2. The Green-Haired Kid

It was silent inside of the Isshin dojo.

All the apprentices are surrounding the middle of the dojo.

The apprentices all held their breath and looked at the center with strange expressions.

On the opposite side of Kuina, there was a green-haired, arrogant little devil, not only holding two bundles of bamboo swords in his hands but also biting several bamboo swords in his mouth.

"This guy doesn't really think that the more swords you have, the more powerful you are, right?!"

Among the crowd of apprentices, Sorata sat on the ground, lazily leaning his back against the wall.

He looked at Zoro quietly with a big smile on his face.

"Is this Zoro? He was really cute when he was a child, and it must be fun to bully him in the future!"

Thinking of this, Sorata couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Hahahaha"

The people around looked at Sorata who burst out laughing inexplicably, with question marks on their faces.

"This green-haired kid, although it's funny, don't be so exaggerated!"

How would they know that Sorata was thinking about the future.

Zoro heard their laughter and turned to stare at Sorata, frowning.

His intuition told him that the guy must be laughing at him.

"Hey! That silver-haired brat over there."

Sorata looked around, pointed at himself, and asked Zoro doubtfully, "Are you calling me?"

"Yes, it's you, don't look around, what are you laughing at, do you want to fight?"

Sorata waved his hands again and again, "Go ahead, I just remembered something funny."

Then he covered his mouth and shook his shoulders. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was holding back not to laugh.

Zoro stared at Sorata, a gleam of anger in his eyes.

'This silver hair must be laughing at me. When this woman is dealt with, I must let him know how powerful I am'

Koshiro cast a helpless glance at Sorata, reached out to support the frame of his glasses, and said to Kuina and Zoro.

"Then, get ready to start and salute to the altar."

Both Kuina and Zoro turned around, faced the altar, bowed, and saluted.

Turning around, Kuina glanced at Zoro contemptuously, held the hilt of the sword with her right hand, flicked it up, and rushed towards Zoro quickly.

In her opinion, Zoro is still too immature, and it may not even be possible for him to receive a blow.

Due to the high speed, Kuina had already arrived in front of Zoro in the blink of an eye.

Feeling the sharp wind above his head, Zoro didn't even have time to take half a step back. He could only cross his hands and raise his sword above his head, hoping to prevent the sword.

Snapped--!

As soon as he blocked this sword, another sword came, and this time it was stronger, and he was sent flying, while his bamboo swords scattered all over the ground.

"Hateful."

He got up quickly and stood up, picked up two bamboo swords nearby, and turned sideways, one hand forward and the other behind, in a posture of holding the sword with two swords.

Seeing Zoro's posture, Kuina had a weird look on his face.

"Have you ever learned the two-sword swordsmanship?"

"No! Today is my first time holding a bamboo sword."

Zoro stared, opened his mouth, and roared loudly.

"Damn it, I'm very strong, and I will be even stronger in the future. How can I lose to a woman like you!"

Then he charged at Kuina, sword in both hands, roaring.

"What..."

Kuina looked at Zoro, who looked like a beast, held the sword in both hands, raised it up, took a step forward, and quickly slashed down with the bamboo sword.

It was so fast that Zoro couldn't react, and the sword slashed on his forehead.

Snapped--!

The crisp sound of the bamboo sword can be heard outside the dojo.

Zoro rolled his eyes, froze in place, and then fell to the floor with a "bang."

The apprentices watching the battle around looked at Zoro who fell to the ground, and all took a breath.

"Hiss... it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!!"

Beside Sorata, an apprentice with a crew cut shrunk his neck back, the corners of his mouth twitched wildly, and cold sweat dripped from his forehead. It seemed that he had also experienced the same beating.

"Why doesn't he hide!" Besides the crew cut, a brat with a sausage mouth frowned and said doubtfully.

"Kuina's sword, how could this brat avoid it!"

On the other side of Sorata, a fat man wearing glasses pushed the frame of the glasses with trembling hands, pretending to be calm.

"Rightt!"

The sausage-mouth kid kept nodding.

"In the dojo, except for Sorata and Master, no one can escape Kuina's sword, let alone this green-haired brat!"

