Just as Kuina was happily chatting with Lin Yuan, a boy with short green hair ran over excitedly, carrying three wooden swords in his hand.
Lin Yuan had already noticed the boy, his eyes full of admiration. There weren't many people in the world of One Piece who could earn his admiration, and the little guy in front of him was one of them.
This boy is none other than Zoro, Kuina's childhood friend, who failed 2000 consecutive challenges. In the original story, after Kuina's death, he inherited the " Wado Ichimonji ".
He followed Luffy, fighting all the way, wanting to ascend to the throne of the World's Greatest Swordsman, just to fulfill his promise to Kuina, and was also jokingly called the swordsman who could write the most poetry.
"Hey Zoro, can you please stop using so many swords? More swords don't mean better results. You're still a long way from winning against me!"
Lin Yuan noticed that although Kuina said that, there was a complicated look in her eyes.
This disciple, whom the father had found from who-knows-where, had fought him over a thousand times in the past two years, though he had never won.
However, Kuina knew that she was older than Zoro and had been learning swordsmanship for a longer time.
Despite winning so many times, what surprised her was that Zoro's improvement rate was very fast, no less than her own back then.
Although she could continue to suppress him, Kuina knew that as time went on, Zoro would eventually catch up with her.
This reminded her of her father's words. Although she had resolved her inner conflict, she was still somewhat lost.
"Little Kuina, won't you introduce me to her?"
Lin Yuan saw through Kuina's thoughts, gently patted Kuina head, and said with a smile.
"Uh, Brother Lin Yuan, his name is Zoro, my father's new disciple, just a troublesome little brat."
Lin Yuan and the other two laughed when they heard this. After all, Kuina was only ten years old, and it was quite cute for her to call others "little devils."
These words greatly displeased Zoro, who raised his wooden sword and shouted.
"Hmph, I'm no brat. I'm Three-Sword Style swordsman now, and I'll definitely become the World's Strongest."
"Hmph, a brat who lost to me over a thousand times wants to be the World's Strongest? Dream on! This is my teacher, someone even stronger than your teacher."
Their eyes met, and sparks seemed to fly in the air. Tesoro walked up to Lin Yuan, puzzled.
"Boss, who is this kid's master? Is he very powerful?"
"Hmm, very impressive. She could easily take on two of you. She was referring to her father, Koshiro, who was also a great swordsman."
"Great Swordsman!"
Tesoro looked at Lin Yuan in surprise, seemingly sharing the same mindset as Enel had. In recent years, his strength had increased significantly, and now with the Gold-Gold Fruit, his future looked incredibly bright.
In just the last few days, it's been Dark King Rayleigh, then Marine Admiral, and now a powerful swordsman has appeared.
Tesoro felt his mentality was about to collapse. How could he have encountered so many terrifying guys in just a few days of following his boss?
Just then, Zoro's voice rang out.
"Hmph, you look weak. I can already fight against adults. Hey you, I challenge you!"
Everyone present stared at Zoro in surprise, but then smiled in an instant.
Even Kuina had witnessed Lin Yuan's "true" strength, but she never expected that Zoro would want to challenge Lin Yuan.
Kuina, fearing that Zoro's words would anger Lin Yuan, immediately went over and punched him in the head.
"Shut up! You think you can challenge a teacher like that!"
Zoro felt a large bump on his head, and he rubbed his head in pain, but he still said defiantly.
"Hmph, Kuina, don't be fooled. Let me test his skills for you."
" Zoro, you idiot, I..."
"Alright, I accept your challenge!"
Before Kuina could finish speaking, Lin Yuan's voice came through.
This surprised Kuina, while Zoro was filled with excitement.
"Teacher, what did you just say?"
"Hehe, I said I accepted his challenge. Don't worry, Kuina, I won't do anything to him."
Hearing Lin Yuan say that, Kuina was relieved and said happily.
"Then Brother Lin Yuan should teach him a good lesson to prevent him from becoming arrogant and ignorant in the future."
"Hmph, I will never lose. Now that I'm Three-Sword Style swordsman, I will definitely defeat you."
Seeing Zoro's defiant look, everyone laughed again.
"Let's get started! I can't wait to defeat you."
Lin Yuan looked at the little brat Zoro, who was holding knives in both hands and a wooden sword in his mouth. He looked around, then broke off a piece of wood from a nearby tree. It was only about ten centimeters long and still had leaves on it.
"Okay, this is it!"
Looking at the branch in Lin Yuan's hand, and then at the two wooden swords in his own, Zoro's eyes practically blazed with fire.
"Hmph, how dare you look down on me like that!"
Zoro thought angrily to himself, and then launched an attack, slashing his wooden sword directly at Lin Yuan.
At this moment, Zoro had only just begun to try the Three-Sword Style. Lin Yuan did not attack proactively. Although the branch in his hand was very soft, he easily caught Zoro's attack under his control.
Zoro was stunned. Lin Yuan simply stretched the branch in his hand forward, yet it impaled all three of Zoro's wooden swords together.
"Click..."
Zoro was filled with shock and disbelief. The wooden sword in his hand shattered completely around the branch, yet it did not harm him in the slightest.
"I... ptooey ptooey ptooey..."
"How is this possible? How can you be so strong!"
Zoro was about to speak, but his mouth was full of crumbs, so he quickly spat them out before asking.
"You brat, do you believe me now? With your meager skills, you think you can compare to my teacher!"
Upon hearing Kuina's words, Lin Yuan adopted a serious expression and began to lecture her.
" Kuina, don't just laugh. What I just demonstrated was the application of strength and technique. If you want to become a great swordsman, strength and technique are what you need to master in the early stages."
"Only by fully mastering this power and technique can you access the meaning behind it. When that time comes, you will possess the strength of a swordsman."
Kuina's expression turned serious as she carefully recalled Lin Yuan's actions, but even with her strength, she had only managed to figure out some of the tricks.
"Teacher, your attack speed seemed slow, but you concentrated your power on the tree branch. As for how you used that power to destroy Zoro's three swords, I have no idea."
Lin Yuan looked at Kuina. Although he had just demonstrated the combination of strength and technique to Kuina, he did not expect Kuina to understand it.
He was just showing Kuina the way ahead, but unexpectedly, Kuina actually figured out a few things, though not many.
But this was enough to make Lin Yuan happy. He patted Kuina's head and smiled.
"Haha, not bad, not bad. I didn't expect you to be able to see something. It seems my judgment was good. Keep up the good work. You can definitely become a great swordsman."