What just happened? How did Young Master Satoshi's swordsmanship improve so drastically in an instant? This doesn't make any sense.
Shunichi, who had been dueling with Satoshi, was utterly shocked.
As a kendo master, he fully uood how advanced Satoshi's attack just now was.
If just a sed ago, Satoshi's skill was on the level of a beginner who had only retly grasped the Gojo Kyokushin-ryu, then now, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he had already mastered the Gojo Kyokushin-ryu itself.
How could someone ge so drastically in mere moments?
Shunichi could no longer assess Satoshi using ventional experience.
Was this the talent of the Six Eyes?
Even without Cursed Energy, was Satoshi far beyond ordinary humans in other aspects?
Since he had no idea that Satoshi possessed a system, Shunichi could only attribute it to raw talent.
A, even that expnation seemed unreasonable.
Describing Satoshi's growth as "gradual and the result of diligent practice" would be an insult to the cept of training itself.
After all, only a little over a month had passed sioshi began learning kendo.
If just one month of practice could produce results like this, then wouldn't all the renowned swordmasters in history be so ashamed that they'd throw themselves into a well?
There was only one clusion, Gojo Satoshi was a genius beyond reason.
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Toji, standing on the sidelines, slightly raised an eyebrow as he observed Satoshi's swordpy.
Even though Toji relied on Heavenly Restri and had no Cursed Energy, he still possessed extensive bat experieh ons.
Because of this, he could fully appreciate the precise timing of Satoshi's attack.
A sed earlier, and the strike would have missed.
A sed ter, and it would have been blocked.
Yet, Satoshi perfectly found the opening in Shunichi's staneither too soon nor too te and disarmed him in a single ssh.
The kendo master had lost his on.
That meant the duel was over.
A six-year-old Gojo Satoshi, wielding Sode no Shirayuki, had defeated the kendo master Gojo Shunichi.
Though this oute was also influenced by Shunichi holding back, the fact remained, Satoshi had demonstrated his true level in kendo and won.
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Oher side, Satoru's Six Eyes flickered with shock, and for the first time in his life, a hint of unease crept into his heart.
He had always known that Satoshi owerful, but in his mind, this was only because of his Zanpakutō.
In fact, deep down, Satoru didn't view Satoshi as strong, he believed that Sode no Shirayuki's ability was what made him formidable.
In his eyes, Satoshi was still someone who needed his prote.
That was why Satoru had always stayed by his side.
Part of it was curiosity about Zanpakutō f, of course.
But the bigger reason was that he worried someone might try to harm Satoshi.
Satoru had always felt guilty toward Satoshi.
So rather than leaving him vulnerable, he chose to stay close and keep watch.
But now, after witnessing Satoshi's kendo mastery Satoru had a sudden realization.
Aside from his Six Eyes, his immense Cursed Energy, and his mastery of Limitless, what other advantages did he truly have over Satoshi?
He didn't know how te ons, so he could never create a game-ging Zanpakutō like Satoshi.
He didn't know kendo, so he could never reafathomable sword mastery in just a single instant.
For the first time, Satoru doubted himself.
Does Satoshi even need my prote?
I possess Limitless, but… do I really have the fideo protect him?
In that moment, Satoru finally uood.
He had been tant.
Satoshi had awakened something within him.
Not only is he more mature than me, but his as are far more posed as well.
Perhaps… only after I have truly mastered Limitless I stand before Satoshi and say, "Satoshi, I will protect you."
For the first time, the etric Gojo Satoru developed a mentality of actively pursuing strength.
Because deep down, he was afraid.
If he didn't keep growing stronger…
One day, he might fall behind Satoshi.
And then, he would bee the one who needed proteg.
If Satoshi knew what Satoru was thinking right now, he would only push harder.
To him, anything that forced Satoru to work harder was a good thing.
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Satoshi snapped out of his thoughts and noticed the stunned expressions around him.
Only then did he realize he had just broken through a barrier in kendo.
Opening his system panel, he saw that his kendo proficy had reached maximum capacity, unlog new abilities.
[ Ding! gratutions to the Host for reag 100% profi "Zanjutsu (swordsmanship)." "Hakuda (hand-to-hand bat)" have now been unlocked. ]
That mysterious state earlier… was that the feeling of breaking through the limits of kendo?
Even though Satoshi couldn't replicate that attack perfectly, reag this level meant he had already mastered tless teiques.
The system is as broken as ever.
Of course, it also helped that, due to Heavenly Restri, his physical body was exceptionally suited for kendo.
That's why "Zanjutsu" had improved so quickly.
Now that Zanjutsu was plete, it was time to focus on the discipline—Hakuda.
Satoshi's gaze nded on Toji, scrutinizing his muscur frame like he was a rare treasure.
It turns out that making friends with Toji was the right choice after all.
A physically invincible bodyguard with Heavenly Restri, and a hand-to-hand bat master, all in one package.
, he just o figure out how to exploit Toji for free training.
Satoshi even sidered whether he should fe Toji's Zanpakutō in advance, so that every time Toji fought, Satoshi could just farm free experience.
…But after thinking it over, he discarded the idea.
First of all, the materials for f a Zanpakutō were extremely rare.
Even though Satoshi had figured out the f process, gathering enough materials would take a long time.
If he had reinated into a small, weak , it was likely he wouldn't even have seen a single Zanpakutō by now.
Besides, he had already promised Satoru that his Zanpakutō would be the priority.
Although, at the moment, his dear brother had nothing of value that Satoshi could take advantage of…
Still—he was family, after all.
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