A sequel to my first book.(A Cook, A Doctor, and A Ghost + A Swordsman) Read that one first if you want to read this one. When Zoro, Sanji, Brook and Law is tasked with a mission to find Poneglyph buried somewhere in a mysterious cave. It took an u...
Tanjiro feels like he's going back to Butterfly Mansion. Right now, they are constantly getting beaten by Law. There's a time that Tanjiro actually gets a sucker punch from the doctor while training.
It's been five days training in the forest. Law won't allow any breaks until they actually achieve something. His strict way of training is quite hard and Tanjiro are not exaggerating it. It's very hard to even sense any attacks.
Although, the real thing that is making this training extremely hard is one thing. That is all three of them actually having any teamwork at all. Zenitsu and Inosuke is having a hard time to cooperate. They always bicker against each other sometimes.
While Law won't give any breaks until they did what he want, that doesn't mean that he didn't gave them any breaks at all. Breaks usually last from 30 to 40 minutes. When time reaches 4 pm, he allows them to go back to rest and to prepare for some missions during night time.
Law may doesn't seem like it, but he actually are considerate towards them. Everyday, he would actually pack some food for them. Breakfast, lunch and tea time. They never know what they're actually going to get everyday. The meals are very delicious and never had seen before by the trio.
Law asked Sanji to pack breakfast and lunch for him. Sometimes, he also requested something light for tea time. Sanji occasionally take requests from Law.
If some of them actually got injured, Law would bandage us up and lets us rest for sometime. In the midst of training, Law actually would deliver a blow. But he considered hitting some place that aren't vital.
Although nothing had changed within him, the training heightened his senses. When his vision is blocked, his other senses is maximized. But that still didn't help them to block Law's attacks.
"Breaks over! Now, put your blindfold back on!" Law snaps Tanjiro back from his daydream. Tanjiro swallowed his sandwich in one bite and nod.
"Eh? Now? Give us five minutes! I beg you, five minutes!" Zenitsu pleaded to Law in order to negotiate for a longer break.
"Let's go! I swear I'm going to block your attack and beat you instead!" Inosuke puts his mask back on. He is sure this time that he will win!
A Little While Later....
Tanjiro is now at his limit. He can't take anymore beating from Law. Zenitsu had passed out yet again. Inosuke is just currently slashing his swords anywhere, hoping to blocks Law's attack somehow. Of course it didn't work and Inosuke gets a cloth-line.
*Dush!*
"Gah!" The punch hit Inosuke as he groans in pain. He's really pissed right now. He can't land even a single hit at all.
"I'm pissed!!!!" Inosuke shouted with steams coming out from his mask. Instinctively, Inosuke rushed forward towards Law. Which Law is bewildered. He backed away to the right, out from Inosuke's blind rush.
*Skreet!*
"You're not getting away!!" Inosuke somehow noticed that Law changed ways. He turn right and continues charging towards the surgeon. He could track me? Fine, let's test him out.
*Swish!*
A swing for Inosuke's torso. Inosuke duck to the ground quickly as he could, dodging the attack. Then, Inosuke countered back with a double thrust from his sword. He even countered my attack?
"Hiyah!" Inosuke launches a powerful thrust. He smirked under his mask. This is my win! But Law parried his attack and kicked him in the face. Then, Tanjiro was struck by a strike to the shoulder by a wooden sword.
*Ktak!*
"Urgh!" Tanjiro winces. I need to do something! I can't keep on taking anymore attacks! I need to do something somehow! I need to counter him back!
Come on! Focus! Focus! I need to do something! I need to focus! Feel the rhythm! Anticipate where would it come from! Tanjiro did his best to concentrate.
*Fwoosh!*
I saw it! Left swing! Tanjiro raised his wooden sword in his left direction to block the attack. He blocked it perfectly. Law raised his eyebrows. Was it a fluke?
*Swoosh!*
*Fwoosh!*
Law went for an overhead strike, which is parried by Tanjiro. Which shocks Law. He started thinking back. This isn't a fluke! I'll try it one more time!
"Ouch!" Tanjiro fell down, rubbing his head. Law shakes his head. He's still got a long way ahead of him. But still, Law smiled. He could see that Inosuke and Tanjiro had improved.
"Training's over! You could leave now!" Law called it out that training is finally over. They may leave as they please. Tanjiro find it weird. It's too early to call it over. Usually, it takes until 4 pm. But training ended at 2 pm today.
"Why? It's only 2 pm. Might I ask you why did we end early?" Tanjiro asked for some explanation. Law refused to elaborate. He just told them to go. They've done well. They'll continue later.
Tanjiro knows that nothing will comes out if he just asked more questions. It's not like it will be answered by Law. But for now, he get to take a long break before night time. The trio left the forest and went their own way.
Butterfly Mansion
Tanjiro decides to take a visit to the mansion. Shinobu were away, so it left him with Kiyo, Sumi and Naho. Tanjiro intended to see how well they're doing. Since there's no patients left, they could sit and talk with each other idly.
There are something that he wanted to ask them. He forgot to ask them about it ever since Law dragged him to train. They all chat while eating rice crackers and tea.
"Oh yeah, was a katana delivered while I was asleep? My sword got chipped." He asked the three of them if his katana is delivered to them while Tanjiro is in coma.
"Huh! Katana? Katana...?" Sumi scratched her head. She doesn't look content at all.
"A letter came from Haganezuka. Do...you want to see it?..." Tanjiro said yes. Kiyo put the teapot away and runs to grab the said letter. She handed it to Tanjiro. Tanjiro opened the letter. It was a death threat. It seems like Haganezuka really hated him.
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Yup, now sword for him all right?
"It's been two months, but no katana was delivered at all." Kiyo told Tanjiro the truth.
"This time it got chipped, but I broke it once before!" Tanjiro facepalmed himself. He blames himself for breaking all of the swords.
"Swords often get damaged but Haganezuka can be a bit touchy." Tanjiro knew that. Haganezuka would throw reckless tantrums like a child even though he's very old already.
"How about going to the village? Maybe it would be best to talk to him directly." Sumi give Tanjiro a suggestion to talk about it personally with Haganezuka.
"Village?" Tanjiro raised his eyebrows. This was the first time he'd heard something like this.
"The village with all the swordsmiths." Sumi bites into a rice cracker.
"Huh? Can I go?" Tanjiro asked whether he could go or not.
