Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Training

"Well then, I see you later." Murayama Toshiyuki bided farewell, then he headed off somewhere to do his business.

'This dojo is not that bad at all, even though their first priority is training, they still didn't forget about the living qualities in the dojo after all Shimotsuki Koushirou is a strong swordsman, so obviously he is aware of the fact that one living quality could affect one training qualities, so it is ideally for him to prioritize both of them.'

Ose Takeshi then set off to the wild forest surrounding the dojo in search of an empty space that he would then use as a private training ground.

...

After many hours of him sweating and being on guard so as to not get bitten by some venomous species or ambushed by huge beasts, searching through the entire forest, he finally found one perfect spot.

This spot is surrounded by many massive trees, and to the side of it is a river that is flowing away, the river is crystal clear, so fishes could be seen swimming inside it.

Which made this spot a very convenient place to train as the surrounding quality is good such as fresh air, a river that one could use to clean their body, fishes that you can catch to either sell or to fill your stomachs.

Besides, this spot is neither too far nor too close to the dojo which meant that it won't take him much of a time to get here, there will be close to no distractions from people as no one will come here.

So after some careful consideration, Ose Takeshi decided to turn this place into his training spot from this moment onward til the very moment that he needed to sail out to another place.

He then marked this location in his mind and decided to come back to this place later on after he sorted things out like taking his luggage to his new home and obtaining training equipment like weights, swords, and other necessarily needed things.

There are a lot of things that are needed to be done by him but he is just a man, he knew that doing all of that at once won't do him any good, so he of course decided to do all of them one by one starting by getting his luggage and settling down in the dojo.

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After Ose Takeshi put away everything that he needed to bring like his clothes, some money and other thing, he walked outside and cast one last glance at his house before he make his way back to the dojo.

By the time he arrived, the sun has began to set, which is an indication of dinner time.

But instead of joining them directly, he set his way to the students resting room.

He look around to find an unoccupied bed, but every bed especially the one in the corner is pretty much occupied so he has no choice but to sleep in the middle, you will feel everything but good sleeping in the middle.

Imagine the sound of snores coming from both sides of you while trying to fall asleep after a long day of training, and if both sides were to jump you, you got no choice but to accept your death.

But of course, the probability of people jumping you is not high, but who could you trust in this type of world?

Ose Takeshi got no choice but to sleep in the middle, he then placed his luggage on the side of the bed and headed off to the cafeteria.

...

Sounds of people talking, arguing, and boasting about how strong they have gotten compared to yesterday entered his ear.

Everybody is seated and eating their food while chatting, no commotion nor fighting could be seen as most people who dine here are students. tiredness and sadness could be spotted on their face.

His stomach began to growl as to remind him that he was hungry when he saw the sights of people digesting their food.

Ose Takeshi then turns his gaze toward the place that is serving out food.

A long row of students lined up to get their portions, no one had a worried look on their face as everybody would always get their portion of food no matter how late they went, that is only if it was within the dining time.

Everybody will get a certain amount of food served to them, nobody would get served more food or less food than the other, that's how the dojo makes sure that everybody will not go to bed starving, of course, that's only applied to normal students especially the new one, if you want to consume more food then you could request for it, but more food will result in more works or more payment.

Ose Takeshi then walked in and stood in line like everybody else.

After a while, it was finally his turn to get his food served, they handed him food after asking for his name as his face was unfamiliar to them.

'it seems that I've been worrying for nothing over them not having enough food for me, but well I did get my name registered in the morning, now where shall I sit?'

he picked a random seat, sat down while he began to stuff food into his mouth and eavesdropping on people's conversations.

"Ahhh today's training was so intense."

"I know right, I felt soreness all over my entire body after undergoing this brutal training but hey, that's how we get stronger."

"Why is today's training so intense anyway?"

"Well perhaps because of Kuina death."

"Shhhhh, don't talk about that, everybody is not over it yet, especially Zoro!"

"Ohhh, my bad."

Ose Takeshi then stopped chewing his food after he found out about the death of Kuina.

'So that's was why zoro was training like that while having a look of sadness on his face, well that explained why everybody got a sad look on their face.'

'So I got 9 more years before Luffy started his pirate journey, that's a lot of time for me to prepare'

'But Luffy goal was to become the pirate king then what shall be my goal?'

'Well I got plenty of time, so let's think about this later.'