Sorata looked at the three guys with a smile on his lips.

These three little brats are the people he is most familiar with in Isshin Dojo, except for Koshiro and Kuina.

The one with the crew cut is called Will, the one with the sausage mouth is called Brown, and the fat man with glasses is called Kent.

All three of these guys were beaten up by Kuina.

That's why they feel so sympathetic when they see Zoro.

Now that Zoro is here, they will never have to compete with Kuina again!

At this moment, the apprentice standing beside the referee shouted, "One point, stop here."

Kuina looked at Zoro on the ground and said indifferently: "This kid is like a wild beast. He only knows how to charge."

"Kuina!"

Koshiro looked at his daughter rather helplessly.

"You are obviously a layman; if you want to play two swords, you are ten years too early."

Kuina said full of disdain for Zoro's swordsmanship.

Without a sound, Sorata suddenly teleported to Kuina's side, and he reached out and patted Kuina's head.

"Okay, Kuina."

"It appeared!! Sorata's 'teleportation'."

"Yeah! No matter how many times I see it, it still surprise me."

Seeing Sorata, who was still by his side just now, suddenly appearing beside Kuina on the opposite side, Kent jumped up excitedly and then ran to the middle of the dojo. Other people watched and slowly surrounded him.

When Kuina saw Sorata, a smile appeared on her indifferent face.

During the five years of being together day and night, she has been very dependent on Sorata. Although she is only one year older than him, he behaves extraordinarily mature, just like an adult, a big brother, and an object of admiration and pursuit.

She took Sorata's hand and said, "Sorata, this kid doesn't understand anything! He only knows how to swing."

Sorata looked at Kuina with a weird smile.

"In the future, you will know how difficult this guy is, and you will have a headache at that time."

He then turned his head to look at Zoro, squatted down, stretched out his right hand, and tapped his middle and index fingers on Zoro's forehead, and said in a slightly deep voice: "Young man, work hard, and chase after Kuina from now on!"

After speaking, he stood up and smiled at Koshiro beside him: "Master, this kid is very qualified!"

"Damn it, don't be full yourself, I will definitely defeat you."

Zoro woke up when Sorata appeared, but when the guy put a finger on his forehead, he couldn't move at all for some reason.

It wasn't until Sorata's fingers left that he could control his body and yelled.

"Damn it, you wait for me."

Kuina poked her head out from behind Sorata and looked at Zoro and said indifferently, "Why, since this is the case, do you want to compete again?"

Zoro pulled himself together and stood up tremblingly. He first patted the dust on his body, and then said loudly, "A loss is a loss"

He is not someone who can't afford to lose.

Koshiro smiled at Zoro and asked, "It's simple, not bad, so?"

"Ha! I will join your dojo, do you have any opinions?"

"No"

Listening to Zoro's answer, Koshiro squinted his eyes with a satisfied smile on his face.

Zoro turned his head opened his eyes wide, and said firmly to Kuina.

"I will work hard, practice hard, and then I will beat you"

Then, his gaze turned to Sorata.

"And you, you wait for me. I will deal with you after I defeat this woman. Remember it."

"Is this guy an idiot? He can't even beat Kuina, yet he dares to speak wildly and challenge Sorata." Will looked at Zoro and said in surprise.

Koshiro looked at Zoro with a smile in his eyes.

"Hmm... Ambitious."

Seeing Zoro's cute look, Sorata couldn't help pinching his face, "Wow, do you want to surpass me? Then you have to work hard in the future, or you can't surpass me. It might last a lifetime!"

Sorata said it mildly, but there was a wicked smile on his face.

"What's your name?"

Although he already knew Zoro's name, he couldn't help but want to tease him.

"Damn it! Don't treat me like a child."

Zoro push Sorata's hand stared at Sorata stubbornly and shouted loudly, "Remember, my name is Roronoa Zoro"

"Well... I'll call you little brat from now on!"

"Damn it, I told you not to treat me like a kid"

Zoro roared frantically.

If it weren't for the fact that his physical strength hadn't recovered yet, he would have rushed over to strike Sorata's cheeky smile with a sword.

Don't think that because he is handsome, he will not dare to fight.

"Sorata, let's go practice! Today has been delayed for a long time."

