Chapter 0:

Chapter 1: Where it all began

The strong are always kind


Something flew through the dimensions, it passed through its own world and went to another world.
"What is this? I feel warm, why is there water, I don't understand."
The thing couldn't understand where it was, it only saw a deep darkness and in that darkness it heard a voice.
"Hang in there! The little one is coming out!"
That shout attracted it, it immediately saw light from the darkness, it saw two figures, one was holding it in her arms and the other was already running towards the woman behind it.
-Congratulations, it's a boy!
The person said to the woman, the person holding the baby in her arms immediately gave it to the woman, the woman looked at it and smiled.
"He's as cute as his father."
"Have you thought of a name for him yet?"
 The man beside her asked the woman and she was silent for a moment but then spoke again.
"The boy's name is Akzuha, Akzuha Shashiki."
It didn't know why it smiled when it heard this name, it smiled even though it didn't understand why.
It had started living in this world and it understood things that it didn't understand before, the feeling of smiling when it had a name was simply because it liked that name, the woman and the man were its parents, Shikimiwa Shashiki and Otoku Shashiki.
When it first lived with them, it didn't understand what it received from them, and over time it realized that it was love, the first time it was praised, it was the time that made it feel a little proud, the first time it was taken care of by both parents when it was sick, it felt the warmth of the love that parents had for their children. 
One night, Akazuha, who was then a 17-year-old boy, was sleeping in his room when he had a strange dream. 
A woman, she had light blond hair, her face looked very young but was covered in fear and sweat. 
That person was running, running through the leafless trees, she kept running like that until she stopped in front of something. 
She immediately knelt down, her pale black eyes were looking towards Akazuha. 
She spoke. 
"My son, I'm sorry for having to abandon you, but don't worry too much, in that world you will have a better life than in this hell." 
The woman finished her words, right after that a beam of light appeared and Akazuha ended his dream. 
He jumped up, sweat beading on his forehead. 
 This was the 25th time he had that dream. He didn't know that woman, but why did he have dreams about that woman.
Unconsciously, a tear fell down his cheek.
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A gentle breeze blew by, the blades of grass began to sway in the wind, and the sky was a beautiful blue that was so poetic, Akzuha touched the blades of grass while sitting on it.
"So this is another world?"
 Tuesday, October 30, 2024 was a normal time, but for Akzuha it wasn't because that was the time he started entering 11th grade, currently he was studying in his class, the school he attended was a fairly famous university in Tokyo, the reason he was able to enter here was because his family also had a certain reputation as they could be said to be one of the famous swordsmanship families. 
When he entered this school, Akzuha attended one of the swordsmanship classes in the school, some of the swordsmen in the school didn't like him too much when it was clear that he was completely superior to them in terms of swordsmanship. 
~pop!~ The bamboo sword collided with the hat of Akzuha's opponent, Komasu was either a rival or a close friend of Akzuha, they became friends when they were two 6 year old kids. 
 "You're still too strong, Akzuha."
Komasu held out his hand, Akazuha grabbed it and pulled Komasu up.
"Try to practice, you clearly have more potential to grow than senpai over there."
"Geez, that's a bit too much, man."
They continued practicing.
When he was just 14 years old, Akzuha had already started using a sword, plus he had read some novels online, so he had a dream, a dream that he absolutely had to fulfill.
"By the way, what do you think about tomorrow morning?"
"The school field trip tomorrow morning, to be honest, I'd rather stay home but if you want, I can go."
"It sounds like you like me."
Akzuha laughed when she heard that.
"Kuhahaha, I just want to go with my best friend, it's boring to go alone."
"Is that so."
Suddenly a slash was thrown at Akzuha, but he simply blocked it with his bamboo sword.
"Oh my, why did you sneak attack, Senpai."
 The one who threw the slash was the champion of the sword fighting tournament held at the school, with a record of more than 20 wins and only 1 loss, and that was against her own brother, and Akzuha was defeated by her in the 8th round.
"You're still as careless as ever.
"The last time I was beaten by you was about 3 days ago, not that long ago, Senpai."
Komine knocked Akzuha down with his sword.
"You should start going home, kendo class is over."
"Yes, yes, honorable champion."
Komine turned around and walked out of the dojo, leaving Akzuha and Komasu alone in the dojo.
"She's so arrogant."
"She's the 2nd strongest in the school, it would be strange if she wasn't arrogant."
Akazuha clenched his fists, his face suddenly solemn.
"Someday... I'll definitely defeat her."
"What That dream sounds quite far-fetched."
"Everyone has dreams."
The two of them started to put the props back in their original places, changed back into their school uniforms and started to walk home, Akzuha went out the gate and said goodbye to Komasu.
"See you tomorrow."
"Yeah, see you tomorrow."
