Discipline

And so, Shiro and his group took turns with Mizuki and her group, and successfully completed today's mission.

Around 7 p. m., Shiro and his men returned, and the samurai from the Land of Demons took over their duties to continue the defense.

In the living room, Mizuki and the other two were being reprimanded.

"Let's take it one by one. Let's start with Takeda. I know you're better at Taijutsu, but your enemies aren't people that can be dealt with by ordinary Taijutsu- Taijutsu, at least not by yours."

"I hope that in the future you will be able to more accurately assess the advantages and disadvantages of both sides, as well as the use of Ninjutsu."

"You know without me saying it how quickly your Chakra was depleted today. Do you even have a lot of Chakra? You're using powerful Ninjutsu so frequently."

"Yes, I know you don't have enough offensive capabilities, but they do. Those are just a bunch of Autonomous Puppet; figuring out their attack patterns is very easy."

Overall, your performance today was terrible. Hopefully, you'll improve tomorrow.

"Yes, Mr. Heiichi."

Takeda gave a low reply and went to the side to think silently.

"Well then, it's your turn. Mizuki, are you ready?" Nakamura wasn't Mizuki's team leader, so he couldn't exactly put on a sour face like Takeda did when reprimanding Heiichi. He could only speak in a slightly gentler tone.

"Yes, I'm ready."

"Ha, don't be so nervous. You did quite well today. However, this time we'll only point out the shortcomings."

Immediately, Mizuki's face, which had just relaxed, scrunched up again.

"Haha, alright, enough joking around. Let me tell you, your performance today wasn't great either, at least it didn't meet my expectations. First of all, your choice of Ninjutsu was a complete mess."

"How powerful is your Fire Release that makes you think you can destroy it?"

"The same goes for Lightning Release. Without any elemental advantage or penetrating power, Lightning Release will be completely ineffective in battle."

"Secondly, just as Heiichi said, your attacks are not powerful enough, so you can achieve your goals by borrowing strength, but the fact is that you have no such idea at all."

"Finally, your grasp of the battlefield was terrible. Your opponents were regenerating puppets; a one-hit kill was useless. How could you still make such a basic mistake after knowing the enemy's intelligence?"

"This is your biggest shortcoming. I hope you can improve tomorrow."

"Yes, Captain Nakamura."

After Nakamura finished speaking, he turned his attention to Taichi and the others, wanting to hear their thoughts on Minamoto no Raiko Taichi.

However, Taichi clearly had his own script. "Actually, your problem is similar to theirs. I can't see the problem with swordsmanship either. This Shiro is better at it. Ask him for his opinion. Mizuki, come with me. I'll tell you some things about the Sharingan."

"Yes, Brother Taichi."

"Hey, seriously? You're leaving already?"

"Otherwise what? I don't know swordsmanship. I remember you said this was called, 'system optimization,' right?"

"You learn this really fast..."

"Brother Shiro, this is troublesome."

"Tsk~ Hiss~ I don't know how to put it. Hmm, let me think... Your swordsmanship today seems a bit chaotic, but I can't quite put my finger on it. I'm not very familiar with your family's swordsmanship."

"Alright then, Grandma, oops, I mean, Hikari, I'll recreate your sword moves from today's battle, and then refine them. I hope you don't mind."

"I have no objection to that; this swordsmanship has already been completely handed over to the village. However, reproducing and optimizing it... that's probably unlikely."

It's no wonder she was so skeptical; after all, it sounded too far-fetched, even Heiichi didn't believe it.

Simply imitating sword moves is relatively easy; even Heiichi could do that. But optimization... that means you've mastered the sword technique, and might even be able to refine it further.

This is incredible. If this Secret Sword technique were so easy to learn, Minamoto no Raiko wouldn't be so highly regarded.

Therefore, Nakamura and the others also looked at Shiro.

"Hmph, let's go, you'll find out soon enough." Shiro Lang chuckled, offering no explanation, and walked straight out of the room into the courtyard.

Shiro could never do that; he would have difficulty even imitating it. However, just because Shiro couldn't do it doesn't mean that the Heroic Spirit couldn't!

By Projection the Noble Phantasm of Heroic Spirit and gaining their combat experience and consciousness, Shiro will also inherit a portion of their thought processes, but the impact will be minimal and will not interfere with Shiro.

Moreover, this effect only occurs during the Projection process, therefore, Shiro needs to find a Heroic Spirit with exceptional learning abilities.

If Shiro was looking for someone with strong learning abilities and who was also skilled in swordsmanship, the first person he would think of was the gatekeeper, Sasaki Kojiro!

It is said that Kojiro spent less than a day actually learning the sword technique, Tsubame Gaeshi, which touches on True Magic!

Although Shiro doesn't know if this is right or wrong, that doesn't stop him from praising Kojiro!

Furthermore, Kojiro's strength lies in his swordsmanship; his swordsmanship isn't particularly high-level, only C-rank. (Author's choice)

"Projection, begin."

As Shiro raised his hands, an unusually long sword appeared in Shiro hands, but Shiro did not stop moving because of the appearance of the sword.

Instead, he continued this action. The Projection was not over yet because the Monohoshizao was too long for Shiro to use.

After a while, Monohoshizao, and it slowly shortened in the white light until it became usable by Shiro.

For Shiro, it's still a bit difficult to change a C-rank Noble Phantasm at the moment. Fortunately, the Monohoshizao doesn't have any special abilities, otherwise it's not certain that he could successfully modify it.

After modifying the Monohoshizao, Shiro closed his eyes and began to recall Minamoto no Raiko's battle during the day.

Then, Shiro understood the difference between a genius and a mediocre person. Shiro only possessed a part of Kojiro's way of thinking, but in just a short while, he had already learned this Secret Sword!

Well, of course, that's still theoretical. Martial arts skills ultimately require hard work and gradual development of bodily memory; theory alone is useless.

But this is enough to show how correct Shiro's choice was; Kojiro is indeed awesome!

Fortunately, Shiro's foundation in this area wasn't bad, after all, he had always wanted to use the Tsubame Gaeshi technique, so he paid considerable attention to it.

But simply learning the basics isn't enough. Shiro wants someone who can guide Minamoto no Raiko, and learning the basics isn't enough. He needs to optimize her skills. So, Shiro continued to think about it.

This time it took a little longer, since the situation was slightly different, but it wasn't for long.

"Alright, that's about enough, Hikari, watch carefully," Shiro said, opening his eyes.

"Yes, Shiro Brother."

"Watch closely, these are your sword techniques from during the day."

"That's amazing," Hikari murmured, watching Shiro's dancing body.

Hikari could tell that these were the sword moves she had practiced during the day, and she still remembered them somewhat.

After a while, Shiro stopped. He didn't repeat those repetitive Shiro again, otherwise it would have gone on until midnight.

"Alright, how many flaws did you spot?"

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