7 Chapter 7: Very active Active Skills

Chasing the acquaintance away, Hayate looked at Shiyu.

"Okay, let's get started!"

As he spoke, he threw a wooden sword to Shiyu.

"Let me teach you the most basic sword skills first!"

Hayate looked at Shiyu who was holding the wooden sword, "Follow my movements!"

"Okay!" Shiyu nodded!

There is nothing to say about basic swordsmanship. It is nothing more than stabbing, slashing, cutting, chopping, and parrying. These basics seem to be obvious at a glance, but it is not simple to learn when you really get started!

The simplest stab, the co-ordination between the wrist, palm, and the arms, is not so easy to control. The tip of the sword should always be facing a certain way in front of you, and you have to keep the sword from deviating.

The various joints of the arm must cooperate not only to maintain good coordination of your body, but to also not strain your muscles. Although it is not difficult to master, many mistakes can often be found when going through the movements.

Hayate watched Shiyu, who is clumsily learning the sword movements from him. Sure enough, there is no foundation at all. The level of these simple movements for the first time is not up to his standards.

In more professional terms, this kid's talent in swordsmanship is terrible!

He sighed silently, sure enough!

How could a small clan like them have such a talented kid?

Judging from Shiyu's talent, even if he is given a year, it would be great if he would be able to internalize the basics, let alone practice his Konoha-style swordsmanship.

That's basically a lifetime of sword techniques. (A/N: It said something else, but it did not make sense.)

While practicing these movements, Shiyu was also paying attention to Hayate Gekko's reaction. Looking at the other party, Shiyu also understood. His talent in swordsmanship is probably average.

But it doesn't matter, as long as he masters the basic swordsmanship, and then drop it in the passive skill bar, the swordsmanship will immediately improve by leaps and bounds.

But the problem is that I have to master this basic swordsmanship first, and transform it into a skill!

Thinking of this, Shiyu feels a little helpless. There is nothing he can do since he is not talented!

[Detecting...]

[Host is learning new skills, active skill 3: @$###※ is starting]

Um?

Active skills activated? Haven't these three active skills been damaged? Its still able to start?

[Active skill 3: @$###※... Applying for activation skill]

[ Does Host want to enable this skill? ]

What kind of active skill is this? Does he still have to activate it himself?

It really is 'active' enough!

But I can't see anything with this skill, only the word Daxian ( A/N: I might just take this out. Does anyone know what this means?) can be seen, and everything else is unreadable.

What is the effect of this active skill?

Never mind! Since it wants him to activate it, let's start it and try it out.

'Turn on! '

[Activate active skill 3: @###$※]

[Warning, this skill is damaged due to unknown reasons, and only has 30% of the original skill's effect. The system is speeding up the repair...]

Hehe! Thirty percent of the original skill's effect? Sure enough, he can't have too much hope.

The active skill bar is activated, but the effect of this skill is only 30%. What else can it do?

[Analyzing new skills]

[Analyzing]

[10%]

[20%]

[50%]

[99%]

[The analysis is complete, congratulations to Host for acquiring a new skill, basic swordsmanship]

Eh? Shiyu was dumbfounded.

In such a small amount of time, what exactly happened?

New skill? This active skill 3 is to help him learn?

Suddenly, Shiyu felt as if there were a lot of basic sword skills in his mind, and at the same time, his body seemed to move involuntarily.

Hayate Gekko sighed, "Based on his current talent, this kid will be Chūnin at most in the future."

'Forget it, his parents' talent is only average, and it's normal for him to have no talent! '

As he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw Shiyu waving the wooden sword in his hand and stabbing lightly.

This stab... Hayate Gekko was standing right in front of Shiyu and from his perspective, he could only see the tip of the wooden sword attacking straight in his direction.

At that moment, the wind seemed to only see Shiyu's wooden sword, and everything else seemed to unimportant.

Shiyu's hand holding the sword is completely different from before!

Its stable! Very steady, terrifyingly steady!

Although it was just basic swordsmanship, in Shiyu's hands, each move was very fast, and at the same time, his body did not shake at all.

Slashing with the wooden sword actually brought out the sword wind faintly. If it was an iron sword, then it should have already made a sword sound by this moment.

Hayate froze in place.

"This...This..."

Is this kid really just practicing swordsmanship for the second time? When Shiyu learned it from me before, he didn't understand anything, and he was a newbie. 

Why is it that after a few seconds, he seems to have completely mastered the movements of basic swordsmanship.

Even... even mastered too perfectly.

Anyway, I can't find any faults at all.

Is this kid a born swordsman? This kind of terrifying talent for swordsmanship is probably only possessed by Konoha's White Fang when he was alive!

Thinking of this, Hayate suddenly smiled.

Is the Hayate Clan finally about to rise?

"Ha ha ha ha!"

"Good!"

Suddenly, Hayate Gekko roared and came directly in front of Shiyu, grabbing Shiyu's shoulders tightly with both hands.

"Shiyu, you... were born for the sword..."

Shiyu, who was still in a daze, was dumbfounded, why is Hayate acting so weird?

Wasn't it just mastering basic swordsmanship? Why is he making it seem like I'm a prodigy!

"You have only seen it once, and you are able to master the basic sword skills better than me!"

"Shiyu, you have such a talent, it is certain that our Hayate Clan will rise because of you!"

What?

Is the basic swordsmanship that I mastered so amazing? Shiyu didn't feel much, besides the fact that he knows all these movements now.

And the body even has muscle memory, every move seems as simple as eating and drinking.

Is this the effect of active skill 3, Da Xian ※? (A/N: Still wondering if I should just keep putting symbols. If you want me to just let me know. I'll edit the chaps later.)

Now even Shiyu couldn't help feeling excited.

This is only 30% of the effect, if it is 100%, what kind of effect will it be?

With this active skill, even if it only has 30% effect, I can become a so-called genius!

No! ! ! ! !

It should be a monster more terrifying than a genius!

"Shiyu, now I will teach you Konoha-style swordsmanship!"

Hearing this, Shiyu was stunned for a moment, he was a little worried, could active skill 3 still be activated this time?

This skill is still in a damaged state!

Never mind, Hayate has already begun. 

"Look carefully, Konoha-style swordsmanship!"

"There are not many moves. It consists of a total of ten moves, but if you use them skillfully, your close combat ability will be greatly enhanced!"

[Detecting...]

[Host is learning new skills, active skill 3: Daxian ※is applying for activation]

Shiyu's eyes lit up suddenly, this active skill bar is still stable!!!!