
That night, Ian kept wondering what choice Kuina would make.
In fact, even Ian could not imagine how it would be if Kuina really became a man. But when Ivankov leaves, Ian tries because he knows that if Kuina stays in Frost Moon Village, she will die.
He used to work hard on the field then drink warm water from Kuina's hands while showing her a beautiful smile and getting used to the way Kuina bandaged her after every injury she got from exercising. Ian could not accept the fact that his seemingly strong but gentle sister would disappear before his eyes.
So in this period, the only thought that came to his mind was: "butterfly effect!" He wanted to try if he could change this outcome in any way.
The next day, just before Ian woke up and had time to wash his face, Kuina came to him.
Both of them sat at the table. Den Den Mushi woke up at this moment, and crouched down towards Kuina, Kuina smiled and touched her big eyes, handed her a leaf, and kept watching her eat happily.
"Kuina, have you thought about it?" Ian asked after a while.
"Yes, right!" Kuina looked at. "I can only say, thank you for your kindness, Brother Ian!"
"I ... I thought about it all night!" Kuina covered her chest and said. “Although I always thought, if I were a boy, it would be good that I could not disappoint my father, could grow stronger without restrictions, be acknowledged by my own father, and inherit his dojo. ”
"But when you told me yesterday that there was such an opportunity in front of me, I hesitated …"
"If I really were a man, would I still be me? Even if I can reach the strongest swordsman in the world in the end, but is that swordsman still me, Kuina? ”
“I think of your words, Brother Ian!” Kuina looked at Ian with a smile: “From now on, I won't be obsessed with my gender anymore. Since my father said that girls cannot be the strongest, I will prove to him that I can become the strongest sword user in the world! ”
Ian looked at Kuina and found her face no longer confused and unwilling. Instead, he was firm and confident.
Kuina was telling the truth, and she actually took it out of her heart!
"Haha, Haha!" Ian suddenly laughed. This is really her sister, Kuina. He has a strong personality. What's the big deal about her being a girl?
"I said that no matter what decision you make, I will support you!" Ian laughed and said, "Now that you have decided to become the strongest sword user, you must work hard!"
"Good! Thank you, Brother Ian. I have to go now! ”Kuina stood up and started to leave.
"Chinese!" Ian stopped him, his face became very serious, and he said, "We've dealt with the matter, but now, you have to promise me something else!"
"What?" Ask Kuina curiously.
“Don't go to dangerous places! Especially high places! "Ian said," You better train with Zoro and me lately! "
"Why?" Kuina's confused.
Ian couldn't explain to him, but said, “I can't tell you why. But I have a bad feeling … "
It was strange to hear that this was the reason, but he was a bit reluctant to train with Ian and Zoro. He said, “I don't want to train that fool, Zoro. Every time you sweat, it smells bad! I don't want to practice with him! ”
"I also sweat and smell!" Ian said in a very low voice.
"You're different, you're the one whom Kuina loves!" Kuina vainly spat out her tongue: "Sauron is the opponent, with him, my card will be seen by him!"
"All right!" Ian saw that he really didn't want to, and he was reluctant. After all, Kuina was a girl, and she started to grow up. He really can't stay with them all the time. So he had to say, "Well, promise me not to go to dangerous places, will you promise me that?"
"All right, all right, I promise you that!" Kuina waved and said: "Sayonara, I will practice!"
Seeing Kuina humming and happily coming out, Ian could only sigh. He tries to get Kuina out to sea to avoid her death, but unexpectedly, he solves the biggest problem in Kuina's mind. Ian didn't even know what to do.
For the next two days, Ian watched over Kuina. Every time she went to work out with Zoro, she rushed back as soon as possible until she made sure that Kuina was unharmed.
However, Ian could not keep Kuina in his sight for a long time. He could watch her for a while, and he shouldn't have found out. So Ian thought of a way. He told his younger brothers in the Dojo that once they found out that Kuina was going to go to high places, they would try to stop her or run to tell her as soon as possible.
