In the center of the swordsmanship room stood a human-shaped target.
Professor Katori picked up a wooden sword and slowly walked towards it. The students formed a circle, watching his movements. The target was specially made, extremely tough and difficult to cut even with a real Asauchi.
Katori took a lunging stance and raised his sword, his left hand pressing on the back of the blade, infusing his Spiritual Pressure into it. The next moment, all the muscles in his body moved. He took a sharp step forward and, with a speed that no one present could follow, thrust the wooden sword in his hand.
Katori Style: Shungeki!
THUD—
After a muffled sound, the wooden sword had pierced into the chest of the target.
Katori pulled out the wooden sword. As he dispersed the Spiritual Pressure, the sword instantly turned into sawdust and crumbled to the ground. The students, most from the Rukongai, had never seen such swordsmanship and were all stunned.
"Professor is so amazing!!!" Kana cheered, clapping her hands.
The other students also came to their senses and applauded. Shinji Hirako still had his usual lazy look, casually clapping along.
"Tch..." Kensei Muguruma muttered, "I can punch a hole just like that." He was still somewhat dismissive of swordsmanship.
"This is 'technique.' Next, I will demonstrate 'skill'," Katori said, taking out a bowl of red bean rice he had brought. He beckoned to Kana in the crowd, "Student Azashiro, come here."
When Kana saw the food, she flashed to his side with incredible speed.
"Professor, am I supposed to eat it here? Isn't that a bit inappropriate!" Kana said expectantly.
"Don't eat it yet. Hold this and stand right here," Katori said, placing the bowl in his disciple's hands.
Then, he used chopsticks to pick out a cooked red bean and stuck it on her forehead. After doing this, Katori went to the sword rack and took another wooden sword.
Kana was confused by her Professor's actions. Just as she was slightly dazed, Katori's eyes suddenly became exceptionally sharp. She felt a sharp chill on her forehead.
SWISH—
The sound of cutting through the air was heard.
Kensei Muguruma's pupils slowly widened as he exclaimed, "He... he cut it in half!!!"
The lazy expression on Shinji Hirako's face also disappeared as he stared intently at the red bean on Kana's forehead. That cooked red bean had been cut in half by the wooden sword.
"Incredible... can a wooden sword make such a sharp slash?" Shinji Hirako murmured. A cooked red bean, stuck to the forehead like that, is not very secure. A slow swing would have knocked it off. To accurately strike it without injuring Kana required extremely precise control. The difficulty of this single strike was extremely high. Professor Katori's swordsmanship was terrifyingly good!
"Absolutely brilliant! Professor Katori—please teach me the way of the sword!" a student with a somewhat fierce face said, his eyes filled with tears of excitement.
The other students were also very excited, all saying that they wanted to learn.
"I am your swordsmanship instructor, and of course, I will teach you with all my heart. However, the process of practicing is quite tedious. The basics are the foundation. Next, I will teach you how to build a solid foundation," Katori said slowly.
For the rest of the time, he guided the students in practicing suburi and several common basic stances.
...
"After you go back today, be sure to review the stances you learned. That's all for today's lesson. Tomorrow, I will teach you the four basic footwork patterns."
[Lesson complete, calculating rewards.]
[Reward obtained: 10 Zanjutsu experience points.]
[You have made a huge impact on the students with your superb swordsmanship skills, causing them to pay extra attention in class. Feedback doubled.]
[Reward obtained: 10 Zanjutsu experience points.]
After class, Kana Azashiro eagerly picked up the red bean rice and started eating with a happy, silly smile. "So delicious!"
"Is there a general studies class in the afternoon?" Sora asked.
"I don't remember..." Kana said, her cheeks puffed out.
"There is. I remember your schedule. Come to the Katori Dojo after class," Sora continued. "Your foundation is decent, but it needs some polishing. The upcoming training will be more intense."
"Okay! I'll go right after class!" Kana said, thinking about having dinner at her Professor's house.
"I have other things to do, so I'm leaving now. This bowl..." Sora was about to say that she could bring it back later, but he saw that she had already finished eating. "I'll take it..."
After class, Sora left the academy. He had something important to do—Batsunsai's medicine was about to run out, and he had to go to Squad 4 to get more.
He arrived at Squad 4 and was directed to the courtyard, where Captain Unohana was pruning a tea tree.
"You've come, Katori-kun? To pick up medicine, I presume?" She didn't turn her head, but she already knew who had arrived. Her voice was gentle and melodious.
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