Chapter 21 Uchiha Itachi

At the edge of the Fire Country, in a bandit village at the intersection of the Bear Country and the Whirlpool Country, there were several corpses on the ground. In front of these corpses stood two people, one big and one small. The big one was watching the small one and would take action when there was an emergency, while the small one was holding two knives, one long and one short, staring at the forty or fifty people opposite.

There were ninjas and ordinary people in the crowd. Ordinary people made up the majority, but there were also quite a few Genin and Chunin, about twenty people in total, and there were two or three Jonin.

The two people were none other than Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Itachi. For more than half a month, Uchiha Fugaku constantly practiced and guided Uchiha Itachi in person, which enabled Itachi to make a lot of progress. During this process, Uchiha Fugaku arranged a lot of actual combat killings for Uchiha Itachi, and they all looked for this kind of village, which could not only eliminate hidden dangers but also exercise abilities. Uchiha Itachi always returned with scars all over his body, and he relied entirely on his swordsmanship and accumulated combat experience to deal with the situation.

The second in command of the bandit village stared at Uchiha Fugaku with a sharp gaze, exuding murderous intent, and asked in a low voice, "Konoha, why are you looking for trouble with us?"

Uchiha Fugaku didn't answer him either.

The second in command said, "Humph, the boss and dozens of his brothers have already returned. It's still not too late to leave now."

The second in command was a jonin, and seeing that there was only one jonin and a kid without chakra on the opposite side, he felt that he could kill them both in minutes. But considering Konoha behind them, he threatened to drive them away. But it was true, and their leader was on his way back.

Uchiha Fugaku said to Itachi, "Let's fight."

The second in command sneered, "Humph, do you really think we are afraid of you?"

After the second in command finished speaking, he instantly rushed towards Uchiha Fugaku.

"Wind Style. Wind Blade!"

It seems that he has to deal with Uchiha Fugaku first, and then Uchiha Itachi.

When he got closer, his hair stood on end at the sight of something horrifying, but before he could react he fell to the ground. A moment later, blood gushed out from under his body.

When the second-in-command rushed over, he just happened to block Uchiha Fugaku, and Uchiha Itachi didn't notice how his father made the move.

The scene exploded. The second-in-command was dead, but there was still a third-in-command below him. Everyone immediately killed the two of them to avenge the second-in-command.

The third in command: "Everyone, come on, kill these two men to avenge the second in command."

Upon seeing this, Uchiha Itachi immediately stood sideways in a bow stance, gathering strength in his hind leg, relaxing but straightening his upper body, raising his left arm parallel to his shoulder, half-retracted, holding the long sword in his forehand vertically, and extending his right arm straight and slightly retracted, holding the short sword in his backhand, parallel to his shoulder.

He rushed out in an instant.

The long sword chops and the short sword cuts horizontally.

The long sword slashes horizontally, and the short sword stabs straightly.

The long sword stabbed straight, and the short sword chopped.

The scene was very strange. It was originally intended to be an encirclement, but it was forcibly turned into a one-on-one fight.

That's how it was. More than dozens of middle and lower ninjas were completely unable to withstand Uchiha Itachi's offensive. They died one by one without even being able to use their ninjutsu, and became the dead souls under Uchiha Itachi's sword, not to mention normal people.

Uchiha Fugaku was helping him to deal with the jonin. He was quick and quick and solved the problem in a moment.

While Uchiha Itachi was still fighting, a loud shout came from the gate of the village.

"stop!!!"

The person who came was the top leader of the village.

Itachi did not stop and continued to kill.

The leader said, "Go ahead, boys. Pull out the tendons and bones of these two men and hang them on the gate of the village."

More than ten people rushed up in an instant and rushed towards Uchiha Itachi, among whom there was a senior ninja hiding.

And the boss rushed towards Uchiha Fugaku.

The leader: "Accept my fate, Earth Escape. Earth Dragon Bullet Technique!"

A dragon head emerged from the ground, opened its mouth and sprayed large and small stones, quickly and densely shooting towards Uchiha Fugaku.