After seeing Komasu go far away, Akzuha immediately bent down and ran away quickly, Akzuha's health had changed a lot when he trained from 6 years old to 17 years old, his health had increased a lot.
"Far-fetched."
"You're wrong Komasu, one day I will be the strongest, one day I will be the World's Unrivaled!"
The wind kept blowing through Akzuha's body, he kept running and stopped in front of his house and stood behind his sister.
"You seem to be working hard."
"Oh, big brother."
His little sister quite startled.
"You startled me!"
"Are you still practicing?"
"Um, I know you need to be stronger."
Akzuha's sister was a person who could be said to be weak, in history if his clan gave birth to women, they would be as strong as the men in the family but his sister could be said to have a weak constitution. When he heard his sister say that, he could only pat her head and tell her to go inside because the weather was starting to get cold, she still wanted to continue practicing but when he said that, she turned around and went inside the house.
Akzuha grabbed the edge of the bamboo sword on the ground and threw it accurately towards where the swords for sparring were kept.
"Hey, where's dad, mom?"
Akzuha walked into the house and saw no one in the living room, if it was the afternoon then obviously his father would be sitting there reading the newspaper, his mother Akzuha walked out of the kitchen and said.
"My father is on a business trip, I heard he won't be back for another 3 days."
"Is it that long?"
"Help me put the dishes on the table."
Akzuha nodded and started to put the dishes away, a rather peaceful dinner, quite because his mother's cooking was burnt so he had to eat what he called, the darkness of a black hole.
That evening he continued his hobby of writing calligraphy and practicing swordsmanship.
He was a genius since birth, but that didn't mean he forgot to practice, because if he kept being arrogant because he thought he was a genius, he would never achieve real success.
As he practiced, he kept repeating a sentence.
"If the mind is dominated by a leaf, you won't see the whole tree. If the mind is constrained by a tree, you won't see the whole forest."
What does this mean?
Don't let your mind be tied to details or locality.
Learn to let go of attachments, broaden your perspective, so that you can see clearly the essence, the whole picture, and the core of any situation.
That's what he learned from the novels he read.
"Um... the strongest one huh..."
"But what did Kamasu ask me to bring?"
The next morning arrived
Akzuha quickly said goodbye to his family and headed to school, carrying a bunch of unnecessary luggage that Izumo had arranged for him.
"Yo, Akzuha!"
Komasu stood in front of his class bus.
"I didn't think you were carrying so many things on your shoulders!"
"Who said I was carrying a lot of things huh!"
Akzuha threw all the things in the lower compartment of the bus.
 “Looks tired!”
The one who spoke was Tokimura, a bully in his class, a rich and arrogant kid who thought he was a big fish, but to Akzuha, this kid was no different from a clown.
“I punched you a few days ago, and I see that you recovered quite quickly.”
“That punch of yours was like a kid’s punch, kakakaka.”
Akzuha felt uncomfortable as he looked at the fan girls surrounding Tokimura, constantly praising him as if he were a god.
“Tsk, he looks like my idol, no, this guy can’t be as cool as the Demon King of Violence.”
He tried to suppress the anger that was rising inside him. Even so, he didn’t want to get involved in the petty things those people were doing. Instead of continuing to argue, Akzuha got on the bus, not even bothering to look back at them.
 "You don't have to do that, Akzuha."
Komasu spoke up, following behind and sitting next to him.
Akzuha sighed, threw his backpack on the luggage rack, and sat down, looking out the window.
"I know, but that guy really annoys me."
He replied, trying to calm the irritation in his heart.
Komasu looked at Akzuha with a knowing look, then leaned back in his chair, silent. The two continued their journey without saying anything more, but both of them could feel the tense atmosphere that seemed to surround them.
"Here, the thing you asked me to do."
Akzuha turned around and handed Komasu a blindfold.
"Thanks!"
Komatsu put it on and slept.
After a few hours of walking, Akzuha could only evaluate it with one sentence, this class was as noisy as a market.
"When did you get here..."
Akazuha's eyes half-closed.
Chirp, chirp, chirp.
"Chirp, chirp... huh."
He opened his eyes and found himself in a strange place, a green field, the grass swaying back and forth.
"Where... am I?"
And that was how Akazuha got here.
So, where did the items he had come from?
By some unusual means, he had stumbled upon an abandoned blacksmith.
The items he had were the items he had found inside that house.
And so Akazuha began his journey. The adventure to make him invincible.
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More than 20 years had passed.
 Above the deep blue sky was a giant figure falling at supersonic speed, it fell very fast and even the fall caused a shockwave 3km wide and created a very large crater.
A huge figure slowly stepped out and revealed itself to be a dragon, it collapsed because its heart had been taken away.
"Well, that's easy for a fight."
A guy who looked quite tall, muscular, had red hair and his eyes were covered by an eye patch with the image of the sun printed on it, he was wearing a coat over it, on his right shoulder was a piece of armor and next to his thigh was a sword that was stored in a large bag.
"Alright... what now?"
End of chapter 1

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