Cuando Ian quiso marcharse, llegó a la entrada del pueblo y vio a la persona que buscaba.
En ese momento, un grupo de siete u ocho personas caminaba hacia el pueblo. El primero era un hombre muy alto, que podría medir al menos dos metros.
Estaba cubierto con una capa verde, pero su rostro era visible, y a ojos de Ian, el rostro de Ivankov representaba la mitad de su cuerpo.
Para Ian, ese rostro tenía casi la misma altura que su cuerpo de niño de 10 años…
"¡Ah, iré! ¡Da miedo!" Aunque Ian estaba mentalmente preparado, se quedó impactado al ver esa cara.
Ivankov lleva sombras de ojos espesas y pestañas largas, y sus labios están cubiertos de brillo labial morado. Parece un fantasma.
Cuando vio a Ivankov en el Amine, solo pensó que era una exageración, pero después de ver a la persona real, Ian solo sintió algo de miedo.
No es de extrañar que Dragon no quisiera llevarlo a esa misión. Viendo su maquillaje tan recargado… Con esa cara tan grande. ¿Cuánto les costaría darse cuenta de esta criatura?
Al mirar detrás de Ivankov, Ian vio a otro personaje que había sido abandonado por Dragon.
Era un hombre más alto que Ivankov, que también vestía una capa verde, pero en la parte superior de la capa había dos orejas redondas.
«Tío Kuma, tu adorable gorro de orejas de oso te delató por completo… ¿Crees que la gente no te reconocerá si llevas una capa?»
Así es, a Ivankov le siguió otro cuadro revolucionario: ¡Bartholomew Kuma!
En ese instante, al verlos, Ian comprendió por fin por qué la compañera de Ivankov era Kuma. Su estatura, su estilo único y distintivo... nadie podía igualarlos.
A excepción de Kuma e Ivankov, los demás no llamaban mucho la atención. Aunque lucían bien con sus capas, debían ser simples miembros del Ejército Revolucionario.
Cuando Ian terminó de analizarlos, ellos también lo notaron.
"¿Quién es este niño de pelo negro?"
"¿Está bien que me vea un niño?"
Varios miembros del ejército revolucionario susurraban, pero a Ivankov no le importó demasiado, se acercó a Ian y lo miró fijamente.
"¡Oye! ¡Chico! El vestido que llevas puesto… ¿Estás estudiando en el dojo del pueblo?"
Ian volvió en sí y asintió.
"¿Tu dojo se llama Dojo Isshin?" Ivankov señaló las espadas dobles bordadas en forma de cruz que Ian llevaba en el pecho y dijo: "Me parece recordar que ese es su nombre".
—¿Cómo lo sabes? —preguntó Ian con curiosidad—. ¿Conoces al Maestro Koshiro?
Ivankov giró la cabeza y miró a Kuma, que estaba detrás de él, pero Kuma no mostraba ninguna expresión. Sostenía un libro y lo miraba con mucha concentración.
Entonces Ivankov se volvió hacia Ian y dijo: "¡Eso es! ¡Chico, lo conozco!".
'¿Para qué sirve?' Ian estaba algo desconcertado, pero no preguntó mucho.
—¿Nos puedes llevar a tu dojo? —preguntó Ivankov.
Ian volvió la vista. No sabía qué relación tenía su maestro Koshiro con el ejército revolucionario. No era problema llevarlos ante el maestro, pero… era raro encontrarse con un grupo de forasteros por aquí, y sería una lástima no aprovecharlos.
Entonces asintió y dijo: "Sí, ¡pero tienes que prometerme algo!".
Ivankov asked curiously, "What do you want?"
Ian looked at the revolutionary army soldiers behind him and pointed at them: "It's very simple, just one of you come and fight with me!"
"What!?" The revolutionary army soldiers were so surprised that they thought they had misheard.
One of them even came forward and stooped to touch Ian's head. "Don't make trouble, kid," he said. "Would you take us to the dojo? I'll give you candy!"
'Hey, let me go! Master Koshiro touched my head, even if you dare to treat me as a child?'
Ian clapped his hand, looked at the sword he was carrying around his waist, and said, "Good, It's you then!"
"Heh…" The revolutionary soldier suddenly became dumbfounded. He had no idea that this kid had such personality, so he had to look at Ivankov for help.
Ivankov looked at Ian and found that the expression on his face was serious, so he said, "Don't hurt this boy!"
The revolutionary soldier nodded helplessly, stood in the same place, did not pull his sword. He posed himself and said to Ian, "Okay, come on, kid! I won't use weapons, I'll just fight you with my fist!"
Ian didn't accept his nonsense. He rushed up with his bamboo sword.
At the first encounter, the revolutionary soldier almost suffered a great loss. He didn't expect that Ian's speed would be so fast. With his eyes were fixed, he dangerously avoided Ian's chopping and almost broke into a cold sweat.
Ian didn't care much, the long practice in the dojo has made him turn his sword into an instinct. After the revolutionary soldier avoided it, Ian immediately seized the gap under his opponent's ribs and stabbed it with his sword.
