Traveling Merchant On The Grand Line

Get out of the store.

Kuina took Zoro and bid farewell to Kahn inside the door.

Kahn smiled and waved to the two.

"Kuina, and Zoro, come and play next time."

On the way back to Kaidō.

Zoro, with his arms folded behind his head, looked at the sky and said as he walked:

"Sure enough, it's still a real knife.

"If Koshiro-sensei can let me practice with a real sword, I will definitely become stronger soon."

Kuina glanced at him, "You'd better practice the basic skills first.

"By the way, Kuina, you and that store manager seem very familiar. Have you known each other for a long time?"

Kuina walked in front of Zoro with her hands behind her back, and said, "It's not too early, maybe more than a month ago, when Mr. Kahn first came here to open a store."

"At that time, he just opened a shop here, and he was harassed by a few hooligans in the village. I couldn't see it, so I helped him drive those guys away."

"After that, I gradually got to know each other. Mr. Kahn is a very nice person. Sometimes he would invite me to eat some delicious food. If I have time, I would also come to help him look around the store, by the way

..."

Listen to Kuina.

Zoro pouted and muttered:

"Well... 25 looks pretty good to others.

"But since it's a man, how can it be saved by a woman? If it's me..."

"Women will definitely lose to men? I don't know who hasn't beaten me once."

Leave at Kuina and Zoro.

Not long after.

An old man with unibrowed eyebrows, ponytails, and beards hunched over his body and came to the front of the small shop with his hands behind his back.

He reached out and knocked on the door.

The store door swings open.

The old man said to Kahn who appeared in front of him:

"Boy, are you selling knives? Can I let the old man take a look?"

Kahn smiled, "Come in."

After entering the store.

The eyes of the old man in the village swept across the knife on the wall.

Finally, the eyes fell on five of them.

The old man nodded in praise: "A good knife that is comparable to a good knife and four good knives 50 work, boy, you have spent a lot of thought on collecting these knives." 21

Kahn smiled and said, "The old man has good eyesight."

He could almost guess the identity of the old man in front of him.

One of the famous swordsmiths of Wanokuni, the man who made the famous swords【和道一文字】and【Enma】, Isshin Dojo Shimotsuki Koshiro's father, Kuina's grandfather, Shimotsuki Kozaburo

This is also one of Kahn's goals for coming to Shimotsuki town.

Shimotsuki Koshiro picked up a good sharp knife named [Broken Steel] from the wall knife holder, pulled it out and took a look.

He looked at Kahn with sharp eyes and said:

"Boy, why do you want to open a shop in such a small village?"

"I want to come to Shimotsuki town to meet two people."

"Two people? Who?"

"One is a great swordsman, and the other is a famous swordsmith who can create 21 swords."

"This kind of small place will have great swordsmen and famous swordsmiths who can make big and fast knives? Why doesn't this old man know.

Kahn smiled,

"Mr. Kozaburo, stop pretending. I heard from Kuina that she has a favorite knife named [He Dao Yi Wen Wen], which is one of the 21 great knives. I think it should be your masterpiece?"

clang!

Shimotsuki Kozaburo closed the blade, put the knife back on the holder, turned his back to Kahn and said:

"Boy, what's your name?"

"Kahn."

"How do you know the old man is here?"

"secret."

Shimotsuki Kozaburo was silent for a while, and said:

"Why do you want to find the old man?"

"I have a lot of good materials here, and I want to ask Mr. Kozaburo to help forge a knife.

I heard that he came to find himself to fight the knife.

Kozaburo lost interest.

He walked towards the outside of the store with his hands behind his back, and said in a cold tone:

"The old man is old, he can't move anymore, and he doesn't plan to fight anymore.

"You should find someone else."

face his departure.

Kahn didn't hold back at all.

He just mentioned casually, if he can fight, he can fight, if he can't, forget it.

Anyway, he has a lot of good knives.

Just when Kahn was about to close.

Kozaburo suddenly left and returned.

"Boy, show the old man the materials you mentioned."

the next day.

I heard that the young owner of the knife shop came back yesterday.

Many wives in the village brought their children to visit, but they only saw closed shops and signs saying they are not open today, which made them and their children feel a little regretful.

the other side.

Inside the Isshin Dojo.

In the training ground of the dojo.

It was full of the whistling sound of bamboo swords piercing through the air.

Kuina, who is ten years old this year but stronger than many adults, is wearing a white training uniform, holding a bamboo sword in a heroic manner, and is sweating profusely leading a group of disciples to practice day after day.

Among the disciples, especially the green algae head was the most desperate and hardworking.

Behind the dojo.

In a meditation room with a very Wanokuni feel.

Wearing glasses, Shimotsuki Koshiro, who looks a bit like a schoolteacher, looked at the silver-haired boy sitting in front of him with a smile and said, "This is Mr. Kahn, right? I've heard from my father, I don't know why you want to see me ?”

"Ask for sword skills."

Kahn cut to the chase.

Shimotsuki Koshiro was taken aback when he heard the words, a little surprised, but still smiled gently: "I don't dare to give advice, it's okay if I just discuss it."

Ever since.

The two came to the back mountain of the dojo.

Kozaburo is fishing here.

It is not surprising that the two of them exchanged lessons, but they threw out two knives instead.

"Just use these two knives to compare."

Koshiro took the knife and was taken aback for a moment, "Father, it doesn't seem like you made this knife? Where did it come from?"

"That kid gave it to me as a reward for asking me to forge the knife."

Kozaburo sitting on the shore fishing head nor Kaidō.

Koshiro was taken aback when he heard that,

"Forging, forging a knife? What's going on here?"

"It means that I promised that kid to forge knives for him, don't you understand? What an idiot!"

Kosaburo's tone became a little impatient.

"But, your body..."

Kosaburo was silent for a while, then turned his back to him and said: "Koshiro, as a knife maker, I really want to keep another knife before I die, and judging from the materials brought by this kid, maybe this knife It’s going to be the best shot I’ve ever made in my life, maybe.”

"...Is that so?"

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, hurry up if you want to discuss or duel, don't interfere with my fishing.

I saw him say that.

Koshiro had no choice but to pack up his complicated thoughts and cut off distracting thoughts.

Holding a good knife that is not inferior to Liang Kuai Knife with 50 gongs, he looked at the silver-haired boy opposite him and said with a smile:

"I'm ready, I can attack at any time."