Chapter 9: Practicing the Knife Technique
"Click!" A crunch! Matsumoto wiped his sweat all over his head and looked at his masterpiece with a smile! There was a log in front of him that was split in two, and there were some achievements from the past two days scattered next to it!
Matsumoto put away his knife and shook his numb arm. Suddenly, there was a sound of applause behind him! Matsumoto looked back in surprise and saw a head poking in through the glass window in the dark corridor.
"Master? You haven't slept yet? Matsumoto saw that Nighthawk was coming, and it was strange that it was past three o'clock at night, and Nighthawk still had the mind to watch him practice swords.
Nighthawk smiled and walked in from outside. He looked at the results of Matsumoto's training with a bang, and said with a smile without looking back, "It's not because I thought in my heart that you were still practicing and practicing here." Don't worry, so let's take a look! I'm afraid that you will be lonely alone, so I will accompany you! It's just that I didn't expect that you could grasp it quite quickly, and you can already find the point I told you, hehe, not bad! β
Nighthawk smiled and turned around and patted Matsumoto on the shoulder. Matsumoto lowered his head a little embarrassed, the praise of the master of the Nighthawk was too important to him! That's where all his faith comes from!
"Haha, don't be shy, I'm telling the truth! I was able to grasp this in such a short time! I'm the only one so far, and it seems that you're not bad either! Come on, hack another one and I'll see! Nighthawk stepped aside with a smile and looked at Matsumoto expectantly!
Matsumoto hurriedly went to the side and found a few more logs, which were arranged in order. Then pick up the knife. Sink your waist and raise the knife, according to the point you have realized in the past two days, slowly move the strength of your whole body, and concentrate all on one point of the knife!
"Open!" Matsumoto roared, his body not moving, only his arm with the blade of the knife in a graceful arc in the air. Click! The log is divided in two, clean and neat, without half a point of sluggishness!
"Good! Well done! Nighthawk clapped his hands and walked over to the side, crouching down and picking up the log that had been split in two. Nighthawk held the wood up in front of Matsumoto and said, "Look, what's the problem?" β
Matsumoto was a little puzzled and put down the knife, but the wood in Nighthawk's hand looked carefully! The wood had been split in half, and although it could only be used for fire, Matsumoto couldn't tell the difference!
Matsumoto couldn't help but look at Nighthawk in confusion, not understanding what it meant. Nighthawk smiled slightly, pointed to the chopped position in the middle of the log, and said, "Cut!" Your incision is crooked! β
Matsumoto looked down. Sure enough, the incisions of the two logs that he split in two were indeed a little crooked, and even irregularly split from top to bottom! In the meantime, many burrs are protruding, which makes people feel very bad to touch! It's like being eaten by a dog!
Nighthawk spoke: "You've found the right point, and you've used the right strength, but it's still a little bit close!" It's that the tip of your knife starts to fall apart after it hits this point of gravity on the wood! It's when your body relaxes, and all of a sudden your strength is gone! If it were to be carried out all the way, this wood would be like this! β
As he spoke, Nighthawk picked up the knife on the ground, turned around and didn't even look at it, and slashed it down! The wood didn't seem to move, but as Nighthawk slowly pulled the knife away, a tiny crack began to pop out of the log!
Nighthawk handed the knife to Matsumoto and picked up the log. The wood has long been divided into two, but the nighthawk is more dexterous, and the wood does not have half a movement! Matsumoto looked at the fracture, it was smooth and smooth, I don't know how many times better than his masterpiece!
Nighthawk threw away the wood and said to Matsumoto, "See? You don't have to lose your strength, so you can do it like me! β
Matsumoto thought for a moment, as if he had thought of something, nodded heavily to Nighthawk. Seeing Matsumoto's confident appearance, Nighthawk smiled and said, "Then split the roots and show me again!" β
"Okay! This time, I'll definitely split it! Matsumoto clenched his knife in both hands and walked over to the log again. Take a deep breath and raise your hands above the top! The wood in front of me is no longer wood, but just a dot, a tiny dot! And the body is no longer a body, just a transport plane! A transport plane dedicated to transporting power!
Through the guΓ² meridians and breath, Matsumoto gathers all his strength into his arms. The arm full of strength keeps squeezing and converging the power towards the tip of the knife! It's just that in the blink of an eye, the blade trembled slightly, which was a tremor caused by the huge power!
Nighthawk nodded slightly. It seems that Matsumoto has really found the trick, and this key problem that may cost an ordinary person a lifetime has been solved by him in two days!
Matsumoto's eyebrows were slightly sweaty, he couldn't feel the existence of his body anymore, all his strength and consciousness were integrated into his arm and the tip of the knife! Just waiting for him to open the world with a groundbreaking blow, he will cut off the shackles that have plagued him for a long time!
"Open!" With a loud roar that was even more violent than before, Matsumoto instantly poured all the tremendous strength in his arm towards the tip of the knife. The already sharp knife even faintly had a hint of white light, and slashed fiercely towards the log with the momentum of cutting off a qiΔ!
