34 Chapter 34

"Since you want to learn kendo…"

"Then I will tell you a few steps of kendo first…"

Hayama and Kakashi sat opposite each other in a valley on Konoha.

The knowledge of kendo came from Hayama's mouth slowly, but Kakashi's brows wrinkled deeper and deeper.

Cut the iron?

Cut steel?

Listen to the sound of everything?

The realm of the unity of man and sword?

Listening to Hayama's words, words that he has never heard of, Kakashi's eyes are a little sluggish.

His father was also a good swordsman before his death, and Hatake swordsmanship was once famous in the ninja world.

But he had never heard his father say such unfamiliar words.

"... And that is the level of Kendo I am currently at. Do you get it all?"

After speaking, Hayama looked at Kakashi and saw that the confusion on his face became more intense.

He can't blame him, after all, the mainstream of this world is Chakra. The knowledge of kendo is really scarce.

"Now let me show you the effects that these levels can have…"

"Yes!"

Kakashi responded and stood up after Hayama.

At this time, his face was a bit solemn, and he didn't expect the difficulty of kendo training to be so great.

*Huff—*

*Clang! Clang!*

*Rumble–!*

Between Hayama's wave of hands, a bunch of slashes took off and flew out.

Wherever the slash passed, two thick trees were instantly chopped and collapsed.

"No…no Chakra!?"

Kakashi's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

When Hayama competed with the Uchiha before, Kakashi was too far apart in the audience, so he didn't see the essence of the slash!

At this moment, seeing it up close, he suddenly felt that his world-views had been subverted.

"A powerful slash without the use of Chakra…"

Hayama replied very pretentiously.

Then he continued: "This is the level of a person who has deeply comprehended the way of the sword! As long as you reach this level, you will be able to imitate what I did!"

"Next, I will show you the level next to me!"

There is no metal here, so after Hayama finished speaking, he walked to a rock that looked very hard.

Concentrating on his breath, he slightly adjusted his current state.

An concentrated state of mind gradually radiated from Hayama's body.

*Woosh——*

A soft whistle flashed,

Hayama slowly returned the katana into its sheath and walked back backward.

Seeing that the stone did not move at all, Kakashi stepped up to check it curiously.

*Bang——!*

Just when he was about to walk in front of the stone, The upper body of the stone suddenly slid slowly, and finally fell to the ground with a bang.

He saw the upper part of the stone was cut in half with a diagonal knife, and the cut surface was extremely smooth!

"Wow..."

Amazing...

Kakashi reached out and touched the cut rock face, his throat rolled unconsciously.

"This is the level of someone who is near the pinnacle of sword arts..."

Hayama's voice came from behind Kakashi.

Hearing his voice weird, Kakashi turned around.

He saw Hayama standing upside down under a branch, tying several little finger-thick cotton threads to it.

"Teacher Hayama, what are you doing?"

Leaving the stone, Kakashi walked up curiously.

"This is the course you practiced today!"

After tying a dozen lines on the branch, Hayama jumped off the tree.

He didn't plan to teach Kakashi the actual combat experience of kendo, but he planned to let him start with the simplest swordsmanship.

But this swing is not an ordinary swing!

"This is a training course?"

Looking at the lines falling vertically from the tree, Kakashi was very puzzled.

"Don't underestimate these lines. If you cut them all away, it will probably take several hours…"

*Swish*

Hayama didn't finish speaking, Kakashi immediately drew his sword.

He cut a line in half in an instant and then turned his head to look at Hayama with a bewildered look.

"You cut it incorrectly!"

Seeing Kakashi's actions, Hayama suddenly complained helplessly.

"Sigh… I'll show it to you again…"

Seeing Kakashi's expression is still confused, Hayama doubted whether he was a so-called genius.

Going under a line, Hayama held the knife in both hands and raised it above his head.

Then with a "swish", he quickly waved forward.

"Tear and pull—"

There was a slight noise.

From top to bottom, Hayama split the line into two halves.

"Understand now…"

Hayama turned his head and saw Kakashi's expression.

"Understood."

Kakashi nodded, feeling ashamed in his heart.

He thought that it was just so simple as to cut the line.

"If you understand, you can try it…"

Hayama stepped back helplessly and gave up his position to Kakashi.

*Swoosh* ×5

Kakashi, who came forward, swung more than a dozen knives in a row.

However, the end result was that none of the lines were cut.

Either the line did not hit, or the line was cut off by accident.

"Reduce the speed and frequency of swinging the knife! Lower it for me!"

"Give your attention and spirit! Improve both!"

Hayama turned into a harsh teacher, making Kakashi a little sweaty for a while.

According to his request, Kakashi finally broke the first line after slashing dozens of knives.

But at this time, Kakashi, because his attention has been kept highly concentrated, after splitting the first line, was also sweating and slumped on the ground.

"Um~ not bad!"

Hayama verbally praised Kakashi.

"Thank…Thank you…Thank you Hayama-sensei…"

After receiving Hayama's approval, Kakashi breathed out and answered with a sigh of relief in his heart.

"After your physical strength recovers, you continue to practice, and I will come back to check on you later!"

"This… Thank you Sensei!!"

After explaining Kakashi, Hayama returned to the village.

He has to wander around and continue to collect a wave of prestige points…