One Piece: In the Name of the Father

Chapter 22
The night passed quickly, and Matsurizawa and Ayane woke up to the crowing of a few roosters raised by Ayane's family.

Ayane got up early as usual, and it was still dark, so Ayane got up early in the morning to practice swordsmanship.

And Matsu Rize also got up shortly after Ayane woke up. Matsu Rize, who went to bed early last night, woke up early in the morning, and after washing up, he only felt refreshed.

Matsurize came to the courtyard and saw that he was wearing loose milky white training clothes in front of him, and he was constantly practicing drawing swords there.

After Matsurizawa got up this morning, one very important thing was that Ayane told him yesterday that he would teach him swordsmanship in the morning.

Ayane finished a set of training, that is, one hundred times of drawing a sword and slashing.

Ayane sheathed the knife and walked towards Matsurizawa who was standing next to the house.

Ayane pointed to a pile of things in the corner of the yard and said to Matsurizawa.

"Ozawa, that's your equipment, try it, and see if it goes well."

Matsurizawa followed the direction Ayane pointed and saw the pile of things.

Matsurize was very surprised. Looking at the pile of things, he didn't know why there was a big basket in the pile.

I saw that the corner pointed by Ayane was right at the door of the woodshed in the courtyard.

That pile of things was just a big basket and a short knife with a scabbard.

Matsurize walked in front of these two things, ignored the big basket, and picked up the short knife with the scabbard first.

Matsurize pulled out the dagger and took a look. In Matsurize's heart, he dared to swear to God that if there was no scabbard, this dagger would be the hatchet he used to chop wood yesterday.

Matsurize observed it carefully, and he was sure that it was the hatchet from yesterday, but Ayane put a scabbard on it today.

Matsurize looked at the big basket under his feet again, and he seemed to have thought that his first swordsmanship practice today would not be as he wished.

Sure enough, Ayane came over, patted Matsurizawa on the shoulder, and said.

"Ozawa, carry it on your back, this, yes, this basket, carry it on your back."

Under Ayane's urging, Matsurizawa carried the big basket on his back.

At this time, Ayane looked at Matsurize's body, nodded with satisfaction, and continued talking to Matsurize.

"Not bad, Ozawa, you look good, let's go!"

Matsurizawa was said to be confused, let's go!Where to go, what to do!Isn't he going to learn swordsmanship from Ayane today?

Seeing that Matsurizawa was confused, Ayane explained to him.

"This is the introductory practice of swordsmanship I arranged for you, and it is your exclusive practice amount!"

Matsurize was very restless now. He thought, this is a basket and a hatchet. This is not an beginner's swordsmanship practice. It is simply for him to chop wood!

There is a dense forest area behind Ayane's house. If you want to go out from her house and take the right road, you will naturally pass the village entrance to the west of the village, but you can also go out on a mountain road that is not like a road.

Ayane pointed Matsurize to the forest outside the house and warned Matsurize.

"Don't go in deep, just look for the edge of this forest, chop some firewood and come back, fill the basket behind you, don't pick up fallen branches on the ground, every firewood you have will cost you Cut it off yourself."

After Ayane finished speaking, she also took the dagger in Matsurizawa's hand, including the scabbard and the knife.

Ayane signaled Matsurize to watch carefully, Ayane turned around, facing the empty yard, put the hatchet on her waist, holding the scabbard in one hand, and the handle in the other.

Ayane was very quickly doing the practice of drawing a knife and chopping that she had to do every day.

Ayane did it ten times in a row before stopping and returning the dagger to Matsurizawa.

Ayane said to Matsurizawa.

"That's it. Every time you chop wood, you have to do it. Come on, right here, try it first."

Ayane specially changed the posture of drawing the sword and cutting it differently from the sword for this short sword, which was specially prepared for Matsurizawa.

Matsurizawa took the hatchet and put it on the belt around his waist.

This belt was also found by Matsurize's side after waking up early in the morning. It seemed that Ayane had already prepared for it.

Matsurize clenched the scabbard on the belt around his waist with one hand, and the handle of the knife with the other. He drew the knife very quickly and slashed forward.

Ayane said to Matsurizawa after seeing Matsurizawa's sword drawing and slashing.

"Again, this time, do the preparatory moves first. If I tell you to chop, you will chop, you understand?"

Matsurizawa nodded, indicating that he understood.

Matsurize repeated the previous action, but he didn't strike now.

Ayane's small hands moved up and down Matsurizawa's hands, legs, and waist, constantly adjusting Matsurizawa's posture.

After finishing the adjustment, Ayane said to Matsurizawa.

"Yes, that's it, do it again, draw the knife."

As soon as Ayane finished speaking and drew out the knife, Matsurizawa pulled out the short knife out of reflex, more than twice as fast as before.

And Matsurize also realized that this time, not only the speed of the knife has become faster than before.

And even the feeling of the whole person has improved a lot. After the knife was used before, the arm would feel a little stiff, and after a few more strokes like that, Matsurizawa himself would probably train himself to the same situation as yesterday.

But now after Ayane's guidance, it's different.Matsurize felt as if his muscles were breathing, very refreshing.

Ayane kept correcting Matsurize's movements impatiently, until Matsurize performed more than a dozen times of drawing and slashing to her satisfaction, and the practice of drawing and slashing came to an end.

At this time, Lingyin turned around and walked into the firewood room beside her, and brought out a pile of dry firewood.

Ayane told Matsurizawa to get ready, don't relax, and then quickly threw a piece of dry wood.

Ayane didn't say what to do, and Matsurizawa was stunned for a while, until the handful of dry wood fell on his head.

Ayane looked at Matsurizawa, wondering why he was so smart at times and so stupid at other times.

Ayane had no choice but to talk to Matsurizawa.

"Ozawa, concentrate on it, I'll throw it over, and you will split this piece of dry wood with a knife, understand?"

Only then did Matsurize realize what Ayane was doing with a pile of dry firewood, and Matsurizawa nodded to indicate that he was ready.

Ayane threw another piece of dry wood, and Matsurize looked at the dry wood flying towards him, holding the knife handle tightly with his right hand.

Matsurize saw the opportunity, drew out his knife, and slashed towards the piece of dry wood. Matsurize was so hard that he took a few steps forward.

But the result was not very satisfactory, Matsurize did not hit the target, but hit the dry wood with his forehead.

Soon, a small lump appeared on Matsurize's forehead.

(End of this chapter)