'...Nitoryu?'

Only then did Takahira Shingo notice that Kang Jin-Ho carried two swords.

For one, Takahira Shingo's mind was too preoccupied to notice it until now. And in Japan, one of the two swords a warrior carried was meant to serve as a backup in emergencies.

Going through an endless series of anarchy and constant battles during the Warring States period had taught the Japanese warriors to grab their secondary weapon or snatch away their opponent’s weapon if their primary weapon broke in combat. To them, such actions were second nature.

But to think this damn Korean brat would perform Nitoryu...!

Kang Jin-Ho was wielding two swords, not two katanas, so it was technically not Nitoryu—Two Flowing Sabers—but Two Flowing Swords instead.

In any case, Nitoryu was not a technique some random nobody could use. Historically speaking, almost no one managed to gain fame and recognition while wielding two weapons at once.

Even Miyamoto Musashi, the pride of Japan and the master swordsman who had perfected the Nitoryu technique, almost never used this technique according to the written history. Apparently, he had gained enlightenment of Nitoryu toward the twilight of his life, but his completed teachings did not survive to the modern era.

This was a good indicator of how difficult it was to use two swords simultaneously. Trying to manipulate one's arms in two different ways during a hectic fight was already incredibly difficult to pull off. Moreover, there...