The Last Poison Blade! Shinobu Kocho x Male Reader!

Chapter 4: Training Begins Arc.

A/N: Let's move on, shall we?
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After leaving the estate you've been walking non stop towards your goal, Oyashiki Plains, still with your hard mask on, not resting for even a single minute. It's now afternoon and you've been calm, walking naturally but still give a moment to look at the sword that was made exclusively for you by Shinobu's request.

You unsheathed the sword seeing a beautiful and spotless grey blade noticing words were engraved on each side of the blade. "Evil demon" on the right side, as well as "Kill" on the left. These are usually engraved as a token of good luck. But it still surprised you to see such words.

after seeing this you put the blade back in place while still walking on a mountainous road towards your path.

After a couple more hours of walking you made it to a small village, everyone gave you a nasty and weird look by simply looking at your mask, you were ignoring this fact and went to a small tea house where you decided to stop for a moment to eat the food the three small butterfly girls prepared for you the day prior and buy a drink.

The locals gave you a bad look as you were eating, even though you had taken the mask off at this point revealing your face with much calm. Despite this fact, most of them were clearly talking about you.

"I still have much distance to cover and I will be there by dawn, that's if i don't get distracted or fiddle around" you thought to yourself as you were drinking your tea. You were to sunken in thought that you didn't notice all the noise around you until you finished your food.

After thanking the owner for the great service you slowly got up from your seat and put on your mask.

Once you left the tea house you were greeted by three thug like men who saw the perfect opportunity to make a move on someone who wasn't from around the place. One of them stopped you right on the spot by putting an arm around your neck, in a hugging-like manner. "Hey, hey, hey, what's with the mask, brother?" He said with his disgusting breath that smelt like cheap alcohol. "Yeah, are you a demon or somethin'?" another one asked mocking you. "It sure does look expensive, and not to mention that katana on your waist" The last one added.

"I'm sorry brother, but i think you get the drill. Either the money, the mask or the blade and we'll let you pass here without a scratch" The man holding your neck said. Right after you heard the words 'without a scratch' you remembered that promise you made, and in a instance you punched the guy in his gut so hard you knocked him out cold on ths floor. You may not be trained yet, but you were still a hunter and a woodcutter, so you had the strength to take on some lousy drunks.

"yo, what the hell did you do!?" the one behind you asked in shock while pulling out what looked you be a small knife. "Not cool, kid." the oldest man said with a sickle on his hand.
They both seemed hesitant, but this was due to the mask covering all emotions, and the fact that you were completely silent made it far worse, for them that is.

You untied your katana and readied for a fight, you grabbed it like a natural with both hands, even though you were ready for this you couldn't resist but to admire the custom butterfly hilt it had.
Still in its sheath you hurried and prepared for a counter attack as the man ran straight forward to you with the knife held with both hands.

As he quickly approached, you carefully dodged and used the blade to make him misdirected as he fell to the ground letting the knife loose. You rushed over and used your blades tip to hit him in his forehead, making the guy pass out immediately with such a hit. As you remembered there was another man with a sickle, he got close enough to strike viciously, aiming towards your neck, but you reacted in time and moved out the way in such a small window of time, so all he did was manage to get a small cut in. You took in a deep breath and readied your stance.
When he ran up to you once again going for the neck, you ducked and pulled out the blade with such strength hitting him in the stomach with the tip, leaving him with no breath and he dropped to the floor as well.