After dinner is working time, and for those who have no work can spend this time doing whatever they want.

Ose Takeshi, who has just entered this dojo today also got to enjoy this free time as they haven't assigned him to any tasks yet.

He then looks for Murayama Toshiyuki by asking about his whereabouts from students who are doing their assigned tasks.

After a while, he found Murayama Toshiyuki, then they greeted each other, Ose Takeshi didn't beat around the bush and got straight to his point.

"This might sound strange, but could you do me a favor by assigning me to tasks that don't take a long time to complete?"

"Interesting, instead of asking for easier tasks, you choose to ask for tasks that take shorter time unlike most people who ask for both, they sure don't know their boundaries."

"Well this is a bit embarrassing to ask you for this favor, but I wanna spend my time training as much as possible as to get stronger."

"Any particular reason as to why you're doing this."

"You know..... my parents got killed by those pirates, not just my parent but many people are dead because of them."

"I don't want to see this day happen before my eyes ever again, i want to become stronger to protect those around me, to protect this village from those barbarians."

"Maybe what am asking for is a bit too much, but I hope you can help me with this, not for my sake but for this entire village's sake."

"I see.... if what you're doing is for this village's sake then I am more than happy to help you with just these simple things."

"Okay I decided, starting from tomorrow you will be responsible for watering the plants around the dojo, you only have to water it twice per week unlike other tasks which require you to do them daily like cleaning the dojo or toilets."

"I, Ose Takeshi won't ever forget this favor that you done for me."

"Hahaha, it's alright now I got something to do as you know that I am a very busy guy, so I see you later and good luck on your journey starting from tomorrow onward."

After saying goodbye, Murayama Toshiyuki walked off to somewhere to do his stuff.

'Now what shall I do?'

'It's nighttime now, so it's wiser to go lay down on my bed and think about what I need to do next.'

As soon as he reached his bed, Ose Takeshi hoped on it and stared at the dorm ceiling breathing in deeply, and started to check this so-called system.

Ose Takeshi called out the system lightly in his mind.

{Hitman System}

Strength level: Trash

Speed level: Trash

Durability level: Trash

Stamina level: Trash

Haki level: Semi-rookie

Sword talent: Above average

Sword level: Trash

Target: None

Time left: None

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'Huh, every stat of mine is of trash level which is not weird as I am currently just a 14-year-old kid, but what's with my Haki level?'

'Is it because I am not originally from this world?'

'And logically speaking it's impossible for 2 souls to control 1 body, so did the other soul hide or did I consume it?'

'It should be that I consumed it which made my Haki stat stronger than usual, this should be the only explainable reason that resulted in this.'

'And this Hitman system shouldn't be a normal thing that anybody should have, it could make me grow stronger within a short amount of time but it comes with a risk, it could resulted in a disaster if this matter were to be known by other.'

After having realized that the so-called system is a golden opportunity for him to achieve great power in this world, Ose Takeshi then began to make plans that revolved around the system in the middle of the noisy night that are caused by the people snoring and groaning in pain.

Eventually, he felt asleep falling into his dream world.

...

Ose Takeshi soon got awoken by the low sounds of people talking and making their beds.

He sat up on his bed and looked around to see a few groups of people being awake and are getting ready for morning practice.

The rest of the people are still sleeping soundly carelessly and couldn't be bothered to be awake by such low sounds, some are just too tired from yesterday's training and some are just foolishly careless.

Seeing this Ose Takeshi silently reminded himself not to be like these people.

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"Okay morning practice starts now!"

Normally the dojo practice schedule consists of 2 sessions, the first session which teachers take turn teaching them sword moves and correcting their mistake take place in the morning before their breakfast, and the other one which students spar with each other or practice by themselves happened in afternoon 2 hours after their launch.

Ose Takeshi sat down with the rest of the students and locked his eye on the teacher who was about to show them his move.

The teacher then came up one by one to demonstrate the basics of the sword to everyone present while they explained the fundamentals of using a sword and their insights into it.

The basics of the sword included how to thrust, stab, chop, deflect, block, parry, and feint. 

After the teachers were done showcasing their skills and ended their speeches, then came the time for everybody to start practicing by themselves.

Seeing that everybody got up and walked off to get a wooden sword, Ose Takeshi also followed suit.

Having the sword being held in his hand for the first time in his life, made him feel strangely excited as this would be truly the start of his journey toward greatness in this world.