Out of respect for Ian, the disciples in the dojo solemnly agreed.
What surprised Ian the most was how quickly things could happen.
Running with a child on their shoulders is a trick that Ian and Zoro made some time ago because running alone is no longer effective for both of them.
After putting the two younger boys down and letting them back on their own, Ian and Zoro begin their daily exercise routine.
However, he did not know why, when he saw Zoro doing the rock pulling exercise with his mouth, Ian suddenly felt uneasy.
At first, he didn't notice it, but he just felt a little uneasy. But when he saw the two brothers who had climbed into the mountain with them had returned again, Ian suddenly had a very strong heartbeat!
"No!" Ian shouted and rushed down the hill.
Zoro stared foolishly at Ian, who rushed out. He did not know what was going on and asked the two young brothers, "Why did you come back?"
The two disciples, gasping for breath, clutched their knees and said, "I. K. We thought about what Ian's brother said and wanted to hold him back, but he said it was fine. We have to run to tell him! “
At both ends of the story, Ian ran down the hill, exerting all his efforts, but felt that he was not fast enough, so he put his Mind Power at his feet and immediately soared.
After a year of continuous practice, he gradually mastered the use of Nen, but since Nen's value was still relatively small, he also could not reach the point of materialization, either, so he still can't simulate a true Armed Haki.
Quickly rushing back to the dojo, Ian ran straight to the warehouse.
Ian didn't even think about it. He ran straight to the door and rushed in.
As the sawdust flew, Ian saw Kuina standing on the second floor, seemingly intending to descend with a black grindstone in her hand.
But at this moment, his legs suddenly slipped, he rolled and fell out of the air.
"Amazina !!!"
Ian jumped up and extended his hand to where Kuina was about to fall, trying to catch her, but the distance was a bit too far away, causing her body to fall with him.
Initially, according to Kuina's falling posture, she tended to fall on the spine of her neck and cause fractures and death, but at this moment Ian's arm caught her, padded underneath her like a pillow, and she was very sick, kuina's entire body was fine, but her head slammed against the floor.
As the dust subsided, Ian felt Kuina's body soften on his arm, and in spite of the pain from the fall, he got up and held her in his hand to check on her condition.
But what relieved Ian was that he found that he still had a heartbeat.
Hurriedly lifting him up, Ian rushed out of the warehouse, came to the dojo and shouted anxiously, “Sensei! Koshiro Sensei! ”
Koshiro hears the voice and discovers that Ian is holding an unconscious Kuina in his hand. He rushed over and asked, "What happened?"
“Kuina fell from the attic. I caught him, but he hit his head on the ground! "Ian carefully placed it on the dojo floor and said," Mr. Koshiro, take care of him. I'll call the doctor! "
"All right!" Koshiro.
Ian did not reply and ran in a hurry.
Frost Moon Village was very small. There was only one doctor in the entire village, and he was the kind of doctor who could only treat minor ailments in peacetime. But Ian rushed to the doctor's house at this moment, picked it up, picked up the medicine box and rushed back to the dojo. At this moment, Zoro and a small group of disciples were already in the dojo, waiting anxiously.
The doctor was a white-bearded man, he looked at Kuina carefully with his glasses, then he shook his head and said to the worried people, “There is nothing wrong with her body, there is nothing wrong with her, but his head was crushed so hard, I don't know when he'll wake up! "
"What do you mean?" Zoro. She grabbed the doctor and cried, "Do you mean Kuina can't get up?"
"No, it's not because he won't wake up! I mean, I don't know when he's gonna wake up! "The doctor shakes his head and says," It may take a few days, or it may take longer … "
When Ian listened to her, he was confused. How did this happen?
Although due to her intervention, Kuina avoided the fate of her death, she was now likely to go into a prolonged coma!
"Does destiny make such a joke?"