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"My blade hits this hard because I comprehended true sword intent and infused it into my slashes. That's what gives them this power."
He knew that Great Swordsmen like Koshiro had also comprehended sword intent.
But compared to what he had comprehended, theirs still fell far short.
Their power wasn't even in the same league.
Of course, he had already passed this Sword Intent Cultivation Method on to Koshiro.
Now Koshiro had also crossed the threshold of sword intent, and his strength had increased tremendously.
As for Mikoto and the others?
They hadn't even fully mastered Basic Swordsmanship, let alone the One-Sword Style or sword intent.
Those things were still far beyond their reach.
Only once they became Sword Masters would it be time to touch upon sword intent.
"Oh? Sword intent?"
Hatake Sakumo raised an eyebrow, considered it, and asked, "I don't recall seeing anything like that in the swordsmanship scrolls we traded?"
"Does it belong to a different system from that swordsmanship?"
He wasn't suspecting Xunjing of holding anything back. He simply wanted to understand its nature.
He trusted Xunjing's character.
This man wouldn't cheat him.
"Haha! You really are sharp, Sakumo!"
Xunjing couldn't help laughing when he heard that. "I thought you'd demand to know whether I'd withheld part of the swordsmanship we traded."
"Of course not."
Sakumo shook his head, his tone certain. "Lord Hokage isn't that sort of person. Questioning Lord Hokage without cause would itself be wrong."
That was a principle he had always believed in.
"Honestly, you..."
Xunjing shook his head with a smile. "Being too rigid and taking things too seriously isn't always a good thing."
Hatake Sakumo froze where he stood, unable to recover for a long while.
Xunjing had spoken lightly, but those words went off in his ears