Uchiha Fugaku dodged instantly, and at this time one could see that his eyes were red.

The leader said, "Hmm? Sharingan? You are from the Uchiha clan, wait for me to pluck out your eyes."

"Mud Escape. Swallow the Mud Sea!"

Uchiha Fugaku: "Bloodline Limit, hum"

"Fire escape. Fire extinguishes!"

The confrontation between the large amount of mud and the large sea of ​​fire caused many people to be seriously injured and fall to the ground.

Both of them had their own concerns, so they quickly released their ninjutsu and left to fight elsewhere.

The two men fought as they moved and finally arrived at a forest.

"Hmph, I've long wanted to see the Sharingan, to see whether your bloodline limit is stronger or mine is stronger."

"Burning Escape·Steam Kill!"

In an instant, something like a fireball appeared around the leader.

He quickly approached Uchiha Fugaku and engaged him in close combat. The terrifying thing about this move was that once it touched the opponent's body, it would evaporate all the water in the opponent's body, turning him into a mummy.

Uchiha Fugaku immediately sensed something was wrong and kept dodging without fighting back.

Find a gap and immediately distance yourself from the leader.

Fugaku: "Is this a bloodline limit, or a bloodline elimination?"

"Scorch Release? I remember that there was a rebel ninja in the Wind Country who could use Scorch Release."

The boss said, "Humph, you know a lot, come and die."

"Wind Style. Suppression!" "Fire Style. Head-striking!" Combined ninjutsu was launched, and a sea of ​​fire suddenly appeared, attacking Uchiha Fugaku.

Uchiha Fugaku thought to himself, "We can't delay any longer. We have to solve this problem quickly. There's a Jonin hiding in Itachi's place."

He closed his eyes, then opened them abruptly, his Sharingan changed, three black magatama spun rapidly, merging into a long, curved three-sided pinwheel pattern, with three dots appearing at the curved back.

At this time, Uchiha Itachi was having a very hard time fighting. He also discovered that there were some senior ninjas among this group of people who also understood the tactics.

Just when Uchiha Itachi divided the battlefield into a one-on-one battle, it was immediately adjusted back, causing his tactics to be dissolved.

Itachi could only use the simplest tactics to deal with it, dodging the attacks of the jonin and taking care of the mid and low ninjas.

"One Sword Style. Tiger Hunting Triple Combo!"

"Two-sword style. Chanque!"

"One Sword Style. Swallow Returns!"

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More than half an hour later, the field was littered with corpses, and only two people were left. One was panting and leaning on the ground with a single sword, while the other was staring at Itachi solemnly, and his condition seemed to be much better than Uchiha Itachi.

The jonin was about to say something.

Itachi interrupted immediately and launched an attack "Two Swords Ryu. Iai. Cutting Water!"

The swords are put away and on the same side, seemingly slashing out at the same time, but in fact the long sword comes out first and then the short sword. The long sword arrives first and then the short sword comes in, but the speed is too fast. In the eyes of others, this is just one move, but in fact it is two moves.

The jonin almost fell into Itachi's trap. He touched his neck which was almost hit. If he hadn't reacted quickly, his head would have fallen to the ground.

"Kid, this is not simple. Is this the samurai sword technique from the Warring States period? You are good at using a skill that has already fallen into obscurity."

That's right, Uchiha Itachi collected a large number of books on kendo during this period.

During the Warring States Period in the Ninja World, ninjutsu was not yet well developed, and there were only two means of combat at that time - samurai kendo and taijutsu.

Both of these abilities do not require chakra, so they could be considered mainstream in that era. But it is different now. All kinds of abilities, big and small, are inseparable from chakra. As for abilities like taijutsu and kendo that rely almost purely on the body, they have become a niche and are regarded as basic training without intentional in-depth training.

It is worth mentioning that during that period, many physical martial arts experts developed various abilities to enhance the explosive power of physical martial arts, which were extremely powerful, which put Samurai Kendo at a disadvantage compared to physical martial arts.