To be able to follow Ivankov's side, even ordinary fighters have real skills. The revolutionary soldier dodged Ian's attack, raised his leg and kicked Ian.
However, when he just kicked him, he regretted it because he was forced to take it seriously by a child and put all his efforts into it.
With that in mind, he unconsciously took in a little strength.
However, what he did not know was that Ian waited for it.
The launching of True Flash skill is conditional, that is, it can only be launched when the opponent is about to attack him. If this revolutionary soldier kept dodging and didn't fight back, how can Ian use his skill?
So when he saw the kick coming, Ian did not blink and kept staring closely at his movements.
When the opponent's foot was about to kick him, Ian wanted to use the flash of skill.
Just unexpectedly, the next second, he was hit, kicked in the face, and directly flew out!
The revolutionary soldier himself did not think of Ian's trick. After hitting him like a ball, he was shocked and rushed to see Ian.
Ian's half face was so hurt. He was lying on the ground grinding his teeth. He had no idea that his flash skill had failed to activate, causing him to get a painful kick.
'What the f*ck, this flash skill is harder to grasp the timing than imagined!'
"You're all right!" The revolutionary soldier asked with concern.
Ian shook his head and climbed up from the ground, holding the bamboo sword tightly, and said, "Come again!"
The revolutionary soldier waved his hand and said, "No, no, if you come again, I'm afraid you'll be injured!"
"Don't worry, I haven't lost yet!" Is it because Ian has stayed with Kuina and Zoro for a long time? Ian found that he also has the spirit of not accepting the loss, what is such a little pain?
Looking at him like this, the revolutionary soldier had no choice but to accept the challenge of Ian again.
Ivankov stood by and looked at them all the time. He was very interested that he enjoyed Ian as a child who wanted to challenge adults. He appreciated Ian's spirit. But Kuma held his book in his hand, he did not know whether he was reading or watching the battle between Ian and the soldier.
Ian was more serious. In fact, in the beginning, he regarded these revolutionary soldiers who were in the background of Anime as weak trash. He thought they were not very strong. But now he found that this is the real world. Even weak trash, in fact, were very strong, at least better than the children, whose body has not yet fully grown up.
The two attacked again, the revolutionary army soldier found that Ian's shot speed was even faster. He had to fight back again to defeat him and end this embarrassing battle.
He did not dare to kick again this time. Instead, he used his fist. The strength of his fist was better controlled than that of his foot. He did not really want to hurt Ian.
However, Ian, who was in a state of concentration at this time, reacted very sharply. Seeing the soldier's fist coming to his face, he once again seized the opportunity to launch the True Flash.
Just as the revolutionary soldier's fist was about to hit Ian, Ian suddenly disappeared from his sight!
No one could see how Ian's footsteps were moving, except that he appeared at the revolutionary soldier's side in an instant, holding up a bamboo sword and splitting it down at an incredible speed.
The speed of the sword was so fast, with a kind of whistling sound, like a shadow, a flash of light in the air, hit the revolutionary soldier in the back severely!
The Revolutionary Army soldier was a tall adult, but after the blow on his back, he only felt a tremendous force hitting him. Under such heavy pressure, the bones on his back seemed to mourn. His whole body fell down involuntarily and was hit from the standing state by the slam, and at the moment of falling, his mouth could not help but scream.
Ivankov, who watched the battle, was even more surprised. He was not surprised that a child could defeat an adult, but at what he had just perceived.
Dragging the cloak, he couldn't help turning around on one leg, revealing his muscular thighs in net stockings: "Huh! It is the fluctuation of the Haki!? Did the boy awaken the Haki at such a young age?"
Unfortunately, Ian did not hear his words. At the moment when the revolutionary soldier yelled, Ian himself could not help but scream.
La diferencia radicaba en que el soldado del ejército revolucionario gritaba por el dolor de espalda, mientras que Ian gritaba por un dolor de cabeza.
Sí, el destello de Ian finalmente tuvo éxito, pero lo que no se dio cuenta fue de que vino acompañado de un fuerte dolor de cabeza que le impedía sostener la espada de bambú en su mano.
Finalmente comprende por qué la descripción de la habilidad de destello indica que puede causar gran daño: tras el primer destello, Ian solo consumió 15 puntos de Nen. Al mismo tiempo, siente que al partir la espada, una fuerza la envuelve por completo.
¡Eso debe ser por usar el Nen! Fue porque el Nen estaba enrollado alrededor de su espada que derribó al soldado revolucionario.
Eso era muy similar al uso del Haki Armado, por lo que Ivankov hizo esa exclamación.
Es una lástima que la primera vez que usó la habilidad de destello, se desmayara.
Una vez que realmente usó su Nen, no pudo comprender el consumo de su habilidad, lo que llevó al uso de toda su Fuerza Mental a la vez, y con la energía mental vacía, eso le produjo un fuerte e irritante dolor de cabeza.
Ian se sentó en el suelo y se sujetó la cabeza para aliviar el dolor, pero a ojos de Ivankov, eso se convirtió en una señal del despertar del Haki de Ian.