The Road to be a Great Swordsman

"Tsugatsu, you should go back to Kusagakure ahead of me. It will be very dangerous for you to stay by my side now." Musashi said to Tsugatsu as he wiped his katana.

At this time, Tsugatsu's image was very different from when he was with Nagasawa.

The former fair-skinned and fragile-looking young master was now tanned by the sun because he trained under the sun all day long. At the same time, he had also become quite muscular now. His gaze was also different from before.

"We agreed to become stronger together and then find the masked man for revenge. How can I leave by myself while you are being wanted by Kirigakure?

"I should be able to face a Chunin by myself by now, so I can be of help to you a little." Tsugatsu said.

Could he still call himself a man if he left Musashi now? Besides, he would become the person the person that his pops hated the most by doing so.

After all, Tsugatsu did not participate in the war against Amegakure with Nagasawa and Musashi. He only learned from the Musashi that his pops was attacked by the masked man after he killed Hanzo. In the end, he covered Musashi, so that Musashi could escape, and his fate was unknown.

Although he had only been with his pops for two months, he was already mesmerized by his pop's charisma.

Compared to those officials from the Land of Grass who used their authority to make money, and those bandits who used their strength to rob people's belongings, his pops only used his tremendous strength to protect his family.

Therefore, although it was only Musashi's narration, Tsugatsu also held a grudge against the masked man whom he had never met before.

However, according to what Tsugatsu said, although the masked man indeed took advantage of the moment his father was weakened after his fight with Hanzo, the masked man was very strong and not someone they could deal with.

Therefore, they followed the route that Nagasawa had mentioned before and came to Land of Water to train themselves.

Because Tsugatsu had just started training not long ago, and Nagasawa still had a lot of things that he had taught him, his strength had been steadily improving during his training.

But Musashi was different. He had followed Nagasawa for a shorter time than Tsugatsu. Moreover, he had also comprehended the breathing of all things that Nagasawa had mentioned, so his strength had progressed a little slowly.

However, in order to take revenge, Musashi thought of something. He wanted to be like those samurai protagonists that challenge all kinds of strong fighters to train themselves, and became stronger through the adversity.

However, this was not the Land of Iron, and he wasn't interested in challenging another samurai. Moreover, all the strong fighters were in Kirigakure.

Thus, Musashi found a way to sneak into Kirigakure and challenge those skilled combatants with his sword.

However, those Shinobi sure was no fun as they would call backup and, a large number of Shinobi would swarm Musashi.

Musashi was almost surrounded and killed by Kirigakure Shinobi at first. At this critical moment, he suddenly could use a perception ability for some reason. He could tell where the attack came from and predict the attack without even looking.

With this ability, Musashi successfully avoided a fatal strike from his opponent and escaped.

Although he almost died on the first time, Musashi did not give up. Instead, he became even more excited. Because of the awakening of his perception, he thought that this kind of training could really boost his strength quickly.

Therefore, Musashi attacked Kirigakure time and time again. However, he did not kill any of Shinobi in the Kirigakure because he held no grudge against them.

"Haha, of course, we have to take revenge together. But you can't concentrate on your training here because I'm a wanted criminal here. It'll be more efficient if you resume your training in the Land of Grass. Only then can your strength increase quickly."

Musashi said with a hearty laugh.

"But..." Tsugatsu knew what Musashi said made sense. Because of Musashi's repeated attacks, Kirigakure was getting annoyed and turned Kirigakure upside down to search Musashi. It did hinder his training efficiency, but he still did not want to be separated from Musashi like this.

"Go to the Land of Grass. Once my training is over, I come and get you." Musashi continued.

"Alright then, you have to be careful! Don't go to Kirigakure too often. After all, Kirigakure is one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries. They're even stronger than Amegakure." Tsugatsu reminded.

"Yes, I will be careful." Musashi said with a smile.

Tsugatsu waved and left. This was not their home to begin with, so there was naturally nothing to pack up.

After Tsugatsu left, Musashi said coldly, "Come out already."

The reason why he kept urging Tsugatsu to leave was because he sensed two powerful presences nearby him.

However, Musashi was sure that they were not from Kirigakure. If they were from the Kirigakure, they would immediately attack them upon sight.

However, these two's seemingly planned out move made Musashi somewhat wary, so he asked Tsugatsu to leave first.

Even if he couldn't defeat them, he was confident that he could still run. He was already experienced in this.

As soon as Musashi finished speaking, two people in black robes walked out. They were Pain, which was controlled by Nagato and Konan.

After White Zetsu found the specific trace of Musashi, Obito found that he was the remnant of Whitebeard's group.

However, Obito thought about it and finally decided to recruit Musashi to Akatsuki. He wasn't present when Akatsuki was first founded anyway, and Nagato did not attack Whitebeard at that time. 

There were very few people who fit Akatsuki's criteria, or to be more precise, there were only a few skilled enough people that weren't affiliated with Ninja Village.

"You are the guy who can fly with the masked man." Musashi immediately recognized Pain as he was also present in the battle in Amegakure.

Musashi immediately pulled out the two katana at his waist, and began to concentrate his Chakra on his hands.

"There's no need to be on guard, I don't have any malicious intent." Pain said expressionlessly.

"I'm here to invite you to join my organization."

"Join your organization? I'm not prepared to work with my pops' enemy." Musashi narrowed his eyes and prepared to attack.

"Easy there… The masked man who called himself Madara Uchiha is only working with us. We are not partners." Konan, who was standing next to Pain, said.

"Why should I believe you?"

"Because I am standing here. If I want to kill you, you are already dead." Pain's Rinnegan suddenly released a powerful might, and his powerful aura set off a wave of air, blowing away some of the surrounding wooden boxes.

"Oh, then feel free to give it a try." Musashi laughed loudly. He tightly gripped his two katana, and the Chakra on his feet erupted, and he fiercely rushed towards Pain.