Five days flew by in the blink of an eye.
Since Araki had decided to keep Samehada for the time being, he could not limit his understanding of it to merely knowing that it could absorb ninjutsu.
Learning 100 Ways to Use Samehada was therefore urgent as well.
As for who to learn from?
Did that even need asking? Naturally, it was the Mist Village prodigy reputed to be skilled with all seven ninja blades—Hozuki Mangetsu.
Hozuki Residence.
"You want to learn how to use Samehada from me?"
Hozuki Mangetsu looked somewhat surprised. "That doesn't fit your usual fighting style at all!"
Clearly, in his eyes, there was no way someone carrying a weapon as huge and heavy as Samehada could use high-speed swordsmanship.
But who said Araki only knew high-speed swordsmanship?
He was an aspiring grand swordsman of Yachiru, determined to master every sword style in the world!
Light swords had the swiftness of light swords, while heavy swords possessed the dominance of heavy swords. How could a sword's characteristics become an obstacle for a swordsman?
"Just teach me. There isn't a sword in this world I can't use!"
Seeing how insistent he was, Hozuki Mangetsu said no more. He took Samehada from Araki and began demonstrating its use.
"Although we call Samehada a ninja blade, it is actually a living creature with the ability to devour chakra. Therefore, it is used very differently from ordinary swords."
As Mangetsu spoke, he swung it with force.
Bang!
The white bandages wrapped around Samehada exploded completely, revealing its true form.
It was a creature shaped somewhat like an inverted triangle.
At the position where an ordinary sword's tip would be, it had a huge mouth filled with sharp teeth, while countless dark-purple barbs covered its body.
"You see, it has no