Bang!
Mifune dropped to his knees, tears flashing in his cloudy old eyes as he trembled and said, "After living for eighty years, I finally realize that I truly know nothing about the sword. Please accept me as your student, Teacher."
"I am willing to use this decaying body of mine to carry your blade for you!"
His aged voice echoed through the spacious courtyard.
Mifune, the Land of Iron's general and a hall-of-fame elder in the realm of swordsmanship, had already passed eighty years of age. Yet tears streamed down his face as he knelt and begged to become someone's disciple.
If they had not witnessed it with their own eyes, no one would have believed it was real.
Especially Tsubaki, who had been so unwilling to concede just moments ago.
Her little face had gone stiff, and she stood there completely dumbfounded.
She was Mifune's last disciple.
Now that Mifune was publicly asking to become a disciple, if the other party truly accepted him...
How was she supposed to address this arrogant fellow before her?
"Sorry, but I'm only a student myself,"
Qin Yu said slowly.
"I'm not qualified to take disciples, and I'm not interested in old men!"
The simple, blunt reply left everyone present rooted to the spot in shock.
That final sentence, in particular, made the facial muscles of the Land of Iron's samurai and the Hyuga clan members twitch.
In their eyes, Mifune held an immensely important position in the Land of Iron.
Having this legendary samurai kneel in person and ask to become one's disciple was itself a great honor.
Yet Uchiha Qin Yu had refused outright the moment he opened his mouth.
And the reason he gave had caught everyone utterly off guard.
This was simply too arrogant.
No!
It should be