The Genius, Part 1

Shimasai Island.

Takami is sitting in the middle of the forest while receiving teachings from his teacher Mr. Takeda. The forest is full of trees, plants, flowers, animals, and the soil is fertile. The weather is pleasant in the hot afternoon.

─ Listen, Takami. Use your instincts.

Still not understanding, the boy remained focused and tried to absorb as much information as possible from his words.

Mr. Takeda occupies Daymio's samurai charge in the army. It is one of the highest ranks in the military.

The unusual red hair, a black kimono, and his fiery sheathed katana make him look frightening. His appearance lives up to his patent. However, despite everything, he is very dedicated. With his teachings, Takami, with 12 years old, managed to become today what many samurai did not in years of life.

─ You need to feel your opponent without looking at him. Learning this is a requirement if you want to understand spiritual energy.

Despite respecting his teacher, Takami didn't like his words.

─ Why do I need this? - Takami said.

─ If it is to improve my dodge, I can already avoid your attacks without any problem.

He didn't just say for tantrum or outrage. Takami is a genius and manages to dodge his teacher's attacks.

─ You need to learn this if you want to become a samurai! - Takeda screamed in a brief moment of anger.

Becoming a samurai has been the wish of the prodigy boy since he was six years old. So even geniuses like him know when to open their minds to new possibilities.

─ So, what am I supposed to do? - Takami asks indignantly.

─ Close your eyes and feel your opponent.

“Only that? It would help if you talked more about it.”

When processing these thoughts about your teacher, he just quickly decides to do what his teacher says.

“Close my eyes and feel my opponent...” He thinks while closes his blue and piercing eyes slowly.

After a few seconds with nothing happening, Takami is confused about what he should do to feel his opponent. After all, the teacher was not so specific. Not even a genius would understand that.

─ What should I do now? I already closed my - While Takami do questions to clear up his doubts, his teacher quickly interrupted with a lunge of his sheathed Katana.

─ WHAT THE **** WAS THAT?

─ Hey, didn't I tell you to dodge? - Takeda says cynically.

─ NO, YOU DIDN'T!

─ Oh, I must have forgotten. But still, didn't I tell you to feel?

─ AAAH FORGET IT! - Takami screams while sulking.

─ I will tell you when I am going to attack. But you have to dodge it because you felt it. No, because I said when I would attack. - This time, Mr. Takeda was more serious than usual. It seems that this was enough to punish the boy for the previous offense.

Still sulking about what happened, Takami only agrees and keeps his eyes closed.

─ I will attack in three seconds.

─ 3... 2 - In seconds of seriousness, Takeda does not plan to go easy on the boy. He just thought one thing “You are a genius, so show me your natural skills.”

Upon hearing the count of seconds, the boy, with his extreme concentration, begins to reflect, “It is inevitable that I want to dodge at the last second. But it would not help me improve, so I need to know the difference between this second for the other seconds. What changes from 3 to 1?”

The sun's rays pass through the trees and invade the forest, illuminating only parts of the place. Wearing a kimono in the heat makes sweat drip and stick your black hair to your face. All this makes it difficult for him to concentrate, but it does not make him lose focus.

In that single second that remains until the attack, Takeda notices something in his student. The energy that emanated around his body was distorting the air. It was familiar to him, and it baffled him for thousandths. But that did not make him hesitate.

─ ...1 - Shouts the teacher when he throws a lunge with his sheathed Katana.

It was as planned. Takeda didn't take it easy and aimed it over his student's head.

For milliseconds, quick thoughts pop into Takami's mind. “What changes? I can not see. Do I have any way of knowing your position? If I could only know where he will attack. Wait...” At that moment, the boy thought about what Mr. Takeda said.

“You need to feel your opponent without looking at him." And finally, he can feel everything around him. Felt the leaves falling on the forest floor, felt the sun's rays on his skin, felt the presence of his clothes, he felt his body on the ground, felt the noise of the animals. Felt the atmosphere's presence. And more importantly, he felt the wind resistance in the Katana coming towards him quickly.

In that last second, Takami moved his face slightly to the left, avoiding the teacher's blow. It was an amazing dodge. An ordinary human could not do that. For Mr. Takeda, he just dodged. However, for Takami, it was an action made in just microseconds.

And then, seconds of silence are witnessed in the place, and this left Takeda speechless.

“I could say that he dodge because I said when I was going to attack. But that is not what happened.” Takeda thinks, surprised about what happened.

“Previously, clearly, it was spiritual energy! Did he use it unconsciously, even without mastering his senses? No, he is a prodigy. His senses are already naturally dominated. This boy...”

“...will be a monster!”

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