters are the pinnacle, and some people can't even be sword masters, so for some people it's the pinnacle, while for others it's the peak. It may be just the beginning, so there is no peak in kendo, what we do is to cross one mountain after another and walk in front of others.”

Logan said with a smile.

"Then uncle, what is the highest level of swordsmanship?"

Shanks asked curiously.

"Is it the highest state of swordsmanship? I don't know what other people think. In my opinion, there is no self and no sword, and things and me are forgotten. There is no sword in the hand, but there is a sword in the heart. Everything can be a sword."

Logan talked about the realm of swordsmanship in his previous life.

"Uh, what does uncle mean? Why can't I understand?"

The concepts of the two worlds are different, and Shanks was at a loss to hear it, and he couldn't figure out the way at all.

"To put it simply, swords are swords, people are swords, plants and trees are swords, everything can be a sword, even if you don't have a sword in your hand, as long as you have a sword in your heart, everything can be a sword."

Logan thought about the novels he read in his previous life, and he roughly remembered what he said. Anyway, he couldn't do it anyway, and he probably lacked talent.

"Then uncle, can you do it?"

Hearing Logan's explanation, Shanks' eyes lit up, which he had never heard before.

"Me? It should be a little bit of fur."

Logan thought for a while and said that he had made a small breakthrough in kendo after the battle of Lofes Island, and he could barely do it with grass and trees as a sword, but he couldn't do it with everything as a sword.

"Uncle, can you show me a demonstration?"

Shanks asked excitedly.

"Do you want to see it? Okay, I can only do it once, so watch carefully."

Logan thought for a while, and a branch appeared in his hand, and decided to demonstrate it to Shanks.

"Attention, the most important thing for a swordsman is momentum. A powerful swordsman can defeat the enemy with just the momentum of the sword."

After finishing speaking, Logan calmed down, looked ahead, and moved his hand into a sword-drawing posture. After a pause of two suctions, Logan suddenly moved, and quickly cut out the branch with his right hand.

"Breakthrough!"

"Snapped!"

The branch shattered, unable to bear Logan's sword move.

"Hey, it still doesn't work, I can only barely send out a slash, and I still don't have enough control over the momentum."

Logan looked at the only branch left and sighed.

It's just that Shanks was stunned, didn't notice what Logan said, and stared blankly at the sea that was split in two in the distance, while the town below the mountain was not affected at all.

"Too, too, too powerful, uncle, you are too powerful, you can achieve this level with only a tree branch, uncle, you are the most powerful swordsman I have ever seen."

Shanks was trembling with excitement. Although he hadn't seen many sword masters, Shanks felt that Logan must be the most powerful sword master.

"It's nothing to me. A real swordsman can use a branch as a sword to fight, and the branch will not be damaged, but I can only send out a slash, and the branch will be destroyed. The so-called master of swordsmanship It's still far away."

Logan shook his head and threw away the stump in his hand.

"Uncle, when will I be able to reach your level?"

Shanks asked impatiently.

"This level cannot be reached casually. To reach this level of kendo requires comprehension. To reach that level, it cannot be achieved by "practicing" alone. You must also devote yourself to "enlightenment". Feeling, the best way is to comprehend from the battle of life and death."

Logan said with a smile.

"Sounds like a lot of trouble."

Shanks said with a bitter face.

"Do you know what kind of person is most suitable for kendo?"

Rogan asked.

"do not know."

Shanks shook his head.

"A person with a pure heart is most suitable for sword practice, because this kind of person can put all their thoughts on the sword, without distracting thoughts, obsessed with the sword, never leave the sword, establish contact with the sword at any time, and treat the sword with the thinking of the sword. It is best to practice the sword to a deeper level."

Logan explained that like Sauron, all his thoughts are on the sword, and he never leaves the sword.

"Is it like this?"

Shanks rested his chin in thought.

"If you want to practice the sword well, you must first find your own way of the sword, whether it is the sword of protection or the sword of killing, otherwise you will not find your way."

Logan said with a smile.

"Uncle, what is the difference between the sword of protection and the sword of killing?"

Shanks didn't know why.

"As the name suggests, the Sword of Guardian is the way of the sword that protects what you want to protect and cuts what you want to cut. The Sword of Slaughter is born for killing and cuts everything. In my opinion, the sword of Slaughter is not the strongest. And the sword of protection is the strongest."

Logan explained.

"Uncle, I have decided, I want to practice the sword of protection, and then protect all my cherished partners, including uncle."

Shanks thought for a while and said excitedly.

"Hahaha, yes, I will rely on you from now on."

Logan laughed.

"Well, I will go to sea in the future, and I will definitely have many partners. I want to be the strongest and protect my partners."

At this time, Shanks' eyes were shining, and he found his own direction, and the domineeringness of later generations has begun to take shape.

"Okay, then I'll wait for the day when you become the strongest, okay, let's prepare for dinner first, go to Shanks, and come back with the head of the prey."

"Okay, uncle, just wait for me, it will be fine soon."

Shanks jumped up and rushed into the woods, and all the animals in the woods were about to face disaster again.

In the next two days, Shanks' training turned into a battle, fighting against Logan's clone, the clone used branches, and Shanks used a sword.

The avatar kept attacking Shanks' loopholes, helping Shanks to correct the problem, and Shanks eagerly absorbed Logan's experience, the level of kendo continued to improve, and he already had his own kendo prototype.

"Yes, Shanks, you have made great progress recently. It seems that you have found your own path. Maybe you will become a master of swordsmanship in the future."

Logan knows that Shanks will definitely be a master of swordsmanship in the future, a man who can fight against the world's number one masters of swordsmanship, can his swordsmanship be worse, not to mention that Whitebeard's evaluation of the battle between Shanks and Hawkeye is "just like yesterday's battle Just as impressive."

Logan is looking forward to the encounter between Shanks and Mihawk.

(End of this chapter)