At this time, Kuina's voice came from behind.

Sorata turned around and looked at Kuina, who was about to explode, and shrugged helplessly.

Kuina is good at everything, but she is too dependent on him.

Seeing that he paid so much attention to Zoro, she was actually jealous.

He had no choice but to walk to the backyard with his hands behind his head.

"Okay, okay, our little Kuina knows how to be jealous."

Kuina hurriedly followed, looked sideways at him, and said with a reddish face: "Who is jealous, I just think it will be such a waste of time staying here"

Walking towwrds the door, Sorata stopped and turned to look at Zoro.

"Hey! Zoro"

Hearing Sorata's shout, Zoro looked up at him suspiciously and asked, "What?"

"If you want to become stronger quickly, follow us!"

After speaking, Sorata turn around and walked out of the back door.

Thinking about being able to bully him in the future.

Um...

It's training Zoro!

Kuina turned her head and gave Zoro a annoyed look and then hurriedly followed Sorata.

At this time, the apprentices in the dojo were all dumbfounded, and they stared at Zoro with a surprise look, as if they wanted to see something in him.

Brown looked at Zoro and sighed, "You are so lucky! You can train with Sorata."

Sensing the gazes around him, Zoro's face was full of doubts.

"Is that silver hair so powerful?"

"Of course, Sorata was able to defeat everyone except the master within a few days of coming here."

"And Sorata's weird ability, you know, when Sorata first came, we couldn't even touch him!"

"And Kuina, after training with Sorata for about a year, can defeat the adults in the dojo."

"Yeah! Yeah! It's been almost four years now! I don't know how strong Sorata and Kuina are now."

The apprentices looked at Zoro with envious expressions on their faces.

After so long, only Kuina can train with Sorata. How can this green-haired kid who just arrived do that?

Of course, they knew that their aptitude was not enough, could this green-haired kid be able to do it?

"Okay, okay, what are you all doing here, hurry up and continue your training."

Then Koshiro came over.

He stared at these apprentices with a smile and said loudly.

"It's not that Sorata doesn't take you. It's because his training methods also require qualifications. If your qualifications are not up to standard, it's useless to go."

"Yes, master!"

After listening to Koshiro's words, they walked back one by one and picked up the bamboo swords to practice.

"Are those two guys so strong? I have to work hard to become stronger."

Zoro looked at Koshiro, eyes full of fighting spirit.

He shouted arrogantly at Koshiro.

"Hey! Uncle, since I joined your dojo, do you have any tricks to teach me?"

Hearing how Zoro called him, the corners of his mouth twitched. Another brat, then he raised his hand and knocked on Zoro's head.

"Call me Master in the future, did you hear me?"

"Hiss... it hurts!!"

Zoro quickly squatted on the ground, covering his head with his hands. The bruise caused by inflicted by Kuina still hurts just now!

He looked up and saw Koshiro's hand about to raise again and hurriedly said loudly, "Yes, Master."

Koshiro withdrew his hand in satisfaction, looked down at Zoro, and said, "I will only teach you kendo knowledge. As for training, it depends on yourself. In addition to learning kendo from me, you can train with Sorata for the rest of the time! Don't look at him like that because of his stature. At the age of eleven, he is already very powerful."

"Is it really that powerful?" Zoro looked at Koshiro and muttered.

"Hmm... very powerful."

Remembrance flashed in Koshiro's eyes.

"He... is a real monster!"

I don't know if Sorata's ability is Devil Fruit. It's strange to say that his ability is Devil Fruit, because he is not afraid of sea water.

And his physical fitness, the progress in the past few years, is too fast! I don't know where he can go in the future.

He looked down at Zoro, "This is also a monster! With such fighting spirit and physical fitness, it's hard not to be strong, not to mention Sorata."

Koshiro squinted, the smile on his face never stopping.

"Well! These two monsters are his apprentices."

He shook his head slightly and said to Zoro.

"Go find Sorata!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Zoro meaningfully.

After listening to Koshiro's words, Zoro paused for a moment, then ran to the backyard full of fighting spirit.

"Let me take a good look at whether your training method can really make me stronger quickly. If not, I will beat you."