Now we see that physical skills are still being constantly improved, while Samurai Kendo has become obscure, so it is not unreasonable for the senior ninja to say that Samurai Kendo has declined.

In this way, Uchiha Itachi watched and practiced attentively every day. Uchiha Fugaku saw that his son was interested in studying kendo.

So he found the Third Hokage and asked if there were any relevant books. It turned out that there were, but these books had been lost for a long time. It was said that they were not a product of the Warring States Period, but went back even further. As for why they declined, the reason was too profound. Konoha swordsmanship and even Uchiha swordsmanship were just basic applications and branches of them.

How could the old fox Sandaike give the tome to Fugaku so easily? He would have to skin him alive. The implication was, "If one day the Uchiha clan needs to make a contribution, they must come forward and volunteer."

Uchiha Fugaku had a cold face but a soft heart. Besides, it was all for his son. In addition, he felt guilty about his son's hidden illness caused by premature chakra refinement. So he agreed and put the book in a secret place of the family, saying that it was the family's sword-wielding heritage. This was how Uchiha Itachi saw it.

Although the records in this classic book are incomplete, they are enough to make one person's success bring prosperity to his family. However, many people cannot see the true meaning contained in it. The book records kendo figures from various eras, and there is a detailed analysis of the moves under the introduction of each character, but among the many character introductions, There are only two that Itachi remembers.

"The era before the Warring States Period in the Ninja World was the end of the Warring States Period in Japan and the beginning of the Edo Period. Although it was the previous era, it was also quite far away and belonged to the era of cold weapons.

There were also ninjas in that era, but they were not called ninjas at that time. They were called assassins or scouts. The ninjas at that time did not know ninjutsu. They mainly used throwing hidden weapons and some assassination methods. For that era, ninjas were just a small organization and belonged to the unorthodox sect. The mainstream was kendo, followed by martial arts.

Then a famous swordsman appeared in this era - Miyamoto Musashi.

This man defeated Arima Kihei of the Shinto-ryu in his first duel at the age of thirteen, defeated Akiyama, a samurai from Tajima Province at the age of sixteen, and fought against swordsmen from various countries at the age of twenty-one. From the age of thirteen to twenty-nine, he fought more than sixty duels without a single defeat.

After being exiled due to an incident, Miyamoto Musashi began to practice kendo everywhere. So Miyamoto Musashi challenged the Yoshioka School, which was known as the "No. 76 Kendo Hall" at that time. Miyamoto Musashi dueled with the owner of Yoshioka School, Yoshioka Seijuro, in the wild. Seijuro was finally killed by Miyamoto Musashi. Seeing this, the 76 Yoshioka guards who participated in the fight were furious and drew their swords and rushed towards Miyamoto Musashi, but he had already expected it, so the siege of 76 people turned into 76 one-on-ones, and Miyamoto Musashi killed one by one, and killed all the samurai who came to besiege him.

After this battle, he discovered that he could use two swords.

Later, he fought with Tomita Segen's disciple, Sasaki Kojiro on Ganryu Island, and Miyamoto Musashi killed Sasaki Kojiro, making Miyamoto Musashi famous overnight.

After that, he created a series of military tactics, combining swordsmanship with military tactics to create the "Two Swords, One Ryu". He is also known as the founder of the Two Swords Ryu.

"Two Days, One Flow" basic double sword moves: chop, cut, pick...

"Two Days, One Flow" Yin-Yang Sword Grip...

"Two days, one first-class" in France...

The Art of War - "The Mirror of the Way of War", "The Sequence of the Way of the Five Swords"......

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Kojiro Sasaki, a contemporary of Miyamoto Musashi, was also a famous swordsman.

He was a disciple of Tomita Segen and had studied martial arts with Zhong Juan Jisai of the Nakajo Ryu. Initially, he learned short sword techniques from him, so his short sword techniques were also amazing. But later he used a three-foot long sword. The blade was quite long and had a large attack range. It was said that even the flying swallows in the sky could not fly out of the range of his long sword. So he developed his own unique skills, hence the name "Swallow Return", and founded his own school - "Iwate".