This knife cut off the last fetters in Matsumoto's body. The wood in front of him was silent, not half shaken, and there was no sound of breaking as imagined before! Putting away the knife, Matsumoto smiled happily. Because the piece of wood is quietly revealing a thin line.
"Excellent! It's really good! I was surprised that you could master it so quickly! Nighthawk came over from the side in admiration. Seeing the thin line that was slowly expanding, I thought to myself that if the real boy worked harder, I am afraid that sooner or later he would be able to catch up with himself!
Matsumoto was already happy like a child, jumping and jumping. Nighthawk has never seen Matsumoto have such an innocent and naΓ―ve side, and maybe only in this situation will Matsumoto reveal his true nature!
After rejoicing for a while, Matsumoto leaned in front of Nighthawk and said with anticipation on his face, "Master, this is done!" Is it possible to practice the next one? I've been chopping wood for two days! It's time to change the knife you said, right? β
Nighthawk looked at Matsumoto with a wicked smile, patted him on the head, and said as if teaching, "Don't get carried away, this is just a simple beginning, and there is still a long way to go!" There's a lot more to learn! The following training! Or chopping wood! β
"What? Or chopping wood? Matsumoto screamed, and almost jumped up again.
Nighthawk said angrily: "yes, then what do you think you are going to do?" Do you split bricks? Don't think it's a big deal to be able to split wood with a knife, it's normal for something so hard to be able to split! Next, I want you to split the wood into two equal shapes. Then split it into quarters on top of the original one, and so on, until the wood is all split into toothpicks of the same size! β
"Can this be done?" Matsumoto looked at Nighthawk with some disbelief, no matter how he looked at Nighthawk's face, it looked like he was playing tricks on him!
Nighthawk didn't talk nonsense, picked up the knife again, and swung it at the wooden brush that Matsumoto had just split! Almost half-squinted, Nighthawk was just moving with one hand! But it was as turbulent as the Yangtze River, and the endless knife momentum was all beckoned to the poor piece of wood!
In just a short moment, the shadow of the sword in the sky retracted the knife in Nighthawk's hand. Nighthawk threw the knife at Matsumoto, who looked sluggish, and then stomped his foot hard! The log, which was originally motionless, disintegrated in an instant, turning into thousands of small wooden sticks that were half thinner than chopsticks and rolling all over the ground!
Matsumoto's eyes widened as he looked at the sticks rolling all over the floor. If it weren't for the fact that Nighthawk had chopped the wood he had just chopped, he wouldn't have believed it even if he was killed, the scene in front of him was real!
Nighthawk pursed his lips and said to Matsumoto, "How is it, I didn't lie to you, did I?" You practice according to this process first, and the knife technique is also a matter of being able to be big and small, and to stretch and bend! You can't do anything overnight, just learn it! There is no end to the sword art in this world! β
Haha laughed twice, Nighthawk turned and walked out! Matsumoto stood still for a moment, then suddenly ran into the corner. Squatted down and picked up a few logs. He took off his shirt, which was already a little damp, and threw it aside. Madoka stared at the wood in front of him with his eyes open, and in the midst of a loud shout, Matsumoto slashed at the wood!
Nighthawk smiled in the shadows outside the corridor, and he was finally relieved to see that Matsumoto hadn't given up! As soon as he reached the top of the stairs, he stopped again.
Looking at the dark shadow not far away with some impatience, Nighthawk sighed, "Your friend has done too much!" I don't think it should be so protective to protect his self-esteem, I can give him more academic guidance and let him take fewer detours, which should be more in line with the responsibilities and obligations of a friend! β
Ghost Hand had already come out of the darkness, but instead of looking at the room where Matsumoto was staying, he looked through the dark curtain into the depths of the grassland: "When he really needs it, I will show up without hesitation." But now, the time has not yet come! Like you said, a person who has never practiced knives before, let him practice basic training well! β
Nighthawk shrugged helplessly, he couldn't guess the mind of the ghost hand, this guy was as incomprehensible as this night! Guessing other people's habits has always been Nighthawk's most annoying thing!
Nighthawk said to the ghost hand, "Since you don't care, why do you come here every day?" Obviously you want to help but don't admit it, you're really hard-mouthed! β
The corners of Ghost Hand's mouth suddenly showed an imperceptible smile, which was fleeting. Suddenly, he asked, "The time for us to go to M Gu should be soon!" Judging from the hectic situation in the past two days since you came back, I think we should have left in the last two days, right? β
Nighthawk was not surprised, and said with a faint smile: "It seems that I can't hide anything from you!" I'm training your friend for the sake of it. Our opponents can be strong. If he can be stronger than he is now, he will be able to protect not only himself, but also the people he cares about! β
The ghost hand suddenly turned his head, and Nighthawk saw that his eyes were full of deep tenderness! The ghost hand said firmly: "Don't worry! No matter when! I'll be your arm! From the first day I entered here, I decided on it! Treat Matsumoto well! He's a great friend! After speaking, he smiled slightly, turned around and disappeared into the dark corridor!
"What the hell is this guy going to say?" Nighthawk felt a little warm in his heart, and looked at the direction in which the ghost hand disappeared, turned around and walked towards the corridor!